The San Francisco call., 1908-04-03
DIRECT PRIMARY
LEAGUE is FORMED

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chair appointed C. W. Hornick, Rudolph
| Spreckels, j. w. Sweeney E.. S. Simpson
and w. r. Williams a committee on
permanent organization. Luncheon
was served, and when the meeting re-
convened the committee recommended
the adoption of a constitution and dec
iaration of principles.
OBJECT OF THE LEAGUE
The articles of the constitution,
which was unanimously adopted, read
as follows:
article The name of this organization shall
De tne Direct Primary league of California.
san and Its object shall be TO secure to the people
or california, through adequate and compre-
nenslve direct primary election law, the restora.
non OF control OF their political parties and of
the machinery of their government usurped
g ey political bosses CREATED and perpetuated by
the present delegate c6nyention system of select
ing candidates for public office.
More specifically, the object of this league
snail De 70 Organize subordinate clubs in each as
noid meetings. to call the attention Of all elect
ors to the Importance of an expression of the
popular demand for direct primary legislation
through their votes for the direct primary con-
sltutional amendment which will be submitted
70 them at the next general election; to work to
the end that the electors of all political parties
shall be fully advised as TO the attitude Of all
candidates for the legislature toward proposed al
.ect primary legislation and to endeavor to secure
the election of legislature which shall be wholly
in sympathy with and unequivocally committed
to the direct primary election reform to which
the great political parties of this state have been
people.
Article 3-The government of the central or
ganiEation shall be vested In president five
vice presidents treasurer and a secretary organ
izer, who shall all be members of the executive
committee. and in 10 executive committeeman,
aaph si nat dicfr those
16 executive committeeman to be selected by the
president, vice presidents treasurer and secre-
tary- organizer.
MOVEMENT NONPARTISAN
There shall be a state organizing committee
consisting of two members from each assembly
<anization The members of the executive com,
nNttee in each congressional district and the
members Of the state organizing committee In
each assembly district shall be members of differ
eDt political parties.
Article 4-In addition to discharging and per-
forming such other duties and functions as may
league as expressed in article hereof, the
tral organization shall select advisory com
mittee Of nye members for the purpose of assist,
10 carry ont the said purposes.
Article 5-The president of the league, or. In
of succession, shall be authorized to call meet.
ngs of the central organization whenever In his
or their Judgment IL is necessary.
Il
stitution the permanent officers of the
league were elected and the meeting
was adjourned subject to the can of the
chair.
Among those present at the meeting
were Senator l.. A. Wright of San Di-
ego, Senator Marc Anthony of San
Francisco, Senator Marshall Black of
Palo Alto, Senator A. e. Boynton of
Oroviile, Senator George S. Walker of
San Jose, Assemblyman A. NJ. Drew OF
Fresno, A<semblyman j. o. Davis of
Hollister, Assemblyman w. d. l.. Held
of Ukiah, c. C. Spaulding of. Sunny
vale. John s. Stetson of Oakland. ". r.
Williams of Sacramento, Rudolph
Spreckels. Ernest S. Simpson, Charles
w. Hornick, George A. Van Smith, Isl
dor Jacobs, John w. Sweeney, Walter
Paul Bancroft. Jesse T.
Steinhart, Henry Payot, Adolph Uhl, |
Richard ]. Welch and Frank W. Marvin. |