The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1897, Page 3

- of this ‘ment to-night 10 a CALL THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1897 3 THE GOVERNOR'S SECRET SERVICE A Motion Lost to Decrease the Appropriation One-Half, Another Financial Scandal Has Sprung Up in the Assembly, Friedlander’s Connmection With the | Contested Elections Committee at $§5 Per Day. SACRAMENTO, Car, Feb. 25.— The appropriation bill reported by the Com- mittee on Ways and Means was under con- sideration in the Assembly this afternoon, | when and the item was reached allowing | the Governor $10,000 for his secret service | fund for the next two years an evidently | concocted attack was made upon it bya | few Republicans who have been interest- | ing themselves particularly to obtain the | appropriation of $75,000 needed for the | ate Printing Off Melick of Lancaster, whose smile is as €ternal as the sun that bakes the sands of his home on the Mo sert, pleasantly moved to cut down the appropriation to $5000. He made no explanation at the | which he did. | fied the C: arms who could be attached to the Com- mittee on Contested Elections Coombs then told me 10 get the signatures of the majority ot the committee, which I did. 1t en presented my application to Chair- man Kenyon, who took 1t to Coombs, aud K:nyon then told me that Coombs said tuat if he thought it necessary he could have his permission {o make the appoint- ment, which Kenyon did. I went to San Francisco with the committee on the Hoey vs. Power contest, and was paid for serv ces from the 14th to tke 2ist and have served ever since at every meeting of the committee. Some few days a o, after the last contest was heard, and thinking the committee would meet no more, | asked Kenyon i0 sign that part which reads to | the effect that he had made the appoint- ment with the consent of the Speaker, The assistant clerk no atroller and sergeapt-at-erms, and when the Controller stated that the per diem had not been fix d I ndded '§5 per diem,’ which was the amouat 1 had been previously paid. “Tuere was no forgery, for the whole thing is written in my ows handwriting | and in possession of the House for inspec- | tion. It is oniy another to discover a ‘mare’s nes “I am ready for any kind of investiga- tion, and if the A-sembliv can afford the time and expense, I am just as anxious as Mr. Coombs.”” Tue foregoing stalement was given the revorter in writing by Mr. Friedlander. He added verbaily: “I would like to have ar investigation, and if tnere is one the newspapers will have plenty of good items. I'll warrant that Speaker Coombs won’t 2o back to Japan unless he goes as an interpreter.” S PR 5 IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLIY. case of achance The Governor’'s Secret SBervice Fund to Be Kept Up. SACRAMENTO, CaL, Feb. 25. — The Senate this morning amended Hall’s bill to establish e free market on the water front of San Francisco, so as to prevent commission merchants or middiemen from establishing stalls in the market and pro- viding that only fruit and produce can be landed at the wharf intendea for the mar- but smiled and smiled and remained a Meiick still. | uy of San Diego, chairman of the s and Means Committee. defended | em in the bill. The State Controller, | who was aware of what had been done with the original appropriation of $10,090 two years agc ted that a | nt would be required for the | secret ser i the nexv.‘ the rear | entine of Los Angeles inquired of | what had been the occasion of | $10,000 necessary, and Guy re- piied that the secret service fund had been used by the Governor jor the purpose of invéstigating crimes, and the executive | was no: required by law to make any ac- count of the fund to any one. making Melick gly remarked that the | Governor had sent a private detective | down to Kern County to look after the e scalp breeding industry in that pro- : “I don’t wonder at all that | needs the money, , “and I am not willing to any man’s hand just | ays he needs it.”’ | rushing to the rescue of the | at the work of experts, | t fund, bad saved the $100,000 within the last few years. ve they saved $100,000?” smile from the desert. i In sending experts to investigate and | port as to the expenditures made by | various boardsand commissions, and com- pell them to comply with the iaw,” | responded Caminetti with a sweep of his band as broad as his statement. Loavitt of Alameda, who last night re- commended the Governor to the tender y of Shanahan and wss rebuffed iclan, hoped that the would be adopted. He be- acing in the hands of the Gov- uch & sum as would enable bim (o | hire a good exvertand send him around | the country. The position was to pay $10,000 info a fund without compelling any one to account for it. M came to the front again. “Whila it sounds well to say that $100000 was saved by the use of this secret fund I think it is more sound than anything else,” he said. “The State Board of Ex- aminers has an_expert whose business it is to look into the accounts of these offi- | cials, ion. the G vernor says b d Meli $10,000 se Le beca in- qQ nahan started in to explain that the appropriation was needed, when he was asked by Leavitt whether Lie knew tiat an expert had been employed and paid out of the Governor's secret service fund “1 know nothing as to that, sir,” re- plied Shanaban, with great dignity, I vpresume that the expert employed to in- | vVestigate those institutions has been em- | ploved by the Governor.” It has been intimated,” said Guy, “‘by one of the gentlemen that he didn’t be. | lieve that so large an amount should be | placed in the hands of any one person | without requiring him_to account for it. | If it 1s not proper that the Governc should have $10,000 for fear that be might misuse it the same objection could with equal force be applied to $5000. I have | been informed that three or four of the | Jnost notorious criminals now in the pene- | tentiaries have been deteeted by the use | fund. 1 have the utmost confi- dence in the discretion and integrity of the Governor in using this fund.” Valontine of Los Angeles asked whether the appropriation bad been subjected to | the same i orizontal cut of 10 per cent as bhe understood had been the case with other appropriations. « explained that the salaries and compensation of officers had not been touched at all. Dibble spoke warmly in favor of the $10,000 appropriation, and Leavitt took the | tloor ! askes whether the fund | d not $6000 previous to Governor | Badd’s inauguration, after whica it had | been,increased to $10,000. | Tes jonse 10 question Guy informed the Governor himself had e $10,000 appropriation. ter spoke in favor of the appropria- tion. 1i it were cut down, he said, many | peorle would think it was done through -Tevenge because of the attitude of the Governor toward the State Printing Office. The amendraenc was defeated by a viva voce voie, Valentine’s ‘no’ b ing the oniy negative heard. nother scandal has cropped up in the embly, this time, however, not involv eitber tie sonor or the judgment of | the members. A. A. Friedlande, a San ¥rancisco attorney, is the jarty involved. He was appointed erzeant-at-arms of the Contested Election Committee when it was inve-tigating the Hovey- Power contest, After returning from” San Francisco and drawing bis week’s pay and mieage, amounting Lo §58, he applied to the Con. troderat the end of the second week for | the s»cond weck's salary. The Controller said Friedlander was not on the roll and not entitied Lo any more pay and insisted that Friedlander’s payment bad been only for one week. Friedlander afterward brought him what purported to be a certi- fied copy of #n appointment on file with the clerk of the Assembly. The document stated that Friediander had been appoint- ed sergeant-at-arms 1o the Contested tions Committee with the au.hori y=Sof Speaker Coombs at a per diem of $5and was signed by Chairman Kenyon Kenyon stated that he had signed the appointment, but ti.at the statemuent that Bpeaker Coombs had authorized the ap- pointment and the words, “'at a per diem of $5,” bad heen added by some one after Keayon had signed it, Friedlander made the following state- reporter: January 14 1 spoke to Speaker Coombs about being appointed on the permanent roll, having been recommended by several ersons sianding high in the rauks of the epublican party, and was told then that there was no vacancy, but on pointing out the necessity of an assistant sergeant-at- | vidin | item was finally allowed to stand. |ing the Sacramento River, ket. Bills were passed providing for the con- struction of sidewaiks on county roads; repealing the act to estatlish a code com- mission; relative to boulevards in citie: and repealing a tax on the 1ssue of stock certificates. The Senate this afternoon passed as amended the following Assembiy bills: Protectinz ail citizens in_their civil and legal rights; requiring administraiors to make aTeturn within thirty days after the sale of property of an estate; prohibiting the accepting and holding of private de- posits