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i ——————————————— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1897. — e e e e e e e e ————— 3 GOVERNOR 500D GO UR FRENCH Removes Him as Trustee of the San Jose Nor- mal School. TRIED TO BLOCKADE BULLA’S BILL. Expose of an Attempt to Tamper With the State O fi- cials. ONE- MESSAGZ THAT CAUSES A SENSATION. Rather Int.resting Davelopmeats Easue in a Very Prompt In- ) vestigatioa. SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 15.—Gov- Budd sent a message to ths Senate this afternoon announcing that he had removed Herny French as a Trustee of the e Normal School at San Jose and stating that French had been attempting 10 induce the State Printer and certzin officials of the Legislature to biockade Bulla’s Senate bill 494, providing for a chanee of trustees on July 1, 1897. The Governor complained at the bill had been sent to him twice th 1897 chsnged to 1899. The following is the message EXECUTIVE DEPAR ] STATE OF CALIFORNIA. To the Honoreble the Legislature of the State of C nig—GEN’ On February 25 by a 29 to 1 i1l 494 was passed by e On March 4, upon its considera- was amended, and on avoeof 45 105, it passed that ded. On March 9 by a vote of 39 d to coucur in the Assem- s, and on March 11 by a vote ded_therefrom. he House to the and ordered to enrollment. On March ported to be Senate bill 494 was he presiding officers and chiof two bodies as duly enrotled and, v them certified to me. fied to me, however, wasnot 494 as it passed, but contained pro- ned in the true bill and had ed as certified to me ihe result , 8 sacond document pur- | t acceptcdas it was , or the bill as 1494 as it passed was his office. certain com- mit to you, I desire ir honorable bodies, of the rules, pass a bill | with or indirectly 3 in any manner ap- | the officials through whose st pass, requesting that oftigial 1 orto use his position to to take any part for or against e the Legislature. The Leg- , which passes ail bills, is the 10 which sppeals should be made, e permitted to be made to aid bodies, or persors who may 1.or be employed in the printing of bills, & bill be blockadea or killed by them, methods may Le introduced unknown to the ws for the defeating of measures aiter their s now a felony to alter a bill; it should be ony for clerk, or employe of your norabie bodies 10 lobby for & bill, or for eny person 1o suggest that they in any manner take part in legislative proceedings other than in the proper discharge of their duties. Had the bill in question been delivered later or the b.under remained undis- | vered, the signature of the Governor uld no: have made law of the meesure ich your honorable bodies so almost unani- passéd. The chauge of a word or a | n the tion biockade and kill it. On March 3 Henry French of San Jose tele- ate Printer as foliows: Sax Josk, Cal., March 3, 1897. sonal), State Printer, Sacra- mento: Blockade Assemb ¥ bi:l 688 and Senate bii1 494 until my leiter reaches you. HENRY FRENCE On the same day he sent an identical tele- gram to Mr. Brandon, chief clerk of the S:nate. Neither of these geutlemen, however, com- plied with bis request or blockaded the bill. Mr. Jounstor, Superintendent of Thereafl te Printing, received from Mr. French the lowing letter SAN JOSE. CAL March 5, 1 7. Jolnston, State Printer, Sacramento, Cal— I want to write you a line in and ask vour assistance in kill- ore the Ligisia:ure, As- bill 494, T am justin rom Varco-, the enrolling clerk who assures me I can count on your ¢ oseraiion. You will probsby Jemeniber meas (ne of the warkorses that eft my business and speii. & week i SACTamenio, at my own expense, lu he lusc Legislature to kill 3 o. did not return home uitil the flowers ered from the funerai ceremonies. perceive tha Assembiy bill €88 and identicai, and the hope 1511 the suffic.ent confidence %0uld ve enga. th ias.ead of their defeat. [ Know you are 110 kLI Lhese bills, and I am backed by influext al frie1ds of yours i ssking you to do if you ever wait anything from Santa kindly communicate with, HENRY FRENCH I think he will do anything audou, chief clerk of the Sen- cce'ved irom Mr. Freneh the following lgtter: Fyank Brandon, Chicf Clerk of the Senate, State Sacramento—MY L¥AR FRIEND: Iwent 10 5 ou 11 strict conndence aad jnvoke your assly- §a kilting Assembly Dbiil 685 and Senate bi 1 1 have just discovered a rotten scheme that 1 es , and I am thorou:hly confident & xnd Loe three principais of the th that 8. T. Bi; Aormel Schois are working in hand withsthe Governor’s apgrova. Ths aetalisTwill giveyou in full the firs. time w2 meet. Bat I kuow you have iient confidence in my Integrity to know that e bills, while iunocent on the