186 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING. 



lege upon a practical foundation, are presented in the report of 

 the Standing Committee on Education and the University, J. 

 \Y. A. Wright, W. H. Baxter and O. L. Abbott, as follows: 



Hhving our duties mapped out for us, by the resolution passed 

 at th& first annual meeting 1 , requiring us &quot;to inquire particularly 

 into theXcondition of the Agricultural Department of the State Uni 

 versity, w&at improvements, if any, should be made, and what leg 

 islation, if asv, is required to secure to the farmers of this State, the 

 full benefits of^tixe Agricultural College grant/ 5 etc., etc., your Com 

 mittee went immediately to work, Brother Wright proceeding to 

 Oakland to investigate&amp;gt;,became acquainted with the President of the 

 University and most of th^ Faculty, and collected as many facts as 

 possible bearing upon the subject under consideration. Learning 

 that the Mechanics Deliberative Assembly of San Francisco, had, 

 almost simultaneously with the State Grange, appointed a commit 

 tee of three for a similar purpose, and co avoid any conflict of action 

 between the representatives of the two great industrial classes of our 

 State, whose interests are so clearly mutual in developing the agri 

 cultural and mechanical departments of our University, we deter 

 mined, after several conferences, upon joint action by the two 

 bodies. The result was a most cordial and happy unity of action 

 between these industrial elements; and, after much deliberation and 

 care, a joint memorial to the State Legislature was prepared, asking 

 for such timely enactments and appropriations as would tend to 

 properly develop and foster the industrial features of our great in 

 stitution, in accordance with the evident intent of the organic Acts 

 of Congress and the State Legislature. The Chairman of your Com 

 mittee, in accordance with the wishes of the other members, spent 

 the greater part of two weeks in such investigations and confer 

 ences; and in drafting, with the aid of Judge Sawyer, the Chairman 

 of the Mechanics Committee, the memorial aforesaid. 



Early in January, he visited Sacramento, and laid the joint 

 memorial before our Executive Committee, and they heartily en 

 dorsed it, as appears in the official copy. In conjunction with 

 Worthy Master Hamilton, and other members of the Executive Com 

 mittee, he presented and explained the memorial to our fellow Pa 

 trons in the Senate and Assembly, in whom we found able co-work 

 ers for this and all our petitions for reformatory legislative action. 



At this memorable Grange Conference in our State Capital, a 

 plan of proceedings was also agreed upon to present this memorial 

 to the Legislature, and to prepare the necessary resolutions, and a 

 bill to carry out the provisions asked for. This memorial is here 

 with presented as document &quot;A.&quot; 



Care should be taken, however, at all times, to distinguish be 

 tween the investigation which resulted from our memorial, and an 

 other which was made at the same time, and which developed de 

 plorable irregularities in applying funds for University buildings. 

 These two investigations were entirely separate, but are too often 

 confounded by those not fully posted as to the facts in the case. 



Most of the after-work in the Legislature, which was brought 

 about by our memorial, was left in the hands of our Worthy Bro. 



