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ENTHUSIASTIC- SCENE IN THE MINERS' \u25a0 CONVENTION WHEN PRESI
DENT E. C. VOORHEIS ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION AND .WAS'RB
>'. ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT TERM.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Oct.- 23.-Booker
T. Washington, who is attending the Yale
bicentennial . celebration," was a , guest ' of
Morris F. Tyler, treasurer of the .univer
sity,, at a dinner at Tyler's residence on
Monday evening. Former Postmaster
General Bissell alsoaccepted an invitation
to dine with Tyler that" evening, and met
Mr. Washington. Tyler said to-day that
the invitations were sent and accepted
about ten days.before Washington, dined
with the President at Washington. ;
Dine "With the Distinguished Negro.
• HONOLULU,, Oct. 16.-Considerable un
easiness has 'been created'among some of
the largest sugar planting by
the uuling of the Secretary\of the Interior
at Washington . , which puts an end. to the
negotlatlonsbf certain capitalists for the
privilege of developing the Kohala Moun
tain *' water. '. Several : of \u25a0 the , i largest
plantations are obtaining water rising on
public lands.' Governor Dole, announced,
when conveying to his Council and inter
ested "parties! the « decision of . the Secre
tary , of the - Interior that it affected | all
such -water privileges granted* since ' an
nexation. ... '\u25a0\u25a0 " - .• V \u25a0'--•• :
\ .A controversy is on, between the Board
of Health and the' Public Works Depart
ment regarding the operation of a stone
quarry, with blasting and, machine crush
ing incidental, I on the edge . of the I insane
asylum : grounds. The department has not
means for) removing I either the plant or
the asylum- and the; roads need the quar-'
ried material./. \u25a0 ,:.\u25a0:- '
- Superintendent of; Public Works ' J. H.
Special Correspondence.
Uneasiness in Hawaii
Over a Recent Regu
lation/
The Democratic party wages no war against
-wealth. It Is not a poor man's party. nor the
rich man's party. It is the people's party. It
believes that the interests of labor and capital
should not be permitted to conflict and should
be harmonized by Judicious legislation, but
that Jn the • event of conflict' between- them
labor, which is the parent of wealth, Is entitled
to paramount consideration. It opposes monop
oly, not only, because it Is unjust and oppres
sive but because it. Is destructive of equality;
but it would not legislate to check the legiti
mate operation of our great industries. It has
no sympathy with communism and anarchism,
but It believes in taxing the wealth rather than
the labor' of . the. country, and it opposes, and
from- its principles must ever oppose, all sub
sidy, trusts and monopolies as hostile to the in
terests of the great body of the common people,
on whose prosperity the welfare of our country
defends. . .-.--.". r ._;.
bourne. The Democratic managers decid
ed to have no speakers from other States
and a campaign of eleven days will be
carried on by Ohio speakers only. Kil
bourne said in part:
Patriotic Republicans, you who love your
country and are devoted to its free institutions,
will you remain longer with those who* seek
ing to extend the exercise of arbitrary power
by the Government, preach that we have out
grown the constitution, or will you unite with
those who believe that the preservation of-con
stitutional liberty Is of greater consequence
than finding new fields for exploitation by .the
trusts pr the establishment of a hybrid impe
rialism? , • • \u25a0 . '
Democratic Candidate
for Governor Begins
Campaign.
BUCTRUS, Ohio, Oct. 23.— The Demo
crats formally opened their State cam
paign here to-day with excursions from
all parts of the State and a very large at
tendanee. This city was founded by the
grandfather of Colonel James Kilbourne,
the Democratic candidate for Governor,
and Is the county seat of one of J the
strongest Democratic counties In the
State.
The city was profusely decorated for
the celebration. The speakers included
Colonel James Kilbourne, Anthony How
ells, candidate for Lieutenant Governor ;
Mayor Tom L. Johnson and Charles W.
Baker, candidate for United States Sena
tor, in the afternoon, s*id for the night
meeting J. L. Zimmerman of Springfield,
Congressman James A. Norton and
others. General. E. B. Finley, formerly
Congressman from th«3 district, was the
presiding officer for both meetings.
