The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-01-19
San Francisco People Intend to
Make Reforms.
GREAT MASS MEETING HELD
Huntington denounced as "A Briber aud
Congress Asked to Right Cali
fOrnia's Wrongs.

San Francisco, Jan. 13.-The appoint
ment of Nose Gunst, a well-known
sporting man, as police commissioner
of San Francisco, and the recent re-
fusal of Acting United States Attorney
Knight to issue warrant for the arrest
of c. p. Huntington for violation of the
interstate law in issuing pass to Frank
M. Stone, politician. and glaring frauds
at the recent election, caused Mayor
Sutro to issue call for a mass meeting
of citizens to take action on these mat
ters.
The meeting was held last night in
Metropolitan hall, which was crowded
by representative citizens. 1t is esti-
mated that 10000 people We're turned
away, being unable to gain admittance
to the hall. The meeting was very bus
iness-like. Speeches were made by we'll
known men and a series Of resolutions
adopted appropriate to the occasion.
The resolutions adopted denounce c. p.
Huntington as a self-c0nfessed briber
and accuse him of taking s56, 900, 900
from English stockholders in the Cen
trail Pacific, and a solemn protest is en-
tered against the passage of the funding
bill, and the speaker of the house is ap-
pealed to to protect the people Of Cali
fornia by refusing to give a special or
der for day to the Central Pacific rail-
road committee, and each individual
member of congress is appealed to to
not overlook the 100000 protests against
this bill filed by the inhabitants of the
Pacific coast.
The resolutions also demand that the
Of no
in this judicial district shall issue a war
rant for the arrest of Huntington. The
president is appealed to to see that
justice is done and that he demand
that Messrs. Knight and HeacoelK do
their full duty under the law or that
they be relieved from the offices they ]
are disgracing and degrading.
Other resolutions denOunce ex-GoVer-
nor Markham as a tool of the Southern
Pacific and the appointment of Nose
Gunst as police commissioner is char
acterized as a burning shame and a dis
grace to the respectable portion Of the
community. 1t was resolved that a.
committee of three be appointed to wait
upon Gunst and request him to resign
the office, and also that a committee of
IL be appointed to effect a permanent
organization to act with other organi-
cations of like character in securing
the reforms 50 earnestly desired.
MORE OVERFLOW MEETINGS.
San Francisco, Jan. 1.-TWO monster
meetings following that of last night
were held today, one in the MetropOli-
tan hall and the other in the Odd Eel
lows hall for the purpose of stimulating
the sentiment in the way of municipal
reform. Both meetings were crowded
and standing room was eagerly sought
for. Both gatherings were under the
auspices of the local civic federation.
At the meeting in Metropolitan hall,
Reverend Henry was the principal
speaker and he denounced in scathing
terms the appointment of NJ. A. Gunst
as police commissioner and the mani
! fest corruption in the local elections.
/ The largest meeting was at the Odd
/ Fellows hall, filling the gallery and
! floor until there was room for no more
to enter.
1t was marked by fierce speeches,
followed to the close by the hearty ac-
cord of a gathering wholly in earnest.
1t was carried on under the direction
of the law and order league and the
/ speakers chose for their topics local
election frauds, the appointment of
M. A. Gunst as police commissioner and
the refusal to issue warrant for c. p.
Huntington The two pricipal speakers
were Rev. DR.. Ebert Ollie and Rev.
| DR. c. O. Brown, two prominent minis
tiers.