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MINING OF THE STATE IN COUNCIL
Five Hundred Represen
tatives Gather for
Protection.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
Hugh Craig Incorporates Some
Interesting Facts In His
Speech.
SOME EOT SHOT FEOM NEFF.
The Chairman Lays Serious Charges
at the Door of the Railroad
Companies.
But few of the delegates elected by the
various county miners' associations of the
State were absent from the fourth annual
convention of the California Miners' Asso
ciation when its three days' session opened
at Pioneer Hall yesterday morning.
Appropriate decorations had been ar
ranged, conspicuous among which were
the bannerets indicating the location of
the various county delegations, giving the
tout ensemble of the chamber the appear
ance of a political body. The most con-
epicuons decoration was the huge oil paint
ing at the head of the hall showing the
miner and the farmer in an attitude of
friendship and harmory.
A striking feature of the assemblage was
the many heads fit for wise counsels, a
large proportion of the delegates being un
doubtedly qualified to give personal rem
iniscences of the days of forty-nine. By
reason of this absence of tbe younger ele
ment little time was consumed in flights
of unnecessary oratory, business being dis-
patched with great celerity, considering
the large and varied interests represented
by the 500 delegates.
As a means of defraying the expenses of
holding the convention silver button-hole
badges were sold to the delegates for 25
cents each, and every representative
showed an eagerness to possess one as a
souvenir of the gathering.
In the address of welcome delivered by
Hugh Craig, the significant fact was
brougnt out that the gold production of
1895 was likely to reach $200,000,000, the
largest for a year in the history of the
world. He also emphasized the great im
portance to and interest taken in the min
ing industry in San Franci.-co.
Chairman Neff's address struck a re
sponsive chord in the minds of his hearers,
judging from the long and loud applause,
when he charged the railroad companies
with chicanery and deceit in the matter of
mineral lands, and declared that the only
thing left for the miners to do was to make
a fight to the finish and not depend on the
specious and procrastinating representa
tions of the railroad's attorneys and agents.
When the proposition of adopting the
report of the committee on order of busi
ness and permanent organization came up,
there was considerable debate over the
time to be 6et for the election of officers.
In the course of it the contest for the
secretaryship between W. C. Ralston, tbe
incumbent, and J. Sonntag, the present
treasurer, was brought incidentally to the
attention of the delegates by E. P. Thomas,
a strong supporter of Sonntag, who pre
dicted an easy victory for that gentleman.
In this connection it is only fair to say
that Mr. Ralston is undesirous of retain-
ing the office, and he will probably ask
that his name be withdrawn before the
vote is taken for this office.
Ths election of officers was finally set for
1:30 p. m. to-day.
President J. H. Neff of the California
Miners' Association called the convention
to order at 11 a. m. sharp, and observing
Congressman J. A. Barham in the audi
ence invited him to a 6eat on the platform,
stating that while he would not then be
asked to address the convention they
hoped to hear from him later.
Hugh Craig of the Chamber of Com
merce on behalf of San Francisco wel
comed the delegates in an address replete
with facts and fancies, embracing the his
tory of the mining industry of the Golden
State for the past forty-five years. He
stated that most of the men now promi
nent in the ranks of other commercial
pursuits in the State were drawn from the
miners of the early days. Continuing he
said :'
I have eeen a statement lately made by Mr.
A alentine of Wells, Fargo & Co. which shows
that in the past forty-five years $2,000,000,000
in gold has been produced in the United
Etates, and that of that $1,316,000,000, or
nearly two-thirds, was taken from the mines of
California.
During 1853 the gold output of the world
was $153,000,000; in 1894 the output was
$170,000,000. For the first six months ;of this
year the output reached $127,000,000, and it
is fair to assume that the total output for the
current year will not fall short of $200,000,000,
more than has ever teen produced before in
any one year.
In other countries where the mining indus
try is not nearly of so much consequence as it
Is here there is a minister of mining, such as
they have in Victoria and other colonies. In
view of the importance and value of this in
dustry to the whole country, it seems to me
that the least that we should expect from
w ashlngton is a secretary of mining. Instead
of throwing obstacles in the way of the miner
everything should be done to help him
This $1,316,000,000 has come from near the
grass room, and California is only in its infancy
in mining. But the San Francisco man dearly
loves a shot at mining, and if you will let u«
in on the ground floor you have no idea how
much money you can get out of us. We are
with vou in this mining question because al
though it has become the fashion to 6peak of
the decadence of mining, yet the farmers know
that the miners are their best customers. Then
the financiers haYe begun to realize that it is
worth looking into as-ain.
San Francisco realizes that it was th« mining
industry that made the foundations of the
State deep, wide and long, and she feels she
can never do enough to show her appreciation
of the early explorers of the bowel sot the earth
in this State. She is with you heart and soul
in every movement that is intended to benefit
or forward the mining interests of the State
On motion of Ames of Placer a com
mittee on credentials was appointed, con
sisting of one from each county, repre
sented as follows :
Alameda. Thomas Jeffrees; Amador, John R
Tresrloan; Butte, Edward Harknew; Calaveras
J. Frooman;El Dorado, E. J. Carpenter- Ne
vada, E. J. Rector; Placer, Harold T. Power-
Plumas, W. W. Kellogg; Sacramento, John h'
Bacher; San Francisco, George Stone; Shasta
£;,?,; p »»l; Siskiyou, Andrew G. Myers; Sierra!
William H. Byington; Trinity, John McMurrv-
Tuolumne, William Sharwood; Yoba, Jame«
O'Brien.
On motion of Grant I. Taggart of Ala
meda the delegates to the convention
chosen by the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce, Board of Trade and other com
mercial organizations and the Board of
Trade of Los Angeles were admitted to
eeats without reference to the committee
on credentials.
