Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-05
SAMPLE sMALLNEss.
ActAon Taken by she Sam Dieg
Chamber Of Commerce.

Chamber ef Commerce.
A little incident which illustrates the
temper of the people Of San Diego
towards those of this section, took place
ct recent meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce Of that city. The meeting was
held for the purpose Of arranging pro-
gramme Of entertainment for the sena-
torial party which was soon to visit San
Diego. There were present large num-
bsr of the most active, and presumably
the most liberal-minded men of the
city. The first thing they did was to
decide formally that their plans should
not be made public in any way, lest it
should be telegraphed north and come to
the knowledge Of the Los Angeles Cham
ber of Commerce, which at that time was
prep airing q similar form of entertain
ment. The belief was openly expressed,
and to all appearances unanimously
entertained, that if the Los Angeles
people should learn what magnificent
preparations we're being made below
they would manage to head the party III
in some way. subject them to some kind
of delay, 80 that they could not come
to San Diego at all. There was no one
present to call attention to the absurd
impossibility of the idea, considering
that the route and movements of the
party had all been planned out and were
not subject to material change.
A short time later a reporter OF the
Onion came into the room, and he was
gravely informed that nothing must be
allowed to go out with regard to the
plans of the Chamber, lest it should be-
come known in Los Angeles; and, at
their special request, the plans were kept
Q profound secret.
As the telegrsphic columns of the
HERALD showed yesterday, the San
Diego Chamber of Commerce mapped
out very complete programme of enter
tainment for the committee, which was
carried out successfully in every partic-
ular. There was nothing about it, how.
ever, which could not easily have been
anticipated by anyone OF good sense.
Why it should have been concealed will
always remain a mystery.
About month ago, at q meeting OF
the Los Angeles Chamber Of Commerce,
the matter of the movements of the Arid
Land Committee came up for discussion,
and it was announced by President Jones
that they did not propose to spend more
than two or three days in the southern
part Of the State, and would visit Pssa-
dena and Riverside, and possibly Santa
Ana, but that they could not arrange to
go to San Diego. 1t being the
opinion ofseveral members of the Cham
Der that the Sweetwater dam was an in
comparable illustration of the possibility
and the advantage Of the storing Of
water, after some discussion vote was
passed almost unanimously directing
that the Secretary of the Chamber con-
fer with the parties who were arranging
the line of march and advise them by
all means to have the committee visit
San Diego. The few who voted against
the motion did SO because they thought
that inasmuch az the Senators would
probably do as they liked in any event,
it was absurd to pass such motion.
The outcome of the matter was that the
party did visit San Diego, and spent
more time there than they did in Los
Angeles. The trips on Sunday to the
seashore we're merely affairs of pleasure,
and Monday was consumed at San Ber-
nardino and Riverside. Thus the con-
trast between the spirit shown by the
organizations representing the different
sections becomes somewhat glaring.
A gentleman who was present at the
meeting Of the San Diego Chamber OF
Comm gave to q representative Of
this paper the facts narrated.