The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1897, Page 12

e ! k 10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1897, CLIMAX OF A DAY OF REJOICIAE Public Demonstration Over the Defeat of Funding. VICTORS CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE. “California at Last Hears the Rattle of Falling Chains.” LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR JETER IN THE CHAIR. Great Enthusiasm Prov ils as Sutro, Pheian and Others Addr ss the The State holiday commemo the defeat of the funding bill was toa close in this Cily with a demo tion expressive of popuiar exu | over the victory coiored fires, | biaz i with rockets and m band, crowds were attracted to Metroolitan The people pressed forward, il > rows of seats and the aisles, while ot were | compelled to walk away, as there was not room for all. All through the eveninz the meeting was at a high pitch of enthusiasm. Fre- quently the feeiings of the lacge audience broke into tremendous applause, as if to seal with publi ie work of the men who fo; ilway measure. To the strains of stiriing music by the band the principal speakers and vice- presidents apveared on the p.atfom. Their entrance moved the gatherng io anplaud vociferously. Among those on the Henry E. Highton, I J. tenant-Governor Jeter, Magor James D. Poelar de Vries, Con Barry, platform were: Trumsn, Lieu- Adolph Sutro, the Hox. Marion liiam M. Bunker, Jumes A. na others interested in the Victory. ayor Sutro arose to call the meet- ing to order and was completely over- whe:med with applause of a most uproar- ious nature. He tried to speak, but was stopped by the cheers and cries of ““Weil done, Adoiph!” “Good boy!” *“I have the honor ol introducing to vou,” he be- gan, when the boisterous applau-e was re- sumed with renewed enihusiasm. The venerable ex-Mayor waited patiently, and when the cheering ceased he resumed his short introductory address: “I have the honor of introducing to you Lieutenan Governor Jeter. 1 shall later on addr you for myself.” The Lieutenant-Governor was cordialiy received as he stepped to the speaker’s stand. ‘‘As the representative in part,” said Mr. Jeter, “‘of ihe people of this State I appreciate the great houor conierred on me in being asked to preside over this meeting. I¢ is proper and becoming in ress their gratitude for the have received, and we are here to-night to express by resolution how we 8s a people appreciuie the action of our representative- in Congress in defeat- ing the funding bill. The résults of the vote on that question cannot be fuily ap- preciated now; it will restore confiaznce, and will show that where the representa- tives understand these questions they will stand with the people. Those who have borne the brunt of the fight as leaders are bere with you to-night, and I take pleas- ure in introducing 10 you a representative who Wwill be in the next Congress, the Hon. Marion de Vries.” The Lieutenant-Governor then took the chair and pres:ded at the meeting. Congressman-eiect de Vries, the suc- cessor of Grove Johnson, saia: “The time has now arrived when every citizen should stand up and take the side either for or against the people of the State of California. We have met here to cele- brate the defeat of the Pacific funding bill in the House of Representatives. This is only the first step. Unless you are ever alert they will yeu deieat the will of the veople. We find that tuere is now being prepared ior presentation to Congressa scheme which ia equally nefarious with the bill that has just been aefeated. Iam opposed to any measure which will in any way refund this railroad debt and any one who favors such a measure is not loyal to Caiifornia. When I take my seat in the House next March I shall oppose apy and all propositions for the funding of this debt. I hope when we are asked, What are you going to do about it? that we shall be able to say that we are able to pick up Collis P. Huntington and his rail- road and walk off with them. ““If necessary I am in_favor of the Gov- ernment operating this railroad. I be- lieve it is far preferable that the Govern- ment shouid run the rairoad than that the reilroad should run the Government.’’ When he paid a tribute to James G. Maguire there was tremendous applause and cheers. L J. Truman, who acted as secrecary of the meeting, read the following telegrams, and also couveyed to the audience the re- grets of Governor Budd for his inability to be present: WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16, 1897. To Hon. James D. Phelan, President’ Citizens’ Committee, San Francisco, Cal.: The fundi. g bill baving been defested, I am informed At torney-General claims he Lias ample power to coliect Government rTaiiroad indebtedness. His action will probably open the way from which great benefits will come to California. We also have good prospects of passing the Nicaragua canal pill this scssion of Congress. GEORGE C. PERKINS. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16, 1897. Hon. James D. Phelan,’ Mayor: The people of California may well rejoice Over & Victry so worthily won, but they must not yet putoff their armor. The foe is aiready forming its lines for another assault. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, S. G. HILBORN. W ABHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16, 1897. James D. Pheian, Mayor: The peopie of the Pacific Coast ate to be congratulated upon the defeat of the funding bill. An honest ad- winistration of the Thurman law will secure ivlly the payment of the Governmont debt, #nd give us an independent competing line. W. W. Bowees. WasHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16, 1897, Hon. James D. Phelan, Mayor: Am giad to Joiu in ‘to-night’s rejoicing over the defeat of ihe funding bilL. I fear that the danger is not passed. Althongh some excellent and honest opponents of junding favor the commission pian, 1 am radically against it. When the sk is Temoved, it will appear as & railrosd tion. I believe the present law is suffi 17, but in any event oppose delegsting Co gre:sional duty to such commission. The pro- $icion regarding Inres and freights will be found as useless as similar powers granted Blate Legislatures. STEPHEN M. WHITE. { ‘=~ WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16., 1897. Hon. James L. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco: California in general and San Francisco in particuler are to be congratulated to-day on their bright prospects of ultimate deliverance trom monopolistic railroad domimation =nd the beginning of a healthy traffic competition that will redound to the general good of all. JAMES MCLACHLAN. After a song by the Press Club quartet, LIEUTENANT - GOVERNOR JETER Addressing the Meeting at Metropolitan Temple. the enemy of the octopus, the Hon. Adolph Sutro, was introduced. His name wasthe sigual for a wild outburst of enthusiasm that showed itself in-cheering and re- peated applause. He said: Fellow-citizens,Ladies and Gentlemen: When the people of Boston in 1773 threw the British tea overboard it was. in itself, an insignificant act. It had, how quences—the destructi 1 of British rule, and the creation and growth of what is now the | most powerful nation on earth—tne United States. Nearly four years ago—May 18 1894—a few citizens ot San Franeisco, at my quest, as- sembled in a small room in the ond 'dis- trict to denounce a 10-cent fare_and the g eral misdoings of the Southern Pacific of Ken. tucky, and to protest against its funding bill. A smail beginning—but this protest and de. nunciation agaiust the sggressions of corpora- tions, in thousands of pamphlets, newspapers wnd telegrams. has beeu repeated, spread all over the United States, and re-echoed in every Congressional district, until its gr der tones forced the deleat of in the lsst fou against Lae usurpa; powerfu by u gencra in crryis i ic All this fime the :n Francisco itsb terrorisin. Hardly a of Caiifornia dared exyress gainst the misdoings of the the dread of social per- s destruction. L exists, but in a modified night the peo- ple now readily turn out; there are dozens of speakers who &Ve 10 fear of giving utterance to their honestopinion, and the press, at least some part of it, boldly and freely denounces our oppressors. Do not, however, hug_the flattering idea to your souls that the funding bill is quite dead. Notwithstandipg his repeated defeats, the man of brass, Huntington, is still hanging about the halls of Congress, watehing his op- portunity, snakelike, to slip through and pass a funding measure. The snake is scotched, it is true, but it is not ki The sack is at W hington, only now doubled in siz ¥ lieving that every man has his price, he still hopes to gain the thirty odd votes that would have enabled him ng thun- nding bill gonism corporations st election cceeded to force his measurd tarough the House on | Monday last. There are tricks in all trades; this is true of - | sent to the Speak s. The mext move will | probably be in th ste. There & modified bill might, just before the close of the session, i wWorked through and passed. Before however, the amended Scnate bill | will be introduced in the House, referrea to the Committee on Pacific Railroads, adopted by them and for the time will rest there. | “The Senate bill, should it be passed, will be ’s desk, which must be and actually is aiways cleared before adjournment. Whea, in the regular order, this biil is cailed | for reference or disposition, the chairman or any other member of the Railroad Committee | may rise, and, siating that a bill identical | word for word with the Senate bill has al- | ready bee\ ndopted by the House committee, | may that the b then and put upon its passage. This may happen in the last midnight hours of the session, when the iriends and cham- pions of the people, worn out by their con- 1ons labors, are Sleepy or absent, and the s of the octopus are sure to be wide and at their posts. Then the bill may & mujority then present and all that is to make it a law of the land wiil oe sident’s signature. ough I hardly believe the above will hap- u, it might. g0 to sleep, but to remain watchful until e Speaker’s gavel falls for final adjourn- Gternal vigilauce is the price of | parliamentary tac! ermit me to congratulate of the Pucific Const on our wonder- ement. 