The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1897. DUCKWORTH Chief Clerk Triumphs Over His Enemies in the Assembly. ? PERMITTED TO RESUME HIS POSITION. i Vote Results in His Favor After a Bitter Clash Between Factions. FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO APPLY GAG RULEL. Tactics of His Foss Win Friends the Man Whom They S>ught ty Besmirch. | for SACRAMENTO, CAr., Feb. 10.—After a fiery session continuing for more than | three hours, full of dramatic situations, in | the presence of the largest crowd that has | been gathered in the Assembly chamber | since the beginuing of the present session, | under the inspiration of earnest speeches | by men wbo felt keenly what they were | saying, and after a most manly and mas- | terly defense on the floor of the House by | the man npon whose shoulders sn erring vody was trying to dump its own political | sins, Chief Clerk Duckworth was rescued f:om & position of peril and was allowed {0 resume his station at the desk in the ‘ face of his enemies, officially absolved from ail stain of blame. [ Had he been a man of less force, of less | ability, of less adroitness, of less man- | hood; had bis friends wavered for even a | eingle instant in that trying hour, he | would now be a private citizen with an official brand of shame upon his brow, burned there by the highest authority of | the State. Every member of the Assem- bly, save Moultrie of Fiesno, who has | been dangerously ill since the beginning of the session, took part in the exciting proceedings, and every ome oi those seventy-nine, with the ignoble exception of Malcolm of Santa Clara, placed his name on record on the rollcall as either for or against the dismissal in disgrace of | the chief clerk. As Malcolm trembled and fell down in the senatorial contest at the beginning of the session, so to-day he fell down before | the light of an important issue, and sneaked away in a sinister shadow j before the call of the roll. During the three bours p receding that event he occu- | pied a prominent place on the floor, now flourishing in bis band & paper bearinga protest against the report ol the commit- | tee censuring the members, now offering an amendment and uow rising to qu tions of information or of per-onal priv- 1lege. He was a fizurehead on the ship of state, but when the name of Malcolm was reached on the roll the House knew him no more, He had vanished—evaporated like the mist irom the tules in the light of the rising sun, Waymire of Alameda, although he did not evade the issue, was next in point of | undesirable prominence. When Le gave the reply in answer to a question by Cierk Duckworth that he had not summoned ex- | Sergeant-at-arms Parkinson as a witness | before the investigating committee and | that it had been tesufied that Parkinson had procured the appointment of no less than eighteen attaches on the temporary roll the House beld its breath. Then when Caminetti of Amadorin a voice of thun- der demanded why Mr. Waymire and bis committee had not censured Parkinson when he had censured Caminetti for hav- ing procured the appointment of a small boy as page there was a murmer of ap- plause from spectators and members | alike, From that moment the star of the Dprosecution began 1o wane, and it almost | went into eclipse when the baited clerk | charged Waymire and his committee with bad faith; with inconsistency; with the | grossest injustice in refusing to make charges sgainst him ;wath having neglected 10 notify him that e had been accused of | any crime or wron:-doing whatever; with | having informed him that he was not on | trial, and then with bringing in a resolu- tion in the name of the chairman censur- ing him and asking for his dismissal. At the outset an effort was made to deny the accused clerk an opportunity of speak- ing in his own delense, and this effort was | so persistent, so malicious and so spiteful that several members, their cheeks red- aening with indignation, jumped to their | feet and protested against the Spanish metbod of gagging and shooting a pris- oner first and trving Lim afterward. There is no doubt that this coarse attempt to trample upon the right of the clerk to defend himself made iriends for him out | of several members who had made up | their minds 10 vote for bis dismissal, bat | whose manhood recoiled from an act so eowardly and so unjust. Long before 2 o’ciock—the hour set on the special file for consideration of the report of the committee of investigation— | the galleries and the lobby outside of the rail were crowded. So many ladies sat in the front row in the gallery, so many had seats on the floor, attired in their best promenade dresses, their biggest plumed and flower-gardened hats, that the As- sembly chember resembied the auditorium of a tEeaterduring a matinee periormance, with Speaker Coombs as the heavy trage- dian. This resemblance was made all the more real by the handclapping and the cheers by members and spectators at every striking Eoim made in toe proceedings. And when the call of the roll was done and the men cheered and the women waved their handkerchiefs and the mem- bers crowded around the chief clerk to sbake him by the hand and congratulate him upon his vindication, one would have | thought that some issue of vital impor- tance to the people of the State had been settled and that an ever-to-be-memorable page had been added to the history of Cal- ifornia. It was manifest from the very start that thedetalls of the fight for and against the clerk had been well and carefully ar- ranged, for Speaker Coombs had barely finished bis announcement of the order of bugdiness before Dibble of San Francisco was on his feet moving the previous ques- tion so as to shut off adebate in which disagreeable things might be said by the minerity. Democrat Caminetti and Populist Shan- anan rose to points of order, but were im- paled upon them. Then Mead offered a resolution to the effect