The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-22
FORMATION OF THE PARADE.
Constables Hold Meeting and Ar
range for a Test of the
Fee Bill.

and ommittee-meetings to arrange for
to-day's festivities began.
Grand Marshal Robinson visited the Ma
tive Daughters organization of Alameda,
about whose participation some doubt was
expressed, yesterday. He found them
eager to be in line in the parade. They
promised to be present in handsomely
decorated drag.
The formation of the parade was decided
upon yesterday, as follows:
FIRST DIVISION.
Chief of Police and four mounted officers.
Platoon of police of sixteen men.
Grand marshal and twelve aids.
Fifth Infantry Band.
Fifth Infantry Battalion, Major John Hayes
in command.
Four-in- hand carriage, containing Grand
President Joel D. Sproul, Mayor j. l.. Davie and
Chairman of the '95 Celebration Committee
Rod W. Church.
Grand officers on foot.
Members of Grand Parlor, Board OF Super
visors, Board of Education, Board OF Public
Works and members of City Council, in car
riages.
SECOND DIVISION.
Edward H. Benjamin, Grand Marshal.
First Infantry Regiment Band.
Benevolent and Protective Order OF Elks.
Floral float
Canton degree of !. o. OF.
Uniform Rank No. IL, K. of P.
Oakland Fire Department, in charge of Chief
Lawton and First and Second Engineers.
Acme wheelmen.
Reliance wheelmen.
THIRD DIVISION.
DR.. w. n. Blood, marshal.
First Regiment drum and fife corps.
Alameda Parlor No. IS, Native Daughters of
the Golden West, in decorated four-in-hand
drag.
Oakland Parlor No. so, n. S. G. W.
Piedmont Parlor No. 100, n. S. G..
Brooklyn Parlor No. Isl, N. S. G. w.
Drum and fife corps.
Alameda Parior No. AZ.
Halcyon Parlor.
Mission Parlor of San Francisco.
Stanford Parlor OF San Francisco.
The previously published line of march
has been changed somewhat. The parade
will march out San Pablo avenue to Six
tenth street, thence to Telegraph avenue,
thence to Broadway, thence to Fourteenth.
has been fully decided upon, and will form
one of the most attractive features of the
celebration. 1t will be held under the aus
pices of the California Yacht Club. Cas-
sasa's Band will discourse music from q
stand erected on barge anchored about
100 yards from shore, below the Webster
street bridge. Along the opposite shore of
the estuary, at the foot of Broadway, will
be ranged the larger vessels of the yacht
feet. lying in Brooklyn basin and the es-
tuary. Nearer to the Oakland shore the
smaller yachts will be stationed. All will
be decked with flags and bunting and will
send up fireworks during the evening.
The life of the picture viii be furnished
by feet of naptha launches, which will
tow long lines of gayly decorated canoes
and boats to and fro under the glare OF
hundreds of electric lights placed on the
wharves, the bridges and the rigging OF
the vessels.
The programme for to-night's grand
open-air concert at the City Hall Park is
as follows:
Grand overture, Macbeth. Hatton
operate selection, "Faust" Gounod
Fan fsA american airs, "Lustiger BrUder
Concert Waltz (by request) VoIstedt
Overture. William Tell" .........-........ Rossini
Gems nom the admired works OF Tost Godfrey
Excerpts from "a Galety Girl" Jones
March, "Great Republic .Thiele
The celebration committee has received
word from all parts of the State that a
large number of visitors are to be expected
and hotel accommodations are being ar
ranged for the guests.
ARRANGING FOR CONTEST.
About twenty constables and deputies,
representing all sections of Alameda
County, met at the office of constable J. F.
Cronin, 453 Eighth street, yesterday to
discuss the recently enacted fee bill and
settle the details of the coming struggle
which is to be waged against that law.
Mr.. Cronin explained in detail the OBJ
jectionable points of the bill and the meth
DDS by which legal battle could be sue
cessfully waged against it.
He said that he had consulted number
of competent legal authorities on the mat
ter and that all had expressed an opinion
that in the hands of good attorneys the
measure could be proved to be unconstitu-
tional.
Mr.. Cronin also explained that the fight
against the bill would be very expensive,
and that the constables and their aids
would have to put up at least SIS, 900 if
they expected to carry the battle to a sue
cessful issue.
He asked if those present were willing to
put up their percentage, and all expressed
desire to aid to the full extent of their
abilities. Mr.. Cronin then said that Arthur
Rodgers, a San Francisco attorney, had
consented to join with ex-Supreme Justice
Van r. Paterson in the matter, and that
as soon as preliminaries were arranged a
test case would be made.
An Alameda County officer will open
the battle by refusing to turn over fees as
provided by the law, and the constables
will make the fight, which they promise
will be to finish.
Those who attended yesterdays meeting
signed an agreement to do all in their
power to assist in the fight. financially and
otherwise, constables. Justices and other
officials throughout the State whose fees
are cut down by the law