The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED DAY, JANUARY 4 1899 PASSING COMMENT ON BUR Must Go In With a R He Wins the Prize. Hangers-On Are Now Dr Solve the Senatorial and Other Muddles to Everybody’s BY HENRY JAMES. SACRA- | an citi- | expect- 1to al > privi- about Dan CALL HEADQUARTERS TO, Jan. 3 A an States Sen- | been his do not lie unworthy of blic office twice, on of the funds history s comes befc scheming, intimidating elected and earn vindica- in- Mexico. It is , and the man 1d who confided in other -day with a man who had man is Burns, able ce of a mine ar . politicians and for the United tion in which he and to which y by the pur-| Burns has not ich ounts on votes which will g ther men. If he can- | not. win in t grand rush he is | the legislator t9 come over to ild be branded to the end of and could never escape the It would be his last vote. Power so ised would be taken awa ant constituents. Burns and may boast, but their words . The colonel, if | the fear of Mexican law permits, may | soon go back to his mine, nor worry | lest duty call to Washington. From a f the ground 1 regard the f as cooked. There is a line | of assumption beyond which even the | bay hi and the tenderloin lose their efficacy. There is no decent ulv-‘ ment behind Burns. Irritation has been set up by the raw work manipulatea by Gambler Gunst in San Francisco and by the horde of harpies Burns has brought with him. The influence of the railroad, provided 'he ‘has it, cannot What Dan needs personally ition, and poiitically a mira- | latter being of divine origin n will be left. If he cannot read the | il about him I freely and gladly | from the tide of respectability | as set in against Burns, 1 am‘ isc 'n any great change in Bulla, Barnes and | till in the field, with Beale er the fence. from Burns; T can see no | for anybody. but Grant, and as | Burns is a moral i 1 there | appears no reason why Grant should be | discouraged. Of course, there is talk | of a dark horse. In my estimation, which may be bad, for I speak with humility as one not wholly onto | political sharps and € is not a dark horse in the lot who has a better chancé than Fatty Blodes. At the Capitol to-day there was a joint session of the House to listen to the reading of official returns and to decide that Gage had been elected Gov- ernor. The announcement created as | much surprise as it did enthusiasm. | Gage is a pu picked up and p may plained le to me. Why he was vjected into public life when the heavens roll up as a scroll, but at sent the explanation hinges v political job, the existence of which one cannot admit without a nse of shame, so ge, for the sal of mental peace, e left a mystery. That the man hardly rises to the common-place must be admitted, and that he is as wax in the hands of Burns is painfully evident. r as to-day an exhibition of s to the retiring Governor. His was sent to.the Senate and Assembly and each body refused to listen to it. This must not be charged | agatnst them wholly. There was a lack | of time, the hours were gliding by and n routi matters had to be dis- If Gage fails to be Governor by a certain hour the commission of Mose Gunst will expire. Gunst is lhe[ pet of Burns. To be sure he could get | hong without his job with the police, | as the cigar business is prosperous now, and Lees is giving games a sioner chance, but if no longer Commi 1 he would lose a valuable pull of which has free use. So the message t away. Had It been from on | high, written in letters of fire by a finger on the wall, it could not have checked proceedings. Budd retains his | good humor and he has the rheuma- | tism, too. Secretary of State Curry and Martin Kelly- were in the Golden Eagle this afternoon discussing purity in politics. Not far away Jim. Rea and Morehouse Were probably engaged on the same theme. It is cheeripg to see profes- sional reformers getting together this way. Corrigan, the horseman, is also on the ground to see that mothing is done to impair the integrity of racing. Altogether the prospect of spiritual renovation seems excellent. The Rev. Mr. Miel pro that when he s=at in the lobby of the hotel Sunday smoking » Dennery near, he was not Jobbying for a job. I am glad to hear it, ‘and also that he did not get the job. | It may be that he s holding service | with a view to uplifting his fellowmen! | If so, he had surely struck a crowd in | need of | F e Legislature are | 1 The wonder, is how they get he As they are about | three days late a suspicion arises that | they walked. They will find the park too coo]l for sleeping purposes and ought to be counseled to go home. If *anybody here has money to spend, at | Jeast, it is_being spent where it will! have mofe effect than if devoted to | charity. Some of these stragglers want | jobs, more of them find content in the | . price of a steam. But there is not one | in the crew who cannot tell ail about | the Senatorial situation. They believe | mn of the ive. q | to a boodle contest seems to | Gunst may continue in busin | old stand. | DEPRESSION EXISTS ; NS’ AMBITION ush or Not at All if ifting In and Helping to Satisfaction. in Burns yet, for Dan has been too busy to turn them down. By the way, the Examiner’s allusion me the tone, while delicately m a return of the missile D ner has before throwing of a shielded fr by now pirant whose capital and whose sack was However, while history is rapidly made, there is no util- y in turning to any back chapters. 