of money or other vaiua in county treasries. | Godfrey’s bill fixing property exempt from execution was refused second read- ing. Ktahoney’s Senate bill prohibiting the burial of the dead within the limits of cities of over 100,000 inbabitants was lost. Senate bills providing for county boar alture and tixing laws relating to State Normal schools were passed. On motion of Bulla the rules were sus- pended, and Dibble’s two printing bills | were taken up out of order and read the first and second time. The bill appropri- ating $40,000 to pay the deficiency in the printing funds incurred at the time of ap- proval of the bill was amended by strik- ing out all reference to a deficiency, and sent immediately 1o print. The bill appropriating $35.000 for the support of the printing office until the end of the fiscal year was passed. A resolution from the Assembly pro- g for a reception to be given to Hon. Joseph McKeuna in the Assembly cham- ber on Friday night was adopted. In the Senate 10-nichi the nting bill appropriating $40,000, baving returned from the printers after being amended, was taken up out of order and passed and sent immedia:ely to the Assembly. Wolt sought te introduce a concurrent resolution directing the Senate and As- sembly to take such steps as thought necessury to force the commencem. nt of w on the San Francisco Postoffice lding immediazely. nt, who was in the chair, declared the resolution out of order, holding that a concurrent resolution would have to take the same course as a biil, and that the time witbin which it could have been in- troduced had elapsed. Wolf moved to change the title from acurrent to joint resoiution. This was also declarea out of orderon the gronnd that th* matter was not of the nature of a joint resolution. The second reading file consumed the rest of the evening. At this morning’s session of the As- sembly the Committee on Rules reported a temporary rule under which the general appropriation bill is to ve considered each day between 3 and 5 o'clock. - Adopted. L. D. Kalsey was seated in place of Me- Laurin after a wrangle. While Kelsev was at the desk taking the oath Gately shouted, “Tbis is a steal.” “avitL in- sisted that these words should be taken down, which was so ordered. A communication from the State Board of Examiners requesting that the State Printer be viven, by the Legisiature, the sum of $40,000 to pay labor bilis now due employes, was referred to the Committee on Judiciary, a sub-commitiee of which will meet the Governor at noon with a similar sub-committee from the Senate. The series of four proposed new road law= were passed. The Assembly this afternoon took up the general appropriation bill for s cond reading. The item appropriating $10,000 for the Governor's secret service ‘und was debated for some time, Leavitt, Valentine ana others seeking to cutit down. The Cami- netti proposed an amendment to the item appropriating $12,800 for salaries of clerks in the Secretary of State’s office, cutting the amount to $96)0. The amendment was adopted. The Assembly to-night passed the fo!- lowing bilis: Authorizing the employ- ment of draughtsmen by Recorders in counties und cities of the first class; ap- propriating $5000 10 pay the c.aim of Sarah H. Wing, whose husband was killed by the accigental discharge of a ril n the hands of a National Guardsman during the stri appropriating $15,000 for a sewage - ptmping plant at Folsom prison to prevent sewace from reach- thence to establishing Sacramento water mains; | fishing laws in regard to seasons and the use of nets; requi ing pawnbrokers to give bords and furnish daily reports of b :siness transactions to the Chief of Po- | lice or Town Marshal; appropriating $10,- 000 for the improvement of Salt River, Humbo!dt County; fixine laws regarding the Harvor Commission of the portof Sureka; appropriating $4000 for the erec- ion of an additional buiiding at the Chico Normal School. Senat- messages were taken up out of order for the purpose of considering the printinz bills passed by the Senate this afternoon. The bill appropriating $35,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year was ordered enrolled and tue Senate amendment to $40,000 bill was indorsed. Caminetti congratulated the majority on their scceptance of the situation. Em- mons asked permission to introduce a bill providing for an additional Judge for Kern County. The roll was called on sus- pension of ihie rules and permission was granted. Lo Mo Time to Investigate. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb. 25.