The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1899, Page 3

T THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1899. ' BURNS BOOMERS WHO DO THE SHOUTING A Sorry Set of Bummers Headed By the Federal Like a Lot-of Squealing Trough for What Derive From It. BY HENRY JAMES. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- —Compliments to the and why do the loveiy it not go home and They ought to be lose their jobn 1 since they atter indeed, they ever at- It is a certainty | siness they would | nce to m a bluff at a precious onme. It| Hamilton, with his nbition to succeed John aen, who i ’s office , who d and Jake As to the latter Jake, I mad menti vesterday morning, rather too hard. During the ca he w d a chair in the headquarte; of Burns, supposed at the time to [uarte the yoting for | ir noses | ed to| ach. me. Yet, at there are do not proclaim , but they gather in s as rats in a sewer and | liquor to the health of their Of course, not all Burns men are but all the crooks in evidence The rest are deluded, s or by blindnes » for Burns that he | his friends. Yet there| e doubtless friends on his bond as of Yolo and as Secretary of lumbus Waterhouse had been nd, and Waterhouse died with se on his ashe! snout of e; of Burns is sick- re may elect him, favor will be a 'son casting it, and | 1pt Oor as near a 1 avoid the asy- xican seems to lowing worth sticks to his% | @ , bank- | no use for him. The ade up of touts, 1ders, Gunsts and deluded Nevertheless, they make an m y that they may yet proud State with shame. does not seem to be sociate in the e iz here to soothe and sus- | fairly bulging with | at circumstances will ents. tkin ca tzin and an explosion. winning friends, for his < meanor in his favor, his gif f 1tory has spell-bound, and lm' j& not credited with holding out allur- ing His pai clean and cam é are thos om this .asing. Bulla, as I ating in the crowd, is, | , laying low. be considered the a complex affair, its i point of view. will be the winner, for nobody to be observed rr and himself. afloat that the ng votes, but they traced to the Burns camp, average Burns camp-fol- not be believed under oath, Ther Grant 1 ru en are buy y much weight. At most it éould oniy be regarded as a pot at- tempting to blemish the repute of the Kettle. . The idea of a burst of indigna- tion from the Burns gang over infrac- uld make a Sacra- laugh, and he is the things. If every for Burns had a > would have a show, all they can do is to 1 swill the whisky some r. This, perhaps, makes them, but it does not sOrET] tough liere vote but 1k State Senators are the expansion of violent the circling planets victims tybpe They ritory in the Orient. Inquiry made to-day developed Burns or any one else. has not been asked, nor has may be stated on authority that executive. 0‘0009000000000000000000 00000 00000000000 0C0OCO00000000000000000 | | other. “ CoO0000O00C000Q0000000000000000C THE PRESIDENT IS NOT SUPPORTING BURNS WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The news has reached here that an at- tempt is being made by certain pol ate the impression that it is the desire tion to se the election of D. United 8 ate. The ruamor ment, f¢ on that at this ward the Pacific Coast on account tional pol touching the final disposition of recently conquered ter- which is not to be questioned, that the President has been asked by certain Californians to give support to Burns’ Senatorial candidacy, but that he had steadfastly refused to take any part for or against It was also ascertained that the President .2 granted permission for any Federal employe to take part in the Senatorial campaign in California. eral employes in California to create the impression that the national administration is assisting the candidacy of any one, it is being done without authority and without the knowledge or consent of the chief Brigade. Swine They Are at the Swill They Can 1 are regulated by their moods and that the sun dares not peep above the hori- zon until their consent has been gained. Naturally they believe a reporter has no right to be on earth. Leavitt of | Oakland is of this style. When asked whether he intended to vote for Burns | he became furio He acted as though | an endeavor had been made to find out ¥ nded to raid a henroost. | he reporter had sought legiti formation and vet it is hardly | strange that in the face of the implied i accusation Leavitt should have felt a | flush of resentment. There was, how- | r, nothing to keep him from replying s a fear that he might igcriminate 1f. If he intends to vote for Burns der he is ashamed of it, but no occasion for him to put his rancor on exhibition. Sig. Bettman said to-night that the | election