The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 9, 1895, Page 11

1 ’I;B.E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NQVEMBER 9, 1895. 1% STRIKING AT THE FETTERS ON COMMERCE Business Men Discuss Port| Taxes and Kindred Subjects. THE PILOTAGE EXACTION Captain Merry Wants the Board of Harbor Commissioners Abolished. ROCKS, SHOALS AND CHARGES. Maguire and Loud and Senator Perkins on Natural and Artificial-Made Barriers. The commercial bodies of San Francisco vesterday made the first definite move to | ave this declared a free port. The Mer Association, Ship-own- _million Club, Cham- r of Commerce, Manufacturers and Pro- ducers’ A , Traffic Assosiation, Mechani , Board of Trade and Board of s and Employers of esented at the | at the Chamber | afternoon. Mayor | and besides the repre- | tions | ns, Con- | Professor | ison, Harbor Commissioner Colnon | and other represer ted in the subject of the reduction of port charges the advisability of which was the formal reason of tne gathering. | Mayor Sutro was introduced by Captain Simpson esi the Ship-owners’ | T Simpson prefaced the introduction with an outline of the situation. He dwelt on the business de- on and mentioned that he had paid | ds of thousands of dollars in and that sort of thingand no return. Referring to the $800,000 bonds ted to build the new ferry lepot he said: “This bond business is ruinous from beginning to end. It tends nptey and non-taxation.” ro’s address was as follows: nor has been conferred por- 1d and procure lower port charges for ente the harbor, On the surface his does not seem & malier of great conse- but examined in all its b a vital question to the p: ¥ of our City and coast, & qu it and important to the iv d weliare of our people. It is & notorious fsct that or are forced o pay ex prosperity entering | as den as well spment merce. if you please, upon which passen d freight can be transported at e tremely low rates. Itisa railwav that has no $ cost nothing to con g t in repair. the ports r not from wear and vitches nor the ser- San Francisco and the | ne of the best ness forced (o depend ITANSpOrtatio trol of 0 | imports we are great extent upon land | pany, without competition, th results ‘are the high freights and bat have well nigh drained the life out of us and ruined our country. around you and behold the wretched- misery. Strong men and _deii- omen and _helpless children almost desperation by hunger; rows of ; factories stopped; commerce terprise and progress stifled. our commerce by sea duce the charges on shipping, sibl 1 believe that if the expense of pilot- age and wharfage were defrayed out of gen- ¢ ation, and all shipping permitted to en- free, it would prove an irresisiible invita- , ihe wh and take aw our produc , and this in his h this we require legislation, | end to get legislation we must have Lonest I slators who cannot be bought by the powers that domineer over us. Such legislators we 1all never have, unless the honest and th etter classes join together to control the pr isa an to vote for legislators nominated by the bosses of either of the polit: cal parties. Primary election day should be & legal holiday 10 the proper conduct of n should attend and we | corn upon the men who, on heir duty. Let us get an islature and we may suceeed in | nging our existing laws o &s to meke San Francisco practically & port free of cherge for all vessels entering its harbor. This is & signincant occasion. From this meeting may spring reforms that will once more place our State and City among thei t progressive communities and bring pros- | and happiness to our people. After War of the Rebellion it was be- lieved that siavery wes dead. But one slav Btate still exists, and that is the State we live h this slavery; let us strike | for the liberty and independence which we have inberited and to which we are entitled. May the result of your deliberations be the first step toward commercial independence | accompl ries. 1ti and bring about an advance in all the inter- | ests that work for the general welfare of all | our people. The first subject discussed was com- pulsory pilotage. Hugh Craig, the marine underwriter, spoke on the subject. He said: Compulsory pilotage has been a sore subject with the shipowners of this City for more than | & generation, and has causea endless bad feel- | ing between pilots and shipowners from time | to time. As Legislatures have met ai Sacra- mento and been handled by the lobby in the | interests of the pilots, the history of this ques- tion takes us back to the early attempts at legislation for the benefit of San Francisco | barbor. : These contests crystallize themselves into the Political Code, in sections 2440 to 3015, and in | section 2666 is to be found the objectionable | part of this legislation, namely: “When a vessel is spoken, inward or outward | bound, and the services of & piiot are declined, one-half of the above rates should be paid.” That weans that a locally owned vessel of | 1000 tous, drawing twenty feet of water, shall pay $2 50’ per foof, sty $50, and 2 per cent of 1000 tons, together $70. Proceeding outward in ballast, her depth being less, probably the outward charge would not exceed $60; inward and outward, $130, notwithstanding the fact thet her master may be thoroughly competent 10 take his ship in and out, and for the purpose of saving time and protecting the interests of his owners, he tows iuwar and outward here was & period in the history | 0 when compulsory towage was necessary, when there were no lighthouses on e Farallones or Point Reyes, or the points f the entrance; when the approaches | not properly charted,and there were no steam fog-norns or sirens, nor fair buoys, and the channels were unknown, and captains felt their way with the lead. And lsst, but not least, there were no towboats. In those days compulsory pilotage might have had some ex- cuse. The Listory of this question in 1883 is fresh in the minds of San Francisco ship-owners, when committees from the Board of Trade, ship-owners and our Chamber of Commerce were turned down and defied by San Fran- cisco legislators and pilots; and this sort of thing has been recurrent every two years since. This convention has met to prepare such amendments 1o the present statutes as will, if sible, relieve our shipping interests from this “old man of thesea,”” which they have been urry(lngsolong thet they have become des- perate. as that is under the con- | r to make thisa free port as | le world to send their cargoes | n would force the railroad company to | | ana eoncrete . | ture which wi | dorsed this new departure in wharf construc | & reward for political part r | entirely unscquainted with s for pilotage ere difficult toobtain. The Pilot Commissioners are 1ot to be found at their office: the secretary is absent at Sacramento; the president is non-commiizal, and the cap- tain of the port is conveniently ignorant. What they fear in making public their receipts I cannot imagine. It was shown thet in 1882 they coMected something like $200,000, of which $40.000, it is ciaimed, was paid out to protect them at Sacramento from adverse legslation. How much has gone evary two years since then for that purpose can only be toid by the pilots themsely Rezlizing, however, the intolerable impost which this Charge emounts to, they have for & number of years returned one-half of the out- ward pilotage on foreign vessels to the owners, and it is claimed that_their perquisites are so large that not oniy do they discriminate in favor of ship-owners in San Francisco who have a “political pull’” against those who are not mixed up in politics, but that a position as a pilot is worth $5000 in cash, even if the former incumbent has been dismissed from the service. The time has passed when pilots can expecs to earn more than competent ship-masters who receive for compensation something I $125 per month. San Francisco has outgrown the provincial methods of the past forty years and is now mistress of the Pecific Coast, but she has to measure her strength with Puget Sound ports, Columbia River ports, Humboldt, San Pedro and San Diego. Each of these ports is am- bitious tomake shipping charges so low as to attract deep-water vessels. The Mayor then called on George W. Dickey, superintendent of the Union Iron Works, for his views on State taxation of shipping. Mr. Dickey had _all the facts and figures and a stock of indignation at the destruc- tion of our merchant marine. Mr. Dickey said in substance: ; I have never missed an opportunity to brin this subject before the pubiie. Fop twente: five years I have discussed it, verbally, in pamphlets and in tue newspapers. it is a matter vital to the interests of S8an Francisco, and people must be educated to its true im- portance so that it may have attention in Some way commensurate with the magnitude of our exports and imports. The public press ought 10 be patriotic enongh to keep this be- fore its readers, because the sentiment of the people is the great underlying foundation of every enterprise. Last year | prepared a paper on the obstacles to ship-building and ship-owning before the New York Society of Naval Architecture. Mr. Dickey’s paper read on this occasion excited a great deal of comment. Among those who referred to it was Charles H., Cramp. the great ship-builder of Phila- delphia. He blamed the apathy of the public for the decline of the merchant marine. 1is, he said, is purely a railroad | generation and has lost interest in the | ocean Continuing, Mr. Dickey said: enormous fortunes made in railways e drawn men’s attention away from the e conservative traffic of the natural When their attention is again turne: will be more wealth made from the s ever dug from the 3 nch an iron grip on rnin. San Francisco has & led by any city in the world. en Gate State has a watchdog there to drive away the commerce that would enter. Mr. Dickey repeated that the ships get no benefit from the taxes and tolls charged against them. The police do not protect them on the ocean, the fire de- partment does not extingunish confla- | tions on the high seas, the street ights do mnot illuminate them and | the paving of the streets makes their way no easier. He gave figures to show | that the five great Atlantic steamship | lines, w as San Francisco’s total, pay 20 per cent position The rancisco’s front door, but |less than the ships that come into this; . “YWhat is the use of going to Congress | for help when the State enactments are crushing out what life is left in us?”’ said Mr. Dickey. Captain W. L. Merry’s address was the sensation of the meeting, inasmuch as he came out for the abolition of the State Board of Harber Commissioners and the turning over of the City iront to the Fed- eral Government. He'said The port of San Francisco fs one ot the finest | |"in the world. but has unfortunately acquired a reputation. to its detriment,of being an expen- sive port for ships to visit. The State of Califor- nia, desiring to meke it s cheap port, has legis- lated with that intent, and while it is true that, so far as wharfage and dockage are con- the system of political control in & matterso en’ | tirely devoid of political connection is iiself | feulty, and will not in_our time—probably