The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08
FREE TICKETS TO THE
BALL AT A MINIMUM

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. IF the members Of the
Governors staff desire to attend the In
augural ball it will be necessary for them
to pay for their tickets. They will re-
ceive no complimentaries
This evening, for the third time, an at
tempt was made to prevail upon the exec
utive committee having in charge the ar
rangements for the inaugural ball to issue
to them complimentary tickets, but for
the third time the committee declined
to do so. General W. T. Sheehan, who is
a member of the executive committee,
when the matter come up at the meeting
tonight, vigorously opposed the PROPOSE
ton. He stated that not for twenty years
past at any inaugural ball had the mem
berS of the Governors stan received Tree
tickets. If the committee gave them TINS
time it would be breaking down an es-
tablished precedent. He contended that
If the members of the Governors staff
were invited the members Of the STATS
of the various major generals and br1ga-
der generals of the National Guard
should also be extended similar cour-
tesy.
Without further debate the committee
declined to accept the suggestion that the
Governors staff be invited and given COM
pimentary tickets.
The meeting of the executiveec Committee
of the ball committee tonight was a
stormy one. The whole trouble arose
usual on occasions Of the kind, there are
a number of people who seem to think
that the courtesy of a free ticket should
be extended to them, and they sent their
requests in to the invitation and reception
committee. Every elected State official
is to receive free ticket, and the recep-
ton committee had arranged to give a
number of tickets to employees and depu-
ties in the State House
To this latter proposition vigorous OBJ
lection was made by members OF the ex-
unit q ne
deputies in the offices in the State House
were amply able to pay for their tickets,
and there existed no reason why compli-
mentaries should be given to them.
Finally the executive committee took
up the report of the reception committee
on complimentary tickets and considered
each recommendation as to an allowance
Of free tickets separately.
The Governors office was allowed four
free tickets. The Secretary of State s
office was given five tickets and two
one ticket and three passes. The
State Librarian was given one
ticket and four passes. Passes and
tickets for the Attorney General, State
Controller, State Printer and Superin-
tendent of Public instruction were strick-
en- out altogether. Then allowances were
made as follows: Speaker of Assembly,
two tickets; Surveyor General, one ticket
Simpson, two tickets; Chief Clerk of As
sembly, Secretary of Senate, sergeant at
arms of each house and their clerks, each
one ticket. The usual allowance of en-
ployes tickets was made.
The question came up of presenting a
complimentary ticket to Major Frank Nc
Laughlin. The committee voted not to
allow It, Secretary Lindley of the recep-
ton committee stated that, acting under
instructions of the reception committee.
he had already given the major his ticket
This placed the committee in rather
embarrassing position. The major al
ready had his ticket and it had been vot-
ed not to give him one.
A motion was made that an invitation