The convention then took a noon recess.
On reassembling shortly before 2 o'clock
the report of the committee on credentials
wa« accepted. It showed a representation
of 500 delegates, as follows :
Alameda County— Professor Samuel B.
Christy, G. W. Baker, J. L. Browne, John B.
Kldrldge, George Goodman, T. W. Jeffrees, J. L
Lyon, A. F. Merriman, W. P. Miller, T. L
Macbin, J. L. Mayon, J. J. Newsen, F. M.
Phelps, E. G. Rigney, Grant I. Taggart, W. R.
Thomas, A. A. Wood, J. M. Wright, Mack Web
ber.
Amador County— John R. Tregloau, M. J.
McDonald, W. J. McGee, F. Voorhies, George
Murphy, John A. Mclntire.
Butie County— l. M. M. Allen, S. S. Boynton,
C. C. Belding, W. E. Duncan Sr., G. W. Dyer, A.
Eknian, E. W. Fogg, G. F. Gelsse, John Gale, R.
A. tireeii, Ed. Harkness, William Hawkins. H.
C. Hills, William James, A. F. Jones, W. P.
Lynch, 9. P. Moody, F. McLaughlin, C. J. Mck
erson, G. W. Price, E. C. Paxton, W. H. Rodda,
H. P. Stow, H. W. Smith.
Calaveras County — S. M. Foreman.
El Dorado County— Charles Swisler, James
M. Brown, G. J. Carpenter, Thomas Alderson,
R. S. Raw, J. J. Crawford, E. W. Chapman,
James Blair, F. W. Beardsley, J. F. Lang.
Marlposa County— James Cathey, W. A.
Jones.
Madera County— Cnarles M. Mard, W. W.
Thomas, John Anderson, K. M. Shaw, Charles
Lyon, P. S. Davis, R. B. Hawke, F. S. Thomas,
Mr. Thyne, George Conklin, David Markle, A.
Davidson, T. Dolan, Arthur Thomas.
Nevada County— Alfred Tregidgo, J. M.
Walling, John Spauldlug, John F. Kldder,
George E. Turner, E. J. Brown, G. C. Gaylord.
\V. H. Martin, B. F. Snell, B. J. Watson,
Camilla Carrutti. F. Eilman, N. P. Brown, C. S.
Paine, A. L. Begbe. E. F. Leibrich, John Trood.
A. B. Dobbie, A. 8. Bigelow, T. Beekman, F.
Searles, Fred Zeitler, M. L. Marsh, E. J. Rector,
C. B. Tilley, Paris Kilburn, Sam Miller, I. J.
Rolf, R. McMurray, J. S. Mcßride,
T. W. Banks, Niles Searls, George Davidson,
F. E. Wadsworth, T. V. Hunter, W. H. Pratt, J.
D. D. Allen, H. A. Brigham, Mr. Englebright,
.<. 1.. Myers, J. G. Mather, M. Bates, W. Griffin,
J. J. Jackson. W. A. Davies. F. G. Beatty, D. W.
Balch, Charles Grimes, J. M. Bumngton, A. J.
Ros*. Theodore Wetsel, C. Haggerty, C.
D. Enston, C. W. Tozer, John Mcßean, J. P.
Dorsey, George A. Nihell, E. Poague,
J. B. Goodwin, T. J. Robinson, J. A. Northwey,
K. Walk? r, Frank Delmain, J. Reddintfton, Wil
liam Campbell, J. 3ennalleck, W. T. Mobiey. F.
Goding, C. E. Uren, W. P. Miller, George Blod
gett, George Mainhardt. Mr. Shoemaker, J. M.
Lakeuan, T. F. Morse, E. J. de Labla, J. V. Bell.
William Floyd, A. B. Dibble, W. F. Prisk,
George D. McLean, O. K. Cloudman, O. M.
Prldgeon, C. F. McGlashan, S. Granger,
Fred Thomas. R. A. Thomas, John Mitchell, C.
H. Mallon, K. D. frkidmore, W. H. Mead, D. B.
Marwick, C. A. Brockington, H. Sylvester,
John Quick, James Hus/ler, T. S. Ford, R. C.
Walrath, R. Thomas, Qt. C. Shaw, H. Lane, E.
Tilley, H. German, C. O. Jepson, W. H. Wid
man, Charles Step, PhtliD Henrv, M. A. Bai'.gh,
John Eddy, .1. Weisbein, E. M\ Prestou, 11. S.
Spaulding" William Walters Jr., L. P. Gold
stone, J. E. Poindexter, C. W. Kltts, George
Fletcher, Gus Kartchoite, E. H. Brown, A.
Rough.
Pluiuas County— l. Bell. P. C. Brown, P. M.
Cate, W. Devinny. A. D. HalUtead, E C. Hard,
F. G. Hail. C. Hegard, A. Hall, I. B. Higgins, W.
W. Kellogs, B. C. Lorich, H. Patton, G. Stan
dart, W. Schultz, S. S. Taylor, I. H. Thomas, C.
R. Thompson, A. B. White, W. S. Webb.
Placer County— James 8. Stewart, E. S.
Moody, 8. S. Vail, C. L. Barton, A. A. Smith, E.
L. Bacon, J. P. Barohard, C. A. Reed, W. C.
Monahan, R. M. darken. J. C. Ferrier. W. H.
Grenlere, Judson Wheeler, A. Breece, Thomas
Hosmer, A. C. Bovven, Williem McCarty,
J. C. Boggs, Kobert Jones, C. W. Kennedy,
F. L. Sanders, A. Ames, L. C. Peterman,
D. L. Allen, E. L. Hawk, Andrew Rodger,
William Nicholson, William Rodger, J. N.