i | never—attain the aim of the le established the Harbor Com: charges for wharfage and & Tespect almost a free port. 1on — low pping—in th “I'he appointment of the Harbor Commission | and its emploves, is, by usage, and the result | of the Legislature creating it, made as a reward | for political service, on the basis that to the victors belong the spoils. Without any allu- sion to the incumbents, it is & systam always productive of failure in economical resulis. | The system is also very faulty in this—that it | ever done more than maintain what may be called temporary and very perishable | structures, so 1auch so, in fact, that the great- est part of the income paid by shipping is ex- pended in salary and repairs, the recent excep- tions being the new ferry buildings at the foot of Market street and the Pacific-street whari which is being constructed on cylindrical piling—a permanent sub-str 1 need no repairs for years if properly built. The Chamber of Commerce has already in- tion by a letter to the Harbor Comm pressing its thanks. ssion e If the system is persisted s will gradually decrease permauent construction of steadily increase, with the ultimate result of a complete seawall, though it may be long de- | ferred. Nor arc the merchants of San Fran- cisco entirely blameless in this matter. I have been told by personal friends on former Harbor Commission boards that when the board en- deavored to adopta system of indestructible piling it was met by the Imwer{ul counter in- fluence of firms havini piles for sale who dia not relish the idea of being thus deprived of a | market. | The system of wharfage and toll coll: epparently more cumbrous and expens; d be permitted by a properly managed corporation or a private firm. Shipsare (ax- | able property—too much so in Califoruia for the good of our commonwealth—they cannot venish unless burned or wrecked, and should certainly form a property security for the col- lection of all harbor charges at the office of the owners, consignees or agents, enabling & dis- missal of the many employes doing this work on the wharves, but there would not then be so | many political appointments to be given out as rvice. Gentiemen, it is easy to find fauit with exist- ing conditions. How can we apply a remedy? Tcan conceive of only two methods. First—A change in the State law regaraing the commission_controlling the City front, s that the {mrsmmel of the commission shall be restricted to gentlemen who shall have a technical acquaintance with shipping and wharfage; either & shipping merchant ship- owner, marine underwriter, ship-builder or master mariner should make a better Harbor Commissioner than a politician, irequently p and having to acquire a kmudge of his duties, which occtpies half of his tarm of office, and who is turzed out in rotation efter serving his political term. Also a provision that the expenditure for salaries, maintenance and re- pairs shall not exceed one-third of the receipts. This would necessitate the reduction of poli- tically appointed employes; also that employes should only be discharged for cause, other tlian political status, and only after a public in- quiryon charges preferred before the commis- sion. These changes would undoubtedly give us gradually reduced charges end e much im- provea service, and they are probably attain- able by a concerted effort on the part of the interests controlling the commerce of this ort. P decond—A more radical remedy can be at- teined by the transfer of the construction of seawsll 10 the United States Governmept. If the General Government deems it a ty to construct & harbor in Oaklanda, to im- rove Petaluma Creek, &nd has a right to emand that Mission Creek shall be kept open as a navigable channel, it-is equally its duty to protect the harbor of San Francisco from grad- ual deterioration by constructing a seawall in front of the great commercial City of San Francisco which shall prevent filled-in realty from shoaling the bay in front of it; certainly as much proYfle!y, it will be admitted, as build- ing training walls on esch side of Oakiand rbor. TUnder this plan the seawall can be‘ completed in five years or less at a cost approximating, as Iam {n(ormtd, 82,500,000,pwharens, under State management, with present conditions. it will take fifty years and cost nearer $20,000,- In this way we should soon have only nomi- nal charges for wharfage and tolls, and no po- litical Harbor Commission to be c! ed every Compulsory pilotage must go. There is & pressing necessity and need to cut off the cor- ners of expenses it our flag shall continue to wave over American built hulls. The charges collected during the pastyear g four years, with a consequent change in all its personnel. Captain Merry concluded his argument by referring to other wo.rk on harbors and th fifteen times as much tonnage | | cerned, charges have been somewhat reduced, | ators who | ing interests | THITGARBIGECH canals that the Government has carried oat, and stating that he did not desire to be understood as criticizing the present Board of Harbor Commissioners. ] “We are discussing methods and princi- ples,” he said, “not individuals.” Congressman Maguire was the next speaker. He said: San.Francisco depends for her development on her natural resources. That is why she has grown faster than San Jose, Sacramenio, Stock- ton, or other California ecities. Onr future greatness depends on ocean commerece. Why, if this be true, should San Francisco and Cal nin be constantly ex i the way of that commerce? Loud' is to discuss the natural obstacles to this port. Why call upon the Nation (o remove these when we are imposing {ar more numerous obstructions than the rocks and shoals in the channel$ The hali-pilotage charge where no pilot is asked for or needed hus no merit whatever. A ship has to pay toll if she anchors in the stream and dockage if she stops at a whar{ and wharif- age if she unloads. 