The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01

ties, and he believes the present financial
condition of the Pacific: roads affords the
people of the United States an opportunity
to secure: actual ownership of these great
highways by mortgage foreclosure, pure
and simple-and foreclosure, and nothing
short fit, is whatMr. Reynolds wants.
There was meeting of the Union for
Practical: Progress last night in Ceres
Hall, at 621~ Farrell street. There were
not many present, but those that were
went onrecord with a resolution that be-
tween its lines politely informs the COM
mittee of fifty that it is not doing what it
ought to do.
: :. The resolutions were not agreed to until
thoroughly discussed by f. w. Lynch, J.
5. Reynolds, +. w. Potter, J. T. Wetzel,
John NJ. Reynolds and several others, but
finally they were adopted without dis
sent1ng voice. They are as follows:
.. WHEREAS, 1000 citizens have petitioned
Congress to enact such measures as will col
lect the debt due the. American people from
the corporations known as the Pacific railroads,
ana TO hold those men who have become mil
lonaires by .robbing those roads responsible
: for their acts; and whereas, all petitions and
all resolutions adopted at the many mass meet
lngs held to consider this subject have asked
OF congress that the Government mortgage on
the Pacific railroads be foreclosed and tnat the
roads be bid in py the Government and oper-
ated in the interests of the people; and
whereas, on Saturday, December Z, at a mass
meeting OF citizens OF San Francisco the de-
mand was repeated by resolutions regularly
moved and passed, that the Government should
assume control OF these roads and operate
them, and committee of fifty was provided
Tor III those resolutions, and said committee
was instructed by the same to prepare q bill
that was to be submitted to the people for rati-
hcatlon, and then, if indorsed, such bill was to
be forwarded to our representatives at Wash
lngton; and whereas, the committee OF fifty
has been appointed by Mayor Sutro who was
chairman OF said meeting of December z, now
be IL
RESOLVED, That the Union for Practical
Progress in view OF these past events respect
iully demands in the name of the voters who
have expressed their wish that the Govern
ment snail assume control of the Pacific rail-
roads, that Congress shall listen to and obey
the voice OF its constituents; and
Res0toed further. Thatwe again demand in
tne name OF the people, who have by petition
ana resolutions, asked that no funding bills be
passed; that our representatives strenuously
Pacific railroads, and
Resolued further, That we call upon the
committee OF fifty to faithfully carry out the
expressed wishes of the mass-meeting OF
nSecemoer iS-, 40 4, ana we hereby publicly request
them to prepare q bill providing for the Gov
ernment ownership and operation of the Pa
cliic railroads, which have defaulted in re-
funding 10 the Government the loans granted
TO them; and we further ask that the bill be
su ubmitted to the citizens OF San Francisco at a
mass-meeting within two weeks for their rati-
hcatlon or rejection as they have requested by
the resolutions to which that committee owes
its existence; and
ReSotred further, That the president of this
society is authorized to appoint committee of
five to forward these resolutions to our repre-
scntat1yes IN Congress, to present this request
to the committee of fifty and, if in their fudg-
ment 1t may be expedient aud necessary to