The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1897, Page 3

A 4 1 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY MARCH 20, 1897. JTERS VOIE PASSES THE BILL Finish of a Close Contest in the Senate on Coyote- Scalp Claims. There Being a Tie, the Lieu- terant-Governor Decides With an “Aye.” But Morebouse Questions the Right of the Presiding Oificer, and a Lawsuit May Easue. Car., March 19,.—One of the closest and most interesting con- tests of the session occurred in the Senate to-day over the covote scalp bill, appro- 615 for the payment of coyote scalp claims. Alter a long and warm debate at the morping sesston, it was lost by one vote. At the afterncoa session it was decided to reconsider it, and the vote on the final passage, after a call of the House, which brought every member into the chamber, President Jeter asked time for a careful perusal of the measure, and then voted in the aflirmative, thus sending the bill to the Governor, who, it is understood, will sign it. When Jeter announced his decision, many of the members could scarcely restrain their de- sire 10 applaud. When the measure was reached on the file, Bulla opposed its passage, stating it as his belief that a large portion of the claims were fraudulent, and that the Board of Examiners had no rignt to go into the question of determining which were just and which were fraudulent. impson claimed that the State was un- der contract to settle these claims and that it would be to its discredit tore- pudiate them by refusing to pass the bill. He admitted that many of tbe claims might be fraudulent, but he thought most of them were genuine. Pedlar s2id that in his section of the State (Fresno) there were a large number of claims heid by farmers, who had acted in good faith in aiding to rid the State of resulted in a tie. angford and Withington spoke in_favor of the bill. Boyce and Stratton orposed it. Smith advocated its passage and asserted that s large majority of the claims from Kern County were heid by individuals, most of them poo ing from § to $15. He dence in the sbility and power of the Board of Examiuers to segregate the good from the bad claims, and hoped the bill would pass. The rollcall showed 20 ayes and 15 noes. ‘This was one short of the necessary num- ber to pass the measure. Withington changed from aye to no and gave notice of reconsideration. After the noon recess Withington moved for a reconsideration of the bill. He calied attention 1o the report of the Board £ Exom , which recommended the priation, and which, he s2id, threw around the measure to nt claims beinz paid. to recousider was adopted 3 ayes 10 17 noes. gainst the measure, and finel passage of the ted in a tie vote as follows: Androus, Aram, Beard, Chapman, Deni- bad full confi- a vote of Woife spoke &0 Dickinson, . Dot nt, Franck, aves, Holloway, Jones, Langford, Lin- Pedlar, Shine, Shippee, Simpson, With:ngton—Total, 20 ayes. Boyce, Braunkart, Bulla, Dwyer, Giiiette, Hall, Henderson, La Rue, Luchsinger, Mahoney, Morehouse, Prisk, Seawcli, Stratton, Tower, Trout, Voorheis, Wolfe—Total, 20 noes. Lieutenant-Governor Jeter, after a brief sultation with the secretary, remarked, e vote seems to be a tie.” Senator Smith called for the decision of the cha President Jeter answered: “I would ask the induizence of the Senate for a little it The chair has paid but little at- n to the bill and would like time to . I donot know just what its pro- ons are.” He perused the bill for several minutes a:ud then spoke as follows, every word being listened to with almost breathless expectancy : “1 was not present when the debate oc- curred on this bili during the morning session, and should like to ask for in- formation as to whether the claims that would be covered by the amount of this appropriation have been passed upon by the Board of Examiners.” Withington, rising with a copy of the 's report in his hand, read there- from as follows: T e Board of Lamminers report that the number of nnmaid scalps for which certificates have bec:. issued is 57,523, ag- gregating the sum of $287,615. The board respectfully recommends that an appro- priation be made to pay these claims.”” Withington added: “This bill wasalso drawn by the Board of Examiners.” t was also provided,’’ asked President Jeter, “that the claims must further be vassed upon by the Board of Examiners?”’ Smith was promptly to the rescue. “There can be no question about that. The language of the bill is emphatic.” Then came the momentous decision of the chair. “In view of the facts con- nected with this bill,” he said, **I suppose the chair may be permitted to explain, as well as the members on this floor. Assum- ing that the Siate Board of Examiners has recommended this appropriation and has provided for an investigation of these claims, and further understanding and appreciating the State’s obligation to pay all just claims, the chair will vote aye. I will forther state that I think it isa bill that should go to the Governor.” Morehouse made the point that ali pills must receive a majority of the votes of all duly elected members of each Louse, and questioned the chair's right to cast the deciding vote on a mezsure of this kind. - Simpson declared that the President had the right to decide under the circum- stance: Jeter quietly put an end to further con- troversy by remarking: ‘‘Some other tribunal wiil have to pass on that ques- tion.” It is stated that the Supreme Court has in a number of similar cases upheld the course taken by President Jeter. L ST A The Tax Levy Bill. SACRAMENTO, CaL., March 19.