1 was not aware until I came here that bali the pilot rate was returned to foreign vessels, while full rates were exacted from domestic ships. This is not to be tolerated. 1 have nothing against the pilots and do not know if their recompense 100 large or not. The pilotsare saddled upon shipping at this port whether they are desired or not, and that is a wrong. No inan should pay pilotage unless he needs the pilot’s se; es. Local taxes upon shipping have been dealt with in detail, as they oughtto be. 1am decid- edly opposed {0 ther. You eannot make the tax It puts our citizens at an unfair Such burdens are unwise gen- and ought to be done away with. Inso- far as it lies in my power in Congress 1 shall advocate all measures to promote that end, but until Caiifornia undertakes to remove the handicaps she imposes it is hard to get up en- thusiasm. Congressman Loud spoke of the natural obstructions to the harbor. He said in substance: Natural obstructions in San Francisco Bay are very few. There are some rocks which should ‘be removed. The General Government feels kindly toward San Francisco. We stand Al at Washington; we have asked so little that the Government is disposed 10 be par- ticularly ready to respond to our wishes. A resurvey of the bayis now in progress. The Mile rocks the engineer has reported against. He states that their removal would be rather a detriment than an 1mprovement, as they would still leave a shoal. They are really guide as they are now. The suggestion has been made that a light and a fog signal be placed upon one of these rocks, to be operated by electricity from the shore. The other rocks that are re- ported as being really dengerous to navige- tion—Arch Rock, Shag Rock, Blossom Rock and some others—I think will be removed. Congressman Loud concluded by advis- ing commercial bodies to meet once or twice a year and_yoice California’s needs. He spoke of the Nicaragua Canal, and his enthusiasm concerning it provoked rounds of applause. .Mayor Sutro had lefi the chair by this time and Captain Simpson was again pre- siding. He called on Senator Perkins, who said that while he was no defender of the pilots, it was very convenient fora ship approaching an unfamiliar har- bor to see the welcome sail of a pilot boat. The only question is, he said, Are we pay- ing them too much? He told the assembled bodies that they should have commenced their agitation years ago and elected legislators who would pass wise laws instead of allowing the bosses to elect whom they please. I speak feelingly,” said the Senator, “beca I did not get a vote from San 0 except one independent one.” nator spoke of the advantages of a free port. Ships do not pay a dollar in New York. Delaware imposes no tax upon shipping, and shipping is equally free in Alabama. : $ “If we had adopted this wise policy,” said the Senator, ‘‘we would have had all those whalers rendezvousing here instead of at the Sandwich Islands.” 4 He spoke of the injustice of establishing a quarantine on ships and not on the rail- roads, and said that the ocean was a better reguiator of traffic rates than all the rail- road commissions that could be elected. Captain A. P. Lorentzen complained of Federal legislation that he said interfered with shipowners and masters by permit- ing their crews to leave them at any port. Congressman Maguire answered ~him humorously by saying that the legislation complained of merely repealed a recent law and restored a condition of affairs of which the captain had spoken enthusia tically. he meeting culminated with these reso- lutions introduced by Captain Cbarles Nelson: Resolved, That there be formed a permanent committeé to be called the San Francisco com- mittee, to consist of two delegates from each of th> commercial organizations represented at this conference, who shall be appointed by the president thereof for such terms a = o & 2 cide; and be it further Jesolved, That the -said committee, formed, shiall taze charge of the by t 2 raise funds, emplo; acts ork outlined ve power to help and perform all oth eCcessary 1o CAITY on the sam EMATORY One Expert Scavenger Offers to Remove Refuse Without - Charge. A. E. Williams Threatens to Sue the City for Rejecting His Bid. A. M. Skelly submitted a proposition to the Board of Supervisors yesterday to build a crematory for the disposal of garbage, house and other refuse matter of the City without any cost to the City in consideration of an exclusive franchise for doing the work for fifty years. It will be remembered that this matter of a scavenger franchise has been under discussion before tibe board for some montns several times. character and the board found it impos- sible to determine which was the highest. One of the bids offered a certain money and offered 1o remove garba, muc h per cubic yard. Another b F w! hile offering a larger sum of money, named a higher sum_for the removal of the gar- bage. and in_the discussion it appeared that the fraction of difference in this latter | regard would have been a greater tax on the people and a much greater revenue to the bidder. So all the bids were re- jected and the clerk was ordered to pre- pare another bid in_which the tax for re- moval of garbage is fixed and only cash bids called for, or the cash sum is fixed and the other bid called for. It was in view of