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12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1895. THE BIG ANTI-RAILROAD 'MASS'-MEETING. Stirring ProtestsAgainst| General Graham’s | Inscription. TO KILL THE OCTOPUS. Plan for a Great State Conven- | tion Against the Southern Pacific. A COMMITTEE - OF FIFTEEN. | Washington Authoritles Called | Upon to Bring Colils:P. Hunt- Ington to Justice. The mass-meeting at' Metropolitan Hall last ‘evening was well attended, enthusi- astic and unanimous-in sentiment. In a general way-it' took- the form -of an anti- which it compels us to pay grossly extortion- ate rates of freight and fares. It has oppressed and bankrupted our mer- chants. It has discouraged and ruined our farming industries. It has oppressed and trodden on the rights of our laboring people. And, lastly, it has brought this common- wealth foa condition that brings its citizens | face to face with ruin, starvation and bank- | ruptey. And now, believing fhat the time has arrived wher ail good citizensof our City and our State, forgetting all past differences and con- tentions, and laying aside all past political and.other affiliations, should make common | cause and join in.a mighty and determined | effort to once and forever rid this great com- | monwealth of the accursed monopoly that | rests-as an incubus upon its future; be it there- fore Resolved, That we, the citizens of San Fran- cisco in mass-meeting assembled, do now call | upon our fellow-citizens of this great State to ‘meet with'us in convention that we may de- vise ways and means to forever destroy the | political power and influence of the great rail- | road monopoly in the governmental affairs of .our State and effectually eradicate its unlaw- ful power and dominion over our most vital interests; and be it Resolved, Thel to properly carry into effect that object the chairman of this meeting ap- pointa committee of fifteen, to have full charge of, and to' name the time, place and manner of A few minutes after 8 o’clock the east-wing door opened and the tall form of Harry Knox stalked upon the mfie, followed b Géorge T. Gaden, Henry Rogers, Rev.J. M. Ferguson, M. McGlynn, John M. Rey- nolds and several other gentlemen, who { occupied seats upon the platform during the meeting. Dr. Ferguson rapped for order and then spoke briefly. He said, in part: We are here to protest against partiality in the administration of law and to raise our veices in strenuous condemnation against a vulgar and cruel insult aimed at a worthy body of our fellow-citizens. We are not here'in the Tm of demagogues,-nor do we seek to attack the rights of property. Property” has rights which ought to be respected. Neither are we assembled to fight the railroad. Railroads are £00d to have, and we want more of them. In- cidentally we desire to state that railroads | have no rights not delegated to other classes of proverty orcitizens, They must be taught to eep their place in the community which sup- ports them. The evils of corporate rule in mu- nicipal, State and National politics must be apparent to all thinking eitizens. e object of this meeting will be to inspire thought and action in bebalf of the total elimination of railroad rule from our politics. To this end we waut to concentrate interest all over the State until the voters will put men, not parasites, in positions of honor and trust. For years our politics have been dominated b; | the corrupt influence of corporation rule an it is time to call a halt. Dr. Ferguson then introduced James | Taylor Rogers, who spoke in substance as follows: The war decided forever against that kind of mastery involyed in the great crime of human | slavery. But there are many kinds of mastery. | Besides the mastery of ownership, there is the | mastery of opporiunity and the mastery of | property. This latter augurs a crisis in the af- | fairs of this Republic. All who can read the | siens of the times see in the supremacy which | grnpr‘n has attained grave danger to the sta- | bility of our institutions. Property has become supreme and has of Sacramento turned out. In the meantime, however, having faited to alarm the peace officers on the ground, who could see for them- selves, the railroad called on the Federal authorities. But to return to the 3d of July. As the morn- ing of the 3d wore on a vast horde of Sheriffs, constables, police and United States Marshals flanked and supported by railroad spies and spotters, made their appearance. The depot swarmed with sightseers. A great drama had been promised and ail turned out. The first thing to be done was to clear away the crowd; in this the A. R. U. men willingly joined. Over at the roundhouse a little column of smoke told that an engine was being fired up. The Marshal and a lot of deputies went over to “protect it” against those imaginary vio- lators of law and order. It began