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o 3 - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1897. urged the adoption of the resolution, while Seawell, Doty and Braunbart opposed it. Langford asked that action be post- poned, as the resolution authorized by the Fruit-growers’ Association would soon be | presented. This was refused and the reso- | Intion adopted. Allthe Republicansvoted aye, Langford also casting his vote with the nfajority. The joint resolution in opposition to the funding bill, passed by the Assembly yes- terday, was then taken up and passed by a 1nanimous vote. There was no debate and not a word of opposition offered. The | resolution will now be transmitted by | telegraph to the California Congressional delegation. olutions of respect to the late Lieu- Governor Millard were offered by Andrus and adopted by a rising vote. Bulla paid a high tribute to the char- acter of the late cfficial. | The Lieutenant- Governor appointed Bulla, Seawell, Pedlar, Prisk and Wolfe a | special committee on the provisions in | the Governor's message. | T additional appointments were made: A. J. Bowen, assistant secre- tary of the Senate; C. H. Crocker, ser- nt-at-arms of the Judiciary Committee; | 5. A. Tibbetts, sergeant-at-arms to the | Electlol Jommittee; Richbard O'Connor, messenger to the Committee on County Government; D. J. Shieids, messenger to tha Committee on Military Affairs; H. H. H »w, assistant clerk to the Committee on Corporations; T. A. Blakely, assistant clerk to the Committee on Education and Puvlic Works. | Adjourned until to-morrow. | R IN THE ASSEMBLY. | Talk on the Report of the Rules Committee and a Fr:sh Batch of Bllis. | SACRAMENTO, CaL., Jan. 7.—Cuotter | of Yuba presented the report of the Com- | mittee on Rules to the Assembly this morn- r Caminetti opposed the report on the | ground of economy. He said that after | atl the talk of retrenchment nearly as | s usual had been employed, es the Speaker was givempower to add more when he thought necessary. Dibble said the expense was $200 a day less than any Assembly since the new ion was adopted. Republicans had not lerk: con [ the the Democrats did at$5 to ght-day clock. ter said men an The previous question was moved by Stansell and the amended rules were | adopted. The following constiiutional amend- was submitted by Goff: “A Grand y may be drawn and summoned in any inty whenever the Superior Court shall deem it advi s were introduced as follows: hi w y Leavitt—To amend the act organiz- the University of California. y North—To smend the code relative to Su By G experti By Bre eme ( 2 nuisances in city : West Oakland marsh bill.) y—To prohibit sending mi- y giit—To increase the annual tax for the university from 1 cent to 2 cents, er of the amount to be used ex- y to acquire lands or buildings; also a bill to regulate warehouses, other | than wool or grain, by requiring keepers e $5000 bonds. v Cross—To require private detectives | v $300 yearly liceuse. | mire—For the investment 6f the ets of life insuraace companies; also 10 aliow Alameda to seil water, gas, etc. By Power, for the protection of laborers on public work: | By Dennery—Providing that the sal- | aries in fire departments in first-class municipalities shall be: Chief Engineer $5000 a year, assistant chief $3000, secre- tary $3000, assistant engineers $2100. By Haughton—Providing for the. in- corporation of mutual fire insurance com- | to g top panies. i By Treacy—To amend the act empower- ing Bupervisors to condemn sites for municipal buildings; it also provides that | no ct shal work called By Waymire—To permit the leasing of municipal property to associations of ex- | soldiers and sailo: By Ennis ing for the payment of | a claim of ¥ o Mrs, Sarah Wing, whose ! husband was killed by soldiers during the railrcad strike. Also providing for a rock- crushing plant at Folsom Prison. A message was received from the Senate | announcing the adoption of the anti-fund- ing resolution. The rules were suspended and the reso- lution sent to the Governor, with a re- quest to telegraph it to the Caiifornia | Congressiona! delegation at once. Caminetti offered a resolution approv- ing the mineral lands bill pending in Con- gress. Adopted. | Lacy introduced a bill making an appro- priztion for a Saprenie Court building in | San Francisco, to cost $800,000. % The Assembly adjourned, with the un- nge in the plans and specifications | be made after proposals for doing invoiving $3000 of costs have been | the hardest workers in this Senate. Culver Sketches Some Well-Known Faces Seen at the Capitol. derstanding that to-morrow’s session will be merely formal, as most of the members will go home and remain until Monday. panle e e SANTA CLARA’S NEEDS. Appropriations for the Agnews Asylum and the High and Normal Schools. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Jan. 7.