The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-09
RALSTON'S MEMORY.
LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF HIS
FRIENDS LAST MISREPRESENTATION OF
EULoGY ADOPTED.

FRIENDS LAST neutrality-suspicious. OF
EULoGY ADOPTED.
SAN Francisco Sept s, 1875
The meeting Of the friends of Ralston at Union Hall
tonight was all that had been hoped for. In
point of numbers it was one of the largest
held in this city for many years. In feel
ing it the most emphatic The vituperation
Of the Call and Bulletin to have warmed many
apathetic hearts, and thousands who before his death
had particular interest in Ralston, turned out to-
night to repe the aspersons cast upon his name
Colonel William H. Barnes, the attorney for the new
Bank of California Syndicate and a warm friend of
Ralson's, pronounced the eulogy which was full of
eloquence and enthusiastically applauded
The following preamble and resolutions were
Adopted
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas the citizens of San Francisco have here as
sembled TO declare their solemn of the rreparable
loss the city has sustained in the untmey death OF VIM.
Ralston to express their heartfelt sympathy with those
bound to him by ties of blood and family connections
in their afction, and to record in unmistakable Ian
their utter condemnation and adherence of the
savage brutality and cruelty of certain Of the daily
newspapers of the city in the they have unre
lentingy and unjustAaby pursued regarding his name
and memory since his decease; therefore be 1t
Resolved. That in reviewing the life of William G.
Raston, deceased we recognize of the first citizens
OF san Francisco the master spirit OF her in
dustria enterprises the most bounteous gver to her
charities the founder of her financial credit,
and the warm supporter of every public and private
effort to augment her prosperity and wefare that TO his
sagacty, activity and enterprise San Francisco
much of her present material prosperity, and in his
death she has sustained rreparabe oss that in his
business conceptions he was a giant in social life an
answering friend and in all thaattrbutes OF his char
acter he a worthy of love and trust
Resolved, That the citizens of San Francisco, without
distinction of party, caste class, in public council
assembled tender to the widow and family of our
lamened benelactor and friend tenderest sympa-
thies for their and our great loss.
Resolved, That the course of brutal and uniustnabe
attacks of the daily Euoning Bulletin and the daily
Morning call upon the personal character OF Ralson,
which did not while his remains were
being followed to the grave by his grief
stricken family and friends merits the severest
ccnsure and denounce the Of both journals
being in violation of decency; their nsnuations
we brand infamous libels upon the dead, and We
declare that the perpetrators of them have dsgraced
civilization and humanity everywhere.
Resolved That, with a calm though profound con-
viction of the deep importance of our action we
recommend and urge upon our fellow Cit
liens from this time henceforth, to with
draw their advertising patronage from
them, cease their subscriptions TO and no longer
sustain encourage either the San Francisco daily
Ecening Bulletin or the daily Mor0in9 CdU and by all
lawful to convince the world that the people Of
this city and State poss essed Of the instincts of
honor and the exterior decencies of civilized life.