to move slowly, steamed toward depot, crossing switch after switoh as 1t neared the train that awaited its arrival. The onlook- ing people watched it with bated breath; there were the officers of the law engaged in doing the bidding of the monopoly—even they saw the members of the American Kailway Union aiding them keep back the crowd, helping the enemy, they thought, encompass the men’s defeat. Just then the engine had nearly reached the train; the despised Pullmans were already attached to it; it had reached the supreme moment when overwrought nature could stand no more. Then that mighty crowd—not strikers, but citizens, merchants, doctors, mechanics, lawyers and farmers— moved as though by some mighty power imrelled, without warning, but with one wild cheer broke through the lines, and pushing aside everything 1n its path rushed on and grasped the hated Pullmans and with one mighty and united effort hurled them away and down the track atiightning speed. There was no conspiracy in that move- ment. It wasa terrible outburst of the right- eous indignation of outraged humanity, and when itarose to the accomplishment of its pur- Joge it was imperial in its grandeur, irresist- ble inits movement. It was a mighty concur- rence of the will and power of a myriad of courageous souls, and the tempestuous out- Jouring of the burning {ndignation of 10,000 honest hearts, But it was enough to make an excuse. The drove them twenty miles toward Woodland. Then all save Worden got out,and he and Worden drove back, and as they came in sight of the wreck they saw the people returning from viewing the wreck and took four or five back with them, and by-the-by, not one of these four or five spectators has ever turned up to corroborate the boy’s story. He ot back to Sacramento about 3 P.M. ‘lyhen he collected the bill of Knox on a written order. After that he made & statement in writing to Sammy Knight (which, by the way, Knight absolutely refused to produce at the strikers’ trial), and after all that, 1n company with two Southern Pacific detectives, Gibson and Burke, took that tired team, and aiter it had hauled seven men and a boy twenty miles up and the man and oy twenty miles back, in all forty miles, and again went over the same route and found the 100ls he says Worden left in the brush. That {s the Southern Pacific version of the affair. They charged Hatch and Appleman as being two of the men with Sherburne. Each proved an allbi and both were instantly ac- quitted. - Both were ably defended by “Gen- eral Hart, and had he defended poor Worden "1;3 same result would have been brought about. In the strikers’ case we placed on the stand two reliable witnesses and had two more who swore they saw Worden drunkat the A.R.U. headquariersat 1 P. M. the day of the wreck, atatime he was with Sherburne, if the boy told the truth, twenty miles away. Sherburne himself collected the bill of Knox at 1:30 P. M., when he was miles away, if his story be true. The order-issued by Knox was not for a car- riage for Worden buf for a man named Whee- ler, and to substantiate the railroad side of the case they have to claim Wheeler as an alias for Worden. So much for the way the octopus seeks to account for the wreck. On the other hand the union charges it on one Charles O'Brien. O'Brien was a tramp, with two fingers gone from one hand. He tried to pass himself on the secretary of the A. R. U. as & member and said he had done some- thing “awful good” jor the “boys.” He wanted to get a steamer ticket toSan Fran- cisco, and when asked for his membership card said he had lost it. When the secretary went to look for the roll the man disappeared, The next day, the 12thof July, he turned up in Oakland with a man by _the name of Barrett. They went to President Rob- erts of the A. R. U. then, and presented a letter urporting to be from Knox, but Roberts being amiliar with Knox’s handwriting would not ‘*“ BEFORE THE GOLDEN CALF OF THE CORPORATIONS OUR JUDICIARY IS ON ITS KNEES.” JAMES TAYLOR ROGERS ADDRESSING THE MASS-MEETING AT METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] railroad mass-neéting, though, as Chair- | man Ferguson explained, they were not | d to railroads and wanted more of d the specific. purpose for which it was to .protest against the ob- noxious inscription that General Grabam had cdrved on the monument over the | soldiers that lost their lives in the railroad wreck at Sacramento. This point was by no-means forgotten. Attorney George W. | Monteith recited ‘the incidents of the | wreck and argued ‘ably from them that it was & monstrous insult to say that the soldiers were ‘‘murdered by strikers.””