Findlev St. C. Rye, Thomas Dwyer, Al
exander Dolt, Dana Perkins, John Adams,
F. H. Bell, J. N. Burke, J. J. Creighton, J. E.
Dyer, Henry Disque, Fred Deeiken, John
Fereuson, J. L. Gonld, Fred Howell. Fred Hoff
man, Charles Henning, B. F. Hartlev
Ed Kavanaugh, John Landers, if.
Lobner, M. T. Lawrence, F. A. Moreheß'i,
J. W. Morgan, C. E. Maeon, George Neither, E.
E. McKinitry, John McFadden, John Mc-
Anlnch, Dan McDonald, J. H. N'eff". John
Is'ichols, T. J. Nichols, Harold T. Power, Ivan
H.Parker, E. B. Quigley, William Rea, C. F.
Reed, A. K. Robinson, W. W. Rodehaver,
C. Runckel, Thomag Richard, Louis
Tetziaff, J. L. Welker, S. M. Sprague,
D A. Russell, John Papa, Thomas S. Robin
son. Frank McKinley. H. W. Grant, W. H.
Booth, Ilenry Simonds, John Hussey, F. W.
Watt, Joseph Werry Sr., M. R. Gleison, D. J.
Sullivan, John RoseVla, G. W. Snyder, F. Chap
pellet, F. Chappellet Jr., Joseph McGregor,
Jason Brinck, F. Herman, T. A. Gilbert, Allen
Towle, M. Savage,
Sacramento County — William Shaw, James
Donnelley, J. Ilyman, George F. White, R. C.
Irvine, T. B. Hall. C. O. Bates, Hon. H. M. La
Rue, M. E. Gates, J. Mahonev, C. Ruinan, D.
Finch, J. P. Cox, M. K. Burkel P. D. Eckhardt,
K. Rtgney.
Sierra County— James Arnott Jr., L. F. Bying
ton, W. H. Bylngton, R. H. Bliss, B. H. Brown,
Isaac Copeland, D. T. Cole, Frank Cowdery, G.
W. Cox, Dave Corbett. Aden Denmire, Charles
Denmlre, T. L. Ford, W. S. Georpe, George H.
Gray, C. F. Hamilton, F. J. Hauber, J. M.
Haven, J. O. Jones, R. L. Jump, M.
D., Henry Kingdon, J. McGregor, John j
Martin, H. H. Myer, D. M. Mitchell, !
John Masson, M. H. Mead, Paul Meroux, John
Nelson. A. S. Nichols, J. W. Orear, H. W. Orear,
F. W. Page, Sol F. Purdy, George H. Pinuey,
Louis Rosenfeld, Julian Sonntag, ft. Spaulding,
John Scott, H. H. Squires, R. H. Stevenßon,
Stanley A. Smith, George F. Taylor, J. A.
Vaughn, P. Van Clief, Georee Wood, Alford
Westell, M. Westell, Ed F. Wehe, Fred Wehe,
Frank R. Wehe, C. H. W ingate, J. S. Wiggins.
Siskiyou County— Abram Erno, James Farra
her, Andrew J. Myers, T. J. Nolton, John
Saxlld.
Shasta County— Almarin B. Paul, Henry
Clinesmidt.
San Francisco Conntv — George E. Ames, Judge
E. A. Belcher, Thomas Barbour, S. W. Backus,
Ross E. Brown, Wakefield Baker, John Cole
man, Edward Coleman, Andrew Carrlgan, C.
W. Cross, Thomas R. Church, Henry L.
Dodge, Carl Davis, A. Derre, P. Deides
heim*r, George E. Dow, Jacob Frowenfeld,
F. F. Fetler, G. W. Grayson. Adam Grant, F. W.
C. Hasson, M. A. Hurley, S. J. Hendy, J. F.
Halloran, William Irelan Jr., D. E. Lyle, W. W.
Montague, D. E. Myles, Joseph A. Marshall,
George W. McNear, George V. Northey, Patrick
O'Connor, Henry Fichoir, W. C. Ralston, A. H.
Ricketts, Charles G. Yale, N. D. Hideout,
Julian Sonntag, George Stone, Ed Smith,
Joseph Sloss, .lame* Spiers, Francis Smith, Lev!
Strauss, F. S. Samuels, John Scott, S. Prentiss
Smith, 8. K. Thornton. William Vollmers.
Charlei Watt.
Santa Clara Connty— R. R. Bulmore, D. A.
Bulmore, Thomas Derby, Charles C. Derby,
John Dustau, James Harry Sr.
Trinity County— Jonn McMurray, P. M. Paul
sen, D. G. Reid.
Tuolumne County —W. Sherwood, John
Leechman, E. C. Loftus, J. W. Maxwell.
Yuba County— James O'Brien, L. Conrath,
Thomas Conlin, John C. West, W. B. Week,
Dan Getting, T. J. Sherwood, G. A. Morris,
Charles F. Ayer, P. Campbell, John Peardon,
John McQuaid, W. J. Mellon, J. R. Kennedy.
Otto Woehler, w. Johnson, W. G. Halstead, W.
\V. Chamberlain, J. H. McQuaid, Joseph Durfeo,
O. G. Mayo, James Nellson, J. C. Campbell,
J. O. Rusby.
San Francisco Produce Exchange— Frank
Dalton, Herman Zadig, George W. Kelley.
George W. McNear Jr., Juda Newman.
San Francisco Stock Exchange — J. W. Marsh,
A. J. McDonnell, M. J. McDonald.
Manufacturer' and Producers' Association —
J. P. Currier, M. J. Keller, Oscar Lewis, A. Mc-
Laughlin, James Sproule.