—When the tax levy bill, which had passed the co people, in_sums rang- | Finance Comnmiiitee offered two amend- ments to1t. One raised the amount of the general fun t ‘or the forty-ninth fiscal y 2,343 602 to $3 093,602, and the ed the gene for the year from $2.403602 to al 500. : tor Voorheis explained that even if the amendments were carried, the Gov- ernor wou'd be compelled to veto the ap- propriation, deficiency or claims. bills aggregating $1,500,000. £ e also s'ated that the amendments, if adopted, would mexn a tax levy of but 46 | cents for the jort th fiscal year and 42 cents for the fiftieth fiscal year, exclusive of the 2-cent tax for the State Uni- versity, and concluded by stating that the | ent mount th-t would be thus raised | would stiil be $1.000,000 short of the esti- | mate of Both amend- ments were bl was rushed to the printer, and will be before the Assemby for concurrence the first thing in the morning. g HENEY FEKENCH'S OFFENSE. Report of the Committre That Investi- gated His “Klockading.” SACRAMENTO, Car., March 19.—The ssembly committee appointed to investi- gate the charges made by Governor Budd to the effect :ihat Earolling Clerk Varcoe of the Assembly hua attempied to block- ade Senate bill 494 reported this morn- | ing. After reciting the fact of an amendment having been improperly omitted 1n the bill as amended the report says: ‘“The letters and telegrams referred to in the Governor's messuge as coming from one Henry French, then trustee of the Normai School at San Jose, we find cor- rectly set forth in said message. We en- deavored to reach Henry French by sub- pens duly issued, commanding his pres- ence before your committee, but we were unable to secure his attendance until a late hour on Mareh 18, 1897. ““While Mr. French emphatically denies any improper intention to unduly ‘block’ Jegislavion on Senate bill 494 and "ascribes but the finest of motives in his desire to secure good legislation in its defeat, and while such may bave been the case, vet to prevent any future attempt we recommend that legislative enactment by forthwith | adopting such measures to adequately punish any unseemly interference with | legislative proceedings. | ““We are amply justified in reporting to you our conclusion that the errors which crept into the enrolled bill are notdue to any act of any officer of the Assembly, and particalarly as to John Varcoe, en- rolling clerk of the Assembly, who was mentioned in the Governor’s message, and upon investigation found that be did not even handle the said Senate bill 494 and was in no way connected therewith, “Finding that the errors occurred in the Senate we have not felt authorized to pur- sue them to an ultimate conclusion. We merely state, however, that the enrolling | clerk of the Senate claims that the errors were due to the fact that amendments were attached to the bill, with nothing on their face to indicate that they had been receded from. This is true, The history of the bill, as contained on the cover, shows that the amendments had been re- ceded from. We report the above facts, not as intimating any conclusion of ours, for it is not within our province, but sim- ply as circumstances under which it is | claimed the errors were made. We recom- mend in this respect that herealter, when- ever an amendment is receded from, it be so stamped upon 1ts face.” The report was adopted and another fake charge was laid in the wastebasket. st FOE FARMEKS 4ND MINERS. Uncle Sam Asked to Make Another Ap- propriation for Improvements. SACRAMENTO, CAL., March 19.—The farmers and miners are working harmoni- great industries of this State, and they ex- | the Ger | waterways sought to be improved; and | whercas, _ the G Government has already appropr the sum of $250,000 to be in conjunc- tion with the State appropriation of thesame emount first above referred to, | thus indicating a wiilingness (o undertake the | contemplatea work; and wheress, ail local and industrial differences that have hereto- fore existed between the mining and farming sections of this State have ceased to exist and complete harmony now prevails among all classes and interests in relation to the maiters herein referred to; Dow, therefore, be it Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate con- curring, that our Senators in Congress be in- structed and our Representatives requested to use all_honorable means at their disposal to secure an early appropriation by Cougress of the sum of §600,000, one-half thereof to be expended in the coustruction oi restraining | barriers and one-half thereof 10 be used in dredging and otherwise improving the naviga- ble waterways of Calilornia, to the end that | the mizer and the farmer may be alike pro- | tected in the prosecution of their respective | industries and the commerce of & great State | be restored to its rightiul condition. - | TELEGRAMS BOXED UP. And Now There 1s a Struggle for Their Possession. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 19.—The Assembly committee investigated the Ex- | aminer covole fake all day and had Manu- | ger George Senf of the Western Union | office at Sacramento on the stand. Mr. Senfdeciined to allow the dragnet to be cast in his office, and he was brought be- fore the bar of the House, where he pro- | duced the following: George Senf, Manager of the | Teiegraph Company—Yes; you can answer that you bad a conversation with me in regard to the messages; that you turned them over to me this morning and tnat they are no longer in your possession. Keep me mdvised of the situation. F. JAYNES. Mr. Senf said that at Mr. Jaynes’ re- quest, he had boxed up all political tele- grams passing through his office since March 5, and had shipped them to Mr. Jaynes. He declined to state the point of shipment. Felix Tracy, agent of Wells-Fargo Ex- press Company, was sworn and showed a way bill which disciosed the fact 1hat the box of telegrams uad been shipped from here at 11 o’clock this morning to Mr. Jaynes at Reno. Mr. Tracy reiused to order the box back without consulting his attorney. Manager Senf refused to authorize Mr. Tracy to stop the box before it gdt out of the State. Mr. Tracy subsequentiv changed his mind and sent for the box. Later, a dis- patch was received to the eff-ct that the vox had been stopved at Truckee, and would bs here to-morrow morning. To-night Judge R. B. Carpenter, attor- ney for tne telcgrayh company, arrived with & writ of replevin to prevent the box from being taken out of the possession of the company. Western Unon TOENADO 1IN TEXAS, G reat Destruction of Property and Prob- ably Many Casualti-a, DENISON, Tax., March 19 —A tornado swept over Northern Texas last night. One hundred houses were damaged here, causing a loss of $100,000. One person was fatally injured. Much damage was done at. Plana, Hutchins and ltasca. At Fort Worth the power-house of the electric ratiway was unroofed. It is thought that there must have been loss of life in the surrounding country, Assembly yesterday, came up in the Sen- ate to-night Chairman Voorhe: but the telegraph wires are down and ad- of ""l vices meager. ously together for the interest of the two | SOME WHOLESOME | LAWS ARE MADE Imnortani Measures Passed Upon by the State Legislature. Closing Work of the Session That Passes Into History at Noon Te-Day. Courags and Intelligence Were Dis- riay d, Nowithstanding the Hearst Mud-S inging. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 19.—Few Legislatures of this State have to their credit the amount of wise and important legislation that has been enacted by the sitting body waich will go into history at noon to-morrow. To this uffirmative dis- tinetion it can also add the negative honor of having passed little or no vicious legis- lation and of having been remarkably free from *cinch” or blackmail bills. It will also go down in history as the body which bad tne courage and intelligence 10 ex- pose and hold up to ‘public odium the journal which, in the interest of politics, sought by unfounded charges of corrup- tion to cast a stigma upon it, s‘mply be- cause the people preferred to trust their pablic effairs to Republicans, The only result of its frantic and stupid efforts was o cause it to be publicly and officially branded as a willful falsifier and to be popularly designated as the “'new journal of a thousand and one fakes.” That all legislation passed was intelli- gently and thoroughly considered is shown by the fact that out of more than 1800 moeasures introduced in both houses only about 120 have become laws, or about 7 per cent. To Senator Stratton belongs the honor of authority of several of the most impor- tant and far-reaching laws. First in the list is his constitutional amendment pro- viding for home rule for counties. This not only dees away with the county govern- ment act and the county fee bill, but gives each county the right to make its own election laws. Another notable measure introduced by him is 8 new primary elec- tion law, which greatly simplifies and also the author of the bill which provides that in cases on appeal! there shall be no reversals on technicalities. This is con- sidered one of the most desirable amend- ments to the Code of Civil Procedure that could have been made and has the almost universal approval of the bar and bench of the State. Not less in value to the people of the State is the bill fathered by Senator Bulla | for the certification of land titles and the simplification of the transfer of real estate, popularly known as the Torrens land bill. This provides that a‘ter proper examina- < ! tion