. All the other speakers characterized the in- scription in a similar manner, and- the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : 3 WHEREAS, General W. M. Graham, .the officer in charge of the United States troops stationed at the Presidio has'caused to be placed on a monument erected-ta the soldiers who were killed-in the wreck of the train. near Sacra- | mento, July 11, 1894; an inscription charging the members of the American Reilwey Union with having rurdered them, be it then Resolyed, That we regard thie action of the s2ia Graham as & -libelous and cowardly at- tack upon the good names and reputations of innotent men, and:that we look with horror and reproach uponthe use of a sepulcher of the dead as & mesns of venting hatred; spleen or malice, &nd that in the placing of this ghoulish libel upon .the -monument, Gen- eral ‘Graham well meérits the severest con- demnation of ell-lovers of justice and fair play;and g Resolved, That we demand of General Graham the immediste removal of the inscrip- jon i s “MURDERED'BY STRIKERS,” consfdering its presence a public insult and disgrace, and Resolvéd, That in.event of the failure of said General Giaham 16 rémove that inscription at once, the chairman of this meeting be requested 10 at once-forward. copies of these resolutions to the Secretary of . War and to our Senators and members of Congress with the request that the proper action be hed to cause the removal of the said inscriptiofi: ‘But the meeting.:took a broader sco than ‘this, and promises to accomplish flfi more than the issuance of a mere protest. It outlined a plan for a great anti-railroad State convention, to be held not later than December rrext, whose duty it shall be to “devise ways and means to forever destroy the political power.and influence of the great railroad monopoly in governmental affairs.” e J The resolution and iis stirring preamble, the latter following closely. the boldness and clarity of literary composition that made Thomus Jefferson’s document so famous, redds as follows: WrERgas, For twenty-five years the govern- ment of this commonwealth has been under ihe practical domination and control of the Southern-Central Pacific Railroad ‘moncpoly, and during the greater. part of which period its infinence has been paramount in all branches State and local governments, legislative, tive and judicisl; for: It has nominated.dnd secured the election of Governors and other executive officers to do. its bidding. -2 - It has controlled and corruvted our Legisla- tures. i 3 It has in meny cases secured the election er appointment of Judgés, who would at times construe the law. inits interest, and against the interests of the.pecple. It has constructed aid maintained a power- ful political machine, by -means of which it Has been enabled to-maintain its’ unlawful supremacy. 2 - B It bas fastened upon’ us a- cofrupt and in- 1quitous system of political bossism by maiu- taining upon its pay-roll corrupt manipulators and political wire-putlers. 5 It has burdened us with an enormous bonded dent based upon fictitious values, to maintain holdine sald convention—to be held not later than the 1st day of December next—end that said convention shall consist of 350 delegates, of whom 150 shall be selected at large from the recognized anti-railroad men of the State, the-remainder to be apportioned among the several counties of the State in proportion to population and selected by the people thereof under such regulations as said committee may adopt. 2 The committee of fifteen called for by this resolution, whose duty it shall be to | “have full charge of, and to name the time, . place and manner of holding the convention,” were appointed by the chair- man, Rev. M. J. Ferguson, as follows: George W. Monteith (chairman), Adolph Sutro, J. M. Bassett, James H. Barry, Barclay | Henley,” M. McGlynn, Joseph Leggett, E. M. Gibson, H. A. Knox, C.B. Williams, L J. Tru- man, George K. Fitch, Green Majors, John M. Reynolds, William H. Gagan. The meeting ‘was opened by a brief, but ointed speech from Chairman Ferguson. e was roundly applauded when he said, “We are chiefly concerned now with the subordination of men to property”’—this striking a responsive chord in the audi- ence. %Ie was followed by James Taylor Rogers, who wanted to know why Collis P. Huntington was above the law? He advised the laboring men to use the same powers that stand capital in such good steed—combination and co-operation. conducted the strikers’ casesin the Federal Court, was the next speaker. He told the story of the A. R. U. strike briefly and graphically. M. McGlynn was the last speaker. Before he took the platform the following resolutions, calling upon the ‘Washington authorities to bring Collis P. Huntington to_trial for his offense, were unanimously adopted : ‘WHEREAS, By reason of the sworn evidence adduced in & court of justice and of the charge of Judge W. W. Morrow to the last Federal Grand Jury, it appears beyond cavil that one Collis P. Huntington has been guilty of a crime ageinst the laws of the United States for which he was‘duly indicted-by said