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Catalog number |
2015.8.266 |
Object Name |
Testimony |
Date |
1887 |
Description |
TITLE: A Contested Election in California. ............................vs. Hon. C. N. Felton. Testimony of the Qualified Electors and Legal Voters of New Almaden. PUBLICATION: Reprinted from the San Jose Daily Mercury, Santa Clara Co., California 1887 PAGES: 163 BOOKLET SIZE: 9-11/16"L X 6-3/16" X 5/16"D CONDITION: Signs of age & wear. Front cover and spine are light blue paper. Tied string binding. Missing back cover. Page 3/4 is loose from binding. Some pages include notations (pencil). TABLE OF CONTENTS: Page 5: Superintendent Jennings Enters a Vigorous Protest - "A Lurking Mixture of Gush and Hoodlumism" - A Resume of the Management of the New Almaden Mine. Page 14: Superintendent Jennings Resumed His Testimony at New Almaden in the Sullivan-Felton Contest- Contract Work Let Publicly to the Lowest Bidder - What the Sullivan-Felton Contest is Bringing Forth - The Company building Schools, Churches, etc. Page 19: Its Management - The New Almaden Mine and Its Employees - A Searching Inquiry by the Contestee's Attorney - Political Complexion and Personal Character of the Mine Workers. Page 27: No Coercion or Intimidation of Voters - No Man Discharged for Political Reasons - Conclusion of Superintendent Jennings' Testimony. Page 36: Evidence of Dr. Thorne, President of the State Medical Society - Well Clad, Housed and Fed - Skillful Medical Attendance for the Miner and His Family at One Dollar per Month. Page 42: Dr. S. E. Winn's Experience - He Always Voted the Democratic Ticket Openly - No Coercion or Undue Influence - Testimony of Mr. O'Brion, Who has Voted the Democratic Ticket for 22 Years. Page 50: No Coercion - New Almaden Employees Who Vote as They Please - An Old Democrat Who Had Never Been Interfered With - Complete Refutation of the Charge of Intimidation - A Well Provided For Community - The Voters Exercise Their Prerogative Without Let or Hindrance. Page 57: A New Almaden Schoolmaster Gives His Testimony - A Model Community - Condition of the Pupils, and of Society - Legal Formation of the Election Board - The "Helping Hand" Club and Its Work. Page 65: New Almaden Voters - Employees Testify - How and Why They Cast Their Votes - Democrats and Republicans Say They Have Not Been Interfered With - Very Important Evidence as to How Employees are Treated, Politically and Otherwise. Page 80: Bohlmann Tells a Straight, Intelligent Story of His Connection With the Mine - Bohlmann's Contracts With His Employees - Bulmore Testifies, and Produces the Books of the Miners' Fund in Evidence. Page 88: The lessees of the New Almaden Stores and their Clerks Testify -- The Boleto System More Fully Explained - Direct Statements vs. Hearsay. Page 101: Straightforward Testimony by Mine Employees - Dennis Kearney's Effort to have Almaden Precinct Thrown Out and What the Miners Thought of it. Page 107: What the Miners Say - They Vote As They Please - Suffrage is Free - A Clear Fair Vote, but Strongly Republican - No Coercion or Intimidation Practiced at the Mine. Page 111: Testimony of Farmers Who Voted at New Almaden - Suffrage is Unrestricted - No Interference by the Company - The Best Place in the United States for Miners. Page 127: The Interesting Testimony Given by Captain Harry - Independent Voting - A Majority of the Miners bank their Accounts - Mr. Randol Helps the Local Institutions - The Average Wages Paid the Miners - Ten Hours Work a Day, and No Chinese Employed. Page 136: Professor Christy on Mr. Randol's Management - A Great Industry Saved to the Pacific Coast by a Wise and Prudent Administration. Page 147: Rules and Regulations - Extracts From Civil Code of California - Miners' Fund - Number of Voters and Their Nationalities - Production of Quicksilver, etc. |
People |
