The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-26
REPUBLICANS
MAY HOLD A
CITY PRIMARY
An Appointed Delega-
ton Not Desired.
TOO SUGGESTIVE OF BOSSES
NO MORE COMMITTEE OF TWEEN
TY-oNE.
TOO SUGGESTIVE OF BOSSES
NO MORE COMMITTEE OF TWEEN
TY-ONE.
Tactics Of Two Years Ago were
Not Such a Success as to
Be Favored Next
Spring.
Oakland Office San Francisco Can
s0S Broadway, Nov. 70.

COS Broadway, Nov. 70.
II &c more than probable that the Repuo-
licans will at the next city campaign re-
turn to the party method OF forming
convention and hold regular primal I rs %
Already many of the prominent men IN
the marty have decided that this is the
nroner course to pursue and that appoint
ed delegations are too suggestive OF posses
and manipulation to invite puohc cohh-
dence.
Two years ago through some arrange
nnent never fully understood by the peopie
the Republican City Central Comnll1lee
delegated its power to Il mysterious COM
,oi++ee of Twenty-one. This committee
was COMPOSED of three people from each
of +hA seven wards. The committee tnen
named the 140 delegates of whom the con-
yention consisted. There was nucn op
nosition to this plan, but 1t was SO adrolt-
Nv carried out that not until the water
conpanies showed their hands year
later was the purpose of TINS un-hepupii
can combination thoroughly uhuelsloou.
."There is only one way to secure a rep
resentative convention" said prominent
Republican to-day 1--WE should hold prl-
rnaries and give everybody an opportunity
IN have something to say. The Repupn-
cap ma iority in Oakland should be as Sol
id on municipal matters as II Is III otato
and county matters, and we want ho hiol .
appointed conventions, because we 40 ho'
believe that any committee is as aple 10
name representative oelesdlee % 'ii0 p''
pie themselves. ,;o. oxn,oi+
Although many names are pelhs eAP I
ed If can hardly be said that as yet tnerc
is any special candidate for any ONCE.
There are to be elected next warren
Mavor City Engineer, City Attorney
treasurer, Auditor, eleven CounIcllti 1l en-
eleven School Directors and flVe LlpraIy
trustees. The chief interest naturally
centers in the three officers frst named
for they constitute the Board OF WORKS ana
absolutely control the street, hre, poIce,
citv wharf and health departments. ms
Immense patronage has IN the past nau
more to do with the election OF these three
officers than their merits Tor their res
pective offices. .1o+ =
would like another term as City Attorney,
and SO far no other candidate has APP
reared For City Engineer Monte Clement
has no objection to succeeding h1msel1
while Arthur Wilson, who once held the
oftire Marston Campbell and l.. H. Car
Yer have said they would like to succeed
clement Treasurer Gilpin will nave
opposition, and If Auditor Snow should
run for Mayor there will have to be
new Auditor.
would like to succeed themselves, but
there will certainly be many changes, for
it is not likely that in casting ballots for
CITY fathers the voters will entirely forget
the records of the past two years.
The Republican City Central Committee
consists Of First Ward, c. f. Wagner
Second Ward, w. f. Lake.. Third Ward
George f. Meredith; Fourth Ward, M. ID
Merritt; Fifth Ward, DIR. Carlton; Sixth
Ward. Dan Doody; Seventh Ward, Judge
williams, chairman.
A meeting of the committee will be
called some time next month to discuss
the outlook for the spring campaign.