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VOLUME JLXXVIII.-NO. 145.
INSURGENTS HEARING A FINAL VICTORY.
Now the War in Cuba
Is Practically
Over,
rebels are in control.
Siege Laid to the stronghold
of the spanish at san
tiago de cuba.
GENERAL CAMPOS IS BEATEN.
In* a Cablegram to the Spanish
Government He Admit",
His Defeat.
BOSTON, Mass. Oct. 22.— Dispatches
which were received from the seat of war
in Cuba to-tlay brought matter of more
than ordinary importance. The first dis
patch, dated Santiago de Cuba, October 19,
says: The Cuban war is practically over.
The whole country is now practically in
the hands of the rebels and an attack is ex
pected on Santiago de Cuba any day.
Daring the last week the soldiers and
stores at the outlying Spanish garrisons
lave been in retreat and are now in the
main garrison. The insurgents are sur
rounding the city in large numbers and it
is expected that they will make their at
tack daily. Their numbers are far greater
than have been reported and they outnum
ber the Spanish earrison, while they now
have control of all the natural hiehways,
so that it is impossible for an expedition to
leave the town in any direction.
The Spanish troops are making active
preparations to leave at a moment's notice,
and already the transport ships in the har
bor are ready to sail. It will be an impossi
bility for the town to hold out much longer,
as, in addition to the insurgents, who
are actively at work without, the Spanish
soldiery themselves are almost in a state of
mutiny, and each hour sees several brawls.
Already over a dozen men have been
killed in these street fights, and the
authorities have now ordered that if any
more such fights occur the ringleaders
will be shot.
Among the soldiery there is a constant
feeling of fear, and each hour there are
many desertions to the ranks of the insur
gents. Sentries have been stationed and
orders have been given to shoot down any
man seen outside the gate. As a result of
this order a young lieutenant was shot to
day. He was not deserting, but was
simply ruakinj? an investigation of an ob
ject outside ihp waif, when he was seen hy
a si-ntry and killed. The insurgents hare
planted their field batteries near the city
in the most advantageous positions, and
their shells are causing much damage.
Ten men were killed to-day by the explo
sion of a shell in one of the gun caissons
near the north wall, four oi the number
being officers.
Every preparation is being made to
withstand the last determined attack,
which may come at any moment, but it is
very doubtful if the garrison can hold out.
If this important city falls it will mean the
entire triumph ot the insurgents' move
ment in thb eastern part of the island, and
they will then turn their attention to the
west and Havana.
Another dispatch, dated Havana, Octo
ber 21, says: The Spanish oilicials to-day
received notice of the condition of affairs
in the east, and immediately ordered that
the five regiments quartered in the garri
son should start for the beleaguered city
of Santiago de Cuba at once. This will
practically leave the capital city at the
mercy of the rebels if they should strike.
General Campos is doing all in his power
to prevent the disaster which is surely im
pending, but it will be impossible for him
to avert the defeat which is staring him in
the face. The following cablegram which
he sent to the War Department of the
Spanish home Government was gathered
from an official source. The dispatch reads:
"The insurgents have everything. We
can meet nothing hot defeat. Our only
chanre is to make terms. They have con
trol of the whole west, and in order to
stop them I have to withdraw my troops
in the west, leaving the capital bare. Send
ten more regiments. Campos."
This cablegram was gathered from a
source of the highest authority, and shows
that the great Spanish leader has practi
cally given up the struggle.
Another thing that will render the de
feat of the insurgents an impossibility is
that a most rampant state of anarchy is
reigning among the whole Spanish admin
istration. Since the opening of the strue
gle the power of General Campoa has been
steadily on the wane, an<} to-day he is the
most thoroughly hated man in the Spanish
army, and this fact probably more than
any other will be a strong factor in the ul
timate defeat of the regulars.
A few of the most startling disclosures of
the whole struggle leakr-1 out to-day they
also coming from the same high official
source. This is, that every moment
Campos' life is in danger from his own
troops, and that already attempts to assas
sinate him have been made on several oc
casions, but the true facts of the case have
been kept behind for political reasons
Tne officers themselves who have been
quartered in Havana are giving no
thoughts of the war. but are passing their
time in riotous living. All offenders are
being treated with a summary hand, ana
wholesale executions are following each
other in rapid succession daily, rank or
position counting for nothing. General
Campos reported to the home Government
tne state of affairs and this action is sim
ply carrying out their orders. These rig
orous practices are causing desertions by
the wholesale, and if they go on with such
alarming rapidity in the future as they
have in the post, the Spanish army will be
reduced to a minimum. The rebels are
now at all points, and it is impossible to
tell at what point they will strike.
