The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-16
NON=PARTISANS.
They Hold an Important
Meeting.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
A Central Committee to Be APP
pointed-They Will Manage
the Next Election.

The campaign committee of the Citizens
Non-Partisan party held their last meeting
yesterday afternoon at the headquarters, 16
Post street. A full board was present, as
Ii was an adjourned meeting from the day
before and only the completed reports Of
the different committees were to be ap-
proved.
The main question before the meeting
was whether the party should so out of ex-
iStence or remain as a political faction In
future elections.
The committee on resolutions, through
the chairman, John Nightingale. presented
the following report, that 1t was thought
best TO continue the organization, and that
central committee of twenty members should
be appointed, whose duty it should be to see
that in the next primary election the Non
Partisan party should take an active part:
That notice shall be published in at least two
daily papers for ten days, beginning 12O days
before the day of election for the election OF
delegates OF the NOn-Partis2n party 10 a conyen-
tton TO be held by the party to nominate eandi-
dates for office.
Each eIector shah have the right TO sign Tor
one delegate on one certificate.
The candidate for delegate who shall receive
majority or plurality OF signatures OF the resi-
dents and legally qualified electors OF the pre-
einct found enrolled In the precinct registers OF
the next preceding general election, provided
the number of signatures shall not be less than
100. shall be entitled TO a certificate of election
"a delegate from the Central Committee.
The Central Committee shall have power TO
appoint delegates TO represent all the precincts
that fail 10 elect delegates 10 the convention
under the call of the committee.
The nominating convention OF the Citizens
Non Partisan party shall consist Of one delegate
from each election precinct as established. for
The next preceding general election for the city
aud county OF SaG Francisco.
III the G. ntral Committee shall deem the plan
nereinbefOre proposed for primary election
impracticable. said committee is empowered to
appoint twenty-five citizens OF the city and
county OF San Francisco 10 compose the Cit
Zeus' Non-Partlsan convention 10 nominate can
didates for office to be voted for at the cleo
ton. Said convention shall assemble for or
ganlZaiion al least ninety days before the day of
election.
The above resolutions were fully dis
cussed by the members of the campaign
committee and generally referred to COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Nightingale,
MilllkeD, Whiting. Simpson and Swift. with
instructions to make a final report on the
future OF the party.
The committee re. orted as follows:
That convention be brought together at the
call OF the chair who should appoint central
committee composed OF eighteen members, who
were given power TO select nine more If they
ga W FIT, aud that the committee as formed should
take tull management Of the NOn-PaTtisan
party. and should also be a committee on per-
manent organization.
The resolutions were adopted by full
vote, and the meeting then adjourned SUBJ
ject to the call of the chair.