The morning call., 1893-03-14
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

HlSky lives led by some of the memners
While in this city. Certain legislators
strohgiy resented the publication, and it
was made the excuse for retaliatory meas
ure against Sacramento, in the shape of a
resolution removing the State capital to
San Jose, which was rushed through both
houses on Saturday night Conservative
intelligent and respectable legislators. unon
whom the publication in no way reflected.
regarded the measure as good Joke. to be
remedied by a reconsideration, but others.
urged on by the adherents of San Jose and
the enemies of Sacramento, were appar-
emily determined to make the action alb
solute.
"A meeting of representative citizens of
Sacramento City on Sunday evening, hastily
called together, adopted strong resolutions
denouncing the Bee as newspaper, con-
demaing its statements concerning the
legislators IS false and libelous, and re-
pudiating all belief in or responsibility for
them on the part OF Sacramento City.
Whlle the resolutions contain much that
their trainers VIII acknowledge, in cooler
moments, to be untrue and unjust as re-
CARDS this paper it is eminenIly right and
proper that the citizens of Sacramento
should disclaim any responsibility for the
acts or opinions of the Bee. This news
a.
gers. and they alone are responsible for
anything that may appear in its columns.
ut is not necessary to discuss at present
the merits of the publication of Saturday.
1t reflected on the respectable members of
the Legislature only to the extent that cir
cumstances had made them colleagues for
sixty days Of those TO whom reference was
mad. For that publication the Bee will
gracefully accept proper punishment ifft
cannot prove its truth and its propriety
NotHlng was said stronger than appeared
IN the Examiner last week, nor in several
Sacramento papers. II appears that the
Bees article was timely for the San Jose
scheme, however.
If, however, the Bee has been guilty of
sin against the Legislature, it is the Bee
that should be punished and not the city
and citizens of Sacramento, who are entirely
innocent in the matter. To remove the
State capital from Sacramento because the
Bee has offended the Legislature is as un-
Just and as unworthy Of dignifed law
makers-lt the measure be really maintained
In earnest-as to refuse all necessary legisla-
tion to San Francisco because some leading
newspspe rs of that city have published in
black type the names of large number of
Legislators as enemies of the people for
opposing the Traffic Associations measure.
The Legislature certainly does not mean
to give the people of the State to under
stand that 1t will submit to no criticism, and
VIII retaliate arbitrarily, through its legs-
latlVe power, GU any city or county whose
newspapers criticize the members of the
body. Yet, the action of Saturday night,
IL intended other than as joke and now
maintained in earnest, will certainly give
that formal notice to the State
TO move the State capital will cost the
people Of this State many millions of dol
lars more than any city will ever subscribe
to the purchase, and if the present Legisla-
ture desires to add such a measure to its
record, 1t certainly ought 10 be done only
alter Careful consideration, and not hastily
sprung without notice and rushed through
In the heat of m0mentary passion. Aud
If the Legislature deems it necessary to
intlct some punishment for the iRdignity
it seems to believe it has suffered at the
hands Of the Bee, the proprietors Of this
paper urge, in all sincerity, that it is hardly
seemly in conservative lawmakers to pun
ish the innocent and let the guilty escape"
w. A. Anderson, AssembIymen from
Sacramento, said this evening: "Our peo-
pie feel very much depressed over the pas
sage Of the Seymour resolution. They have
lived here through fire and flood and have
put nearly 81, 1000 OF their money into
the State Ca piIol, aud they feel the injus-
tice deeply Of having it taken from them
by any such snap legislation as that by
which the resolution was passed. l be-
lieye, however, that the motion to recon-
slider the motion whereby it passed will be
taken from tie table aud before the measure
becomes law it will receive Its quietus."
c. n. Post, City Attorney, said that the
conservative thinking people do not con-
slider that such articles as appeared in the
Bee warrant any such action as was taken
by the Legislature. They regret that the
members of the Legislature should enter
tam any but the most friendly feelings
toward the people of Sacramento, and hold
the opinion that so important body as the
State Legislature should be animated by
feelings of craftsmanship rather than of
personal prejudice.
The Sacramento Board of Trade tonight
adopted the following resolutions:
WHEREAS. We fully recognize the right
of journalists to conduct their new spapers
as in their judgment may be for the best in
terests of those owning the enterprise; and.
whereas, the public by its support of a Jour
nal at least submits to. and by its patron
age tends to encourage, the issue Of a news
paper; and, whereas, we as the Board of
Trade of the city of Sacramento do hereby
earnestly protest against the slanderous
articles published in the Daily Bee against
the Legislature of the State of California:
and, whereas, we believe the members Of
that body are fully up to the standard Of
past Legislatures. and should be treated
with respect; and, whereas, we protest
against the policy of the Daily Bee, pur-
sued now for many years; and. whereas, we
fully realize that il is high time for US 10
protect ourselves. our property and the fair
fame of our city, and also our honored
guests; therefore, be it
ReSolred, That we do hereby withdraw
all our patronage from the Daily Bee.
w. d. CoMsToCK, Chairman
The San Jose men filed the lobby of the
Golden Eagle Hotel Tonight and there was
great jubilation. They feel perfectly con-
fdent that they have got the fight won, and
are now talking about the people accepting
the amendment two years from now by an
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