The morning call., 1895-01-27

cally unanimous against all bills or measures
for funding or extending the time for payment
tralPacific Raflroae 81 pany,iand against any
possible conformation of personal liability or
the liability of the estates of deceased persons,
for the payment of said debt, and in favor of
strict foreclosure and the collection of every
dollar of deficit out of the individuals and es-
tateS aforesaid.
3. That we recognize the good faith the
energy and the determination OF the present
Governor of the State in his efforts TO expose
corruption in the administration OF the State
Government, and at the election of 1894, and
that, in all such efforts, we will second and sup
port him without distinction of party.
4. That we recognize the zeal, energy and
determination expressed by the. Attorney
General OF the State in respect to the prepare
ton and the enforcement within the constitu-
tion and laws of the State of drastic measures
for the discovery and exposure of fraud and
corruption in the administration of the State
government and his announced and repeated
intention to cooperate heartily and effectively
with the Governor, the Legislature and the
people for these objects.
5. That we recognize and acknowledge, with
cheerfulness and qualification, the evident in
tegrity and intelligence of many members of
the Legislature in session and their sincere
wish justly to represent the people in the in
veStigation of frauds and corruption in the
various departments of the State government
and of the municipal government of San Fran
cisco, and the election of 1894, and to expose
and punish the guilty, without regard to.dls-
wise legislation to secure probity and efficiency
in the laws and politics OF the State.
6. That we respectfully ask that the joint
resolutions proposed by the committee of
eleven, and taken to Sacramento by a sub-com-
mittee of that body, be actually introduced in
the Assembly and considered by the Assembly
and Senate, and that we declare those resolu-
tons clearly and fully to express the objects we
have in view.
z. That no matter within the jurisdiction of
the Legislature can be half as important to its
tfr fro No. fffrnf -
.corruptioh, the exposure and punishment of
the guilty and the enactment of measures to
protect the public and to insure honesty and
efficiency in the administration of public af-
fairs and that objections to the proposed inves-
legations on the ground that members have not
the time to devote to them and on the score of
expenses, we regard as insincere and absurd.
8. That the committee OF eleven has directly
appealed to the intelligence, the integrity and
the patriotism of all classes of citizens by
ignoring everything except the definite pur-
pose for which it was established by restricting
the lines of the inquiries it proposes to such
degree as to meet only the actual necessities of
the situation, by sitting and analyzing all
charges and information so as to exclude mere
gossip or SANDER and to guard private reputa-
ton against unfounded assaults by repudiat-
ing all personal aims and all vindictiveness
and all resentments, by avoiding all specific
charges against individuals until they are de-
veloped by proof and by concentrating their
efforts on the publication of our American
system exactly as it was established by the con-
stitution and the laws, and that 1t has invited,
and we invite within those limits, the hearty
cooperation of every taxpayer and of every
citizen who respects the highests interests of
the. public and is true to the best traditions
and history OF the American republic.
8. That ii is immaterial to us by what means
or through what methods the objects ex-
pressed and implied in the programme and
proposed joint resolutions OF the committee of
eleven and in the foregoing resolution are car
ried into effect, whether by the appointment of
non-partisan commission or joint COM
mittee OF the Legislature or by both, but we
insist and demand that the proposed action be
prompt, decided, comprehensive and search
ing, that it extend to the highest as well as the
lowest traitors in our midst, and that, while it
may be and doubtless would be proper that it
be continued between the sessions OF this
Legislature and the next, report be made
during the present session, through which the
guilty may be reached and upon which essen
t1al legislation may be enacted.
10. That any investigation which does not
distinctly and uncompromislngly include the
asserted relations between the railroad corpor-
atoms and public officers, executive, legislative
and judicial, directly or through agents, repre-
sentatlveS or Intermediates, and the asserted
improper and corrupt influences exerted by
them upon the administration or the law and
upon the administration of public affairs, and
which did not extend to every public junction
airy ana to every private citizen 10 whom such
IRRESPONSIBLE misconduct can be legally traced,
we would regard not only as deluslon ana a
snare, but as a farce and as expressly designed
to aid the railroads and their tools and to mis-
lead and deceive the public by the substitution
OF other lines OF inquiry, however desirable In
themselves, for that which is paramount ana
essential to the very existence III q true sense
OF the State of California as one OF the States
Of the Union
IL. That if necessary to avoid possible fail
ure to investigate the matters referred 10 IN the
last resolution, we demand the formation OF
separate commission or joint committee to
efectuate its object