The San Francisco call., 1896-08-13
Made an Eloquent Address in
Support of the Cause He
Is to Lead.
REPRESENTATIVE MEN THERE
An Aggressive Campaign to Be In
augurated and Maintained Until
the Election

O'Farrell street, that place of gathering
was filed with one of the most represen-
tative audiences of the best citizens OF
San Francisco that ever came together for
q common purpose.
At this meeting was fred the first big
gun in the new charter campaign. AT
this meeting there was centered in one
powerful whole the most prominent and
influential organizations of the City to act
as a grand army and TO do battle for the
new instrument for improved municipal
government. This new factor in local
politics is to be known as the Citizens
Charter Association of San Francisco.
Following is full list of organizati ons
represented at the meeting, classified as
follows:
A, Commercial B, Improvement; C, Trade
and Labor; D, Fraternal; K, Social; F, BeneVo-
lent; q, state and National; H, Athletic.
A. COMMERCIAL
Merchants Association - a. S. Baldwin, j.
Richard Freud.
Butchers Board of Trades. c. Hammond, ].
Cycle Board of Trade-James S. Conwen, W. R.
Wheeler.
Chamber of Commerce-Charles ]. King, E. w.
Pacific Coast Commercial Travellers Associa-
ton-W r Peterson, y: G, Boldeman.
Fire Underwriters of the Pacihc-Charles A.
Board OF Trade Of san Francisco-T J. Parsons,
San Francisco Produce Exchange = Horace
Eavts, a. a. Adler.
Merchants Exchange Asyociation-JudR New
man, II. Sinsheimer.
IMPROVEMENT.
Mission Improvement Union-James D. Phelan,
f w. Van Heyuegom-
Point Lobos Improvement Club-F. T. New
Richmond District Improvement Associations.
L, IErbee, NV. Samuels.
Sunset District lmprovement Association-Rfch-
ard Kellogg. James Guigley.
state Development Committee-WendellE Eastou,
Evan J. Coleman
west Of Castro Street Improvem ent CIub-F. E.
Hackney, Major B. McKinne.
san Francisco Association of Improvement
Clu5s-I. Schwarts, A. P Van Drzer
Van Ness-aveuue Improvement Club-Herbert E.
Law, j. J. NJ cGovern
Mission Defense Union-George walcom, Hon
a. W Thompson.
South side Improvement CIub-Dr. A. T. Rot
tamil, f. w. McEwen.
f lsom-street Club No. Harvey somers
George ]. Center.
Eolsom-street Improvement Club No. 3-Leon
Samuels. r G., Hewston.
Hospital Lot improvement Club-E. C. Priber,
Good Government Club-Curtiss HIlyer, Charles
Gum.
C. TRADE AND LABOR.
Muslcians' Mutual Protective Union Harry
Stockton. c. G. Henke.
Locomotive Engineers-F. V. Myers, Freeman
Marine Engineers Association-George R. Kings
lana, Frank Bragg.
National Association Of Stationary Engineers
L. X. MouIthrop, J. G. Wilson.
Journeymen BARRIERS Association-F. Hodget,
I. X. Wolfe.
D. FRATERNAL-
Independent Order Of Foresters, Court Diana
No. 1851. n. Coleman, J. p. Knudsen.
Independent Order of Red Men-C. B. Rode,
Hermann's Sons, E. Won Bandel Lodge-val
Acker, Nicholas Prost.
Hermann's Sons, Eureka Lodge-C. Leidecker,
DR.. G tutSch.
Clan Fraser No. rs, o. 5. C.-Edward Kerr. DR..
Independent Order odd Fellows. Harmony
Lodge No. III. 6. Myself, NJ. z. Schuman.
SOCIAL
Gerrnania Club-F. Sachs, F. Rathiens.
san Francisco Boys Ciub-Dr. Philip K. Brown,
Sidney :. PeiXotto.
@an Francisco Baker verein-Charles Mienter,
GeseiIschaft Teutonia-winiam wertsch, r.
Nunk.
La Socete Francaise-L Berges. E. Lemoine
st. Andrews society-James S. Webster, James
NcEab
sueddeutscher verein-F. Gugel, Christ Weber.
FREEING
Vtren Eintract-Captain f. A. Kuhls, Arnold
Harmonic verein-George Volz. a. Rehm.
Norddentscher Verein-D s. Baruth, DR.. E. A.
Brune.
Deutscher Verein-A. Eerbst.
+. BENEVOLENT
British Benevolent Association-Percey Beam
ism, w. H. Fuller.
yer Eldridge
soce,e e Beige de Bienfaisance-C. Rousseau, Paul
Belemans.
German Benevolent society-Cah Uhlfg VIII
liam r. Lutz.
Madrid Mutual Benevolent society-G. slemann,
.Juarez Guard-A de la Tore Jr., C. Torres.
Camtrian Mutual Aid Society-Frank Jones
California Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Chldren-B. p. Flint, L It. Mnliken.
G. STATE, NATIONAL AND POLITICAL.
Mission ParIor No. 3s, N. S. G. W.-M. L. Nc
George H. Thomas Post No. 2, G. A. R-Horace
Civic Federation-L ]. Trum an, Charles Wesley
Reed.
Board of Freeholders-M. H. Hecht, William F.
Gibson
Bay City Parior No. 1o4, N. s. G. VS.. Feigen-
baum, NJ. Savannah.
Colonel cass Post No. 4s, @. A. R.-w. A.
Walker Timothy Curran
General George G. Meade Post No. 4S, G. A.
R.-Samuel w. Kerr James Minnegan.
II. ATHLETIC
Imperial Bicycle Cub-R. L. Radke, w. l.
Maule
Triangle wheelmen-Dr. J. A. King-KendalI
SB Turn verein-L- Marcus, H. Plans.
Pathfnders' Cycling Club-Robert McCord, Jos
Waveriey Cycling club-P Allen Joy. Sydney U
Elston.
olympic Club wheeIman-w. w. sanderson
S. F. Road C.ub-soI Peiser, w. P. PixIey.
DELEGATES AT LARGE
Ex-MRyors-Frank McCoppin, NJ Z. Blake, Ed
ward B. Pond, l. r. Eilert,
Board of treeholders-Joseph Britton, George T
Marye, Jr.. DR.. j. A. Anderson, Colin NJ. Boyd
Henry y. Clement, J. j. O'Brien, Irving NJ. Scott
Louis Sloss, Jr, g. II. Umbsen.
Note-ColoneI NJ. II. Hecht, William f. GibsoI
and l. ]. Truman are also freeholders, but are al
ready regular delegates to the convention.
Board OF directors Merchants Association
T. w. Dohrmann Charles BundScau. w. G
Duane, William Doxey, a. FusenOt, Hugo d
Keil. ~. S. Kohlberg, Henry Miehaels, r +
Osborn, N. \. Rotnchild, Joseph Simonson, Van
derlynn stow, Frank A. swain.
Note-A. S. Baldwin and James s. Conwell arr
regular delegates to the convention.
Mr.. Dohrmann, in calling the convention
TO order, gave brief history of the events
which led TO the calling of the charter
convention. When he reached that por-
tion OF his address in which he declared
IL the virtual intention of the convention
TO give birth to new municipal party, tc
be organized in the interest of the pro.
posed instrument for local government, be
was interrupted with hearty applause
He spoke in substance as follows:
It has never been my privilege to greet
hody so representative in character and as
sernb ed for such an unselfsh purpose as the
one that now have the honor on behalf o.
the Merchants Association to bid a hearty
welcome and TO sincerely thank for having
accepted the invitation and for being here to
night
When the new charter was presented by the