1 forgot to state that the Bee is open pport of Irving M. Scott. It ad- him as frankly as it despises In its former attitude it receiv- rdial support, but I have searched inly for a wave of fervid indorsement he second. he weather to-day has been as fine as Professor Hammon ever turned out of his factory. It has brought upon the street many handsome women, but if permitted to pass judgment in a matter so delicate, I would say that the Sacra- mento beauty I8 at her best in summer togs, such she employed during the conventions to add joy to life. For all the interest in'the Senatorial fight, it progresses quietly. There are no seductive bottles in the various headquarters, as are to be seen in such wild and wanton comnmmonwealths as Colorado or Nebraska when a toga is | in sight. Instead, there is a handshake | for the wayfarer. When General Barnes | went so far as to place a box of cigars | on his table he was accused of treason. | This evening there arrived a muilti- | tude of statesmen, diplomats and emi- | nences from San Francisco. They came to see that Gage shall be properly in- | augurated, so that California and Mose | at the | At a late hour to-night there seems | to be ground for changing the views ex- pressed above as to the candidates for | the Senate, It is certain that Burns has not the strength he claims or his fol-, lowers are ashamed to confess, while the Grant contingent gains confidence hourl Senator Shortridge declares | himself for Morehouse White. He is now searching the library | for fitting words in which to express his exultation when shall be the happy | moment of his heralding the triumph | of the man with the stainless heart. Men who fear that the ship of state | will list dangerously in the breeze of ambitions ‘may’ be reassured. Jake | Steppacheris here, bald, calm, subtile and wary, with his hand firmly on the | helm; and all is well. IN THE BURNS CAMP | CALL ., HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 3—The. Federal place hold- ers. whe ought to be at their respective | desks in San’ Francisco, are here in Sacra- | mento, boasting that the State patronage | will be distributed by Governor Gage to | promote the election of Dan Burns to the United States Senate. To-day Mr. Gage made the statement to one Senatorial can- didate that the State patronage should not be used to assist any aspirant in the contest. = There is reason to believe that | Burns during the past twenty-four hours | has renéwed his pull on Gage to further | draw him:into his fight, and to extort| from the Governor a promise that certain | appointments should be made. It is said | that Gage firmly refused to go in deeper, asserting that he had gone far enough. The promise so eagerly sought to help the touts was not obtained. Something happened last night to cause | extreme depression in the Burns camp. | Dan was greatly dejected this morning | after a sleepless night and repeated fail- ures to extort from Gage the promise of »rs. Ominous tidings from San Fran- cisco may,_have reached the *‘colonel’s” rters, for the gloom was on all after- Down in the barroom of the hotel | touts who were vesterday claiming | irty-five votes for Burns on first ballot | were making estimates of twenty-five. Another reason assigned for the depres- sion was the receipt of intelligence from San Francisco that quite a number of in- fluential business men. who have the wel- | fare of the State at heart, were engaged | in a quiet movement to indice C. P. Hunt- ington to_instruct Herrin to_pull down Burns. The knowledge that T7. 8. Grant and James Brown took a flying trip to San Francisco yesterday and returned to- day confident and aggressive, produced extreme depression among the followers of the ex-Secretary of State. Recalling the manner by _which the raflroad once threw | down De Young after he had been bal- loted for, the touts began to swear that | the corporation could not keep faith with anybody. ° The first ballot for Senator will be taken next Tuesday and the candidates are now casting about for good speakers for noms- nation talk. In the Assembly Burns will be placed in nomination by either Judge | Dibble or Grove Johnson. Dibble would like to vote for his old and able friend, General Barnes, but in doing this he might follow the dictates of his con- sclence and so break a resolution formed many vears ago that he would never al- low his_consclence to become a tyrant. While Dibble’s vote is for Burns, his heart is true to Barnes BURNS’ SIDE PARTNER IS AT THE CAPITAL HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 2.