this that S8kelly makes his proposition to charge nothing for the removal of garbage and to build a TI’OWT crematory. Then came also one of the other bidders and gave notice that he will contest the right of the board to reject his bid, which he claims is the highest. He says: Noting the fact that on September 30 the Board of Supervisors considers that it has the right to reject all bids which they received under their advertisement for bids for a gar- bage franchise for disposing of, by cremation or otherwise, the eutire garbage of our City and County, now it appears tomy mind that the board has no right to reject the bids, but must, in accordance with the law, as shown in the statute of 1593, grant the franchise to the highest bidder, and that they have no discre- tion whatever in this matter. Thereiore [ shall enter suit to compel the board to deliver the franchise to myself, I being the highest bidder, and I desire to state to you that I shall not withdraw my bid under any circum- stances, and hereby give you notice that no one is now or shall ‘be hereafter authorized b; me to request of youa withdrawal of my bid, but that if it everis withdrawn it shall be done only through me personally, and to ignore any and all requests for the withdrawal of @y bid which may ccme to you through other parties. Yours very traly, A. E. WiLLiAMS, Trips Undertaken for Health’s Sake ‘Will be renderad more beneficlal, and the fatigues of travel counderacted, if the voyager will take along with hini Hosteiter's Stomach Bitters and use that protective and enabling tonic, nerve in- vigorant and appetizer regularly. Impurities in air and water are neutralized by it, and it is a maichless tranquilizer and regulstor of the stomach, liver and bowels. Tt counteracts ma- laria, rheumabism and a tendency to kidvey and bladder allments. : T | pock: nditions as the respective organizations | when | The bids received were not of the same | 'NOW FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS, Finance Committee Is Organized and Ready for Work. The ITS SIXTY STRONG ADDITIONS. Wendell Easton Compliments the Press and Is Pleased With the Mag- nificent Start. Now the finance committee, for the pur- pose of securing sufficient funds for the big convention, is formed and the real work of gathering up the sinews of war will begin. Senator Williams called the committee to order yesterday in room 100 of the Chronicle building at 3 o’clock, and stated in his opening remarks that he had been empowered to name the committee through the action of the mass-meeéting, over which he had the honor of presiding. “Iam sure this committee,”’ said the Senator, “will act in harmony with the committee which permanently organized here yester- day, and I would suggest that you immedi- ately form and get down to the business that will come before you.” General Friedrich nominated ex-Mayor Pond for the office of temporary chairman, and met with a prompt protest on the part of Mr. Pond, who argued that a younger man should preside over the body and care for its deliberations. This manner of accepting the nomination was scoffed at by the committeemen and the ex-Mayor was forced to take his seat in the chair. Hon. J. M. Littlefield was elected tempor- ary secretary and the work of electing per- manent officers was begun. There was such a unanimity of opinion regarding the men who could best fill the oflices that Mr, Pond and Mr. Litchfield were elected to the permanent offices. Colonel Stone was elected as vice-chair- man and Louis Sloss Jr. treasurer. ‘Wendell Easton, who had been appointed on the finance as well as the executive committee for the purpose of familiariz- ing himself with the work of both bodies, was invited to take the floor, and spoke as follows: “It is my duty to state that the executive committee of fifteen was appointed by | Senator Williams to operate with the | finance committee of the same number assembled here to-day, and there is at | present five of us here to be of any service | pessible. We fully realize that the greatest work of the project has been performed b; the press of the City of San Francisco, that of starting the fund with a good round | sum of money and its perpetual backing. | T have no doubt that they have spread the | same animation all over the State that they have thus far displayed themselves. In a yery great measure the work of the execu- tive committee depends for its success upon the assistance derived from the finance | committee, but 1 am sure we will have no | cause to worry over that question. Asitis to-day there is nearly $78,000 in the fund, | and I consider, as do you all, that such a | start is magnificent. It will show that we have done a large amount of sincere work, even if we do not succeed. Let this com- mittee call upon the bankers, the corpora- tions, ete., and make up the first $100,000 as soon as possible. We have the respect and the approval of the public, and I am sure no difficulty will be encountered. Last night I had a talk with two stalwart | Democrats, M. F. Tarpey and Bernard Murphy, who both informed me that they were ready at any time to go down in their ts and stand in so far as it was pos- | sible. Mr. Tarpey further told me that he would like to be one of the delegates to go | to Washington from this coast, and that | he would be quite willing to pay his own expenses. We want the convention, and we will have it.” Mr. Easton’s statements regarding Mr. Tarpey and Mr. Murphy had the effect of producing considerable applause, after which Secretary Litchfield said that he hoped the newspapers would publish every subscription