that the names of the censured members who had recom- mended the appointment of attaches on the temporary roll should be stricken off the report. This was changed 5o as to ex- cept those members who were not present and did not join in the report of the mile- sge commitiee recommending the pay- ment of one week'’s mileage to the tempo- rary attaches for one day’s work. Price, the Republican member from Sonoma, dezlared that the members who were not present when the report of the Miieage Committee was read had violated their duty in neglecting a business of so much importance, end that the whole committee was deserving of censure. In his most vigorous manner Caminetti | heatand a scarlet necktie, denied the as- | not believe that | and I will stand under it. Eve | bere had a right to protest against tue ap- | attaches were sppoinied with the knowledge | and at the request of members, as follows, and 0T 70 BLAME objected to & vote of censure upon tke members named in the report of Mr. Waymire's codmmittee, because those members had not been granted a trial. He asked for an opportunity to defend him- self beiore the committee aud before the House, and he declared that until he had been tried in that way he would deny the right of the committee or of the House to Pass a vote of censure upon him. He ad- mitted that he had procured theappoint- ment of a very small boy as page, but he had never met Mr. Duckworib and had never known him untit Mr. Duckworth had called the House to order on the first day of the session. Judge Waymire, pale with suppressed emotion, arose in his chair and with some show of indignation announced that Mr. Caminetti had been subpenaed. had ap- peared before the committed, the commit- tee had granted a patient hearing to every- thing he bad to say and he (Caminetti) had admitted the truth of all with which he had been charged. He had had his trial, and the assumption that he had not been fairly treated was utterly without foundation. Bettman of San Francisco, in a white sertion in the report that those members who had previously served in the House were more to blame than the new mem- bers. Then Mr. Bettman struck a tragic and defiant attitude and the crowd langbed. Dibble cailed attention to the fact that his nama appeared in the committee's re- port of censare. He bad procured theap- pointment of a very little boy (smaller than Caminetti’s boy) as page, and he did he or any of the other members should be censured Bettman regretted that he had not been successful in getting more appointments, and Price admitted having obtained two, but he did not think he had done any thing criminal. Speaker Coombs declared himself op- posed to the adoption of the report. He | did not believe it to be the desire of the commitiee 10 censure innocent persons. Caminetti expiained that he had merely received & subpena to testify before the committee against the clerk at the desk. He aid not think at that time that be was there as a criminal on trial, and had never been so informed. One of the most manly and straightfor- ward speeches of the debate was that of Cross, a Republican member from Los Angeles. “Every member within hearing of my voice should be censured,” he said, *if for nothing else than approving of the pay- roll. I am not charged with having a man on_the payroll, but Idid have one Ivery member proval of that payroll, and should have done it.” Among those who voted for the adop- tion of the report as amended was Guy of San Drego. Several amendments to the report were offered. one by Mead to expunge from the report the foliowing: The testimony shows that a portion of the we think the members whe requesied ap- polutments or lent their names to justiiy ihem are specially deserving of censure. Another amendment was by Bridgeford, absolving such members as had requested the chief clerk to make appointments for | them on the temporary roll without koowing how many appointments were to be made. Anottier was by Malcolm, to expange ceriain lines in the report censuring the members. | Up to this time Jones of San Francisco | had not taken any part in the discussion, | but be eaw an opportunity to take a hand | in the scrimmage and he did so, It seems to me,” he said, “that the gentlemen are trying to crawl out of a very small hole. 1 placed a man on this roli myself. I have never done anything dishonorable in my life. After I had asked for this one man I expect there were twenty others asked me for the use of my name, and I said that they were perfectly free to use my name if they could get on the roll by so domng. Ido not consider that I did wrong. Stand up like men and take your medicine and | don't crawl underneath the desk when the bullets begin to fly.” After much discussion Waymire’s reso- lution requiring temporary attaches not entitled thereto to refund the ileage paid to them was carried. This was followed by the Waymire resolutions calling for the chief clerk’s dismissal from office. Dibble moved the indefinite postponement of the resolution, ana the motion was de- ieated by the following vote: Ayes—Allen, Arnerich, Bettman, Breiling, Canavan, Clatk, Cuiter, Damon, Dennery, Dibble, Ennis, Fontans, Gately, Goff, Goodhu Harris, Henry, Hudson, Jones, Keabl Kelly, Kenyon, Leaviti, Mahoney, Mulcrev. McCundiish, McGrath, Pohiman, Sims, & rain-"total 32. oes—Aldrich, Anderson, Austin, Belshaw, Boone, Bildgelord, Burnett, Burnham, Cami- netti, Cartwright,’ Chynoweth, Cross, Dolan, Dryden, Ellioit, Emmons, Foreman, Godirey, Hiil, Houghton, Keegan, Lacy, Landsborougn, Lindenberger, ‘Malcolm, Mesd, Melick, Mc- Clellan, McLaurin, North ot Alameds, North of Yolo, Power of Piacer, Power of San Fran- 0, Price, Robinson, Rubell, Sanford, Shan- ahao, Soward, Toland, 1reacy, Valentine, Vos- burg, Waymire, Wright, Spesker Coombs— total 46. After the announcement of the vote the committee report was adopted and the dramatic scene of the day took place. Hill of Humboldt