The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
CHARTER MASS-MEET TING
The Mission Defense Union
Expresses Its Preference
by Resolutions.
The Proposed Fundamental Law of
San Francisco Spoken Of as
pest" Destroyer.

The Mission Defense Union resolved it
self into mass-meeting at Turner's Hall,
on Eighteenth street, last night to advo-
cate the adoption of the new charter.
Judge f. W. Van Reyneg gom presided,
and in his opening remarks he showed
from a chart which hung back of the
platform an approximate vote of the City
as cast at the last election: First ward,
1897; Second Ward, 3134; Third Ward,
$40; Fourth Ward, 1902: Fifth Ward, 464;
Sixth Ward, 1725; Seventh Ward, 1896;
Eighth Ward, 1884; Ninth Ward, 3546;
Tenth Ward, 702S; Eleventh Ward,
1851; Twelfth Ward, 1852; which
gives to the Eleventh and Twelfth wards
"a, 4S3 out of a total of 81, ,54S.
These figures were advanced to prove
the necessity of more equal division OF
not only the ward boundaries, but also the
representation in the management OF the
municipal government
Out of the eighteen Assem- bly, districts
in the City five are located in the Eleventh
Ward.
In conclusion he claimed that the new
charter will wipe out these ancient ward
lines.
William Metzner on being introduced
spoke at considerable length on the char
ter, and by the way OF saying good word
for his neighbor. James Phelan, sand wiched
m his fitness for the office for which he
has been nominated.
II. N. Clement, one of the trainers of
the proposed charter. pointed out its good
qualities bv drawing attention to the bad
ones of the present consolidated laws that
now contain ITO amendments put there
by the Legislature from time to time.
He claimed that if the charter should be
adopted 1t would forever destroy the boss
power and kill the political pests that now
infest the City Hail."
d. w. Thompson, Charles Wesley Reed,
DR.. ]. A. Anderson, j. R. Freud, S. J.
Theisen and George d. Shad burn followed,
all of whom.made telling points in favor
of the adoption of the charter.
Judge f. w. Van keynegom offered the
following series of resolutions, which were
unanimously carried:
Resolued, That we, the residents of the
Eleventh Ward of San Francisco, assembled in
mass-meeting this 10th day OF october, 1896,
for the purpose of promoting the development
and prosperity of the Ciky in which our homes
and business interests are conferred, do hereby
indorse and ratify the proposed new charter
for San Francisco and pledge ourselves to vote
and work for its adoption at the coming cleo
ton, on the Sd of next November.
RESOLVED, That We hail the proposed charter
as the only available means of releasing San
Francisco from the present weak, confused.
corrupt, inadequate and chaotic mass of laws
under which the citizens OF this metropolis
are struggling for its government
Also this one regarding the high school
site:
Resotued, That we, the citizens and taxpay-
ers of the Mission district, urge upon the
Board of Education to take such Immediate
action as will expedite the object for which
we have so long labored; be it further
Resolved, That we ask the Board of Educa-
ton in selecting site to in so far as possible
select one that will most fully satisfy the ma
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sanitation. We nhesitatingly condemn the
graveyard sites as in every sense unsatisfac-
tory, and would recommend that the site be
located within the district bounded on the
north by Eighteenth street, on the west by
Dolores street. on the east by Mission street
and on the south by Twenty-sixth street