The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09
NON-PART|SANS
To TAKE A HAND
Convention to Assemble
Friday Evening Of
This Week.
Hints Of Webster for Mayor
and Broderick for
Auditor.

The local campaign is to be enlivened
by another convention. Last evening sup
porters of the Non-Partisan Municipal
League met at Lodge Hall, 1903 Polk
street, and authorized the leagues eXecu-
tive committee to appoint delegates from
each Assembly district to assemble at
some suitable hall on Friday evening of
this week and proceed to the nomination
or Endorsement of a municipal ticket. The
meeting last night was attended by forty
interested citizens. Nathan Bibo presid
ed. Animated speeches were made by eX-
Senator H. Y. MorehOuse, A 3. Tread
well, Z. r. Peace and Charles G. Nagle.
The orator of the evening was Senator
MCrehOuSe, who said: We want to ef-
feet an organization which shall be
factor in the control Of the city and give
to the public an honest administration of
municipal affairs We want San Fran
cisco to stand one of the finest cities
of the world. Let us organize move
ment in which men who appreciate the
honor and standing of the city may put
their hearts, their souls and their ener-
gies. We are not seeking Republicans or
Democrats to perform party service, but
we want men irrespective of party atflia-
tion who viii honestly and efficiently per-
form public duties.
Will Not Support Burns Ticket.
The orator, speaking for himself as a
/ Republican. said he would never support
! the Dan Burns ticket.
Secretary Emanuel Lorenzo and Charles
! G. Nagle were appointed as a committee
to engage hall for convention purposes.
The executive committee met later in
| the evening and each of the fifteen mem
| bers thereof was authorized to select
! twenty delegates to the convention.
! There was gossip last night to the effect
that the non-partisans would nominate
| Schools, for Mayor; William Broderick
for Auditor, and w. A. Deane for County
! Clerk. In order to preserve the organiza-
/ tion for service in the next campaign one
candidate whose name does not appear Oh
! any of the existing tickets will be nom
| mated. -..
Reed May Run Independent.
Supervisor Charles Wesley Reed. VINO
/ was turned down by the late Democratic
| convention, has about made up his mind
TO enter the race for Supervisor as an in
/ dependent candidate. He is told by many
4 of his supporters that the people are long
/ ing fer an opportunity to vote for him,
4 and he may decide to afford them the de-
/ sired qualification. He fancies that the
! nineteen hundred names required for his
petition can be readily obtained.
/ Chairman MCGEE of the late Demo-
! cratic convention, who was authorized to
name forty County Committeeman at
large, names the following:
Johnston. J. J. Sullivan, Louis de F. Bartlett,
/ E Curran. Julius Frankel Patrick Madden.
louis is n M9qSer JoRR T 6 &dTsr J0n osgnb PFS5sk @ss
Charles w Fay Leo Kaufman, William H.
! Low, Charles j. Gallagher, R. Porter Ashe,
! Charles H Holcomb, Henry McGrath. E. P.
/ Enright. 7. D. Riordan, Eustace Cullinan.
/ William King, Thomas Heaney. John e
/ O. Brien, DR.. L. D. Bacigalupi Samuel Braun
/ hart, ". W. Sanderson. Lawrence Bannan Jr.
/ Fred c. Boden, Patrick Lyden. Charles D.
South Matt L. -Lally. P J. Hegerty, Howard
Park J. d. Maxwell
The new committee. consisting of the
foregoing forty and the seventy-two Sc
lectei by the district delegations, will
meet for permanent organization at Ma
tive Sons Hall this evening. 1t is said
that Jasper Mcdonald will be reelected
chairman.
Republican County Committee.
It appears that the recently created Re-
/ publican County Committee is not to take
! hold Of the party reins until after the mu-
J nicipal election. 1t was stated al Repub-
! lican headquarters yesterday that Chair