The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-23
COMMITTEE OF
FIFTY CALLS
UPON VOTERS
A New Political Club
Formed.
EXECUTIVE BOARD SELECTED
LARGE GATHERING AT METRO
PoLITAN TEMPLE.
Citizens Called Upon to Get Out at
the Primaries and Work for
a Business Administration
of Affairs.
EXECUTIVE BOARD SELECTED
LARGE GATHERING AT METRO.
POLITAN TEMPLE.

An audience Of nearly a thousand Vo-
tiers assembled last night at Metropolitan
Temple. IL had assembled in response TO
invitations sent out by a Committee of
Fifty. 10 consider municipal affairs from
a business standpoint. Before it dis
persed for the evening il had organized
as The Central Republican Charter
Clue" elected officers and got other mat
tiers into shipshapo to take an active part
in the coming PRIMARIES.
The chairman Of the occasion was W.
& Henderson. a former school director
With him o. the platform were l. j. Tru-
man, Wallace Bradford. Joseph Lyman,
J. A Wilson. Marion Leventritt, OlVer
Olsen. Rey. brank S. Ford, Rabbi Nieto,
Charles Hansen. NJ. Hyman and several
others On calling the meeting to order
Mr. Henderson said that he had been Sc
lected as temporary chairman by the
Committee of Fifty.
This meeting, he continued, lis called
by a committee Of fifty property Owners
who ass lCiated themselves together IN
January OF this year for the purpose OF
ascertalnicg the cause of the financial de-
generacy OF our city for the last ten
years. a.d if possible TO determine some
means by which To prevent further loss
TO me owners of our city, which IN the
past decade. through reduction in the
value or rsa; estate. rents, and the IN
crease of mOrtEaSed Indebtedness over
the releases. amounts TO over four nun
dred millions of dollars.
The chairman read of the names OF the
members of the present county central
comm. ttee ara could find no good in them.
Then he read the names OF SeNenty-tWo
gentlemen. tnirty-SlA at large ana TWO
.*fTeTn each II the assembly districts IN
the civ VINO. he said. had been selected
by the Committee OF Fifty TO act as the
executive committee OF the Central Re
or =
lows:
II. T Scott William II. Croker, Adolph
3. Spreckels. J. *. Prior. George PennInston'
SON / j. As,hein Jay r. Nash, l. J. Truman
oliver olsen samuel Foster, II. l.. Dodge /.
John J.. Fraser James II. Davis, Charles W.
Baird. George ID. Clark. Charles Carpy, I. u.
Hooker, John g. kirkpatlck' joseph Lyman Lyman
II. 3. Russ, George L. Center, ". r. ruler
Harry T. Gibbs T.. \. Seitrdge. Il. I. Dodge,
George \. Newhail. Frederick Is. Hulting;
George Beanst0n. Marion Leventritt, Edward
By Districts.
Twenty-eighth-James MecDermott and Ed
Twen It HT'f $. Elliot; and F. j. Nc
Neil
Thirty -tirst-AleAander Mennie and Bert Nc
Thtrty-second-A r. simmonds and Albert
ThiTty-third-N. J. Rodgers and F. II. Bland
Thirty-fourth- Jones and George T.
Shaw.
Thirty siXth-John c. Young and James VIII
Thirty seventh-James H Humphreys and F
". Madury.
Thirty-eighth-A. F Horn and Samuel Gar
rstt
Thirty ninth-w. J. Herrin and P. L. Archi-
Fortieth-John F Kennedy and John b
Whitney.
Forty-lirst- Wallace Bradford and Arthur G.
Towne-
Forty second-wnnam E. Read and c W
Forty thiri-Charles l. Benton and A s
Hallidie
Forty-fourth-w. D. Clark and J. C. Kim
Forty-hfth Charles O. johnson and c.
Mason Kline.
The meeting proceeded Immediately to
organize the club by electing, without a
dissenting vote. the following officers:
Delger. first vice president; Joseph Hy-
man, second Vice president: James A. VIII
son. secretary, and !. j. Truman, treas
urer.
1t was announced by the chair that the
executive committee would draft con-
stitution and bylaws and plan the cam.
pagn on the lines indicated. Speeches
were made by Joseph Hyman James A.
Wilson. J. J. Truman and Rabbi Nieto, all
support at the primaries the sentiments
they had applauded during the evening.
DR.. Ford opened and Rabbi Nleto
closed the meeting with prayer, and, be-
tween the speakers, the KnickerbockeI
Quartet sang beautifully.