The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1899, Page 4

4 T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1899 SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF THE ESTABLISHMENT WosoroudNOHo% @ ¥ S XOAOXG GARDEN CITY IS GARBED IN ATTRACTIVE JUBILEE COLORS PHOECTONCH RGO FOROKEHEHIRG K & XOHOHE G Worsnonoxonex READY T0 RE-ENACT SCENES OF LONG AGO Visitors Pou ing Into San Jose, and All Preparations Have Been Made for Ma R us countles of 3 * : the Union will ba 3 t cters on horseback. | ¢ t re will be another te resource was be- | thes gl programme in the | I in{® aspect. T} Ay nd ball at the court- | t Governor— goods . a Y WELCOME IS EXTENDED e trips to the Lick Observ IMPERSON@ATE THE | ity of the men who founded the first State The ¥ S and government. At no time has’ our pe Treasurer— E . hters will foaugura: COUNTIES. been in peril from the many caus ¥ ] the have arisen in other State nd the Controller— pa X . 1 hang T wing voung ladies have been | should be in a measure one of thank: v’ Mayor resent r cot ing, will als b fon: Alameda,Miss Browne; It is fitting that San Jose should cele- rmed in- Mabel King: Contra Costa guration of statehood. Here Mrs. Dicle Stamford y Baldwin Sonoma, i Va or Harazthy ELEBRATE IN El C in brief is Re s follows 1 of visi Who Says There Is Open House for 4il. 5 Sequo Capitol the e Capitol SAN JO | issued t of California: e citizens of San Jose, cers, Mexican War Veterans ajge entering ug Dec PGP P00 D 0500000040000 0 000000000000 000 32 ‘ shbe et et et et stetet sied eteieteteiete@ GENERAL JOHN BIDWELL, SURVIVING MEMBER OF FIRST STATEJ' S ENATE. ¥R OX APAOAOAONOXO X S ¥ONOXOAOXOXOP Boxe . | brate the in; Solano, Miss ROYAL MANNER | Thus Urges Mayor Martin, S 19.—Mayor Martin has following greeting to the peo- | isted by the and the celebration e R e e = = S ) R S e R JRCHR SECP SRCp Y * OF | SAN JOSE. ta Martinez; Kern, ) first State Capitol was erected and ms; Los Angeles, Miss | our first lawmakers met. That those pio- ason; Modoe, Miss Le- | neers acted wisely is evidenced by the Mono, Miss Corde general prosperity the State has enjoyed Miss Julia Leese: | during its fifty years of statehood. The imer; Placer, Miss | celebration will be historical to an ex- cramento, Miss John- | tent, and the gathering of the old plo- o, Miss Myra Burnett; | neers will make it an epoch long to be remembered. It will probably be the last | reunion of t s and the na- tive sons and The features of the parade will recall many of the early s in the young life of the State. The hospitality of the citizens of San extended to all, and nothing will make your visit pleasant. The rs and native sons and daugh- | ters will keep open house and recefve you with a glad hand Let us celebrate the past fifty years in a royal manner and then start to work to make the future half-century eclipse the past. California is yet in her swadding | clothes. During the past two years oppor- tunities have come which were totaily unexpected. Our trade has extended | across the seas to Hawaii and the Philip- pine Islands, and California is to be the gate f an immense Western trade In the name of the citizens of San Jose I again invite you to come and participate in our golden jubilee. A fine programme rtainment has been prepared, and ns, aided by their wives ' and | the finest in the land, will bid | fifty years havr.‘lndned!. I}M\n olden ones for California. Yours in joy- su.c welcome, C. J. MARTIN, Mayor of San Jose and Chairman of Jubi- | lee Committe SKETCHES OF MEN FIRST]| SENT TO WASHINGTON. SENATORS. John Charles Fremont, Georgian, -when 30 years of age explored the then unknown region between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. He was accompanied by thirty-nine men. Fremont took part in the conquest of who was a| California, 1846-47, and was United States from organized a California, 1850-51. In an expedition to exploration of a He was the Re- Senator 1853 he complete route to California. publican candidate for the Presidency in 186, Federal commander of the west- ern department in 181, commanded at Cross Keys In 1862; was Governor of Arizona, 1575-82. On August 31, 1861, he fs- eued a proclamation declaring he weuld emancipate the slaves of those in arms against the United States, though ‘his act was condemned by Lincoln as pre- | mature and the proclamation was with- drawn. General Fremont, who acquired the name, “The Pathfinder,” died at New York, July 13, 18%. William McKendree Sumner County, Tenn., October 9, 1805, and died in New York City September 3, 188, He was appointed by President Jackson United States Marshal for the District of Mississippl in 1833. In 1540 he was elected to Congress as a Democrat and became an adherent of John C. Calhoun. He arrived in California June 4, 1849. Gwin took an active part in favor of the formation of a State government and was elected to the convention that was held in Monterey in September, 1845, In the ensuing December ‘he was elected United States Senator for | previous Gwin w: born In a uer- REPRESENTATION OF FIRST STATE CAPITOL ERECTED IN CITY HALL PARK, 1, por- > HoxoxoxOROROH & ¥ FXOXIHOXORIRIUX STATE GOVERNMENT AT SA - . FIRST STATE OFFI CE RS. OF CALIFORNIA. 