1 hope and believe that it marks the dawn of a new era of liberty and the restoration of the people agan into | power. The following resolutions were read by | the secretary for adoption by the meet- | ing. The resolutions were unanimously | adopted: | WHEREAS, The Government of the United | States has invested over $121,000,000 in & | ehuin of overland railroads, and, whiereas, the | earnings of these roads are amply sufficient to | par the market rate of interest on this invest= | ment and to repay the principal within u res sonable time, aud, whereas, the permanent maintenance of an independent competing line is as importaut to the people of the whoie | country as the recovery of the debt; be it | “Resotved, By the citizens of San Francisco, in | mass-meeting assembled, that we thank the majority of the House of Representaiives for at once refusing to strengthen the present monopoly and to sacrifice the Government’ 1be taken up there and | It behooves us, therefore, not | investment by permitting the cancellation of the debt on the paymen: of & nominal rate of interest for eighiy-six years, thus perpetuat- ing the oppressive ruje and fraudulent man- agement of wbe present organization, Resolved, That the Government should not relinquish its hoid on_the roads until it has made itself familiar With the inside iacts re- garding their management, expenditures, earning capacity end ability to reduce rates, nor uniil it has given the principie of opera- tion by public officials in the pubiic interests a fair trial.We cail attention to the fact that the Union Pacific, like scores of other roads, is now and for yenrs has been managed by receivers appointed by Federalcourts to puard private interests, and we sce no reasou why similar methods, employed for the public benefit, should not be at least equally succe:s- ful. Resolved, That if the Government should de- cide to sell at any time its interests in the Toads for the full emount of the debt, it ought to make such stipulations as would insure their permunent maintenance as an indepen- dent, through competing line. ‘Resolved, That we protest against the passage of the Gear bill, providing for turning over for the settlement of the debt question to & com- mission, or any similar measure, and ask Sen- &tor Morgan, Senator White, Senator Perkins and our other iriends in the Senate to prevent such action. Resolved That we condemn the policy of any newsparer which either openly aids the exist- ing monopoly or which, under the cloak of a pretended desire ‘or Government ownership, endeavors to embarrass the efforts of those who are working in the only practicab'e way to prevent the sncrifice of public interests, and we demand the loyal and hearty assistance of the pross of California, and especially of San Fraucisco, in impressing upon the National suthorities the views of the great majority of our people. Resolved, That we extend our heartfelt thanks to all who have aided in securing the deicat of the Powers funding bill. We are proud of the gallant work of our delegation in Congress, led by Sau_Francisco's houored rep- resentative, James G.Maguire; Congressmen Barham, Hilborn, Loud, McLachlan, Bowers; and while we condemn the one traitor we take comfortin the fact that he is a member without a constituency. We thank Messrs. Cooper, Boatner, Hubbard, Bell, Cummings and the rest of ouglastern friends who made the victory possiie, nor, although the matter was not brought to an issue, can we overlook the activity of Senator Morgan of Alabama, to The Throng at the Door of Metropolitan ) whose unselfish devotion we owe so much of oursianding at Washington. The huncreds of Eastern newspapers that aided us have earned our earnest gratitude, and particular recognition is due to the Wash- ington Star, which by iis stauding and influ- ence at the capital rendered us invaluable service, To all the faithful servanis of the pubiic at home we give thanks and honpr. Governor Budd and jhe Legislature made the unani- mous desirelof Californis for the defeat of the iunding bill apparent. The City government of San Francisco has exerted its just influence through ex-Mayor Sutro and Mayor Phelan. The Committee of Fifty has ably uifilicd the duties intrusted to it. To George K. F.tch, John T. Doyle, James H. Barry, W, J. M. Bussett and their colleagues of that com- mittee we extend our warmest congratulations on their admirable work. And we gratefully acknowledge the services of all the others Esst and West through whose aid the grip of the Southern Pacific on our commerce has been broken. Henry E. Highton said he looked only to the immediate occasion for rejoicine. ““The defeat of the funding bill,”” he said, ‘‘has been appropriately celebrated by a holiday, which accurately meets the sen- timent of the people. This great State has ot last heara- the rattle of falling chains. If the shackles have fallen and our thralldom to Mr. Huntington, then we can discern the homes of millions of American freemen representing every Phase of industry on the Pacific Coast.” Mentioning the names of men who stood up for the people in_this struggle, the speaker was interrupted repeatedly s he enumerated Mr. Sutro, James G. Maguire, Mr. Hilborn, Senator Morgan and Frank- uin Bartiett of New York. Toall these the gratitude and acclaim of the people of California should be accorded. Nor should the young men of the State, of whom James D. f’helan, a native son, is the ex- emplar, be forgotten. Hr. Highton could not conceive of a more