The San Francisco call., 1906-05-31
PARDEE PREPARES TO
LEAVE OAKLAND.
Winding Up Matters That He May Be Ready
for the Legislative Session Saturday.
Call Will Be Issued Tonight or Tomorrow
and Executive Will Then Go to Capital

OAKLAND, May 301-Governor Par
dee is closing up his work in Oakland
preparatory to returning to Sacramento
to be on hand for the opening of the
extraordinary session of the State Leg
isiature on Saturday. the call for which
will be oficiaIly issued tomorrow night
or Friday morning
For fifty days almost continuously
the Governor has heen at work eighteen
hours a day. and often longer, on the
multifarious details OF relief measures
for stricken San Francisco that have
required his attention. During this
time millions of dollars have passed,
through his hands to the relief commit
tee across the bay. representing the
generosity of the people of the State
and of the United States in volume OF
response unequaled in the history OF
the nation. Besides the money contri-
buttons, thousands and thousands of
dollars worth of food, medical and
clothing supplies have. been forwarded
to San Francisco through the Govern
ors direction.
Not only have the great needs of the
II tropolis received every attention, but
other cities in the State which required
financial help have not been overlooked
Funds sent TO Governor Pardee to aliot
in his Judgment to localities outside OF
San Francisco have been disbursed un-
der his direction.
During all of this time the Governor
has been assisted by his own military
staff and the force of Adjutant General
]. IS. Lauck's department of the Ma
tional Guard has been available. To
the officials who have had this arduous
duty to perform there has seemed to be
an almost proyidential significance In
the proximity of Oakland, It's compara-
lively unharmed state and the facil-
tiles for work which were placed at the
disposal of the State by the municipal
authorities.
Despite the tremendous increase in
business so suddenly thrust upon Oak
land by the unexpected Influx from San
Francisco there has been a hearty CO.
operation of effort on the part of the
entire city government to help in every
way possible the work of the State in
the crisis.
Mayor Frank K Mott turned oyer
the City Hall to the State, and. that
structure, to all intents and purposes,
has for fifty days been the seat of
State government. From there thou
sands upon thousands of messages, tel
egraph, telephone and. mail, have come
and gone While not an item has been
overlooked in the greater work of re-
lief, much other business pertaining to
general State interests has been ac-
complished.
The Governor has been in touch with
the best legal minds in the State con-.
cerning the many involved questions.
which have arisen out of conditions
caused by the confagration. He has
been in constant communication with
many State officials on the affairs of
State institutions. He has been alert
TO all of the multftudfnous problems
which have arisen, the details of which
have passed into the remarkable rec
ord Of events since April 1S.
In preparation for the special session
of the Legislature meetings will be
held tomorrow and friday in this city
of the finance and the Judiciary COM
niittee of the Senate and the Assembly.
state Senator Broughton arrived today
from Southern California. and will take
part in the committee meetings. Every
thing points to a speedy organization
CT the Legislative bodies Saturday with
the idea now broadcast that the extra,
session should be as short as possible.