Omaha daily bee., 1895-01-14
SAN FRANCISCO AROUSED
Ten Thousand People Unable to Gain Ad-
mission to Public Meeting,
DsNcUNCE THE PACIFIC FUNDING BILL
Ex-Governor Markham Branded as Tool
of tho Southern PaciHc--Cal Upon
Nose Guust to Resign as
Police Commissioners.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.-The appoint
ment of Nose Gunst, the well known sport
ing man, as police commissioner of San
Francisco, the recent refusal of Acting
United States District Attorney Knight to
issue warrant for the arrest of c. =. Hunt
ington for violation of the interstate COM
merce law and the issuing of a pass to
Frank II. Stone, a politician, and the glar-
ing frauds at the recent election caused
Mayor Sutro to issue call for mass meet
ing
The meeting was for citizens TO take ac-
tion in these matters. The meeting was held
last night in Metropolitan hall, which was
crowded by representative citizens 1t is es-
timated that 10000 people were turned away,
being unable to gain admittance to the hall.
The meeting was very busnesslike. Speeches
were made by well known men. and series
of resolutions were adopted appropriate to
the occasion.
The resolutions adopted denounce C. p.
Huntington as self-confessed briber, ac-
cuse him of taking $56,OOo,0O0 from the
English stockholders in the Central Pacific
and a solemn protest is entered against the
passage of the funding BILL and the speaker
of the house Is appealed to to protect the
people of California by refusing to give u
Il
Railroad company and each individual men,
ber of congress is appealed to not to overlook
the 200 900 protests against this bill filed by
the inhabitants of the Pacific coast.
The resolutions also demand that the legal
| authorities of the United States in this judi
| cial district shall issue a warrant for the
| arrest of Huntington. The president is ap-
| pealed to to see that justice is done and that
! he demand that Messrs. Knight and Heacocll
| do their full duty under the law, or that they
| ,,aI F.. a.,
| ing and degrading. Other resolutions de-
nounce Ex-Governor Markham as the tool of
| the Southern Pacific railroad and the ap-
pointment of Nose Gunst police commits
soner Is characterized as a burning shame
| and disgrace to the respectable people of the
| community. 1t was resolved that a commit
| tee of three be appointed to wait upon Gunst
| and request him to resign the Office of police
commissioner; also that a committee be APP
pointed to act with other organizations OF
| like character in securing the reforms sc
| earnestly desired.
HELD TWO MORE MEETINGS.
Two monster meetings following that o
last night, were held here today, one il
Metropolitan hall and the other in Odd Eel
lows hall, for the purpose of stimulating
sentiment in the way of municipal reform
Both meetings were crowded and standing
room was eagerly sought for Both gather
ings were under the auspices of the Loca
Civic federation. At the meeting in Metro
po!itan hall Rev. j. A. Henry was tn
principal speaker, and he denounced Il
scathing terms the appointment of Mos
Gunst as police commissioner, and the mani
fest corruption in local elections. He ais
went after the district attorney for refusn
to issue a warrant for G. p. Huntington
, arrest.
!, The largest meeting was at Odd Fellows
hall, filing the gallery and floor until ther
was room for no more to enter. 1t wa
marked by fiery speeches, followed to tn
close by the hearty accord of a gatherin
wholly in earnest 1t was carried on unde
t the direction of the Law and Order league
: and the speakers chose for their topics tn
local election frauds, the appointment of N
A. Gunst as police commissioner and the re
i fusal to issue warrant for c. p Huntington
The two principal speakers were Rev. D
5 Elbert billiard and Rev. G. o. Brown, tw
prominent ministers.