Anderson, Neil (Nels, N.) Angulo, Nabor (Angula) Ante, Jose Arredondo, Francisco (Anedondo) Bailey, Stonewall Jackson Baker, R. J. Banales, Adolpho Barie, Eugene (Baric) Barraza, Alvinza Barraza, Reys (Reyes) Barrett, Peter Barrios, Jesus R. Barros, Jose Bartle, John Bastian, Joseph Bernal, Antonio (Ant.) Berryman, Charles Bishop, John H. (J.H. Sr.) (J.H. Jr.) Blake, M. J. Bohlman, David E. Bohlman, Frank Bohlman, John Bose, George Bray, Moses Bulmore, Robert R. Bunney, William H. Burgess, John Butterworth, Samuel Fowler Campos, Innocencio Campos, Miguel Cantua, Emilo (Emile) Cantua, Fluencio Carriaga, Pedro Carrol, James Carson, George Carter, T. B. Cassus, Eufemia Castro, Alisandrio Castro, Ig. (Ignacio) Castro, Lazar Castro, Ramon Castro, Ysidro Cepeda, Ignacio Christy, Samuel B. (S.B.) Cockburn, Robert Cooney, John Cooney, Timothy Costa, C. J. Costa, James A. Cranz, Charles Craze, James P. Croy, George Curnow, William Cuzard, Joseph Cuzard, Joseph Dahlgren, Andrew Dannemann, Christian Derby, Thomas (Tom) Desachy, Ernest Dodge, William Dorame, Felipe (Dorami) Drew, Thomas (Jr.) Drew, Thomas (Sr.) Drew, William E. (William) Dulion, Alfred A Dulion, F. A. Dulion, Mathew Dunn, John H. Dunn, John H. Dunstan, John Eslick, William Espinosa, Aman Felton, Hon. Charles N. Floyd, William France, Wilford Garcia, Alberto Garcia, Jacinto Gay, Florence Geach, John (S.) George, John T. "Jack" Gilbert, William Gonzales, Joseph (Jose) Gavino Gray, Nicholas Gray, William Hall, Mr. Halleck, Henry (Wager, Sr., Jr.) Ham, William (Sr.) Hancock, Mrs. Harris, Abraham Harris, Charles Harrower, James Harry, Captain James Henwood, Joseph Hernandez, Alexander Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan L. Herrera, Lorenza Herrera, Ramon (R.) Higgins, Charles Hill, John (Jr., Sr.) Hill, John Jr. (Jno.) Hocking, Samuel James, Charles H. (Hodge) James, William Jeffrey, Nicholas J. Jennings, Hennen Job, John Johns, James Johns, John B. Johnson, W. P. Kemp, John H. Kennett, F. B. Kooser, H.H. Leal, Eulojia Lighthall, George E. Lion, Domingo Lopez, Andreas (Jr., Sr., Lopes) Lopez, Francis Lopez, Theodore Felix Lowe, Ralph Malone, A. D. Malone, Wallace (Walter) Maltos, José Maria Martin, John (L.) (Jonathan) Martinez, Abe (Abram) Martinez, Adolfo (Adolph) Martinez, Feliciano (F.) Marujo, Estevan Mathews, Thomas Mayo, Dr. E.J. McComas, D. F. McCoy, Evelyn Pierpont Mercado, Marcelino Meza, Miguel Miller, James J. Miramonte, Benito Miramonte, C. P. Mitchell, William (G.) (Billy) Moore, P. C. Myers, Francis (Frances) Narone, Frank Navarro, S. C. Norona, Gabriel Norona, Ricardo Norton, John R. O'Brion, Charles F. Ortega, Juan Oswald, Benjamin Padillo, Abelino Parr, Charles Patron, Lucas Pearce, Charles E. Perry, Bennett Pfeiffer, John M Pierce, William Edward Poppleworth, Amos Prior, Thomas Prout, John Randol, James Butterworth Reed, H. H. Reseigh, John Rios, Julio Rios, Martin Roberts, John Robins, Charles E. Robins, Mrs. Rodriguez, Luciano Rodriquez, Stanislas Rowe, John Santobanos, Rosario Scott, Robert Selaya, Manuel Shanave, Juan Skinner, David E. Smith, James Smoot, Ignacio "Nash" Solis, Antonio Soto, Antonio Soto, Marcellino Stacy, George Stiles, William(Stile, William) Stoltz, Gotlieb Sucero, Antonio Sullivan, Frank J. Supez, Pio Tarcoe, James Tavilo, Ricardo Terrill, Samuel Thorne, W. S. (Dr.) Tincourt, Bertrand Tonkin, Charles Tonkin, William Tonkin, William Henry Toy, Joseph Trefren, J. L. (Reverend) Tregoning, Henry Tregoning, Thomas Trevarrow, John Valenzuela, Jacinto Victor, Emile Villegrana, Miguel Villela, David Vinagu, Antonio Vincent, Henry Wasby, Joel Williams, Edward A. Williams, J. N. Williams, James Williams, Thomas P. Williams, William Williams, William T. Winn, Smith E. (Dr.) Young, John |
Cataloged by |
Wicks, Susan |
Collection |
Individual Donors 8 |
Credit line |
Donated by the Wright-Hauck Family |