Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-13
Meeting Of the District Council, p. Of n.

The Los Angeles and San Bernar-
dino District Council met in Ell Monte
on Tuesday, February 9th.
The Council was informally called to
order by the Worthy Overseer, J. @.
A. Stanley, and by request Bro. J. s.
Thompson, of Los Angeles, read very
interesting paper OH JnaG subject of
subjects, Taxation" after which the
Council opened in form, the w. o.
presiding.
The newly elected delegates pre-
sented their credentials, were enrolled
and after some discussion the Council
proceeded to regularly organize by
electing officers for the ensuing year,
the election resulting as follows: Mas
ter, Edward Evey, Fairview; w. o.,
]. @. A. Stanley, Los Angeles; Lee
turer, ]. S. Thompson; Steward, p.
Penfold, Ell Monte. The other officers
were rejected.
The Committee on Centennial,
through Bro Porter, reported the work
progressing more satisfactorily than
the friends of the movement antici-
pated. Sufficient funds have been
raised, without the aid of Congress, to
carry to completion the work under
taken by the Commissioners. Congress
will probably be asked to appropriate
$4OO, 900, to be distributed in pre-
miums, but for no other purpose. Bro.
Porter will, upon application, furnish
proper blanks to any person or persons
desiring to secure space in the EXPOSE
ton buildings for the exhibition Of any
of our products and industries.
A lengthy and somewhat heated dis
cussion followed the presentation of
the report of the Committee on Immi-
grafton, during which the Lompoc and
Centinela Land Companies came in
for their full share of denunciation,
and although not censuring the Conn
mittee on Immigration, the spirit of
the Council was most emphatically
against lending either the name or in
fiuence of tie Patrons of Husbandry to
any private speculation whatever.
The debate closed with the adoption of
the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, That this Council does
not countenance, but expressly disap-
proves the use of its name as that OF
the Patrons of Husbandry by corpora
| tions or individuals for the promotion
| of their private interests.
Resotved, That the above be fur
nished the Los Angeles HERALD,
Southern Californian and Pacific RAJ
rat Press for publication.
| A resolution was also introduced by
Bro. Porter and adopted looking to the
establishment of a monthly paper by
| the Patrons of the District. &
The following resolution was also
presented and unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That it being the legal
duty of the State Board of Education
to select text books for the public
schools, in our opinion it is not proper
to condemn said Board or any mem
Der thereof, in the absence of the
slightest proof of dishonest influences
for their selection of any school text
books made by the Board at their last
session.
ResoIved, That books made by home
authors and home publishers, I
equally good and cheap, should be pre-
ferred for text books in our schools.
Bro. Porter introduced the following
which was adopted:
| WHEREAS, The Worthy Lecturer O
our State Grange has taken occasion
to change an important statement In
the Declaration of Purposes issued by
the National Grange; therefore, be j
respectfully
Resolved, That we as heartily endors'
the erased statement as we do tina
substituted for it; that is, we are al
heartily Opposed to the exorbitan