Grand Jury, and which indictment has been quashed by the action of District Attorney Henry 8. Foote in entering a nolle prosequi therein, and now, therefore, be it Resolved, That we commend the action of said District Court and said Grand Jury in en- deavoring to bring this wealthy criminal to justice, and Resolved, That we demand the immediate in- stitution of lawful and proper proceedings to have the question of this man Huntington’s guilt fully determined and tried by a jury as other persons charged with crime would be tried, and if convicted receive the same treat- ment that a just court would inflict upon any one who had violated the laws of the United States, and Resolved, That in view of the apparent un- willingness and disinclination of the United States Attorney in this district to actively and earnestly attend to the prosecution of this will- | ful and disdainful violator of the law, we respectfully request of the Department of Justice 8t Washingion, D. C., to designate and appoint some reliable, conscientious and com- petent attorney or attorneys who can be - depended upon to appear in the United States bistrict Court ard earnestly, fairly and efficiently try the issue of the guilt ot'this man Huntington upon a charge apparently so clear. And that we hereby request the Congressman from this district to use his best endeavor to aid in the appointment of such special counsel ; and - Resolved, That & committee of five responsi- ble and learned attorneys be appointed by the chair to take charge of this matter and en- deavor to secure the plain demands of justice in this case. Barclay Henley (chairman), Joseph M. Nougues, John Curry, Charles A. Sumner and A. W.. Thompson were agpolnted as the committee of attorneys to bave charge of this matter concerning the trial of Mr. Huntington. s There were no tiresome preliminaries, George W. Monteith, the attorney who | ground down to the dust the honor and man- ood of our land. Before the golden calf of the corporations our judiciary is on its knees, Wilélnz and waiting to' do whatever it is bidden to_do. Why is C. P. Huntington above the law? Be- cause he is better than you or 1? Notatall. It is because he represents property. This exam- ple shows the spirit of capital. By reason of the limitations of labor wealth hassiowly come into possession of the power, until to-day the United States Goverment is simply the mouth- piece of corporate interest. If Huntington went into a Federal court to- morrow and asked for an injunction restrain- ing you and me from kissing our own children, I honestly believe it would be granted. Debbs is doing good service in the cause of labor and pasziotism. He is a better man now than ever fore. The seed that he is sowing will blos- som into the flower of concentrated efforton the part of labor and then the battle is won. Concentration. Here is the secret of success. This _is the wen‘run of capital, why should it not be also used by labor? One thing is cer- tain, lJabor must either combine or submit to the slavery which wealth is preparing for it. Attorney George W. Monteith then re- viewed the great A. R. U. strike. In part he said: On June 26, 1394, the American Railway Union on this coast by & unanimous vote of its members refused to handle Pullman cars, for reasons well known and unnecessary to recite. On June 29 five members of the American Railway Union were discharged for refusing to hendle’ Pullman cars, and on the same day & strike was ordered by the union, 1. e. a cessa- tion of labor to remain in force until the rein- statement of those five men. On the same day the Southern Pacific Com- pany issued an order shutting down all its works; the mails and the movement of the com- modities of commerce were thereby stopped. The American Railway Union offered tc fur- nish men to move the mails, which offer was flatly refused by the railroads. The public, therefore, was unable to carry on its ordinary commercial transactions. 0wln§ to the strike in this part of Cali- fornia, from five to six thousand railroad em- ployes were idle, and ever; ent for deeds of violence opportunity pres- they were 50 dis- poséd. During the entire strike not $10 worth of actual damage was inflicted by members of the union, & fact stated by me in terms of broadest challenge in the "argument of the Mayne and Cassiday case, for the entire 6000 pages of testimony covering the whole trial 1ails to disclose the contrary. It was & plain contest in which the employes would not work on the emplover's terms and the employers would not allow them to do otherwise. As the railroad could not be run without competent men, unless it could fill the places of the strikers,it must either abandon the busi- ness or re-employ the men on theirown terms. But there was no necessity for a complete abandonment of its business, for the men vol- untarily and without pay offéred to