The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXI.—NO. 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALL READY FOR THE BATTLE | | | | To-Day the Legislature Will Vote for a United | States Senator. | SHORTRIDGE'S MEN FEEL CONFIDENT. Perkins’ Managers in Deep Gloom and They Boldly Lobby for | Support. | CREASED DEFECTIONS FROM THE INCUMBENT. | the S tate Governing the Purity of Elections. oy TCAN READ RIGAT OVER. YOUR. SHOULDER. SAID WARDEN AULL-TC MARTIN KELLY] ’ 7 “snap” eauncus were to repudiste the | caucus and would vote for Samuel M. SACRAMENTO, Cal.,, Jan. 11.—There war and there are| umeors of war around the lobbies to-night, and the interest in the is contest to take place to-morrow is intense. An interesting complication is likely to spring up, growing out of an alleged violation of the purity of elections law by legislators who pledgzd themselves before their conventions to vote for Senator Perki It is contended that they had i o more right to make such a pledge than they would have to pledge themselves to build a schoolhouse or a bridge MAY VIOLATE THE LAW. ;rittcroed from San Feancisco last n!m! and took up his station in the lobby of | the Golden FEagle Hotel, he was not| reeted by political acquaintances with | eness and warmth with which | ing side is usuaily 1n fact he remained alone and ticed for some time, although the 'wa was: smal!l and there was no diffi- g him. It may have been , almost despairing, look on repelled offers of condolence z star of the incumbent Senator, and that made his ntabout congratufatiag him selected for the port collector- if the Perkins star sank below on there would be no job for the nel. imers, as soon as they anced at tae Jackson face, remarked t something must be wrong with the | ade of political colonels who are bein Legislators Who Carry Out the Pledges of Conventions Are in a Quandary. RAMENTO, Caz pledged panty of s a candi- or the promises Hamilton and Colonel ved on the next train they s with them into the fogs Colonel Hamiiton's de- pression of spirits was very noticeable. He was flighty and nervous and seemed to | nable to stand for any length of time one place. The man seemed to have t all of tbat self-poise which aiways the demeanor of the military, and | d as though he was ready to beat a retreat on the slightest provoeation. Ot course the news that Assemblyman | by the Defections From Perkins, | Breiling of Alameds had deserted the Per- Dt T B o Boset. | kins camp and that Senator Demison 5 of Alameda would not promise to vote for MENTO, Cat., Jan. 1 ins after the firs: ballot had reached » P. Jackson, Senat m. They bad heard also that several COLONELS ARE GLOOMY. Jackson, Hamliton et al. Staggered | those gentlemen who had made the elec Shortridge. I This is why a gloom hung over the lobby last night and why Colonei Hamilton re- mained up fill 3 o’glock this morning wrestling with Assemblymen and Sena- tors who had announced their intention to vote tor Mr. Shortridge. It was hoped by Colonels Jackson, Ham- ilton and Green that the soothing hand of time wou!d heal all han! feeling on the part of Mr. Waymire and his friends, and | that they would wheel into line and sup- port Mr. Perkins. | If the defection of Assembiyman Brei- | Jing werned Senator Perkm¢ manswers, | the reports that others wera foliowing suit worried tbem still more, and it was necéssary for Vaquero Hamilton to ride into the corral and round up the vietims of the snap “caucus” to ascertain which of them and how many escaped. In order 1o hide their confusion and to make the evil tidings less believable the two col- onels'on the Perkins slate began blowing the bugle of boust aad shouting that they had sixty-eight votes, including one Demo- crat in the Senate and two Democrats in the Assembly. But it was sirange that tion of Senator Perkins a ceriainty were not mentioned by name and have net come forward to claum tbhe glory of the victory to which they were contributing and which without their help would not be possible. But on the.other hand the gentlemen who bad gone over from Mr. | Perkins to Mr. Shortridge made no at- tempt to conceal the fact. As soon as Assembiyman Breiling had made up his mind thatthe people did not want Mr. Perkins to represent them any longer, his name and the fact became known at onze. | ! | The other gentiemen who are going to de- sert Mr. Perkins after the first baliot have not anmnounced themselves publicly for obvious reasons. Nobody except the men on the Perkins ate believes that there will be 2n elec- tion of anybody on the first ballot, but everybody who knows anything about the | situation of affairs knows that Mr. Per- kins will lose & very large number of votes on the second, and that before the third he will be out of the fight. Senator Bulla says that he will makesa vigorous attempt to put through both houses the constitutional amendment on | it until it wins. | in the carsduring those hours, Heis confi- | the street railway’s receipts will be mych T ffrage, which was defeated at! t f2ll. He intends to keep st | woman the po Senator Braunhart introduced a bill to- | day that wiil b2 of interest to the Market- | street Raiiway Company. .1t provides | that no streei railway company shall be- | tween the hours of6 and S . 