The marines on the warships in the har
bor have been landed and held under or
ders for immediate service. The Spanish
loss during the week in the several hard
fought battles and the almost innumerable
■kirmishes has been very great. The
The San Francisco Call.
yellow fever is breaking out again among
the troops.
A dispatch to the Cuban Patriotic League
in this city says:
"The people in the cities and towns near
tbe rebellion are in a state of starvation,
for which there are two causes. One is the
impossibility of the farmers to take any of
their products to the markets, and the
other that the Spanish merchants charge
such high prices that the poor cannot buy.
Campos knows that it is impossible to
stop the progress of the insurgents by
Torce and is now trying to buy off the
leaders. The Spanish troops have not
been paid for three months, and are steal
ing anything they can lay their hands on.
The spies, who have not been paid either,
are committing terrible depredations and
plundering and murdering everywhere."
A special dispatch to a morning paper
says that it is reported that the rebels
made an attack on Santiago de Cuba at
sunset, but were repulsed. They succeeded
in blowing up part of the fortress with a
bomb, however.
jforsit to go to cub a.
Meeting of the Irish Volunteer JExecu
ttre Committee.
The company of patriotic Irishmen or
ganized last Monday night for the purpose
of fighting in Cuba's cause is bound to go
to the Spanish island.
These proceedings so far have been car
ried on with secrecy. It was deemed ad
visable by Captain P. T. Robinson and
other members of the company to keep
their plans from the public until they
were perfected.
The company has been in correspond
ence with similar companies in New Yorfc,
Delaware, New Jersey and other States in
the East for some time, and at the meet
ing last night a number of letters from
the East were read. Though the execu
tive committee held a secret session,
enough was learned to verify the inten
tions of the company to go to Cuba at the
first opportunity offered.
They are bound to go to Cuba. The
principal question at present is relative to
funds. It is understood that plenty of
money is back of the organization, but
everything is contingent on the action
taken by the military clubs of the East.
The letters read from Rochester,
N. V., and cities in New Jersey
and Delaware were of an enthusiastic
character. There was patriotic ardor
in every line, and each sentence was an
urgent appeal for heart-and-soul co-opera
tion. The reading of the letters aroused
great enthusiasm, and if Cuba had been
on the other side of the street and an
arsenal conveniently located in the hall,
the Spanish forces would have been
whipped on the spot.
Captain Robinson said: "We intend to
strike a blow that will be felt. If the
patriotic Irishmen are in earnest in their
declarations let them prove it when there
is a chance. Here is a country that is
straggling for independence and freedom,
the same as our own dear land, and if they
are in earnest let them prove it and show
England what there is in them."
There was great enthusiasm manifested
among the members of the executive com
mittee, and it is generally understood
among the members of the company that
the start will be made for Cuba as soon as
the necessary arrangements can be made.
F. B. Lorrigan, the lieutenant, and officers
Parker and Cody are capable organizers
and have proved of valuable assistance ro
Captain Robinson. They are anxious to
fight and their talk sounds lite the click of
a musket lock.
FIVE HUNDRED PERISHED.
Details of the Loss of the
Transport Ship Kung
Pai.
Two Magazines Exploded, and
All Efforts Failed to Put
Out the Flames.
SHANGHAI, Chika, Oct. 22.— Details
of the loss of the transport ship Kung Pai
and the drowning of hundreds of those on
board have just been received here.
On October 14, when the .steamer was
about twenty miles from Kinchow, an ex
plosion occurred in the powder magazine,
setting fire to the ship. The crew worked
with ail the energy it possessed in its
endeavors to extinguish the flames, but
without success.
Half an hour after the magazine ex
ploded there was a second explosion in the
boiler-room, which shattered the boilers
of the ship to atoms. The captain and the
first officer were wounded in the second
explosion, and were laid in a boat and
taken ashore.
Before the boat could be lowered the
soldiers on the snip made a rush for it,
and so many of them crowded in that the
davits gave way and all in it were
drowned. There were 700 persons on
board, comprising the officers, crew and
soldiers, and 500 of them perished. The
survivors clung to the stern of the ship for
seventeen hours in a heavy sea before
boats reached them from the shore, which
finally landed them.
WILZ, Alii: Isi vis WIFE.
A London Manufacturer After Some
Stolen Money.
LONDON, Eng., Oct. Fontana Bes
son, a musical instrument manufacturer
of this city, New York, Paris and St.