transport the mails. . The company would not do this; it firmly made up its mind to force the men to come o its terms, and how could it be done? Simply by making the smypn!;e of traflic so complete that the public would suffer, wonld cry out and condemn the cause of the interruption. There is one great obstacle in the way—pub- lic opinion—the sympathy of the vast majority was with the men; unless it could be turned against them the railroad must lose. Then it was that the crafty octopus began to lay its plans. Firstittried threats of the black- 1ist; failing, then tried to stir the public by the cry of riot. The men stood firm, maintained wonderful order and discipline and committed 1o act of violence. The company called on the officers of the law to protect it. The Sheriff enrolied extra depu- ties and went {o the scene of supposed danger. They found no violence, no lawlessness, simply a fixed determination not to work until they secured their rights. Arrest them! Imprison them! howled the octopus, but the cautious of- ficer knew that he had noright to imprison free men simply to aid their oppressor to strengthen toe chains of their slavery and refused to do so until an act of violence was done, and that act never came. The octopus grew desperate; its army of spies and detectives were told to do all they could to discover something, some hook to hang even a hair on, but they failed. Atlast a plan was hit upon. It was wildly heralded an ‘“attempt” wouid be made to move a train, if the strikers did not “interfere,” on Juiy 3. The “spies” and “spotters” of the octopus were busily engeged in inflaming the men and the people about the disastrous effects of moving that train during the strike. It was apenly announced when the “attempt’* would be made, for it was to be nothing more than an “‘attempt,” and the whole population engine was sent back and Knight prepared and Baldwin sent by wire a requisition to Gov- ernor Markham for militia. Under the law there is but one case in which the Marshal can call upon the militia. It is when he is unable to serve process—i. e. war- rants, supenas or other orders of a court. In his requisition to the Governor, Baldwin falsely stated that he was uhable to serve pro- cess, and on the stand in the strikers’ case ad- mitted that he had not at that time a single process in_ his hands, so he got the militia through false pretenses. But the militia came, and the nextday oc- curred the affair at the depot. Most of you have an ides that the strikers resisted the militla. Far from it. There wassimply an 1m- mense crowd of ten or twelve thousand people, who came to see what was going to haj Naturally in the crowd, women and children with the rest pushed toward the front, and then it was that the octopus wanted the militia to fire. General Dimond was too good and Jbrave a man to order his men to fire on that defenseless mass of humanity, and placed the responsibility with Mr. Baldwin. Had Bald- win taken & company of men around to the rear he would have had the depot in five minutes, but he had what he wanted, the militia had been resisted, and paved the way for the regular troops. But the railroad was as yet beaten—the men would not come to terms and therefore some- thing else must be done. Public opinion was with the men. Something had to be done. Now, at this point the men had won by their ¥Dod judgment, good order and by abstaining rom ‘deeds of violence. There was just the thing needed to destroy public contidence, to turn’the tide the other way—just one awful deed of violence; one terrible act of crime— something that would instantly horrify and shock the sympthetic people. It was the only thing that wonld save the octopus and the one thing that would ruin the men. Both recog- nized it. The men steadfastly refused to do nnf!hmg wrong and the railroad could not bullyrag them into it. There was but one thing that would enable the octopus to reach the sameend. If some awful catastrope would but occur that could be laid at the door of the American Railwa; Union the effect would be the same as thoug 1t was the act of some its men. The catastrophe came, and from the wreck of arailroad train on July 11 there were taken the dead bodies of five unfortunate men, whose death was the event that at last turned the tide, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and made the old monopoly once more tri- umphant. The strikers were charged at once, everybody knew they were guilty, they were tried and condemned without a hearing, arrests were made, the battle was over, and the rail- road secured all it wanted as the result of the horrible death of five innocent men. The first thing we seek in ferreting out the mystery of an unknown crime is the presence of a motive, back of that a prospective benefit, and in this case who was the beneficiary o: that awful crime, and before its commission 1ho