Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-19
GLENN COUNTY.
A LARGE DELEGATION VISITS
THE GOVERNOR.

Speeches by Messrs. Goucher, Shan
ahan and Hart-Governor
Waterman's Response.
Eight carloads of excursionists came
down from Willows yesterday afternoon.
| 1t is said the party consisted of several hun
! dred people, eighty of whom were ladies.
They were met at the Depot by Senator
Goucher, Assemblymen Z. G. Hart and
T. w. FL. Shanahan The party was &C.
companied by the Willows Brass Band in
full Uniform, who discoursed excellent
music at the head of the column en- route
to the State Capitol, and on arrival in Capt.
toll Park serenaded the Governor.
The immense delegation attracted con-
sidersble attention along the line of march.
3:45, and that room, down stairs and the
gallery, was thronged. 1t was an interest
ing assemblage. Gray-haired men and
those in their prime, matrons ana maids,
| all marching to the stirring strains of mar
| tial music. with flags flying to the breeze.
| The ladies brought garlands of flowers as a
present to the Chief Executive.
| When Senator Goucher and Assembly
! men Hart and Shanahan marched into
| the Assembly Chamber, each bearing a
| good-sized American flag. the audience
| cheered them Justify, the ladies standing
and waving their handFerchiefs.
The meeting was called to order by E. C.
1 i
Ladies from Glenn County: In order that
your claims shall be properly presented to
| the Governor you should have Chairman
of this meeting. Nominations for Chair
| man are now in order"
| Fred Crawford, of Willows, was named
| for that position and unanimously chosen
while Moses Hockheimer was elected Sec
rotary.
Mr.. Shanahan moved that committee
| of three be appointed by the Chair to wal,
upon the Governor and escort him to the
Assembly Chamber.
The Chair named as such committee
Messrs. Dippenpeck, O'Brien and Merrill.
Before the committee had time to act the
| crowd began TO cry, Here comes the Gov
error now" Immediately he was given
three times three" and the band stationed
in the gallery struck up Hail to the
| Chief"
The Governor was escorted to the
| Speakers Chair and given the post of
honor.
| The Chair stated that Senator Goucher
and AsseEblymen Shanahan and Hart
would state the case of the Glenn county
people to the Governor.
When Senator Goucher stepped up to the
| Speakers desk he was greeted with a per-
| feet storm of applause and the waving of
handkerchiefs. He said
have been chosen to represent to the Gov
| ernor of California the earnestDess that has
| brought through this storm vast a throng of
| citizens-hundreds of Changers, of men, women
and children, to appeal to him in their behalf
| The question concerning which you have come
here has been carefully considered by the Leg
| 1slature. Half OF the counties of this State
| have been created out of the old ones. No
Governor of this State since the 9th day of Sep
| TENDER, 1850, when it was admitted into the
| Union, has vetoed a bill for the form
alton of a new county. This gathering is to
| show our warm. hearted and generous Governor
that the farmers and taxpayers in the pro-
| posed county of Glenn are in earnest They
represent l 200 square miles of the best section
| of the state and over Sl2,000O00 in taxable
| property. This is not a written petition but a
| hopes of this people, the desires of themselves
and their children are that the Governor will
! not depart from the long-established precedent
OF his predecessors in Office and veto this bill.
| He is the peoples Governor, and as such will
| carefully guard the best interests of the ma
| jority.
Mr.. Goucher then reviewed the history
of the bill in both sessions of the Legisla-
| ture, claiming that the advocates had Of
fered everything that was fair, had offered
| to submit it to vote of the people, provid-
ing that the opposition to the bill would
be Withdrawn. This was refused and the
| bill was passed without that provision.
This delegation before you to-day shows
| where the majority lies. l am credibly in
formed that hundreds of others would have
been here to-day had they not been water
bound. They are here to day nearly one thous-
and of them, representing majority of the pro-
posed county, to ask the Governor of this Golden
| State to respond to the prayers of her women
| and children and the desires that go I'D from
the toilers of that beautiful section. Immense
| applause.
snANAHAN OF SHASTA.
T. w. H. Shanahan was the next speaker.
| He was suffering from q severe cold and
| sore throat, and spoke with much difficulty.
He said be was born in Colusa county and
would do nothing that would bring harm
| upon that county or any portion of 1t. He
said her every interest was dear to him,
and he would almost suffer his right arm
| to be sacrificed rather than any act Of his
should in any way iLjure the people in the
| county to which he was tied by SO many
tender memories. IApplause.l He also
reviewed the history of the bill in both
| Legislatures, showing by what large major
tiles it had carried both branches, and also
claimed that its becoming law could not
harm in the least man, woman or child
in Colusa.
| 1t was proposed to leave it to vote of the
people, but this was rejected by the opponents
| of the bill. 1t was held by some that this
would be unconstitutional and void, and the
advocates OF the bill made up their minds that
] all that was necessary was to make a proper
| justification to the Legislature and the Gov
| ernor We made the proposition to leave it to
| the vote of the people, but Mr.. Bayne failed to
| follow up the suggestion and the matter was
| dropped. When Mr.. Bayne first made the pro-
! position of leaving it 70 the people was stand
| ing about fifteen feet distant. l assert now alb
| solutely and positively that Mr.. Hockheimer
accepted Mr.. Bayne's proposition and SO in.
| formed him [cheersl, and they backed souarely
| down, for they knew it would be carried by a
a three-quarters vote" More than a majority
| vote of Glenn country is in this Assembly cham
| Der to-day: IApplauseI The old county is
losing nothing in Gods world by this division.
/ Colusa was the banner wheat county and the
| banner Democratic county of the state, and the
| anti-divisionists are holding on to fictitious
/ sentiment while the advancement and material
| progress of the section demands its division.
| lApplause.l Il set apart it out-measures any
| three or half dozen counties of the older States
| II is ali important to this people. 1t is in the
| interest Oh prOBTeSS anu ualeT1dl prosperity.
1 The people of this section know of no
such word as fail, and will come forward with
| this measure at every session of the Legislature
and future legislation will be blocked BY these
/ people, who must receive recognition sooner or
later. Applause. Notwithstanding that they
/ will come again and still come it viii be a cost
| TO the State for years to come. Their request is
| right and should be granted. / don't believe il
| the Governor does sign this hill that IL will
| cause one night of unrest, one day OF sorrow 70
| anyone in the old county. Applause Sign
| the bill, Governor, and you will send more
| lght-hearted people home tonight than has
! ever left the Capital City Of the State in one
| day. lApplause-
| +. c. HART.
Mr.. Hart, the next speaker, said:
| 1t is hardly necessary for me 10 say am in
| favor of the bill, having been its author While
4 the Legislature was discussing the question
| some one impunged my motives and alleged
| that WAS the paid attorney ofthe Glenn county
advocates. was raised in the county of Co
| lusa-in the town of Colusa. There is living in
/ the town OF Colusa to-day an aged and gray
/ haired woaan-my mother. All that she owns.
| all she is possessed OF on earth is in that tow
\ to-day, and certainly would do nothing TO in
| jure her in the least or cause her a pang OF
sorrow. Immense applause The reason that