Petersburg, has obtained a warrant for the
arrest of his wife, who is now in Seville,
Spain, on the charge of stealing $7000 from
him. Mrs. Besson left London last Au
gust, taking her daughter and the money
with her. An English detective has gone
to Seville to arrest her, when proceed ngs
for her extradition will be taken. It is
understood she denies having stolen the
money, claiming that -the manufacturing
business conducted under, the firm name
of F. Besson & Co. is really hers, anrt that
the money is the proceeds of that business.
Herman Warship Aground.
KIEL, Germany, Oct. 22.— The German
ironclad warship Wurtemberg is aground
in the Little Belt, between the Baltic Sea
and Kattegat, and is seriously damaged,
khe i a leaking badly and js partly h'Tled
with water. The warship Braniienburgand
the dispatch boat Sachsen have gone to
to her assistance.
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1895.
The Original National Convention Bid, Made by "The Call" The Generous Offer Made by the
February 14, 1895. . "Examiner" Oct. 22, 1895.
"THE CULL'S" $5000 CONVENTION BID
It Is Augmented by a Generous Offer
of $1000 From the "Examiner."
"^^T7" HEN THE CALL began its campaign for securing the holding of the next Republican National
Convention in San Francisco, it entered a contest that it knew to be worthy of its best efforts.
The fight was bound to be long and arduous. A great many fallacious objections were suggested by those
who, for one reason or another, were opposed to the claims of San Francisco as a convention city. Some
said we were too remote from the center of population, others that we had not sufficient hotel accommoda
tions and that the telegraphic facilities would be inadequate. Dozens of fictitious obstacles were paraded
by the advocates of other cities that desired to enjoy the honor of entertaining this great aggregation of
politicians in 1896.
But THE CALL persisted. One by one the barriers were burned away and the clear light of intelli
gence was turned upon the proposition. As a natural result the Republican leaders of the United States
have about come to the conclusion that THE CALL is right, and that their next convention ought to be held
in San Francisco.
Hitherto THE CALL has been struggling almost single handed in this good work. It now gladly ac
cepts as an able ally the " Daily Examiner" of this City. With such a coadjutor there seems to be almost a
certainty of success. The " Examiner" has added $1000 to THE CALL'S contribution of $5000. Others will
also follow in this great undertaking.
HOW " THE OAJLiIj" JST-A.H.TEI3 ; THE 3VEO"\7"EIMDEJI>a'T.
THE NEXT ENTERPRISE.
[From "The Call" of February 14, 1895.]
In order that San Francisco may have
her rightful prestige in the Tnion she
should take her place among what we may
call National convention cities — that is,
she should be one of those centers in which
the great political forces of the country
are periodically gathered up to shape the
platforms of parties and nominate candi
dates for the Presidency.
There are some disadvantages in the lo
cation of the City on the extreme western
edge of the continent, which would at first
thought seem to render San Francisco un
fitted for the assembling of such conven
tions. These disadvantages, however, are
more than counterbalanced by the ad
vantages. The climate in the summer
months is an important factor in the com
fort of crowded assemblies, and on tha
score San Francisco is so far superior
any other large city in the Union that
comparison is out of the question. In
the matter of hotel accommodation also
this City is equal to the foremost. Cer
tainly no city in the world has a better
hotel than the Palace, which is famed all
round the globe, not only for its size and
magnificence', but also for its appoint
ments and management; ani that hotel
does not stand alone, but is onfy chief
among many hardly inferior to it. We
have also a Pavilion ranking among the
best buildings of the kind, capable of easily
accommodating the largest convention,
GRASPING AN ISLAND
Great Britain's Unjust
Claim to Little
Trinidad,
will hold possession.
i
Brazil, However, Will Not
Submit Passively to
the Grab.
uncle sam not intebested.
It Is Believed That the South
ern Republic Can Protect
Herself.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 22.-An in
ternal complication, which may be of
greater importance to Great Britain than
her dispute with Venezuela, it is said here,
is likely to follow the declaration that her
Majesty's Government will not relinquish
possession of the island of Trinidad, or
Trinidade, as it is generally called (in Bra
zil), which is situated about 150 miles
from Rio de Janeiro.
Various claims to the possession of this
island, which is an important strategic
point, have been advanced by Great
Britain at different times. One claim was
of original discovery, but this being abun
dantly disproved in favor of the Portu
guese, claim is now made to the island as
having been acquired by Great Britain by
purchase from the claimants to a giant
disputed by Brazil.