The afternoon meeting was preceded by
a parade of clubs and the evening meet
ing by a torchlight procession. The larg
est visiting delegation came from Colum
bus, the home of Colonel James Kil-
The. proceedings of the final day of tho
convention were enlivened by several oc
currences. : When B. C. Voorheis was re
r.omlnated for president and the nomina
tion had been ratified unanimously by the
convention, the delegates all over the. hall
stood up and cheered wildly for Voor
heis, waving hats and canes above their
heads. Only one name -was mentioned
for each office -when the nomination
speeches were in order. Bradley of El
Dorado County for president nominated
Voorheis, Caminetti named Fred Zeitler,
Attorney General Tirey Ford named L.
E. Aubury and J. H. Tibbitts of Shasta
named M. E. Dittmar of Redding- for th-j
three -vice presidents. Ford made a hu
morous speech and, alluding to the im
aginary line that- separates Southern
California at Tehachapl f rom the . upper
part of the State, made a plea 'for the
State as a whole. "To hell with Tehacha
pl." said he. i . ;• -
Davis of Amador nominated Benjamin
for secretary; Ralston named S. J. Hendy
for- treasurer; J. H. Neff seconded the
nomination of Voorheis. All the newly
elected officers made neat speeches from
the stage. and came in for applause.
Eising Vote of Thanks.
Toward the close of : the . deliberations
J. H. Neff moved that the convention ten-
Boyd and George C. Beckley of the Wilder
Steamship Company are mentioned ' as
probable candidates in 1902 for Delegate to
Congress. The split in the home rule
party, that -started at the Legislature, is
extending over the group.
Baron . Alexander Kahlbahrs, the Rus
sian general who commanded the troops
of (he Czar in Manchuria during the re
cent troubles, stopped in Honolulu last
night as a through passenger for San
Francisco on the steamship City of Pe
king and he gave out an, interview in
which he stated that the province of Man
churia' is entirely . sujugated to Russian
rule. Baron Kahlbahrs is on his way to
St. Petersburg, where he will - report on
his military operations, which, he says,
were completely successful. : ' ,
There is a . movement in Honolulu to
erect a monument, in honor of "the late
President:'- It is supported by all ele
ments. The monument will be put up by
Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese
and whites by public subscription and the
aid of various organizations. ' < :
: \u25a0 The police ' have been arresting \ many
Porto Ricans as vagrants recently and an
unprecedented i amount « of begging is re
ported; all over Honolulu. Yesterday one
Filipino. Ango, arrested as a vagrant, sur
prised the T court and police by producing
$4000 in cash and notes from his pockets.
Gould Elected as Director.
i: DENVER, Oct. 23.— At the annual meet
ing of the Rio" Grande Southern- Railroad
stockholders in this city the following di
rectors were elected: George' Gould, New-
York; Howard Gould, New York; Arthur
Coppcli; New York; Clarence M. Bingham,
Chicago; Edward T. Jeffry, Denver; S. N.
\u25a0Wood, ;! Denver; \u25a0\u25a0 Otto \u25a0 Mears, Washington.
George Gould is chairman of the board. \u25a0;
Dr.rC. C. O'Donnell is still in the flght
for Mayor | and 1 will certainly win. Write
his , name ; with a lead pencil at the top of
,the head' of the blank column, for Mayor.*
TUCSON. Ariz., Oct. 23.— The United
States Grand Jury returned an Indictment
to-caj' against ex-Customs Collector
Hoey on three separate charges ln con
nection with the admitting of Chinese
Into the United States. Hoey will be ar
raifTied en Friday.
Indictment Against Hoey.
eral in character and which are recognized as
mineral by the people who seek to secure them
as such by subterfuge, legal technicalities and
outright perjury, the petroleum industry faces
the matter of most serious present concern to
it ln Its relation to the Federal laws and their
administration. We believe that this problem
Is peculiarly one In which the whole mining
Industry of the State is interested, together
with the petroleum miners, and we solemnly
pledge our highest endeavors to protect the
heritage of the miner ln the public domain In
accordance with the letter and spirit of the
beneficent laws which \u25a0 were intended by Con
gress to sacredly preserve the vast mineral re
sources of the public domain to the mining
industry that their development might be .en
couraged and fostered. We distinctly favor tho
proposition that where a contest takes place
between a scripper and a miner In any de
partment of the United States land office, the
burden of proof shall.be placed upon the scrip
per and not on the miner.
