The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-03
Ill SHOULD cE1EBRATE.

mayor SHt9'0 Tells OF the Retedse FROM
ThraJIdOn.
Mayor Sutro was found at his residence
at Sutro Heights last evening. He was
sitting in his library reading a dispatch
from Washington. The telegram evidently
gave the Mayor great deal of satisfaction,
as he read it over and over again. 1t con-
graduated Mr.. Sutro on his victory and
stated that Mr.. Mcguire had said the
Reilly funding bill was as ''dead as
mackerel.'
Mayor Sutro said: "This has been
great victory over the Central Pacific and
the Union Pacific railroads, Wall street
and their strong lobby. The bill was
beaten because the Congressman were
ashamed to vote for it. My circulars
showed that there was fraud and bribery
going on. sent kilograms to Holman
and several others this morning asking
them to denounce the frauds. The tele-
grams reached the House about P. NJ, at
the height of the excitement. My circu-
lars made the Congressman afraid to vote
for the bill, as they would have been dis
graced forever among their constituents.
81 believe that many who had been
bribed voted to recommit the bill. My
circulars also opened the eyes of many
honest Congressman who did not under
stand the matter thoroughly. / have no
doubt that millions were spent by Hunt
ington in bribery, and that he had counted
noses few days ago and found he had a
majority.
eyes, have spent great deal of money,
but do not regret it. 1t will be returned
e. Al;
State now that the bill has been defeated.
1 spent about $4,000 this past year and
about $4,000 the year before, but it has been
we'll spent. The amount does not compare
with the sack put up by the octopus and
still it has been beaten.
"Now, if Cleveland will only do what I
advised him last year, the people of Cali
fornia win be the happiest people on earth.
Let the Government take the railroads and
run them as toll roads. The Government
need not run the trains. All that is neces-
sary is to rent the tracks to various rail-
road companies. Then California will
have several competing railroads and her
prosperity will be assured. If the authori-
ties say they do not know how this plan
can be worked | will show them. It is
simple enough if they will really try to do
it.
81 think the people of this city and of
the whole State should celebrate their re-
lease from thralldom. Their appreciation
of the action of the Congressman should
be suitably shown. Let them awake to
the situation and realize that had the bill
fathered by the octopus been passed yes
terday they would have been slaves and
their property would have been worth
millions less than at present. As it is,
property in California is to-day worth
double what it was yesterday. Action
should be taken Immediately by the lead
ing citizens for rousing celebration and
jubilee"
The Mayor penned the following message
to the people through the medium of this
paper:
Editor Call: Let the people of the Pacific
Coast in every city, town and hamlet celebrate
the great victory obtained at Washington over
corruption and bribery and of our release from
bondage and slavery.
Ii have contributed my unit to bring about
the result shall feel proud to have served my
fellow-citizenS. Very truly yours,
ADoLPH SUTRo.
Sutro Heights, February 3, 1895.
Governor Budd expressed himself as
pleased at the defeat of the Reilly funding
bill and said: 81 hope that the Govern
ment will now take hold of those roads
and run them at cost. l have long been in
favor of the Government ownership of
few such great highways across the coun-
try to act as check upon exorbitant
charges. trust that this will come abont
now and it seems to me the best and about
the only thing that can be done under the
circumstances.