The morning call., 1894-10-24

aided by the advice and assistance of the or
| ganization, may must, accomplish something.
| In she meantime the Trafhc association are
! striving TO get the composition OF competing
| road in the San Joaquin Valley, and II this
| should be accomplished, and an honest aud
| capa BILE Board of Railroad Commissioners
elected predict an era OF prosperity for the
| producers OF his state, wnlch you are all
aware Is needed badly
| The address by Mr.. Marcus was received
| with enthusiastic applause:
| AS the iims for the election was so near
Henry Gray suggested that some definite
| action Should be taken with regard to
| Non-Partisan literature. He moved that
the committee on literature be increased
| from three 10 five, 10 draft a campaign doc
! nment in accordance with the wishes Of
the club, and that it be given full power to
| publish and distribute an appeal to the
voters of San Francisco. The motion car
| ried and the chair added the names of
Maurice LoeweDsteiD and j. w. Elder 10
| the committee. The other members are !:
| Henry Gray, G. II. Russell and Marsden
| Manson.
! F. H. Merzbach. candidate for Superior
| Judge, made brief address. He alluded
| to the honor which he had received at the
hands of the Non-Parisans. His inteD-
! ton, if elected, was 10 be an honest and
imi artal Judge. Speaking of good gov
| ernmenf, he declared tn at an honest count
was one of the necessities of a fair cleo
tion. He warned his hearers 10 see that
| the count was closely watched. especially
| in the early morning hours following cleo
tion day. when watchers were apt to be-
come weary aud sleepy, for that was the
time when the grossest frauds were CON-
mitted.
Dr. Clutch, Non-Partisan candidate for
School Director, spoke upon the necessity
of selecting honest men for office. Mems
views might have a wide range politically,
hnf if honest hatfpY
would be obtained than from men whose
views might be orthodox politically. but
who were not honest in their motives.
DR.. Clutch predicted Non-PartiSan vic
tory.
1t was decided bv the campaign commit
tee OF the Non Partisan organization to
offer rewards aggregatiDg $500 for the
arrest and conviction of illegal voters.
The campaign committee appointed w.
b. Bourn and j. j. OFarrel to SOLICIT
funds for this purpose. and the Business
Mems Club appointed Benjamin Arnhold
and NJ. c. Sloss to act jointly with The
appolntees of the campaign committee, at
| The request of the latter organization.
d. l. Mahoney explained the methods Of
| ascertaining who the suffers were. The
| first step was to obtain complete list of
registrations. These names had to be
segregated by precincts aud streets. Can
vassers would then 60 tosuSpiciOuS places.
This work could only be done by men in
terested in good government. The work
was more important TO Non-Partisans than
toany other organization. The Non-Parti-
sans were not suffers. The suffers would
vote against the Nom Partisan candidates.
Men suspected would be cited to appear
brfore the registration officers to show
cause why their names should not be
stricken from the list When there was
absolute proof of fraud immediate arrests
would be made.
L. G. Voss was added to the literary
committee 10 draft res olutions with respect
to the proposed constitutional amend
Inents, one Of which ne twelfth) many Of
the members Of the club thought danger
Gus. as discouragIng the influx OF capital
into California.
Marsden Manson thought the two i'm
portant factors in the election were TO see
that there was an honest Legislature and
an honest count. He suggested that
enough volunteers should offer TO watch
the count from the time it began till the
final returns went to the Registrar
Speaking with reference to constitu-
tional amendments he declared that The
one providing that hereafter no one should
become eligible as a voter who could not
read and understand the constitution in
| the English language was of the utmost
! importance.
| Mr.. Manson declared that there was a
| great awakening in this city, compare BILE
pOSSiHiy W lHo Olu tIRIiduCH OOthtnttee
| of 1856. He declared that II honest gov
ernment was not allowed to prevail
| the ultimate result would be new vigi-
! lance committee, which would rid the city
of the corrupters OF politics.
a short address was made by Maurice
V. Samuels on the constitutional amend
ments, ard he talked especially with refer
ence to the election of the freeholders and
the important work which they had TO do
| 10 preparing charter.
c. Wesley Reed, nominee for Justice of
the Peace, also spoke of the election OF
freehoders and the importance of the
framing of charter. lie thought that
municipal politics should he divorced from
State politics and made non-partisan.
were SO nearly even in this city
that the Non = Partisans held the
balance of power and could dictate the
election of good men. He advocated the
holding of city elections separate from
State elections. One of the greatest OBJ
stacles to good city government was the
multiplicity Of Offices. He bought there
should be fewer offices and gr eater respOn-
sibility.
+. G. Voss moved that the president and
secretary be a; pointed committee of two
to call on the Election Commissioners aud
see what steps could be taken t. secure a
speedy count. Mr.. Castle thought the
Election Commissioners knew their duty
and would resent such interference.
Quite number of additional names
were added to the roll.
The campaign committee Of the Nom
Partisan organization met in an adjoining
room and discussed methods 10 secure a
fair election and an honest count.
The committee and The club will act
jointly 10 protect the city from illegal
| voters and election frauds.