by a court of record a certificate of | pect to accomplish even more thar has | been already done for them. As the re- sult of a conference to-day bstween ex- | Senator Tirey L, Fora, ex-Assembiymen R. I. Thomas. Soward, Cutter. Power of Placer and other representatives of those industries, Cutter introduced the follow- ing Assembly joint resolution: tate of California has ap- | $250,000 o0 be ex- | ed in the consiruction of works for the | aining and impounding of mining and er debris, and tue further sum of $300,000 10 be expended in the improvement und rec- | tification of the navigable waterways of this State; and wheress, this State of California has thus shown iis willingness o assist in a | work so imperatively demanded by the needs of commerce aud waich cannot with safets be longer delayed, but which of right ought to be undertaken and carried forward to com- pietion_ by ernme; alone has complete jurisdiction | title shall be issued which shall be inde- fensivle. In this waya piece of real estate can be transferred as readily as a horse or any kind of personal property. This measure had a checkered Listory before it became a law. It was defeated in the Senate by lobbyists working in the inter- est of title insurance companies. But its. author secured a reconsideration and after an able speech in favor of the vill and in denunciation of the princinal lobbyist against the measure secured its passage by a good majority. Three measures of special interest to San Francisco safely passed the scylla and charybdis of legisiation. T.ese were Assemblyman Treacy’s bills providing for a sully paid Fire Department for San Francisco, Hell’'s bill for a free public market on the water front of San Fran- | cisco, and Braunhart’s bill for the exten- tension of the seawall south of Mission street and the issuance of $1,000,000 worth of bonds therefor. To those interested in the higher educa- tion cause for gratification in the work of the Legislature will be found in As- semblyman_Wright's bill, which gives the State University the revenue from a 2-cent tax hereafter. [nis wil! ena- ble that institution to provide better accommodations for the students and more instructors, and will also permit to ay up a fund for the construction and mainterance of larger and more appro- priate buildings in the future. Another bill in favor of education is that which reappropriated $125,000 for buildings for the affihated colleges to be erected in 8an Francisco. Miners see hope and life in the bill which reapprooriates $250,000 for the im- vounding of debris, and the farmers of the Sacramento Valley find equal food for congratulation in the passage of the dredger billl. In fact these two measures are expected to prove of equal benefit to both miner and farmer as they will - mit each to carry on his respective indus- try without interfering with the other. In the passage of the coyote scalp claims bill has been removed one of the stumbling blocks of legislation in this and the preceding séssion. This has been the source of more scandalous stories than any measure for many a session. While it 1s known by every member that there are numerous fraudulent coyote claims pending, it is confidently expected that they will be weeded out by the Board of Examiners. 1t was deemed best to pass the bill ap- propriaiing $287,615 for the payment of these claims, so as to permit all honest claimants, more particularly the farmers, whose individual claims are small, to re- ceive what is due them. Had the bill not passed at this session 1t was feared that the smaller holders of coyote claims would be forced to sell at a heavy discount to the speculators, and that in ti.is way the temptation to lobbyists would be in- creased. ‘What may be justly placed in the cate- gory of measures of the first importance is.the change of venue bill, known as Bridgford’s Assembly bill 977, and which was substituted for the celebrated Cami- netti Assembly bill 273, which incidentall landed two of the. Examiner’s staff in jnfi for faking and then refusing to confess, Lovers of the wheel played even on the Southern Pacine for attempting to charge for carrying wheels across the ferry by securing the passage of a bill providing for the carriage of bicycles as baggage everywhere in the State. Senator Dickinson, in his dairy inspec- tion bill, has given the people of the State the opportunily to secura absolutely pure and heaithful milk and other "dairy products. 1t provides for the inspection ot all cat. tle and norticularly for the detection and extirpativu of bovine tuberculosis. It calls for tue ki'ling of all infected cattle and permits Lic loss for the same to fall on the unfortunate owner. As originally introduced it proyvided that the State should compensate the owner for all his l?lecud cattle that were condemned and slain. " These are a few of the most meritorious measures out of scores of others. But if credit is due for the new laws given the people, equal commendation is due for the vast number of bills that were con- signed to oblivion. Lol Slia] Object to Bohen and Kinnay. SACRAMENTO, CaL, March 19,.