The herald., 1896-04-09

at San Francisco would be sometimes
I fearful to contemplate. The speak. sf
grew eloquent and humorous US nv
warmed up in his argument ana was
frequently interrupted with tunuis''
Gus applause.
George S. Patton, the next speaker
received an ovation from the crown.
His was probably the most eioQuenu
address OF the evening. AT its conciu.
SION the following resolutions VIZ
unanimously adopted amid snou,s n,' a,u
enthusiastic plaudits of approval COP
166 being at once telegraphed 10 tiie
aC&IfformiaL senators and representative
a. Washington:
THE PEOPLES EMPHATIC VOICE
Whereas, A telegram has been re-
soe1xed. in this city from ouV Representa-
ee1vess in congress, as follows.
ssHermann requests me to rnotlIy Los
Angeles chamber of commeSce that II
Los Angeles people will unite schemes
20 complete inside harbor at san re-
dro and construct deep sea h;tfpof q.
-EAhea Monica provision to aeSnit all
railroads to Santa Monica harbt0' over
G6utherrr Pacific track, by payifts pro
rata cost, to be determined by Sec1 etar!
Of war. he believes an appropria.nvd sion u,
1900 900 can be procured this SESSION
for said projects To be effectual pn-
mediate action must be taken. l leave
matter with YOU :,
And whereas, This is not a proposaI
construct two harbors, but is in 1ace
. proposition to abandon San Pedro as
- ieep-water harbor and to construct
ss,sch Cfeep-sea harbor at Santa Monica;
now therefore be it
Resolved, That the people of Los An
fgeles. in mass meeting assembled. re-
1oicing in their commercial freedofa,
and determined TO maintain 1t, fe1ect
with contempt the bribe suggested ny
a
of their abandonment OF san Peuro
ass the site for the construction OF the
deep-sea harbor Tor the southwest
coast. and they repudiate and disclaim
any desire upon their part for the con-
struction of harbor at public expense
at Santa. Monica-for the benefit OF the
Southern Pacific company of Kentucky,
g. foreign corporation, OF OF Z. t. Hun
tington,
Resolved further. That the attention
of congress is called to the fact that no
public request has ever been made by
amy authorized representative OF this
lpeople for any other harbor than that
which has been thrice unanimously fav-
cred by unpurchasable officers of the
lGpvernment acting in their official ana
public capacity and after eXhaus-
tive and scientific comparison OF It's
.claims with those of The rival site al
I6anta Monica, recommended and urged
e.
selfish and greedy corporation whose
grasp upon the ocean front OF our sister
city of Oakland has blighted its fair
commercial prospects, and has supplied
to the people of the southern portion of
lthe state an object lesson which causes
them to cling with resolute hand to the
commercial freedom which is now
theirs.
tits startling fact and one that calls
for Investigation. that committee OF
congress can be found which. diSre-
earding all precedent and against the
express opinion of the government s
own experts, and in the alb
.tion of the public most con-
t'erned. takes upon itself to say that un-
less the people of this district unite up
on a scheme whereby they shall accept
a small and inadequate appropriation
for an inner harbor at the place selected
for deep sea harbor of refuge, and
permit great appropriation to be made
FOR the construction of such deep sea
harbor at the officially condemned site
of private corporation, few miles
.distant-then as a punishment for their
,contur,ely they shall have nothing at
ell.
Resolved. That as our reply to this
humiliating and insulting proposal we
now call upon the senators from Cali
fornia when the house bill snail reach
the senate to use every endeaVOr to
have tine same SO amended as to make
the full appropriation for the construc-
tion of the complete inner and outer
harbor at San Pedro-the government
and the peoples site. the necessity for
which has been admitted by the orig
fnal action Of the house committee
and which Mr. Huntington'S Jealous
friends are thereby estopped to deny.
Resolved. further. That in case this
just and reasonable request is denied
we then request Senators White and
Perkins to say on our behalf that tht
free people of Southern California pre-
fer that the contamination of theii
hopes and aspirations for a harbor ade
0uHte to our commerce and free to hon
EST competition shall be deferred rather
than that we should by accepting :,
humiliating an offer forfeit not only oul
self respect but at the same time sub
init ourselves and our children to ths
shameful commercial vassalage undel
which our brethren of the north l1aV,
Eroaned for a quarter of century.
A free harbor for a free people at Sar
Pedro or none at all.
Let US adopt these resolutions il
tones that VIII be heard by the gentle
men OF the $3000,000 club at Ilinoi
hail. said Patton, and the crow,
shouted out an enthusiastically pro
longed aye, which must have frightene
the few hundred auditors at the othe
meeting, seven blocks distant.
j. r. Rush followed Patton in Yer
witty speech. his references to the phi
ianthropie Colas" F. Huntington
bringing tears OF laughter from tn
crowd
There We're and had been loud call
Tor T. f.. ,Iiobon, vice president Of tn
Terminal. who was The next speaker
He took occasion tlurint, mis- brief &
marks to say that II there is an appro
printion from the present congress 10
the free harhor at San Pedro. dirt Woll
he flying upon the Los Angeles and Sal
Lake road within a very few month.
Gibbon requested cheers for The Hell
aid. Times Record san Francisco EX
aminer and can for the work of tios
journals in the pending struggle
There Was some cry. Leave out th
Times but The resolutions wen
through
The last speaker was T.. r. Ioime.
the secretary of the Los Angeles Coul
ty Council of Labor who said that bu
for the printed calls for the Illinois la
meeting having borne the union lab
that gathering would have been shoite
BY several hundred persons, to his pei
sonal knowledge. as several of thos
there in attendance had been caught
that bait.
Where is the aYDr? w here is Rs
der?' came from several in the big "a.
sernblage at this stage.
"Oh, he's at Santa Monica; he's wit
them six councillnen. was the repl
who sold out the people the otht