honorable type. Should this type become general in politi- cal circles corruption in office would not be mentioned. _ Hesaid it would be better if the earn- ings of the Southern Pacific Company should be dropped into the sea than this Nation should be held up to the world as condoning the irauds which the funding bill was intended to extinguish. Where can Mr. Huntington look for aid among the political forces of the Union? he asked, and presently he retired amid ap- plause. Ex-Congressman A. Caminetti, now a member of the State Legislature, said: “Asa humble soldier I am glad to see that that part of the people of this State who believe that their rights are sacred are rejoicing in the acts of this Congress. Bunker, | honest sentiments on this matter. The resort to & commission bill presents greater dangers than you have had to face in the last three or fouryears. As long as you are represenied by bonest men, with ihe exception of one, there was no danger, but let us keep up the fight till the two houses adjourn sine die. It represents the future development of this great State to win this fight. They say, areyou in favor of Government ownership Yes!” *Yes!” cried the audience. know you are,’’ said the speaker. “Government control of the road may aliow anr and all rairoads coming to Omaha to come to our great State. It does not involve Government ownership of all the road ; only a part of 1t. The rail- road question in this land will never be settled till the Government owns a raiiroad from ocean to ocean.” Dr. Clinton, a member of the Board of Bupervisors, said: *“Thank God the fizht against the grasping avarice of Hunting- ton has been won, and the price of that victory is eternal vigilance. We should sena into oblivion any commission or similar meesure. Iam here to lend ‘my voice to sweil the shout of gladness thatis going up from San Dieso to Del Note. Dr. Ciinton paid a tribute to ex-Mayor Sutro, *‘who has done more than any cne else t0 bring about the defeat of the fund- ing bill,” to James H. Barry and the Star and Congressman Maguire, for all of whom there were loud cheers. H- said he hoped that the present Board of Super- visors had been elected for reiorm, ‘‘and if any are recreant to their trust 1 want to see them held up to scorn in a public meeting like this.” This was greeted by tremendous cheers. James H. Barry said: “Iam glad to here to join witli you in congratulations. It is the first time this Siate has been vic- torious over Collis P. Huntington and his pals in crime. If we express oursejves as we did on the funding bill there wiil be no commission. would be even more under the control of the evilsfrom which we have escaped. We can find out whether railroads in the | bands of Government receivers can be run as well and economically as in private hands, and then we will know further what to do. I believe we have throttled railroad monopoly. There is land monop- oly to throttle next.” He paid a tribute to Congressman Ma- guire, Mr. Caminetti and to Mayor James D. Phelan. Mayor James D. Phelan was met with cheers and applause when introduced. He said: “This is an occasion as broad as the State. What are we here for? For You cun’t weet too often to express your | mutual congratulations on a fight that re- Under a commission we | sulted in victory. That power h een defeated which has in the past been con- sidered invincible. I am glad to say, contrary to the words of Huntington, lh;s Congress is not a venal institution. We know that the interes s of the corporation represented by Mr. Huntington are nct the interests of this community nnd_mz State of California. This man Hunting ton goes on planning and planning bene- fits which he will not l1ive to reap himself, ard they are detrimental to California. “‘He has erected in the East construction iron works in competition With our own iron works, and_instead of erecting them on this coast. He has tried to establish another port in com petition in this State, and he has made New Oricans really the port “of Cahfornia. When the Soutbern Pacific’s debts are paid in the fuiure it will be a dismantled road. I say that there is a transportation conspiracy which tends to the ruin of Ban Francisco as a port. I say that man is a public enemy. Let that railroad go to foreciosure ior a tithe of the deut,-#nd let other veople get hod ot it, for any charge cannot be a change for the worse. There are half a dozen roads at the Missouri River waiting to come this way. Let the Government iore- close, and when this is done we do no man an injury.” Hon. F. H. Gould of Stockton, ex-Con- gressman, made the closing speech. He said that to-night the people of this State believe the paying of the railroad debt is simply an act of common honesty. “Upin the town of Stockton we have a railroad running down the valley to Fresno,which will, at_least so far as that valley is con- cerned, relieve the people from the thrall- dom of the Southern Pacific. That road has cut rates in two. That road was built by money raised in San Francisco, and now, in behalf of Stockton, I desire to return to you our sincere thanks, “What has beendone in the San Joaquin Valley by railroad competition can be aone over the whole State by competition. 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