The morning call., 1895-01-27
to that old warhorse, Mayor Pattison of
Philadelphia:

Fhladelphfa:
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26, 1895.
Governor r. f. Pdttis0R, Philadelphia: The
people of this coast are under everlasting obi
cations for your minority report and the stand
you have. always taken against the iniquities
OF the Pacific railroads.
Would you kindly consent to go to Washing
ton on Tuesday next and by your personal
presence lend strength to the patriots in the
House who are trying to save our people from
fifty years more of dishonesty, corruption,
bondage and ruin.
There is imminent danger that the funding
bill will pass through the Influences of Hunt
ington, who, with millions OF money and q
powerful lobby, will control the votes OF many
members. ADoLPH SUTRo.
Gentlemen, desire to again state, in
conclusion, what you can do. Set the
wires going, and let every one you know
who has any influence get to work as soon
as possible, and the calamity may be
averted."
Thunders of applause greeted the con-
clusion of Mayor Sutro's effort.
A. J. Bledsoe Assemblyman from Hum
boldt County, followed the ever-popular
Mayor. 81 feel that crisis is upon u.s."
he said; ''that the citizens of San Fran
cisco should call upon their representatives
both at Washington and Sacramento to do
their duty. 1t would be absurd to tell any
one here the meaning. of the Reilly fund
ing bill. G. P. Huntington wants to ex-
tend the period for the payment of the
railroad debt fifty years. Resolutions
against the extension have been offered in
the egislature-resolutions strong and to
the point, and in favor of foreclosure of the
mortgage.
"Now, I'm going to state facts about
those resolutions. They were referred to
the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr..
Hatfield is chairman of that committee.
4Ie lives in Sacramento, and you know
that Frank Rhoads also lives there. A Mr..
Bettman from San Francisco is also a
member of that committee. Yet he told
us he had never seen copy of the Reilly
bill, and he wanted TO know what it was.
Mr.. Hatfield reported substitute for the
resolutions, but his substitute had nothing
to say about Government ownership and
control. 1t was not satisfactory, and Mr..
Belshaw and / offered another resolution
in the Assembly on Wednesday, which
urges Congress to prevent the passage of
the funding BILL to foreclose the mortgage
on the railroads, and hold and operate
them for the people. Our substitute was
adopted, and on next Tuesday morning
the Senate will be placed on record.
'"That resolution should have gone to
the Senate on Thursday morning, but it
was conveniently lost by the clerk as i'm
portant documents have been lost before.
1 learned ON Friday that the resolution had
been accidentally sent to the printer in
stead of to the Senate.
''Well the resolution reached the Senate
at last and the railroad Immediately showed
its hand. A plan was evolved to kill the
resolution. Amendments and substitutes
designed to strangle it were proposed.
MCGOWAN, Hart and Orr, and of course the
chairman of the Committee on Corpora
tons, argued in favor of delaying action
upon it until Tuesday at IL o'clock, and
action was delayed. The scheme was to
delay action until Congress had reached
bill comes up in Congress on Tuesday"
The speaker stated that he had been in
formed that long memorial was to be
forwarded to Sacramento at the close of
the meeting, but he had something shorter
and perhaps stronger to present. Then he
read the following preamble and resolu-
tons:
WHEREAS, The Bledsoe resolution, passed by
the Assembly ON January %, 1895, against the
Reilly funding bill represents the sentiments
of nine-tenths OF the people OF California; and,
whereas we look upon the action of the State
Senate in postponing q vote on said resolution
as being directly against the interests OF the
people, therefore be it
Resolued, BY the citizens of San Francisco in
mass-meeting assembled this Saturday even
ing January 26, 1895, that we demand of the
State Senate that the Bledsoe resolution against
the Reilly funding bill be Immediately passed
without any amendment, erasion, substitu-
ton or delay.
The resolutions were adopted by accla-
nation and Mayor Sutro presented the fol-
lowing:
Resolued, That we respectfully ask the State
Legislature of California TO at once provide
some means whereby public work can be pro-
yided by municipalities for the destitute men