Board of Trade— J. Lievre, Henry J. Crocker,
T. J. I'arsons, M. Remain.
Chamber of Commerce — A. J. Ralston, Hugh
Craig. L. Sloss Jr., W. L. Merry, O. D. Baldwin.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce — J. C. C.
Price, S. T. Peuberthy.
Chairman Neff addressed the conven
vention, saying in part:
We have heard it remarked by some of those
who live below the foothills that the miners
have been sending the mountains down into
the valleys, but as I look around over this con
vention it seems lo me that the mountains
have come all the way to the bay.
These are material interest* we represent;
productive ones, with no fine-spun theories
requiring philosophical and abstruse discus
sion, but calm, practical, everyday business
judgment. We from the mountains each con
tribute our mite toward swelling that golden
stream which flows, day by day, into the chan
nels of trade of the cities. The result of our
combined efforts is to bring to the centers of
trade over 1,100,000 new dollars in gold every
month. And when all the branches of our
work in California are considered we can show
a yearly product of the value of $20,000,000.
When it is remembered that $14,000,000 of
this is gold, which is the basis of all value, the
llfe-biood of all trade, we feel that ourselves
and our industry are worthy of the moral sup
port which we ask of the citizens of the State.
what we bring to you is new wealth, bright
and shining from Nature's treasury, not mere
figures gained from trading one with another.
Ours is distinctively a productive industry,
and the one which was not only the founda
tion-stone on which this favored State was
built, but the keystone of the arch of the com
pleted structure.
He then expressed the gratitude of the
mining men throughout the State toward
the merchants and business men of San
Francisco for their moral and financial sup
port. [Applause.J Continuing, he said :
When we began this agitation there was
scarcely a single hydraulic mine operating
legally in the drainage basin of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers. Now there are a
hundred, and more being added daily, all under
the protection of the law and Injuring no other
interests. It -will be part or our duty to obtain
further legislation which will remove some of
the objectionable features, at the same time
not infringing upon the rights of others.
After promising that the interests of
hydraulic mining would continue to be
looked after as well as the other branches
of mining, he said:
In accordance with the instructions of the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1895.
Miners' Convention of 1894 considerable time
has been devoted during the year to prevent
further encroachments on the mineral domain,
by the railroad companies. The position of the
association is very simple. It has no fight with
the railroad companies other than leeing that
justice is dona to the mining community. It
does not want anything that belongs to them;
does not wish to' interfere with auy of their
rights; does not desire to obstruct or hinder
them in obtaining title to lands which are
properly theirs, or to meddle in any way in
the conduct of their affairs; but this associa
tion does intend, if it is possible, to prevent
these companies obtaining title to any more
mineral lands in the State under guise of agri
cultural land. As you all know such mineral
lauds were expressly, and in plain language,
uxcepted from the grants made to these roads
by the Congress of the United States. The
railroad companies themselves acknowledge
this to be the fact, yet by the iniquitous system
which has been carried on for years in the
patenting of these lands hundreds of thous
ands of acres of mineral domain have passed
from the possession of the Government into
the ownership of these corporations. This sys
tem is still being pursued, and will be con
tinued unless we have the power to stop it.
It is Uj be noted that notwithstanding these
professions of the companies that they want no
mineral lands the mineral claims are all con
tested by railroad attorneys before the land
offices, and the companies themselves, through
their agents, are pursuing an obstructive
policy and in every way hindering our efforts
to obtain a fair, honest and legal solution of
the problem.
Our proposition for proper classification of
these disputed lands, over which there should
be no dispute, are met by specious and pro
crastinating arguments and counter-proposi
tions, which when analyzed mean nothing but
a determination to outwit ns if possible and
continue the old coui=e unmolested. And all
this in the face of the fact that we want only
what the Government has reserved for us and
declined to give them. We want the lands
classified simply that we may know and they
may know which is theirs and which is ours,
and this is all we ask at their hands.
That these companies will ever consent to
any agreement in which the full rights of the
miners will be recognized is doubtful. They
will consent to one in which his rights appear
to be recognized, but when it comes to pin
them down to an exact fair and square agree
ment we find it difllcult to do so.
He charged that the officers o.f the asso
ciation are subjected to public abuse by cer-
PRESIDENT KEFF ADDRESSING THE MINBHS' CONVENTION AT PIONEER HALL.
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£ain newspapers subsidized by the railroad
company in order to divert attention from
the matters at issue, and added :
There is only one of two things for this asso
ciation to do. It must carry on this fight to a
finish or drop it altogether. The mineral lands
of California are worth hundreds oi millions of
dollars, and if we, and the people of the State,
through apathy or neglect, permit them to
pass into the bands of these corporations who
have no right or title to them whatever, we
simply make them a present of »o much wealth
which belongs to us, and have only ourselves
to blame.
Attention was called to the neglect of
some of the county miners 1 associations to
co-operate and to the opposition of some
of them, and an appeal made for their sap
port. He urged that not only was greater
moral support required, but more funds
were required to carry on the work of se
curing and protecting the rights of miners.
In this connection he stated that the sec
retary of the association was the only sala
ried official and that he did not draw ins
salary, and the affairs of the association
were economically conducted. Great com
mendation was then given all the officers
of the organization, some of whom, tha
president stated, had performed services
worth thousands and tens of thousands of
doliars. In concluding he said :
And now, gentlemen of the convention, be
fore we proceed to the business before us, I
want to urge upon you to consider well the
course the association is to pursue during the
coming year. In preparing your resolutions
frame them so that your committees will know
exactly what they are to do, and then let them
do it In their own way. It is suggested, also,
that your ideas are desired as to the relation of
the standing committees with the executive
committee. Give us some explicit directions
in this so that we may know the powers of the
respective committees, so as to avoid confusion
aud misunderstanding.
