The morning call., 1890-08-13
A MATTER OF MONEY.
Chairman Croker Calls in His
Coin Collectors.
Nearly Two Thousand Dollars Raised Yester-
day-Veteran Firemen Will Parade.
Committees at Work.

Last night the Finance Committee held
the first meeting it has for several weeks.
Charles f. Croker, Chairman of the COM
mlttee. was present and opened the meet
Ing with half hours instruction to the
collectors After his talk Chairman
CROKER called upon collectors, district by
district, to receive their reports and give
more explicit instructions. To nearly every
one he stated that certain parts of the dis
trlct consigned had not been canyassed.
Inc collectors. or at least many of those
TO whom districts comprising large conf
panles, firms and corporations had been as
signed, complained that other collectors
and committees had encroached on their
| districts, obtained small subscriptions,
which the subscribers, their fathers, broth
ers, aunts, cousins and neighbors, one and
| all, took as presidents and followed with
| petty 30 or $40 subscriptions.
One collector, who had received some
dozen or more of such subscriptions in one
of the richest, most mercantile districts of
tile city, was pulled over the Goals" in
way that he will remember for several
hours. He, to make amends, suggested
that another committee be appointed to go
over his ground and re-collect. but Chair
man Croker told him that that was i'm
possible; the only hope for better subscrip-
lions in his district is in close canvass of
that part overlooked by him.
Another collector said he had very
small district, and he, with his committee,
had worked about fifty houses and so far
had not gone over more than one-third of
his district. His success was marked, as
was others who had 'encroaened" on to his
district.
r. P. Hammond Jr. at this point stated
that the subscription of Huntington, Hop
kins 81 Co. OF $500 was the first received ON
any book and had proved a good '.nest
egg" as the list reported yesterday has
shown.
INTO THE FIELD AGAIN.
IN conclusion, Chairman Crocker stated
to the collectors that the chief end of the
Finance Committee was the raising of
finances. Take your books" said he, land
go into the field again with the spirit of the
event in prospect aud with the knowledge
that the public is able and willing to give.
The excuse of hard times does not in my
opinion, apply and in no case should be
tolerated. Keep at them Talk them out
OF all notion of hard times and two weeks
before the celebration We will have ample
funds"
District No. II. one of the most impor-
tant, was placed in the bands of Leo +.
hampton and his cUterie of workers for
eanVassing. This was found necessary on
account of the collectors originally appointed
for that district having ''vamOsed."
A special committee will be appointed to
visit the theaters, railroad companies,
hotels, etc. X. p. Hammond Jr stated
that the railroad companies had the matter
OF subscriptions under adyisement in the
boards of directors, and would be heard of
in couple Of days.
The following additional subscriptions
were obtained Yesterday: Union Iron
Works, Fireman's Fund lnsuranceCOmpany,
and Home Mutual Insurance Company,
$3.50 each; Commercial Insurance Company,
$50; Balfour, Guthrie 81 Co., Hartford In
surance Company, Commercial Union In
surance Company, ABglo-Nevada Assur-
ance, III. Fortman & Co. and Dodge.
Sweeney e Co., 500 each.
THE VETERAN FIREMEN.
The Veteran Firemen held meeting last
night with j. G. Roberts in the chair, and
six new members were elected. A joint
invitation from the California Pioneers and
Native Sons to the firemen, inviting them
to participate in the parade, was received
with an "hurrah, and was accepted unani-
mously.
A Committee on Conference, composed of
MeSsrs. w. III. Davis, X. j. Avery and
Robert Cleary, was appointed TO meet with
the Joint Conference Committee OF Pioneers
and Native Sons to make arrangements.
The Veteran Firemen of Portland, Ore
gon have signified il rs their intention to
come to San Francisco on that great day If
invited, and communication TO that effect
was read last night
Secretary Doolan and Eugene F. Bert in
vited the Firemen on behalf of the Native
Sons to participate in the night parade and
high jinks," which follow at Union
square. on the night Of September 9th. The
invitation was unanimously accepted.
GRAND BALL AND DECORATIONS.
The Committee on Grand Ball, at last
nights meeting, decided TO request the
President of each city parlor of Native
Sons and Native Daughters to send in list
of its membership up to September 1st,
with addresses, to ensure and facilitate the
proper sending of invitations 1t will make
arrangements for the band to give con-
cert between and o'clock on the night
of the grand ball, and and at 8 promptly
the grand march will start
The Decoration Committee, the only
committee of the Native Sons that has
passed on great, m0mentOus matters with
out retracing its steps, held a meeting last
night. 1t decided that the arch would be
erected on Market street at the corner of
Fourth.
SOUVENIRS OF THE DAY
A meeting of the Souvenir Committee was
held at the headquarters last evening, at
which a proposition from the Gettysburg
Panorama Company to have the Sons de-
clare the panorama one Of its authorized
places OF amusement was read, but reject
ed on the grounds that the Native Sons
could not give recognition of Individual or
cooperative efforts
Complaints have been made to the COM
mittee that other parties are getting UP a
souvenir, and promising the patrons of
its advertising columns that it will be dis
tributed in the Pavilion. This, the commit
tee declares, shall never come to pass. and
in no ease viii any other than the official
souvenir be allowed at the Pavilion.
1t was stated that the total amounts OF
souvenir advertisements amount, so far, TO
about $1,000.
JUVENILE PIONEERS.
Marshall Nreeland of the California Pho
neers desires the names and addresses oil
the surviving members of Colonel j. d.
Stevenson's Regiment of California Nolun-
teers. 1t is proposed to form them IN line
as distinct feature, and it will be the most
lnteres ting on account oil Its historical
value that will be in the parade.
Captain Freese finds the ship-owners on
the water front ready to decorate their yes
sells, and united effort on their part is be-
ing made to systematic the decorations.
w estera Parlor has adopted uniform
OF light brown material, brown pressed
hats, tenn is shirts and silk hats for Its dele
CATION of twenty five members to be sent to
this city.
jacksonville Parlor's chief Feature" will
be the cannon of the mship Oregon,
come news of CALIFORNIA; statehood.
FIRST ADMISSION DAY.
On Secretary Doolan's desk yesterday
afternoon reposed framed invitation to
the first Admission day celebration, which
reads as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO, october 81, 1850.
The honor OF Captain Clayton. Mrs. Clayton
and Miss Clayton's company Is requested at
hall to be given by The citizens OF San francisco
on Tuesday evening, October 29th, IN celebration
pf ha mi sgt0 California
NJ. II. AlcAllister, John w. Geary. J: ID. Stey-
enson, John Wilson, G. n. Gillespie, w. ID. NJ
Howard Gregory Yale, ID. q. Broderck, William
Burling, +. Argent, 9. f. Bolts, Committee OF
Invitation.
The Reception Committee will have
among its members Colonel j. ID. Steven
son, member of the Reception Committee
Of the first celebration in 1850. Besides,
there will be the Pioneers, Mayor. Board
of Supervisors and 100 citizens on the COM
mittee,
Western Star Parlor Of Santa Rosa will
be uniformed in regulation silk shirt black
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