suifuce, are Jezislation, and the highes. snd bes: In- rmal Schools demand tieir nation 1don’t expeetyou to fegp- uytiing by making an open fight, but I K now you are in & position to kill them if you want 10 Connt Very respecttully, Confer with Sta‘e Printer Johnston. Black. The letter to Mr. Johnston contained the language *I know you are in a position to kill these bills” and “See Frank Brandon; I think 3 on me as your sincere friend always. HENRY FRENCH Can't trust The | d Senate biil was trans- | yond hope of resurrection? he will doanything he esn confidentially, and the letter to Mr. Brandon the word: “Now, I don’t oxpect you to jeopardize an thing by making an open fight,” but “I know you are in a position to kill them if you want 10,” and the fact appears from his letier (o Mr. Johnston that he wes in correspondence on the same subject with Jonn Varcoe, the enroll- ing-clesk of the Assembly. The State Printer was for the changes In bill 494 that would have “killed” it, nor was Mr. Brandon. The fact remeins, however, that the bill was twice so dealt with efter it had been properiy passed and that 1t containea matters therein inserted which wou'd most eil:ctually have killed it had the error not been d.scovered. The danger of the defeat of deserving mees- ures during the clesing days of the session would be so very eaty by such methods that every safeguard shouid be thrown around em. The heaviest penalties shouid be at- tached to any secret confidential request made of the officers hanaling them 1o interest them- selves in any manner whatever in their defeat. Jaxes H. BUpp, Governor. 0 manner to blame Maren 15, 1897. LSO SIFTING IHE SCANDAL, Seeretary Brandon Says the Governor Violated a Promise. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 15.—The reading of the Governor’s message in the Assembly created as much interest as it did in the Senate, when Private Sec- retary McCabe had concluded its reading Chairman Coombs said: “In relation to the communication just received from the executive I think this House should take some action without delay, as a very serious charge has been made against one of the clerks of the House. Itshould be investigated. *“There should also be a joint committee appointed for the purpose of framing a bill which may carry out the suggestion of the executive.” Wright of Alameda said that he would draw up a bill to cover the matter. Price of Sonoma introduced a resolu- tion to the effect that a special committee of three should be_ appointed by the | Speaker to fully investigate the matter, in so far as it relatea to the Assembly or any persons under ite control. Speaker Coombs appointed Price, Wright and Bridgford as the committee. John Varcoe, the enrolling clerk of the Assembly, came in aiter the report was read and was considerably surprised, as Senate bill 494 had never been in his hands. Senate bills are not handied by him at all. He informed a CaLL reporter that Governor Budd bad this morning de- manded from him a dispatch which he (Varcoe) had received from Henry French. Varcoe replied that the dispatch was per- sonal and private and that he would not show it until he had gained permission from the author. ‘When the committee met in the even- ing Varcoe produced two dispatches and a letter, the only communications he had | ever receivea from the Freach. The first | dispatch reads as follows: 8AN Josk, Cal., March 9, 1897. John Varcoe (personal) Sacramento, Cal.: Please wire me latest nofnt on Assembly bill 688 and Senate bill 494, What is their pres- ent position ? Is there & probability of their passage? Have they been amended or not? Answer paid. HENRY FRENCH. | Thue second dispatch is dated March 11 | and reads as follows: | Is there probability of Senste bill 494 be- coming law? Wire answer immedlately. If { amended send copy. Piease mail me histories aght to the attention of | from both houses to-day and write me full | particulars. Is Assembly bill 688 dead be- HENRY FRENCH, State Printer Johnston was called be- fore the committee and testitied that on March 3 he received a dispatch from Henry French, and seeing that it con- tainea an improper suggestion, he showed it to the secretary of the Senate and an- other person for his own protection. He received a’ letter, also, and these two he handed to Governor Budd, who promised to return them to Mr. Johnston in the afternoon, but he had not done so. Mr. Johnston did not know Mr. French personally. He might have met him once, but he was not acquainted with him. Frank Brandon, Secretary of the Senate, said that the face of the bill showed a | clerical error, said error being the neglect to stamp “receded from™” on one of the amendments. Hence