movea that the Chief Clerk be allowed to speak on the door of the As- sembly in his own defense, but North of Alaméda objected. “'Give him a chance to be heard,” cried several members. “1 em opposed to gag law,”’ shouted Cross, rising from his chair and glancing fiercely at North across the aisle. “1 willnot vote upon the main ques- tion,” said Burnett, a fusionist from San Luis Obispo. will vote,” said Caminetti,*‘when the Chief Clerk and the men who smugzled those names on the roll are censured.” Much excitement prevailed at this time. A dozen or more Assembiymen were on their feet 1n different parts of the chamber. Speaker Coombs suggested that the House might give unanimous consent to allow Mr. Duckworth to speak, and North of Alameaa, after explaining that bis objec- tion arose because of his belief that such a proceeding was without precedent, with- drew his objection. As Mr. Duckworth came ferward from his desk and stood leaning on a heavy stick in the middle aisie, in front of the desks of the newspaper correspondents, the bubbub was hushed and a deep silence fell upon the Assembly. The chief clerk’s swarthy cheeks glowed and his dark eyes blazed with the intensity of his emotions. Turning toward the Speaker and then facing the house, he began: “Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the Assembly: iam here ready to answerany questions that may be propounded by any member of this House in connection” with any act of mine bearing directly or in- directly upon the appointment of those whose names: figare on the roll of tha tem porary organization of this Hous The clerk’s voice was clear and pene- trating. It betrayea but little emotion, save a suggestion of intensity of feeling, and its lowest tones pagetrated to the most distant corners of the thamber. “I have not solicited the privilege of ad- dressing the members of this House at this time,” he went on. “The offer comes irom the gentleman from Humboldt and the gentieman from San Luis Obi-po, to whom I am deeply indeuted for this cour- tesy. 1 did not ask for the privilege of the floor on this octasion, d [ have no desire to consume the time of the House, @s you are here with the eye of the people of this Btate upon you, or to waste any more of the peopie’s time than bas aiready been wasted upon this question. But Ido siand here before the bar of the House, in the presence of its perfectly solid mem- bership, ready to answer any questions lshll may be propounded to me; and, Mr. D (s Inow await the pleasure of the chalr, A round of hand-clapping followed the conclusion of the clerk’s remark: d Hill of Humboldt asked whether it was true that Duckworth had said that if the law was not changed and that if he opened the next session of the Legisiature he would bankrupt the contingent fund, even if be had to appoint a thousand attaches to do it. “Mr. Speaker,” replied Duckworth, “the statement to which the gentleman from Humboldt refers was made at a time when the promise held out to me four years ago was being fulfilled. Four years ago it become midpl'y as a member of this Assembly to 2 riicipate in a Re- publican caucus for United States Sena- tor. One of the candidates whos: name was to be submitted to that caucus was M. H. de Young of thé San Franciseo Chronicle. Because of pledges exacted of me by my constituents in the campaign preceding my election I refused to coun- tenance the candidacy of Mr. de Young. His managers then held out to me a glow- ing promise that whenever my head should bob up in connection with any public matter the warts would be burned off me. Faithful to that promise to the people of my county I said to his rep- resentatives that 1 was willing to have those warts burned off, but that at least I could return to my constituents with my bands clean and be able to look every one of them in the face. “Of all the papers in California the San Francisco Chronicle, owned by Mike de Young, is the newspaper that bas led all this criticism of me, and it is the news- paper that is responsible for whatever public sentiment may exist in regard to this maiter. A representative of that paper came to talk to me on this matter and a representative of the Sacramento Bee, which paper had been acting in con- cert with the Chronicle, and, figuratively speaking, nailed me to the cross with questions at & time when I waslaboring under great nervous excitement and under that heavy strain which culminated in my collapse, and they demanded to know and asked me in relation to things pertinent and impertinent concerning the temporary organization. Idid say—when for three or four nights I had been unable to get one wink of sleep—when I realized that my career would be cut short if that intamous journal could have its own way — I did say_under the excitement of the moment—I did use that expression, and I have regretted it every minute of my life ever since—that I would exhaust the con- tingent fund the next time even if I had t0 employ a thousand attaches.” Caminetti asked when the additioral names were added to the roll and Duck- worth replied that it was at 3 subsequent time when members on the floor asked to | have the names added, and when the Speaker announced that if there was no objection the names would be added by the wurnal clerk as corrections. Dennery of San Francisco vouched for the siate- ment of the chief clerk as correct. In reply to a question by Robinson of Nevada Mr. Duckworth said that the tem- porary organization was effected when he was directed by the Speaker to notify the Senate that the Assembly was organized and ready for business. *Were vou responsible for the payment of those salaries?”’ asked Dennery. “No, " replied the chief clerk. *The gentlemen will remember that they made the request of me for appointments, I said that I was willing to put, their names on, but that they woud have to attend to ihe salary matter themselves.”” Then came another dramatic episode. Caminetti asked Waymire if ex-Sergean at-Arms Purkinson had been subpensed, | and Waymire replied that no subpena bad | been served on him. “I thought his testimony was notneces- eary because he bad made no appointi- ments. It would be an unnecessary ex- pense and would do no good.” “In reply to Judge Waymire, I desire to say that Parkinson sent word to me that he wae at home ready to be subpoenaed and to come before the committee and | swear to those facts,” said Dackworth. “His testiroony would not bave relieved the members of any of the odium,” replied Mr. Waymire. “Mr. Parkinson was an officer of this House,”” shouted Camineiti, “and he had eighteen names on that temporary roll, and yet Judge Waymire presented a re. port to this House censuring me and re- fuses 10 censure the man who puteigh- teen names on the ro!l.” Caminetti was applauded and the Speak- er called both gentlemen to order. Duckworth proceeded to pour hot shot into the committee. He said: “If you believe my testimony at that ex-parte investigation aiter I, through my legal representative, requested that speci- fications should be furnished me of the charges I wouid have to meet and they were not furnished, any my lawyer stated there that if there was a reputaion | to be lost, or a man to be sacrificed, or a name to be dishonored it was mine. Not- withstanding that, he was told that Duckworth was not on trial. If you feel that because of the gooa- ness of my heart I yielded to the pressure of the almost peremptory de- mand toplace names on the temporary roll; if you feel tiat because there are me members upon the floor of this House who now refuse to stand by their own acts and are trying to grind me into the ground; if you feel it is proper, a manly, a decent, an honorable, an American way of getting out ot it I am willing that you shall dismiss me from office, The ballot was then taken with the fol- lowing resuit: Ayes—Anderson, Austin, Belshaw, Boone, Bridgeford, Burnbam, Ceminetti, Canavan, Cartwright, Chynoweth, Cross, Drvden, liott, Emmons, Houghton, Keegan, Lecy, L denberger, Mead. Melick, McClellan, North of Alameds, 'North of Yolo, Power of Placer, Sanford, ‘Shanahan, Soward, Toland, Treacy, Valentine, Vosburg, Waymire, Wright,Coombs. Total 34. Noes—Aldridge, Allen, Arnerich, Bettman, Breiling, Burnett, Clarke, Cutter, Damon, Dennery, Dibble, Dolan, Ennis, Fontana, Fore- man, Gately, Godtrey, 'Goff, Goodhue, Guy, Harris. Heory, Hiil, Hudson, Jones, Keables, Kally, Kenyon, Laudsborough, Leavitt, Ma- honey, Mulcrevy, McCandlish, McGrath, Mc- Lauren, Pobiman, Power of ‘San Francizco, Price, Kobinson, Kubell, Ryan, Sims, Stansell, Btrain. Total 44. Canavan, in explaining his vote, said that the Democrats and Populists were trying to crawl into their holes like Span- iels with their tails between their legs. Mr. Canavan was called to order and the Assembly adjourned, SENATE KGUTINE. Proceedings of a Lay in the Upper House of the Legislature. SACRAMENTO, Car, Feb. 10.—The amendment to the County Government bill limiting the allowance to Sheriffs for transporting patients to asylums to $5 per day, which was adopted yesterday, wa reconsidered to-day by the Senate and was defeated. At the alternoon session Assembly bill 17, fixing the minimum wages to be paid on pub lic work at $2 ver day, was reported to be unconstitutional by the R vision Committee and was sent back to the As- sembly. Assembly bill 22, providing for a system of street improvement on grounds within municipalities, was passed finally. Assembly bills 451 and 452 were amended and sent to the printer. Assembly bill 417 was reported unfavor- 8bly and was refused second reading. Senate bills 538 and 539, transferring title to the United Siates of land already held and hereafter to be acquired by the Fed- eral Government for military purposes, was passed ; also Senate bill 463, relating to registration. e SRS Aciion on Assembly Bills. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 10.—In the Assembly this morning Melick’s resolu- tion directing the Governor to negotiate for the recession of the Yosemite Valley to the Federal Government was defeated, after a long debate, by a vote of 47 to 17. The bill to accept the Yountville Solaiers’ Home as State property was passed with- out opposition. The San Diego Normal School bill, by which the appropriation is reduced from $75,000 tc $50,000, was made the special order for to-morrow. BEECHAN'S PILLS will dispel the “blues.” | questioned as 1o the cwnershi | Tulare. . | Sen Luis Obispo, COYOTE CLAIMS BILL IS DOOMED Little Prospect That the Measure Will Pass at This Session. Committee on Finance Guarding Against a Fraudulent Treasury Raid. Investigation Will Begin as Soon as Important Work Now in Hand Is Disposed Of SACRAMENTO, Car, Feb. 10.—As the matter now stands, there is little prospect that the coy ote bounty claim bill will pass at this session of the Legislature. t is the general desire of the Committee on Finance, in whose hands the bill now is, to have all the honest claims paid at the earliest day, but at the same time the members feel it incumbent on them to prevent gross fraud on the State and the looting of the treasary. Another conference took place to-day between the Governor and some of the members of the Finance Committee, with a view to securing the co-operation of the Chief Executive in the work of segregat- ing the genuine from the fraudulent claims, but it resulted as fruitlessly as the first meeting. Benator Wolfe’s resolution, giving the Finance Committee full power to go into the investigation of this matter, was passed by the Senate by a vote of 83 to 6. The work of investigation will begin ai s0on as the most important bills are out of the way. The Governor explained to the commit- tee that the reason for withholding the information that would aid it in deter- mining the character of the claims is that the submission of such data would inter- fere with the criminal