—At lessens the costs of such elections. He is | the caucus of the Republican Senators to- day it was decided torequest the Governor | to withdraw the nomination of George Bohen for appointment as Pilot Com- missioner of San Francisco, vice John Hackett, removed, and also the nomina- tion of Abbott Kinney for appoiniment as trustee of the Whittier School, to succeed Trustee Patterson, term expired. Tke objection to the confirmation of Bohen is based on constitutional grounds, it being claimed that Hackett, having been appointed for four years by Goyernor Budd two years ago, could not be removed witbout cause. The oppusition to Kin- ney is based on personai grounds. Itis stated that the Governor wili name either Harry W. Patton or Assemblyman Meade as Patterson’s successor. ————— 4PPUINTED BY BUDD, New Members of the State Ronrd of Health, SACRAMENTO, CaL, March 19.—The Governor this aiternoon transmitted the following nominations tothe Senate: J. J. O'Brien of San Francisco, director of the California Home for Feeble-minded, vice 8. W. Lougee, term expired; A. P. Over- ton of Santa Rosa, direcior of the Califor- nia Home for the Feeble-minded, vice mmself; Dr. J. F. Morseof San Francisco, vice Dr. Winslow Anderson, term expired ; | Dr. T. B. Crowley of Alameda County, | Vice Dr. P. C. Remondino, term expired; Dr. C. W. Nutting of Stekiyou County, vice himseli; Dr. C. A. Rug:les of San Joaquin_County, vice himseif; Dr. R. W. Hill of Los Angeles, vice J. H. Davidson, term expired; Dr. W. P. Mathews of Sac- remento, vice Dr. J. R. Laine, term ex- pired; Dr. A. . Henderson of Sacramen- to, vice W. F. Wiard, term expired, mem- bers of the State Board of Health. He also signed the Assembly bill rela- tive to grantine franchises for paths for bicycles and other vehicles. PALMER FOR PUBLIC PRINTER. Names of Ex-President Harrison Secures the Ap- pointment of the Man Who Served Under His Admmustration. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—Ex- President Harrison, when he calles upon President McKinley on Wednesday, said to him: “Mr. President, I have one request to make of you, and one only, and it is that you appoint as Public Printer Mr. Palmer of Illinois, who served in that capacity during my administration.” | President McKinley assured General Harrison that his request would be granted, so it is certain that Palmer will succeed Public Printer Benedict as soon as the latter's term has expired, and per- haps sooner. THE CALL correspondent received posi- tive information to-night tbat Harrison had made this request of McKiniey, and that it had been granted. Furthermore, it has been decided to try and rescind the order which placed all of the subordinate positions in the Government Printing Office under the civil service. It will be urged as an excuse that the Public Printer has violated both the letter and the spirit of the civil service law, having in one day discharged 700 employes upon the plea of economy. Itis aileged that a vast ma- jority of them were Republicans, and that soon afterward Mr. Benedict found it necessary to increase the force of em- ployes to what it was before the reduc- tion, and that a large majority of the new appointees were Democrats. This is claimed to be a gross violation of the civil service act. It is understcod that the joint Committee on Printing in Congress will investigate and recommend that President McKinley rescind the ex- | ecutive order of his predecessor, Mr. Cleve- land, which embraced the Government printing office in the civil service. Itis | considered doubtful, however, whetber | the President has power to revoke this executive oraer without action of Con- gress. - i ARBITRATION NOW POSSIBLE, The ¥roposed Treaty With Great Britain 1s Orerhauled. | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—The Senate this alternoon in executive session spent three hours in discussinz the arbi- | tration treaty. Senator Davis, chairman | of the Committee on Foreign Relations, first addressed the Senate. Davis said that the treaty as sent to the Senate by Secretary Oiney could not have had his | approval, and he was quite certain that in that shape it could not have received a single vote in the committee, and possibly could not have reseived more than a dozen in the whole Senate. The scope of the treaty had not been in- terfered with, but in the consideration of its administrative features the committee had amended it so as to safeguard it against any possible loophole that might operate to the disadvantage of this coun- try. King Oscar, as the umpire, had be°n eliminated because it was believed there was no need for the designation in the in- strument itself of any one to act in this capacity, ‘With reference to the stipulation that members of the Supreme Court should sit as members of this tribunal, Senator, Davis said they were very hard worked, and the committee had come to the conclusion that it was unnecessary to burden them with this additional duty. For that reason the designation of mem- bers of the Supreme Court had been stricken out and the provision ordered to read that jurists of repute, without men- tioning any court, should be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Davis was followed by Stewart, who antagonized the idea of entering into any kind of a treaty with Great Britain, a country which he characterized as the Liggest land-grabber on the face of the earth. Turpie of Indiana spoke briefly in favor of the treaty as amended. The conven- tion will be called up by Davis again the first of the week. S SR TAKING TIME BEY THE TOPKENOT. Republican Senators Begin to Esamine the Tariff Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.