The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-25

parts OF the United States show the atten-
ton San Francisco's fight is attracting,
and politicians stop in their headlong
course to think over the matter and do the
best thing for both the party and the
coast. 1t is no longer denied that the
West has claims to some political recog-
milton, and thinking statesmen are begin
ming to realize the value of such a move
as holding the next Republican Conven-
ton Cd the Pacific Coast. They have
found that there i. more in it than would
present itself at first glance, and great
deal of thought will be brought into play
before the National Central Committee
takes any definite action in regard to the
next place of meeting for the convention.
The present situation is one that has
caused men to deliberate, and the result
will be of such nature that it will indicate
care and wisdom.
The hotel men of the City have agreed
to stand by the visitors and treat them as
guests of high order.
As long ago as last June the hotel men
OF San Francisco met and entered into an
agreement to do the right thing by our
visitors, who will come here to attend the
next National Republican Convention, as
the following will show:
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, June Is, 1895.
. Ne, the undersigned hotel managers and
.proprietors, hereby agree to use our best efforts
toward comfortably entertaining and promise
not TO advance our rates to visitors and dele
gates should the next session of the National
Presidential Convention or conventions be
held in this City of San Francisco.
s. r. THORN, Grand Hotel.
WILLIAM B. HOPPE Oepidentef Hotel
GEORGE B. WARREN, Palace Hotel.
GEORGE w. Baldwin, the Baldwin.
r. H. WAKEFIELD, The California Hotel
K. B. SoULE, Lick House.
CHARLES MONTGOMERY, Brooklyn Hotel
KING, WARD & Co., New Western and
International Hotels.
To be sure there are some elements
opposed to the plan, but the men who OBJ
lect are prone to confine themselves to
theories rather than TO practice. Even
here in San Francisco we have few
silurians who are inimical to every step
forward, but they are absolutely lost in the
midst OF those who progress so rapidly
that the laggards are trampled under foot
and will eventually be wiped out through
sheer inability to keep out of the way.
The fight for recognition at the hands of
the great Republican party is on, and if
concerted action and stability of purpose
can win, San Francisco will get the next
convention.
Robert A. Friedrich, chairman of the
committee from the Union League Club.
is very sanguine as to the prospects of the
success of the movement. He believes the
money can easily be raised, and thinks all
that is necessary is concerted action. He
said yesterday:
The convention win come here without a
DOUBT II the people will only work for it. 1t is
San Francisco's opportunity. Never before has
a city started fight for a convention under
such favorable auspices and with so MANY of
the members of the National Committee
IN It's favor. The battle will be half won
before we are In line We have !.
great many friends and we have the good.
will OF the other rivals for the honor
New York, Pittsburg, ST. Louis and Chicago
Each one favors San Francisco as a second
choice, and es q prominent Republican friend
of mine wrote to me, 1t is better at this stage
TO be second choice OF all than first choice of
none.
The money problem will probably be the
easiest OF all. san Francisco and California do
not do things by halves, and it will need only
little touching-up OF the State pride to arouse
plenty Of enthusiasm Then, too, the stand
taken by the papers will have such an inf1u-
ence thati 1t will be but little trouble to raise
even 100000 if necessary. 1t will be great
thing, not only for San Francisco and the State,
but for the entire coast. Thousands of visitors
who have never been to the coast before, and
they will be of the better classes, too, will come
westward, and many will come in by one route
and return by the other, and in that way will
zee the greater part of the State. Every news
paper in the world will talk of San Francisco,
and this City and State will become known.
A. w. Wilson, one of the proprietors of