The morning call., 1891-11-05
THEY COME HIGH,
But San Francisco Must Have a
Convention.
Enthusiastic Meeting of Citizens, Who Will
Try to Get the Two Presidential Con-
ventions 20 Meet Here in 1892.

San Francisco is going to make deter
| mined effort to secure one or both OF the
national party conventions to be held In
1892, for the nomination of the next Presi-
dent and ce-President of the United
| States.
The subject has been occupying public
attention for some days past, and it found
expression last night in a well-attended and
| enthusiastic meeting held at the Chamber
| Of Commerce.
Fully two hundred of the representative
men Of the city were present and the ut
most unanimity and harmony prevailed.
! The central thought was how to get one or
! both of the national conventions, and 1t was
REINFORCED by a spirit to get them il the ex-
penditure of aquarter of million of dollars
| and the promises of this cty's boundleSs hos
| pitaiity could accomplish it.
| DOWN TO BUSINESS.
1t was shortly after o'clock when
! Mayor Sanderson stepped to the rostrum
and addressed the assemDlage. He briefly
outlined the purposes for which the meeting
was called-to take the initial steps toward
securing for this city both or either one OF
the two National Presd entail conventions
| to be held next year. He said the time was
| short in which to act, and in order to sue
coed work must be begun at once. He ad-
| vised the choosing of officers and commit
tees. and the getting down to business
! a. once.
Irving NJ. Scott WAS chosen Chairman, X.
| B. Hammond Jr. Vice-Presdent and A. j.
Moulder Secretary.
Mr.. Scott, in a short address, pointed out
| the many advantages that would accrue not
only to San Francisco but to the State from
| the gathering here of the immense throngs
| that come with national conventions.
THE REPUBLICANS FIRST
General Hammond stated his experience
| in 1888. when he went East in an effort to
| have the Democratic National Convention
Of that year held in this city, and said that
mere invitation was not enough induce
ment. 1t was necessary to see every MEM
| Der of the National Committee. The time
| was too short to waste any now in pTepara-
tory work and the appointment OF commit
| tees. The National Committees OF both
| parties would meet now very shortly to Sc
| lect the place of meeting. He moved the
| adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS. The Republican National Commit
| tee meets IN two weeks, and tIis body has not
| time to formulate Immediately the various ln-
ducements that the citizens of this city will offer
Tor the holding OF the next Republican National
| Convention in san Francisco, be 1t
| Resolved, That the gentleman representing the
Stale of California, NJ. II. de Young In
| National Republican Committee De authorized
| 10 offer such Inducements that In his Judgment
| would procure The holding OF the National Con-
vention in this CITY, and that we pledge ourselves
TO sustain and carry out as far as possible, these
| offers.
IT is A RIDDLE.
Colin NJ. Boyd called upon NJ. Fl. de
| Young to say whether or not there was any
| prospect for the conventions being held
| here.
| Mr.. de Young answered that he could
| solve a riddle easier There were many
other cities in the field striving to get the
| conventions, notably Cincinnati, whose
IL. u L.. l., a.
member of the Republican Committee.
| promising that If Cincinnati was chosen as
| the place of meeting 1t would defray every
| expense OF the committeeman, railroad
| fares. hotel bills and everything else, in
| Guiding stenographers, clerks, hall and
| amusements, as well as all other expenses,
| excepting railroad fares, of the delegates.
A letter vas read from the Governor of
| Minnesota, offering similar idtteriIg induce
| ments to have the convention meet at st.
Paul or Minneapolis.
TRANSPORTATION.
P. B. Cornwall moved that a commi' tee of
three be appointed TO interview the railroad
people and see Just what rate of fare could
be obtained for the convention. The mo-
ton was withdrawn temporarily by request
| of Mr.. Hammond, aud his motion was read
a second time.
A. c. Paulsell, ex-Harbor Commissioner,
| was in favor of having the convention here,
but he thought Hammond's resolution was
premature. 1t was no trivial matter for the
| city to pledge Itself TO back up the offers
that Mr.. de Young might make, and which
would involve an expenditure of at least
S200,00 1t was no joke to raise that
amount Of money.
Mr.. Hammond said that it would not cost
100000. His resolution had In considera-
| tion only one convention.
General Sheehan did not approve of the
city pledgng itself TO back up Mr.. de
Young's promises. He wanted something
| less binding.
| Colin NJ Boyd said that the meeting must
| consider the securing of both conventions,
| not only of one, and that $500, 000 was low
| figure at which to fix the expenses.
| Gavin McNabb said the best thing to do
| was 10 first ascertain just how much this
city was willing to raise in the way OF de-
| fraying expenses.
FINANCIAL PLEDGE.
William 7. Coleman moved as a substitute
| for the preceding resolutions that this meet
| ing pledge itself to raise 100000 one-half
| for each convention, within three days.
This proposition met with favor, and
| there were a great many seconds, with
| short speeches, pointing out the really
| insight ticant sum such an amount of money
was when contrasted with the splendid ad-
| vantages that would accompany the hold
| ing of a national convention here The
| money so spent it was held, would be re-
pad thousandfold, aud that the benefits to
California and the city could not be over
| estimated.
Edward Curtis of the Southern Pacific
| Company offered as a substitute for Mr.
| Hammond's resolution that the city pledge
| itself to pay all the expenses of the dele
| gates and committeeman to and from Chi
| cago If the convention was held here. The
substitute was defeated, and Mr. Ham
mOnd's resolution was put to vote and
| passed.
Albert Gerberding then offered a resolu-
| ton that an Executive Committee of twenty,
a committee of eleven on transportation,
one Of thirty on finance and another of
| seven on hotels, be appointed by the Chair.
THE FIRST PROPOSITION.
| AS substitute John A. Steinbach moved
that ttee of five only on Transport
| tation be appointed now, and when it was
| learned how much the convention would
cost the other committees could be ap-
| pointed.
William T. Coleman moved as a further
amendment that Finance Committee be
| added.
| z. F. Hanlon did not want the meeting to
waste all its energy In an effort to secure
| the Republican Convention only: he
thought Democrat ought to be deputed to
| take the same interest in the Democratic
| Convention that Mr.. de Young was mani-
Testing in the Republican, and said that he
could not support anything that smacked so
strongly of partisanship.
Alter some further discussion Mr..
Gerberding's resolution, amended to a
committee of five on transportation and
thirty ON finance, to be appointed by the
Chair, was passed. The committee will be
| named as soon as practicable and will re-
| port next Saturday night at the Chamber of
| Commerce.
MORE COMMITTEES.
A resolution By Mr.. Paulsell that the
Chair appoint two committees, one of two
Democrats and one Republican, and an
other to consist of two Republicans and one
| Democrat, the first to assist National Demo-
cratic Committeeman NJ. +. Tarpey, aud
the other to assist M. Fl. de Young, each to
do all In Its rover to induce the conventions
to be held in this city, was passed by a
unanimous vote. 1t is the intention to start
the Republican Committee off for the East
at once to consult with the National Com
mitteemen at their approaching meeting.
The expenses of this committee will be
borne by the men present at last nights
meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock to