The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-23

acted considerable important business
which will have q direct bearing on the
welfare of the party.
When Grand Sachem John G. Ruddock
called the hundred or more delegates to
order at IL o'clock the following repre-
sentatives were given credentials by
Grand Secretary Larry j. WEIGH upon
answering to their names:
Offcers-John c. Ruddock, grand sachem;
George H Cabaniss, vice grand sachem; Louis
Metzger. grand treasurer; l.. j. WEIGH, grand
Past sachems-James ]. Flynn, Charles Gill
dea, A. D. Lemon, Thomas J. Walsh.
Martinez. H. Latimer, A. A; Bailey, A.
]. Mcmahon E. b. Anderson, d. Carrigan.
Stockton-James Byrne Jr., G. A. Murphy.
X NJ Gibson Jr..- John Mccain.
San Rafael-E. Hayden, M. Herzog. E. Con-
NELL S. Herzog, Frank Healey.
San Francisco-William ]. Bryan, Fred A.
Baldwin, jeremiah Deasy ]. II. Dignan, M
Oneida Club, San Francisco-James Mcclos-
key, Charles Burns, Fred Raabe,
Ninth Assembly DISTRICT. B; Sanford Sam
Eleventh Assembly District-R. H. Beamer,
E: E. Leake, G. F. SpauIding; ,,oc...,
twenty fourth Assembly District-John Con-
Thirtieth Assembly Distrct-John A. Brown,
Thomas A. Burns DR.. E. Thiele. w. A Ste
Thirty-third Assembly District-w. NJ. Can
non, w. c. Harrington, John Riley George r.
Thirty-sixth Assembly District-Edward I.
Coffey, John Kavanaugh, Otto H. Mohr. Max
Pepper. HUI Jones.
ansky.
Thirty-ninth Assembly District = H; L.
Bienenfeld. P. H. Loughren, Clitus Barbour.
Abe Jacobs, Oscar Hooks.
Fortieth Assembly District-D. ]. Gordon.
A committee on platforms, and resolu,
lions was the first order of business and
the chair appointed A. D. Lemon. Clitus
Barbour Charles Gildea. Max Pepper, L.
]. Crowley, Raleigh BaHcar, George Roe
After consultation the committee sub
platform adopted at the Chicago conven-
gtion of 1895 was reaffirmed and fully in
dorsed; the early construction of the
Nicaragua canal and its ownership. by
the United States was recommended
thanks were extended to the army and
navy for their distinguished services and
their signal victories on land and sea.
The resolution further recommended the
public ownership of public utilities; the
election of United States Senator by di-
rect vote of the people,. a policy of peace
with all nations, while scrupulously
eminent. The resolutions were adopted
in full.
"A special committee, consisting Of ].
sky, Joseph German, w M. Cannon, John
Kavanagh and E. Hayden, was appointed
ization by Assembly districts and ar
ranging for the celebration of the semi
centennial of Democracy's birth in this
State on October 25, 1899. The chair was
empowered to appoint a celebration COM
mittee of fifteen, which will assume
charge of the entire matter. The mem
bers will be appointed later and will con-
fer with a similar committee already
chosen by the Iroquois Club of this. city:
Grand Sachem John C. Ruddock of
Ukiah in his report explained the plan
which was adopted last year to extend the
league and which provides for the forma-
ton of an Iroquois lodge in each of the
eighty Assembly districts of the State.
Every club, when organized, is to send
five representatives to the annual State
conference. According to Grand Sachem
Ruddock the work is progressing well
but is very far from completion.
Grand Treasurer Louis Metzger's report
showed receipts of s157 30; disbursements
$50 %, leaving a balance of $sS 05.
On motion of Max Pepper a new Office
to be known as State organizer was Gre
ated, article w of the constitution being
amended to that effect.
The election of officers to serve for the
ensuing year then took place. Grand