would most likely benefit by such an af. You can form your own opinion. It isa fear- ful thing to charge any ong with murder. We nay say & man would “lie, would steal, rob or commit arson, but murder—no! The"line is drawn there. And yet when a man has murder in his neart, when we know that he has given .wn( before to the murdercus passion and with malice aforethought killed another, the line may fade away. Then on this question of mere probability, Who would be most likely to have wrecke: that train? The brave men who gave up their sustenance to aid their struggling brothers in the town of Pullman, who stood 80 firmly and unflinchingly by a principle :he{‘mved, or the corrupt monopoly around whose history dances the specters of the murders at Mussel Slough, and whose superintendent sent telegrams to sectionmen to tear up rails that would ditch f:’.:;‘;{’: ;r}gflh\‘% toA e‘;emlty two train-loads of By B ni: l“h'f? , my friends, did dark utin the excitement and amid the whirl of sensation and of calumny, the sober judgment of the masses was cast aside, and on the im- pulse of the moment created & lastin; impres- sion from whose injustice these men have st fered, and has aided their heartless oppressors to persecute, blacklist and almost starve. tll & culprit must be found, aud a poor ¢razy drunken man, with a loud mouth charged with words of dynamite, was bronght into play; a small boy educated ‘as & witness, the boy swore the man was guilty; the man ;;z;éiefl,‘dh;\l de(ended& convicted and sen- 3 OW Tests un gellowt for another's crime, Lo o 00" Of the On the strikers' trial in the Federal Court this whole affair was ventilated. Sherburne, the boy, said that Worden hired a team that :ngor?x:l‘ai :;ld ‘:am: lix“ozher men went out to restle; heard an explosion; the accept it, and a telegram was sent to Sacra- mento to ascertain who these men were. Knox had been arrested, but a day or two later the telegrams reached him at the jail, and Onkland was informed that the men haa no connection with the A. R. U. In tne meantime, however, Barrett and O’Brien told Roberts and others that they had wrecked the train and wanted to get money to get out of the country. Roberts refused to give them any, making the excuse that he wanted to hear from Sacramento first. While waiting two of the men followed Bar- rett, who boarded the Oakland local and rode on a Southern Pacific pass to the pier and then went up_into the office of the superintendent of the Southern Pacific Company. The man regor!ed to the union, and later in the day, when Barrett came back, he was openly charged with being an impostor and having a pass. Some of the men wanted to throw him down and search him, but he backed up into a corner and drew a pistol, but finally con- sented to be searched Iione of the men went to his room with him. No sooner was he out of the hall than he ran away and has since disappeared with O’Brien. ~ The next day O’Brien mailed a written confession to the A. R. U. at Sacramento, which was posted at San Francisco July 16, 6 A. M., and was received in Sacramento that afternoon and immediately turned over to General Hart. There was no dynamite used at the trestle, as we fully demonstrated on the strikers’ trial; simply a rail loosened. One man could have done it alone, and I believe one man did do it. This is in substance the story told by twenty witnesses, and it makes a chain of evidence sufficient to hang Charles O’Brien twice over. We offered to prove all this on the strikers’ trial, but it was ruled out. Now, vou can take these two storles and judge Whether or not General Graham's in- seription should stand. M. McGlynn was the next speaker. He strongly condemned the action of General Graham in placing an obnoxious inscrip- tion on the Presidio monument and took occasion to say a few words in defense of the People’s party, which he announced was “‘good enough for him.” He had heard rumors of a new party, but had made up his mind to stand in the old ranks. In concluding McGlynn emphasized the necessity of concentrated effort on the part of labor ‘“‘in order to free itself from the oppressions of capital.” THE STATE REPUBLICANS, They Indorse the Protest Against Foster as Election Commissioner. The Central Committee Favors the the Natlonal Convention In San Francisco. Responding to a call of Chairman P. B. Cornwall thirty-six members of the Re- publican State Central Committee assem- bled at Golden Gate Hall, on Sutter,street, yesterday afternoon. In the absence of D. M. Burns, Frank Quade was elected secretary. The rollcall was answered by the following members, or persons holding proxies: C. 8. Long, J. 8. Childs (Froxy P. B. Corn- wall), R. 8. Row (grox)’ William ™ H. Brown), R. M. Barstow, J. M. Mannon, W. A. Mackinder, A. G. Rhoads (proxy P. B. Cornwall), Thomas Flint Jr., W. 8. Russell, C. Meling, I.8. Cohn, T. C. Duff, J. H. Dawson, H. 