it was printed with the bill when it should have been omitted. **As a matter of fact,” continued Bran- don, on the subject of changing the phraseology of bills, “the clerks of both Houses and the gentlemen in positions under them find very often errors in amendments, sometimes of such a kind that they will give the bill a nonscnsical | reading. *Imake it a point where anything is discovered by the clerk that does not seem right, we aim to go to the member who may underour | has made the error and ask him to correct it, at the same time placing their initials on the @lrgin. It id cost the State $20,000 some sessions to correct those bills if the clerks did not discover the errors before they went to the printer. In one bill we found seventeen mistakes, That bill but for us would have had to be printed seventeen times, 500 copies each time, if we had not called the attention of the members to them.” The material error was the change of the date when the new board shouid be appointed from 1897 to 1899. The latter year was an amendment which had been receded from and which had not been canceied or stamped by the clerk of the Senate desk. Hence the datein the bill | as printed was *1899 Chiet Clerk Duckworth of the Assembly | was cxamined respecting the amendments | made by the Assembly to Senate bill 494. | Assembly bill 638 was withdrawn because |4t was identical in language with Senate bili 494. All the amendments adopted in the Assembly were receded from at the request of the Senate, Jolin Varcoe said that the Governor had | informed him that when the bill was sent to the printer it did not show that the { amendments were receded from. Tne bill | i ths hands of the committee bore the | stamp with the name of the secretary of the S:nate. Secretary Brandon was recalled and said the clerk of the Assembly had inad- vertently ne:lected to mark across ihe face of two nmendments the words “‘receded from,” and Mr. Brandon in the Governor’s office in the presence of the Governor and others, wrote in pencil, vreceded from March 11—Brandon.” On another amendment on the same oc- casion he had penciled “receded from,” and had forgotten to sign his name.. Mr. Brandon added that Assembly En- rolling Clerk John Varcoe was as innocent of any wrongdoing as & man in South Africa, because the enrolling clerk of the Ac<sembly is not allowed to handle Senate bills at all. Mr. Brandon said that he was not able to fix whose fault it was. fage Price asked whether if these things had been properly indorsed ‘‘receded from,” would the Ssnate enrolling clerk have made the same error that he dia make? Mr. Brandon declined to say. That was for the committee to decide. Mr. Price asked Mr. Brandon to produce the letter received by him from Mr. French. Mr. Brandon refused. “‘My letter,” he said, ‘‘'was given to the Governor under circumstances and conditions which I don’t care to violate. “Mr. French and I have been friends for twenty years. His family has been ex- ceedingly kind to my children, and think my contidence has been betrayed.” “By whom? By the Governor?” asked co, ‘Well, in this communication of the Governor you can draw your own conclu- sions. Governor Budd asked me 10 show him the letter and the telegram which were directed to me as a confidential com- munication after Mr. Johnston had volun- tarily produced the letter and the tele- gram which he received. The postscript said that he should see Mr. Brandon, who would do whatever he might suggest. I handed the letter to Governor Budd with the understanding that he should take a copy and not the original, Furthermore, my name was not to be used. I wasastounded when I found that my letter was put into print and sent to the Senate to-day. The understanding between the Gov- ernor and myself was that whatever com- munication might pass between the Gove ernor and the Legislature my name wou!d not be used. Price insisted that Brandon should hand the letter and the telegram to the committee and Brandon complied with the request. They were as puolished in the Governor's message, Brandon told how _Miss Todman had gone up to the Senate chamber and re- quested him to step down into the Gover- nor’s uffice. There he found the Governor and the Lieutenant-Governor and the letter and telegram were asked for. Governor Budd promised that he would not use Bran- s name in the letter or in the tele- gram. “The Governor showed me a paper with his name signed to it,”’ added Brandon, “:and said, *This seltles the son of & —, 1 guess.’ Clerk Duckworth said the practice was 10 put the amendments with the bill, with history of the bill on the back. The his- tory explained all about the amendments and their status. It was the first time that he had ever seen the words ‘“‘receded from*’ written on an amendment. He bad made no agree- ment with Mr. Brandon to so mark the amendments before this present trouble. Duckworth contradicted tne testimony of Branaon on the point that this was the first instance in which the Assembly had receded from an amendment. There were countless instances of recessions to he found in the journal. He had not received any letters or dis- patches from Henry French during the present session. John Varcoe, enrolling clerk of the As- sembly, produced the telegramsas printed in this article and a letter of similar pur- port. Varcoe saw French in San Jose on Feb- rua ., and French asked him to tell the Santa Clara delegation that L.e would like very much to have the bill defeated. The wittness talked with the Santa Clara delegation and some others about the bill and sgainst the bill. An enrolling cl-rk in the Assembly the witness never sees or touches the Senate bills, At midnight the commitiee adjourned until 10,0’clock to-morrow morning. Wright will introduce the following: An act to prevent improper interference with legislation and for better protection of bill introduced in Senate or Assembly of the State of California from the time of their introduction to the time when they are delivered to the Governor and provid- ing a penalty for improper practices in re- lation to such bills. Section 1. Any person who shall write, telegraph, telephone or in any manner communicate with any clerk of either the Senate or Assenbly of the State of Cali- fornia, whose official duties compel him in any manner to do any act with or con- cerning a bill or measure pending before the Legislature, or with the person having charge of or in any manner doing the printing of such measure or bill, that such person blockade the same or kill the same, or cause the same to be killed, defeated or advanced, or that he use his position in any manner to lobby for or against such bill or measure, shall be guiltv of a felony. ASAMNO DINES WIIH COLLIS. They Discuss the Aew Oriental Steam- Ship Line. NEW YORK Y., March 15.—Asano, president of the new Oriental steamship line which is to ply between Japan and the United States, was in the city yester- day. Mr. Asano has been in Europe look- ing after the business of his company. He was accompanied yesterday by H. Koybayashi and A. Kondo, business as- sociates. He was reticent about his busi- ness in this city, but 1t was learned that while here he consuited with Charles H. Cramp, the well-known shipbuilder, and various railr officiais regarding the traflic connections, Asano has been negotiating with the a Fe line for a traffic arrangement, but this 18 said to have failed. Tiie cause given is that the Santa Fe terminals are at San Diego and this harbor is not large enough to accommodate the ships which will be used. Saturday pight Asano dined with Collis P. Huntington and talked the maiter over with him as far as Mr. Hunt- ington’s road, the Southern Pacific, was concerned. It was said yesterday that a trsffic arrangement had practi- cally been agreed upon between the Southern Pacific and the new Oriental line. The Southern Pacific has access to the Larbor of San Francisco. Asano, accompanied by his two asso- ciates, started for Niagara Falls at 6 o'clock last evering, and afier a short stay there will proceed to Japan. tilets S ek Pacific Coant Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15.—Pen- sions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Jobn W. Smith, Suisun; Edward Finnegan, Chico; Aron W. Drew, dead, Truckee. Additional— Peter Stolz, San Francisco. Increase— Special, February 26—Michael Goss, San Francisco. Original widows, etc.—Harriet ‘M. Fish, Pasadena; Celia M. Viven, Los Angeles. Mexican war widows—Johanna 0'Grady, Freestone. Special, February 27—Richard M. Jersey, Arroyo. Special March 8—Thomas F. Baker, San Fra; cisco. Twenty years’ service—Juan Lu: Vallejr; Joha MecLoon, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; William A. Swilt, Nord. Widows, etc.—Mattie E. Layton, Los An- geles; Mary J. Hoak, Bayles. Survivors gncr;flu)—-Auulm P. Melton, Redondo ~ach. Oregon: Original—William M. Wren, Illahe; Wood, The Dalles; Jonathan M. Thompson, dead, Prairie City. Addi- tional—Jesse T. Bennett. Mehama. Origi- nal widows, etc.—Fanny E. Faul, Green- ville; Lucy M. Thompson, Prairie City. Originat—Thomas Perkins, John Day, Grant. ‘Washington: Original—George W. Dyer, Pine City; Joseph H. V. Grubbe, Gartield. Or.ginal” widows, etc.—Mary D. Hakes, Seattle. RS S Fatal Train Wreck in Illinots, DANVILLE, IiL, March 15.