Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-17

-upui tHS SIpuilU lnal III tuG SOUlEGEI
| counties separate immigration organiZa
ton existed; that the interests of the Cen
trail and northern counties We're differen
from those of the southern and coas
counties: and that, If delegates were ad
mltted promiscuouSly, there was danger o
a lack OF harmony and = probability tina
less efficient work would be done. Tn,
motion was lost, but one vote being givel
in the affirmative.
&. W. Maslin, of Nevada, moved that {
committee Of three be appointed 10 repor
to the Convention the names of the coun
ties that were contemplated in the call a;
embraced in northern and central Califor
nia. He afterwards changed his motion sl
that the committee should be composed o
the committee that had arranged for this
Convention, and their report 10 be sub
mltted at an adjourned meeting of the Con
ventlon. The motion was unanimously
carried During the discussion on this
motion the President ruled that no county
not included in the call would he per
mitted TO be represented, unless by specia
motion.
COMMITTEE on PLAN or PERMANENT ORGAN
IzATIoN.
Mr.. Filcher stated thar now, as the Con,
venuon was organized and ready for busi.
ness, it became important to adopt SOME
plan for action TO accomplish the ends de-
signed TO be attained No doubt individuals
would differ as to what plan should be pur-
sued, and the main and important discus
sion would arise on this question. He
moved, in order to get the matter in shape
that committee Of five be appointed 10
consider and report plan Of organization
and action TO an adjourned meeting OF the
Convention.
|. NJ Smith Of Sacramento, proposed an
amendment to the motion, that the com
mittee consist of one member from each
county. The amendment was accepted by
Mr.. Filcher, and the motion as amended
was carried unanimously. After a five
minutes recess, the following Committee on
Plan of Organization and Action was Sc
lected SiskiyOu. A. H. Denny; Tehama,
Charles Cadwalader; Shasta, c. C. Bush ;
Butte, Judge Charles F. Lott; Colusa. 0.
K. COghlan; Sierra. A. L. Downer; Nevada,
Z. W. MaSlin Placer, Judge J. e. Hale :;
Fl Dorado, A. J. Bavley and John Blair
Sutter, George 0hleyer; Yuba, D. +.
Knight; Yolo, Z. b. Blowers; Solano, T.
Wilson; Sacramento, DR.. Obed Harvey.
Mr.. Bidwell moved that when the Con-
yention adjourn ii do so 10 meet at the Con-
grcgational Church at P. NJ, and the mo-
ton was carried.
SUGGESTIONS As To METHODS.
In response to an invitation TO outline
his ideas as to what plan of action should
be adopted Mr. Rideout said that he thought
there should be a main organization, with
headquarters at Sacramento; that there
should be Board of Directors for the en-
tire district. and general officers; that each
county should have its local organization.
He suggested that about five of the most
prominent and energetic men living at or
in the vicinity of the county seat compose
the local directory III each county The
Directors of each county could do the work
for the cOuutv-cOllect and compile stats
tics and facts illustrating the resources Of
the county. The officers Of the main or
ganizatiOn could then group and arrange
the statistics collected by the county Boards
and publish and properly distribute the
result of the entire work. A competent
person could be selected to go into the sew
eral counties 70 work up the organization
and arouse interest among the people.
Money to defray the expenses necessary 70
carry out the plan must be raised by sub
scriptions by EToperty-oWneTs in this sec
ton of the State.
c. G. Bush, of Shasta, stated that a few
years ago in his county Q few gentlemen
formed an immigration society and they
published and circulated 900 small pam
phlets descriptive OF and advocating the
resources of the county Five hundred
were printed in English and five hundred
in German. The result was wonderful In
two years there was added to the assessable
property Of the county nearly million of
dollars. He claimed that the result was
due to the work of about ten men. The
entire expense was about 500,
Hr. EiIcher said that the suggestions ot
Mr.. RideOut had occurred to his mind, and
he most emphatically agreed with that gen
tIcman in regard TO a central organization.
There must be a central organization with
authority to act, and Of course Sacramento
naturally suggested itself 20 him as the
place for the head OF such central organiza-
ZION. In his mind previous to hearing the
idea of amy others, he had planned out, al
though it was only the voice of one man,
the following organization That q perma-
nent directory of one member from each
county should be appointed, and that an
executive directory or committee Of five
members should be appointed, having Sac
ramentO as It's headquarters for the present
1t was possible that q President ana Secre-
tary should be elected who would reside at
Sacramento and possibly solicitor to 90
around and gather up the information in
regard to the counties The work of the
Executive Committee should be subject to
the Board Of Directors, which should meet
quarterly, semi-annualIy, annually, or
otherwise, and direct and advise this EX-
ecutiVe Board. / sub-directCry could be
established in each county TO regulate local
matters, and collect all information
and statistics in regard 10 that coun-
tv, and each sub-directOry shouid
have members in every voting precinct
This would place every section in direct
communication with the Directors. There
should be q member in every township rc
locate people when they come here. Ht
should be in direct communication with
the Directors, so they would know where
to send people when they come here. There
are thousands Of people now passing
through Sacramento and going south, and
if you ask them anything about northern
California they will say, Well. / don
know anything about this place" ASK
them about Placer, for instance, or Ne
yada, and they say, Yes, | believe Ne
vada is a mining town. but since the mining
has gone in that has gone down. II
that section OF the country there is some O
the best fruit land in the State, and tht
world wants to know that fact. and we wan
20 Ulr6CJ tAc tltCnlI0D OF lNe people OIL llt
Eastern States and other sections tC
it, When they come and settle We
want somebody to show them wher,
to locate, If they say they want to go tC
Placer county, or Tehama, or Nevada, o
Shasta counties, we want man we can re
fer 10, to tell them about that county-th,
location, and description, and resources, etc
And if an immigrant says l think wan
to 20 to Tehama, you can say, 60 righ
straight to Mr. So-and-so, of TehaIna.n H
| goes to Mr.. So-and-so and says, " l want t,
go in the eastern side, or he says, Ivan
to go in the hills; , he likes this place be
cause it is like his former residence; h
wants the low lands; he wants to ris
| higher up, on account of some lun!
| troubles. That individual can say, You g
to So-and-so, in township so-and-so. HI
viii show you just exactly where you wan
| to locate" That is the kind of people W
want to come here, and whom we shoul'
provide for. l just throw this out as sug
| gestion, the same as the suggestions of Mr.
Rideout, and in support of the suggestion
of that gentleman, as to the organization
which ought to be effected.