Great Britain is reported to have arrived
■which would afford every convenience
both for delegates and spectators.
This being the case, The Call is in favor
of making a vijroro ■» el c o secure U\*
holding of the Republican National Con
vention in this City in July. 1896. We
should be glad to have the Union League
and other Republican clubs of this City un
dertake the work. We are aware that it
will cost money, and in order to defray the
expense The Call promises to bear a due
share of th«» expenditures for preliminary
canvass and arrangements, and, in addi
tion to that, if the Republican National
Committee call the convention in San
Francisco, The Call will contribute $5000
toward paying the cost for preparing for it.
COMING OUR WAY.
[From "The Call" of February 15, 1895.]
It is evident that the proposal of The
Call to make a serious effort to bring the
next Republican National Convention to
this City will find plenty of support both
here and in the East. The telegram from
General Clarkson and the interviews with
leading men in this City mane that mani
fest beyond a doubt. Let an energetic
committee be put in charge of the work
and the task will be half accomplished.
That is the first step to be taken, and it
should be taken at once.
While the earnest support promised by
our own^citizens is encouraging the tele
gram is particularly so. In him we nave
not only an Eastern ally, but an ally in a
position to be of great service to us in the
at a decision that she will adhere to this,
her latest claim. No further information
regarding the matter can be learned here.
The Brazilian Minister, Senor Mendonca,
politely but firmly declined to-day to dis
cuss it. He said he had no information
with reference to Great Britain's action,
and refused to discuss its effect either in
its relation to Brazil or to this country.
There is, however, presumptive proof that
the report is true, and if this be so Great
Britain's action will create a greater ex
citement in Brazil than has existed there
for years.
There is the strongest documentary evi
dence that Brazil's claim to Trinidad ia
unassailable.
Should any difficulty arise between the
two countries it is not thought that the
United States will become involved. Bra
zil, it is believed, is competent to manage
her own affairs without the assistance of
this country.
SECRETARY OLXEY TALKS.
He Think* That the Venezuelan Dispute
Will lie Amicably Settled.
BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 22.-Secretary of
State Olney returned to his home to-day.
His visit is on private business, and he
will leave for Washington to-morrow and
will visit the Atlanta Exposition. When
seen by The Call correspondent to-night
he stated that it was impossible to civeout
anything new on the two vital questions of
the day— that of the Cuban rebellion and
the Venezuela difficulty. In regard to the
former he said :
"I am frightened that there are too
many people who wish to be hasty. Of
course there is a state of war in Cuba, but
it is something which the United States
should leave entirely alone until a proper
time shall come, when, if in the bounds
of propriety in regard to the neutrality
laws she may do so, she can recognize the
rights of the Cubans as belligerents. Un
til that time, it would be only effecting an
untimely insult to a friendly power.
"In regard to the Venezuelan question
there is nothing to give out, as the official
correspondence is naturally withheld. I
do not look for any difficulties arising, as
I am perfectly sure that all wiil be settled
amicably. Matters are now at a standstill
until a thorough investigation is made.
contest. It is pleasing, therefore, to find
that he is so heartily in accord with the
proposition, and to learn from him that
Llier.'has been much favorable talk among
the members of the National Committee in
regard to holding the convention here.
With this full expression of public senti
ment in favor of the proposal it ought not
to be difficult to get the worfe started with
the right men in charge of it. The first
step to be taken is organization, so that
the matter can be laid before the country
as a definite proposition. General Clark
son says: "If arrangements can be made
I think that discussion of it in the public
press would show the proposition to be so
popular that the National Committee at
its next meeting in November or Decem
ber would respond to the popular will and
choose San Francisco as the seat for the
convention." This practically outlines
the course for us to pursue. We must
make arrangements early for low fares and
quick special trains, and then enter at
once upon the campaign of education.
It will be clearly perceived from all this
that the outlook is bright and all pros
pects are favorable to the enterprise. Men
of ability and influence stand ready to
support it with money and energy; and,
as we stated yesterday, The Call is will
ing to contribute to the sum required lor
the preliminary canvass, and also $5000
toward defraying the cost if the conven
tion comes here. Equally liberal contri
butions will come from other quarters
when necessary.
FUNERAL OF MACKAY.
Sad Scenes During the
Touching Obsequies
in Paris,
mourning relatives.
Six White Horses Drew the
Hearse in the Street
Cortege.
five cars with wreaths.
Many Were the Floral Tributes
to the Memory of the Mil
lionaire's Son.
