Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-13
A MASS MEETING.

held mass meeting at the Metropolitan
Theater last night. The theater was filled
in every part by a very good-natured and
curiosity-iuspired audience. Z. Loyett pre-
sided, and introduced as the first speaker
State Senator Enos. Mr. Enos spoke about
thirtv-fve minutes. He believed it was
worth while to be honest in public life, and
that men who were honest in s-lch positions
would be trusted by the people. He looked
upon the present political situation as a con-
| test between corporate power on the one side
! and the people on the other. He was pledged
| To and should vote and work for a fair vindi-
| cation of the organic law of the State He
criticised the formation of the legislative COM
mittees. claiming that the important com
| mittees have on them a majority which
was originally opposed to the new Constitu,
ton, and he asked if that was situation
| friendly to the people. He wanted the wealth
of the State to contribute its share to the
support of the Government. Landed monop-
oily he looked upon as a great curse. A fair
| construction of the new Constitution would
! add $500, 600, 900 to the taxable values of the
State. His bill regarding Chinese testimony
! had caused him to be denounced, and the bill
! had been held up to scorn as barbarous, yet
| he had only reflected the sentiment of the
people in introducing it. The bill to prevent
corporations from employing Chinese had
even met with opposition as in conflict with
the Constitution of the United States and
the Burlingame treaty. He believed in agi-
tsting, and that by agitation relief from the
Chinese evil will be secured. He believed
that ere long John Chinaman would be com
PEELED to leave California. AS President
Hayes had vetoed the only effective anti. Chi
nese bill that Congress had consented to, he
believed the people of California should
help themselves On that question he
was, he said, ''a red-hot States rights
man" He was born and reared in
the air of liberty, and no faint OF
treason chung to his garments, but on this
question he was "red hot for States rights,
and, as final resort, red hot for revolution"
The effort of the people to compete with the
Chinaman, and live. had failed it couldn't
be done; neither could the Chinaman be
ChrisJianized. Beecher had knocked the
| bottom out of the orthodox hell, and the peo-
pie of California would knock the bottom
out of the sickly sentimentality regarding
the Chinese which turks in the Senate and
| Assembly and had strong hold in the pulpit
If the people of California do not, by the act
of the State as sovereign, demand and re-
ceive of Congress their rights in this matter.
they will fight for them. This might be
called rebellion; but. he asked, how much
longer must the people suffer, how many
more hearts and homes shall be broken, be-
fore relief comes 3? Drive out the $50 900
Chinese and you make room for $50 900
needy white men and women. He urged his
hearers to keep on agitating the matter, and
said that greater reforms had been under
taken and accomplished. The speaker was
frequently applauded
| ID. Kearney was then introduced and spoke
| for three-ouarters of an hour in a rambling
manner, being little more vulgar, profane
and incoherent than usual. His effort was
TRADE in which he rolled as sweet morsels
| beneath his tongue such expressions as
The American flag, Haunting lie p the
Republic, fraud; )" pot.bellied robbers )"
=" hell-bound thieves y generous black
plague-breeding editors :" Legislative abor-
tionists > puttied prostitutes = painted
Jezebels y ''the Capital hell-hole," and
like convincing and argumentative terms.
| The audience laughed immoderately at times
at the speakers vulgarity. Mr.. Kidney be-
gan to speak next, but the audience was anx-
ious to leave the cold theater, and Kidney
quickly concluded his rema rks and the meet
ing was brought to close.
MURDER OF S. II. BRuMMETT.-Among
our coast dispatches this morning will be
found an account of the killing at Hollister
yesterday of S. H. Brummett, editor of the
Enterprise, by G. w. Carlton, editor of the
| Telegraph. As sequel to the tragic affair,
the following statement will be of interest
! w. H. Crowell, of the Sacramento VdHeV Ag-
,tculturist published in this city, says that
Brummett lived in Sacramento about two
years, being employed as compositor and
that about two years ago he went out on
| collecting tour for the paper. Crowel fur
nished him horse and gave him bills to col
| lect, but he never returned nor accounted for
| Last week q. w. Carlton, of HOLSTER, came
to this city and obtained from Crowell all the
particulars of the case, and yesterday pub.
lished Brummett as horse thief, which led
! Brummett to approach Carlton and deny the
statement and demand an explanation.
THE RESERVED SEAT MATrER.-C. w.
Myers, assistant usher at the theater, pub
fishes his affidavit denying having sold or
offered to sell any reserved seats at the thea
ter. Ed Muir who made the charge, sends
this note for publication IS As the matter of
seat-scalping has occupied the public at
tention for the past four days, in order to hay
the blame where it belongs, hereby state
that to the best of my opinion Messrs. Beals
and Myers are not implicated in the seat
shaving business l consider this due to
Mr. Beals for the manly spirit he has shown
in this matter.
New TURN-TABLE The City Railroad
Company yesterday placed in position new
turn-taLle at the intersection of K and Tenth
streets. The table has no rails. The cars
run upon it upon the fianges of the wheels
and are turned in any direction desired.
They are run off and upon any of the four
tracks, being guided to the rails by the
V-shaped frogs. The table was set early
yesterday. 1t is to be covered in a few days
with iron plates. 1t is the first table OF
the kind put in here, though the pat
tern has been long in use elsewhere.
INCORPORATED. of incorporation
were yesterday filed in the office of the Sec
rotary of State of the Arizona Prospecting
and Mining Company to operate in the Ter
ritory of Arizona, with principal Office at
San Francisco. Capital stock, $4,000
divided into shares of 81 each. Directors
H. NJ Ellsworth, Chas. E. Travers, L.
Thompson, e. NJ. Seeley, Walton Townsend,
! f. A. Plaisted and j. 2. Davenport, all of
San Francisco.
THE ExToRTIoN CAsE.-Argument in the
case of Fitzgerald, charged with attempt
to extort money, was made by c. I. Jones
and George Cadwalader for the prosecution,
and W. a. Anderson and L. j. Clunie for
the defense. The arguments were lengthy
and exhaustive, and occupied the entire after
aoon. The jury then retired and spent the
night wrestling with the question of the de-
PENDANTS guilt, and has not yet given YER
dict.
THE FIRE ALARM.-The fire alarm about 6
o'clock last evening was caused by the burn
ing of bunch of dry grass at Twenty first
and j streets. The alarm was given from
box %, at Thirteenth and J streets, by some
nervous person. Such carelessness causes
great inconvenience to the Fire Department,
and has occurred too frequently of late.
l. ANNUAL PARTY.-The third annual party
of the Native Sons of the Golden West will
be given at Turn Verein Hall tonight. The
hall has been tastefully decorated for the &C.
casion A number of novelties will be intro
duced, among which will be calcium-light
exhibitions and the distribution Of valen-
tines There will also be supper.
DEsERTED.-Coroner Vermilya yesterday
took charge of the dead body of Chinaman
who had apparently died of hunger and neg
lect in shanty near Fifth and l streets.
His countrymen denied that they knew any