Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-12
speedy relief from situation that has become
practically insupportable.

speedy relief from situation that has become
practically insupportable.
JOHN F. SWIFT,
H. V. MOREHoUsE,
Z. A. DAVIS,
EIIHU ANTHONY.
F. j. Clark moved that 1000 copies of
the memorial be printed for the use of the
members. This was amended so as to
make it 5000 copies, and then passed, and
its consideration postponed until to-day /
Mr. Combaker. of the Amalgated Club of
the city of Oakland, or the swhat is it y
league of Alameda county, offered the fol
lowing:
Resolrod, That the following be sent as te,e-
gram to washington, ID. C., as a substitute for
the report of the Committee on Resolutions:
SACRAMENTO, Cal.
To the President aud Congress Of Tie United states
OF lHaeracd-GENTLEMEN The representatives
OF the people of the Pacific coast in Convention
assembled, have decided that the Chinese must
go. Act accordingly.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE
The President promptly ruled il out of
order on the ground that it was offering an
insult to the President of the United States
and Congress. The attempt at wit on the
part of the would-be wit OF Oakland fell
! fiat upon the Convention.
Grove l.. Johnson said he would intro
duce a resolution that would please every
body, and that was to levy an assessment
of 81 80 a head upon the members of the
Convention. to pay necessary expenses.
This was all right for those who represent
ed themselves, but the poor devils who
were loaded down with thirty or forty
proxies each commenced a brisk kicking,
and for few moments the air was blue
! with the oaths of the unterrified proxy
| holders. Johnson had suddenly beared the
market, and proxies, especially those of the
| confederated labor leagues represented by
| Hofmeister and Haskell.
Action on the resolution was deferred,
and motion adopted appointing a Com
/ mittee on Finance to report in the evening
as TO amount of bills, and the assessment
| per member necessary I'd pay them.
e. A. Davis introduced the following,
which was referred to the committee
Resolred, That while we are unalterably OPP
| posed to the further immigration of Chinese 10
this State, and are determined and pledged TO
/ the use OF all honorable and lawful means to
| compel the departure from our common
| weGlth of all those now here, by supplantlng
them with free labor, still we do declare that
the persons and the property of the Chinese
/ now here are entitled to the full protection OF
! the law, and that we are opposed to any vlo-
lence or unlawful intimidation or threats in
carrying out purposes above set forth.
A number OF other resolutions were in
| troduceG and referred.
Adjourned to p NJ
Evening Session.
At tie evening session the Chair APP
pointed as Finance Committee the follow
ing-named gentlemen J. w. Elder. ]. S.
Cole, ]. ]. Evans, VIM. B. Sauiiey, II NJ.
Bernard. The committee retired, and later
came in and reported that the expenses of
the Convention would aggregate about
$500, which would necessitate an assess
ment of 81 % per delegate and proxy. The
report of the committee was adopted as
read.
There was an effort to relieve Messrs.
Haskell and Hoffneyer of their embarass-
ment, claiming that if they were obliged to
pay they would be bankrupt. This created
much discussion, many claiming that if
! they refused to pay they should surrender
their credentials.
Mrs. Laura DeForce Gordon was intro
duced during the time the Convention was
waiting on the Committee on Resolutions,
| and addressed the Convention. She spoke
at length, reviewing the entire Chinese
! question. She thought the women of CAL
| ifornia should interest themselves in this
| question. We must insist, she said, that
no more come here, and see that every
Mongol is removed from our midst. She
believed in most thorough boycott of the
| Chinese and all who employ them. They
say we cannot get along without the Chi
nese-our food will go uncooked, our shirts
unlaundried, our fruit unpicked, our crops
ungarnered, our houses unkept. Bless
| your hearts, we had no Chinese in the DAYS
| of our mothers, and we raised more and
| larger families then than we do now. She
| devoted herself to the fruit-raisers, and said
| that all the Chinese engaged in the bust
ness during the prevailing low rates of fare
could be replaced within three months
Her speech was received with immense
applause and cheers.
On motion of Mr.. Reddy, the Convention
rendered the lady vote of thanks. The
vote was unanimous, and decided by
rising vote. While on their feet some one
! proposed three cheers, which was given
with will, the galleries joining in the
| huzzah, and closing with an immense
''tgah %
The taking up of the assessment occupied
almost an hour. When it was concluded,
Damn of Alameda arose and stated that
| cisco delegation had refused to pay the
assessments of the absentees. They had
used them the night before to elect their
Chairman. Their vote put Judge Freer in
| the chair, and if the San Francisco delega-
ton refused to pay their assessment then
he should ask that Judge Freer step down
and out, and give the chair to G.. F. Nc
Glashan, to whom he said it Justly be-
longed. The motion was seconded.
Mr.. McGlashan arose and said: "For
Gods sake don't do that Withdraw those
words; withdraw that motion"
Damn insisted amidst the shouts and
cheers of few near him.
Judge Freer made a personal explana-
ton He regretted that he should be the
cause OF any man getting up at this time so
near the close of the Convention asking
him to relinquish his place to gentleman
whom he defeated for that position on YES
terday. He had treated all with impartial
ity.
Mr. McGlashan gained the floor amidst
a most exiting scene, and secured the rec
ignition of the Chair and the attention of
the Convention. With tears in his eyes he
appealed to the better sense and Judgment
OF the Convention to frown down any and
all such motions as were introduced by the
delegate from Oakland He paid a high
tribute to Judge Freer. and resented the
proffered gratuitous insult. He moved
that the motion be laid upon the table, and
that the Convention express their appreci-
alton of, and confidence in, their able and
impartial President.
The motion was carried by rising vote.
every gentleman in the room arising with
the exception of Mr.. Damn. When the
noes were called for not an individual
arose, and while kisses filled the air and
shouts of SHANE" and "put him OUT
Mr.. Pixley charged across the chamber,
and shaking his finger at the mover of the
motion, asked him in stentorian tones
why he did not vote, and sneeringly
challenged him to rise.
Sconchin, the irrepressible Sergeant-at-
Arr ind t1,af ono half c.
Joseites Immediately moved Sconchin's
expulsion from the floor. This was Pix
leys and Grove l.. Johnson's opportunity,
and they jumped into the breach and
championed Sconchin's cause. A rising
vote was taken on the motion to expel the
Sergeant and lost by close vote.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
After the Convention had subsidized from
what appeared at one time would ciIlmi-