The record-union., 1893-10-10
LARGE REPRESENTATION FROM THE
MINING COUNTIES
sh ockinG Tragedy at a Free Kinder
garten in San Francisco - The
Janitress of the Building Gashed to
Death With a Knife-Her Husband
Suspected of the Crime-A Los
Angeles Police officer Commits
Suicide.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.


ers' Association assembled in Pioneer
Hall, at 1890 O'Clock this morning.
Small blue silk banners in the body Of
the hall indicated the positions of the
various delegations. On the right of the
main aisle from front to rear were seen in
the order named the banners of Placer.
Sierra, Alameda, Ell Dorado, San Fran
cisco and Siskiyou. On the left of the
aisle were ranged in the same order the
banners of Nevada, Yuba, Butte, Plumas.
Calaveras, Amador and Shasta.
On the platform the only attempt at
decoration was the festooning of the ma
tional colors on the wall behind the
| Chairman.
At 10 o'clock the delegates formed in a
| column of fours opposite the Palace Hotel
| on New Montgomery street, and, headed
| by the Newcastle band of Placer County,
/ marched up Market street to Pion eer
Hall.
| The delegates having taken their seats
! the baud stationed itself in the gallery,
wnere little preliminary music was
played by way of an overture to the reg
ular proceedings.
! Upon calling the convention to order
J. II. Neff said that three years ago the
miners of California had lost heart. AT
an opportune moment the Miners Asso-
| citation was organized. They had met and
! framed bill 10 revive hydraulic mining,
which had been passed by Congress. The
matters which were then in contention
! between the farmer and miner were now
! in the hands of the Debris Commission,
an absolutely impartial body.
| The objects of this convention had been,
! he said. fully set forth in the call for the
convention, which Mr.. Neff then re-
! quested the Secretary, W. G. Ralst0n, to
read, and which has been already pub
! lished.
Upon motion of Mr.. Filcher of Placer a
! committee of seven on credentials were
ordered appointed.
| Senator Ford of Sierra moved that a
committee of fifteen be appointed on legis-
lation and that al resolutions touching
State or national legislation should be re-
| ferred without debate to such committee.
A. Burrows of Grass Valley, Nevada
County, objected that the committee as
proposed would he too large, and he also
| objected to the proposition to refer reso-
| lutions to the committee without debate
as savoring too much of gag law. He
moved that the number of the committee
| be reduced to seven and that debate be
/ allowedOn all resolutions.
Mr.. Fuiweiler of Placer suggested that
all resolutions be referred without debate
/
any resolution have the right to after
ward bring the subject before the con-
vention.
Mr.. Ford said the committee, to be
| fairly representative, should consist OF
fifteen delegates, and there was also a
precedent for this number.
Mr.. Burrows withdrew his amendment
and the motion as offered by Mr.. Ford,
prevailed.
a committee of five on Order of Busi-
ness was ordered appointed on motion Of
Senator Cross of Nevada.
| A committee of five on Ways and
Means was ordered appointed on motion
of MIR. Sonntag of Nevada.
| Upon motion of Mr.. Thomas the con-
vention at IL O'Clock took recess of
! thirty minutes to enable the Chairman to
appoint the committees.
! At ll:30 the convention was again called
to order, when the Secretary read the fol-
lowing list of committees:
Committee on Credentials j. A.
| Filcher, Placer; Grant |. Taggart, Ala
media; w. H. Byington, Sierra; w. B..
Meek, Yuba; r. q. Hart, Shasta; W. S.
Chapman, San Francisco; w. l.. Cole,
Nevada.
Committee on Legislation - Tirey l..
Ford, Sierra; G. w. Cross, San Francisco:
j. S. Mcbride, Nevada; +. Searls, Ne
vada; A. Burrows, Nevada; j. NJ. Wall
ing. Nevada; John NJ. Fulweiler, Placer;
| c. f. Macy, Placer; Colonel J. II. Kron,
Placer; r. II. Campbell, Siskiyou; John
McMurray, Trinity; Stanley A. Smith,
Sierra; II. V. Reardon, Butte; E. A.
Belcher, San Francisco; Charles G. Yale,
San Francisco.
Committee on Ways and Means-Julian
Sonntag San Francisco; S. K. Thornton,
San Francisco; Edward Coleman, Ne
vada; W. b. Thorpe, Placer; James
O'Brien, Yuba.
Committee on Order of Business-R. ].
Thomas, Nevada; A. Tragidgo, Nevada;
Professor s. B. Christy, Amador; j. w.
C. Maxwell. Tuolumne: w. Il. Hale. Ala
media.
John kirkpatrick of Nevada County
was appointed Sergeant-at-Arms.
The convention at 1l:45 A. NJ. took re-
cess until p. NJ.
The list of delegates submitted to the
Committee on Credentials showed the
number of delegates to be AS, and from
each county to be as follows:
Amador, q; Alameda, Is; Calaveras, s;
Butte. a; Sierra, 81; Nevada, l20; Placer,
lib; Shasta, 6; Trinity, 4; Siskiyou, 6;
Yuba, 30; San Francisco, "a.
Three representatives were present
from the San Francisco Board of Trade,
they being Captain John Birmingham,
A. S. Hallidie and William 2. Sullivan,
IiJr.
At 2:15 P. NJ. the convention was ag ain
called to order.
There being no contests for seats the re-
port of the Committee on Credentials was
adopted without reading.
The report of the Committee on Order
of Business as follows was adopted: First
Report of Committee on Credentials.
Second-Election of Officers. Third-Re-
port of Committee on Ways and Means;
report of Committee on Legislation. n.
Fourth-New business. Fifth-The good
of the association.
The committee also recommended that
the constitution be amended so that two
members be added from each mining
county to the Executive Committee.
The convention next proceeded to the
election of officers, each nominee receiv-
ing very complimentary tributes from
those who placed them in nomination.
The following officers were elected by ac-
elamation:
President, Jacob Neff; Vice President,
S. K. Thornton; Secretary, w. w. Rode
haver; Treasurer, Julian Sonntag.
The amendment to the constitution in-
creasing the number of mem bers of the
Executive Committee was adopted unani-
mously.
The financial report of the Secretary
was read and approved. 1t showed the
receipts for the past year to be 81, 070 81,
and the expenditure S3,9S2 45, leaving
balance on hand of SSS 80.
NJ. Z. Church South.