Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-27
CARD FROM ]. R. WATSON.


manifesto of the City Central Committee
emanating through its Chairman. Win. D.
Davis, and called an Address to the Repub'
lican Voters of Sacramento City" and, as
one of the Republican voters, claim the priv
ilege of excepting to some, if not most, OF lts
assumptions. am ready to concede that
large portion of the city's Indebtedness was
contracted extravagantly, wastefully and,
perhaps, corruptly. But Sacramento, through
its constituted authorities. acknowledged the
indebtedness, and through the Legislature OF
the State II think Of 1859 obtained an Act
allowing the issuing of city bonds TO the
amount Of the acknowledged debt, solemnly
binding itself to pay the interest as 1t tell
due, and to redeem the bonds at maturity.
The Supreme Court has recently decided that
this action was contract, nor can see now
any human being with a grain of common
sense can construe it any other way-.ezcept,
indeed, it is his interest to give 1t q dit
ferent construction. And now we Re
publican voters are told through Win.
j. Davis, in effect, that man
shall be nominated who is to be pledged to
carry on expensive lawsuits for an indefinite
period, and to resolutely refuse any COM
promise possible. I.would ask my fellow
Republican citizens how much discretion is
left to the voter. For the sake OF argument,
we may assume that Mr.. Win. j. Davis is
man of very superior judgment; that he
knows better what is good for US than we
do; that his standing in the community Is
such as to command assent to what he asserts
is the course we should pursue. But there
may be other Republican citizens who, if not
quite as competent to judge, should at least
have q say in the matter before being COM
PEELED to adopt the methods laid down
through this manifesto. l am simple minded
man, but when Mr. Win. j. Davis says that
the person who will be nominated by the
party for the First Trustes" is to do what
the manifesto says he Is to do, 1t appears to
me he must have passed through tirst.class
and most efficient ice-freeZing machine to
say, 1.-THE high-hsnded acts of bossism,
and the disgraceful, arbitrary exhibition of
corrupt ward management and machine poll
tics which have characterized our elections"
is an exhibition of Arctic GOODNESS that ia
very refreshing. Who are the bondholdsrs
that have been so potent " to secure the cleo
ton of a majority OF the Board of Trustees
in their interest that the people may be be-
trayed?" I don't believe there is single
citizen of Sacramento that owns a city bond
and in the face of such wide-awake citizens
as Mr.. Davis it would be absurd to suppose
electors and steal an election from such good
managers. 1t may be bold in me to say that
Mr.. Davis lays out programme thst, even
as Chairman of SO potent body as the City
Central Committee, is rather arbitrary, and,
in my view, is designed to forestall
the actions of Republican electors, who, if
not as keen as Mr.. Davis, may have as
patriotic feeling and as great desire for the
welfare and good name of our city as he.
For myself, L will say have paid taxes in
Sacramento City and county for more than
thirty years, and 1 am willing and most
anxious to see an honorable settlement of this
bond question, and DESTROYS to pay my pro-
portion of taxes looking to that end, and
so am sure are many more good Rspubli-
cans; that s. cents on the dollar is not an
honorable proposal and that notwithstand.
ing it has been given out that | am interested
in these bonds, [ have not and never had, d.
rectly or Indirectly, a particle of interest in
them. j. r. WATSON.
COMPANY E.-The new military company
organized in this city to take the place of the
Camptonville company, mustered out some
time since, met at Armory Hall last evening
for the purpose of selecting their officers.
Fred Eisenmonger, ex.Second Lieutenant of
Company a, Quartermaster of the regiment,
ex-Csptain of the Cadets, was nominated for
the Captsincy, and there being no opposition
he was declared elected unanimously. VIM.
Lowell, formerly First Sergeant of Company
A. was elected without opposition to the office
of First Lieutenant. He is thoroughly
drilled soldier and favorite with the COM
pany. Charles l.. Fonteneau, ex Senior First
Lieutenant of ex-Company B, was elected by
reclamation to the Office of Second Lieuten-
ant. He has served for several years in the
National Guard, and is a thoroughly drilled
artillery officer. The company ia composed
mostly Of young men who have served in
Company A, ex-Compsny B, Governors
Guard and San Francisco military companies.
Some of them are members of the G. A. r.
Most of the company have seen more or less
service, and will rank well from the begin
ming with the other companies of the regi-
ment. They will have the armory now used
By the Cadets in Armory Hall. After the
business part of the meeting was over
speeches were made by the officers elect, the
Colonel, Lieutenant. Colonel and other staff
officers OF the regiment. The regular weekly
night of meeting will be on Friday.
FRATKRNAL VIsIT.-Tne Uniformed Di-
vision of Knights of Pythiaq, about fifty
strong, will leave on the 2:55 P. NJ. train to-
morrow for San Francisco. They will be &C.
comGauied by the Hussar band, uniformed.
About twenty ladies, wives of the Knights,
will also be of the party. At l P. NJ, just
prior to their departure. they will assemble at
Armory Hall, at Sixth and l. streets, when
they will be presented by the Knights of
Pythias Of Sacramento with an elegant silk
banner appropriate to the order. They will
be received both at Oakland and in San
Francisco by delegations from the lodges of
both cities. On Wednesday evening they
will attend a masquerade ball at the Me-
chsnics' Pavilion, and will be entertained by
banquet on Thanksgiving Day.
CARING FOR THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
Several days since an employee of the railroad
shops, molder, died after brief illness,
and left in destitute circumstances a wife
and family of six small children. Some of
the feremen took up collection among the
men in the shops, raising by that means $40,
which was given to the widow, The rem aims
were sent TO Rsdding for interment, Master
Mechanic Stevens getting fcee passes over
the road for the family. This is only one of
the many acts of kindness done by those in
the shops The last day the psy-car was in
the city the Towards contribution box gath.
cred $50 from those same men.
SACRAMENTO MONEY ORDERS - Deputy
Postmaster Lisle Jamison informs the Reno
Journal that since the 1st of January tie
Reno office has RENTED $50, 600 to the Sacra-
mento Office This is over and above the
amount paid out on money orders here, and
shows the drain the town is subject to. The
average paid out weekly here is about 5000
per week, while the receipts run from 81. 800
TO 50 500. The reason the excess is shipped
to Sacramento is because that Office does not
take in sufficient to pay the orders drawn
upon it. The vast majority of the money or
ders drawn here are upon New York and San
Francisco"
A DAYS SPORT AT THE PARK.-Robt. Allen,
lessee of Agricultural Park, advertises
pacing race for Thursday, November 10Th.
It will be mile heats, three in five, for a
purse Of $3.50. The following welI-known
flyers have been entered: VIM. Jonathan
nsmes Tryon's b. g. Prince, NJ. NJ. Odell
names b. g. Shaker, Z. d. Nolan names &. g.
Gray Frank, James Doyle names b. 6. Bay
Frank Also, came day, q trotting race,
mile heats, three in FIVE, between three well
known horses. TIE horses will start at
o'clock promptly. Also, the regular shoot of
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