The morning call., 1892-03-09
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Another Conference of Club
Representatives.
Committees Provided for the Preliminary
Work CT the Convention and to
Choose Headquarters.

Another conference was held last evening
at the Baldwin Hotel of the represen tatives
forming the temporary organization Of Cal
ifornia State League of Republican Clubs.
Vice-Chairman Franklin Z. Bull was in the
chair, and M. c. Allen acted as Secretary.
Representatives were present from the
Bear, Markham, Morrow and Fremont
clubs.
Chairman K. w. Williams Of the commit
tee appointed at the meeting in February to
draft call for the organization of clubs
preliminary to the league and the holding
OF State convention presented report, of
which the following are the recommends
tions. after alluson to the shortness of the
time before the meeting of the National
League Convention early in April, making
it impractcable to print and mail circulars
requesting the organization of clubs if it
was desirable 10 choose delegates to repre-
sent California;:
THE REPORT.
Your commit'e would therefore recommend
at this time In lieu OF circular form Of call that
the Secretary De authorized 10 publish such form
OF request aud call as has been indicated in at
least TWO newspapers, 10 be designated by this
meeting, ana that a date for the convention be
definitely agreed upon here tonight.
As 10 the proportion In which the several clubs
shall be represented In the convention II Is the
representation would be one delegate at large
for each club, and all additional delegate for each
MY members on the roll or fraction thereof ex-
ceediDg twenty-five.
The question OF plan OF organization seems
al This time 10 be one Of absorbing importance.
The method OF governing the league Will of
course have TO be adopted and determn ed 10y
the permanent organization. Ii appears 10 your
committee however, that mucn valuable time
this meeting to draft form OF constitution aud
bylaws which would anticipate the work usually
devolved upon special committee at the outset
OF every permanent organization. The report
of that committee, with perhaps slight mod flea
tons, would DOUBTLESS prove acceptable To the
general body and at the same time obyiate Tile
necessity for delay Which would pecessarilv AZ
tend the drawing up Of permanent plan of
organization after the convention had met
Your committee from It's Investigations has
come TO one firm conclusion, which Is that the
best thing that can be done TO promote efficient
organization would be TO Ike the league a
permanent political body, Independent OF and
yet auxiliary TO the Republican State Central
Committee, having permanent headquarters in
San Francisco, in charge OF a competent Secre-
tary where library Of Republican books, news.
papers and campaign literature could be pre-
served, political data on statistics be compiled
aud distributed and record be kept OF Repub-
llcln voters throughout the State.
III goes without saying that 10 do all his would
require considerable money, bat that The neces-
saIy funds can be raised without difficulty your
committee have no doubt. At the same time IL
Is always well 10 be In the field early, aud there
fore we would further recommend the appoint
ment tonight OF finance committee, whose
duty II shall be 10 proceed at once In an org IN
lZed EFFORT 10 raise moneys for The expenses OF
The league. No time should be lost ia attending
TO this matter, as. IN the opinion OF your com.
miiiee, the establishment of permanent head
quarters In a central locality without further
delay is most essential TO the success of the
league aud the important work which Ii proposes
TO undertake.
NO DEFINITE INFORMATION.
As regards the first recommendation, w.
III. Chamberlain of the National League
could give no definite information as to the
National Convention, no reply having been
received to kilograms of inquiry. The time
OF the State Convention was therefore laid
over until the next conference.
The reported ratio of representation, it
was thought, would give convention of
about 500 delegates. there being twenty
three clubs In the city. 1t was thought bet
ter to have a representative delegation for
buSlneS than larger and purely SNOWY one
like the Democrats had.
The third recommendation was also
adopted and the temporary chairman will
appoint committee Of seven on constitu-
ton, four from the city and three from the
interior, being one each from the north.
south and east.
Regarding the last two recommendations
1t was resolved that the chairman, secretary
and Finance Committee of five, to be ap-
pointed. undertake TO obtain the refusal of
permanent headquarters and solicit from
Republicans funds with which to carry on
the work OF tie proposed convention and
league.
The conference then adjourned until
Saturday evening at the same place, Ii be-
ing agreed that the Representative of any
city or interior club, not as yet in the con-
ference. will be admitted and welcomed.