Resolved, We look forward with pardonable
pride to the early construction, already as
sured, of- the restraining barrier for which
$650,000 has been appropriated by our State and
National governments. -We heartily . approve
the plans and recommendations of the
fornia Debris Commission for the construction
of such restraining barriers as outlined ln
their official report cf 1S99 to the Secretary
of War, and we hereby request . our delegates
in Congress to use all honorable means to se
cure such added national legislation and ap-
WATER RIGHTS
CAUSE WORRY
Whereas, Opposition :to the efforts of certain
of our fellow miners to operate their hydraulic,,
mines under the Caminetti law has been made
in the courts of the State, and more suits of a
similar character are threatened; and -
Whereas, By the injunctions obtained in
the cases already brought under the ruling by
tha court that the licenses ln these particular
cases were not regularly issued,' the constitu
tionality of the law has been challenged; now,
therefore, be It . \u25a0 , \u25a0 . • \u25a0'.-... -.
Resolved, That the executive committee of the
California Miners' Association shall determine
the constitutionality of said law in the courts
of. last resort by defending a test case brought
against a -miner holding a regularly Issued li
cense by the California Debris Commission. .
Resolved, That we recognize the fact that the
future • devolpment of the State depends in a
large measure upon the "future development of
Test Case Proposed!
segregate the ) mineral lands wfthln the rail
road land grants of California to the end that
such mineral lands may be again thrown open
to exploration and purchase \u25a0 in the same man
ner as are the other mineral lands of the
United States- under the Federal mining laws
regulating such exploration and purchase. .
And we further recommend that If deemed
necessary, and i with the advice of the
executive committee * of the association,' a
personal representative be sent to Washington
to represent the Interests of the miners of Cali
fornia In this matter.
7N addition to the adoption of resolutions, in which the _zvishes of the representatives of the min
ing industry of California zverc set forth zvith force and clearness, and the election of officers
for the next year, the convention of the Calif or nia Miners' Association- found time yesterday to
take action demanding the enaction of a nezv Chinese exclusion act. The proceedings came to an
end yesterday afternoon. They zvere marked zvith harmony in all matters of vital concern. The
old ofUcial board was re-elecled with the addition of a third vice-president to represent the northern
counties. : ; .''•\u25a0,. V ''\u25a0:. V •
COMMITTEE WORK BEARS GOOD FRUIT.
MOUNT PLEASANT. Utah. Oct. 23.—
lire. Aubry Snowden, -wife of a prominent
physician, to-day placed the^ muzzle of a
revolver to the forehead of her two-year
old daughter and sent a bullet crashing
through the child's head. She then shot
her«elf in the right temple, dying- almost
instantly. The child lived an hour after
beirg shot. No explanation Is offered
as to the reason for the •woman's acts.
Woman. Kills Herself and Child.
LONDON, Oct. 23.— "It has transpired,"
says; a special dispatch from Paris, "that
the French Government warned each
member cf the miners' committee (which
adjourned yesterday at St. Etlenne witn
out making- public the result of its delib
erations) that ln ordering a strike under
present conditions he would render him
self liable to a sentence for inciting civil
war and that the Government would
prof.ecute if necessary. This action. It is
fceli«;ved, caused the committee to tem
porise."
For Inciting- Civil "War.
LaRIMORE. N. D., Oct. 23.— At 5
o'clock this morning a light engine com
ing east ran into the rear end of the
G resit Northern eastbound flyer, killing
Fireman W. B. Joselyn and Brakeman
Claude Whittaker and breaking one cf
Engineer Thomas Doane's legs. The
wounded -were brousrht to Grand Forks.
President J. J.~ Hill's private car -was on
the rear of the train, occupied by the
porter, who was slightly injured. This
car is built of steel and made to with
stand wrecks, and was but slightly dam
agea. Had this car not been on the rear
of tne train many lives might have been
lost. Conductor Driscoll says the crew on
the light engine did not heed a signal to
stop. . .
Private Car of President Hill Has a
Narrow Escape From
Disaster.
X-IGET ENGINE CRASHES
INTO THE FAST'TBAIN
Us water resources and the preservation of its
forests; therefore, we favor the immediate and
thorough Investigation of, and report on, our
water resources, and the best methods of- Im
proving and developing the same; the collabora
tion of the Federal and State governments in
such investigation and the proper ! appropria
tions therefor by our State Legislature.
We desire and urge the Federal Government
that all public .forests be reserved from sale,
and the establishment of a forest patrol; and
We favor the enactment by the State Legisla
ture of such penal laws as will lessen the
danger from forest fires; and be it further •
Resolved, that we recognize the Importance of
the passage of such amendatory legislation, and
urge the necessity of action upon our committee
on legislation and the California representatives
in our National CongressA
Assessment Work.
