The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-11
SOUTH END
MEETING FAv0RS MAYOR
Largest Gathering of Campaign Wildly Enthused at
Mention of FaWcett.

The South End hall at Fifty
sixth and South l. streets, was
packed to it's capacity last evening
to hear the Fawcett speakers.
The ladies composed a greater
portion of the audience and Mrs.
holland, president Of the Bethany
Methodist Church Aid society, act
ed as chairman. About 400 peo-
pie were present.
From the start of the speaking
until its close the audience show
ed itself to be one of one mind
and that mind in favor of Mayor
Fawcett. Every point made in
the mayors favor by the speakers
were cheered to the echo. The
first speaker of the evening was
Attorney A. H. Garretson, who
said that A. v. Fawcett had stood
for the people in his every act:
that he was fighter but had used
his ability in that direction al
ways in favor of the people.
Speaking of the Fern Hill fight
for a lower car fare he said:
last spring was to get fighting
man who would stand up for the
people. The Fern Hill people
voted for him because they knew
that with A. v. Fawcett as mayor
1t would be only a short time
when they would get a five cent
car fare that was guaranteed to
hA pff fxr n6a VII hA
franchises under which the street
railways operated their cars. I
ask you, ladies and gentlemen, is
1t not fact that Mayor Fawcett
has kept faith with you in that
matter? Did he not do the same
for you in the transfers on the
traction line to the Tacoma Rail-
way & Power company's cars7
When you asked him for a city
dock he delivered the goods and
today you can take a boat in per-
feet comfort In the heart of the
city. He tore up the tracks that
were not being used on Cliff ave-
nue. and you now have. a good
street up the hill to the north
end"
Mrs. Harry H. Johnston was
the woman speaker of the even
ing and her address was well re-
ceived by both the men and wom-
en-.
II did not expect to see such
crowd here. I am not a public
speaker and 1t Is embarrassing TO
have to face such large crowd.
when the anti-treating law
was put up to a referendum vote
I found that the saloons were be-
hind the movement and I heard
of few women against 1t until the
recall started for the mayor. 4
first began to notice that some of
the women were not SO enthusias-
tic for the new ordinance and
that many were more interested
in getting man to run for may
or against Mr.. Fawcett. AS soon
as Mr.. Seymour came out as a
candidate the ladies told me that
the law was not a good thing
and the,t said that the reason for
their change was because Mr.. Sey-
mour was opposed to it."
Mrs. Osborne, one of the Sey-
mour workers, at this point inter-
rupted Mrs. Johnston and said
that atss should tell why Mr.. Sey-
mous opposed the ordinance. Mrs.
Johnston told her that she would
be glad to have her explain. Mrs.
Osborne said that Mr.. Seymour
opposed the ordinance for the
reason that he felt that It was
"big stick" to be used over the
saloons. The crowd laughed at
her explanation and Mrs. John
ston proceeded with her speech,
making many telling points in
favor OF the mayor. She said that
Commissioner Roys was the only
man at the city hall that needed
recalling; that he had fermented
all of the trouble by his refusal
to enforce the law. In closing her
speech Mrs. Johnston said:
''If the women had worked for
twenty years against vice, they
could not have put more effec-
tive law on the statutes than the
anti-treating law. believe that
that law will save our sons and
daughters"