— ‘Without waiting for the House to take final action on the tariff bill, the Repub- lican members of the Senate Committee on Finance have begun the formal exami- nation of the measure. They will give the subject careful attention, and it is under- stood that their meetings are to be held somewhere downtown, 10 keep away from the crowd that always hovers around the committee-room when thesubject is under consideration. The Republican members have decided that no hearings will be granted. They will however give full attention to printed or typewritten briefs,which should ve filed with the Committee on Finance. These briefs should refer to specific paragraphs relative to proposed changes in the House bill or any other change that may be sug- gested in existing customs laws, BURNHAM OF - (LD EL DORADO Member of Four of the Hardest Committees of the Assembly. Mining, of Course, Is His Par- ticular Study, but He Works for All Alike. Labors Industriousiy in Connection With County and Town Gov- ernment Matters. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 19.—One of the most faithful representatives of the people on'the floor of the Assembly this session is Hon. George H. Burnham of the historic old county of El Dorado. He has been a hard worker. Although a member of four of the bardest committees connected with the Legislature and an in- terested attendant upon the meetings of those committees, he has always been tound 1n his seat at roilcall and no im- portant measure has escaped his careful scrutiny and industrious attention. Burcham is the chairman of the im- portant Committee on County and Town- ship Governments and is a member of the committees on Mines and Mining Inter- ests, Counties and County Boundaries, and Commissions, Retrenchment and Public Expenditures. ©'0h, this is nothing,” said he, as he affixed his signature to the last of a bunch of type-written letters in reply to inquiries relative to the county government sct. “If 1 have had to make reply to one letter relative to this bill I've had to answer a hundred or more. As chairman of the County and Township Government Com- mittee I am supposed to know all about the purport of every one of the amend- ments proposed and adopted to this measure. It has been one of the most im- portant bills of the session. It affects the local governments of the whole State and has, of course, required a great deal of consideration in the commistee, and the most careful attention on the part of the House. I assure you Iam glaa 1t has pro- gressed to its third readinz and that the work of the committee on that measure is at an end, for it has been a corker. “Being from a county in_which mining is the most important industry, I, of course, have taken a lively interest in the Committee on Mines and Mining Inter- ests. My people have stood in need of some legislation for the mines, and I am glaa I have had the opportunity to be of service to them by being a member of the mining committee. We have had a num- ber of important bitls before that commit- tee. One of the most notable and, I be- lieve, one of the best of the bills in which Assemblyman Gzo. H. Burnham. the miners are interested is the Assembly measure placing the quarter of a million dollars appropriated contingently by the last Legislature for the purpose of con- structing, in conjunction with the Na- tional Government, certain dams that will permit the development of the min- ing interests of the northern part of the State, The use of this appropriation will do more for this all-important industry than all the legislation in years. I am glad to see there is a trend in legisiation toward the miner and his interests, and I am glad I hav: been a member of this Legislature, insomuch that it gave me an opportunity vote and work for these peo- le. T have been specially interested, how- ever, in securing for my county an appro- priation for the proper care of anewly acquired property of the State, the road from Smiths Flat, in my county, over the mountains to Lake Tahos and the Nevada State line. This is an admirable piece of property and is traveled every summer by hundreds of campers in wagon outfits from all parts of the State, Tne route is most picturesque, and my bill, No. 402, was introduce tne State to take care of this valuable property. I have had a great measure of success with this, ray pet bill, and that is, of course, another matter of self-congratu: lation.” Patton May Be Named. LOS ANGELES, CAr., March 19.