8. Fairchild, J. G. Tyrrell (proxy A.Loudérback), William'Cluff, E. C. Hughes (proxy Jacob Shaen), A. Ruef, J. Martin, G. C. Ross, S. F. Ayers, J. S. Asay. A. B. Lemmon, P. B. Cornwsli, 1. Upham, W.W. Montague, L. Dennery, W. C. Johnsten, Asa R. Wells, E. C. Palmeri, M. Cooney, James Mc- Nab, J. H. Doak, W. H. Chickering. The chairman stated concisely the object of the meeting. It bad been called at the request of many Republicans to take some action on the organization of the Board of Election Commissioners under the new law. Several resolutions were introduced and two or three motions raade. The discus- sion lasted for an hour or more. M. Cooney made an impassioned speech, wherein he declared thac Foster was not a Republican, and that the letter and spirit of the law, which contemplated that the Republican party should select the Republican Commissioners, had been violated. He believed that the action of the executive committee of the Republi- can State Central Committee in protesting against Koster’'s nomination should be sustained. He declared in favor of straight- out Republican politics, and referred to the timidity and lack of party spirit in the Republicans of the last Legislature. He characterized their conduct as a falling down for patronage. In the course of his remarks, the assertion was made that Foster was not a Republican when he was appointed, and there was no telling whether TFoster would stand up for the Republican party in the future. One of the speakers censured the Com- missioners for failing to eject Jacob Step- pacher, assistant secretary of the board. Sfieeches were made by James McNab, A. Ruef, G. C. Ross, Jacob Shaen, A. B. Lemmon, J. 8. Asay and others. The bur- den of remarks favored the indorsement of the action of the executive committee, and after several substitutes had been with- drawn and & motion to lay everything on the table had been ruled out of order the meeting by a unanimous vote adopted the following preamble and resolutions: WHEREAS, Under the law passed by the last Legislature, commonly known as the Election Commission law, the Republican party of Cali- fornia is entitled to have two Republicans upon the commission who shall be satisfac- tory to the executive committee of the part and whereas, the Mayor of San Francisco, act- ing under sald law, did appoint certain citizens to be members of the said commission, and that, acting under the letter and spirit of the same law, “the Republican executive com- mittee of California did in due time and in proper form protest against the appointment of one of said citizens, namely, Samuel Foster, upon the statutory grounds, which protest the said Mayor has ignored, and that the said Foster s likewise acting Commissioner against the protest of this committee; be it therefore Resolved, That we, the members of the State Central Committee, fully indorse the action of the executive committee in making and filing such protes! d be it further Resolved, That this matter be referred to the State executive committee, with the power to take such further action therein asthe judg- ment of the executive committee shall deem proper and expedient. After the adoption of the foregoing reso- lutions several committeemen leit the hall and those that remained discussed the sub- ject of paying some incidental bills of the the men got out, he | organization. hairman Cornwall presented an elab- NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. tion. GOOD VALUE. inches wide fects) = “ = om o= om styles) fects (In Solid Colorings only). NOVELTY DRESS FABRICS - FOR FALL WEAR! Our importations of COLORED AND BLACK DRESS FABRICS FOR FALL WEAR are now ready for inspec- The assortment is most complete and we direct attention to the following lines, which are EXCEEDINGLY Colored Dress Fabrics. 3 cases ALL-WOOL NOVELTY DRESS GOODS, 50c a yard 3 cases NOVELTY DRESS GOODS = ' (45 inches wide). 2 cases NOVELTY SCOTCH CHEVIOTS - - $1.00 a yard (80 inches wide). g 2 cases FRENCH CAMEL’S-HAIR BOURETTE, full 50 - = = 75cayard $1.00 a yard Black Dress Fabrics. 1 case BLACK NOVELTY DRESS. FABRICS (iough ef= 50c a yard 1 case BLACK CLAY DIAGONALS (full 54 inches wide) 76c a yard 1 case 50-INCH BLACK BOUCLE (in a great variety of = = = =" = $1.00a yard 2 cases HIGH NOVELTY BLACK GOODS {Astrachan ef- $1.50 a yard B Country orders recelve prompt attentlon. @ Goods delivered free Iin San Rafael, Sausalito, Blithedale, Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. ’ QBPORAte \‘G 1892. e 11, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. e e R — orate report relating to correspondence with members of the National Committee on the subject of holding the next conven- tion of the party to nominate a President in San Francisco. The correspondence indicated that the Eastern committeemen were anxious to ascertain the Presidential preferences of California