PARIS, France, Oct. 22.— The funeral
of John \V. Mackay Jr., which took place
to-day in the Roman Catholic church of
St. Ferdinand dcs Ternes, in many re
spects resembled the obsequies of a great
public personage. The entire front of the
Mackay mansion, 9 Rue Tilsit, was cov
ered with mourning drapery, the lamps in
front of the house were lighted and cov
ered with crape and street traffic was en
tirely suspended in the avenues in the vi
cinity of the Arch de Triomphe.
The coffin was covered with a white pal],
and a cross bearing the inscription, "Sa
Mere Desolee," lay upon its top. The
hearse was ornamented with white and
silver trappings upon a black ground sur
mounted with black plumes and drawn by
six white horses. Following immediately
behind the hearse were five cars laden with
THE NEXT CONVENTION FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
wreaths, each drawn by four horses. Mrs.
Mackay's wreath was of magnificent
mauve orchids and white lilacs with mauve
and while ribbons, and was inscribed,
"From a broken-hearted mother." The
wreath placed upon one of the cars as
coming from John W. Mackay Sr. was in
scribed "From a broken-hearted father."
The floral cars were followed by scores
of mourning and private carriages, filled
with friends of the family. The cortege
left the mansion on the way to the church
at 12:10 o'clock.
When the procession left the church the
body was received at the entrance by Abbe
Leraonnies and conveyed to a magnificent
catafalque, which had been erected in
front of the altar. Around the catafalque
thousands of tapers were burning. Mrs.
Mackay occupied a seat between her son
Clarence and her daughter, the Princess
Galatro - Colonna. The other mourners
were the Countess Telfener and Miss Edna
Telfener. The pall-bearers were: Messrs.
Ererard Digby, Edmond Lynch, Evelyn
Fitzgerald and Comte Albert de Marcis.
The route of the funeral procession from
the house to the church was lined with
thousands of persons. During the progress
of the cortege and throughout the entire
services in the church Clarence Mackay
wept profusely.
Several splendid floral wreaths, sent by
the staffs of the Commercial Cable Com
pany's station in Havre, were greatly ad
mired.
At the conclusion of the services Abbe
Lemonnies pronounced absolution and the
body was taken to the church of St.
Augustine, wflere it was deposited in a
vault pending its shipment to America.
The funeral services in the church con
sisted of a high mass for the dead, with
full vocal and orchestral accompaniment,
several leading operatic artists assisting in
the choir. The coffin rested upon a
catafalque erected in the middle of the
nave and directly on a line with the altar.
The entire nave and the aisles of the edi
fice were profusely draped with black and
silver. Some impression of the somber
gorgeousness of the obsequies may be
gathered when the fact is taken into con
sideration that the mourning draperies
and emblems cost over 100,000 francs.
Alongside the aisles of the church stood
six monumental candelabra. The cata
falque was live maters (about sixteen and
a half feet), and its pillars and canopy
were richly ornamented with designs in
silver. The whole structure was sur
mounted by a baldaquin reaching to the
roof of the church. A perfect forest of
lighted tapers were arranged around the
catafalque, and incensers were burning be
tween the catafalquo and the altar, and
behind the altar also.
At the conclusion of the services in the
church the cortege was re-formed and pro
ceeded to the chapel of tit. Augustin, where
the coffin was deposited in a provisional
vault, which had been transformed into a
chapelle-ardente. When all but the mem
bers of the family had retired, Mrs.
Maekay, who had not been present at the
church, arrived at the chapel, and entering
the chap«Ue-ardente, knelt and prayed
over the body of her dead son.
Among the callers' cards left at the
Mackay mansion was that of James Gordon
Bennett. Included among those present at
the services in the church were the artist
Frederick Bridgman and his wife; Dr.
Clarke, General and Mrs. "Winslow,
Rodman Wanamaker, C. R. Penni
man, Mrs. Campbell Clarke, the Due de
Aquerine, Henry Squires and Rudolph Er
langer.
ATTACK THE CHRISTIANS
Outrages Reported to Have
Been Committed, by the
Mussulmans.
Armenians Enlisted in a Revolu
tion and Supplied With Arms
and Dynamite.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Oct. 22.—
Reports have reached here that the Mus
sulmans at Ismid, a town in Asia Minor,
fifty-rive miles southeast of this city, are
continuing their attacks upon Christians.
It is charged that a Turkish soldier at
that place made an assault upon a young
Armenian girl and threatened her with
death. This charge is denied by the au
thorities at Ismid.but troops have never
theless been hastily dispatched to the
scene. The public prosecutor at Ismid has
started for Akhissar to begin an inquiry
into the recent massacres there.
