The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-17
POST-ELECTlON RECEPTION.
OLD PAVILION WAS CROWDED
LAST NIGHT.
Mayor-Elect George Clark Gave II
to the Trades Union
Men.

Men.
The reception given by Mayor-elect
George H. Clark to the Trades Union
men of Sacramento, at the Old Ia
vilion, last night, was an event OF the
season, and was an unqualified sue
cess from start to finish.
There was no halfway business
about It, and the departure from the
usual rule of successful candidates was
thoroughly appreciated by everybody
present. Mayor-elect Clark gave the
glad hand and repudiated the CLASSY
eye" and he lost nothing of his de-
served popularity when he received the
workingmen of Sacramento and invited
them to "eat, drink and be merry"
At 900 o'clock the meeting was
called to order by Harry Rodgers, Or
ganizer for the American Federation of
Labor. Mr.. Rodgers was in a happy
mood, and was cheered to the echo. He
said the reception rendered to the
friends of labor by the Mayor-elect
showed him to be in sympathy with
them. Mr.. Clark, he said, had de-
parted from the usual rule of persons
who sought political preferment. In
stead of giving the ''glad hand before,
and the CLASSY eye" after election, he
showed himself to be the same man,
after as before. He predicted for the
new Mayor an administration which
would rebound to his credit and to the
benefit of the city
Mr.. Rodgers presented as Chairman
of the meeting J. F. Haley, President of
the Sacramento Council of Federated
Trades, and also of the Bricklayers'
Union, and he in turn presented the
Mayor elect
And Sacramento's Mayor-elect had
reason to feel proud of the reception
rendered him. Great cheers filed the
big hall, and for minute he could not
be heard. When quiet finally settled
down. Mr. Clark said it gave him pleas
ure to meet so many men who had the
same kind of feelings for labor organi-
cations that he had He said, however.
that he was not there to make a
speech, but to pass the glad hand" and
10 ask those present to join him and
be good fellows. He wanted to thank
the boys of the trades. They had
stood his friends, and they would
md as time went on that he would
stand by them as they had stood by
him. The door of the Mayors office.
he said, would stand open for every
friend of labor.
Mr.. Clark said he proposed to give
the city an honest, business admins
tration, and that it was his intention
to appoint honest officials to the sew
eral Offices
Just withhold your judgment until
the appointments are made" he said.
and then remember what [ am telling
you now In the meantime. accept of
my hospitality-eat, drink and be
merry"
And the number who turned out to
partake of Mayor-elect George H.
Clark's hospitality was legion. The big
hall was packed to the doors Every
seat was occupied and standing room
on the floor was at a premium With
Inc nJunction-"eat, drink and be
merry" knives flashed and buried
themselves into roast pigs, roast tur-
keys and fat round loaves, and glasses
clinked musically and the feast was on
On the east side of the hall were
tables and tables and on them were
whole roast pigs and turkeys in pro-
1usion-enough for everybody. and TO
spare. Then there We're great trays
piled high with the succulent sand
witch, and there were walters in attend
ance to hand out the good things. And
the crowd surged around the guard
rail and when roast pig or turkey was
not available, men munched pickles and
waited Everybody took everything in
turn, like going to mill, and if the crush
was awful it was a good-natured crush
and the man who failed to satisfy the
cravings of his inner man was a poor
rustler.
Nor was there lacking the where
wlthal to wash down the good things.
me north end of the big hall was set
apart for liquid refreshments, and a
casual glance by a casual visitor would
have left the impression that a new
brewery had been started with head
quarters at the Old Pavilion.
But the crowd was orderly, and the
5ostled individual smiled and passed
1t along" and all went merry.
But the big feed was not the only
thing in sight. band of forty-one
pieces discoursed appropriate popular
music and an excellent program nv
local talent was offered as sauce for
the occasion. The musicians compos-
ing the band We're selected from the
several bands of the city and volun-
teered their services. They were all
members of the Musicians Union. and
We're led by Professor ]. B. Costello
AS starter for the festivities the
pand played America and the audi
ence was invited to join in and sing tha
national anthem Just a few acceded
TO the request, but the majority lis
tened to the band. feeling, no doubt
that what they could do would add lit
lie TO the sound and possibly do much
toward creating discord
And then. while the feasting was
going forward, the program proper was
put on
Jack Donovan, as a relish, sang a
couple OF his quaint character songs.
playing his own accompaniment. and he