—Senator H. V. Morehcouse, who represents Santa Clara County, will be found to be one of He is well known throughout the leugth and breadth of tbe State, having traveled from one end to ti e other in the cause of the success of the Republican party. . Mr. Morehouse made a great hitduring the campaign of Governor Markham. He traveled and spoke from the stump with the Governor in almost every county in the State, and contributea much to the success of the party that year. The Sen- ator is an effective speaker and has an in- timate knowledge of public affairs, which qualitie® have been of great value to him- self and the party. It will be remembered | that his speech at the Wigwam in San F¥rancisco last fall was one of the most en- tertaining and effective of the series. The Senator is devoting ail of his time here to the consideration of legislation af- fecting Santa Clara and the State at large. He will ask for the usual appropropria- tions for the State insane asylum at | Agnews and for the State Norma? School in San Jose. The appropriation for the | asylum wiil include a sum for building certain colleges, after the plan of Eastern asylums, for the care of those who are not chronic lunaties, and aiso an appropria- tion of $15,000 for the purpose of sinking a gas well on the premises, the same as the asylums in Stockton, where a saving of many thousands a year has been effected in the cost of lighting and heating. The Senator will also ask for an appro- priation for the Soldiers’ Home at-Ever- green, also a bill to have the State cede | the right of the city of 8an Jose to build on the Normal School ground in San Jose a high-school building, the city having voted an issue of bonds for $75,000 for that purpose. The city originaily ceded to the State twenty-eight acres of land, on which the Normal School was afterward built. The deed from the city to the State pro- State Printer Is Busy Preparing Somz Bills, | the State to keep the Normal School on the ground the property would revert to the city. The grounds have been found too large for the Normal School and it has not been practicable to have them prop- erly cared for, the appropriation being too small. The building of the High School on the property will materially reduce the expense of caring for the grounds, will peautify the place and will save the city of San Jose the expenditure of $20,000 for a building site. The bill will receive the support of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, the faculty and the State Board of Education and the citizens generally. Senator Morehouse wilf also introduce'a bill to create a third Superior Judge for that county. This is a very important measure. Judicial business has grown so fast that the calendars are from three to four months behind, and it is impossible for the two judges to keep up with the rush of work. The bill will be supported by every attorney in the county. In the matter of general State legisla~ | tion Senator Morehouse will introduce a resolution to amend the constitution so as to permit of the creation of ‘two interme- diate courts, of three Judges each, to be elected by the people and possessing all the qualifications of Justices of the Su- preme Court. The resolution proposes to change the constitution as to jurisdiction by dividing the business that now goes to the Supreme Court, so that about half of the business will go to the intermediate courts. The creation of the intermediate court will do away with the Supreme Court Commission. SR e ELECTION REFORMS. Senators Stratton and Braunhart Working to Purify Primary Election Methods. SACRAMENTO, CAw., Jan. 7.—Senator Fred 8. Stratton of Alameda and Senator Braunhart of San Francisco have prepared bills locking toward the doing away. of boss rule in primary elections and munici- pal affairs. The Senator from Alameda has a bill which he says is the result of many months' careful study and work. 1t provides for the establishment of a non- partisan election commission in each county, which shall have general supervi- sion over the primaries. Candidates for office go on the ticket by petition. All primaries of all parties raust be held on the same day, at the same place, with a separate board of officers and separate ballot-boxes for each party. It will be re- quired of each voter that he shall register ® statement of his party affiliation at least ten days prior to the primary. This is todo away with the common evil of Democratic heelers voting at Re- publican primaries in order to help out a Republican boss, and the evil of Republi- can heelers voting at Democratic primaries in return for the favor. No candidate at a primary election can expend on or be- fore the day of election any greater sum than he is allowed to expend under the general election law. In other words the bill applies ‘the purity of el ction law to primaries. The election officers shall be appointed by a non-partisan board of election commissioners, selected by lot from the assessment-roll, and who are pledged to service without compensation, Senator Braunhart’s bill is more simple. It provides tiat at the general election in 1898, and thereaiter, there shall be elected in every election precinct in the State one member to represent his district in t governing committes or body for each county or city and county of any political party, association or organization, which at the general election last preceding polled at least 3 per cent of the entire vote of the