The record-union., 1899-09-18
AS OTHERS SAW THE CITY.
AN EDITOR WRITES OF HIS
SACRAMENTO VISIT.
Heard Bryan Talk, Saw the Big
Fair and Inspected the
. Railroad Works
(St. Helena Star.)

est. Helena Starr
This is fair season at Sacramento.
The Capital city is filled to overlooking
with people and hundreds of beautifully
attired ladies add eclat to the festivi-
ties.
The California Press Association. held
sessions Thursday and Friday of last
week in Sacramento, SO we decided to
lay aside business cares for few days
and attend and at the same time view
the attractions being offered strangers
by that thoroughly wide-aWake city.
The quill drivers assembled in the
Senate Chamber at O'Clock a. m. the
lth instant, and, after enjoying prelim-
mary remarks by President Raleigh
Barcar of the Vacavil1e Reporter" lis
tened with pleasure and profit to an
able paper on Foreign Advertising by
G. M. Francis of the Napa Register"
An animated discussion followed, which
was not concluded when the hour came
for adjournment.
During the session Secretary Shields
of the State Agricultural Society sent
season tickets of admission to the races
and Pavilion to the newspaper men,
with his compliments, so it was decided
We are not much on horse racing,
and editors, as rule, are not given to
betting, but the great attraction for
nearly all was to see and hear William
Jennings Bryan, the boy orator of the
Platte.
Having had a great desire to see this
attraction since he became prominent
in 1896, we availed ourselves of this
opportunity. He was scheduled to
speak at 1:30 o'clock, but at the ap-
pointed time a trotting race was an
nounced. The three heats were trotted,
the winning horse having an easy vic
tory with best time at 2:19. A run
ming race was then announced and in
a few moments w. J. Bryan appeared
upon the track riding in a swell car
riage. Whether the announcement
referred to and Mr.. Bryan's appear
ance on the track had any campaign
significance we are unable to state.
The great free silver champion was
greeted with applause appropriate to
the temperature of the day and re-
moved his hat and bowed pleasantly
to the right and left. This "boy
orator. has grown old since his ex-
perience of 1896 and is now 40 years of
age, bald, fat and sauey. He seems to
be enjoying vigorous health and, while
his bald spot has enlarged and the re-
naming hair is streaked with silver,
he is in good shape for second round
as Presidential candidate No matter
how far ones views on political sub
jectS may be from those held by Mr..
Bryan, no one who hears him speak
can do otherwise than accord compli
mentary mention of his marked ability
as an orator. He has perfect command
Of the English language, a ready flow
of well rounded sentences, and is an
artist at epigrammatizing. He has q
magnificent voice and can, without
effort, make himself heard by large
audiences indoors or out Probably
never before was a political speech
made at the State Fair-an institution
supported by the entire State. One
can forgive the management for this
breach, however, for the treat of seeing
and hearing this man of words His
speech on this occasion was repetition
of his free silver views of 1896, with
two additions-anti-imper and
antitrust He talked for over an
hour. Everybody was pleased and his
pretty sayings We're duly applauded.
The speech over, he bowed himself off
the track, the next race was called and
the son Of Nebraska was forgotten.
The Press Association concluded it's
deliberations Friday morning by fur
ther discussing the paper read by Mr.
Francis, appointing a committee to
take some action in the premises and
by electing the following officers:
proSidont Of
Eureka Standard; Vice President,
Duncan Mcpherson of the Santa Cruz
Sentinel; Secretary, w. D. Penny
cook of the Vallejo Chronicle; Treas
urer, G.. NJ. Francis of the Napa Reg
ister"; Executive Committees. NJ
Haskell of the Pomona Progress" e.
B. Willis of the Sacramento Record
Union,'' A. B. Lemon of the Santa Rosa
Republican" Raleigh Barcar of the
Vacaville Reporter T. G. Daniels Of
the Alameda Argus" F. H Owen of
the Winters Express and F. NJ Swa-
sey of the Redding Free Press"
The following were elected delegates
to the National Editorial Association,
after which the convention adjourned
sine die: F. B. Mackinder, ST. Helena
star; P. w. Moore Redlands Facts;
G.. A. Oakes, Haywards Journal; F.
W. Richardson, San Bernardino
''Times-In Index; D. w. Ravenscroft,
Petaluma Courier" Alternates-J. f.
Barnes, lone Echo; Duncan McPher-
son, Santa Cruz Sentinel; Wallace
Brown, Monterey Cypress; C. H.
Smith, Los Angeles Hotel Gazette;
Mrs. S. A. Huston, Woodland "Alli-
ance."
H. ]. Small, Superintendent of Motive
Power, extended an invitation to the
association to visit the shops of the
Southern Pacific Company The ac-
ceptance was unanimous and / 80
o'clock Friday afternoon set as the
time for viewing these great works At
the appointed hour the members met
in the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce on street, and were there in
troduced to Mr.. Small A short walk
brought the party to the shops, which
are directly across the tracks from the
depot.
The Southern Pacific Company's
shops are one of the greatest objects
of interest in Sacramento and to Be
fully appreciated should be visited. In
the hurried inspection we made we
were unable to CLEAN notes of sufficient
accuracy to do a subject of such inn
portance justice in this article and can
only give to the reader who has not
seen for himself an idea of the magni-
tude of this great beehive of industry
The past two years have been pros
porous ones for the Southern Pacific
Company. Large crops have been to
move to markets and passenger traffic
hoe heeu the greatest in the history of