Republicans. The McKinley men in the East wanted to know whether California would promise to support Mc- Kinley. The Reed men were eager to ascertain whether the silver sentiment here would be strong enough to influence ublic opinion against their favorite. The forton and Allison committeemen also desired information as to how California stood on their respective candidates. As far as could be ascertained the letters | were non-committal. All wanted to ascer- tain how California stood on candidates without giving an opinion as to how the | committee rated San Francisco as a con- vention city. E A resolution was adopted requesting each individual member of the Siate Cen- tral Committee of California to use every roper influence possible to induce the National Committee to select San Fran- cisco as the place for holding the National Convention. The legal committee of the State Central Committee consists of W. H. Chickering, | Alameda; E. C. Hart, Sacramento; J. C. Daly, Ventura; A. Ruef and M. Cooney, San Francisco. It is understood, or at least surmised, that these lawyers will be called upon by the executive committee to institute proceedings in the court to test Samuel Foster's right to act as a member of the Election Commission. The last clause of the resolution adopted yesterday contemplates action of this character. Word was given that Messrs. McNab, | Montague, Wells and Dennery, who for- | merly sustained Mr. Foster, voted readily | vesterday to indorse the action of the ex- ecutive committee in filing the protest. Henry L. Dodge, one of Foster’s earnest supporters at the original meeting, was absent. The session of the committee yesterday was executive. The newspaper reporters were excluded when the chairman called the meeting to order. Among Republicans at the hall who were not entitled to admission were M. M. Estee, J. F. Sheehan, Samuel K. Thornton and County Clerk Curry. ¥ Officers of the Third Regiment, N. G. C., Honor Their New Chief. Colonel J. C. 0'Connor, recently elected to the command of the Third Regiment, N. G. C., was tendered a banquet last even- ing by the line, staff and field officers of the regiment. The dining-room of the Califorma Hotel, where the affair took place, was tastefully decorated with flags and bunting of the National colors, and covers for thirty-two were laid. It was an occasion of its kind par- ticularly bright, and, amid the clinking of glasses, the sparklmg_oi wineand repartee, the officers of the Third drank and toasted the health of their new commanderin a way calculated to convey to him an ade- quate impression of the esteem in which he is held by his subordinate officers, and the respect and obedience he may expect during his service at the head of this im- portant branch of the State’s civil army. Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Smith presided, and after the elaborate menu proposed the toasts,which were responded to as follows: ment.”” - 7 General Warfield, “THe Second Regi- ment.” Adjutant-General Barrett, “The Gov- ernor.” Colonel Barry, “Regimental Officers.” The officers and guests who participated in the banquet were: Coionel O’Conner, Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Smith, General Warfield of the Second Regi- ment,’ Colonel McDonald of the Second, Lieu- tenant-Colonel Garry of the Second, Major Fisher of the brigade staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Boland, a retired officer; Colonel Knox, also Tetired; Adjutant-General Barrett, Colonel Bush, Colonel Daniels, Colonel Barry and the following officers of the Third: Lieutenants Kehrline, West, Judge, Guisti, Hayes, Ballin- BANQUETED THE COLONEL. Colonel O’Conner, “The Third Regi-| er, Raiph, Sullivan, McCrae, Dwyer, Captains ‘arren, Kennedy, Meagher, Connély, Marshall, Rethers, Delaney, Fitzpatrick and Larkin. e WRERE IS MILLARD? He Has Been Absent from the State Fifty-Four Days. Leading politicians eagerly inquire, “Where is Lieutenant-Governor Millard 2" Some reply that he is in Kansas, while others say that he is in Michigan. The remark was made yesterday at Golden Gate Hall, while the Republican State Central Committee was in session, that the Lieutenant-Governor had been absent from the State for °fifty-four days and that if he remained outside of the boundaries of the State six days Jonger he would forfeit his right to the office under the constitution. M. M. Estee, who assisted in framing the constitution, was asked if such pro- vision existed and he said that the “con- stitution so provided. Pres! PiLes! Mac’s Infallible Pile Cure, Cures all cases of blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. _Price 50 cents. A. McBoyls & Co., druggists, 504 Washingto PHILA[]ELPHIA. SHOE CO STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. WE HAVE NOT MOVED| And we want your trade. 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