Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-26
DESIRE SESSION
/ OF LEGISLATURE
MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
TO BE CONSIDERED
Message to Governor Pardee Explains
in Detail How Urgent Is the
Call at This Time for
Immediate Action
pu Associated Press

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-At g
general executive meeting today al
Fort Mason the special legislature ses-
sion and the measures there TO DC
considered were thoroughly discussed
The question of martial law was also
considered. The matter of food distr1-
button was finally and completely
turned over to the commissary depart
ment in charge of Major Dravoe, and
the various committees reported.
At this meeting Mayor Schmitz, Gen
sGreely, Gen. Funston, Secretary Met
calf, Garrett McEnerny and represen-
tatives of every special committee were
present.
Ask Special Session
The entire assemblage drew up a
message to Governor Pardee in which
they stated the request for special
session of the legislature and the rea-
sons for such requests, and accom-
panied it with another message asking
for a prompt reply.
The feature of passing a general
calamity law, empowering the city to
circulate enough bonds for the recon-
structon of San Francisco, was legally
explained.
The opinion of all present was that
by all means this session should be
called and that the necessary Calamity
laws should be passed.
Expense Would Be Small
Z 1t was shown that the expense would
be less than $4,000 day. The food COM
mittee reported that all necessary pro-
visions were on hand and obtainable.
They said that all were even over
whelmed with provisions. Perishable
food is causing trouble. Mayor Schmlt2
drew up a telegram which was to be
sent over the entire United States re-
questing all sources of relief to refrain
from sending perishable food.
Food supplies should be limited to
staples.
Gen. Greedy assured Mayor Schmit2
that the army was willing and anxious
to do all in its power in the relief meas
ures now being enforced.
But as a supplement to this assur-
ance he petitioned the municipal au-
thorities to realize the fact that the
army is being overtaXed, that they are
being asked to cover too wide range
of work, that they have 1t not within
their power to attend to as much as
had been assigned to them.
Patronize Home Architects
Chicago has even offered a corps OF
architects. but the committee was
unanimous and emphatic in responding
that San Francisco is well able to de-
sign the "city beautiful" which it is
proposed to build.
Secretary Metcalf is so overwhelmed
with relief contributions that he has
been unable to compile any authorita'
tive total up to date. He said on the
subject of contributions:
1.-THE contributions are so numerous
and come so rapidly that 1 have simply
been unable to more than record them
Mayor Schmitz believes the sum tota
to be between four and six millions, bu
I am reasonably positive that the tota
is above six millions"
Millions in Relief Fund
The total amount of the relief fund
up to and including Tuesday, April "a
as reported by the committee on finance
was $2,306, ,436.O5; of this amount $2,115,'
1866 was from out of town sources
while the local subscriptions amounted
to $190,700.
These figures are considerably lowel
than those published unofficially or
several occasions, but the finance com
mittee takes cognizance only of those
subscriptions of which 1t has beer
definitely Informed