county or city and county. Nomi- nees are tequired to file a petition of 10 per cent of the vote castat the last gen- eral election. The name of such peti- tioner shall be printed on the official bal- lot by the Clerk or Registrar, as the case may be, and the persons elected shall serve for two years. This governing body, whenever situated within the limits of any city or téwn, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the party organization. The governing committee shall bave power to fix the time for holding primaries, etc. Senator Braunhart hopes to be able to incorporate the essential features of his plan into Senator Stratton’s bill, if such vided that in the eventof the failure of ! can be done without destroying the con- sistency of one or both. S iy THE STATE UNIVERSITY. What Senator Stratton Proposes to Accomplish for the Educational Institution. SACRAMENTO, Car., Jan. 7.—Senator Stratton of Alameda will introduce a bill to raise the income of the State University by a gradual tax of 1 cent on each $100, so as to provide for additional maintenance, improvements, etc. ‘The proposition has been indorsed by the alumni and the re- zents as being necessary for the welfare of the institutign of learning. This continn. ous tax wi so light that the individual taxpayer will hardly feel it atall, the ad- ditionsal tax to a man who pays on an assessment of §1000 not exceeding 5 cents ayear. ‘Another bill will enlarge the powers of the board of regents of the university so that they will not be hampered with so much red tape when they proceed to erect college buildings. The measure is to be introduc-d at the suggestion of Mrs. Pbebe Hearst, who recently donated $2,000,000 to be expended in new univer- sity buildings, her desire being that the work of construction should proceed at once and not be delayed by injunctions and other aisagreeable features of public work. As the proposed buildings are to be paid for with her own money the Sen- ator thinks that she should have a voice in the matter of their speedy construction. Another bill will be for the relief of tue Affiliatea Colleges and will return from the tressury $125,000 of the building fund which was allowed to lapse by non- compliance with certain requirements of the law. At PRESUMPTION OF ERROR. A Very Important Modification of the iaw on Behalf of Litigants. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Jan. 7.—A very important moditication of the law, ana one which will be ‘welcomed by litigants, will ke attempted by Senator Stratton of Alameds in his bill shortly to be intro- duced reversing the presumption of error in the Supreme Court. Under the law as it now stands, it is presumed that error in the trial is prejudicial and that the in- jured party shall have a new trial. By the terms of the Stratton bill it must be proved by the record. that the error was injurious and that if it had not occurred the result in all probability would have been different. ’ —— COUNTY CHARTERS. An Innovation in the County Gov- ernment Act to Elect Boards of Freehoclders. SACRAMENTO, €AL., Jan. 7.—Senator Stratton of Alameda will introduce a bill, in the shape of a constitutional amend- ment, giving to counties the same right as is given to cities to hold freeholder elec- tions for the purpose of framing a county government act, as to the number of offi- cials, their salaries, deputies, etc. It will remove a grave objection to the present act by enabling a county to pay an official a salary of $1060 without the State dictat- ing that he shall be paid $10,000. It is a step in the direction of home rule by counties that will be welcomed in all parts of the State. — e PROPOSED LEGISLATION. Regent Reinstein Brings Bllls Re~ lating to the State Unlversity. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Jan. 7.—Regent J. B. Reinstein, representing the State University, arrived last night and placed bills touching that institution in the hands of H. E. Wright of the Assembly and F. 8. Etratton of the Senate. In the Assembly this forenoon Mr. Wright in- troduced the measure for a permanent in- crease of the tax levy to maintain the uni- versity. The law now provides that the State Board of Equalization shall levy 1 cent annually for nniversity maintenance. Mr. Wrignv's bill authorizes an additional levy of 1centannually for ten years, di- recting that half the amount secured from 1he State shall' be used for the construc- tion of buildings. The existing 1 cent and the proposed addition will give the nstitution from $225,000 to $250,000 per annum, according to the- total valuation of the assessable property. As the wealth of the State increases and the assessment- roll expands, the amount realized by the tax will increase. Another university measure will be in- “&NERA) THE fATTEST Y JWOfldeY how ‘ont}l\u FUND - Bt \u‘( troduced, perhaps, to-morrow. This will exempt the regents from tne operation of the existing law relating to the construc- tion of public buildings, which require plans to be advertised for. Mrs. Hearst, in her proposed gifts to the university of $1,200,000, will furnish plans for the buildings which she broposes to build. Mr. Reinstein is