The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-30
OUT FOR BONDS.
The Good Roads Association at Work
in Earnest.

The Good Roads Association at Work
in Earnest.
The Good Roads Association of Alameda
County is working hard for the success of
the refunding of the municipal bonds to
be voted upon next Saturday. Every day
the association is issuing circular to the
people.
The following is the most pungent
portion of to-day's article:
1t is a curious fact that the only serious
difficulty that the rounding proposition has to
meet is the apathy of those who favor it.
Organized opposition there is none. But the
voters forget that this election is different from
an ordinary election. Under ordinary clrcum-
stances the candidate receiving the greatest
number of votes is elected, and those who re-
fra1n from voting merely waive the privilege
OF choosing among the candidates, and do not
affect the result. But at the bond election an
affirmative vote of two-thirds is necessary, and
every voter who STAYS away from the polls is
really voting against the bonds. Apathy
always to be deprecated, is inexcusable here.
eIThere are some, however who oppose all
issues OF bonds, who are opposed to the present
proposition merely because it calls for an issue
of bonds. To such it ought to be sufficient to
point out the fact that the proposition to be
voted on next Saturday does not involve the
creation OF any new Indebtedness. The propo-
sltion merely amounts TO THIS: Shall $40, 900
ment be divided into forty equal parts and one
part paid each year for forty years? This
ought 10 be a sufficient explanation to put an
end to all opposition.
CoIgan's Deposition.
The deposition of Secretary Colgan of
the State Board of Equalization was taken
Yesterday in the suit brought by Assessor
Dalton against the Supervisors. Mr.. Col
gan testified that there was no meeting of
the board held until the 18th of July. On
that date he read the minutes of meetings
held by the board between January and
July Is, including the entries of the extern
sion made by him. The minutes of the
18th show Minutes of previous meetings
read and approved. It's claimed that this
approval of the minutes "of previous meet
ings' approved the entries made by Mr..
Colgan. 1t is also claimed that as the
State board met at San Francisco June 20,
in which they authorized the secretary to
grant extension applied for, therefore,
he had right to make entries OF such ex-
tension.
Both of these claims are denied on the
part of the Assessor.
Presbyterian Convention.
The members of the Oakland Presbytery
opened a two days convention at DIR.
Coyle's church to-day. The subject of the
convention is, 1.-The Work of the Holy
Spirit" To-day programme is: 10 A. M
Bible-reading and prayer; 1.-THE Day OF
Pentecost, Rev. F. Rhoda; address, The
HOLY ODlFIG III AbOfs ~.
Burgess. Up. withdrawing and prayer;
1.-THE Holy Spirit in the Acts" Rev. Z. F.
Fish; address, 1.-THE Holy Spirit IN Bible
Teaching" James Curry, DID,; address,
1.-THE Holy Spirit in All Church Work,
Rev. F. s. Bush. 7:30 P. withdrawing
and prayer; 1.-THE Holy Spirit in the
Epistfes,' Rev. r. Logan; "The Holy
Spirit Amounting for Service" Robert +.
Coyle, DID,; conservation service, Rev. ID.
II. Rice.
Disarmed an Officer.
Officer Sill has been off duty for three
days, and at the police office to-day it was
stated that he had the grip. A man
named Seaman tells very different story.
Seaman, it is stated, was approached by
Sill and the policeman attemp pied to take
him into custody without telling him
what crime he had committed. Seaman
resisted and Sill hit him on the face with
his club. Seaman then gave the officer an
all-round thrashing, took away his club.