The record-union., 1893-09-09

J iiO4lttS " hO NOttLu D6llONG any IHEliI OE
success lies along roads like these. They
1 won't b8lieve it. Go back" And"
added Mr.. Maslin, "back we came, and
the county lost fine Investment"
Mr.. Fulton of Lassen supported the
resolution. and as amended it was
adopted unanimously, and the President
| of the convention was added to the
Executive Committee.
The committees proposition to
thank the League of American Wheel
| men for their powerful crusade against
bad roads was unanimously adopted.
/ The report was then adopted as a whole.
Mr.. Knox OF San Francisco first, how
ever, lii an able effort endeavOred to get
the tabled resolution concerning a State
highway Commission taken up for re-
consideration. Gilbert OF Fresno Op-
posed taking up the resolution, not be-
cause he was opposed to commission,
perhaps, but it was clear besides, that
the convention lacked Information as to
! the purposes of a commission. He
1 thought all the matter should go to the
/ EXecutIye Committee TO tell the people
what 1t meant, and it was so Ortered.
Mr.. Perry OF Santa Cruz offered q reso-
! luton looking to collection OF statistics
I by County Surveyors, as to traffic over
( county roads in California, ETC., to be re-
I ported to the Executive Committee.
Adopted.
Mr.. Lindsay offered resolution of cor
| dlaI thanks and Acknowledgements to the
sacramento County Humane Society for
calling the convention; TO the Committee
OF Promotion, Messrs. Irvine, Lawton
and Woodson; TO the ladies who dressed
the chamber in flowers; to the CiLiZens of
4 Sacramento for their cordial welcome and
hospitality; to the press of the State for
It's support OF the call; to Governor Mark
ham, who lent his powerful aid to the
calling and promotion Of the convention;
and to all who have aided the work OF the
body.
The resolution declared that the con-
| ventiOn had not assembled in vain, but
had successfully inaugurated a move
ment that is the beginning of a great
good work for California. The resolution
extended thanks to the President of the
convention, A. b. Lennon, and to
Secretaries Ripley, Baldwin, Lawton and
knox. The resolution was adopted with
/ enthusiasm and applause.
/ Professor Smith Of Palo Alto extended
an invitation for the next convention to
assemble i'll San Jose, where Santa Clara
good roads would serve as object lessons.
| referred to the Executive Committee.
Mrs. Reed, by request, addressed the
convention on road conditions in Men
docino and Humboldt and the uneco-
nOmic state of road affairs there existing.
She dwelt upon the great resources of
those two counties and told how they are
crippled for want of good country roads
and railroads.
Mr.. Fowler of Alameda invited the
delegates to visit his county and see some
fine roads of various kinds. He invited
the convention to next sit in Oakland
and gave the invitation in the name of
| the Board OF Trade, and he read tele
gram from that body inviting the con-
| yentlon to so meet in Oakland, that city
promising to pay the convention eX-
peuseS. The invitation was ordered re-
ferred TO the Executive Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Ostrander a rising
vote OF thanks was rendered the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Lennon, for the able manner
in which he had presided.
Mr., Gilbert of Fresno made a warm
speech against bonds, and asked the dele
gates to 60 home and work to educate the
people to use their own money to i'm
prove the means of communication over
country roads. He said ne spoke for the
| Farmers Alliance, at the head of which
he stood in California, and which body
would oppose bonds or further mort
gaglng OF farming lands.
Mr.. Stanton of Santa Cruz offered a
resolution that the law should be
amended so that contracts for bridge
! building may be under plans chosen by
Boards Of Supervisors with specifications
and working details. AS the law now is.
the board has to accept the specifications
and plans Of the bidder selected. Re-
Mr.. HOag OF San BernardinO offered a
resolution asking Boards of Supervisors
| to make appropriations to aid the ex-
penses Of the Executive and Educational
Committees. Adopted.
The President announced the Execu.
! tive Committee as follows: J. r. Price,
/ Colusa; }. l.. Maude, San Bernardino; j.
A. tilcher, Placer; IL. Weinstock, Sacra-
mento; j, NJ. Fulton, Lassen; Thomas r.
Knox, San Francisco; J. l.. Gilbert,
Fresno; Thomas Mcconnell, Sacramento;
j. a. Linscott, Santa Cruz, also that he
had selected as Engineers on Education
Committee Ernest Mccullough and Otto
Won Geldren, both of san Francisco.
Mr.. Green Of COlusa moved that when
| the Executive Committee calls a cOnyen-
ton, it shall call this" convention. He
held that 1t was gain, not loss, to have the
same mon meet again. Those in this
/ body have learned, been made wiser. by
this conference. TO call another GROUP
will be to spend another two days to get
up to the point this convention has
reached.
( The convention reconsidered its former
resolution for calling ''a'' future conyen-
! ton, and Mr.. Green moved to amend
/ that the Executive Committee shall call
'this' convention to meet at future
date.
Mr.. Lindsay of Santa Cruz opposed the
proposition of the convention perpetual
ing itself. This body has done a great
good work; great gain has been had by
this conferences; let The next conference
be an independent one, if the delegates
constituents wish it; if not, they can re-
turn the present delegates.
MIR. Green said the convention had
/ erected an Executive Committee and an
Educational Committee, etc., and that
| was all in line of perpetuation. Given a
| public trust, he always discharged it and
did not believe in turning it over to some
one else. There is no money, no Job in
this. If there were salaries or mileage it
would be different. Before voting that
we are incompetent | want another trial
at 1t. Laughter 1t is great big work.
| Who expects in one and a half days to
accomplish what has not been done, has
/ been neglected halt a century nearly ?''
He felt that very great good had been
accomplished. He came here with his
| mind blank; he should go away full of
| food for thought So it was with all the
! delegates, he added.
The matter was very pleasantly, hu-
| morously and seriOusly.debated by Price.
| Maude, Mccullough, Barton, Ostrander
and Reed, and the convention finally re-
considered its action by directing the En-
ecutive Committee to reconvene the con-
vention at future date.
| The Committee OF Promotion, through
1 the executive officer, then told how the
| convention idea originated with the HUI
name Society, thanked the delegates for
responding to the call, and closed by say
/ ing the convention had been a success, as
| Sacramento foresaw it would be-she
| always gets what she sets out to accom-
plish. With humorous remark about
| Capital location the officer bade the dele
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