According to advices from Adana and
Aleppo a revolution propaganda of serious
proportions is in operation in these sec
tions. Agents of the propaganda are en
rolling young Armenians under their
standard, and arms, ammunition and dyn
amite are reported to have been secretly
imported into that vicinity.
Sir Philip Currie, British Embassador,
had an interview with Kiami Pasha, the
Grand Vizier, and Said Pasha, the Foreign
Minister, to-day.
MANY CITIZENS INVOLVED.
Many Newfoundland Smuggling Cases Are
to Be Disposed Of Privately, to Avoid
Further Scanda's.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Oct. 22.— The arrest
of smugglers has been suspended for the
present. It is believed that the Board of
Revenue has exerted sufficient pressure to
prevent the cases being forced through the
courts and will dispose of them privately
to avoid scandal, as so many influential
citizens are involved. The revenue cruiser
Fiona started this morning for Placentia
Bay, to muke another roundup among the
suspected smugglers there. It is learned
that thousands of dollars' worth of spirits
and tobacco have been imported from St.
Pierre in lobster cases without paying
duty. One of the smugglers named Col
lins, who was arrested in the early days of
the crusade, was before the court to-day.
Counsel for the defense showed the exist
ence of serious defects in the law, which,
it is expected, will invalidate the arrest
and cause the collapse of the case, in which
event the whole series of proposed prose
cutions is likely to be abandoned.
For Pacific Coast Telegrams see
Pages 3 and 4.
PKfe^ FIVE CENTS.
What "The Call's" Sug
gestion Has Brought
About,
it will give $5000.
Various Associations and Pri
vate Citizens Agree to
Subscribe.
both parties working for it.
Republicans and Democrats
Alike Unite to Complete
the Plan.
On the 14th of February The Call,
through its editorial columns, suggested
that the next Republican National Con
vention be held in California and named
San Francisco as the place of meeting.
The result was a spontaneous outburst on
the part of business men, politicians, pro
fessional men and the public generally.
The State press, quick to see the import
ance of such a suggestion, took hold of it
and in a few days the entire coast was
alive with the possibility. Men of influ
ence and capital offered to all in their
power to bring such a thing about and
there was a general concerted action ap
parent on all hands.
Californians in the East felt the pulse of
the various National committeemen and a
quick canvass was made of all the mem
bers, with the result that members from
Maine to Oregon signified their approval
of such a plan.
Statesmen all over the United States
saw the policy of holding the next conven
tion in this City and General James S.
Clarkson, chairman of the Republican,
National Committee, sent the follow
ing dispatch to The Call in which he
touches upon the most salient points of
advantage :
Washington, D. C, Feb. 14, 1895.
To Charles M. Short ridge, Editor of The Call,
San Francisco, Cal. : There has been much and
favorable talK among the members of the Re
publican National Committee as to San Fran
cisco as the location of the National Conven
tion in 1896. Based on arrangements being
made for low fares and quick special trains, I
have personally believed it would be both a
wise and popular thing to do. Other great
National associations have gone to the coast to
hold their National gatherings and always
with happy results. I believe it would
be good lor the Republican party thus
to recognize the far Republican West and
to hold its next convention among a people so
broad and National in spirit, and all such
splendid and devoted Americans, If the ar
rangements can be made I think that discus
sion of it in the public press would show the
proposition to be so popular that the National
Committee, at its meeting in November or De
cember next, would respond to the popular
will and choose San Francisco as the seat for
the convention. Signed,
James S. Clarkron.
The matter was discussed in the press
not only of this City but of the entire
country, and generally in a very favorable
light. A cursory canvass of the leading
men of this City resulted in the most favor
able results, and men schooled in political
moves united in the belief that the plan
was not only feasible but quite likely ol
accompl ishment.
The Union League Club of this City, con
taining the leading Republicans of the
coast, entertained Chairman Clarkson at
its rooms in the Palace Hotel a few
months ago, and the matter was touched
upon then in a general way. Even then
it was Mr. Clarkson's idea that by unity
and good management the convention
could be secured for San Francisco.
General Backus, president of the Union
League Club, M. M. Estee, Senator A. ±\
Williams, Senator Carpenter, General
Friedrichs and S. M. Shortridge, all prom
inent in the Republican party, have given
the matter some study and are of the mind
that San Francisco deserves some recocni
tion for her past services to the Republican
party. The subject has been discussed
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