The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-12
The Finance Committee About
Ready for Subscrip-
tons.
SAN BERNARDINos ACTIVITY.
People Who Are Really Sincere Can
Now Show Their Feeling in a
Substantial Way.


In San francisco are now presented with
an opportunity to show their feeling in a
most substantial way.
yesterday the committee on finance met
In the Chronicle building, with ex-Mayor
Pond in the chair and Colonel Litchfield
at the secretary's desk. The matter chiefly
discussed was that of formulating plan
for collecting the signatures of those who
wanted to come in on the convention
project with financial assistance. Score
tary Litchfeld, Immediately after election
last Friday, sent out circulars to all the
corporations in this section, calling upon
them to begin the consideration of SUBJ
scrlblng something to the Republican
Convention fund. Following is copy of
the letter:
OFFICE OF FINANCE COMMITTEES ON
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION,
Room 100. Chronicle builGing)
Dear S5rs: A subcommittee of the finance
committee appointed to solicit funds to defray
the expense of securing the assembling of the
Republican National Convention in this City
In 1896 will soon call upon you for subscrip-
ton. We advise you in advance in order to
give you an opportunity to decide what your
contribution will be, thereb by lessening the
Iabors of the committee by requiring further
calls from them. 1t is needless for US to call
your attention to the immediate and lasting
benefits to be derived by the visit of this large
body of intelligent and leading citizens of their
different localities throughout the Union to our
City and State. We hope, therefore, you will
be pleased to see our committee, and trust tn at
you will be as liberal in your contribution as
you feel that you can afford to be. Very truly
yours, E. B. POND, Chairman
j. NJ. LITCHFIELD, Secretary
This was done at that time so that the
different companies could call meetings if
necessary and get an opinion from all of
the partners interested. The result will
not be known until the committee on col
lection has made its first report.
Books will be issued to the collectors so
that no difficulty will arise from subscrib-
ing with the authorized representatives OF
the committee. They viii be lettered in
alpha betical order, and letter A will be the
book used by the collector whose duty it
will be to go among the daily and weekly
newspapers of the City and County OF San
Francisco.
B-Steam railroads, steamships, tele-
graph and telephone companies.
C-Street railroad companies.
D-Banks and bankers.
E-lnsurance companies.
F-Hotels.
G-National and State officials.
H-City and county officials.
J-Theaters.
Books for the purpose of general can
wasting will also be issued, and the col
lectors will each be sent into regularly laid
out districts. Every collector will bear
riolu y,
merchants to take every precaution to
whom they give money. A most thor
ough canvass Will be made, and no mer-
chant or professional man who has the
interests of San Francisco and the coast
generally will refuse to lend at least some
assistance.
The city will be divided into eighteen
districts altogether. and it is but matter
of a few days before the necessary amount
will be collected.
In the afternoon the executive commit
tee held meeting and Alfred Bowler was
elected permanent secretary.
While no particular action was taken
the matter of sending a delegation to
Washington was generally discussed and
the consensus of opinion as regards the
neighborhood of five. Some were for three
and some for seven, but five seemed to be
the most satisfactory. Three to come from
San Francisco and one from the north and
one from the south.
A telegram from II. 2. Osborn, editor OF
the Los Angeles Express, indicated that
Los Angeles desired two delegates, but
nothing definite was done on that point.
A move in the right direction was the
conclusion to have our Senators and Con
gressional Representatives join the dele
CATION in Washington before the National
Committee meets in December and act as
a sort of advisory committee together with
the regular delegates.
Another good move was to add the chair
men of the State Central Committees OF
the surrounding States to the committee
to also act in the nature of advisers.
Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, etc., are to be included
in this list. 1t was thought to the inter
ests of the movement to secure the assist
ance OF our sister States in preparing the
plans for winning the approval OF the Ma
tional Central Committee.
A great deal of thinking was INDUCED
in, and the committee will meet again Fri
day and come to some conclusion regard
ing the policy of making the committee
large or small. 1t is pretty generally un-
derstood that five will be the number, as
it is thought they will be able to handle
all the territory through which they will
have to carry on the work of PROSECUTING.
The attendance was very good and the
committee is certainly working in har-
mony.
The outlook for the convention coming
to San Francisco is unusually good and
our prospects grow brighter daily. The
movement has now taken shape, and the
complete organization is OF such kind
that, according to Wendell Easton who
is heart and soul in the plan, 1--WE must
have it." S'
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