3 Peter H. Burnett. Lieutenant Governor— John McDougall. Secretary of State— William Van Voorhies. Richard Roman. J. 8. Houston. Attorney General— E. J. C. Kewen. Surveyor General— 3 Charles J. Whiting. * Clerk of Supreme Court— >4 ] E. H. Tharp. o * State Printer— & 3 Henry H. Robinson. b4 % Superintendent of Schools— 2 % John G. Marvin. * ® Chief Justice Supreme Court— % ® S. C. Hastings. © § First Associate Justice— b4 * Henry A. Lyons. 3 : Second Associate Justice— * ' Nathaniel Bennett. {3 ® ;‘.-*0*0*6\*1*@ HOK QROROHORON O | the | Gllbert. the long term, with General Fremont as his colleague. ington In 1551 the Legislature tendered him the thanks of the State for his ser- He secured the establishment of a Mint in California, Pacific Cos a navy-vard and station, with large appropriations, and through the Senate a bill providing for a line of steamers from San Francisco to the Orlent. CONGRESSMEN. Edward Gilbert was a member of Colonel 5 New York Regiment. He was a Representative from Califor- in the Thirty-rirst Congress as a Dem- serving from September 11, 1850, to 3, 151, afterward returning to Call- vices. ocrat, March | fornia and practiced law and later found- ed and became managing editor of the daily Alta California, thus being the plo- neer of the daily press of California. Cer- tain editarial criticisms on the actions of the Governor of the State provoked a re- tort from General James W. Denver, t Secretary of State of California, an challenge followed. A duel with rifles re- sulted, and Gllbert fell mortally wounded. George W. Wright was born at Concord, Mass. He was reared on a farm, but later engaged in mercantile pursuits in Bos- ton and subsequently was connected with the Boston Courier.” He removed to_Cali- fornia in 1849 and located in San Fran- 8 He w !‘flll}rlpd é: Cnngreslnl 'i;s: emocrat, serving from tem » d to March’3, 1851 P g MEETING OF STATE’S FIRST LEGISLATURE. ‘The session of the first Legislature com- menced at San Jose on December 15, 1849, When it opened the town could not ac- commodate the largely increased popula- tion o suddenly thrown upon it, and com- plaint was made by the members that all the rooms, instead of being reserved for thelr use, had been rented to speculators, and either held at high prices or hired to lobbylsts. The State House, in which the Assembly met, was a large adobe struc- ture on the east side of what was then Market square. The buflding was sixty feet long, forty feet wide, two stories high and adorned with a plazza in front. The upper story contained but one room, with a stairway leading thereto. This room was occupled by the Assembly. The lower story was divided into four rooms. The largest one, forty by twenty, was afterward fitted up as a Senate chamber. Until the Senate | moved into the Btate House the sittings On his return from Wash- | the survey of the | carried | | Willlam M were held in the house of tution At of the same yea g Lieu adopted at Monterey an_election November 13 there should be elected | nant Governol mem- ature and two members ing, or as soon | and_their te | r H. Burn: 1 as an In- | nber rated at San Jose De- provided for the rs of the Legislature a smen. The W two C -officio president cretary of stitution, of the ite was as ppointed by Senate. I provided b the C ernor, with the advice and con- sent of the Senate. The constitution further provided that the Legsiature | should at the first session elect a Treas- | urer, to hold office for the same term a the Governor (two years): and that ther after the office should be filled by elec- tion by the people. The constitution made me provision as to the Controlier, Attorney General and Surveyor General. It also provided for a Supreme Court, to Woxoxoxoxoxd% &% &% | thirty | and an d consist of a Chief Justice and two Adso- clate Justices, The first United States Senators were elected by the Legisiature in joint session at San Jose on December 20, 1849. They were John C. Fremont and iwin. The two Congressmen, | elected by the people on November 13, 1849, were George Wright and Edward | ORIGINAL LAWMAKERS OF THE STATE. SENATE. W. R. Bassham, San Jose; Nathaniel Bennett, San Francisco; John Bidwell, | Sacramento; David C. Broderick, San Francisco; E. K. Chamberlain, Los | Angeles; C. O. Cros Sacramento; Pablo de la Guerra, Santa Barbara; | David F. Douglass, San Joaquin dis- trict; W, D. Fair, San Joaquin district; Thomas J. Green, Sacramento; Elcan Heydenfeldt, San Francisco; A. V. Howe, Los Angeles; B. S. Lippincott, San Joaquin; G. B. Post, San Fran- cisco; Robinson, Sacramento; Jonas Spect, Sonoma; Nelson Taylor, San Joaquin; M. G. Vallejo, Sonoma; Thomas L. Vermeule, San Joaquin; S. E. Woodworth, Monterey. ASSEMBLY. Joseph Aram, San Jose; D. P. Bald- win, San Joaquin; E. B. Bateman, San Joaquin; John Bigler, Sacramento; John