—“Mose Gunst UL MENTO, came. Dan Burns’ gambling partner. whose efforts to be retained as Police Commis- sioner have resulted In Governor-elect Gage casting propriety to the winds at the behest of Burns, dropped into town on the Oregon express at midnight, after | most honest people had gone to bed. and joined the Burns *'pus Mose did not burst into vlew with his usual glory, but | kept off the main thoroughfares and away | from the hotel lobbies. But the push had a tip. evidently, that Mose was coming, for shortly before the train was due they broke away from the Golden Eagle and headed in the direction of the depot in groups of three and four. Where they rendezvoused it s not necessary to state, but the band did not get back up town | until hours after midnight. , SACRA- has THE “TWO JAKES” ARE | DOING SOME LOBBYING Steppacher and Shaen at the Capital | to Look After the Interests of | the Telephone. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 3.—Jacob Steppacher and Jacob Shaen of San Francisco are famil- iar figures in the lobby of the Legisla- ture. Each is a holder of a position under the present administration and both ‘are “touting” for Dan Burns. As Major McLaughlin has declared himself | for Dan it'is quite natural that the two | “Jakes” would follow -suit. i Something more than sympathy for | Mose Gunst's partner brings Steppacher 1 to succeed | serv | tribute a SENATOR CUTTER WIELDS THE LAXE LANDING ON THE INAUGURAL BALL SENATOR BuLLa 1S GIvEN THRE Floor_ GQUY BARHAM Bo TO CARGILL OMS UP BURNS DENNERY HAS TROUBLES and Shaen to the lobby of the Legisla- ture. The Call has straight information that they are here to defeat proposed legislation to regulate the telephone busi- ness and in this particular mission the- are the agents of the Sunset and Pacific Telephone companies. The information is published by The Call to put the mem- bers of the Leglslature *“on,” so that the progress of bills providing’ for the reg- ulation of telephone companies may be closely watched. 8| ppacher cannot be dis- highest products of pu but they are good enough to serve Uncle Sam in subordinate place: The point is advanced that they oug to be at their respective places of duty. where they might be able to earn their panies perform public ice in the same sense that raflroad and telegraph companies are supposed to serve the people. As the telephone corpor- ations act under franchises and enjoy public pri s they are subject to legis- lative r and it is the duty of the Legisiature to provide proper regu- lations for the control of the service. There is no indication that members of the Legislature have banded together to cinch the corporations or_impose upon them onerous restraints. There is.an in- creasing sentiment, however, ‘hroughout California in favor of regulating the ‘cor- | poration, especially in regard to the,dis- closure of messages. The companies also enjoy great public privileges which have enabled them to acquire vast sums of, money and valuable properties. That: the companies should be compelled 0. Qon- just share of taxes gannot be disputed. ‘The managers may find it to their advantage in the long run to be- ware of lobbyists and trust their affajrs at Sacramento to the representatives elected by the people. 2R e Another Burns Manipulator. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 3.—Among the distinguished manipulators of railroad pokitics who ar- rived by a lafe train to-night to assist in the Burns fight was ex-Senator R. B. Carpenter. He proceeded to the Golden Eagle and after a consultation with lnurns was closeted with Harvey' Lind- ey. -~ BAKER'S NEMESIS. The Attorney of Voting Machine Job to Be Called to Account. CALL HEADQUARTER: SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 3.—George W. Baker, the attorney, who has lately jumped into no- torlfety through his connection with the voting machine job which it was al- leged was to be pushed through this ses- sion of the Legislature, is to be called to account for his dharges against mem- bers of the last Assembly and Senate by an investigation committee made up of members of the Serate. To the promoters of the voting machine deal Baker claimed to have manipulated Assembly bill 213 through the Legisla- ture of 1897 and rvepresented that he had found no trouble in buying up all of the votes he needed on a graduated scale of prices ranging from $250 to $500. Shortly after yoon to-morrow there will be a caucus of tne Senate for the purpose of forming aninvestigating committee, before which Paker will be immediately summoned. The hold-over Senators are the leaders in the movement and they are determined to/ force Baker to an admis- sion of falsehood or to divulging the names of the legislators whom he had so little trouble: and expense in buying. Inquiry at Mr. Baker's residence in Oakland lagt night elicited the fact that he was not expected home until to-day. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS ARE OPPOSED TO BURNS Continued from First Page. and have already stated that the men who have expressed their intentions to vote for me are intelligent, patriotic citizens and will do only what they be- lieve to be for the best interests of the State. “Knowing this to be the fact it would be utter folly for me to attempt to en- ter into any agreement looking ‘- the delfvery of their votes to any other cardidate. ““As a candidate I have no personal feeling of animosity toward any other candidate, no matter what has been said by ofhers to that effect. Of course, I am doing all in my power, legitimate- 17 and honorably, to defeat every other candidate, and I presume they are do- ing the same so far as I am concerned. “If successful I shall, of course feel intensely gratified, because I know my friends know that no improper in- fluences have been at work in my be- half. % “If unsuccessful I shall accept my | defeat with entire resignation and shall continue in the discharge of my dutles as a citizen and as a public officer to the very best of my knowledge and ability. ROBERT N. BULLA.” Assemblyman L. H. Valentine fur- nished The Call with the following vigorous statement over his signature: “If there i8 a member of the Los Angeles County delegation who at any time or under any circumstances in- tends to vote for Colonel Burns for Senator, T do not know his name.. I desire to state that in my judgment if any member of the delegation should vote for the colonel, it would be unwise for him to return to his constituents. ‘““We are in this fight for Bulla and we are not considering any other factor in it. We are for Bulla in good faith and for him alone. It is utter folly for any one to make the charge that we are acting the part of stalking horses for any other candidate “Even if we were inclined to support some one other than Bulla, we could not do so under our instructions as long as there is even a possibility of his winning. “After we leave Bulla in the event that we find that it is fmpossible for him to win we are compelled by our in- structions to go to the support of some other Southern California man. By no stretch of imagination could Colonel Burns be denominated as a Southern Californian, so he can never obtain any ~yotes from Southern California. “L. H. VALENTINE.” Assemblyman W. 8. Melic stated when seen that under no circumstances did he think a vote from Los Angeles County would go to Burns. Assemblyman N. P. Conrey was equally as vigorous in his statement as his colleague, Mr. Valentine. He said that under no circumstances could or would a member of the Los Angeles delegation go to Burns. He added that if the question were submitted to the Republicans of Los Angeles County not 100 could be found who would indorse the vote of a member of the delegation for Burns. Senator Simpson of Pasadena stated that no one had ever approached him and asked him to vote for Burns, and he added that it was just as well that no one had, for he never would:or could do so under his instructions.‘The’ Sen- ator stated that in the event.it was found that Bulla could not win the Senatorial prize the votes of the Los Angeles County delegation, under in- structions, must go to a Southern California man. D. C. McGarvin, the secretary of the Republican County Committee of Los Angeles County, who is In the city, made the following statement, which shows that according to his idea it will never be possible for a Los Angeles County Assemblyman or Senator to cast his vote for Burns.. Mr. McGarvin said: “I do not see how any member of the Los Angeles County delegation un- der the instructions and platform upon which they were elected; can vote for any other than a Southern California man for United States Senator at any time, nor for any man other than Sena- tor Bulla as long as he has a prospect of winning.” It is undeniably true that there is some pressure being brought to bear to secure a vote or two of the eizht votes in the Los Angeles delegation for Burns. The pressure comes from the Southern Pacific Railroad influence in Southern California and from the Fed- eral brigade. “But numerically the sup- porters of Burns' candidacy in South- Tr ern California can be counted on the | officer to remain in until he had assisted Senator | in the count of the money in the vault fingers of your two hands. Simpson says that he knows of but two Republicans in Los Angeles County who are for Burns. One of them must be John A. Muir, division superintend- ent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Here in Sacramento the Burns South- ern California “push” is at present be- ing generaled by Walter F. Parker. Of course, Guy Barham is on hand, too, but he is a Democrat, and is not sup- posed to bespeak Republican sentiment. GREEN HOLDS ON TO THE CASH BOX Breezy Story;l_ent a Change of Officials That Has Not Yet Taken Place. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan 8.