The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-24

money to carry the association through hand
somely.
/ could not say now how the members would
subscribe, but suppose the men with subscrip-
tion-lists were to come round the merchants
would contribute literally. In our trade, for
instance, suppose the Dunham-H Hay den-Car-
rigan Company would give $500 fand it has al
ways been a very liberal house,, then Miller
Sloss & Scott, Holbrook & Co., Baker & Hamil-
ton and others would no doubt follow suit. At
least that has been the rule. For my part,
am ready and willing to help in the movement
as it is for the good OF California.
B. F. Durham, president of the Traffic
Association, said:
am in favor of the convention, as ii would
advertise the State, and anything that helps
the State out has its good effect on San Fran.
cisco; and then in turn that would help our
selves. l don't know, however, that / would
subscribe very large sum myself as am SUBJ
scribing in various directions that do good
would suggest taking the matter before the
Board OF Trade, and then let US all-that is all
the members-subscribe Jointly toward the
Republican National Convention fund. AS
the boards membership is large I have no
doubt the aggregate contribution would be a
very handsome sum of money to offer; and
I'm sureit would be worthy of the board, rep
resenting the mercantile element of San Fran
cisco.
A. ]. Marcus, the leather manufacturer,
said he would be delighted to see the con-
vention held in San Francisco, remarkipg
Itwould undoubtedly be good thing for
San Francisco, and it would help the State.
Then, as every one knows, we = the mer-
chants, the manufacturers and citizens
would reap the benefit of it, Some years be-
fore the triennial eonclave was held in San
Francisco, stood near my place on Battery
street with two friends. One of them said
that everything in San Francisco had fallen so
fiat there remained no channel for the invest
ment OF capital, and that money put into any
enterprise was simply thrown away.
With the conclave wealthy man came from
the East. He looked around for an investment
and bought the corner building right opposite
where We stood on Battery street. He paid
$4,000 for the property and spent $40 900
more in modern improvements and O new
story or two Since then he has been getting
handsome rents-a big interest on the invest
ment-and the property to-day is worth nearly
double what he paid for it. That is only case
in point, and Pm sure if the Republican con-
vention were held in San Francisco just such
benefits would be felt. Just now l don't know
how much would subscribe.
H. P. Sonntag, president of the real es-
tate firm of Shainwald, Buckbee g. Co.,
and member OF the Republican State
Central Committee, said:
The State Central Committee should be
ashamed of itself to allow this question to re-
main in allegiance The question was brought
up in the committee, and now regard it worth
an effort to try to get the convention. IT'S a
duty of the representative men of the Republi-
can party to take steps to get the convention
1t would be grand thing for California and q
material benefit to San Francisco. We should
throw aside all partisanship think the State
Central Committee should be called together,
and San Francisco should select eight or ten of
its most prominent citizens to go East to rep
resent California there in getting the conven-
ton.
My opinion is that the real-estate houses
should subscribe on an average $500 apiece.
There are about twenty of them in the City.
should say our firm would give $500 with the
rest, though, of course, this is not positive for
the matter would have to be considered by the
firm.
Merchants, bankers and professional
men who are earnestly in favor of an
active campaign to secure the convention
and who stand ready to give as much
money in support of the cause as their
means will justify do not care to SUBJ
scribe $1,000 individually, but collectively
their subscriptions will aggregate many
thousands of dollars. Democrats as well
as Republicans recognize the advantages
from an advertising point OF view which
San Francisco would secure should the
delegates assemble in this City to nomi-
nate Presidential ticket.
San Francisco is larger city than
Chicago was in 1860, when the Republican
National Convention met there and nomi-
mated Abraham Lincoln for President. Our
hotel facilities surpass in every respect the
best accommodations which Chicago was
then able to offer to the delegates.
Chicago was only twenty-five years of
age when National convention honors were
bestowed upon her by the Republican
party, and Illinois, as State, was then
much younger in the sisterhood than Cali
fornia is now. The dignity of Statehood
was conferred on California fortv-five
years ago, and San Francisco has been a
city of acknowledged Importance ever
since. So it is no presumption on the part
of San Francisco to ask for convention
honors.
AT late hour last night it was learned,
through the courtesy of the Examiner,
that the following additional subscrip-
tions had been turned into the fund, which
swell it to s24, 200, exclusive of the offer of
the Union League Club: California 1ockey
Club, $1,000; J. r. Donaldson, $500;
John SON Locke Company, 500; w. w.
Foote. 500.