prosecution of those who have sworn falsely in securing their scalp certifica Added interest has been created in this matter by the receipt by every member of the Legislature of the report made by the Kern County Grand Jury relative to the frauds alleged 10 have been perpetrated in that county. In this document is incor- porated the results of the investigations made by Edgar Moore, who had been en- gaged as an expert to look into this and other subjects. Under the heading, ““No- torious Coyote-scalp Frauds,” Moore says: It will be for you to determine whether or notthe Board of Supervisors aud the c.erk | have not entered into a conspiracy with some other parties to defraud the State out of enor- mous amounts of money in this matter. Cer- tainly their action, with their inevitable fraudulent results, would indicate as much, The clerk referred to is H. L. Packard, who is now here working to secure the passage of the bill. Farther along Moore submits a statement showing that certifi- cates for 6835 scalps have been assigned to Packard, and adds: There can be mo question as to a large amount of the foregolng being fraudulent. As there was no destruction by fire, as required by law, the same scalp could be soid & number of times before it would become unsalable, es- Deciaily asthe clerk who had to receive them was buying all that were offered at figures that woula leave him a iwd profit. It is possibie that his desire to make a profit 50 blinded him that he wou.d accept even a dog’s scalp. H. L Packara, the ex-Deputy Clerk and clerk of the board. should be ca led beiore you and of the certifi- cates still on hand and to his buying of scalps for himself or any one else; 8s to the raised certificates, raised afidavits, the issuance of certificates' when no eflidavits were on file or any entry upon the registers; the entering of amounts ol scalps on the register with no accompanying afidavit and the issuance of certificates of same, and to the migning of sundry affidaits with a cross without any witness of same, and to the identity of the | persons whose names are given in the list of supposed fraudulent certificates. Much of the information concerning these scelp frauds was obtained from the District Attorneys of the counties in which the largest frauds are alleged to have been perpetrated. These, according to the records of the Board of £xaminers, with the numoer of scalp bounties claimed in each, are as foliows: Fresno, Kern. Kings. Lassen Maiiera 963 8,365 Modo 5,908 Al Lindley to-day resigned as_ history clerk of the Senate to begin his duties as bookkeeper in tne office of Secretary of State Brown, vice George A. McCalvy, re- moved for improper connection with'the coyote bounty claims. Albert S. Earl is slated for the vacancy created by Lindley’s Tesignation. ———— LOUKING 0Ur FOx SHEEHAN. The General Opposes Melick’s Yosemite Valtey Measure. SACRAMENTO, Can, Feb. 10.—Me- lick’s resolution to restors to the National Government the Yosemite Valley and Big Tree Grove has rendered more or less pre- carious the fat job of General John F. Sheehan, who receives $75 per month secretary of the Yosemite Commission. If the resolution shiould be adopted and the National Government should take pos- session of the valley and relieve the State of California of the great expense of tal ing care of it, the general would lose his $75 per month—not & large sum of money, but one which, added to the salaries he re- ceives for other secretaryshipsand posi- ticns, helps to make the muckle of many nickels, Tne general has, therefore, girded on his armor, and has come to Sacramento tosave the vallev for himself and the Commissiopers, His first broadside came Lo-day in the shape of a type-written let- ter signed with the general’s autograph and addressed with the general’s own hand to each and every member of the Assembly. He also made alliances with Assemblymen from counties adjacent to the park, wi.ose sheep have been allowed, by tie kindness of the Commissioners, to graze on the fat pastures of the valley, and who fear that, should this beautiful scenic recion fall into the hands of the Government, the sbldiers would drive off their flocks, The appeal, being made to self-interest, was temporarily successful, for when As. sermubly concurrent resoiution No. 2 was taken up special order on to-day’s file immediately after tne reading of the jour- nal it was voted down. Keables gave notice of a motion to reconsider, so that the resolution may yet be saved. Friends of the resolution propose to show what a large sum of money would be saved to the State if the National Government should sume control of: the pProperty and how all the abuses of which 50 much complaint has been and is being made would be wiped out. Professor Jobn Muir of the Sierra Club is here, working for the passage of the resoiution. As every one knows, the pro- fessor’s love for the sceniC beauties of the Yosemite is untarnished by politics. He is an ardent lover of natu'e, and his art; cles published here and 1in the East have attracted widespread attention to Cali- fornia, her unsurpassed climate and soil and her unequaled prouucts. He believes that the valley will be kept in the best of order by tne National Government and that its scenic beauties will be preserved under National control. : The following is General Sheehan’s let- er: JORN F. SHEEHAN, Real Estate, Mining and Financial Broker. Land Agent Peoples’ Home Savings Bauk. Hon. Dear Sir: 1 desire tocall yourattention to aresolution offered in the Assembiy by Hop. ¥ &. Melick in reference to restoring fo the Na- tionsl Government the grant known as ihe Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove, containing about 38,000 acres of iand. Th graut was solicited by the State of Call- fornia from the National Goyernment, and in June, 1864. Congress passed an act confirm. ing it to the Siaie of Californis, conditioned that this State would use the same for