The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14

most OF them coming in the afternoon.
The delegation at the station that wa.
waiting TO receive them was headed by
Chairman Gill of the county committee
and Secretary Tupper OF the State COM
mittee. The last named is the editor of
The California Prohibitionist, published
in San Jose, and is q great temperance
worker.
At the convention hall the ladies were
still busy at 9 o'clock finishing the decora-
tions that they have been placing about
the stage and galleries, and in the COM
mittee-rooms a number of veteran Pro-
hibitionists gathered to wait for the call
ing to order of the State Central Commit
tee. AS Chairman Glass did not arrive
until the afternoon the mem bers did not
wait for him, as it was expected last night
might possibly be done.
The reports received by Secretary
Upper from the various county conven-
tions showed that the following were the
accredited delegates to the convention:
Mendocino-Rev. McCray and T. j. Stewart
Butte-Rev. A. R. Hathaway, James c. Gray,
G. NJ Gray, w. Wilson, John GULL and Mrs.
John Quill.
Alameda-Charles Chester, Mrs A. B. layton
F. w. Sawyer, Joseph Humphrey, 7. L. HER
hhy, Mrs. Wood, H. w. Stow, DR.. P. McCargar,
Mrs. Mary Smith and Dr. Stark.
Amador-Jasper Johnson and ]. W. Sibole of
lone, W. c. Clark of Drytown, J. F. Gregg OF
Plymouth, n. Griffen of Jackson.
Tuolumne-J D. Williams, W. H. Barron, J..
May, Thomas Crocker and ]. F. Buell.
Sutter-G. ]. Betty, w. NJ Wadsworth, d, D.
Marvin j. W. Moore and o. A. Wilbur.
Placer-Rev. Lorr Ewing, Mrs. L. II. Kellogg,
II. E. Parker, Dr. ]. L. Rollins, Mrs. s. A. H.
Bancroft, c. W. Mallory, Rev. G. H. Van Vliet
and George D. Kellogg.
The meeting of the State Central Com
mittee was not calle d to order until
1o:15 O'Clock. Vice Chairman Kellogg was
in the chair, and called upon Rev. Lorr
Ewing to offer up prayer. After this the
regular routine business was attended to-
such as receiving the reports OF the secre-
tary, G.. A. Tupper, and the treasurer,
T. L. Hierlihy. These were referred to an
auditing committee, consisting of volney
Taylor, Joseph Humphrey and b. F.
Knapp.
A number OF applications were received
from speakers who wished to be engaged
to stump the State. among them those of
Lou Beauchamp, Mrs. J. &. Stone and f. E.
Coulter. The matter of engaging them
was left to the incoming committee.
Mrs. Chamberlain of Vallejo announced
that the leading woman suffragists had
asked her to notify the members of the
committee and the convention that Miss
Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. A. Sargent
would be here tomorrow, and that they
would be glad to meet the delegates at the
headquarters the woman suffragists will
establish in the parlors of the Yosemite
Hotel. Rev. J. w. Webb wanted TO know
why Miss Anthony, in her recent CORE
spondence with the press of San Francisco,
had spoken of the Republican, Democratic
and Populist parties, and omitted the
name of Prohibitionlst. when the last
named party had always stood up for the
principle she is contending for.
In reply, Mrs. Chamberlain said that
the woman suffrage leaders counted the
Prohibitionists as belonging to them, and
so did not think it necessary to allude to
them when speaking of their efforts to cap.
ture the voters of the other parties.
There was considerable discussion of the
question of equal suffrage, and the men,
bers Of the State committee agreed to