S. Bradford, Sonoma; J. E. Brackett, Sonoma; Elam Brown, San Jose; H. C. Cardwell, Sacramento; John Cave, San Joaquin; S. J. Clark, ~San Francisco; P. B. Cornwall, Sacramento: Benjamin Cory, San Jose; J. M. Covar- rubias, Santa Barbara; C. M. Creaner, San Joaquin; A. P. Crittenden, Los Angeles; W. G. Deal, Sacramento: W. B. Dickensen, Sacramento; J S. Gray, Monterey; R. W. Heath, San Joaqui: homas J. Henley, Sacra- mento; J. T. Hughes, San Diego; Montgomery Martin, Los Angeles; E. | W. McKinstry, Sacramento; B. F. Moore, San Joaquin; James C. Moore- head, San Joaquin; I. S, K. Ogier, San Joaquin; Alexander Patton, San Fran- cisco; T. R. Per Lee, Monterey; J. Scott, Santa Barbara; W. M. Shepherd, San Joaquin; J. . Stephens, San Joaquir . Stewart, San_Joaquin; L. Stowell, San Francisco; Henry A, Tefft, San Luis Obispo; George B. Tingley, Sacramento; J. W. Van Ben- schoten, San Joaquin; William Van Voorhies, San Francisco; Madison Walthall, Sacramento; John H. Wat- son, San Francisco; Alfred Wheeler, San Francisco; Thomas J. White. Sac- ramento; John F. Williams, Sacra- _mento; O. S, Witherbee, San Diego, SAOLOHORON £E HDIHOROROKIRO X S XORORIRONONIN TO-DAY OF THE : OPENING COMMEMORATIVE FESTIVITIES PRORIXDAGRD R O HIAPRONORIHS N JOSE * - * SEN. JOHN C. FREMONT 'STATE HISTORY MADE IN A MEMORABLE YEAR Meeting of First Constitutional Convention and Inauguration of First Governor in 1849. HE issuance of a proclamaticn on junder Gene 1 a member of the June 3, 1849, by Brigadier General | conventic ffered 1t Bennett Riley, the military gov of California, recommend; the “formation of a St tution or a plan for a government,” was the first looking to the establishment of a State government In California. The convention was made to consist of thirty-seven dele- gates, and met at Colton Hall, in Mon- on September 1. Only ten of the even delegates provided for in the prociamation were found to be present, adjournment was taken for two The convention, with all the deie- present, organized on September 4 by the election of Robert » as pres- ident and William secretary A few Inquirfes were a maj ted to each house | Leg [saN JOSE CHOSEN FOR SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. the del A lengthy debate followed from Monterey re were willing that t should be changed to gates to whethe any proposition for a ritorial govern- | adjournment of the fir Islature. ment should be entertained, but as it was te from San Francisco moved apparent that a few delegates from the | amend the substitute by striking out extreme southern part of the country onl word “Mont y and inserting * 2 favored this form of government. the sub- | Francisco.” This motion was lost. as wa Ject was dropped and it was decided that | also a motion to s all after the convention should proceed to form a | Jose” in the st he s tute State constitution. A committee was ap- | was the a vote of fifteen to pointed to report the plan of a State section providing stitution for the action of the convention rst session of the Legislaty = be held at San Jose was adopted « ADOPTION OF THE FIRST| fir & pert i e it bovali CONSTITUTION. teen. San Jose thus became State capital. THE PRESENT STATE SEAL ADOPTED. | A committee had been appointed to re- On the day following its appointment the committee reported a declaration of rights, consisting of sixteen sections. As soon as the report was made the conve tion resolved f{tself into a committee o the whole and discussed the report, sec- | ceive propositions and designs for a Stat tion by section. On September 11 the | seal. but only declaration, then consisting of twenty-ona sections, was approved and reported back to the convention. Then followed days of debate, terminating in the adoption of the t was the convention de devoted considerab first constitution. ana, fnding. tos Iebess b On September 2 the question of the 1 ordered a copy of the cation of the seat of State governme tution to be transmitted to General R came up on the consideration of the r port of the committee on miscellaneous provisions of the constitution. That cotn. mittee reported the following: “The first session of the I should forward ty to the States.” Short e president of the convention nced that he had recelved officia Legislature shall be held in the Pueblo de San Jose, | fon veom Goms, seneed - hich place shall be the permanent seaf | talute would he fred to Hie raes of government until removed by law: | signing of the Instument o provided, however, that two-thirds of all O¢ er 13, the delegates, after signir the members elected to each house of the | address to the people, signed the e Legislature such a law.” Henry Halleck, hall concur In the passage of constitution, nourced the then Secretary of State | convent when the guns outsid glad tidings, after whi on adjourned sine die } $ : ! % : : . ° $ 1 . { 3 : $ ¢ )8 1 . ) & ¢ , * @ > * $ 3 ? . t : - % . ® - )¢ . 1 k4 2 Ed 1 + L 4 ¢ : t ® - , gty . MW—Q*—Q*HOM«'»@%*W* P MRS. B. D. MURPHY, CHAIRMAN o F JUBILEE RECEPTION COMMITTEE,