the benefit of the public as a resort ana for recrea- tion. Considering the high celebrity which Yosemite has given to Celifornia, the cost to the Stats to manage Yosemite and the Big Tree Grove has been very light indeed. Hun- dreds of foreigners are attractea annuaily to this State, generally for the purpose of view- ing the wonders of Yosemite, and were it not tion & large majority of these uss to and from the Orient via acific route. people wouid the Canadian More than thirty-three years ago, when thi State was barely out of {ts'infancy, it solicited this grant from the Government of the United States and now that we have grown great and powerful it would appear pitiable and ridicul- ous 1o ask the Government to take it back when it only costs to maintain it the piitance 01 $10,000 or $12,000 per year. Again tne examples we have before us of the management of the mountain and forest reservation surrounding Yosemita by the United States iroops qught to be in iuelf s sufficient reason why the State should not de- sire to lose control of the Yosemite. During the past season many prominent citizens of California were arrested by the regularsoldiers ationed in the reservation for having any nd of firearms in their possassion. Imagine what annoyance campers and others who an- y visit Yosemite would suffer there from lack of knowledge of the regulations of the reguiar army. speak for many citizens with whom I have conversed towt the proposition of Melick should not be for a moment considered by our legislators. It is not at all likely that the National Government would want o take care of the buildings and roads and fences and trailsin Yosemite, all for the benefit of the State of California. ok 3 fnformed from relisble sources that s b proposiion did not emanate irom the rain of Mr, Melick, but was concetved by a resident of Los Angeles, who 18 a crank on the gEoposition io divide the State and setaside uthern California as a separate State gov- ernment, and having this in view he preferred that Yogemite, famed all over the world, should not be owned by Northera forni but being claimed by ihe United Siates Gov- ernment would belong as much to Southern California as to its northern sister. I trust that you will deem it proper to op- Ppose the resolution, which I undersiand will be argued on Wednesday, the 10th inst., by your voice as well as by your vote. Respeci- tully yours, JOHN F. SHEEHAN. e CONDEMN GOVERNOR BUDD. Laboring Jen Rosent the Attack on the State Printing Office. SACRAMENTO, Can., Feb. 10.—Over 600 members of the organized labor unions of this city marched in procession from the Metropolitan Theater to-night to at- tend a mass-meeting which had been called for the purpose of demonstrating the necessity of pessing the appropriation made in favor of the State Printing Office over the Governor’s veto, on the ground that the veto meant the disruption of the office and the lowering of wages. The crowd that packed the theater was wildly enthusiastic, and applauded evry hit made by the speakers in labor’s favor with vehement ap- piause. E. I Woodman, being selected as chairman, introduced the first speaker of the evening, H. Raphuel, a representative of the Cigarmakers’ National Union, who made an eloquent address in favor of labor and its interests, in which he said: *‘As far as organized labor 18 concerned, I believe they will stand together as a man, and they will be upheld by the or- ganized bodies of not only this State but of others,”” and he . stigmatized the Gov- ernor’s action in vetoing the State Print- | ing Office appropriation as an attack not only on organized labor, but upon the women wage-earners as welil. W. B. Thorp, chairman of Committee on Resolutions, then introduced the fol- lowing resolution, which was adopted by a perfect storm of ayes that fairly shook the House: WEEREAS, The Siate Printing Office is recog- nized as oné of the great bulwarks of organized labor in the State of Calitornia; end whereas said institution under iis present mansge- ment has been conducted on strict union lines in all its branches, thus aiding and assisting all honest craftsmen in the effort to protect themseives against those who would oppress labor and make the lot of the toiler all the more burdensome; &nd whereas, those of our fellow - Isborers employed in said State Printing Office wno have faithfuily and honesily performed the task | elloted to them, rendering full value in lavor | for every cent paid 1o them in wages, have been attacked and maligned by the Governor of this State under cover of & disagreement with the Suverintendent of State Print- ine; and, whereas, the coniinusl war fare being waged dinst said State Printing Oflice apd against the workers em | ployed therein has convinced us that the Governor’s object is not so much a reform of alleged abuses as the uprooting of the mstitu- tion itself; and, whereas, we &re re- gretiully forced to the conviction that the Governor in the attitude he has assumed toward the State Printing Office is either wit- tingly or unwittingly playing into the hands of the old schuolbock Ting, which has in the past few years been so tireless in its endeav- ors to destroy the ability of the State to protect parents of school children from extortions and exactions of former years; and whereas, the statements contained in the Governor's ines- sage reflecting on the faithfulness and effi- ciency of the labor employed in said State Printing Office are a gratuitous libel upon our fellow-laborers and co-workers employed therein; therefore be it Resolved, That as a preliminary proposition this meeting declares that it detests a dema- gogueand sbhors a politician who would at- tempt to make cheap personal political eapi- talat the expense of those Wwho toil for their daily bread. Resolved, That the allied trades and labor unions“of the Gty of Sacramento in mass meeting assembled hereby express their em- Dphatic condemnation