Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-02
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Your committee further beg leave to herewith re-
port form Of petition to Congress- asking the es-
Enlistment Of q system OF postal teegraphy
throughout the United States, and recommend the
adoption of the following resolution
Resolred, That an Executive Committee OF three
persons, now resident in Sacramento, be appointed
by the Chairman Of this meeting, whose duty it
shall be- First to prepare copies Of said petition
for use throughout the State second, TO commune
cate with residents elsewhere in the State who are
willing TO act 10 conjunction with them IN procur
ing signatures to such petition; third, to take
measures for laying such petition before Congress
fourth. to extend such movement as Tar as practca
BILE throughout the United States, that all citizens
Ia favor Of 4 system Of postal telegraphy may be
brought their influence for the success OF the
plan thus inaueurated fifth, to appoint cooper
atng committees throughout the State, II they shall
deem it necessary, and to generally take such action
may TO them advisable for the success OF the
movement.
The petition reads as follows.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives of the United States-The undersigned
citizens o. the United States and residents OF the
State Of California, believe that the financial
benefit resulting from the silence and art OF teleg-
raphy should not be wholly appropriated by CAPT
tallsts but should be retained by the people at
large. That leaving the business OF telegraphy in
the hands OF q corporation, enables few men
welding large capital to Cypress those who
PEELED to use its lines to convey messages, by
exerbtant charges, and at the tims TO reduce
salaries Of its operatives to starvation prices. The
teleg7aphy naturally belongs to. and should be
under control Of the National Postal Department,
and the Government Of the United States should
at once move ia this matter and proceed TO
establish such system, and as speedily as possible
commence the construction OF lines Of Telegram h,
and extend its wires rapidly possible to all the
postoffiees in the United States We therefore
petition your honorable body to take immediate
and cnhl IA am nj
postal teegraphy which shall extend to every post
office in the country, making the rate OF sending
messages uniform, and at price which Shall
merely Cover the expense OF the department
During the reading Of the resolutions Mr.,
Ayers was frequently interrupted with
cheers, and at the conclusion they were
adopted unanimously. Tae Chair appointed
on the committee Hon. j. ?. Dunn, Judge
J. II. McKune and General A. l.. Hart
Hon. II. I. Wiley and Rev. Carroll NJ.
Davis were the next speakers, but owing to
the lateness OF the hour their remarks were
very short. Judge J. H McKune. General
a L. Hart and G. T. Jones were also
announced 20 address the meeting, and would
have done go weceit not too late.
Just as the President was adjournirg the
meeting there WAS loud call from the audi.
encs for the Sacramento striking operators to
come forward on the stage. At the request
of the President, they all marched upon the
stage and were crested with deafening
rounds of applause.
After the meeting adjourned the Hussar
band, together with this strikers and several
bundled of their sympathiziDg friends, sere.
naded and cheeced the newspaper offices on
Third street, and Hon. Ell E. Lsake at the
Golden Eagle Hotel. Several others would
have been serenaded but for the fact that the
band had no torches, and could not procure
any.