—A wreek occurred this afternoon on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad in which John Cody and Ray Monro: were killed and Oscar Kinerim was injared. —_— Four- fifths of the world’s supply of cloves come from Z.inzibar and Pemba, Africa.. : POWER DEFIES THE BLACKMAILERS Anxious to Have the “New Journal” Scavenger Make Charges. As It Is, He Is After Fakers for Their Unfounded and o Base Insinuations. Instructs - His Attorney to Sus for Damages if an Action Can Be Sustained. SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 15.—The opening of the last week of the thirty-sec- ond session of the Legislature showed a plentiful supply of vacant chairs parti- cularly in the Assembly, many of the members being away on leave of absence and others having taken French leave to be hauled back in a very disagreeable manner by a Deputy Sergeant-at-arms on a call of the House. The exhibition of Mr. Hearst’s bogus gold-brick telegram from *‘Bert,” some- body informing ‘Blodgett,”’ somebody in Bakersfiela, ‘“that $3000 would save Bert on reconsideration,’” has provoked only ridicule and contempt on the part of the Assembly. Some pity is felt for Mr. Hearst by his Democratic well- wishers because of the merciless manner in which he is being bunkoed by Long Green; the bogus telegram, which could prove nothing if genuine, having cost him about $250 if rumor is to be believed. There are a whole lot of worthless and faked ‘‘telegrams’’ for sale on that and other bills, but since Mr. Hearst’s $250 was paid for the ‘‘Bert” telegram the price has risen to $275 and $300. It is seldom that the merchants in bogus telegrams come 2cross so soft a thing as Willing Willie. Assemblyman Power has demanded of the Examiner correspondent that he charge him directly with the giving or re- ceiving of money. This would give him an opportunity of beginning action for libel. He also informed the Examiner representative that he would break his jaw if he came to him again with insult- ing questions. Power bas written to his attorney in San Francisco to peruse the Examiner articles very carefully with the view of bringing an action for heavy damages for libel. “I told the Examiner reporter that he was a liar,” said Power to a CALL reporter this evening, “and that he was trying to | crawl into a hole because he was forced Lo deny that I had made the statements which he had caused to be published in his fake paper. I told him thatit the Ex- aminer had any charges to make against ; me it should have manhood enough to | come out and charge me directly with a | crime. | Just as soon as I saw that piece in the Kxaminer I talegraphed to my father the following: SACRAMENTO, March 18. James Power, San Francisco: Th: Examiner fake yarn is false right through, You know I have too much respect for you to do anything to disgrace you. - JonN POWER. | “Ialso telegraphed in the same way to Noian Brothers, my employers. The Ex- aminer has made no charge, and there- fore there can be no investigation. It has merely insinuated, in a cowardly, under- banded, sneaking way, as 1t does about everyboay. Let it but make a charge, and 1 shall be the first to demand an investi- gation.” Late thisevening Powerannounced that in the morning he would rise to a ques- tion of privilege and demand an inves! ration into the insinuations made by the Examiner. —_——— TO SUCCEED DAN COLE. Major Patrick Harney Appointed a Mem- ber of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 15—This afternoon the Governor sent to the Senate for confirmation the name of Major P. J. Harney of San Francisco to be Harbor Commissioner, vice «Dan T. Cole, term ex- pired. Harney is at present Port Warden. Rudolph Harold was a's> nominated to succeed F. 8. Chadbourne. Major Patrick J. Harney is well known on the water-front. Many years ago he served a term as whartinger at Jackson- street wharf, and later was assistant ad- jutant- general under Governor Irwin’s administration. Upon the expiration of his term in the latter capacity he became bookkeeper in the United States Sub- Treasury, but gave up that position to be- comea agent for the California Transpor- A tation Company, whose boats run to and from Sacramento carrying produce, A year ago he was appointed Port Warden by Governor Budd and has retained both positions up to the present time. Who will succeed nim as Port Warden isan open question, but the chances are that the appointment will be made to-day. As Major Harney is in Sacramento it cannot be learned whether he will retain his position as agent for the California Transportation Company, but people who know him assert that he will not, asit would not do for him to be constantly passing as Harbor Commissioner upon the bills of the corporation which he repre- sented. -— DIBBLK PROTESTS. Declares That Senator Seawell Is Per. xonally Interested in a Bul. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 15— Dib- ble caused a sensation in the House this afternoon when Seawell’s Senate bull 113 came up on a second reading. “This bill,” said Dibble, “was intro- duced for the purpose of enabling a cer- tain lawyer to win a particular case. I had hoped that he would have the decency not'to attempt to pass this bill.” Dibble explained that Barclay Henley, a constituent of his, was the lawyer on the other sicge. He read extracts from letters received by him from Mr. Henley. The following is an abstract: “You wiil see that the bill says that after five vears no execution shall issue on a judgment nnless it hasbeen reviewed by some appropriate proceeding. Mark the obscurity of that language. What do they mean by that? It isimpossible for buman being to teil. It is simply in- tended to cioud the subject with obscure phrases in the hope thatit will be con- strued to be a modlification of the lan- guage of section 685, which they have at- tempted to modify by the preceding bill. The attempt is one that the Assembly ought to sit down on very xharpiy, be- cause it is fathered 1n duplicity and is only intended to effect the purpose of a lawyer, who is seeking to put it through for his own individual gains.” In another letier Henley says: “The purpose of SenatorSeawell is to affect 2 lawsuit now pending in which he is personally interested and is an attor- ney. The facts are that in a certain case, Wheeler vs. Eldred, in Mendocino County, a foreclosure suit was commenced and ‘a decision rendered. The cefendant in the foreclosure suit then, by his attorney, in- stituted injunction proceedings on various grounds to stop the sale of the property. By dilatory tactics they tied up the ex- ecution until five years had expired. We then applied for an execution and the litigation that is now pending has arisen out of that application. “There 15 no kind of propriety in it, and if it passes it should be with an amendment such as I have heretofore sent to Judge Dibble and Judge Bridg- ford, which provides that the bill snal! not affect matters that are now pending.”’ Caminetti raised the point of order that it was not proper to read private letters in the discussion of a bill, but Speaker Coombs ruled the point of order not well taken. Sanford spoke in favor of the bill. Tne amendments were voted down and the bill went to the third reading file. ALARM IN MILITARY CIRCLES. Foreign Governments Already in Posses- sion of the Plans of Uncle Sam’s Fortifications, CHICAGO, ILr., Mareh 15.—A special to the Inter Ocean from New York says: Alarm is felt in military circles over the belief that the order promulgated to the army by Major-General Miles on March 8, that none but the officers in the service or those associated with foruitications shall be permitted to visit the lake or coast de- fenses of the United States, has come too Jate to accomplish the purpose intended. In other words, the foreign Govern ments, which it sought to hold in ignorance of our plans of National defense, are already in possession of the information. For years it has been a matter of little ditficulty for visitors to gain entrance to any of the defenses of the United States, and the army officers in charge of the works at forts Hamilton, Wadsworth, Schuyler and Willets Point have been particularly amicable in this regard. | Permits were not needed or asked for and a s ranger was seldom molested or asked what his business was. Writers for the press, photographers in the employ of the magazines and others were permitted to come and go almost at will and left un- aistarbed to take copious notes and piec- tures of the works. The result has been that the knowledze thus obtained has been spread broadcast and the people of the United States have probably a more thorough knowledge of the defenses of their Government than the citizens-of any other country have of theirs. It is not the practice of the British Ad- miralty, while English diplomatists are getting black in the face jrom shouting hysterically for peace and arvitration, to 1ecal! their syies or dismiss their experts who keep tab on the growth of the armies and navies of their rivals. It is said on good authority that Eng- land has a more thorough knowledge of our coast defenses than any other Eur- pean power. Be that as it may, the new order of things will prevent any civilian from visiing any of the many works of National defense about New York. The order not oniy applies to the defenses on ;he seacoast, but_to those on the great 2kes, S . GEe San Kafiel Woodmen. SAN RAFAEL, CALn., March 15.