—There will be no investigation by the Finauce Committee of the Senate in reference to the coyote scalp claims bill, xhich calis for an appropriation of same will be reported favorably to the Senate to-morrow. When the members of the committee undertook to hold the pronosed investiga- tion they did not have a clear conception | $1,961,222 of the immense amount of iabor and time that would be required to carry out their purpos-. This they discovered when, by virtue of the power that had been granted them by the State, tLev subpenaed Secretary Mark- ley of the State Board of Examiners be- NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. WAGE-WORKERS’ FESTIVAL! A Two Days’ Fete in W"hiclTEé Whole to Take Part. A\ \d They’re cleverly tailored, m ion, neat, natty and dressy. value at that. O & Y Some 2000 Swits and Overcoats, cleverly made, Srays. Oxford mixtures and plain colorings, excellent garments. - The biggest treat we have ever offered you. in stylish de right in the h-ight of fash- othing ails ’em. They're what tl yow'll pay in other stores in Frisco $10 for, and they're good Friday and Saturday atthe big Kearny-Street Store at 3.7 5 - E £ E E object to makethis the great - SR LU LU LI L L ELL 2 A Friday and Swturda,ya Sale that will pass into the annals of commercial his- tory as two of the most re- markable days of reckless cutting of prices that's ever occurred in this or any other State in the Union. The Big Store has for its est sale ever held in its on- ward and upward career. The man that misses it misses the golden opportun- ity of hislife. It’s for Friday and Satwr- day ; the loss to us is going to be big and we positively will not continwe this offer beyond, these two days. The values will be the greatest that we have ever offered. This sale will be made up entirely of high-class goods, dependable, tailor - made Sarments. Two days are enowsh of it forus and two days ought to give yow ample o,)pnrttm-g § : : : : E E é Eily to dress for a year to come. It's asking yow to come to the big store and, take some of the choicest goods at prices yowwould be ashamed to offer. E We will be open Fridaya evening till 8 o’clock and on Satwrd ay till 10:30. The man that misses it Emisscs the solden o[)purllub-a ity of his life. 7 Public is Invited Those natty Serges in douwble blue and black and a pretty shade of brown. beauties, made with deep velvet collar, in all colors, serg These sarments are the very pink of perfection ; they're natty, Spring like, in light, dark and medium shades; $ and single breasted sack in The Overcoats are e lined. swell 12 in meost stores, $10 in some. Friday and Saturday at the Big Store and a liberal pick, at $5.00--- Some 1800 pairs of Trous- ersin fine Wor teds and All- Wool Cas meres, in neat stripes, in blue, black and. fan- ecy; the kind that otherstores are getting $3 and $3.50 for— no exaggera- tion—not a bit of it; nothing ails "em but the price. and that will be for Fri- day and Satur- day, $150, | | | LAST DAYS OF FEBRU- ARY ARE MONEY- SAVERS. Some real swell Long Trouser Swits for boys between the ades of 12 and 19 ; real $8 val- wes; in pretty Scotches and neat effects, tailored excel- lently, and they’ll be Fri day and Satur- day, B3.65. FRIDAY and SATURDAY are the last days of those hand- some Reefer Suits, swelly gdotten up, with deep braided collar, buckle at the knee; $3 and $3.50 val- wes; in what pretty colorings —so handsome for Spring; ages 4 to 10. These last days are hummers! Challenge price PLES. In the language of Chimmie Fadden, “We ain't doin’ a ting to prices.” They're just being cut out of sight. Some 600 Boys’ Swits, ages & to 15, very swell swits, in blue twill cheviots, pretty plaids and fine Scotches, extra well made, and always have re- tailed at $5. Our price Fri- day and Satwr- day $215. |r8E |\HATTERS | Zove Us. NIT! i Their $2 Fe- |dora Hat Fri- | day and Satwr- |day in pretty | shades of pearl, otter, Havana |brown and black. Who'll be hat- less Sunday ? No one if the price will help yow. \ In owr Big |\Hat Depart- \ment Friday and Saturday at SE5c. fore them to learn what t he could throw upon the alleged frauds in connec- tion with the coyote-scalp claims. Whoen be informed them that m order to make a proper investigation of the mat- ter it would be necessary 1o trace all the claims back to the original 9000 or more claimants and hear the testimony of each one of these, the committee, m:tanhori- cally speaking, threw up its nands 1n despair and quizkly came to the decision to report tue bill favorably, and leave the matter of investigation to the Board of Examiners. — < o SIATE APPROPRIATIONS, The Grand Tota! A<k-d Is Alyeady Over $16,000,000. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb. 25.—EKither the Legislature or the Governor wiil have 10 wield the pruning-kmife with vigor on measures appropriating money, or, from the present outlook, the Staie tax levy will need to be nearer 65 cents on the $100 than 50 cents. The latter limit has al- ready been passed, even though there is a surplus in the treasury of about $750,000 from the last appropriations made. The general appropriaiion bill, provid- ing means for the maintenance for two years of tho Siate Government, including all Buate institutions, as introduced in the Assembiy, foots up $4815,776. To this must be addea the amount fized by law for schools for two years at the rate of $7 for each census child, which is $4,629,926, also $480,000, the 2-cent iax for t:e Siate University at Berkele: $675,000 tor orphans and half-orphans, and $282.870 000, and the | makes a total of $10.883.5 for the interest and sinking fund. This In addition to these the Senate Finance Committee has already reported favorably deticiency ciaims allowed by the State Board of Examiners and other appropria. ttone amounting in the aggregate to It will therefore be seen that if all these measures pass, and most of them have already passed the Assembly, the St will have contracted liabilities to the amount of $12,844,794. This total does not include $125,000 re- aprovriated for the Affiliated Colleges, $200,000 resppropriated for impounding 9, 11, 18 and 15 Kearny Street. mining debris nor the $500,000 for the! ding aspect for the taxpayers of the State dredger scheme to deepen the channel of tie Sscramento River, which has been favorably reported unon by the Senate Finance Committee. Thers must also be taken into consideration 'he covote claims bitl appropriating $287.000, which is still in the hands of the Finance Committee and will be [avorably reported on, tozether with other bills aggregating about $2,000,- 000, all of which are to be reporied ad- ve:sely, but which may, nevertheless, be passed by the Legislature. In view of the fact that the general ap- propriation bili reported to the Assembly has made palpable short allowances for public institutions, the amourits in some cases being less than the actual cost of subsistence for inmat that appropria- tion wiil have to be increased, it is esti- mated, by at least §200,000, including ap- propriations for district agricultural socie- ties, which have not been provided for at all. The following summary shows the vari- ous amounts that the Legislatare may be called upon to appropriate and the grand total: Geaeral appropriation bill. School fand... State Univ Orph: Luterest Deficiency Resppropri Reappropri ing debris Coyote claims Commitie 4 Bills to be adversely rejorted upon (-5t mated)... i Estimuiel increase 10 genera ajpro- $¢,815.776 4624926 480,000 ed e for Aflilinted Colleges ed for impounding min- il i hands of ¥in priaifvn bill. ... 200,000 Sacramento River dredger bill 300,000 Total - 16,008,794 From tuis amount should be deducied $750,000 remaining in the treasury. This would leave somewhat in excessof $15,- 250,000 to be appropriated by the Legisia- tare. The total assessed valuation of the prop- erty in the Statz is estimated at $1.200,000,- 000, and to raite $15,250,000 for ihe ex- penses of the State for two years would require an annual1ax levy of about 65 cents per $100. A levy of 50 cents per $100 per annum would return but $12,000,000. Matters would have even a more forbid- ITWO0 GREAT DAYS, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AT THE BIG KEARNY-ST. STORE. had not the Finance Committee killed many appropriation bills in their in- fancy and greatly curtaiied the amounts in others. Where the cutting is to be done now is a matter of great perplexity, but claims are likely to be the ones to suffer first. Thers may also be some cut- ting of the general appropriation bill on provisions that do not apply to the main- tenance of public institutious, such as asvlums, State prisons and reform schools. The tax levy biil will be the last measure acted npon by the Legisiature, and Chair- man Voorhies of the Finance Committece is of the opinion that matters will be so arranged tbat it will not call for more than a 50-cent levr. That the Finance Committee has put the knife in deep isshown by the following statement of some of the amounts asked ior 10 be applied to improvementsand repairs in various State institutions and the amoupts allowed : Nawe | Asked. [Aliowed Stockton Insane Asyium......