At the conclusion of his address the
chairman asked for an hour's recess, dur
ing which he selected the following com
mittees, one member beingtaken from each
of the counties represented in the convene
tion :
Committee on order of business aud perma
nent organization— B. K. Thornton, San Fran
cisco; John I. Taggart, Aiameda; John K.
Tregloan, Amador; w. E. Duncan, Butte; G. J.
Carpenter, El Dorado: Janie* Cathay, Mari
posa; Charles M. Ward, Madera: R. J. Thomas,
Nevada; Colonel Robert*, Plumas; T. J. Nich
olb, Placer; George J. White, Sacramento; W.
F. Eschbacher, Sierra; A. W. Meyers, Siskiyou;
Henry Clineemidt, Shasta; James Harvy Sr.,
Santa Clara; John McMurray, Trinity : J.W. C.
Maxwell, Tuolumne; James O'Brien, Yuba.
Committee on resolutions— R. M. Clarken,
Sacramento; T. W. Jeffress, Alameda; W. J.
McGee, Amador; A. F.Jones, Butte; R. S. Raw,
El Dorado; W.A.Jones, Mariposa; John An
derson, Madera; Niles Searls, Nevada; W. W.
Kellpirg, Plumas; Chris ßunckel, Placer; Frank
R. Wehe, Sierra; James F. Farraher. Siskiyou;
A.B.Paul, Shasta; Hugh Craig;, Chamber of
Commerce; T. J. Parsons, Board of Trade; J.
C. C. Price, Southern California Chamber of
Commerce; G. W. McNear Jr., San Francisco
Produce Exchange; A. J. MacDonald.San Fran
cisco Stock Exchange; Oscar Lewis, Manufac
turers' and Producers' Association; Willie B.
Everett, Northwest Mining Association; C. W.
Cross, San Francisco; Charles C. Derby, Santa
Clara; D. G. Reid, Trinity; John M.'Wright,
Tuolumne; Louis Conrath Yuba.
Secretary Ralston read the financial re
port of the association, which was later
indorsed by Treasurer Bonntag. It showed
that during the period from November 9,
1894, to October 10, 1895, ?4022 has been re
ceived, which, with the $1013 52 on hand
at the earlier date, gave the organization
$5035 52 on which to draw for expenses. Of
this amount all but $3 79 has been ex
pended. The report was adopted, after
which Professor Jordan of Stanford Uni
versity briefly addressed the convention in
his characteristic humorous style. He
said:
I was brought in to speak to you because I
know nothing of mining or mining engineer
ing. lam very glad to believe that tbe real
scientific mining which leads to Its greatest
productiveness is at hand, and that the old
gambling method is to be abandoned. Enough
money has been wasted in useless methods of
prospecting to have paid for a thorough and
scientific survey of the regions prospected.
I am trying to do all I can to aid the mining
industries by turning out capable mining en
gineers.
Three hearty cheera were then proposed
by Whaler of Nevada County and given
with a vim "for the man who knows what
he is talking about." He was followed by
Niles Searls, who said, in part:
It is true that in one way and another, and
mostly in another, I have been connected with
the mining industries of the State since 1849.
For one year I was a practical miner, then I
mined your pockets by practicing law. I have
Deen in a quartz mine and have seen the signs
of a rich vein, and I would not exchange my
opinion for that of any one who had never
seen a quartz mine. Science is only a theory;
to form a conclusion of any value in mining it
must be combined with actual practice.
He then urged a combined and energetic
agitation on the part of the miners to
secure and maintain their rights in all
branches of the industry. Science, he said,
could be advantageously applied in bring
ing about the operation of hydraulic mines
without injury to others, and strongly ad-
vocated further relief through the State
and National law-making bodies.
At this juncture the committee on order
of business and permanent organization
announced it was ready to report. The
order of business was arranged in this re
port as follows:
Report of committees — Report of executive
committee, report of legislative committee,
report of committee on mineral lands, report
of committee on by-laws, report of committee
on resolutions; election of officers, new busi
ness and good of the association, selection of
the executive committee.
After a somewhat extended debate over
the clause pertaining to the election of of
ficers it was deoided to have that part of
the business transacted at 1:30 p. m. to-day.
The convention then adjourned until 10
a. m. to-day.
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
Some Interesting Facts Brought
Out In the Dlscus
elons.
At the meeting of the committee on res
olutions last night in Maple Hall, at the
Palace Hotel, organization was effected by
the election of R. M. darken as chairman
and William J. McGee as secretary. The
rollcall showed all member* of the commit
tee present axcept Raw, Jones of Mariposa,
Anderson, Crai*, Parsons, McN»ar, Lewis,
Everette and Derby.
A. F. Jones of Butte submitted the fol
lowing:
Resolved, That all committees of the Cali
fornia Miners' Association report to the execu
tive committee thereof all proposed action of
said committees before finally acting thereon
unless otherwise authorised by the general
convention, and that no act of any subordinate
committee shall be considered as the action of
the California Miners' Association until ap
proved by the executive committee thereof.
A. H. Ricketts, chairman of the mineral
lands committee, was asked to address the
committee, and explained the nature of
the controversy with the railroad com
panies over mineral lands and the present
status of the controversy, as published in
recent issues of The Call.
He charged that the fault lay more with
the officers of the Land Office in Washing
ton than with the railroad company that
mineral lands are allowed to be entered by
the railroad company as agricultural lands.
