The record-union., 1893-08-11

Now, when / was about to go out, Mr..
Crouch said to me: See, here, Seymour,
thing up, and l don't want you to butcher
it up"
startling disclosures, sir startling
disclosures ~ exclaimed General Clunie.
canpt help sir,' replied Seymour.
You brought this on yourself. We have
shown your agents and you all the len
lency possible and have shown you all
the courtesy possible"
think so, too," responded the Cen
eral.
- es, and after your agents subjected
us and the county to all the delays and
inconvenience possible, and would give
us no satisfactory answers, We deemed 1t
proper to bring the suits in order that the
courts might decide how much you
owed the county. We have found that
only one payment was made two years
ago and that you have not paid your
licenses since. Now, that's all | have to
say for the present. but l don't wish you
TO cast any reflections upon u.s."
THE GENERAL APoLoGIzEs.
81 want to apologize, sir" said General
Clunie, rising and addressing the young
lawyer. Il did not know that Crouch or
Todd had been consulted in the matter at
all. am gentleman, and never refuse
an apology when l have made mis-
take" Then turning to the Supervisors
the General said: But, gentlemen, l
wish to say word or two more to you.
| want to get this thing Strengthened out.
l want my agents to come up here and
meet with you, so that all can go over the
receipts and books together. | want
them to show you that L AIN honest in
this matter and am not trying to deprive
the county OF anything that belongs TO
it."
You've had five months to do that in,
General" +" remarked Chairman Morrison.
well, | didn't know anything about
it then" said Mr.. Clunie; but Pm here
now asking the privilege. Pm talking
for myself now. Pm the fellow that's
been sued, you know. 1 think we can
all get together and fix this thing up.
Mr.. seymour will help us, know. OF
course he's little hot at me now, but he
is willing TO do the square thing, l know"
Il only got hot because you casB re-
Elections upon me-" said Seymour.
"Well, l apologized for that. What
more can | do?"
You forgot that you were a young
lawyer yourself once and was not very
busy"
"Yes. and guess 1 would have
grabbed on to just such little snap as
this, too"
Everybody laughed at these sallies.
Clunle and seymour continued their duel
OF words for quite a bit, but were getting
better natured all the while.
Mr.. Morrison did not think that the
board should have anything to do with
the matter IN its present shape. 1t was
the duty of Clunie and his agents to
meet with Seymour and Hartman and
for the latter to report results to the
board. we don't want to go into court
if we can help it," he said, because it
costs the peo lie whole lot of money.
But if you owe the county anything you
must pay 1t, that's ali. 1t will not be
settled on any other basis. l believe IN
theaters and want to see all kinds of
wholesome amusements for the people,
for they are beneficial. But l don't be-
lieve in allowing one man to shut up the
whole town"
NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED.
Chairman Morrison brought the Cen
eral back to his engagement with the
board by informing him that the Super
Visors had been entirely ignored by him
and his agents with reference to the back
licenses-that nobody had ever appeared
before the board in connection with the
matter.
"Well. may be they haven't" said the
General. But Pm here now for myself.
Pm pretty good fellow for looking out
for myself you know. Pm here to talk
to you
Glad to see you,' said the Chairman,
nodding pleasantly.
THANK you. Glad to see YOU al. y was
the Generals reply. Then, talking earn
estly, he asked the board to appoint a
committee to meet with him and hls
agents and see if they could not come to
some agreement as to just how the ac-
counts stood between the county and the
theaters.
NOT a MONOPOLY.
The General assured the Chairman that
the nrpSAnL th9atAF m1n1OQn1ant
a monopoly. a monopoly always raised
prices, but that had not been done in this
case. On the contrary, it had furnished
cheaper amusements than Sacramento
ever had before. The General then went
back to the original request that the fu-
ture license be reduced.
Mr.. Morrison, however, declared that
! houses doing business with people that
owed them money usually desired the
back bills paid before selling them any
more goods. He thought the same thing
should apply in this case-the delinquent
licenses should be paid before there was
any talk about a reduction.
Everybody began to talk at once. then.
and it was apparent that better feeling
existed between both sides. The General
/ appealed to the board to let him run the
theater without loss, and Manager Todd
said that his bread and butter depended
upon the opening of the theaters. Agent
NiOuCn Ga pldlil6O W luC DOafu ClaJ the
reason he did not bring his receipts and
accounts before the Supervisors was that
he had never been asked to. Mr. Hart
man, the other young lawyer" ex-
planned that Todd had agreed to address
the Supervisors, but when he did he
talked about nothing but the desired re-
ductOn, aud would not mention the de-
/ linquencies. Major Anderson read his
/ petition and filed it with the clerk, and
also made a few more remarks. And so
| il went on for some time-everyb body said
1 something.
| Finally Supervisor Todd made speech
in favor of reducing the licenses, and Su-
J peryisor Curtis indorsed his sentiments.
Chairman Morrison said, however, that
/ he would vote for no reduction until the
! delinquent licenses were paid.
Afier some further talk, however, all
4 hands agreed to meet in the chamber to-
morrow, have the books and receipts
! with them and settle the whole matter of
delinquent licenses up amicabIy, If pos
sible. After that they could talk about the
reductions asked for.
PALO ALTOS HORSES
They Are All to be sold if Purchasers
Can be Found.