| $20,000| $10,000 Ione School of Industry.......| 114,500( 72,595 W hittier School... 107'600| 35000 J’ome for Feeble.minded 105.500| 45 000 Ukiah Insane Asylum. 150,600, 20,000 Chico Normal Schol 11200\ “4.000 San Jose Normai Schoo 5,000/ 5.000 sper Hospi 100.600| 20,000 Nan Francisco State Building. | 300,000]......".. Oakiand Home for Adult Biind 80,000, 30,000 Oaklaud D tum. 20,600, 12,600 dence..... g Sacramento Capitol aud Capl- tol grounds. San Questin 5 Yosemite Vailey. Marsnail Mo :umen: 1.500 . San Diego \ormal S¢ 75,000| 50,000 San Lals Obispo Norm School 75,000 75,000 State M| ' 20,000] . Only six institutions, got all they asked for. If the report of tne Finance Commit! is_adopted, and there is,every reason to believe it will be, San Francisco will get $20,000 for a State leper hospital, but nothing for a State buiiding, and the future Governors ot California will be as far as ever from hav- ing the State supply them with an official residence at Sacramento. t will be noticed, TWO DAYS FULL OF GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES! (OAL TRUST O 08 THE PicK Railroads and Mines Divide the Price at Tide Water. . Ignorance of the Erie’s President Greatly Astcnished the Committee. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb 25.—The joint legislative committee resumed its investi- gation this morning, taking up the coal trust, with President Samuel Sloan of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road as the firse witness. President Sloan sald a meeting of the presidents ofj the various coal roads was held last year for the purpose of deciding the question of handling coal, and an agreement was made as to the percentage of coal the roadsrepresented were to carry. ! President Thomasof the Erie road was next sworn. He said he was at the con- ference of the presidents of the various coal carriers last year and the Erie re- ceived a 4-per-cent allotment. Senator Lexow then read the various allotments and the witness admitted that they were correct. He said that his com- pany did not live ur 1o the agreement. Witnees had no knowledge of meetings of the sales agents. Mr. Lexow ordered subpenas to be is- sued for the agents. 'RAPHAEL’S (Incorporated), |9 11, 13 and 15 Kearny Street. The witness said he s not aware that the price of coal was increased $1 a ton since the conference. He said, to the great astonishment of the members of the committee, that he did not know tue Ppresent price of coal. francis H. Keening of St. Louis, a wholesale grocer, said he refused to sign a factor’'s agreement with the American Sugar Refining Company and that he had, consequently, to pay more for sugar than those who had a factor’s agreement. The witness said that the American Sugar Refining Company had atiempted to exclude the Louisiana planters’ sugar from competition. From the testimony of the witness it deyeloned that the American Sugar Refin- ine Company during the grinding season during which tbhe southern crop of the country is being produced, lowered the price of sugar in St. Louis and immedi- ately after the grinding season caused the price of its product to be increased Clinton W. Wisner of Walden, N Y., vice-president of the Stevens Coal Com- puny, testified that his company sold coal to the Lehigh Valley Railroaa Company and that it received 60 per cent of what the product brought at tide water, and that the remainder was paid to the rail- road company. Witness said the prica of stove coal per ton at tide water was §3 § and, therefore, his company receivea ¥ for a ton and the railroad company $1 55. John B. Dickerson, sales agent ior tue New York, Qutario and Western Railroad Company, said that the sales agents had nothing to do with fixing tne price of coal and deciared that the law of supply and | demand alone fixed it. Sales Agent Heilner of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company was next ex. amined. His testimony was unimpor ant. At its conclusion Mr. Lexow announced that the committee had concluded its ine vestigation, unless it was found necessary to meet again. An executive session was held by the committee after the proceedings closed, Chairman Lexow at its termination sai ‘“We are going toapply (o the Legis!ature, in view oi the testimony taken being so large and the imporiancs of the subject so great, for an extension of time untl 9 in which to submit our report, arch