Resolved, That we heartily favor the amend
ment of sections 2319, 2320 and 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States, concerning
the location of mining claims, so that the loca
tor shall be accorded a reasonable and definite
time within which to finally mark his surface
boundaries on the ground, so. that all local
rules, regulations and customs of miners and
all State and Territorial law on' the locations of
mines shall be abolished; and so; that," while
liberal provisions shall be madefor.the protec
tion of the locator who holds and works his
claim in good faith, the law concerning annual
assessment shall most effectually check the
present injurious practice of holding mining
claims year after year without development.
A resolution reported by the commit
tee on resolutions, in which the work
of the California Club for the pres
ervation • «f the Calaveras Big Trees
and' advocating national and State legis
lation necessary to- preserve the forest,
was adopted. v££
views of this convention on the proposition of
having a department of mines and mining, and
that the same be submitted to the executive
committee of this association at its first meet-'
ing, so It can be immediately forwarded to
our delegation In Washington.
Resolved, That our Congressional delegation
be and is hereby requested to use all honorable
means to have enacted a law by which the
location of petroleum placer claims might be so
regulated as to secure to the locator the right
to locate not to exceed 160 acres and give him
an opportunity to make technical "discovery"
of mineral as precedent to location.
A measure of this nature is demanded by the
peculiar conditions of the petroleum industry,
and is necessary to give effect to the spirit and
Intent of the mining .laws, and would be a wise
adaptation to oil development of the tunnel
site law and would work no Injury to any legi
timate industry. '-
Scrippers Axe Considered.
nesolved. That in the problem of remedying
the criminal abuses of . the land and mining
laws of the nation by the wholesale attempts to
secure as agricultural lands, by the use of so
called scrip and otherwise, great tracts of the
public domain that are unquestionably min-
Resolved, That your committee .on mineral
lands be Instructed to use all honorable means'
at their disposal to secure such legislation at
the hands of our National Congress as will
bring about the desired results, and we fur
thermore request our Senators and Represen
tatives in Congress to urge upon Congress
at Its ensuing session, commencing in Decem
ber .next, to enact such legislation as will
promptly, effectually and finally classify and
Whereas, There "is an absolute, urgent and
immediate necessity for the segregation of tho
mineral lands within the railroad land grants
of the State of California in order that- such
mineral lands may be restored to the public
domain and thus made available to the min
ing prof pector. These mineral lands were es
pecially excepted from the railroad land grants
and have never been granted by the United
States Government to any railroad company,
and were intended to be specifically preserved
as a part of the public domain open to explora
tion and purchase under Federal mining laws.
The task of securing a proper and effective
classification and segregation of the mineral
lands within the- railroad land grants in Cali
fornia was undertaken several years since • by
the California Delegate in Congress through the
suggestion and \u25a0 co-operation of \ the California
Miners' Association, but the efforts thus made
have been. so far unavailing. ,. It is" 'now be
lieved, however, that .a more' opportune ; time
has arrived for the accomplishment of . this
desirable work, and therefore, be It "
Mineral Lands. Bill.
proprlation as may. be necessary to carry such
work to a final and successful completion. And
be it further
Resolved. That we favor the construction at
the earliest possible date of additional re
straining: dama and barriers upon - the tribu
taries- of the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers and their branches, to the end that
hydraulic mining may be' resumed In all parts
of the State adapted thereto.
sions Issusd.
"WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.— The Postoffice
Department to-day issued the following:
Postoffices discontinued October 31: Cali
fornia—Wanda. Stanislaus County, mail
to Oakdale. Wash; Bush Point, Island
County, mail to Newell.
These pensions were granted: Increase
—Frank McLaughlin. Los Angeles, $12.
Oregon— Increase— John Valentine, Rose
burjj, $S.
Washington — Increase — Benjamin F.
Taylor, Pullman, ?12.
The annual report of the Commissioner
of Tensions shows the number of pension
ers :.n California to be 19.279. The amount
paid them during the last fiscal year was
$2,625,816. The Oregon pensioners number
5470 and the amount Is $719,210. The Wash
ingtDn pensioners are €928 and the amount
is JS25.125.