He added that the Washington officers
were too much inclined to favor the rail
road. There was no fight, he said, with
the railroad, but with the authorities at
Washington. For this reason ha thought
the battle for the rights of the miner*
must be made at the Nation's capital. He
believed that the beginning of the end is
at hand, that there was a good chance of
the railroad and mining people coming to
an amicable arrangement, the essence of
which is that the railroad people should
make their nlings of land entries so as to
show the true character of the land sought
to be filed upon.
In response to questions put by Mr.
Wright he stated that he believed, judging
from recent developments, that the ap
peals made by Mr. Benjamin and himself
would probably be sustained, and that as a
consequence all mineral lands filed upon
by the railroad companies would be re
turned to the public domain.
Mr. Wehe's inquiries brought forth a
suggestion that the remedy lay to a large
extent in legislation by Congress, and
added that a measure similar to that
known as the Montana-Idaho bill would
probably bring about the desired result.
Mr. Wehe then submitted the following:
Resolved, That the committee on legislation,
when appointed, be instructed to use all hon
orable means at its disposal to secure such
Congressional legislation as will secure a just
and speedy settlement of*the 80-oalled mineral
land controversy now pending between all tae
railroad companies having land grants in this
State and the California Miners' Association.
Mr. Reid stated that in his county,
Trinity, and in Shasta the railroad com
pany, through one Wbiteside, procured
three disreputable residents to make non
mineral affidavits before Justice Phil
brook, each affiant and the Justice being
paid for their part in the transaction, the
affiants receiving $5 for each affidavit.
These facts he said he knew from personal
knowledge.
Judge Cross moved that three sub-com
mittees be appointed as follows: One to
submit resolutions on the hydraulic min
ing question ; one to take similar action
relative to mineral land claims, and an
other to take up all other general matters
pertaining to the mining industry. On the
adoption of the motion the following were
appointed as members of the committees:
Hydraulics— l). Y. Held, Chris Runctley, L.
Conrath.
Mineral lands— J. M. Wright, F. W. Wehe, W.
J. McGee,
General matters— J. F. Farrsher, W. E.
Everette, A. B. Faul, A. F. Jones, J. C. C. Price.
Mr. Reid introduced the following :
Resolved, That we heartily indorse the action
of the mineral lands committee, in their en
deavors to retain tor exploration and purchase
the mining lands of the State of California for
the miners and ask that a committee of the
same character be appointed by the chairman
of the convention to continue the good work
so ably commenced.
Mr. Jones of Butte introduced the fol
lowing:
Regolvcd, That the Superior Court of the
county in which the land in dispute is situated
will afford the quickest method of determina
tion of disputes as to the mineral or non-min
eral character of lands within the railroad
grants, and that the representatives of the as
sociation urge upon Congress the passage of
such acts as will result in having such matters
of dlepute referred to the local court for de-
All the resolutions submitted were re
ferred to the proper sub-committees and
adjournment was taken until 9:45 A. M.
to-day.
It was then announced that the com
mittee on hydraulics would meet at 8 a. m.
to-day, in the office of Cross <fc Cross,
Chonicle building; the committee on min
eral lands at 9 a. m. at the office of J. M.
Wright, Mills building; the general sub
committee at the office of A. B. Paul,
Crocker building.
RICKETTS' DECLINATION.
Can No Longer Serve on the
Mineral Lands Com
mittee.
In the following interesting communica
tion, addressed to Chairman Neff of the
Miners' Association, A. H. Ricketts declines
the probable honor of reappointment as
chairman of the mineral lands committee:
Referring to our conversation of last Satur
day, In which you expressed a wish to re
appoint me as the chairman of the mineral
lands committee In the event of your re-election
as president of the California Miners' Associa
tion, I will say that I thank you very much for
the honor you seek to confer upon me and the
indorsement of my work, which Is very flatter
ing to me, but 1 am compelled to decline the
appointment for purely personal reasons.
Permit me to say further that perhaps the
mineral-land controversy has been brought to
that state that practically but little remains to
be done by that committee to bring the matter
to a satisfactory conclusion by agreement be
tween the parties to the controversy or by ap
propriate legislation, or both. This is evi
denced by the expressed desire of certain per
sons who relegate the drafting of a bill on the
lines presented by the Idaho-Montana act to
the committee on legislation or to a special
committee to be composed wholly of lawyers
to meet and confer with a like committee to be
appointed by the railroad company, although
no oDjection has yet been made to the bill in
troduced bv Mr. Caminetti during the last
session of Congress as amended by said min
eral land committee, and which closely fol
lows the said Idaho-Montana act in all essen
tial particulars; and the main change— to-wit,
the provision for a less number of commission
ers in the Caminetti amended bill, received
special commendation in the report thereon of
the committee of the House of Representatives
in recommending said bill for passage.
Without question, if the Miners' Association,
through whatever avenue it may choose to act,
obtains the co-operation of the railroad com
pany in this matter, such bill as may be
agreed upon will quickly become a law. It is
well known that the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company ultimately withdrew all opposition
to the Idaho-Montana bill, and that trie same
thereafter quickly found its place upon tha
statute-books.
Of course, if no agreement be reached touch-
Ing the amicable adjustment of the matter,
and appropriate legislation be again denied,
the filing of protests, in mv judgment, should
be vigorously prosecuted, for therein has re
sided the principal labor of the mineral land
committee in the past year, and to its success
in the matter the present attitude of the rail
road company in the premises is mainly if not
wholly attributable.
In retiring from the office of chairman of the
mineral land committee I lose none of my in
terest in the miners' cause, which I believe to
be a just one, and I shall be happy at any time
in the future to act in an advisory capacity.
