The San Francisco call., 1895-10-10

Howell sr., john Ferguson, John LendeTs,
Fred Hoffman, J. J. Creighton, Peter Steele,
Richard Thomas, f. A. Aorehead, Ed kaya-
J. IS pyer eaI Henry pisone + ivan Fl. Parker, B.
F. BARLEY, F. 81. Bell, w. ". Eodeaver, I. J.
Nichols, John Adams, J. W. Morgan, M. T.
Deetken, J. Gould, Louis Tetzlaff John Nichols,
C. Runckel, R. NJ. Clarken, J. H. Heuth, G: E.
Mason, J. L.Welker, J. y. Burke, J. \. Findlay,
E. B. Quigley, George Naither Jr., z. T. Nc
Kinstry, John McAmrich.
Butte County-s. P. Moody, 4. Ekman, 6: w.
Price, A. F. Jones. S. s. Boynton, W: 81. Rodda,
G 6. Belding, George + GeIsse Ed pa5 HaaEnewSs' IS
P. Lynch, William Hawkins, John Gale. ". E.
Duncan Sr., E. ". Fogg, Frank Mclaughlin,
William James, n. C. Hills, l. N. N. Allen, G.
W. Dyer and B. A. Green.
Siskiyou Cornty-Fort Jones, Andrew G.
Myers, James T. Farraher, 7. J. Notion, John
Saxild and Abraham Emo. C. o. Clark has
Plumas County-A B. White, s. S. Taylor, I.
Standard, F. g. Hail, ". Deviney, ". W. Kel-
Cate, /. H. thomas W. Schultz, S. c. Brown,
z: s. Webb, j. B. Webb, ]. B. Higgins, c. R.
Santa Clara county-Thomas Derby, A R.
Bulmore. James Harry sr., D. A. BUlmore,
John Dunstsn and Charles c. Derby.
Trinity Gounty-John McMurray, r. NJ. Paul
sen, D. G. Reid.
Headquarters will be opened in the
L 11Olct-l1 Tie IHdEDlc
Sunday. Delegates are already starting
for the City and few have arrived.
Chairman TREY l.. Ford of the COM
mittee on legislation has his report ready.
He refers TO the inability of the associa-
ton by reason of lack of funds to obtain
any legislation from the last session of
Congress. With the State Legislature
however, it was more fortunate, and two
bills were passed. Governor Budd vetoed
the one providing for appeals from judg
ments and orders OF contempt, but he ap-
proved that providing fos years limit of
time for the life of an injunction granted
prior TO the trial OF . cause. After sum-
ming up the State legislation the chair
man observes;
Your committee is OF opinion that but little
more can be done by our State Legislature than
has been done, and that the mining industry
must look 10 the National Congress for ult-
mate relief.
He next reviews Congressional legisla-
ton, giving in connection a brief re sumo
of the conditions OF hydraulic mining up
to the time OF the passage of the Caminetti
act, and after noting the changes in the
law due to that he discusses the necessity
OF some appropriation and reeapitulates as
| follows:
1t will thus be seen that the legislation thus
/! far obtained has been:
FiTst--An act OF Congress which, in the abb
sence of an appropriation, is of but little prsc-
/ tieal utility to the hydraulic miner.
! second-Certain State legislation defining
under which ii may be carried on, making an
| appropriation TO Aid it's rehabilitation and
modifying the law relating 10 temporary in
| functions.
Feeling that relief must come from Con-
| gress, the committee urges the passage oi
the two bills with which the miners are
already pretty well familiar, viz: One ask
ing for an appropriation for the construc-
ton of an impounding works and the
other amendatory of chapter VI of title 81
of the Revised Statutes. The amount Of
the appropriation which has been men
toned is 81 100000. The amendatory bIl
has for its aim the hearing OF contests bJ
the courts instead of the land offices and
would make mining records more definite
to begin with. The report concludes by
suggesting that there should be no delay
in the preparations for an effective miners
lobby at Washington when Congress meet;
next December,
had this editorial utterance:
We submit that the criticisms recently mad,
by the Nevada County Association were some
what premature and unjust. We doubt if
with this record in view, the caucus of Neyad,
County delegates will formulate resolution
condemning the past years management
is unquestionably proper to ever hold IL
prominence the main idea of the association
tne TesuscitatioH oI H!uIsuiic HsinIug Dut
is also proper to acknowledge the good worl
which the officers OF the association have &C
complished outside of that purpose
The Tidings advises the County Associa
ton to carefully review the State Asso
ciation's work before making haste to con
demn."
At the meeting of the. Alameda COUNT
Assoc iation in Oakland last night a reso
luton indorsing the State Association
record was adopted.
The following delegates to the conven
ton were named:
Samuel B. Christy, A. F. Merriam, William F
Miller, A. A. Wood, J. NJ. Wright, J. F. Newson
]. L. Lyons, T. W. Jeffreys, F. NJ Phelps, J. B
Eldridge, e. C. Rigney, G. /. Taggart, w. r
Thomas. L. n. Benjamin, George W. Baker
Mack Weber, T. T. Machin. George Goodman
| J. L. Mayon, J. L. Browne. Alternates-Du RAJ
Smith, j. NJ Taylor, Ed F. Aiken, George Uhl
r. McSorley, c. B. Rutherford.