Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-23
THE HOBos.
What the Butte Papers Say About the
Matter.

/ Matter.
| The published statement in the RECORD
UNION Saturday morning that the Hobos
declared off their proposed excursion to
Chico caused considerable talk among the
young people of this city. A large num-
Der of tickets had been sold, and merry
time anticipated
Saturday a number of dispatches were
received from citizens of Chico. asking
4 the excursionists to come. One read as
| follows:
| You can say that the business men of Chico.
without an exception, denounce as unjust and
| disgracefnl the attack made on your citizens
| The resolutions do not voice the sentiment of
the people, and we herewith protest against
| them. Signed:
G. W. Dorm, " David, H. K. McLennan, z. W.
Burnham, A. J: Brown, T.. NJ. Jones, A. C.
Broyles, Joseph .. Sproul, I. Burk, H. C. White,
Z; pilleF' H. Bay, G. L Mcintosh, Thomas
bart, H: T: Batchelder, Charles Faulkner, Ed
Z, Hunt. I. II. Barnard Sullivan Bros, j. w.
Roper, J. o. Rusby, F. G; Williams, Deveny &
+. A Crum W. R. Williams, ]. McStilson. H. C.
Mansneld, w. J. OConnor, NJ. L. Merry c. B.
swain, c. 81. Woods and r. A. Mccormack.
These are the sentiments of our people entire
This telegram is Endorsed by every business
man Of the town, 500 signatures can be OBJ
tanned If wanted.
III 10 the ABOVE we understand that
an Indignation meeting will be held this even
ing and an invitation extended to the Sacra-
mento citizens to make the excursion next Sat
urday afternoon.
The Chico Enterprise of Saturday evening
| said: THE resolutions published yester-
day by the Christian Workers regarding
the Sacramento excursion are to be de-
plored, and we think the good people
should have waited until the excursion
came, and then judged of the people as
they behaved themselves. Those resolutions
have given Chico blow which will be felt
Tor some time to come. To-day, in Sacra-
| mento, the people of Chico are made the
laughing-stock of the Capital City. and
along the line of the railroad the hot shot
that is being fired at Chico is indeed
humbling. As we have said before. the
parties coming were TO be composed of the
most respectable citiz ans of Sacramento
with their wives. They were coming on
Saturday, stay oYerSunday, and to return on
Monday morning; and to tell them that
they were not wanted was one of the n ost
foolish things we ever heard Of II has
antagonized the best elements of our town.
and there is no telling what the result NAV
be-
HoBoS VS.. THE BRIDES
In speaking of the matter the Oroyille
Mercury says: THE Christians of Chico
have adopted resolutions condemnatory of
the Sabbath dissertation that is TO take
place in that town on Sunday when the
Hobo Club of Sacramento will visit Chico
and play ball with the Brides. 1t will no
doubt be a gala day for the hoodlums.
rowdies and drunken rabble, although
the persons at the head of it are respecta-
BILE, quiet, law-abiding gentlemen. If the
Sabbath is better than any other day, and
If the Christians of Chico are true to their
convictions, their resolutions, under the
circumstances, are eminently proper.
They express themselves in a RESPECTFUL
manner, and there the matter and their
duty ends. II the people who intend to
play ball think differently from others it is
their privilege, SO long as they do not in
terfere with other peoples observance of
beauties OF our benehcent Government"
THEY DEFEND THEIR ACTION.
The following card appeared in the Chico
Enterprise Saturday evening:
CHICO Call, April Dist.
1t is charged in the press of this city and in O.
private letter to the Sacramento Bee that Col
onel Woodford characterized the Hobo excur-
sionists as hoodlums in his lecture in this city.
we, the UNDERSIGNED, have been present at
every meeting, and we positively affirm that
neither Colonel Woodford nor any one else, in
referring to the eXcursionists, used that term or
~ commencement them, Dut on the contrary,
colonel Woodford spoke of them as belonging
according to press reports, to respectable fami-
Hes, ana fof that reason their Sabbath desecra-
tlon was the more dangerous. The resolutions
passed and published are couched in courteous
language, and fairly state the full grounds of
opJc-tlon, which we believe are well taken.
JOHN BIDwELI,
Z. GRAHAM,
J. W. KELSEY,
Committee for the Whole.
COLONEL wooDPoRD DENOUNCED.
The Chico Enterprise editoriaily saws
" Colonel Woodford is making himself con-
spicuous outside of his temperance work,
He is not very polite in the language he
uses, and we think his influence here has
collapsed. This morning we were told by
Mr.. McKim, of the Chronicle Record, that he
called at that establishment and in the
coulse OF conversation denounced the En-
teprlSe, and using the word liar. This
IS not very pretty language for professed
Christian temperance worker But what
we want to know is why the gentleman did
not come to this Office and make his COM
plant If we have said anything wrong.
There is nothing brave about calling a man
a liar when he is not present to resent it. |
Colonel Woodfords visit to Chico has
been unfortunate. His denunciation of the
Sacramento excursion and his antagoniz-
ing the press has raised such bitter feeling
IN the community that citizens are wild
with excitement; at the same time sorry
that such blow should be given to the
town of Chico.''
Stricken at His Post.
About 3 o'clock on Saturday morning