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

I think that If the National convention
should come to California it would cost the
people of the State at least quarter of a mil
lion dollars; and, while the railroad company
is willing TO do almost anything that even its
enemies would ask 1t to do, it would much
rather see the money expended in bringing
good, practical farmers from the East to Cali
fornia with the idea of their settling here. /
do not see how the State, as whole, could be
very much benefited by having the convention
held here, and the amount of money it would
cost would bring here many thousands of
practical farmers to whom could be shown the
fertile soil and the favorable climate of the
Stat e; and would contribute more fol- that
purpose than l would to have the convention
bro ught here, because l believe it would be
very much more beneficial to the State to
bring the farmers than 1t would be to bring the
convention.
President Dehrmann of the Merchants
Association is deeply interested in having
! the big convention held in this City. Yes
terday he said:
have already expressed my personal views
of this proposition in a recent interview in
THE CALL. What the Merchants Association
will do in the matter 1 am unable to state at
present In few days 1 will call a meeting
OF the directors OF the Merchants Associa ii on
with q view of getting them to take steps in
the premises toward securing for San Francisco
the much-dcsired convention. Whether the
ASSOCIATION will, as body, make a substantial
contribution to this cause or the mem bers
make individual contributions remains to be
seen. The associations secretary, Mr.. Freud,
is out now among the directors with view of
obtaining their views upon the subject.
| Harry Gray, the welI-known contractor,
| is in favor of San Francisco putting for
ward every honorable effort to secure The
convention. He stands ready to con-
| tribute $3.50 to the fund provided the con-
vention is called to meet in San Francisco.
| jeremiah Lynch is Democrat of the
| advanced school, and believes in progress.
| He favors a vigorous campaign to bring
either convention or both to San Fran
cisco. He said last evening that he would
| give 500 in aid of the convention.
| Ernest Haquette of the Crystal Palace is
progressive citizen and always supports
| public enterprises. He will cheerfully
subscribe to defray the expenses of bring
ing the National Republican Convention
to San Francisco.
| Edgar Miner is famed for keeping up
with the procession when a column is
formed to advance the interests of San
Francisco. He Is ready to give 500 in
| coin and open few cases Of Ruinart
Thomas Watson, one of her Majesty's
subjects, is loyal to San Francisco and will
! join his fellow-citizens in contribution to
the convention cause.
Artists have not large bank accounts on
which they can draw with certainty that
their checks will be cashed but John A.
Stanton is such an advocate of local enter
prise that he will contribute money to
bring the convention to San Francisco.
Ex-Surveyor-GeneralR R.. Fl. Hammond
once gave his check for $1,000 to bring a
Democratic National Convention to San
Francisco. He is yet convention en-
thusiast, and if the Republican National
Convention should be called to assem- BILE
in this City he will give $3.50 to the local
fund for defraying convention expenses.
General Hammond was in Washington
in 1883 with Senator George Hearst and NJ
Tarpey when the great fight was made to
get the Democrats of the National Com
mittee to designate San Francisco as the
place for their convention to meet. It is
no longer a secret that San Francisco
would have then been a winner il Presi-
dent Cleveland had not urged the party
leaders to vote for st. Louis. Randall,
Scott, Price and d host of Democratic
statesmen opposed San Francisco at Cleye-
| lands suggestion, yet this City secured
twenty-five votes.
Mike Tarpey made the speech OF his life
before the committee He exhibited an
elegantly morocco-bound book which con-
tanned within its covers a guarantee of a
railway ticket to and from San Francisco
Tor every accredited delegate of the con-
vention. 1t contained also George Hearts,