The herald., 1894-10-20
THE PREACHER 1WAXXEOO 1WAXXEOO lWROTH
And He Had Good Reason to
Get Angry.
Ins0lent Conduct of Alameda County
Officials.
They Refused to Send Row. A. G. Bane a
Registration Transfer Until He
Sent Them q Sharp
Letter.
Hy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated PresS
OAKLAND, CAL, Oct. 19.-Rsv. A. O.
Bane wss pastor OF Asbury Methodist
Episcopal church south, in Oakland, for
q long time and became quite well
known preacher. In sermon he at
tackled Shakespeare without gloves and
gained for himself notoriety. Then he
led crusade against dancing and thea
tsr-soing, and created quite sti- in his
congregation. The controversy became
50 personal that some of the members
dropped out OF the church.
Some months ago the Rev. Mr.. Bane
setired from the Oakland church, and is
now pastor of Trinity Methodist Episco.
pal church at Los Angeles. The minis
Ger is very anxious to vote at the COM
ing election. He sent to Oakland for
his transfer the other day, but he did
not get it. That made him angry, be-
cause the time was drawing near for
him to get his name on the great regis
ter OF Los Angeles county. Rev. Mr..
Bane expressed himself very plainly in
letter which was received by the
county clerk yesterday. The letter was
ae follows:
No 522 SOUTH BROADWAY,
Los ANGELES.
County Clerk, oakland;
DEAR SIR :-Yonr eecond com munica-
ton declining to send my transfer re-
Ceived. think l have stood from your
Office all ought to. You seem to be
planning to prevent my voting, knowing
we'll my politics. II my transfer is not
forthcoming in answer to this. | will
publish your Office to the state. 1t ia
very strange you cannot find my name
on the Great Register when l am the
only person of that name in that county
when Mr.. Crane knows me personally,
his wife being q mem ber of my church
last year, and he passed my door every
day. l voted when living at 574 Six
teenth street, bat lived for while at
1914 West Fourteenth street. But that
fact need not hinder you from sending
my transfer il you wanted to. l shall
expect it by return mail, or your office
will be known az trying to hinder regis.
tration and Keep Democrats from voting.
In haste, A. @. BANE.
The letter Was turned over to Chief
Deputy County Clerk N. G. Sturtevant
and he answered it at once. This is the
reply that wac sent to the minister at
Los Angeles:
OAKLAND, Oct. 1S, 1894.
A. G. Bane:
DEAR SIR Your uncalled for and un.
gentlemanly letter OF the 18th instant
at hand, and in it we have at last gained
the information we wished, viz: where
you lived when YOU registered. You
know, or at least you ought to know,
that this county has 80 volumes. snd we
do not propose to hunt through the SO
volumes for you or any other hot. headed
fool. You have been asked to give
ward or precinct or etreet or Der,
and as you have given that information,
inclosed is your transfer. You con pit j.
lish this to the state if you see fit. The
state probably cares az much about you
and your blab as l do. As for your
being o Democrat there are very good
men who are Democrats for whom 1
have respect. But you would disgrace
any political party, judging from your
insulting letter.
N. g. SrURTEvANT,
Deputy County Clerk.
A final reply is expected from the
clergy man in few days. The officials
are wondering what his answer will be.