The San Francisco call., 1899-07-28
Rev. T. Filben Home
From the East.
TO CALIFORNIA IN 1901"
THE CRY THAT CAUGHT TIE
EPWORTH LEAGUERS-
Great Enthusiasm Over the Prospec-
tive Trip to the Golden West
Los Angeles Joined
Hands for This City.

Rev. Thomas FIlbs1 arrived from In
dia1ap0HS last evening He = the 6rsr
cf the California deIega ton 20 return from
the EpvOrth League convention. and he
brings the first complete story Of how san
Francisco fought for the honor Of rhe next
convention and how It was Won
We went 20 work in typical California
fashion said 9Ir FIL5en as h settled
himself in chair 20 tell his story We
had -Ls fight won before the matter ot
choosing q place t0r the next convention
went 70 the committee and then all The
COMMITTEES could do was 70 follow the
wishes % the members Of the convention
Every one was wearing one of our badges
nd every one was raising the cry Cali
tornia in 1901 The verdict OF th= commit
C-= was unanimous. but straw ballot oe-
fore the committee nat gave San Fran
cisco six Los Angeles three and Denver
one
Our proposition was This. 20 provide
housing FOR Ts.0uo people IN three halls,
with eight additional audItoriuIls for the
business Of the convention 70 provide ac
c0muodati0ns for I2.9u6 AZ s. q day and
sDr Il zoe more az $ day and upward t1
secure = railroad rate that would Dc sat
IsfacIory 10 every one and one that would
place -1e trip within the peach 0T all %
meet all expenses Of r15 convention and
the urCzrarnrue I'd 70 81 1l0 We had Ten
tons OF property Win u, which in lL1e1
- 90 posters u gdd badges 9 stereOpCIEol
0ut1E with 80 slides showing [Ge lE-eL
Californian scauerv- plenty OF fresh fruit
and literature enough 10 keep every one
supplied We captured the town ana
every tine the name California was nh
TONED from the platform L was greeted
with cheers
We were not uuch Handicapped by the
rival claims OF Los Angeles W ( 1N-G
all that before left here A. soon as
Los Angeles appeared a. competitor for
The convention Ne drew Up an agreement
with the delegation from there that TC-n
~ went before N convection Al India
uap0Its should unite on the cry CaL-
-1ruIa III I-J1 We carried this agreement
0Ur 70 the Letter Al our stationery had
the names 5f both the Los Angeles ana
the SarP- Francisco committees and al
worked for the State At the last mo-
ruant the committee decided 10 hear offers
from cities not from States and rle1 the
Two delegations fought for rhair own
places. I had never z doubt however, a.
The San Francisco delegation was
made I'd Of Dr. W " Case or san Fran
cisco Dr. J y Beard u San Francisco,
" H Waste 0E Oakland ]. 3. HUtchIu-
son % Nara Harry Morton of san jose
and myself who went 20 IE1Ia1auoli
and Robert Husband Miss : : Powell
and c. B Perkins We intend 20 con
rEuLe the organization II the committee
ard start the work OF preparat tIou at once
Mss Powell y secretary OF the commit
tee Mr. Husband treasurer and am
chairman We will utilize the OrgaEIza-
rion 1f the church 70 form committees all
through the Union. ard an sure when
the time comes We viii have the largest
religious gathering that has ever con-
Eeued II this country " { must ia s5
good our guarantees by October u, 1900
the convention VIII open II July o. 1901
Il * fitting that the opening year OF the
new century should b marked 5E such
z great religious gathering y viii Dc Gere-
II must Dc Al event tnar VII not soon oe
forgotten