In this connection, let me add that I expect
to devote much time to other work in behalf
of the miner, under the auspices of the State
Mining Bureau, which is said to bo as much
needed, in its way, aa anything I have at
tempted in the past.
In Closing, you will permit me to take this
means of expressing mv thanks to Messrs.
Wriggt, Yale, Loftus and Hoffmann, of the pres
ent mineral land committee, for the invaluable
work tbfly have done as members of that com
mittee, and which was indispensable to its suc
cess, and it gives me great pleasure to say that
the commi ;tee has always acted as a unit on
every question, and therein lays its greatest
strength.
This is considered the most important
and responsible position on any commit
tee, and much interest will attach to the
naming of Ricketts 1 successor.
PLACER'S DELEGATES.
They Held a Session as a County
Convention— New Officers
Elected.
At the meeting of the Placer County
delegation yesterday at the Grand Hotel
Chairman H. T. Power was instructed to
cast the entire vote of the delegation for
Jacob H. Neff as president of the associa
tion, and a resolution was adopted indore
ing the course of the State association
during the past year. It was also de
veloped that the delegation is nearly a unit
in the matter of favoring the selection of
Secretary Ralston should he desire to run.
A vote of thanks to the officers of the
Placer County Miners' Association was
adopted. The report of the treasurer
showed that $1082 had been collected dur
ing the year; that only $45 70 was ex
pended during that period, and that $1400
was contributed to the State association,
this being the largest amount contributed
by any one county. The following officers
were then elected by acclamation : Presi
dent, Harold T. Power, Sunny South; sec
retary, Chris Runckel, Dutch Flat; treas
urer,*T. J. Nichols, Auburn.
The president was instructed to appoint
an executive committee of live, and the
appointment of delegates to the next State
convention was left to this committee.
Adjourned.
THE GOSPEL AT THE PARK
Evangelical Sermons i/lay Soon
Be Heard From the Band
Stand.
Mrs. Cooper's Address— Dr. Good
win's Attitude of Mentor to
the Preachers.
There were many fair guests at the Con
gregational Monday Club yesterday, drawn
there by a desire to hear Mrs. Sarah B.
Cooper's address on "The Discipline of
Suffering." She said:
The law of conflict is the law of life. This
great world was not made complete at the be
ginning. It mutt become perfect by stripes aud
pain and attrition. Progress upward depends
largely upon the capacity for suSering. This
capacity is not in itself right or wrong. Pleas
ure and pain are constant interpretations of
the law of rectitude. Grief is the precious box
of ointment, which when broken scatters its
contents afar. We must not question our son
ship or daughtership with God because we are
subjected to trial.
Life is enriched by suffering. No enemy
turns his guns upon an empty citadel. Rob
bers do not visit a barren orchard. When
sorrow comes to natures it comes to refine and
mold.
Some one has said that sorrow is a letter
from God. Let us open the letter and see what
message it contains. There is but one tree in
the world that bears true manhood and
womanhood and that is the tree of discipline.
The sentiment of her paper was heartily
indorsed by most of the club members. A
few dissented because of rigid doctrinal
views. ,
Dr. Crnzan asked why it was not proba
ble that the discipline of suffering would
continue in the next "life. Rev. W. H.
Tubb replied humorously that such a sug
gestion might frighten people out of the
path to heaven.
Presbyterian Union.
The Presbyterian Ministerial Union dis
cussed the practicability and need of Sun
day afternoon services at Golden Gate
Park.
Rev. J. Cumming Smith and Rev. F. B.
Farrand were appointed a committee to
confer with like representations in relation
to the matter.
Farewell to Charles Yatman.
A farewell reception will be tendered
Evangelist Yatman at the Central Metho
dist Church to-morrow evening. The flag
which he is carrying with him in his tour
around the world will be exhibited.
Gall for Bsv. T. H, Henderson.
Rev. T. H. Henderson, pastor of the
Ocean View Congregational Church, haß
received a unanimous call to the joint
charge at Sierraville and Etta, but has con
cluded to decline it.
Methodist Preachers.
Dr. Goodwin, castor of the California
street Methodist Church and the new pre
siding officer of the preachers' meeting of
that denomination, assumed the attitude
of a good-natured schoolmaster to the
preachers yesterday. He took them to
task^mildly for shirking their duty as far
as assisting in the meeting as chief speak
ers was concerned.
Dr. Filben, in behalf of the programme
committee, spoke of the urgent necessity
of each minister presenting a paper when
callpd upon to do so by that committee.
Charles Yatman, the evangelist, gave a
brief address, in which he dwelt upon the
guidance of the Holy Spirit. He will sail
on the Alameda Thursday for New Zea
land.
Mrs. Van Cott, who is holding a series of
revival meetings at the Howard-street
Church, gave an earnest talk on the need
of evangelical work. *
Epworth Alliance Meeting.
The Epworth League Alliance will hold
its tenth quarterly meeting at Potrero M.
E. Church Thursday evening, for which
the following programme has been pre
pared:
6 :45 p. m.— Meet at church for prayer-meet
ing. 7:ls— Street meeting, Harry Snook; ad
dress of welcome, Rev. W. S. Urniy. 7:45-8—
Praise service; Sciipture reading, Rev. John
Stephens, Simpson Memorial; prayer, Rev. E.
M. Hill, Fifteenth-avenue Church; singing;
business; tinging; one-minute report from
each society. B:3o— Address, fifteen minutes,
"Present Salvation," Rev. M. C. Harris; solo,
Mrs. Don Pardee Riggs. B :4s— Consecration
service, M. F. Colburn.
DR, BOWMAN'S LECTURE.
Does Not Think the British Govern
ment to Blame for the Trouble
In Ireland.
