The chronicle=news., 1914-04-16
''TRAvEllNe REPUelC"
EXISTED HALF 4
CENTURY AGO


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practically aartsTs-sis iaallH latest
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a.essan- ,h-s- abstssi~s that thu
rfss-iias H-patii, was formed
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rsassiss csiifarais. Captain j.sspb
=. waisins. viEsinian. Whs had
served in the legislature 81 ,Aas
state. c,nr.iS-d 'hr ta.s 81 iaEminfi
= soE.pl-,- government. ~i'h -arsn-
tive. Judiciary. issisIs,N" and mlii
,arY branches. whereby all ph" dc
sired &. b-con- citizens thereof. ~
4. a certain iimi'. might be- assured
Of safe passage 10 'h- tabled gold
fields.
Announcing his ,isn. Watkins
found ii,,l" trouble Ia securing vol
ua,c-s subjects and during b,'rvni-
brr. ISIS. a meeting was held al
so,-rnmcni. About sCycniy.ii,s vol
uutccrs from various parts u. the
south a,tcnd.d and took the oath "f
Allegiance. each yicds,ng hinS"li to
eontribu,- ii.o0o in cash to the
treasury and to abide b. the rule of
the majority IN -rcry particular un-
Jlil the rcpibiic should b- formally
land legally disbandcd In California.
Il
To the nil iimi, OF 100.
An elaborate constitution. cover
Ing every possible contingency. Was
drawn up and adopted. A. the "lcc.
|tion which followed Captain Watkins
was elected president. the other Of
Ulcers being yicc-prc-idcn,. three
Judges. court oi appeals judges. mem
hers OF legislature and many minor
luuc ctionatics. ranging down To shcr-
Iif and constable. The army Wa or
lyanizcd with u full quota Of officers
and privates.
strictly according to law the Ten
Travelling Republic
left Memphis on the first day OF
March. 1919. and proceeded BY spe-
cially chartered steamer up the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri rivers TO the
outfitting point at independence.
near here All went well during ihio
lportion of the journey. The legis-
Iiaturc held sessions ut Intervals ana
passed such laws as seemed neces-
lishcd any casual offenders among the
IcitizcnshiD.
Arriving at the end of the steamer
Journey II was found that advance
agents had about completed pur-
ehases of equipment and supplies and
That the actual start for the gold
fields might soon he made. The cara
ivan. as outiittcd, consisted Of twon-
~ wagons. each drawn by two OK
teams. together with many extra
cattle and saddle horses for the prcsi-
dent and leading Officers. The store
Of supplies was large and expensive.
Early in April all arrangements had
been completed and ON the fifteenth
the Tennessee-C California Travelling
Republic set forth upon its voyage
across the plains.
Early in its history the legislature
of the Travelling Republic had passed
law cxempting all persons holding
! official positions, whether by cleo