Show I MAYOU YOH In the old school books there thero was t he the e story stol of a child that went vent walkIng walk walk- Ing ng in the merry springtime and re regarded regarded ye- ye the presence of or a nurse aS ati an annoyance The child ChilI not knowing much of the difficulties there were ahead pettishly relegated the tho nurse to o the rear But nut when it came to the gate beyond yond which h lay the gardens of or desire and anc could not puss piss beyond thai that portal It I asked the nurse to assist and ind then added Nurse Nurs un y you u may go with me to open the tue gates gates San Francisco ha has been for the past pact t ten en years e rs a good OOt deal like the pettish child var very cheerful In Its is a assumption of f tasks 5 It I did lil not understand and ander andery andery er ery fortunate In II escaping for a long longtIme ong tIme Ime any uny of the harder difficulties which demand the management of a amature a amature mature lature mind Now Not O Othere there Is a gate ate to toe tole le he e opened a mountain of or difficulty to tobe tobe toe be be e o overcome There Is a 0 to task k far too great reat at for the child too mighty for forthe forthe the ho too enormous In mass mas massand and nd dl detail tal for Cor or the solution of the tho peole people peo- peo pie le who have o for fOI years ears been heen in control con- con trot rol at nt that cl city In the heyday heda of prosperity it I was as easy for fOl Mayor Ho He could sit si on the front seat eat and the automobile of or an cs- cs and running municipality would go of Its own momentum for a But when the trouble camo caine there here was need leed of ver very much bigger tm tImber Imber er And nd tho the eclipse of the mayor mayr may- may or r has been one of or the convincing Incidents Incidents In- In of or th time the whole experience He HeIs HeIs Hes Is s not big enough enough for his job Almost fr from m the first the people of or that hat cl city who three tunes times scorned corned the offers of practical men in the cam campaigns em cain cain- for election have ha e turned with wih unanimity and confidence to former Mayor layor Phelan He has lias spoken anti and from rein roin the position of ot a man without au an office a man whose er very home was destroyed who had not erl C even a place of f business has commanded the tho attention at- at of oC th tIme the country What hat he has hns said aid is recognized as ns the time voice olce of San Francisco His pledges have ha e been cen ac ac- Cel ed at th their lr face His Ills associates lave have o ha not been cen the associates of or the accidental mayor moyo but have been heen of oC the he kind that can Ct open gat gates The They I measure up UI to the standard of or even e their heir thel tremendous demand And in the resurrection of or San Francisco former Mayor Phelan and his friends frends will wi be he th the dominant char actors acter The They will v wj take the lead because be- be cause slighter people will wi not be e corn corn- ml by ly an awakened ned people with the he gigantic gigantc work worl that Is Imposed It I Is something that sanity will vilI wl her hereafter rule In the choosing of or civic civic- of officers ricers In that splendid ld cil city |