3. and 5 and | 7 ». 3. charge more than 21 cents for a single fare, aud that the companies may issue commutation tickets good for sixty trips at the price of §1 50. The Senator says that poor people can | no longer afford to pay 5 cents-car fare, and working men and womes going to and_coming from torkl!%?fl allowec to travel on tod ex¥a: haWtlie orice thil ! ! is charzed 10 other persons whedomoiride dent that his bill will ‘vastly . increase travel, and that in spite of the reducticn larger than they are now. If this be true | there will no doubt ve a strong lobby of | railroad veople up here to fight for the | passage of Lhe bill that is destined to £ll| their coffers. 1f Senator Braunhart should | continue to introduce a few more of that | | Kind of bills to increase the business of | the street car companies he will lay him | self liable to the accusation of being a | railroad man. =3 SSeg e 0d ACTIVE IN THE LOBBY. | | Perkins’ Managers Vainly TryIng | blyman Jones asking our representatives | bama, constituting the Secretary of the to Overcome the Increasing | Strength of Shortridge. SACRAMENTO, Car, Jan. 11.—There was =0 much buzzing coniusion in the As- | sembly chambers to-day that the mem- | bers frequently calied on the Speaker to put a stop to the noise. The Perkins lobby was sctive in buttonholing and whisper- inz to members who were weakening | under the pressure of letters and tele- grams from constituents asking that Samuel M. Shortridge be supported for United States Senator. Whatever the sentiment may be in the Legislature the truth is now known that | four-fiftns of the Repubiicans of Califor- nia desire that Mr. Perkine be retired to private life and that Mr. Shortridge be | publican majority strong enough to effect | and the vote resulted: Ayes 102, noes 167, | elected to the United States Senate. The | following letter from a leading Republi- | can of Saota Clara County isa sam hundreds received from other sourc: 84N JosE, Jan. 9, 1897. Matthew Arnerich, Sacromento—DEAR SIR: 1 | recess em requested to write toyou to ask you todo | your uimosi for the election of Samuel M. ortridge as United States Senator. This re- | quest is made by every voter of this distriet, | Republicans and Demoerats alike. We are all for him, and sincerely hope that we will have the pleasure to see you and our friend More- housecast your votes for him. Colodel J. P. Jackson, Colonel Billy Hamiiton and Colonel Dan T. Cole held-| many whispered interviews with members on the floor of the Assembly. During the Colonel Frank L. Coombs, the Speaker, was called into consultation. The news from Washington to the effect that the funding bill had beea defeated in the Houss had been defe Applé of excitément it the 3 ‘Speaker Coombs read this dispateh from Senator Perkins: “Furding bill deféated in the House by a mafjority of 66.” Assemblyman Belshaw read the follow- ing message from Congressman S. G. Hil- | born: “Glory be to God in the higbest— funding bill defeated by 66 majority.” The reading of the foregoing telegram evoked applzuse and laughter. The Ascembly adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of Speacer G. Mil- | ard, Lieutenant-Governor, and Cyrus W. ol-man, ex-member of the Assembly, de- ceased. Speeches of eulogy were made by several members, and engrossed copies of resolutions ordered. A resolution was introduced by Assem- in Congress to vote in favor of extending belligerent rights to tne insurgents in Cuba. The measurs was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. The Legislature decided to-day to holaa joint convention on February 3 to elect five Trustees of the State Library. The concurrent resolution was intro- auced in the Senate by Mr. Voorbeis, and on adoption there was immediately trane- mitted to the House. The Republicans of the Legislature are determined to wrest the patronage of the State Library from the Demcerats. The crafty politicians of the Democratic party got taeir grip on this institution many years ago, and bave held it despite a Re- a change. The standing committees of the Senate le of | and Assembly were announced to-day. As | Pacific railroad funding bill: Continued on Second Page. EAT OF THE FUNDING BILL Lost in the House TR Majority of Sixty- | Five Votes. DECISIVE BLOW DEALT THE MEASURE. ‘Brought About on Motion for the Third Reading and En- grossment. 