of the action of Governor James H. Budd, in vetoing_ the act for the ap- propriation of money for the support of the tate Printing Office for the remainder of the | present fiscal year, and denounce as unjust | and untroe the insinuation against the faith- fulness and efficiency of the labor employed in said office made by the Governor in his message to the Legislature. Resolved, That it is the deciaration of this meeting ihat unless the Governor's state- ments concerning the financial manazement of that institution have better foundation in fact than have hia criticlsms of the labor there employed, such statements are entirely mis- leading, devold of truth and utterly unworthy the Governor of a great State. Resolved, That organized labor represented Dby this mass-meeting here to-night, acting in behalf of hundreds of wage-earners, both men and women, employed in the State Print- {pg Office, ‘the payment of whose wages for labor faithfully performed is dependent upon the actiow of ihe Legislature at its ses- sion te-morrow, most earuesily and respect. fully petition the honorable members of said Legisiature to pass the bill for the mainte- nance of the said State Printing Office over the veto of the Governor, Resolved, That we warn said members of the Legisiature against taking stock in any accusations against the State Printing Office uniil such accusations have been thorough!ly investigated by & competent non-partisan committee of fair men, for it is a mai ter of public kuowledge that a large mejority of such charges have their origin with interested parties who hove to break down that institution in order that they may feed and iatien upon the taxpayers of the State at their leisure, and that in their efforts 10 sccomplish this object they have often se- cured the co-operation of some of the highest officiais of the State. Resolved, That this mass-meeting hereby dee clares this matter a strictly non-partisan ques. tion, & question of simple justice and of the protection of labor, and we appea. at this ti; to Populist, Demoerat and Republican aiike 10 stand with us in our resistance of the blow aimed at organized labor by the Governor of this State, William Jenks of the Army and Navy League, on behalf of that organization, then presenied the following resolution, which was also unanimously adopted : HEADQUARTEES U. §. GRANT CAP, ARNY AND NAVY LEAGUE. Ata special meeting o: U. . Grant Camp No, e ———————————————————————————— . Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. ese headquarters, the followirg .5;3.'.},“.,1:’.'& Fesorutions were unanimously adopt d: Governor in ve- rolaEve to appropriatiug uecessary .uuds to main ain (he stte Printing Office is s menace to labor in that it impairs the usefuluess if, in- deed, 1t does not stop work altogether in the State Printing Office, thereby ;h“;v,:::"'s‘:ffu?s ¢ many ex-soldicrs 3 in’.’l‘i‘,".’.{fl:?u :m chiidren; ana whereas, d"" believe the Governor has been misled by dls- charged emploves sud by adheronts of i infamous book ring which stands ready o again Geluge our State with worthless aud ex- pemsive textbooks for our schools; au Whereas, the Governor by his veto i o1pos g & majority of the luwmakers who see D know the need of the State and 1ts institutious and who evident.y are not aniagonistic to lln‘bm and fair piay zm- the State employesin led labor; therefore, S ptsolved_ By the members of U. S Grant Camp No. D, Army and Navy League of this State, that we view this action of the Gov- ernor as threatening the interests of labor, belitiling the State and utterly uncalled for, and Resolved, That we earnestly urge the mem- bers of the Legislature, in the name of labor and {n memory of the soldiers anc sailors who fought and bled to_preserve this Union, tostand as a solid phalanx and pass this meas- ure over tue Governor’s veto. Resolved, That u copy hereo { be read at the mass-meefing to-night at Metropolitan Thea- ter and also a copy be furni-hed (0 every mem- ber of the Legisiature and the press. C. L. Meir, pastor of St. Paul's Episco- pal Clurch, was the next speaker, and after defining his reasons for appearing' on the platform 1t being because he was a oprinter, he said the re- flection by Governor Budd against- the the State Printing Office comes from one who, while in authority, wasno authority. The' reflection_was not Republicanism, Democratism, Populism or Americanism, but was decidedly and solely Buadism and the tenets of that faith were against tha interests of the toilers, and provided for s0 many hoiidays that a laboring man in India could never get a solid week’s work. Harry Rodgers, foreman of the State Printing Office, presented a list of figures to prove that the report of Expert Taylor as presented to the Governor was either a mass of errors or a wilfal misrepresenta- tion. He was followed by William Gormley, who declared that the State Printing Office bad for years past been the butt of attack of the corrupt book-printing ring of the Btate. W. McArthur, president of the Coast Seamen’s Union, also addressed the assemblag e H4RBOR COMMISS10N BILLS. Retrenchment Cowmmittes Believes They Should Be Examined. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 10.—The Committee on Retrenchment (Melick, chairman) to-night framed a bill which will be introduced in the Assembly as a measure of retrenchment. It will enable the State Board of Examiners to examine the bills of the Harbor Commission just as they examine the bills of all other com- missions. The bill is as follows: Sec. 2528. All moneys collected shall bs paid into tne State treasury and be credited to the San Francisco harbor improvement fund at least once in each month. No money shall be drawn from said fund except upon a war- rant drawn by the State Controller, and said warrants shall be drawn only in payment of claims, which shall first have been presented to and ‘acted upon by the State Board of Ex- aminer. Sec. 8. Section 2552 of the Political Code is bereby amended to read as foilows: 2552. The salaries of the officers of the board_shal. be as follows annually: The president $2400, esch of the other two _commissioners $2100, secre- tary $2000, mssistant secretary $1500, chief wharfinger '$2400; wharfingers and tiie col- leciors $1200 each. The Attorney-General shall act as attorney for the board without ditional compensation. The board must fix the compensation of the other employes. No ex-officio officer nor consulting engincer shall receive any compensation except necessary traveling and 1ncidental expenses. The act shall take effect July I, 1897 el et gl Hospital for Dipsomantacs. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb. 10.—The San Francisco delegation to-day decided to report favorably the bill for the establish- ment in San Francisco of a hospital for dipsomaniacs and those addicted to the opium habit. Braunhart voted against the measur SAN JOSE CARNIVAL PLANS. Board of Trade Takes the Initiative to Arrange for a Floral Fete. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 10.—The Board of Trade has called a meeting of citizens for next Tuesday evening at its rooms to consider the proposition of holding a carnival this spring. A number of busi- ness men and others have expressed a willingness to co-operate in such an undertaking, and there seems to be little doubt that a flesta eclipsing the splendid success of the rose carnival last year could be got up. There will be an abundance of flowers in May and June. No expense of ereciing a pavilion, such as there was last year, will have to be met, and it is believed that with the experience gained San Jose will be able to hold a festival that will attract thousands of visitors to Santa Clara Valley. | DEATH OF MRS. WEBER, Typhoid Fever Ends the Life of a Stock- ton Woman. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 10.—Mrs. Charles M. Weber ot Stocxton died at the home of her mother, Mrs, John Sinnott, at 253 Guadalupe street, about 1 o’clock this morning of typhoid fever. She came to this city on a visit three weeks ago, and a iew days later was taken ill. Mrs. Weber, who was Miss Grace May MISS EFFIE PEREINI OF SALINAS, SALINAS, Monterey County, Cal. I have never met a more enthusiastie class of people than I did in Salinas, and In fact all through Monterey County. One of the most pleasing gentlemen with whom I talked is Mr. George Perrini. He told me that he had heard of many re- markable cures that had been effected by the use of Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilia, and that he had occasion to prove this to his own advantage. Some time ago his little daughter, Effie Perrini, was covered with small sores. A bottle of Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla was bought and very moderate doses were given to the little girl. Before the entire bottle was exhausted all the sores had dis- appeared and Effie got better. She con. tinued to improve until she is now a per- fectly heglthy child. He told me that he had recommended Joy’s Vegetable Sarsa- parilia to many people and that every one 'Was DOw praising the native remedy. HENRY TILLMAN. Doun’tlet the drug clerk talk you into buying something else for Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Sinnott, was born in Iilinois, but was edu- cated in this city. She taught in the echools of this city for five vears. The de- ceased was very prominent in church and society circles, and was a member of the Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society and the Woman’s Club of thiscity. In November, 1886, she married Charles M. Weber, who survives her. Sbe leaves two little chil- dren, Helen May Weber, aged 7 years, and Charies M. Weber Jr., aged 3 years. Sl i Sale of San Jose Bonds. SAN JOSE., Carn., Feb. 10 —The City Council bas sold the $75,000 worth of high school bonds and the $40,000 of sewer bonds to the New York Security Company at 10055. The bonds bear 4 per cent. Thev will be issued as follows: June 1, $40,000 sewer bonds and $25,000 high school; Sep- tember 1, $26,000 high school bonds; Jan- uary 1, $25,000 high school bonds. e Agnews aylum Patients. SAN JOSE, CAv., Feb. 10.—The board of trustees of Agnews Insane Asylum metat the asylum to-day. The report made by Medical Director Hatch showed that on January 31 there were 910 patients in the asylum, 378 of whom were females and 532 males. He had collected $741 from pay patients, and had §204 on hand. New Hope Homicide Arraigned. STOCKTON, CaAL, Feb. 10.—Charles Kleupier, who shot and killed Alexander Borland and Charles Dodge several nights ago at New Hope, was arraiguned to-day before Justice of the Peace Parker. Kleupfer was accompanied by his counsel, Judge J. G. Swinnerton, and when re- quested to stand up the attorney, by way of courtesy to his client, arose and stood beside him while the charges were being read. Kleupfer will answer to two charges, one for the murder of each of his victims, The preliminary examination was set for Wednesday, February 17. it e el Library at Point Loma. L0S ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 10.—Abbott Clark, lecturer for the local Theosophical Sosietv, says the building shorily to be erected’ on Point Loms, opposite San Diego, by the Theosophists for a school for the study of lost mysteries of antiquity is to contain one of the largest libraries in the world. —_— Gold Strike at Banner, struck at the Ready Relief mine at ner on Moncay. Considerable activity in the camp at Julian is reported. . Caliente Pioneer Gome. CALIENTE, CaL, Feb. 10.—P. 8. Gib- son, an old-time pioneer, died here to-day from consumption WEAK MAN MUST SOONER OR LATER zive way to asirong man. The weak go to the wall first: nevertheless hundreds of our best abuse nature, they eat too much, slesp 00 littls, dissipate, and the result i3 premature conditions. 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