The record-union., 1896-01-20

floor whenever the spirit moved him,
reminded the delegates that the occa-
sion was ''momentous" and that the
octopus" was at work. Then the band
played Columbia" That cleared the
way for the appointment of the follow
ing
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS:
George K. Fitch. Mayor ]. L. Davie of
Oakland. Mayor Il. NJ. Boggs of Stock
ton, Mayor G. II. Hubbard of Sacra-
mento, Senator Ostrom of Yuba, l. j.
Truman, H. E. Highton, Gavin McNab,
John T. Doyle, Morris NJ. Estee, ex-
Congressman Cam1netti or Amador,
Ben Morgan of Oakland Marion Can
non of Ventura and Mayor Sutro.
John T. Doyle said he had couple
of resolutions written out and motion
was made to give the committee thirty
minutes in which to report, but, think
ing that some other might have reso-
luton to propose, substitute motion
was carried giving the committee one
hour for their deliberations
When the committee had retired, the
stage was put at the service of those
who would address the convention. DR..
Cleveland spoke. He prescribed heroic
treatment of Congressman who did not
vote against the funding bill, to wit,
they should be taken out and hanged.
He softened only when he came to pay
his compliments to Mr.. Sutro, "Our
Mayor, one of the foremost publicists
of the world"
After this speech small man wanted
to know where they were at, what the
order of business was. The Chairman
subdued him with a look.
MR.. SUTRO'S SECRETARY.
Next in order of speakers came Taylor
Rogers, otherwise known as Mr.. Sutro's
Secretary. What shall I talk about, !"
said he. "I know that there are many
here who are saturated with the study
of history. All men are equal in the
| law. Huntington has got his $50 O00,-
600, and Stanford and his crowd have
committed every crime in the calendar.
The merchants of San Francisco are
the biggest towards in California. Why
are they not here to-day?"
James f. Barry was then called to
the rostrum. Those who have ever
read the Star have heard his speech.
Then came Frank Sullivan, who spoke
| in the general tone required. Being in
| terrupted by the report of the Commit
tee on Resolutions with their report,
he would have stopped, but being urged
to go on he told of his political troubles,
/ chief of which was that he had been
elected to Congress once, but his own
party, the Democrats, in that body had
turned him down.
The first real spirit was developed
after the reading of the following
RESOLUTIONS:
Whereas, Several bills are now pend
ing in Congress, having for their object
the refunding to the United States Gov
ernment of the debts owed by the Pa
cific railroads, and
| Whereas, The people of California are
deeply interested in this question, and
are now assembled in State Conven-
ton to express their opinion thereon,
and desire to respectfully submit the
| following:
First-That the United States Gov
ernment, by large grant of land and
bonds, generously aided the construc-
ticn of the Pacific railways;
| Second-That the bonds are now
partly due, and the grantees refuse to
pay them, and ask the Government to
extend for fifty or hundred years the
| time of payment at half the ruling rate
of interest;
Third-That the assets of said rail-
roads have been fraudulently converted
by the original stockholders of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company, Hunt
ington, Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker,
| who and whose estates now declare the
roads are bankrupt, while they are each
worth many millions of dollars which
rightfully belong to the security;
Fourth-That these same parties have
by all sorts of illegitimate means kept
out competing railroads and thereby
managed to extort from the people OF
this coast exorbitant rates of freight
and fares;
Fifth-That these extortions have i'm
poverished and well-nigh ruined our
farmers and brought the country gen
orally into state of abject dependence;
| Sixth-That by such legislation they
would also escape personal liability as
trustees for the United States, having
| distracted the assets constituting a
| large part of the security, and which
are now in their possession, and which
had been intrusted to their manage
ment; and, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens OF
California in State convention assem-
bled, hereby enter our solemn protest
against the passage by Congress of any
refunding bill whatever, and demand
that the law shall be permitted to take
its natural course, without interference
by the legislative branch of the Gov
ernment
Resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested to promptly
do his executive duty under the Con
stitution and statutes, and to instruct
the Attorney-General tocommence fore
closure proceedings without delay, in
such form as to enforce the trust and
rehabilitate the security itself
Resolved, That our Senators and
members of Congress be requested tc
pursue the course indicated in these
resolutions as representing the wish
and demand of ninety-nine out of every
hundred of all the inhabitants of the
State of California and of the Pacific
Coast;
| Resolved, That the Secretary be in
structed to forward copies of these res
olutions to the President of the United
States, his Cabinet, the Judges of the
United States Supreme Court and the
members of both houses of Congress
|
pointed by the Chairman of this con.
vention to prepare a memorial to ac-
company these resolutions, with full
power to act.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
Eugene Hough, from Alameda, had
prepared a resolution calling for Gov
ernment ownership and control of rail.
roads, but there was an evident deter.
mination to have the resolutions re-
ported by the committee adopted with.