'SUBSTITUTES COME FIRST TO THE SLAUGHTER. | After the Proposition to Refund the Debts of the | Pacific Railroads Is Beaten by a Vote of 167 Noes to 102 Ayes Powers of Vermont Tries to Secure a Rehearing. | WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 11.—Fate jcock, Bankhead, Baraey, Bennett, Berry, overtook the P f Bmeslle. Baywarer, Brouto Boll, Galderhasd, bill in the Hotse to-dsy. It was defeatea | O82non, Caichings, Cuickerig, Clark of | £2 3 bama, Cobb, Codding, Connolly, Cowen. Crow- | by the majority of 65 votes, and its SuD=fy.; i iperson, Curtis of Tows, Cartis of New | porters were even prevented from sending | yory Daizell, Dantels, Devton, Denny, Dove- | it baek 1o the committee for reconsidera- | ner Draper, Evans, Faris, Fiscner. Foote, tion. i = 5 | Gardner, Gillett of New York, G f Massa- | The motion on whicn the decisive blow | chusetts, Grow, Heltermsn, Hardy, Harmer, | was deait called for the engrossment and | Hatcn, Henderson, Henry of Connecticut, | the third reading of the bill. When the | Hepburs, Hill of Comnecticut, | roll fiad been called and the Tesalt was |Huling of West Virginia, Hunter, Jenkin & ! Jonnson of Celifornis, Kirkpa: announced the obponents 0:1 m‘.m"':'e | Knile, Leighty, Linton, Lang, Low, Mabot, indalged in some band-elapping, but| ..y, Mereayth, Miller of West V made no attempt at & more noisy demon- | yycnel, ‘Morse, Moscley, Murrar, - The £181 V018 Was 167 noes, 102 A full atten: of members was evi- | vanis, Royse, Rusk, Russell of Conmecticu dence of the interest taken in the funding | Sherman, smith of Ilinois, Southwick, Spe bili, which was debated last week and |cer, Sperry, Stshle, Stome (Charles W.), upon which, under the special order, a | Sulzer, Talf, Thomas. Voorhis,. Wads- Yots was taken to-day. { worth, Watson ot Ohio, Wellington, The Spevker stated the first question to | Yo X°°K; Woodman, Wright =10 be upon the amendments adopted in the | B;u“‘ Baker of K: | committee of the whole, and they Were | snire, Barbam, Ba: | agreed to without division. Bartlett of New Yo | The next vote was taken on_the substi- tute offered by Beli (D.) of Texas, fixing the rate of interest on the bonds to be is- gi Odel! § Uverstieet. Patierson, Payue. Poile, Powers, 'Quigg, Raney, Reeves, Robinson of Pennsyl- Beilof nap, Colorado, Bell of Texas, Bingham, Blac Boatner, Bowers, Broderick, | sued at 3 per cent, instead of 2, as pro- | Cockrell, Cook of Wisconsin, Caoke of Illino 2 4 = i TR Coaper of Fiorida, Coo Coo vided in the bill. The substitute was de- | W iibomat . Cos cri s O teated. Ayes 110, noes 156 S ta Gt of Wi The question then revertad to the sub- | pewitr, Dinsmore, D Tiver, Eddy, | stitute offered by Harrison (D.) of Ala- | Eilett, Ellis, Erdm: Fenton, Fits- gerald, Fletcher, F on, Grout, Hager, Hainer of Nebrasks, Hall of Missou Harrison, Hart, Hartman, Heatwole, He drick, Hermann.. Hick: Howard, Howe, Howell, | of Tows, Hutehe dians, Johnson Kem, Kenaall, , Kleberg, Lace: mer, Lawson, Leonard, Lester, Lewis, Li Livingston, Loud, Mas: | Treasury, the Secretary of tne Interior | and the Attorney-General a commission with full power to settle the debts of the bond-sided Pacific railroads upon such terms and in such a manner as may be agreea upoan, the approval of the Presi- | dent being necessary. If unable to reach an agreement with the owners of the| roads, the commission to recommend to | Mertin, McCleary of W Congress what legislation they deem ne- ; McCormick, McCreary, McCulloch, MeDe: fpoins . = mon, McEwan, McLachlan, MeMillin, Me! | cessary to protect the interests of the Gov- | eljolin, Mercer, Milnes, Minor of Wisconsia, | ernment and to enforce the prompt col- Moody, Neill, Newlands, Northwi g | fection of the debt. Otey, Otjen, Orens, Parker, Pearson, Pendle- | This substitute was also defeated—ayes | 5510 214 noes. |. Ayes agd noes were also ordered on the | engrossment and third reading of the bill ton. Perkins, Pitney, Prince, Pugh, Rich son, Rinaker, Robertson of Louis: | Seranton, Shafroth, Shanngn, of SMichigan, Soover, Southa tosle, Stepa. { art of Wisconsin, Stokes, Strode of N | Swanson, Talbert, Tate, Tawney, Taylor, Terry, Thorpe, Towne, Tracy, Treloar, Turner of Georgta, Turner of Virginia, Tyler, Upde- Ayes—Adams, Aitken, Aldrich of New ! graff, Vanhorn, Walker of V Vange Hampshire, Apsley. Arnold of Pennsylvauia, | Warner, Washington, White, Willlams, Willis, Arnold of Rhode Isiand, Atwood, Avery. Bab_ | Wood of 1dsho, Wood—167. and the bill was deieated. The following is the vote in full on the Wi i | VACATION IS OVER