Changes Made in the Postoffice De
partment and More New Pen-
OF INTEEEST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Special' Dispatch to Tb» Call,
LONDON, Oct. 23«— The principal topic
of conversation to-day was the summary
dismissal of Sir Redvers Buller. Wher
ever one went nothing «lss was talked
about. A good 'deal of attention Is given
to one explanation of the affair. It Is an
open secret that what Is known as "pet
ticoat Influence" has been far too strong
at the War Office ever sines the Duk* of
Cambridge resigned and the present com
mander in chief has not escaped It, Therp
are many people who are Inclined to ap
plaud the speech of H. C. Richards, K
C, the night before last, at the North
ampton, who declared that It Lord Rob
erts would leave bazaar openings to Lad/
Roberts and take staff selections an!
War Office reforms Into his own bands'
there might be great reform, at the War
Office.
• "I am told," says the Informant, tt tia.t
ever since General Buller refused to cor
rect his Spion Kop dispatches he has been
subjected to the bitter hostility ot Lad/
Roberts, who used every eftort to force
her husband to demand his recall. Within
the last few days her antipathy has fotmtl
fresh vent owing' to this Westminster
speech. It is said she compelled 'Bobs* to
go to the War Office and demand oZ
Bro'drick that he should issue an order
for General Butler's resignation.
"Such an order was Issued, but rili
Buller replied with a flat refusal to
resign. Then Lord Roberts and Mr. Brod
rick put their heads together and waited
for the King's return to London to lay
before his Majesty the alternative of
Buller's dismissal or their resignation.
-"It was by n:> means a pleasant inter
view. At first the King refused point
blank to countenance any such drastic
proceedings. He defended Buller right
and left and declared that such a provo
cation as anonymous attacks were no
warrant for such an explosion on the part
of a bluff old soldier, but Lord Roberta
and Mr. Brodrick were equally stubborn.
"Lord Roberts threatened to resign in
stanter unless a royal mandate was Is
sued for Buller's decapitation."
CHINA NOW FFiAKFOTi
. OP "WTJ'S POPTTLAIHTY
Prominence of the Chinese minister
Hay Cause His Eecall to
Peking.
PEKING, Oct. 23.— There i3 strong oppo
sition among conservative Chinese officials
to Wu Ting Fang, Chinese Minister at
Washington, retaining a foreign mission.
Those who take this view consider that
hi» popularity abroad is a proof that he
is not sufficiently loyal to the interests of
China.
It is probable that he will be recalled
and given a position on the new Board of
Foreign Affairs, where, his linguistic and
legal attainments may be utilized under
the eye of the Government.
Accident to Transport Not Serious.
YOKOHAMA, Oct. 23.— The accident
which caused the United States transport
Sheridan, from Manila to San Francisco,
with over 1000 troops on board, to put
into Nagasaki, is not of a serious nature.
Her tailshaft is damaged and she will be
docked for repairs. - — -
On motion of C. T. Deane the chair was
authorized to name a committee of three
to revise the constitution and by-laws of
the association. -The committee as made
up includes Martin D. Kerr of Grass Val
ley, W. H. Dunton of El Dorado County
and Colonel George Stone of San Fran
cisco, .v
The special committee to deal with the
absent James O'Brien reported that the
rights of the ! Government having been
made secure by the prompt action of th«s
convention, without the payment x to
O'Brien of the $2500 "that was raised
among the busines men of San Francisco,
the money would all be paid back to the
contributors. »
This closed the O'Brien chapter with
one exception. O'Brien had sent a letter
to Mr. Caminetti resigning his position
on the association's committee on darns.
Whelan of Shasta County demanded that
this letter should be read.
"No," answered Caminetti, "he shall
not throw slurs at this convention in s
letter. If- he wishes to find fault let hlia
have the courage to come here in person
and do it." ; ;
It was late: yesterday afternoon when
the. convention, concluded its labors.
Revising Constitution.
der a rising vote of thanks to Marion da
"Vries for his 3crvices to the association
and the convention adopted the Idea.
Judge Niles Searls and Harold T. Power,
both of the last two named being ill, were
honored by the orders of the convention
to Secretary Benjamin to write ; to each
a letter of condolence. • .