which passed through his hands. “I want the people to know just where {1 am doing the ‘collecting,” said he, “so that they will be just as well posted as I. I would suggest that the chair appoint a committee of three to visit the banks, rail- roads, public offices and professional men as soon as possible.” ©Mr. Chairman.” exclaimed Mr. de Young, who secured the floor, “you are losing sight of the main_thing for which this committee was called together. Your first move is to enlarge your committee by adding at least sixty more names to the present committee of twenty, which in- | cludes the representation from the execu- tive committee.” There was something in this, and a com- mittee consisting of the chairman, vice- chairman and secretary was appointed to select sixty more committeemen and re- port on the same at the meeting to he held | Tuesday at 4 o’clock. T.T. Williams at this point in the pro- ceedings announced that. he would, on be- half of the Examiner, present the finance committee with a list of the signed sub- scribers who had contributed to the fund through that paper. The list, which ag- gregated many thousands of dollars, was forthwith turned over,and Mr. Williams was complimented upon the method of conducting the subscription work, A representative of TiE CALL announced” that a similar list would be turned over to the committee when some other outside subscribers were heard from, and at the suggestion of Mr. Easton it was declared the unanimous will of the committee that & vote of thanks be tendered the daily press of San Francisco for the work and faith they had exhibited in the cause, and that copies of the resolution, when completed, be sent to each and every one of the papers who bad helped the work along. On motion of Louis Sloss Jr., C. G. Taylor, official stenographer of the Mid- winter Fair, was elected to occupy a similar position for both the executive and the finance committee. Colonel Stone believed that it would be a good idea for the secretary to get out a circular letter addressed to all corpora- tions, ete., informing them that their assistance was required and thatsome one of the committee would call upon them soon. This plan will be put into execu- tion by the secretary and within a few days a majority of the eighty members of the finance committee will be in the midst of securing subscriptions for the great convention. At the suggestion of Mr. Easton it was decided that fifteen members of the entire committee constitute a quorum so that business could be facilitated. With that the committee adjourned to meet again Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Following is a list of the additions to the finance committee prepared by the com- |many men well known and eunergetic in mittee of three. 1tcontains the mames of | die public movement: 3 8. W. Backus, C. 8.'Benedict, F. 8. Chad- bourne, M. H. Hecht, William Doxey, M. Blaskower, A. M. Burns, Eugene Davis, 8. ‘W. Dixon, A. C. Freese, A. Gerberding, F. A. Haber, Samuel Hendy, Rudolph Har- rold, William Greer Harrison, W. B. Hooper, J. K. Hobbs, Julius Kahn, Oscar Lewis, C. A. Laton, C. S. Laumeister, James McNab, John McCord, J. J. O’Brien, Raphael, H. B. Rauss,| Vanderlin ‘Stow, Irving M. Scott, C. B. Stone, J. F. Sheehan, F. W. Sumner, H. Shainwald, J. A. Thompson, I. Upham, W. §. Vice, A. W. Wilson, C. A. Warner, J. G. Easting, A. H. Vail, D. H. Bibb, H. N. Gray, F. W. Van Sicklin, M. A. Gunst, Colin M. Boyd, A. A. Watkins, J. Levi, R. | P. Hammond, R. H. Warfield, K. B. Soule, M. J. Coleman, E. T. Donnelly, Will E. Fisher, 0. D. Baldwin, C. L. Taylor, Colonel N. T. James, J. C. Currier, Sol Getz, Frank S. Johnson, L. R. Ellert, A. 8. Baldwin, William C!uff, W. P. Fuller, Fred Siebe, Henry Fortman, George H. Pippey, A. E. Castle, H. M. Black, Percy Beamish. IROQOVUIS CLUB. = TOTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DATE....... veeenn... 877,430 e ga ik UNITING FORCES. $200 The Republican Eweoutive Committee Takes Wise Action. A meeting of the Republican Executive Committee was held at the rooms of the State Central Committee yesterday after- noon at 2 o’clock. Cnairman Cornwall presided and F. McQuaid acted as secre- tary. There were present: P. B. Cornwall, J. H. Mahoney, Asa R. Wells, E. C. Palmieri, Wendell Easton, M. Cooney, F. McQuaid, H. P. Sontag, Albert B. Lemmon of Santa Rosa, J. C. Daly of Ventura, O. A. Hale, of San Jose. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the chairman appoint a com- mittee of seven (the chairman to be an ex- | officio thereof), with full power to act, and to make gll arrangements in reference to securing the Republican National Convention at San | Francisco, and to invite and to incorporate | with all other citizens’ comm ittees heretofore appointed for that purpose. The secretary was instructed to notify the chairman of the execuiive committee of the citizens’ National Convention com- mittee of the fact that a committee had been appointed by the chairman of the | Republican State Central Committee to act and co-operate with their committee | at their own convenience. All matters appertaining to the new Election Commission were left in the hands of the chairman. The committee adjourned to call of the chair. i The committee consists of Asa R.| | Wells (chairman), W. W. Montague, H. L. Dodge, H. P. Sontag, O. A. Hale of San Jose, Judge Daly of Ventura, A. B. Lem- mon of Santa Rosa. 2 U, FAVORS THIS CITY. A Leading Republican of Kentucky Puts Himself on Record for San Francisco. | A letter received by Carroll & Carroll of this City from James E. Pepper, the well- known distiller and one of the foremost Republicans of Kentucky, gives encour- | | agement to the convention movement. | Mr. Pepper promises to do all in his | power to influence the National Com- muttee to decide in favor of San Francisco, | and hopes to come here himself as one of the delegates. This is the letter: Messrs. Carroll & Carroll, 306 Market street, San Franmeisco, Cal.