—Will S. Green, the retir- ing State Treasurer, still stands guard over the box containing the 33,500,000 of the State’s wealth and Truman Reeve: his successor, {8 a guest in the office un- der the restrictions which the relation of guest to host implies. When Mr. Green gets through counting the State's money he will let Mr. Reeves assume the posi- tion which the latter imagined was his already. The story was one of the breeziest which the Capitol corridors of- fered to-day. According to the accepted version of the incident Reeves sent his guard into the office late yesterday afternoon while Green was absent in another office and instructed him to secure the keys from the man on watch. The request was com- municated to. Green by his deputy and Green commanded him to hold onto the keys until further orders from him. 'In the night, when the second watch was to go on duty, forces arrived from - both eeves' and Green’'s camps, but Green's had the possession aud the other side did not hold enough cards to overcome. the nine. points contained therein. One of Green’s deputies finally came to him and told him that ohe of Reeves' guards in- sisted on staying inside and sitting around. Green, so the story goes, instructed the deputy to meet the guard-on social terms and let him sit about so long as he did no harm. “But if he goes to interfering with your duties or tries to take posses- sion of the office,”” sald Mr. Green, “why just shoot him. You have shotguns in the office for that purpose.” When Reeves, found that Green meant business he sought an interview. Green told him that he had held many public positions of trust in his day and genera- tion and that it has always been his prac- tice to permit his predecessor to take an inventory of the property before leaving the office. He expected the same courtesy at the hands of Mr. Reeves. Further- more, said Mr. Green; it had always been the practice in the office of the State ‘reasurer in this State for the retiring and obtained a recelipt from his successor. Green learned that State Controller Col- gan had announced that he would not after yesterday recognize Green as Treas- u rer nor would he draw warrants for the ¢ of the deputies after yesterday. To . so the story procee Mr. made reply that he was a_Democrat, still had kept on the Republicans in spite of strong pressure to remove them, and that when he got back to his edi- torial seat in the Colusa Sun office he would show that a member of Controller Colgan’s famlily was drawing hand- some salary every month for which she did no work. Peace was finally patched up with Green in undisputed poss of the office and Reeves will have to until all the money is counted before he can actually become Treasurer. A CLASH IMMINENT BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 3.—There is danger that the impending clash between the legislative and executive departments may come be- fore Governor Gage can be inaugurated. | The story now told in whispers relates to the State Printing Office. The other night a Republican Assembly- man in caucus proposed that the first bill of the session should be a measure to appropriate $2/5,000 for printing, and thus open simultaneously Office and the State treasury. Grove: L. Johnson stood for the big allowance of $275,000, while Henry C. Dibble insisted that $100,000 would be a sufficient sum with which to begin operations. Dibble gained his point in caucus, plans a bill to appropriate $100,000 was in- troduced. It has already passed into the history of the session as A. B. No, 1 To-day Grove Johnson explained that amendments to the bill were necessary One amendment reduced the allowance from $100,000 to $50,000. The story is going around to-night that several ~Senators sounded Governor Gage to ascertain his views regarding the proposed appropria- ticn. To what extent they were enlight- ened is not told, but they got the infer- ence somehow the figure was too high for Gage. The sounding Senators then took it upon themselves to advise the Assembly leaders with the sugges:lnn that the Sen- ate would not stand for a larger amount than $50,00. The Assemblymen to whom the advice was given fired up in anger and wanted to know who in Halifax was run- ning the Assembly—the Senate, Governor Gage or the Burns lobby. The Senators themselves are warming up. One of them remarked to-night: “I wonder if the exec~ utive proposes to run the Legislative de- partments as well as the Governor's of- fice? We will see how he comes out.” ALL OF GAGE’;SE’ELLITES ARE NOW ON HAND CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 3—The law office that was formerly Henry T. Gage's in the city of | PORTER ASHE | gent and reputable oitizens the State Printing | and according to the{ Los Angeles & now without occupants. The two remaining attaches of the Gov ernor's law office arrived in the city this morning, and soon it is expected their names will be entered upon the payrolis of the State. The -two latest arrivals were Daniel Kevane and C. J. Fox. They came in at noon and joined the throng of Los Angeles County office-seekers at the agle. 3 G(T)l'lg:nhfrdgfl of seekers after official posi- tion, who claim Los Angeles as thelr resi- .dence and who are looking after their prospects to obtain a living at the ex- pense of the State, is sufficiently great in numbers to make up a small-sized army. As soon as Governor Gage provides for his stenographer, C. J. Fox, and for general factotum, Dan Kevane. he. v}l have given places to-every individual who had any connection with his law business in Los Angeles. Among others here I‘!