Rev. Dr. H. W. Bowman addressed a
meeting at Metropolitan Temple last even*
ing under the auspices of the Good Citizen
ship Committee.
The speaker of the evening waa intro
duced by G. A. Hubbell, who acted as
chairman of the proceedings. Mr. Hub
bell traced the history of various forms of
government down to the present repub
lican form existing in America. He rep
resented that the republican government
had two enemies, a theocracy and a plu
tocracy.
Dr. Bowman, who was then introduced,
said that it had been claimed by the
priests that the great public school
founded in America was erected by Ro
manists. He denied that this was the
case. He had also been charged that he,
the speaker, was repeating at second hand
the statements and arguments of Rev. J.
Q. A. Henry. If this were so, the lecturer
thought a good thing might be repeated.
The subject of Dr. Bowman's address
was "The Political Paradise of the Papist
versus the Patriot's Eden." The speaker
quoted from a speech of Cardinal Man
ning, who said that he acknowledged no
civil power. Romanism he considered as
a rehgio political system and the Roman
ist could not be loyal to his system and to
the government which obtains in America.
iJr. Bowman discussed parochial educa
tion versus the public-school system. He
also traced the history of the Church of
• om . e fr * om the time w " en lt exercised the
ngnts of an independent monarchy. Ever
since that time, the speaker said, its gov
ernment had been based upon religious
opinion.
The lecturer called upon his audience to
remember that the ballot in the hands of
the citizen is a public trust, and as such
must be used for the good of the public.
JNo law under the sun could permit man to
do wrong. He gave an amusing descrip
tion of the life, customs and manners of
the people resident in the republics of Cen
tral America, and then went on to speak
of the poverty-stricken condition of the
people in the south of Ireland, as compared
W ri fi the ha PP>' Btate of those in Ulster.
If, said the speaker, "Ireland were given
home rule, in a short time there would be
no borne left to rule." He did not think
that the troubles of Ireland were solelv on
account of friction with the British Gov
ernment.
: NEW TO-DAY— AUCTIOKS.
f At Auction
x TUESDAY,
TUESDAY "... -.OCTOBER 32, 1895.
At 12 O'Cl-OCK Noon-. . V* -
At 638 Market Street, Opp. Palace Hotel.
PACIFIC HKIGHTS KESIDENCE.
K. line (No. 2212) of .Devisadero street. 77:8%
feet S. of Washington; fine bay-windowed 2-story
residence of 6 rooms and bath: fnrnace heater; a
handsome house: cement walk; bituminous
street: everything iu splendid shape: examine this
for a home; Devisadero, Sacramento and Jackson
street cable; lot aOxllO feet. .
GOLDEX GATE PARK LOT.
X. line of Oak st., 100 feet W of Broderick; one
olock only from Golden Gate Park: fine surround-
ings: elegant location for-a hom<*: examine this;
choice lot for speculation or for a builder: s-reet in
bituminous rock: Omnibus cable passes the prop-
erty; electric fend other roads but two blocks; royal
double lot, 50x137:6 feet.
LAGU>fA-STREKT BESIDENCE.
6E. corner (No. 3006) of Ijuruna and Harry sts. ;
handsome two-story bay-windowed residence
arranged for 2 families; 7 rooran and bath: fine
view; cement walk: examine thfs: owner leaving
the -State: It must be sold; Union-st. cable; lot
22:6x62:6.
BESIDENCE (NO. 2466) LAKKIN ST.
• E. line (No. 12406) of Larkin s'., 46:10 N of ll-
bert; 2- story bay-windowed residence of 7 rooms
and bath; brick foundation: cement walk: union,
Butter anJ California st. cables; lot 22:8x99 feet.
TO OXiOSB
For Account People's Home SaTings
Bank.
Three 50-varas, in fractions, or as an entirety,
SW. line of Monteonnrv ave., extending from N.
line of North Point st. through to . Beach St., as pet
diagram.
Tnis is a valuable water-front property and lias
a large future to it: lot 137:6 feet on North Point
St., 150 feet on Leavenworth, 389 feet on Mont-
gomery ave., 171 feet on Beach st.
KB, CORNER FIFTEENTH AND NOE
STREETS.
NE. corner of Fifteenth and Noe sts.; 2 fine lots,
ready for building; examine these; must be sold;
corner lot, 30x100 ft. ; luside lot on Noe st., 25x
105 ft.
HALF OF OUTSIDE LAND BLOCK SOI.
E. half of outside land block No. 801, fronting
83d avenue, bet. K and I. sts.<24 city lots; will
be sold as an entirety; 8 lots, 80x100 ft., and 16
lots, 25x120 ft.; or entire, 600x120 ft.
MISSION FRENCH FLATS.
N. line (Nos. 1220 and 1220V2) of 24th St.. 230 ft.
W. of Noe: Louse of 8 and 1 rooms, bath, bay-
window, laundry, brick foundation; street in fln«
condition; rent $32; electric road; lot2oxll4ft.
BIISSION RESIDENCE LOTS.
N. line of 18th st., 100 ft. W. of Church— 4 fine
large residence h)ts: weU built up in the vicinity 1
street in tine condition; examine these; San Fran-
cisco and San Mateo Klectrlc Koad ; 10t527:6x
128:4.
MISSION RESIDENCE LOTS.
S. line of 21st St., 203:7 ft. W. of Church— large
residence lots; command an elegant marine view;
in sunny belt; street graded, sewered and rano-
adamlzed; San Francisco and San Mateo Electric
Road; 10t5 26:5x114.
MISSION CORNER LOT.
HR. cor. 30th and .Laidley sts.— A flue large busi-
ness corner lot, as per diaeram; must be sold; ex-
amine this; Castro-st. cable; lot 85:6x141
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