The record-union., 1895-08-23
THE OLD CRY is STARTED AGAIN.
Sacramontans Charged With Contem-
plating ExtOrtiOn.
Some People Who Object to Paying
Fifty Cents or Dollar q Night
for Room.

A Committee from Bay City Parlor OF
San Francisco will arrive in this city to-
morrow for the purpose of selecting
headquarters.
The San Francisco Exempt Firemen
asked that if they bring up a band with
them would they be allowed to lead one
OF the divisions. Word was Immediately
sent to them that whatever request they
might make would be granted.
The Mexican Veterans of this city will
participate in the parade.
Sierra Parlor of Forest Hill, Placer
County. will join with the other Placer
parlors in the celebration.
Wall FROM WOODLAND.
The following from the Woodland
Democrat of last evening deserves a
chrOmo:
''In response to the announcement in
Tuesdays Democrat quite number
have left list of rooms with Proprietor
Halsey of the Byrns, which they can fur
nish IL the Native Sons run an excursion
to this city for sleeping accommodations
during the Admission Day celebration.
THE action OF the Sacramento lodging
house keepers in raising their rates has
met with an indignant protest from the
committees having the Celebration in
charge. If no reduction in rates is made
it is not at all improbable that special
trains Will carry people TO this city TO en-
JOY good nights rest. 1t is not known
how the idea of Woodland being a bed
room for Sacramento will suit some OF
our boomers. All who come will be- cor
daily received and well entertained at
reasonable prices"
1t is only necessary to state, in order to
show the righteousness of the above,
that the Native Sons Committee in this
city has secured hundreds OF rooms for
visitors at fifty cents each per night, Is
this extortiOn?
Possibly some private families do not
care to Inconvenience themselves by
taking lodgers at less than 81 q night, but
the local committee has been working
chiefly on a iifty-cent basis.
Some visitors will prefer to pay 81 q
night for choice bedrooms and Darlors in
fine residences if the occupants will re-
celve them. And there are some families
who prefer not to go into the business OF
renting out their best apartments, but
who might be induced to do so lust to
accommodate a class who are ALWAYS will
ing to pay more than regular rates for
extra accommodations
Whence did the Democrat receive in
formation that anyone here in the BUSH
HESS OI reHtIuR rooms hau raised the rates
for fair time?
There has not been a case of extortion
| in this city IN years. and yet there is a
class OF persons who are always ready to
charge Sacramentans with Squeezing
their visitors. 1t is safe to say that there
is not in ali California a town or CITY
where visitors are treated more literally
than in Sacramento, as thousands who
have attended conventions and other
large pubic gatherings here can testify.
1t is those who never leave their VII
lagos that are always seizing upon pre-
texts to raise the cry of extortion here.
They are never heard to say anything
about how visitors have been robbed in
some of the cities where fiestas have been
held this year, yet Sacramentans who
went from here to the Santa Cruz carni-
val were charged several times more than
| they had paid at the same hotels and
lodging houses at other times. Still. they
said nothing about it, for it is the custom
every ywhere-excepti in Sacramento.