At the forenoon session Congressman
S. D. "Woods spoke, advising that Senator
John F. Davis should.be uuinoriiea io
draw up a bill to-be presented to Con
gress to secure the needed additional ap
propriation for the Yuba River dam and
promising to introduce the bill at the
opening of Congress and tq follow it up
in the committees. Congressman "Woods
also promised to prepare a mineral lands
bill, copying it from the old bill that
failed. He also forcibly urged that tho
convention should -adopt resolutions con
cerning the Chinese exclusion act that
the California delegation in Congress
might have behind them the moral effect
of the action ol the California miners.
Congressman Coombs spoke of the Yuba
dam and other matters. He said that th;
Congressional delegation should give the
Yuba works all the support they could in
Congress. Congressman Coombs also
spoke concerning the exclusion of Chinese
from the United States., He said that r.
was whispered 'about in the East that
the farmers and miners of California
wanted more Chinese laborers to develop
their lands and mines and that rallroa-1
builders also wanted the Chinese. He dui
not think that representatives of these in
terests in California would sit silent un
der these imputations. He was largely
acquainted with the farmers and thought
that he knew their wishes concerning- the
exclusion of the Chinese: -
If there was not enough labor in Cali
fornia to Immediately develop its re
sources it was better to let them He in
abeyance • until • they could be developed
by Americans. Let. all interests get to
gether, he said, and tell the East that the
people of the State are united against th<*
coming in of the Chinese. Congressman
Coombs also promised to work for the
proposed National -Department of Mines
and Mining.
Wireless Telegraphy Serves
Important Purpose
at Sea,
.<« * £azro, lighthouse inspector, was no
tified by means of the Herald's wireless
*ysi.em of the lightship being out of posi
tion.
*y5, ; £ information nroved that the light
ship had drifted during the night fully six
rnll.;s off the station. Captain Hallett then
puued up his mushroom anchor, which he
lound to be all right, and made his way
* it the re & u lar anchorage. There was
luny 115 fathoms of chain out during the
vessel s drift. By' 1 o'clock this afternoon
!£ i l £htship reports that It was nearlng
the buoy, which it had no difficulty in lo-
NANTUCKET, Mass.. Oct. 23—Rellef
ligr.tship No. 58. which on October 16 took
the station at South Shoals, off Nantuck
et. to relieve the regular boat. No. 66, was
louad to bo adrift early this morning.
T^ie wind was very strong: during the
a ii er .P a^ ¥ >- es ">rday and increased
in -velocity during the night.
l<£ C ! oc . k "£* morr ""S Captain Hal
«n 'r.Z h V*. */L charg0 of th « rolle£ snip.
SErh?^^?** the * nctlor bu °y not in
JF. glUn S conclusive evidence that the
ship must have drifted a considerate dis
tance from her official position
».wn«3- & k 19: S 5 o#clo <* the steamer Swlt
»nrf il ' b .°^ n< l westward, came In sight
Tn ~l£ al $ l the Heral <*"6 wireless station
w ll P " e f as P assl ng she was asked
*3 * he of the lightship by meant
!«r£,. co i e * Bl * nal for Us longitude. Tho
Khh^h \u25a0 ca . me close u p t0 the 1J eht
11 '1 tU lon & itud e desired by Captahi
Ej>ecial Dispatch to The Call.
OHIOANS HEAR
FROM KILBOURNE
The text of the resolutions adopted by
the convention that dealt with topics of
the greatest general interest is as follows:
lows:
Resolved. That in the Judgment of this as
sociation, the mining industry of this country
with its output of raw material amounting in
1900 to the sum of $1,070,108,883 in value, its
tremendous significance to the industrial pros
perity of the nation, and its still more splen
did promise for the future, warrants and de T
mands the governmental protection and assist
ance that can be adequately extended only
through a cabinet department of the executive
branch of the Government. We therefore hear
tily indorse the now national demand for \u25a0 a
Cabinet Department of Mines and Mining.
Resolved, That the committee on legislation
be requested to prepare a bill embodying the
Important Resolutions.
Whereas, We cannot but look forward with
dismay and alarm to .that untoward event
which shall precipitate upon our shores the
alien hordes of Asia without let or hindrance;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we hereby request our dele
gation in Congress to endeavor to procure
the enactment of another Chinese exclusion act.
and that wo further hereby request our said
delegation in the prosecution of their efforts
in this behalf to exercise the greatest diligence
and vigilance.