—News came from Sacramento this afternoon that the name of Abbott Kinney has been withdrawn as a candidate for the trustee- ship of Whittier Reform School and that Major Henry Patton would be selected for the position. Major Patton has not re- ceived any intimation, He would not talk about the matter until further ad- vised. NEW TO-DAY TO-DAY IS THE DAY For the Greatest Clothing Sale of modern times at the big store of SUMMERFIELD & ROMAN CORNER OF FIFTH AND MARKET STREETS. with the object of getting " Law and qu 638 ‘site Palace Hotel. ne 570, | R of Other Emin Here is a letter from the pastor of the most influential church in South Balii- more, that every truth-seeker should read carefully. Every disheartened sick verson and every man or woman who has lost faith in the remedies he or she has tried because none of them has done any good—every one who is sick ought to be cheered upand filled with new hope and determination by the letter written by Rev. William T. Bailey, pastor of the Curtis Bay Church, the most influential church 1n South Bal- timore. On March 31, 1896, the Baltimore Sun, under disvlay headlines, published the fol- lowing newsof Rev. Mr. Bailey’s afflic- tion: *Rev. Wm. T. Bailey, pastor of the Cur- tis Bay Baptist church, was paralyzed in | the tongue while preaching Sunday night, aud lost the power of speech. The con: grepation was at once dismissed, ana Dr. was called. He said Mr. Bailey was suffering from a severe attack of nervous prostration caused by hard stuay and overwork. and that he must have rest and quiet.” The whole city was shockei. The papers soon becan to record an improvement. On April 13, 1896, the following open Jetter was addressed to the proprietors of Paine’s celery compound : Soutr. Baitimore, Md.. April 13, 1896. Messrs. Wells, Richardson & Co., Gentlemen :—I was taken very ill while preaching Easter Sunday night. My doc- tor could not help me, so I discharged him and began to use Paine’s celery com- pound with crushing effect. I will not hesitate to say $hat it is the bestmedicize in the world. Iam, fraternally, William T. Bailey. Later in the year the proprietors of this wonderful remedy received still anotner letter from Dr. Bailey, as follows: Gentlemen:—I propose to do what I can to let people know of your Paine's celery 80 much good. I shall in my own way, in speaking of my rapid and great improve- ment from the pulpit, give as is justly due, tribute to Paine's celery compound. married, six years ago, Miss Lillie B. Dan- niece of Capt. Robt. F. Lewis, U. S. navy. During the whole six years she has been an invalid, suffering from hysteria, laugh- ing, crying and sereaming, so that she could be heard for squares. I have haa a reat deal of troubie and expense. ighteen doctors have, first and lasi, at- compound, the medicine that bas done me | navant, s lady well known in social life, | NOW WITHOUT A RIVAL! No Remedy to Compare With Paine’s Gelery Gompound, Read the Really Wonderful Experi ence of Rev. Dr. Bailey and His Good Wife, and the Indorsements ent Divines. tended her, and one bottle of Paine’s cel- erv compound has done her more good than all of the other medicine. She and Lare together usinz Paine’s celery com- pound, and I will with pleasure let you know the result. Fraternally, Wittiam T. Bail Baltimore, May 18, 1596. Wells, Richardson & Co., Gen'tlemen—It is impossible for me to express the emotion of my heart on the great zood Mrs. Bailey and I have derived from the use of Paine’s celery compound. Tam anew man. We have taken together 8 bottles, and 1 wi<h to continue 1ts use. The people of my church are very kind to the poor, and I have given to some of the poor money with which to purchase the medicine. - You may use my name if you wish and 1 wili %ith pleasure answer all communications sent me. I believe the remedy is the best in the world. Yours very ‘ruy, William T. Bailey, Pastor Curtis Bay Baptist Church. A few weeks ago there was publishea a testimonial of the great virtue of Paine's | celery compound from Rev. Charles L. | Ttompson, D.D.. LL.D.. the eminent | Presbyterian preacher of New York City. Rev. Dr. Meek, editor of the Central Method:si, recently wrote en open lester, teiling that Paine’s celery compound had worked a remarkable cure in his case. And lsst month the great temperance evangelist, Francis Murphy, told the pub- lic how Paine’s celery compound had been a blessing in his family. These are a few among thousands. Every one knows conscientious, chari- table persons who are too busy, more often too procrastinating, to save their health from going to peces, and find it easier to help others than themselves. Such persons fill up the army of broken- dowu business men and sickly women. Every one in this spring ume needs to purify the blood and regulate the nerves. Carry home to-day—not by-and-by—a bottie of Paine’s celery compound. 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