Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-06


the desired result He had been informed since,
however that eX-AuOrney-General Hart had
asserted that he would enJoln all IN one SUIT
If this could be done, or il there was any more
feasible or better plan, the committee would
Bailey thought, as long as they needed some
legal light on the subject, 1t would be the
proper thing to ask General Hart to come before
the meeting and address the Convention on the
subject.
Blair seconded the motion.
The Chairman was afraid that they could not
be successfully proceeded against Ill one suit
He was afraid some of them would be thrown
out on Il misioinder. Sawyer, he said had al
ready practically decided against union of
suits.
Steinman said he did not attend the Conven-
ton to hear addresses from General Hart, but to
consider the report OF the committee He was
opposed 10 omnibus suits, and for that purpose
would not vote any of the county money.
Bailey said some OF the supervisors did not
know all the law they should, especially upon
this important question, and he thought his mo
ton to invite General Hart to come before the
Convention was right and eminently proper.
Gottlieb objected to Sacramento county being
harnessed up with Solano. He said the latter
was not represented in Convention
Steinman moved that Soano county be strick-
en- from the report. Lost ayes, y noes-GOtt-
lieb Christy aud Stefnman voting aye.
The report OF the committee was then adopted
as read, by II vote ofl4 ayes to- -Steinman
and ChriSty voting in the negative.
smith moved that the Clerk be instructed to
furnish Il copy of the proceedings of the Con
veution to each of the Boards of supervisors of
the counties Interested, ana that each county
pay the Clerk Tor his trouble. Adopted.
I}abb moved that when the committee ad-
iourn they do SO at the call of the Chairman.
Supervisor Tut moved that General 10 Hamil-
ton who was present, be allowed to address the
Convention.
General Hamilton thanked the gentleman for
his courtesy, said he had watched and listened
To the proceedings OF the Convention with con
"a int. All NOT hot hn
add ANYTHING to what had already been said
but felt extremely gratlned that the opportunity
had been offered. He did not appear an at
tornev but in the capacity of private citizen.
He complimented the Convention upon the work
they had acCompliShe and commended them for
the spirit of fairness that mad seemed to per
wade and guide all their transactions. He said
the Courts had decided this YeNed question: and
he thought correctly too. He had made the
debris question study for more than twenty
years and he, rs Il lawyer, would admit that the
decisions OF the Courts were right and Just.
While YOU, gentlemen have Il right 10 feel
agrieyed at the condition of affairs, you are not
aware of the feelings OF the miners. You have
been compelled TO tight floods and slickens, have
been driven back acre by acre until the blight
ing debris is III your very door steps. on the
other hand, the spirit OF lIberality on the part
of the selfSacriticlng miner who Is obeylng the
laws of the State, although to obey means to
lose all. \ few years ago, before the sawyer de-
CisiOn in the mines were hundreds of men who
were counted wealthy; no nobler-hearted, more
willing or law-ahldlng people III the world. To-
dAy those men are poor, their wives and chill
dren once used to Injuries, really in want. Not
Withstanding these deplorabe circumstances
there is no disposition on their part to defy the
laws ard they ouldindignantly scurn TO live in
a country the laws ofwhich they would nOtobey.
He said he had been among the mining people
of Il Dorado, Placer and Nevada counties dur
ing the past ten days. He had Visited their
tiresides.- dined at their tables and had yet TO
near the first unkind word uttered by the miners
against the people of the valley. The mining
year has closed, and hydraulic mining as gen
Crnl thing has stopped He asserted that the
miners were lust as loyal and law-abiding as
were their brothers in the valley. You. most of
YOU, were there once yourself and know the
truth of that statement. sawyer decision came
out late III the year. All their preparations
were made for their seasons work The miner
owed his grocer, his butcher, his shoemaker.
his banker, one another-in fact, they were
all in debt. They looked around them
on their large families. saw their infants
on the floor and the parent without the
price of a meal. They, actuated by the
purest and best motives, with love for their
country and their tellOWman, have acted their
part nObly. They have the same love for and
interest in this golden State that you have. He
was always opposed to hydraulic mining and
glad that il was now forever stopped. He ad-
yised that the Supervisors should consider well
before they commenced further litigation 1t
was wrong to create trouble between counties
and set one community against another. You men
Of the plains dear TO Us as are our neigh
bors al home This meeting will result in much
good if the delegates will go home after inter
change of ideas and inform their people of the
exact state of affairs. Before you commence
battle had you not better find out who you have
to fight Before you 90 to law find out who
YOU are going to sue2 Take the advice of your
District Attorneys. If You in Sacramento have
not faith in your District Attorney take the ad
vice OF able jurists like Catlin and McKune, and
my word for il they viii tell you your District
Attorney has given sound legal advice. YOU
rs supervisors are only trustees of the COunty's
md. md o.
unless the county property is endangered. Who
are your antagonists You are fighting a dead
Indian. You have whipped the miners, horse
| foot and dragOOn. send some intelligent person
| through the mines and ascertain If there
| Is any necessity for this action
| In the three counties named the miners viii
gracefully but reluctantly submit. They are
| putting all their hydraulic mines III shape so
| that they can be drittcd. This takes time and
money, time and patience. time and sweat, and
| my word for il they are sweating over it now.
They are running tunnels some two thousand
| feet in length at an expense some places of $40
! per foot. They cannot live otfof the bedrock,
neither can they support and school their
children. War to the knife in this
more magnanimous, lend n helping hand and
| allow those men to clean up the claims and
| tunnels and thus assist them in their struggle
| TO transform their hydraulic mines into drift
| diggings. Send good men to that couptry and
| ascertain If what l assert is not true. He said
! he belonged 10 the AntiDebris Association.
|
was too warm hearted a man 10 try to oppose
! his neighbor. The values in the mines since
| the Sawyer decision, commenced TO shrink, and
| have been shrinking ever since. There was II
| time when those mining counties respected
| the wealth and dictated the policy of this state.
They were ever friendly to Sacramento, and their
| wealth of gold flowed in Il continuous stream TO
| her merchants and producers. When other por-
| tions of the State endeavOred to snatch the Capt.
| tol from Sacramento, those sections referred to
said no. and il remains here to-day The speaker
ICoucluded his remarks by requesting thai the
valley send men into the mines 70 ascertain the
| facts relative to the matter and let them return
aud report The miners would defray all their
expenses aud pay their per diem.
Colonel Moulton said il was the old story, cry
of more time, more time wait a little longer.
! Let Us so ahead like men; be firm but just. We
do not wish to stop or hinder in the least any
kind of mining except hydraulic.
Mayor Bingham warned the members OF sac
ramCnto not TO take too much stock in the warm
hearted remarks of General Hamilton. We
have no feeling against the miners: wish them
present and continued prosperity. We wish the
gentlemen in the mountains TO prosecute their
work 80 As not to injurc us. He thought the
committee had acted wisely and well. He said
we will have TO carry the processes to their very
doors or mining viii never stop. We never bring
suits without careful examination. He said,
whether or not other counties assisted, Euba
and suffer were determined to enioin all the
mines now in operation.
On motion OF Supervisor smith the Conven-
ton adjourned.
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