positive that Mrs. Hearst will not consent to plans supplied by the State, She has her own ideas about the architecture of the structure, and the regents will be guided by the judgment | of the eminent architects to be engaged under her direction. The existing law Is said by the Attorney-General to apply to the university as well as to other public institutions. Judge Wallace insists that the regents are now wholly independent of the law, and to make assurance doubly sure of non-application the Legislature is asked to declare the exemption. The bill to reappropriate the lapsed $125,000 appropriation for Affiliated Col- leges in San Francisco will be piaced in the hands of Judge Dibble. He will be charged with the duty of making it clear to the Assembly that the measure is not a new appropriation, but simply one restor- ing to the regents the right to spend money appropriated two years ago, and now in the general fund of the treasury. The lapse of this $125,000 will be cited as a reason why the university should be exempted from the building law, because the delays in the construction of the Affilated Colleges were caused in a measure by the efforts of the regents to conform to the provisions of this law. Mr. Reinstein says that $75,000 derived from the tax levy should be immediately used to procure a water supply for the university. The institution is now pay- ing $250 a month. He says the voice of the leading press throughout the State will sustain the university’s demand for an increased allowance, Aceording to his judgment invincible arguments Will be presented to the Leuislature. Every oneé will be convinced toat the university should not be hampered by lack of means. / Colonel T. F. Barry, commander of the oid Third Infantry, N. G. C.,1s hereasa member of the sub-committee of five from the Committee of Fifty Citizens of San Francisco to hasten the adoption and transmission of the resolutions opposing the refunding scheme now pending in Congress. Colonel Barry was delighted to-day when the Senate readily concurred in the resolutions adopted by the Assem- bly. He was also gratified to learn that Governor Budd had telephoned from San Francisco directing that the resolutions be wired to Washington immeaiately on iheir adoption. Incidentally it is observed that the Governor deems it safe to leave the State Capitol for the metropolis while a Republican Lepislature is im session. It is asked if he would dare absent himself thus if a Democratic Legislature had the works. Colonel Barry is especially pleased that all reference to Government ownership and operation of ths Pacific road was ex- cluded from the resolutions. The Assembly to-day let down the bars and admitted four more attaches—two for the San Francisco delezation and two for the Democratic minority. There was slight opposition on the partof the Demo- cratic minority until a Republican sug- gestion came that the Democrats were not forced to accept the two attaches provided for them, Speaker Coombs wil appoint all the lawyers in the Assembly to the Judiciary Committee. A canvas has developed the fact that the Repubiican lawyers outnum- ber the legal lights of the opposition. Both houses of the Leeislature will probably adjourn to-morrow until Mon- day. Speaker Coombs may announce several of the standing committees this week, but the main list will not be pro- mulgated until next Monday. One of the peculiar bills introduced to- day and referred to the Public Health and Quarantine Committee provides as fol- lows: “Should one or both eyes of an infant become reddened or inflamed at any time within two weeks after birth, it shall be the duty of the midwife, nurse or person havingcharge of said infant to report the conditfon of the eyes atonce to some legal practitioner of medicine of the city, town or district in which the parents of the in- fant reside.” A fine of $100, or imprisonment six months, is the penalty prescribed for vio- lation of the proposed law. The bill may be amended in committee requiring Epeaker Coombs to report red- eyed members of the Assembly to the Board of Health. DARING ROBBERY IN CHICAGO. Two Armed Men Enter the Auditorium Annex Horel After Midnight, Secure $100 and Escape. CHICAGO, IrL, Jan. 8.—Two armed robbers entered the buffet of the Audito- rinm Annex Hotel at 1:30 o’clock this morning, while tweive yeople were sitting at the tables, covered Cashier D. Walsh with their weapons, seized $100 which he had just deposited in a tin box and then escaped. The robbers entered through the doors leading into the buffet from the hotel office and were well dressed. No one in- side was suspicious until the revolvers were flashed and then all feared to make any resistance. B Cashier Walsh had counted out the money and deposited it in the box when one of the robbers said, *'Cry for help and you're a dead man.” His companion seized the cash and both backed out of the door with drawn weapons. They ran into Lake Front Park and the police have found no trace of them. The Annex is one of the most rominent hotels in Chicago, and is ocated in the heart of the city. st et A Denver Bank Keopens. 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