Whereas, The Chinese * civilization In our
midst has proven to be wholly alien to ours
and to our Institutions, and the presence of
the Chinese among us has been shown to be a
blight and a curse upon our people; and
Whereas, The Chinese race has been proven
to be wholly unasslmilable with the Caucasian;
and
The enactment of a new Chinese restric
tion law \u25a0was advocated. The administra
tion of the State Mining Bureau under
Lewis B. Aubury was approved and the
Legislature was asked to make a liberal
appropriation for the support of the
bureau. Land Commissioner Binger Her
mann was commended anew for suspend
ing agricultural entry upon California
lands supposed to be petroleum-bearing.
Thanks were voted to the merchants,
manufacturers and business men of San
Francisco for financial support given to
the association and also to the press of
San Francisco and of the mining counties
of the State for aid to the association and
to the mining industry of California.
The resolutions that were submitted by
the committee on resolutions, of which "W.
C. Ralston was the chairman, were really
an epitome of the history of the important
doings of the convention during the week.
The reports of all committees, with the
recommendations made therein, were sent
to the committee on resolutions after they
had been read to the convention and the
last named committee embodied the sug
gestions that met with the favor of the
convention in their final report.
The text of the resolution reported by
the committee and finally adopted by the
convention concerning the Chinese exclu
sion act is as follows:
\u25a0Whereas, The Chinese exclusion act, so call
ed, is about to expire; and
Whereas, Upon Its expiration, unless Congress
shall enact another law of similar-purview, this
country, and particularly the Pacific States and
Territories, will at once be flooded with Chi
nese; and
the Immediate purposes of the as
sociation vrore Bet forth in no uncertain
terms and by electing officers of the next
year. Tho officers elected are: President,
E. C. Voorheis of Amador County: first
vice president, Frederick Zeitler of Ne
vada County; second vice president, Lewis
E. Aubury of Los Angeles; third vice
president, M. E. Dittmar of Shasta Coun
ty; secretary, E. H. Benjamin of San
Francisco; treasurer, S. J. Hendy of San
Francisco. They constituted the old
board of officers and were re-elected, with
the addition of M. E. Dittmar, .who occu
pies the efflce of third vice president,
which was created by amendment of the
by-laws cf the association, so that the
northern counties, about to form a Miners'
Association of Northern California, might
receive proper recognition in the State
body.
The more important aims of the asso
ciation that were mentioned in the reso
lutions that were adopted are easily sum
marised. The demand for a national. De
partment of Mines and Mining was re
newed. A national law was asked for to
provide for the location of 160 acres of
petroleum-bearing land as a placer claim
and to give the locator an opportunity to
make technical discovery of mineral as a
precedent for location. A national law
was also asked for to throw the burden
of proof in a contest in the United States
Land Office, between a scripper and
miner, upon the scripper. The restrain
ing works for the Yuba River were "ap
proved and additional restraining works
upon the tributaries of the f Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers were advocated to
enable miners to provide for the resump
tion of hydraulic mining in all parts of
the State adapted thereto.
Once more the passage of the mineral
lands bill was urged and it was voted to
send a representative of the mining inter
ests of California to Washington in that
connection if the executive committee
should approve. The executive committee
was instructed to defend a case properly
brought to test the Caminetti law. Bring
ing persons before the Federal Grand
Jury, who falsely make non-mineral af
fidavits for the purpose of fraudulently
procuring title to mineral lands, was de
clared a purpose of the association. A na
tional forest patrol, reserving from sale
all public forests and the enaptment of
State penal laws to protect forests from
tires were strongly advocated. The
amendment of the Federal statutes to pre
vent the prolonged holding of mining
claims without the performance of annual
assessment work w4s also favored.
Chinese Get Attention.
THE annual work of the California
Miners' Association was rounded
up yesterday afternoon by the
adoption of resolutions in which
Enthusiasm Rises
When Proceedings
Find Culm nation
Congressmen Speak
to Delegates of the
Mineral Counties
Suggestions That "Petticoat"
Influence Has Been
Tremendous Excitement
Caused by Dismissal
ofBuller.
Many Live Issues
Are Embodied in
Platform Framed
Convention Throws
Hats in Air to
Honor President
Lightship Off Nant\icket
Has a Disastrous
Experience.
BRITONS TALK
OF SIR REDVERS
MINERS ADOPT RINGING RESOLUTIONS
AND ADJOURN AFTER ANNUAL ELECTION
STORM DRIVES
VESSEL ADRIFT
THE SAN FRANCISCO : CALIi, ; THURSDAI;; OGTOBEE 24, 1901.
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