The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11
Mayors of Four Large Cities
Issue a Stirring Mani
feSto.
TO BE HELD NEXT SATURDAY.
Delegates to Be Divided Into Three
Glasses, and No Proxies Will
Be Allowed.

The call for a State convention, which
the opponents of the funding bill trust will
result in the crushing of that measure
when it is brought up for consideration be-
fore Congress, was issued yesterday, signed
by Mayor Sutro, Mayor Davie of Oakland,
Mayor Baggs of Stockton and Mayor Hub
bard OF Sacramento. 1t is as follows:
To the Mayors Of the Cities ana To,0es Of Califor
h?d ana TO the ChdtrmeR Of the Boards Of Super
plSoTS OF the Counties STbeTe0f-GENTLEMEN: That
huntington and other railroad magnates are
now trying TO force Congress into passing q
funding bill is patent fact.
Ii this iniquity shall be consummated either
the United States viii ultimately give the Cen
tral and Union Pacific Railroad companies
$SO,000,0OO, and thus cancel Il just debt due
the people; or II the bonds are redeemed, then
California in particular, together with the Pa
clfic Coast States. Will be compelled to pay
these $4,000 600 in the form of increased
freghts and fares.
Ii a funding scheme is passed it will be
governmental condonation OF most gigantic
crime. Such legislation precludes for years all
transcontinental railroad competition and
leaves US in the grasp of single goddess mo-
nopoly. Believing that We should make final
struggle against greater slavery, and that the
good citizens of this State are opposed TO any
funding scheme, we have taken the liberty OF
inviting you TO aid i'll calling State conyer-
ton.
The purpose of that body shall be to express
the united opinion of the citizens OF California
against this vicious legislation and to send
memorial to Congress, protesting against 1t as
an outrage on our rights as American citizens.
So inspired, we ask you to appoint one or
more reputable citizens as delegates to State
convention, to be held at San Francisco, at the
MetrOpoli tan Temple at 1 p NJ, on Saturday,
January 1S, 1896. The delegates shall be ap-
portioned as follows:
First-For cities, one for each 5000 people, to
be appointed by the Mayor.
Second-For towns, one for each town having
over 500 inha bitants and less than 5000, to be
appointed by the Chairman OF the Board OF
Trustees thereof.
Third-For counties not containing ineor-
porated towns or cities, one for the county
having at least 500 inhabitants, to be ap-
pointed by the Chairman OF the Board OF
Supervisors.
These appointments to include all the cities,
towns and counties in the State OF California.
if the delegates cannot attend in person they
are requested to send resolutions containing
an expression of their views. Please make
your appointments al once and issue creden-
tials 10 each delegate.
No proxies will be allowed.
AS the time is short and precious the demand
for action is urgent. In the name OF our grand
State we respectfully demand your eo-opera-
tion in this hour of danger to our honor, and
feel confident that your response will be
prompt and patriotic.
January 8, 1896.
ADoLPH SUTRo, Mayor of San Francisco.
]. L. DAVE, Mayor of Oakland.
H. NJ. BAGGS, Mayor of Stockton.
c. H. HUBBARD Mayor of Sacramento.
Mayor Sutro was not IN sanguine mood
yesterday over the prospects of the fight
against the bill. His lack of confidence
was occasioned by the receipt of the fol-
lowing telegram from the agent of the
committee of fifty, who is now at the Ma
tionaI capital, in response to query as to
how matters are progressing:
WASHINGTON D. c., January 10, 1896.
Adolph SUtro, San Francisco: Huntington is
not here now; doesn't need TO be. Half House
and Senate are his attorneys. Great reason
against him in the Senate.
While expressing q fear that the plans
of President Huntington of the railroad
will prevail during the present session of
Congress Mayor Sutro insists that the fight
must be carried out to the bitter end and
that the more gloomy the prospect of de-
feating the bill appears the harder the
committee of fifty must labor in the cause.