The record-union., 1897-01-17
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION
The Holiday Not Kept Except by the
UOurlS and State Officials.
Its Announcement Came So Late It
Would Have Interfered Badly
With Business.

| 1SSiSIddy was d IlOIlQdy uldOe SO Dy
proclamation of Governor Budd for the
purpose of declaring that the people of
the State should be glad that the fund
ing bill was defeated in Congress.
But somehow the people did not seem
| to take much interest in the matter.
There might have been pent-up feelings
of rejoicing bubbling up spontaneously
and tum multuOusly in their hearts, but
if SO, they successfully repressed the
volcanic ebullitions and went quietly
about their business just as if they
had never heard of the funding bill, or
| if they had, thought it did not particu-
larly concern them, anyhow
| The stores We're all open as usual, and
| the proprietors We're as attentive to
turning the nimble six pence as they
are on other days. The banks were
all open in this city and transacted
business as usual; the large wholesale
houses did likewise, and even the rail-
road shops went right along with their
work as if no proclamation of rejoicing
for them had been issued and those in
the various offices of the company did
| likewise.
There were four individuals who re-
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were hoboS and were glad that they
were commanded to cease from work
and be joyful over their future ex-
emption from the burdens they have
had to bear for so many years. They
showed their joy by stealing two kegs
of beer from the Buffalo Brewery and
proceeded to celebrate the holiday with
it, But, alas, the police did not SYM
pathize with them in their laudable am
| bitiOn to carry out the Gubernatorial
mandate, and their budding celebration
was rudely nipped by their removal to
the station, and they will explain to-
morrow how they We're misled by their
enthusiasm.
The State offices were all closed yes
terday, as We're the various depart
ments at the Courthouse, much to the
annoyance of those who came from q
distance on business connected with
| them. The offices of the City Clerk and
Auditor were also closed, while those of
| the Mayor and Collector and others
were going along as usual. There was
no session of the Police Court, and Of
Tenders had to wait two days longer
| for adjudication on their OffenSeS
| No one had anticipated that the proc
lamation would be issued as it was and
no one was prepared for it, Many and
diverse interests were therefore suf-
ferers through it. People living in the
large cities, where evening papers were
issued had chance to know that the
proclamation had been issued, but it
was too late when they learned of it to
adjust their business calculations to it,
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have done on Saturday.
A MEAT FAMINE.
why" said a well-known proprietor
of a butcher shop to a Record u Union''
reporter yesterday, Il knew nothing
about the proclamation until l read it
in the Record Union this morning
The rules of the Butchers Union are
very strict and impose a heavy fine on
those who keep open on Sundays and
holidays, or even sell meat to custom
ers. Suppose we had not opened our
shops to-day and had refused to sell
our customers meat until Monday
morning. They did not know of the
proclamation and had not supplied
themselves for meat for two days, and
would have mobbed US. Besides, we
lay in a double stock for Saturday,
much of which might have spoiled. We
all opened up as usual and supplied our
Icustomers."
A BANKERS VIEWS.
| A prominent banker said: The San
Francisco banks are doing business to-
day, as we learned by telegraph, and we
all kept open too. Why, if we had not,
there is no telling what business losses
| roiobt have a
from Lovelock, New, to-day, to deposit
q large sum to meet an obligation. If
he had found the bank closed it would
perhaps resulted in his being sued and
losing a considerable amount. Notes
would not have been paid when due and
many business complications would
have resulted throughout the State, re-
sulting in financial ruin to business men
and firms.
Many employers who bank their
money through the week would have
been left in the lurch when it came to
paying their employees had the banks
been closed to-day and the employees
would have been badly incommoded In
| fact the inconvenience made by the
lateness of the proclamation would
have been quite general"
IN THE COURTS.
AS it is necessary that the ploclama-
ton of holiday should he sent to the
| County Clerks of the various counties
in the State, the ordinary mode Of trans
mission would not do in this case on
account of its being issued only a few
| hours in advance. 1t became necessary
to telegraph it, therefore, from Siskiyou
| to San Diego and from the Sierras to
the sea This was done and the. States
! bill for lightning transmission will be
round one.
A prominent lawyer said: "Of course
the machinery of the courts being stop
ped for the day. all cases set for hearing
yesterday will have to be reset, entailing
extra expense to litigants and extra time
lost to witnesses. Cases that were part
| ly heard and in some instances might
have been concluded yesterday, were
| forced to go over till Monday, entailing
more enforced absence from home and
expense and inconvenience to witnesses
and jurors and corresponding increase
of court costs. If some Of the County
Clerks in the most remote and not easily
accessible counties, too failed to receive
| the proclamation in time a question
might arise as to the legality of any ac-
ton of the court taken yesterday and
necessltate new trials. Indeed, as Sat
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