The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-07
Public Sentiment on Proposed
Railroad Legislation to
Be Voiced.
THE MASS-MEETING TONIGHT
Mayor Sutro Issues Another Ringing
Address to the People to Eman.
cipate Themselves.

Tonight popular sentiment il regard to
the proposed funding bill desired by the
railroad will be voiced at o mass meeting
to be held at metropolitan Temple.
The time has been considered ripe for a
firm declaration of will on the part of CAL
ifornia in regard to the proposed enact
ment. In the last session OF Congress the
Reilly bill, though strongly backed by the
corporation interested, was defeated
mainly through the timely expression of
disfayor. Now Congress has met again and
it is asserted that there is an underhand
intention to rush similarly obnoxious
bill through the House before Christmas.
1t is to take immediate steps to prevent
any such sharp tactics that the mass
meeting tonight has been called. 1t is
not definitely announced what practical
measures will be taken, but it is supposed
that permanent committee will be ap-
pointed to watch Congress at long range
and. if necessary, send agents to check or
checkmate hostile lobbying at Washing
ton. Possibly, too, means will be taken to
start a California defense fund wherewith
to fight the passage of the proposed bill.
A large number OF influential citizens
have volunteered to lend their presence on
the platform and there will be short ten
minute speeches by representative men.
1t is expected that there will be large
attendance of public-spirited men and
women, who are opposed to the railroad
being shown any discrimination over a
poor man in regard to the liquidation of
its debts.
Mayor Sutro issued the following ad-
dress last night, in which his views on the
subject are clearly indicated:
To the People of San Francisco: When the first
tat a q trip
spark it reached every corner OF our country.
Coils P. Huntington has fired his first gun
by his insolent manifesto, Just addressed TO
Congress- in regard to the passage OF the fund
ing bill for the debts OF the Pacific Railroad.
The sound OF that gun has pervaded every
part of the United States, but especially the
Pacific Coast and the Middle States.
This is the third session of Congress that an
attempt is made to pass such bill, it having
been defeated in the last two sessions.
Mr. Huntington's manifesto is on Il CONNER
ciaI basis He points out that it will be worth
more dollars and cents to the Government to
fund their Indebtedness than to have it fore
closed.
shame upon the American people, if such q
measure should pass an American Congress.
Shame upon the American Congress to per-
petrate such an lniqulty.
This is not a question of dollars and cents
it is the question OF the honor of the American
people that these giant robbers. who have de-
spoiled this Government out of everything on
which they could lay their hands, should now
have the braZen assurance to ask that their in
debteduess should practically be made q gift
/ TO them.
say it is question of honor for the Ameri-
can people to let the law have its course in the
case of a rich corporation well as in that OF
Il poor man. II poor man owns small piece
OF property that is mortgaged, ii he cannot pay
the mortgage. his property is sold
If these rich corporations owe hundreds OF
millions to the Government and have stripped
the property held as security OF everything
that is valuable their property should be fore
closed and sold to any one who desires to make
the purchase. There half a dozen roads