‘um Los Angeles looking for pla are Fred Smith. John Franeis, Tommy Smith, Jw)‘n! Morton, J. L. art and about ten other: who are not listed at any of the large hos- telries, but who are stopping in the by stree WILL NOT BE UNSEATED Republican Senators Now TUncerstand Why a Democrat Was Elected in a Republican District. . HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- ‘0, Jan. 3—Dan_Burns and = Mose t will not succeed in their plans to unseat R. Porter Ashe, the Senator rep- resenting the Twenty-fourth District. The Republican Senators who have taken the trouble to do a little. work of ascertained that Senator Ashe was elect- ed by Republican votes in a Republican district. This fact is well known to the good people of San Francisco, but the Senators from the inland districtsare just beginning to comprehend its significance. The Australian ballot was designed to cover just such cases as the one which the Senate will be called uvon to con= sider when " the te on the contested election takes place. The Republicans of the Twenty-fourth District, availing: themselves of the pro- tection and privileges of the law, voted against Leon Dénnery, an unclean nomi- nee, and to give force totiteir protest voted in favor of a reputable Democrat. There is nat a Senator on the floor of the Senate whno would stand for a minute to be deprivéd of that privilege if the de- cision on the subject applied to the in- dividual exercise of the franchise. If the Senate should challenge the proof of The Call's assertion that five hundred é ly respectal LY, che the mames of the Republi~ ting couid. be produced. eat Mr. Ashe is simply a pro- a legion of intelli~ to make a plan to ar ceeding to disfranchise lace the Senate for a man who was Place e as unworthy. Republican Senators talking among themsel!ves as- sert that they will not stand for the pro- posed outrage. g GOV. BUDD’S PARDON RECORD. | The Lowest Limit Reached in the State’s History. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- an. 3.—As Governor Budd sig- 5 last days in office by the issue of a number of pardens, a relative study | of his record in this respect becomes in- teresting. Official " figures_show that while in the executive chair Perkins granted pardons | and commutations to the extent of 203, of | these ninety-four being pardons to State | prisoners and eighty-one to occupants of county jajis or.the house of correction, the remaining 118 being _commutations cering many grades of offense. Perkins Governor only- th:nee years, During th term of Stoneman there were 202 St n pardons and a grand total, including pardons and com- | mutations, of 3%, Waterman and Bart- lett, in the term served in part by each, gave 203 the benefit of clemency. Mark- ham's- limit. wa$ thirty-five having been -absolute free pardons from State | Prison. | P mor Budd devoted much aitention to this subject,.and evidehtly with the effect of concluding that executive inter- ferenve with the' courts was not wise, for he pardoned oniy eighiteén from the | penitentiary, commuted the sentences of Rtty-six, pardoned eleven county prison- ers and commuted eight sentences, or & total of- ninety-three, considerably less than half the lowest record of any of his predecessors and nof a quakter of:thé man administration. 3 e st el ‘A Caucus on Committees. g CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MEN. ., Jan. 3—Ah informal caucus was held this afternoon after adjournment ‘of the Assembly by several members of that body, the object being to discuss the membership _of _committeés. Speaker | Wright and Speaker Pro Tem Anderson were the principal. members .of the con- ference. onsideration of the matter was purely informal and no- definite conclu- sion ‘was reached except an agreement that the membership of iue varipus com- mittees would not be determined until th latter part of the week. It is understoos tnat Grove L. Johnson will be named as the chairman_ of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. James L. Gillis ;will -proba- bly be named as chief clerk of the As- sembly Ways and Means _ommittee. He |-filled the same position last session in a most satisfactory manner. | Two imporhnt erkships Decided. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, : Jan. ‘3.—Two of the most im- portant committee clerkships of the Leg- islature have been decided upon. M. Burke has been selected as chief clerk of the Senate Finance Committee and James L. Gillis will have the chief clerk- ship-of the Assembly ‘Ways and Means Committee. Both gentlemen held tha same positions during the last session and are familiar. with- the work to the minut- est detail, investigation on their own account have ® ble Republicans voted * high water mark reached by the Stone-- Hugh -