—The San Rafael Camp of Woodmen was for- mally instituted last evening. There were thirty charter members of the organiza- tion, which is the second instituted in California. MAJOR PATRICK H. HARNEY, Appointed a Harbor Commis- sioner, to Succeed Dan Cole. (From a photograph by Bushnell.] - WITHOUT EVEN “THE SHADOW." There Was No Foundation for the “Examiner’s” LibsL Legislators, Inc'uding Braunhart, Testily Before the Senate Committee, Their Evidence C:uses the. Utter Collapse of the Most Sham:less of Faekos. BACRAMENTO, CAr., March 15.—In or- der to throw discredit on the Senate bribery investigating committee the mon- arch of a thousand iakes—shameless and impudent still, in the face of the chastise- ment two of its faging attaches have suf- fered—nas been asserting that the com- mittee would made a vicarious sacrifice of Senator Braunhart in order to further punish the managing faker of the news- paper proscribed by decent people through- out the country. It was stated that on the supposition that Braunhart was the fountain head of the baseless rumors on which the Exam- iner’s stupendous and silly fake of Febru- ary 27 was published he would be baited by the commitiee. This unmanly fling was taken up by thoss who would evi- dently have liked to see such an out- come, and was magnified into a report that the expulsion of Braunhart was not unlikely. The wnole fabric of this much-inflated sensation collapsed and was torn into shreds at the session of the committee to- night, when Senators Shine, Denison, Braunhart, Pedlar and Bert were exam- ined. Shine tes:ified that he heard rumors after the passage of the bill that corrupt means had been used. He did not remem- ber that he had overheard what Senator Braunbart said to Senator Doty immedi- ately after the passage of Assembly biil 273 by the Senate. He had heard the ru- mors on the street and at the Golden Eagle Hotel, but he could not rememb:r the name of any person with whom he had talked on the subject. Senator Denison knew absolutely noth- ing regarding corrupt means to influence any one in his vote on the Lill. Senator Braunhart testified much in line with Shine. To questions as to whether or not he had given any informa- tion to the reporters of the Examiner on which thearticle of February 27 was based he returned positive deniais. He had beard only rumors and had simply re- peated these, he said, to his fellow Sena- ters as others had done, He could throw nolight of any kind on the subject, nor give any informaton that would aid the committee in its inves:igation. Neither Pedlar nor Bert had anything new or interesting to communicate. LR IS SENATE AND ASSEMBLY. Many Matters of Importance Being Pasved Upon. SACRAMENTO, CAL., March 15.—The Senate this morning concurred in the concurzent resolution granting the Gov- ernor a leave of absence from the State for six months. The following appropriation bills were passed: Appropriating $176 to pay the claim of William Sanders; appropriating $260 to pay the claim of W. C. Cuirey; ap- propriating $40 to pay the claim of D. E. O'Keefe; appropriatinz $6,025 34 to pay the claims of the Scuthern Pacific Railway, making an appropriation of $1300 to pay the claim of W. H. Murray; appropriating $3475 25 to pay the claim of Santa Clara County; appropriating $8219 90 to pay the ciaim of the county of Napa; appropriating $4853 50 to pay the claim of ‘fehama Couniy; appropriating $10,91: to pay the claim of Monterey County, anc making an appropriation of §325 78 de- ficiency in the appropriation for contin- gent expenses of the Senate for the thirty- first. session. The Senate this afternoon finally passed Assemby bills providing for location, construction and maintenance of high- ways owned or hereafter acquired by the State by levy rate of tax- ation and creating a fund therefor; authorizing municipal corporations to jease, own and operate gravel beds and quarries and transport_gravel, etc., there- from for improvement purposes; n g an appropriation to pay the claim of Marion Perkey for money advanced the National Guard. Assembly bills providing for classifica- tion of roads in the State and defining the duties of State and county officers and dis- trict officials in connectivn with State highways passed as amended. The following Senate biils also passed : By Holloway, anthorizing certain corpor- ations to loun and invest money and reg- ulating the same; i sections 1254, 1257, Code of Civil Procedurs r lating to the right oi em'nent domain; by Seawell, appropriating $110,000 for an administration building at the] Men- docino Asylum and to purchsse furniture and furnish the same; by Flint, to pay the claim of E. N. Siraut ior services ren- dered to the Reclamation Fund Commis- sioner and appropriating $2000 therefor. Gillette'sSenate bill relanng to cemetery corporations was refused a third reading, but upon reconsideration was given third reading but failed to pass. Cutter gave notice of a reconsideration. The Camin- etti bill regarding liens of miners and oth- ers upon mining claims passed. The Assembly this morning passed the fol'owing Senate bills: Amending section 1196 of the Political Code, relating to elec- | tions; amending section 764 0i the muni- cipal’ corporations act; amending the section of the Political Code relating to precinct rezistration and the challenging of voters; amending sec- tion 1239 of the Political Cole relating 1o the rules for determining questions of residence; amending section 534 of the Poiitical Code relating to the State printing; Assembly bill amending sec- ton 3571 of the Politcal Code; Assembly bill appropriatine money to pay interest on the sum of §79,750, being a part of the endowment fund of the State University; Assembly bill_conferrigg further powers upon the San FranciscoSupervisors in re- lation to the Poundmaster of that City. The Assembly session was brief to-night. Assembly bill for the relief of Julins A. Huli, wno lost a hand by the discharge of a rifle during the railroad strike, and the biil appropriating $1100 to pay the iuneral expenses of the late State Librarian, W. B. Perkins, were passed. The Senate to-nignt finally passed As- sembly bills providing for the sales of mineral lands under United States laws; making an up}u’opnnlinn oi $2006 to pay the claims of the Report for advertisiny; establishing a State Lunacy Commission, consisting of the State Board of Exam- iners; providing for the transfer of uaex- pended appropriations of moneys and property. Beishaw’s Assembly biil appropriating $15,000 to pay tor experts in the case of the Southern Pacific agal Lang:ord, amending | st the State in| relation to reduction of freight rates on wheat was lost. The following Senate bills were passed: By Denison, to pay the diractors of the California Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind for grading and paving Dwight way in front of the institution; by Bull relating to public lands, revenue and ta. ation; by Boyce, relative to county boards of education. BASEBALL «.MES SCHEDULED, Seri of Matches Between College Teams and the Olympice. STANFORD TUNIVERSITY, Car, March i5.—Baseball Manager James has arranged a new baseball schedule with the representatives of the teams from the University of California, the Olympic Club and Santa Clara College. Each team is to play six games. The Stanford team will play its first match on the campus next Wednesday with the Santa Clara nine. In two preliminary games this year the Santa Clara ball-tossers succeeded in defeating Stanford. The last game was hotly contested, the team winning by a sincle score. “ The scheunle of games as arranged at the last meeting of the baseball managers is here given: _At San Francisco—March 13, Olympics and University of California; March 20, Olympics and Stanford 27, University of Cali- fornia and Santa Claras; and University of Californin; Ap fords and University of California; April 17 or April 24. Stanfords aud University of Caii- fornia; May 7, Stanfords and University of California (not a league game); May 8, Olym- pica and Santa Claras. On_Stanford campus—March 17, Stanford: and Santa Cleras; April 1, University of Cal fornin and Santa Claras; April 8, Stanfords and Santa Claras; April 15—Stanfords and Olympies. At Santa Clara—April 25, Olympics snd Santa Claras. S SR SR T John L. Grows Boastful. SALT LAKE, Uram, March 15.—john L. Sullivan passed tnrough Balt Lake to- night on the *‘Parson’’ Davies special. With a rather unsteady voice and a stagger, caused probably by the rocking of the train, he reiterated ihe declaration that he intended to challenge the winner of the coming battle in Carson. In a vcice that could be heard above the scream of an engine -he also announced thai he wes a better man than either Cor- bett or Fitzsimmons. Johniwas in a fra- ternal frame of mind and handed out ready-made interviews right and left. pa e — Racing at New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS, La,, March 15.—Seven fur- longs, Donna Rita won, Grayling second, inp. Summer S2a third. Time, 1:28)4. Four furlongs, Van Antwerp won, Sly Fox second, Our Lizzie third. Time, :4934, One mile, Booze won, Litile Billy second, Ben Wadell third. Time, 1:43, One mile and twenty yards, Fasig won, Parossecond. Stockholm thira. Time, 1:48: One mile, Ixion won, Jack the Jew second, Stark third. Time, 1:43. e Rroke a Shaft at Sea. ST. JORNS, N. 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