of Burns was a certainty. Ma- jor McLaughlin seemed wholly to . With these two, the wish being er to the thought, the thought may fail to convince. However, in the en- | tertaining of it they h much jov | which nothing but an u ate lack of votes can take away. I give them c ] , for being frank and b are acting according to their with the lights particularly dim. o-night the lobby of the hotel is full. s everyhody ation, and fe matter in search of in-| glving it. As a of fact knowledge concerning torial situation is meager. and guess is as good as that of an- The “poll” taken by the Examiner and printed as showing Dan Burns in the lead turns out to have been a prac- | ical joke. The gentleman who com- | piled it did so without first ascertain- ing the sentiments of the Senators and Assemblymen supposed to be quoted. That it was from beginning to end a tabulated fake is made clear in the news columns. Members were accred- ited to the Burns column when they had not even been asked for an ex- pression, and open avowals that they | | took up Assembly bill No. 1, appropriat- | ing $50,000 is that there are headquarters here for the Republican Central Committee, pre- sided over by Major McLaughlin, paid for by the party and used exclusively as a steering headquarters for Burns. No favors are extended there except in exchange for a promise of support for the Candelaria schemer. Aspirants for | committee chairmanships are told by the affable major that they will either support Burns or be turned down. The trickery, wire-pulling subterfuges, bribery and intimidation are as grossly in evidence here as in the shamerful de- velopment of the Dennery fraud, some particulars of which have reached here this evening, along with Dennery him- self, although he did not bring them. The question seems to be whether | Burns is bigger than the party or the | party so much smaller than Burns that it must be flouted, bullied, cowed, dis- | graced by the agents of this citizen of | bad record, whose supremacy would in- | dicate rottenness and whose election | would put this great State to scorn. In decency the headquarters should be closed or forced to put out a sign. A fitting emblem for it would be a photo- graph of an ex-Secretarv of State couchant behind the bars of a jail and people rampant, with $31,000 just be- | vond reach. As a background there could be a Mexican prison, with a trail leading to the door of the Capitol at Washington, and inscribed over all the legend: “I'm a bitter pill, but you take your medicine.” PRONPT WORK DON IN BOTH HOUSES The Printing Office Can Do Business Immediately. The Semate Has Decreed That It Will Be a Dry Ball This Year. The Appeliate Court Bill Up for Action. CALL HEADQUARTERS, MENTO, Jan. 5—The Legislature has de- monstrated that it can act promptly it occasion requires, for to-day the Senate s an emergency for the ope- ration of the State Printing Office until the regular appropriation is made. The |32 for contingent expenses was adop-ed, SACRA- | Immediately upon assembling a message was received from the Assembly an- nouncing the passage of Assembly bill 1 and the adoption of Assembly resolu- tions 1 and 3. On motion of Cutter of Yuba Assembly joint resolution 1, indors- ing the national administration’s conduct of the war, approving of the expansion policy and instructing the California Sen- ators to vote for the ratification of the treaty of peace was taken up. committee of three, consisting of Davis, Rowell and Sims, as were all the other resolutions bearing on the subject, includ- ing Senator Perkins’ communication to the Legislature. Assembly concurrent resolution No. 3, directing the Secretary of State to place the Capfio] building at the disposal of the of adjournment Saturday until Tuesday morning was taken up and adopted with Cutter's amendment prohibiting the serv- ing of wines, beer or other intoxicants at the supper. Assembly bill No. 1, making an emer- gency appropriation of $50,000, was then taken up. Cutter’s motion to suspend the provisions of the constitution In order that the bill might be passed to-day was carried and the bill was read the first, second and third times and finally passed, all within ten minutes. Smith’s resolution allowing each member and then Cutter called up the Assembly | resclution relative to the improvement of | the Sacramento River in accordance with | the report of the Board of Federal En-| gineers, now on file in Washington, and | requesting the California delegation in Congress to strive to have the Federal Government adopt and execute them. It was adopted. Leavitt of Alameda offered a resolu- tion which was adopted that when the Senate adjourns It do so as a mark