The San Francisco call., 1895-11-05
The Interior Cities to Be Recog'
nized in the 0rgani-
zation.
SENATOR WILLIAMS PREsIDEs
He Will Select the Men to Do the
Heavy Work To-Day and
To.Morrow.

The fight for the convention has as
sumed formal shape.
Within twenty-four hours an executive
committee will be at work, and within
forty-eight hours all the machinery of Or
ganizauon-fnance committee, transpor-
tation and committee of promotion-will
have assumed their functions.
1t all came out of the meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday after
noon, at which the merchants, Union
League and Half-million Club discussed
the situation and named the steps to be
taken.
There was no nonsense about that meet
ing. 1t was determined that it was no
time for spreadeagle oratory, and even
parliamentary practice had to take back
seat occasionally in favor of expediency.
They were business men who were there to
attend to business of the utmost impor-
tance. Nobody tried to make a long
speech, and communications which did
not refer to the business actually at hand
were incontinently referred to committees
in order that there might be no delay.
Another popularity of the meeting was
that it started promptly on time. The
meeting was set for 3 O'clock and at that
hour General Friedrich was in the chair.
Among the gentlemen prominent at the
meeting were:
NJ. NJ. Estee, S. W. Backus, NJ. II. de
Young, Alfred Bouvier, c. H. Friedlander.
George H. Pippy, P. B. Cornwall, Oscar
Tolle, A. H. Castle, ]. NJ. Litchfield, John
7. Dare, c. Mason Kinne, Senator A. P.
Williams, George Spear, DR.. Lawler, NJ.
Cooney, Clement Bennett, Hugo Keil, Cap
tain John Lafferty, H. P. Sonntag, Hugh
Craig, J. l.. Field, Charles Montgomery.
A. Gt Booth, David Rich, E. Palmieri, H.
A. ItcCraney, i. s. Baldwin, Wendell
Easton, General r. H. Warfeld, Colonel
W. K. Smedberg and numerous others.
Nearly all of these gentlemen have taken
part in business of public Importance and
understood exactly what they were there
for. Each one had his plans made up, but
was willing to be convinced that some
other citizens views were better to accom-
plish the object for which they all came.
So it was that amendments were piled on
amendments until everybody had his say.
and then some broad-minded member
would up with substitute embracing the
hest features of all the plans proposed,
and in the end these features were adopted.
General Friedrich opened the meeting
with a very short address:
II have been requested to call this mass
meeting together" said he, 'for the pur-
pose Of devising ways and means toward
having the next Republican National Con-
vention meet in San Francisco. heartily
congratulate you that the present outlook
is so favorable, and, with little concerted
effort on our part, l believe that success
will crown our efforts. This is business
meeting composed of business men; no
partisanship of any kind should be allowed
to intrude itself, but we should, irrespec-
tive of politics, unite in one endeavor to
bring the convention here.
1.-The Union League Club, couple of
months ago, appointed committee toward
arranging for this convention. All of the
National Committeeman have been written
to by this committee, and almost every
one of them has replied. 1t would appear,
from their replies, that San Francisco is
now within six votes of having majority
of the National Committee. That Is GER
tainly encouraging and should inspire us
al with enthusiasm.
1.-THE press of San Francisco, for once
united and earnest, have already practic-
ally solved the financial problem. As a re-
suit of their generous efforts over one-half
of the necessary funds has already been
voluntarily subscribed, and without any
other effort made with the people except
to give them an opportunity to subscribe
The press and the Union League Club have
so far had control of the affair The time
has now arrived when no one club is can
able of coping with the movement, and as
a result the community have been called
together to take charge. Hence this meet
ing.
"I have the honor of leaving the matter
in your hands. The first in order is for
you to nominate q chairman to preside
over you. /, myself, decline to be candi-
date
"Mr. Chairman" said Colonel John f.
Dare as he rose from the center of the
room, 81 rise to place in nomination for
permanent chairman of this meeting a
man who has national reputation; one
who is known among the politicians all
over the Union; a man who has represent
ed this State, in Senatorial capacity, in
the halls of the National Capitol. place
in nomination Colonel A. P. Williams"
The applause that greeted the mention
of the gray-haired Senator's name was
deafening, and before it had subsided the
nominations were ordered closed and his
selection made unanimous.
Atalmost any other meeting the presen-
tation of the chairman would have been
matter for oratory and argument. The re-
tiring temporary chairman would have
been sure to laud his successor to the skies
under the cloak of introducing him, and
the better he was known the more horid
would have been the arguments and the
longer the Introductory speech.
Think what an opportunity the intro
duction of Senator Williams was: "Our
sterling citizen, ""Services to his country"
Ever in the fore rank of movements that
concern the public interest and pros
pe'tx"-what an elegant opportunity for