The San Francisco call., 1897-10-21
The PEOPLE
WANT TO RULE
The Citizens Charter Asso-
citation Has Taken the
Field.
It's Battle : Cry Is mo Au-
tooratio Mayor Is
Wanted"
A Movement to Hold Up the Hands
of the Minority in the Con-
vention of 100.

With I'VE want no autocratic Mayor"
for its baitle-cry, the Ciuzens' Charter
Association has taken the field. J. NJ.
Chase. prominent worker in the Social
ist party. is its stan dard bearer, he hav-
ing been chosen to preside at meeting of
citizens held in Pythian Castle on Mon
day night in response TO call signed by
him and which announced the object to
be "to take important action in reference
to a new charter"
AS this meeting was attended by about
seventy persons, and was addressed by
five mem bers of the Charter Convention
of One Hundred, the demonstration
seemed to indicate the sudden develop
m ent of faction hostile to the work now
being done by the Charter Convention of
One Hundred.
The bugIe blast against the possible rise
OF an autocracy IN the Mayors office ap-
peared like premature declaration of
war. The speeches made at the gathering
were, however, not in any degree belliger-
ent. 1t was announced that what was
really desired at this time was to strength.
en- the bands OF the minority in the Char
ter Convention of One Hundred now
bravely battling for the Introduction OF
certain great political and economic re-
forms which they still hope to secure
through the new Charter route.
The members of the Charter Conven-
ton OF One Hundred who took part in
the meeting in Pythian Castle on Monday
night are j. NJ. Reynolds, P. ]. Healey B.
McKinne, Z. p. Z. Troy and W. J. Cuth-
oertson. All these gentlemen expressed
themselves as in sympa thy with the OBJ
lects OF the Citizens Charter Association,
put ADVISED the reiormers that by pursu-
ing moderate course they wouId be more
nK6lV naarIv for
which they are eontending. They had
already secured the adoption of the prin.
clple OF referendum on a basis of q petit
tton signed by 10 per cent OF the voters.
by strong organization of the citizens
who favored the doctrine of proportional
representation and the creation of a large
body OF Supervisors and the vesting of
nearly all executive power in the city's
legislative body, thus practically ami
hilating the Mayor, the reformers would
win the day.
Mr.. Cuthb,rtson N owed that two boards
OF fire. eholders should be put up to be
voted for-one TO represent the policy of
having a popular government by Super
visors and the other TO stand for the prin-
c:ple involved in the setting up OF Mayor
with all the powers or al autocrat. He
said he intended to made tnis his special
fight in the Charter Convention of One
Hundred.
Dr. Timothy Wetzel. the secretary of
the New Citizens Charter Association,
said Yesterday that the charter conven-
tion was doing very well thus far, but
what the retormers In the field of econo-
mics demanded was more good reforms.
They wanted more direct control by the
people of municipal affairs than was pro-
vided in the new charter. They wanted
all franchises referred to the people for in
dorsement or rejection. They wanted
public ownership of public utilities with
out burdening the people with a public
debt-practical through the process by
which the people OF Guernsey built their
public marke -house. To insure the
adoption of these reforms the champions
thereof believe that all the reformers
should join hands and stand by ths mi,
nority III the char er convention OF 100.