Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-22
INAUGURAL BALL.
MEETING OF CITIZENS TO MAKE NEcEs.
sARY PREPARATIONS.
The Mayor to Appoint an Executive
Committee to Report Next
Tuesday Evening.

Ihere was quite fair attendance of eiti-
zens at the Court house last evening. in re-
spouse to the call of Mayor Comstock, TO
take preliminary steps toward giving en-
inaugural ball in this city in honor of Gov
ernor Markham and the State officers to be
installed in January.
The meeting was called to order By
Mayor Comstock, who explained the pur-
pose fer which those present had been
called together. He hoped that all would
lend their best efforts toward arranging for
an inaugural ball that would do credit to
the capital city.
= J.O 0. Coleman nominated Mayor Com
stock for Chairman, and he was unan-
imously chosen TO preside.
On motion of F. D. Ryan, W. D. Knights
was elected Secretary
W. A. Anderson suggested that the ap-
pointment of an Executive Committee
would be in order.
Eiwood Bruner moved that VIM. Beck
man be elected Treasurer, and il was so.
ordered
F. D. Ryan thought the Executive Com
mittee should consist of fifteen citizens of
Sacramento, to be named by committee
OF five, including the Chairman and Secre-
tary. He made a motion to that effect.
Mr.. Coleman was afraid that such action
would take the matter out of the hands of
the General Committee, and he thought the
latter should have general charge of the
preliminary arrangements.
Elwood Bruner thought the General Com
mittee should outline the business for the
Executive Committee, and he did not I'M
derstand that it would necessarily be relin-
gushing its rights in the matter.
+. f. Tebbets was opposed to placing the
matter i'll the hands of a small committee
He thought those present should be allowed
to do the work required.
W. A. Anderson said he did not believe
there were five men present who would
willingly assume the labor and expense
attendant on the discharge of the duties
imposed upon Executive Committeeman
He wanted the Chairman to take his time
and select an Executive Committee with
care. 1t should be strictly a non partisan
affair, and a committee selected at hap
hazard might prove to be all one-sided.
W. s. Leake thought the Mayor should
be given time to select the committee. He
moved as a substitute for the other m otion
that the Chair select committee of fifteen
persons to act as an Executive Committee.
Mr.. Bruner said a motion to that effect
was already before the meeting The
Mayor had a right to call to his aid in this
matter a committee of citizens, with whom
he would be at liberty to counsel at all
times, in order to arrange for ball that
would be credit to the city.
F. r. Dray and others expressed their
views on the subject.
The matter got into a decided tangle of
: doc md oil, E. C0I
man moved, as a substitute for everything
else, that an inaugural ball be rendered the
Governor elect and other State officers.
Carried.
W. S. Leake then renewed his motion for
an Executive Committee of fifteen.
Mr.. Bruner moved to amend by provid-
ing that the Chairman select three citizens,
to act with himself, the Secretary and Treas
urer, as an advisory committee to assist in
selecting the Executive Committee.
6. NJ. Mott and F. F. Tebbets opposed
the amendment. Mr.. Mott thought the
whole matter of selecting an Executive
Committee should be left entirely to the
Mayor.
r. T. Devlin moved, as a substitute for
the whole business that the Chair be au-
thorized to appoint an Executive Com
mittee of fourteen, the Mayor to be added,
to report at meeting to be called next
week.
]. o. Funston thought the committee
should be appointed from among those
present.
William Beckman suggested that there
might be citizens absent from the city
whom the Mayor might wish to select.
Mr.. Devlin's substitute-which had al
ready been several times substituted for
other substitutes-fnally prevailed. This
was done apparently to cut off a discussion
that was fast becoming of an Acrimonious
nature.
The meeting adjourned, to meet again
next Tuesday evening when the Executive
Committee will be announced.