The San Francisco call., 1908-04-23
CAHOUN'S NAME
STIRS UP STRIFE
Flea Committee Debates Pro-
priety of Inviting Him
to Banquet

' Ger the name OF Patrick Calhoun
preident OF the United Railroads
VAIN discussion arose yesterday aiter
= rocn between Chairman James y
Rhslan on the one hand and w \
Esston ard Others Of Ca1houn
friends in the course Of an executive
B.. session OF the san Francisco feet com
IN ttee Just prior to its weekly puollc
meeting. For time the war OF words
waged fercely and threatened 70 as
SINE serious proportions SOUNDS o.
tie verbal combat issued through tae
walls Of the room where the secret
sessiou was held
) The secret session had been called
Tor the purpose Of deciding who should
be invited as complimentary guests Of
honor 10 attend the city's banquet to
Secretary OF the Navy Metcalf and Of
Hcers OF the feet al the St Francis
tfe night Of May S. It was proposed
that. IN addition TO the city officials
visiting governors. officers and other
P distinguished persons. every subscriber
of the feet fund who had contributed
more than 500 should be asked to
attend. This was agreed upon tenta-
lively and Phelan called for the names
of rhose subscribers to be read. All
went well until the name OF Patrick
Calhoun was reached Then there was
= decided pause.
calhoun in behalf or the Fs0ited
Railroads. when the fund was first
started several months ago promised
20 give $1,000 It was the largest
individual contribution. but the amount
has nor ret been paid. Several times
Tho Question whether the United Rail
roads intended TO come forward with
irs promised subscription had been
brought Up before the committee. and
tween W &. Elalstcn and John ".
sweeney. president OF the iron trades.
-. ston maintained that the corpora
r.on certainly would come through. p
Sweeney insisted on knowing whether
b was really its intention 10 do So.
y hen CalhouR's name was reached
yesterday. Pheisn promptly proposed
that u should be left out OF the list.
- Immediately there was opposition nv
Ralston and others Sweeney stood
with Phelan.
Mayor Taylor too. was Of the opin-
ion taat Calhouns Narle should be
eliminated from the list OF invited
guests Notwithstanding the fact
tlat the street railway u7agnete and
accused brioe giver had promised TO
contribute 10 the fleet reception fund.
le mayor remarked that he did not
think that committee "A charge Of a
civic banquet TO be given in the name
OF the city Of san Francisco should in
Vite a man who had been indicted for
q serious ofense against The law. To
this the members OF the finance con-
mittee replied that Il Caihoun's nane
was omitted from the invitation list
the United Railroads would not con
tribute tne $4,000 that had been prom
Used
After an hour and three quarters or
discussion The difficulty was smoothed
over tF - unanimous tacit agreement
that Calhoun should be invited: but the
Droviso was made that in every case
where corporation had subscribed
more thsn 800 toe question OF which
of IFS officers should accept the invita-
1on shoul5 be iefs 10 its own good
judgment This Indirectly could be
Sppileo as rap al Calhoun. for Man
ager Black or one OF the other officials
could easily be designated in his stead.
This was how matters stood when
the meeting was thrown open and the
public admitted The committee trans
acted its regular routine business
Fund WILL BE SUFFICIENT
Counting sS,5sT IN pledges not vet
paid, A. A Watkins OF the finance COM
rlittee announced that the fund lacked
Only Sl,z5l-S0 OF the required amount
for carrying out in their entirety the
plans for entertaining and receiving
the men OF the fleet In view Of this
promising state Of affairs il was de-
cided 10 let the different committee
men draw funds as they needed them
20 carry out their plans. 70 within per
cent OF their total estimate
Some surprise was caused when a
letter was received from the Market
Street Improvement association asking
FOR. 81 least $4,000 FOR fitting up the
naval pavilion at Market and Seventh
streets Members OF the committee
said that the association had offered
"a 90 the whole OF the work without
cost 70 the fund. The matter was
turned over 20 Walter Macarthur
Governor Sheldon of Nebraska. with
81 5fhcisl party Of 50 persons and 30
other Nebraskans, viii arrive in San
Francisco May and viii remain three
days This news was conveyed in a let
ter TO Chairman Jennings Of the Cali
1ornia Promotion committee. During
their stay the party viii present a
silver service 10 the battleship Ne
-braska OF the Pacific feet
PHELAN LANDS CONTRIBUTION
Tie success OF the fund was insured
BY subscription OF $1,000 received yes
terdsy from the committee that had In
charge the entertainment OF the Call
fornia volunteers on their return from
the Philippines The amount was the
unused surplus, and il was secured
through the personal efforts Of Chair
man James D. PheIan- The commit
tee having custody Of the money was
composed OF James d PheIan. A. NJ
Lawrence. II II. de Young and W J.
Martin Present at the meeting were:
Chairznsn James D. Frederick W Hall
PhelaD John ". Sweeney
p. b Hale Captain Perkins
v. C. RslEto1 Raphael Well
Allan Pollok Walter Macarthur
Frsnk ". Symmes ChaunceT ST. John
J. J. Brown Mayor Taylor
A. A. Watkins G. II. Bentley