The morning call., 1894-09-21

| the relief of Iitgants who find the present
Charges grlevOus burden.
The business OF the County Clerks office can
! be eficient1y conducted at an expense of not
| TO exceed $4,000 month"; and we pledge our
| candidates for that office TO keep his expenses
| within the limit of that sum.
! We recognize the absolute necessity of an
! adequate and well equipped Fire Department.
! ana we demand that our department be fur
nlshed with ali the latest and most effective ap-
| paratus for the extinguishment OF fires, and
that IL be made 10 keep pace in all respects
Win the growth aud requirements Of the city,
The Democratic party In its doctrines and
history, by Its leaders ana throughout its rank
and ME has been and is the friend and cham
pion OF religious liberty, and the consistent and
nnWavering foe OF religious intolerance VINE r.
ever manifested. And we deprecate all At
tempts to create antagonism TO any class of
Citizens on account OF race, creed or religion
we stand by the record of the Democratic
party, and we reaffirm our allegiance to those
great principles of religious liberty which find
expression In the constitution of the Uni ed
States In these words: "No religious tests
shall ever be required as a qualification to any
public office or public trust under the United
States" And We hold by these principles in
their application to all public trusts and Offices
In his country, whether national, State or mu-
nicipal.
AnO DCuloCAdl party VIEWS Win Satisfaction
the accession TO its Tanks this year of a large
number OF our colored fellow citizens. and de-
clsring that 1t Is the friend and supporter of
the civil rights OF the American people, it
pledges Its unqualified opposition TO any unjust
discrimination against any class of our fellow
citizens on the ground of race or color
We pledge our legislative nominees to sup
port the present tenure of office law in its ap-
plcaton to teachers Of the San Francisco pub
lie schools.
We take this occasion to express our stern
and unqualified condemnation OF bosses and of
Dosslsm IN all their pernicious phases and as
poets, and we declare that they are alike mis-
cbievous and hurtful to public morals and good
government, whether they appear buoyed and
sustained by pretended responsibility or by
sehprOclaimed lawlessness.
Weapprove the eport of the Finance Commit
tee Of the present Board OF Supervisors recon-
mending the payment OF the back Indebtedness
of the city, which was incurred for legitimate
proper and necessary purposes, for the main
tenance and continuance OF the city govern.
ment and its various institutions and which
remains unpaid, owing TO The reckless extrava.
gance and unbusinessike methods OF the last
Republican Board of Supervisors. And we
recommend the adoption of whatever means
may be necessary TO secure its payment.
We favor the passage of a primary election
law by our next Legislature enabling all politi-
cal parties to elect their county OF district CON-
| mitteemen at the time of holding the general
election, said primary election to be supervised
| by the election board conducting the general
| election.
We favor liberal appropriation for the main
tenance and adjournment OF our parks.
We condemn the recent appropriation of our
waterfront streets by the various railway cor
porations of this city, We charge the present
Republican Board OF Harbor Commissioners
with derelictlon of duty in permitting such
| appropriation, and we pledge our candidates to
the Legislature TO rigid investigation and
prompt correction OF the abuse.
! WHEREAS, The use OF the telephone is an
| invention OF great convenience to the people,
saving expenditures Of money In the way of
carfare and much personal inconvenience in
the way OF travel; and whereas, through the
public press and other media of communicate
| it Is apparent that the citizens OF this munich
pality have been greatly oppressed and extor-
| tiouately dealt with by the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company: now, therefore, be il
Resolved, That this convention does hereby
pledge It's nominees for the Board of Super
vis0rs to material and substantial relief from
| the above-named grievances; such relief might
| appropriately take the form OF the granting of
competing franchises or such other means as
may be expedienI and necessary to reach the
desired end.
We believe that the fees Of the City and
County Recorder as now fixed by law are unfair
and exorbitant, and that they should be re-
duced at least one.half. We pledge our legisla-
| tive nominees to secure this reduction.
Respectfully submitted, Barclay Henley
(chairman). Alex T. Vogelsang (secretary), j. 81.
Do!an. Il. E. Wise. j. Cannon, Thomas Seary,
| NJ. j. Mcdonald. John Hoens, Martin FennelI,
Michael McDouald E. P. Mogan, P. j. Corbett,
| SclleslnUer. Edmund F.
+. +. Dunno, c. l.. Weller, Osgood Putnam