The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-22
Civic Federation Regularly Organized
and at Work.
OFF FOR SACRAMENTO AT ONCE.
To Protest Against the appointment Of
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Officers Installed.

yesterday afternoon, ana gave every EVIL
dence of having a purpose and purposing
to carry it out.
Permanent officers were chosen, includ-
ing an executive committee and a law
committee, and resolutions were adopted
addressed to the Senate and Assembly now
in session at Sacramento calling attention
to the evils and abuses existing in San
Francisco, and to the necessity of a strong
perhaps joint committee OF
the two houses-to investigate and take
some measures to correct them.
Following are the officers chosen upon
recommendation of the committee on
nominations:
President, ]. J. Truman; first vice
president, E. r. Ollie; second vice-presi-
| dent, Z. A. Denecke; secretary, Curtis
Hillyer; treasurer, G. C. Terrill; librarian,
James L. Case.
Executive committee-D. Gilbert Dex-
| ter, George 7. Gaden, e. r. Ollie, u. A.
Denecke and Maurice Lowenstein.
| Legal committee-M. V. Samuels and
| Gustav Gutsch
The following resolution was also
adopted upon recommendation of the
| committee:
| ResoEued That board of counsel be created
/
consist OF the pastors, priests and rabbis of the
various congregations of this city and the
| presidents of the civic organizations allied
with this federation; that list of the persons
entitled to membership in said committee be
| prepared by the secretary, and notices be
| issued to them forthwith.
| The report of the committee to prepare
| a memorial to the Legislature was presented
! by Wallace Bradford. That directed to
the Assembly protests against the appoint
ment of the regular Committee on Public
Morals as the investigating committee
called for. 1t reads as follows:
To the assembly, of the state of California;
| WHEREAS, The Hon. Calvin Ewing has intro
| duced in the Assembly resolution providing
/ for the appointment of an investigating COM
mittee to inquire into the management OF the
Police Department in San Francisco; and,
whereas, there is reason to fear that in the
| event of the passage OF such resolution the
matter in question may be referred to an ord1-
nary standing committee consisting of men
whose names are not sufficiently known to
| command the confidence of the people of San
| Francisco in the unimpeacha bility OF the re-
! suits of their investigations: therefore, be it
/ RESOLVED, That the Civic Federation OF San
Francisco, representing and including the So
| cieties named below and representing the law
| and order loving citizens of San Francisco,
| while it most emphatically Endorses the ap-
pointment of an investigating committee, re-
| spectfully urges that the jurisdiction and
| powers of the committee be extended so as to
| embrace an examination of the various other
! departments of municipal government and
! especially of the recent election frauds; and
that the Speaker do not commit this investiga-
| ton to any standing committee, that a special
| committee be selected consisting of men whose
names are so well and favorably known that
| the people OF San Francisco and OF the State
| can follow the investigation with perfect con-
| fdence in the ability, zeal and incorruptbility
| of the committee.
dowed with the fullest powers compatible with
| the law.
| this federation we subjoin a list of the feder-
| ated bodies who are included in the organiza-
ton and who join in this memorial to your
| honorable body:
| ment Club, Law and Order League, Union for
| Practical Progress, Committee of Eleven,
Builders Exchange, San Francisco Labor Coun-
! Gil Anti-Dive Association, Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Children, Golden Gate
| Union of Christian Endeavor, San Francisco
Epworth Alliance, Presbyterian churches,
churches, Congregational churches, United
| Presbyterian churches, Baptist churches,
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Uni
| tartan churches.
January u, 1895. Committee. R. Ollie,
Maurice V. Samuels, Wallace Bradford.
AS no action has been taken in the mat
ter in the Senate the federation breaches
the subject to that body in the following
To the Senate Of the State Of California and to
| each indiridudl member thereof-GENTLEMEN: The
| Civic Federation of San Francisco, consisting
| of representatives of the societies and organ
| izationS named below, in session January u /,
1895, passed unanimously the following reso-
| buttons, which are respectfully presented to
| your honorable body:
! WHEREAS, We are credibly informed and be-
| lieve that grave abuses exist in the Police De-
| psrtment of San Francisco, that State laws
and municipal ordinances for the punish
| ment of crime and the suppression of vice are
not enforced with impartiality and justice;
! that because of criminal collision between
| Iswbreakers and those charged with the en-
| forcement OF law many offenders pursue their
| evil course with impunity and powerful GRIM
| inals go unwhipped OF justice; and, whereas,
an overwhelming sentiment in this city de-
| mands a thorough and searching investigation
| of such abuses and corruption, therefore be il
RcsoIued, That the Civic Federation OF San
| Francisco respectfully urges that your honor
able body appoint an investigating committee
| to act in conjunction with committee from
the Assembly, if such be appointed, and if not
| to act alone, and that this committee be en-
dowed with all the needful powers and au-
thority to make o rigid and careful investiga-
ton of alleged abuses in the Police Department
and any other departments against which ten
able charges shall be presented. and especially
| 10 ferret out the instigators in the recent
election frauds in this city, and that we offer
no suggestion as to the personnel of this COM
mittee further than TO urge that every precau-
ton be taken to exclude from it any man
whose name has however slightly been con-
nected by even public Tuinor with any ques-
tionable proceeding OF whatever character. for
we deem it of the last importance that said
committee should command the perfect con-
fidence of the people in their integrity and zeal
in bringing offenders to account for public
crimes and misdemeanors.
That the representative character of this fed
Grafton may be indicated, etc. (the same list OF
officers is subjoined as in the other)
| These resolutions were referred to the
executive committee, which will see to
their transmission and proper presentation
at Sacramento.
The new officers were indicted into
their offices, DR.. Ollie still presiding, as
Mr.. Truman was not present A commit
tee was appointed to notify him of his
election as president.
A proposition to divide up the work be-
fore the federation by the appointment OF
committees of three was referred to the ex-
ecutive committee, with power to act.
The executive committee organized, and
will meet again in few days to name
these several committees.
A proposition to hold regular monthly
meetings called out protest from DR..
McClish, who said that the city was look
ing to this federation to do something
the time to act was now, and it should be
a demonstration that was alive and full OF
business 1t was he who proposed the di-
vision of labor by committees of three.
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