—DEAR Sirs: It will afford all of us great pleasure to comply with your request to use our influence with the members of tne National Republican Committee to get them to vote for San Francisco, and if we are | successful the writer, J. E. P., will make every 1 effort to visit your City at that time. Yours truly. JAMES E. PEPPER & Co. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 1, 1895, il Siinidine, DEMOCRATS MAY COME. Chairman Harrity Getiing Ready to | Call a Meeting. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—THE CALL correspondent met Chairman Harrity of the National Democratic Committee to- night. Mr. Harrity arrived in Washing- ton this evening and visited the White House, where he talked with President Cleveland _for some time. He also saw ! Secretary Lamont at the War Department. Although Mr. Harrity did not say so it is | inferred that he talked with them about | the coming Democratic Convention, for soon afterward be announced to THE CALL correspondent that early in December he would issue a call for the National Com- mittee to meet in Washington on Janu- ary 2 to decide on a place for holding the convention. He is of the opinion that the convention will be held late in June or during the first few days in July. The convention will be held, he says, to suit the convenience and comfort of the dele- gates, and hot - weather days will be avoided if possible. It was suggested that there were no hot-weather days in San Francisco, such as Mr. Harrity experi- ences in his Pennsylvania home, or in Pittsburg or Chicago. Mr. Harrity smiled at this and complimented California’s glorious climate. He said that thus far | five cities had wriiten him bidding for the convention, viz.: San Francisco, Chicago, st. Louis, Milwaukee and Denver. | R e 555 5 2 X 25 2 22 22 224454 AT A4 LOS ANGELES COMMITTEER. Ready to Get Into the Movement With Ef~‘! Jeetive Work. { LOS ANGELES, CarL., Nov.8.—The com- mittee consisting of H.Z. Osborne, Hon. James McLachlan, Senator J. R. Mathews, Mayor Rader, J. F. Francis and J. J. Gos- | per, appointed at the mass-meeting held last Monday evening to devise ways and means to assist San Francisco in securing the holding of the Republican National Convention in that City, met to-night in the parlors of the Hollenbeck Hotel. The meeting was short, but effective and actual work will begin at once. A finance com- mittee of five, with John F. Francis as chairman, was appointed. H. Z. Osborne, Senator Mathews and Mayor Rader were selected as the transportation committee, and Charles E. Day made chairman of the committee of five on hotels, rooms and ac* commodations, The meeting then ad- journed subject to the call of the chair. THE SILVER LEAVES. Those of the First Regiment Will Go to C. H. Crocker. Charles H. Crocker has been offered the lieutenant-colonelcy of the First Infantry Regiment, N. G. C., which has been vacant sincé the resignation of Lieutenant- Colonel Burdick. It is reported that all the officers of the regiment are in favor of his eleotion, and that at the election next week the vote will be unanimous. Mr. Crocker has seen considerable service in the Guard. He has served in the line for a long time, and was last a major on the staff of General Dickinson. He isa member of the firm of H. 8. Crocker & Co., the big stationery firm of this City. ————————— Died From Hemorrhage. William Harris, a negro, who was employed in the billiard-room of the Olympic Club, was found prostrated at the corner of Geary and Jones streets last evening. He was suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs, and was con- veyed to the Receiving Hospital, where he d shortly after 11 o’elock last night, CROWDED THE PAVILION, Oaklz;nd and Alameda People at the Goethe-Schiller Festival. WILL RUN TWO MORE DAYS. | The Grand Ball to Take Place on Monday Evening—Special Performances. The German residents of Oakland and Alameda came across the bay in qrowds lasr_ night to attend the Goethe-Schiller 'festlval atthe Pavilion, the evening hav- ing been specially set aside for their benefit. Many came in costume, and these, added to the thousands of gayly dressed people fmmAthiu side of the bay, who asusual were in attendance, filled the big building almost to overflowing. Enrlyin the evening the general com- mittee held a meeting and decided that the great success of the affair and general demgnd for a longer season warranted pro- longing the festival, and concluded that it should be kept going on for two days longer than was originally intended. In consequence the festival will close on Mon- day night instead of this evening. The grand ball will be held Monday night. Open house will be kept to-morrow for the benefit of those who cannot attend on weekdays and a matinee performance will be given this evening. All season and complimentary tickets will be canceled t0-n 1§ht and admission for to-morrow and Monday will be 50 cents. The musical programme of last evening was as follows: Overture, “Zampa” (Herold); concert waltz, “Jolly Fellows” (Volstedt); grand march by all particants; selections from ‘Lohengrin” (Wagner); solo for four cornets, Messrs. Ritzau, Donigan, Hoerst and Keller: Righ-grade club” swinging b;} Mrs. Francis Miebling: overture, “Wilhelm Tell” (Rossin: scene from ““William Tell,” by members of the San Francisco Turn Verein and the San Fran- cisco Schwaben Verein; director, Beno Hirsch musical director, - Professor Aaolf Banz. grand phantasie, ““Tannhauser,” Wagner; air and variations, “‘Alpen Sehnsucht” (solofsts), Hartmann; Brieftauben Tanz §C-rrier Pigeon Dance) by ladies from the Lilis Park booth, with cornet solo by Miss Pearl Noble; (10:15 . M. prompt); “Echb Scherze,” Ritzau; pot urri, “Carmen,” Bizet; paraphrase, “Home weet Home,” Nehl. Director, Louis N. Ritzau. Those who took part in the shooting scene from “William Tell,”” which was the feature of the performance, were: Gessler, M. Hauser; Bertha, Miss Schneider; Rudenz, Ch. Breiten; Harras, Max Nagel; Trieshard, W. Kunzel; Lenthold, L. Franz: Herold, E. Kanrin; William Tell, Henry Maret; Walter, Carlos Hildebrandt; Staui- father, W. Schroeder; Walter Furst, W. Mubhlner; Melcnthal, E. Dauck; Roesselmann, A. Fester; Swiss pessants, members of the singing section of the San Francisco Turn Verein and Schwaben Verein. The raffle for four diamond rings, which took place last evening. resulted as fol- {lows: No. 1, Louis Sloss Jr.; No. 2, C. Schiffer; No. 3, Miss Ray Feder; No. 4 Miss Freda Sylvester. One of the best features of the festival— the Plundersweiler or country town fair— | ave a special performance for the press ast evening. The living picture and optical illusions were excellent and were witnessed by a large assemblage of newspaper men and their friends. This afternoon a special matinee will be | given, and the performance will be re- peated in the evening. The grand ball is expected to be a acting tableau. | splendid affair, and an attendance larger thandon any previous occasion is antici- pated. VISITING RESTAURANTS. Inspector Dockery Secures a Score or More Samples—What the Milkmens’ Association Intends Doing. Milk Inspector Dockery visited a score or mcre of down town restaurants yester- day, taking samples of milk from all the places visited. As usual great crowds gathered wherever the inspector ap- | peared, presumably hoping that he would | dump a few gailons of milk. In this they were mistaken, for Dockery was simply gathering evidence to be submitted to the bacteriologist. It is not improbable that warrants will be sworn out to-day for the arrest of the attorney and the officer of the Milkmens’ Association, whose names have been prominently mentioned in con- nection with the alleged Sanders bribery case. The papers in the case were submitted to Prosecuting Attorney John T. Dare, who | said that he would take the matter under | advisement and give a definite opinion this morning. From a casual review of the case, however, he thought there would be no difficulty about the warrant. The Can and Bottle Association appears to be much distressed over the fact that two of its officers are directly concerned. They held a meeting at the Jersey Farm Dairy, on Howard street, yesterday and discussed the matter fully. They are unanimous in the opinion that if there is any foundation whatever for the story the association cannotin justice to itself longer retain them in its employ. A special com- mittee was appointed to go over the facts as far as obtainable and report as speedily as possible. LEWIS BRANDT'S WIFE. He Admits Her Charges of Brutal Lan- guage and Adds More in His Answer. Lewis Brandt, the father of Noah Brandt, the musician, has filed an answer to the suit of his young wife for a divorce. His answer is a spicy document, replete with caustic comments upon the wife who wishes to be separated from him. He is | 83 years of age and he says he believes his wife married him for his money. Brandt married his wife but a short time ago, he says for a certain $10,000 which she thought he had, but which he avers he has nov even the shadow. He proceedsthen to | say that Clara, his wife,is false,deceitful and | 158 sneak, He charges falsehpod and de- ceit because shie married a man of 85 years only because she wanted to share his es- tate. She is not, he says, a fit and proper perzon for. him or any decent person to live with. He bas ordered her from his house, he says, and he has promised to pay her a servant’s wages since their merriage, more, he adds, than she is worth. He ad- mits all the allegations of unseemly lan- |'zuage made in her complaint, and adds & little more to it in his answer. LUX ESTATE PAPERS. Several New Ones Filed in the Already Much Complicated Case. The Probate Court saw several new papers in the Lux estate yesterday. There is & demurrer from the Associated Chari- ties to the petition of Jesse W. Potter and the California Safe Deposit and Trust Com- any for the revocation of the pro- ate of the will, and there is a technical answer from Thomas B. Bishop and Dr. Azra N. Lewis, the ex- ecutors, to each of these petitions and to the petition of Charles Merrill, which asks for their removal because they have not properly performed their trust. In answer, the executors say the estate is a large one and widely distributed, and that they have done the best possible under the circum- | stances. %’ | % | o READSTT T“BULLETIN OO | ’t#ltltlttl‘!t!tltlt1!#iil&i#!tit’(*’t**ii*i*-‘fi!’ It will be the largest and best regular edition of an afternoon paper ever pub- lished west of New York. THE BULLETIN has made arrange- ments with all the greatest fiction writets of the world for their latest stories, and this evening it will lead off with “SLAIN BY THE DOONES,” Complete, by R. author of ‘‘ Lorna Doone.” In addition, the stories and special articles by JOHN ARTHUR McEWEN, GEORGE E. 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