The morning call., 1894-08-07
ADOPTED A PLAN.
Republicans Decide on
Organization.
MUST KEEP OUT OF "ISMS."
The County Committee Gets a
Pointed Letter.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE STATE.
Exciting Session of the Democratic
General Committee Expected.
AntisRailroad Talk.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE STATE

The Republican State Central Commit
tee has adopted plan OF club organiza-
ton throughout California, aud all county
committees will be notified this week.
At executive sessions held Friday and
Saturday the plan was adopted by the ex-
ecutive committee, but so far it has been
kept secret at State headquarters. The
recommendations were issued in COM
munication Saturday, and yesterday morn
ing Secretary Morris of the local County
Committee received the following letter
from Chairman Cornwall of the executive
committee:
kEPUBLIcAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
634 Market Street. San Francisco, Z
August 4. 1894. J
| To the Chairman and Members of the Repub
| licdn Cott,,tu Committed, San Francisco
| GENTLEMEN: The executive committee for
the State Central Committee has adopted the
following plan for club organization thr ough-
| out the 81 ate:
| In every Assembly district organize without
delay a central club, the officers OF which
should consist OF a president. secretary,
! treasurer and Vice-president from each pre-
cinct in the Assembly district, and such Off
GERS shall constitute The executive committee
of the club.
! The vice presidents are charged with the or
| ganlzation Of clubs in their respective pre-
| cncts, If desirable and practicable, such pre-
cnct clubs to be subordinate to the central
club of the district.
Each club should have a roll showing the
NAME age, occupation and residence of every
member, and copies OF such rolls should he for
warded to this committee after each meeting,
| so that the n mes can be placed upon roster
| containing the names of the Republicans Of
! this State. a Republican may be member of
the district as we'll as the precinct club
! Each club should establish permanent head
! quarters in their localities, which should be
! open every evening, and make the club
room the center OF political activity IN the
neighborhOOd.
| Keep out OF 'isms." Stand on the great
principles OF the party. Invite TO membership
! every person who sympathiZes with the Repub-
! lican party and who intends TO support its can
| didates. See that every Republican III the dis
| trict joins the club. Have regular meetings Of
the club at least once fortnight, Have the
| officers see to il that some speaker Is there TO
| address the meeting. Give the young men full
share of active organizing, recruiting, ranying
campaign work
Special attention should be devoted to regis
tration. See that every Republican registers at
the Registrars Office IN the new City Hall.
The central clubs and the vice-preSidents are
directed to make a thorough canvass OF the
district and report TO the County Committee
the result of their labors, and while so doing
should urge upon Republicans TO register with
| out delay.
The committee earnestly recommends and
urges upon your committee to take immediate
| action to carry out the plan above outlined aud
TO adopt such means and measures as WIZ IN
| duce every Republican In san francisco to
| join clubs, participate Ia club affairs and
| identify bmsrlf thoroughly in the work of the
Republican party ResSp o9 c,.,.
1t will be seen by this communication
| that prompt and decisive action is recon-
mended in organizing clubs and that a
| comprehensive scheme for controlling the
party machine is offered. The enrolling
and registration of Republicans is left
| with district clubs, which are given con-
| siderable power.
The issuing of these recommendations
does not mply that they shall be accepted
by all county committees, though, as a
mater of course. but little deviation from
them will take place. Several plans for
club organization are in preparation, to be
submitted Wednesday night before the
County Committee. With some commit
teemen Secretary Morris is working on
plan, They are inclined to believe
that the State Central Committees
scheme provides for too much organl-
zation, to avoid which they have an idea
that precincts shall select vice. presidents,
one from each, who, with the Assembly
club officers, would constitute the Assem-
bly, district executive committee. There is
a strong sentiment in favor of giving the
question of Capitalization of clubs into
hands of special Committee which would
take it under consideration and submit
report to the County Committee when
| ready at later date. a
More frequent meetings of the County
| Committee than once month seem to be
| favored Oh all sides in view Of the volume
Of business transacted.
Whatever little feeling there might
have been over the primaries" said a
| prominent county committeeman while
| discussing those matters, 'it has died out,
and all are pulling in the one direction, be-
lieVing firmly that plan to please every
| body will be adopted"
An exciting meeting of the Democratic
| general committee is expected this even
| Ing when the much-talked-of plan to sub
stitute primaries will be introduced.
| Members of the committee. with but few
exceptions, are completely at sea as to
what they will be asked to vote on to-
night. They only know that new system
| of electing candidates for the State con-
ven ton will be proposed and acted upon,
and they are excee dinghy anxious to learn
| it's nature That there will be considera-
Bile difficulty in agreeing there was ample
indication last night in the discussions
and expressions heard at headquarters in
/ the Columbian building.
| 1t was there and then stated as GER
| tantY that underneath the cloak OF
secrecy surrounding all deliberations aud
preparations for general plan of CAM
| paign Is an ambition to secure an anti
railroad ticket Upon what grounds this
assertion was based is difficult to deter
mine, for the leaders observed studied
reticence, assuming they knaw of no
movement of any significance whatever,
and stating assuriDgiy that none was on
foot. However that may be, the fact was
not positively denied. The plan, it seems,
affords a prospect of such arrangement
that none but men whose attitude on
| railroad matters is well known shall be
elected to the State convention, and they
in turn will be required to nominate only
such candidates as are known TO be lnde-
pendent of Southern Pacific power.
The Democratic and Republican regis
tration committees met last evening and
made arrangements for registration of
voters.
The Italian Republican Club held very
enthusiastic meeting at WessePs Hall,
corner Powell and Union streets. last
night. The meeting was presided over by
E. G. Palmieri. aud speeches were made
by P. A. Morbio, G. Barred and A. ID.
SpliValo. There were further additions to
the membership, which has already
reached $50.
The Republican Citizens Club of the
| Twenty-eighth Assembly District organ
| lied permanently last evenings at Drew's
Hall. The object of the club is to conduct
an aggressive warfare i0 the Twenty
eighth District in the interest OF the Re-
| publican PARTY In so far as it will present
the names of candidates for Office who are
capable and honest. The following per-
manent officers were elected for the cam
paign: Carl Lindenfeldt. president; John
Wilson, vice-Dresident; Henry Lansing,
| secretary: Michael Cassidy, treasurer; eX-