The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15


Favorable action on the senate reso-
. luton authorizing President Taft to in
.Nite the nations of the world to attend
m international exposition at San
i francisco in 1915 is expected today. In
, formation was received in this city
= yesterday TO the effect that the senate
p committee would render report favor
able TO this city
- With so much accomplished. the real
. fight may take place in the house to-
= norrow, when the foreign affairs COM
J.. nittee Is expected to send in its re-
port on the Kahn resolution.
-. The san Francisco delegation. which
has been in the national capital for
more tban a months confident that
il viii be able to secure action on the
resolution, although a two-thirds vote
viii be necessary. The doubtful sit
uation among the representatives has
been causing the local committee much
anxiety, and the Washington represen-
tatives, official and otherwise, have
been working with them night and day
PRESSURE ON CONGRESSMEN
=. Favorable action by the senate is
4. expected 10 accelerate a vote in the
. lower house, and it will be sued to
influence the members still in doubt.
James ROlph Jr., who has been active
in washington during the last few
days, wired the local exposition com
lnlLLee yesterday as IOllOWS.
Senators Perkins and Flint max
ing every effort TO get resolution
out Of senate committee. If this
- is done it will strongly aid San
- Franciscos cause in the lower
- house, and our congressional dele
cation will make. with that lever
age. still more determined efforts
10 force favorable majority re-
port out Of house foreign affairs
% committee at their probable final
meeting Thursday. Senator Flint
saws he is going to see San Fran
DISCO get the fair as his closing
Set in the service Of the state Of
California, and will work on the
measure without ceasing.
Representative DENLY of Detroit, one
OF the member Of the committee, who
b. is believed TO be unfavorable to San
b" Francisco, is being deluged with let
9srs and kilograms from friends on
the coast asking him to support this
CITY or remain neutral Graduates of
the University Of Michigan, of which
Denby is an alumnus, are wiring him
every day.
MASS MEETING PLANNED
Meanwhile the exposition committee
here is completing its arrangements
for the monster mass meeting to be
held on the floor of the Merchants ex-
change tomorrow afternoon at.
o'clock.
Czovernor Gillett issued a proclama-
fion to the people of the state yester-
5sv in which he laid special stress
upon the importance of the gathering.
II is expected to rival in attendance
and enthusiasm the famous meeting of
April 2s. when more than S4,00o,000
wss raised IN less than two hours.
plans for the meeting were discussed
bv the ways and means committee Of
the exposition company yesterday, and
The 100 or more committeeman present
were confident that the session tomor
row would far eclipse any previous one.
Primarily the meeting viii be con-
~erned with the report Of the committee
which presented the claims Of San
Francisco before congress.
GOVERNOR WILL REPORT
Governor Gillett. who was chairman
of fhat committee. viii render a report
2. ,sf.fte work accomplished, and the odds
tbaf were met and overcome. He viii
s5-,isa as 70 the course which must be
pursued during the next SIX months IL
So francisco would clinch its claim
concentration viii be leading theme
in his address. ;...,
Governor GfIlett viii be the principal
sneaker. and on the platform with him
will be Victor H. Metcalf, former sec
retarv of the navy; Justice r W. Hen
shaw Of the supreme court, W. l.
serstle, president of the san frah-
cisco chamber Of commerce; Luther j.
E,x-ans president of the Manufacturers
:.r5 cl7ippers' association of Napa; f.
7 Zeehandelaar, secretary OF the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
- los Angeles, William T. Gerber,
,,,esident of the California natiohaI
hank of Sacramento. MllilaIn T. Ia
- oakland: NJ F. Tarpey, vice
.s-esident of the Fresno national bank
= Carv Friedlander. secretary Of the
.ea-cI,ants' exchange Of San Francisco'
--be last named also acted as secretary
|. ~ the California delegation az wash
Aington.
ORNATE BOOSTER BUTTONS
rive thousand little booster buttons
lii be placed on sale at the meeting
.r,...~sdev They are smaller and more
.-tsstsc than those formerly issued
snd will sell at 10 cents each Blue
go zold are the colors and the date
..1e15- in blue letters is prominently