of re- spect to the memories of the late Sena- tors E. S. Denison and J. H. Mahoney. A. S. Langley was appointed one of ‘he official stenographers by a vote of 24 to 8, the first division of the session. The Secretary of State was instructed to purchase forty-five coples of the pocket edition of the constitution and codes, and the sergeant-at-arms to purchase neces sary bill files. ceived from the Assembly announcing the adoption of Assembly concurrent resolu- tion No. 4 in relation to the improvement of the Sacramento River, being the same as the resolution adopted by the Senate in the morning. An adjournment to 10 a. m. to-morrow was then taken. R TWO IMPORTANT MATTERS. The Assembly Is Anxious to Have the Nicaragua Canal Built by the Government. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 5—The Assembly this morning was called upon to consider two matters of great importance to the State cf LCalifornia. One, the creation of an bill came over from the lower house this morning, was taken up a few minutes later, and was passed within a half hour of its reception by a unanimous vote. No amendments were offered, and not the slightest inclination was shown to block its passage. As soon as the Governor signs it the State Printer will have ample funds at his disposal for the immediate needs of his office. None of the julce of the California ! grape will be served at the banquet, which has always been a_welcome feature of the inaugural ball. The Senate has settled that. This does not necessariy mean that th thirst until the downtown, but it will | put them to the inconvenience of visiting private “well,” which it is expected | will be fully established by that time. | Senator Cutter is responsible for the appellate court, the other a concurrent | resolution introduced by Caminetti, of the | Kinley and Congress that it is the wish ot | the people of this State that the Govern- ment of the United States build and ope- | | rate the Nicarag. canal. | hrought up by Grove L. Johnson of Sac- ramento as an amendment to section 6 of the State constitution. It was handed up to the clerk’'s desk, but its reading | was dispensed with and it was sent to | the printer. Its creative sections are as Section 25. | established and now existing under the consti- In addition to courts heretofore tution there shall be a ccurt to be known as | the Appellate Court, to consist of a Chiet | Justice ‘and four Associate Justices possessing The resolution was referred to a special | inaugural ball committee from the hour | In the afternoon a message was re- | minority, announcing to President Me- | The creation of a court of appeals was | curring, that we respectfully and urgently re- quest Congress to provide for the construction of sald canal by the Government of the United States, to be owned and operated by it, thus securing to our country the great benefit of a short and cheap waterway between the Atlan- tic and Pacific oceans, open to all our people on equal terms without discrimination. | Resolved, That the Governor of the State of California’ is respectfully requested to trans- | mit a copy of these resolutions to the Presi- | dent of the United States, the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Callfornia | delegation in Congress. F | The temporary report of the Committee | | on Rules was read and adopted. It pro- | | vides for thirty-nine standing committees, and makes liftle ehange in the rules of last sessfon. Cobb of San Francisco moyved to amend | the report by making the San Francisco delegation a standing committee of eigh- teen members, but his proposition was | warmly objected to by a number of the country members. When it came to a | vote the Los Angeles delegation stood | | alone with the San Franciscans, and the | motion was lost. | "A ‘message from Governor Gage an- nounced to_the Assembly that he had se- lected W. I. Foley as his private secre- | tary, and that thereafter all business com- | munications must come to him through | that channel. | Plerce of Yolo introduced a concurrent | resolution approving the work and plans | for the improvement of the Sacramento River by the Sacramento River Commis- tion, and recommending that Congress take action favorable to the consumma- tion of the plan of improvement arranged. | The resolution was adopted, and on mo- | } tion of Dibble an adjournment was taken | untf1 3:3 to-morrow morning. ! A TRAITOR IN ‘ THE BULLA CAMP CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | | MENTO, Jan. 5.—There is a traitor in | the Bulla cam; This startlin® discovery was made this morning, and it came like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, for Senator Bulla and those of his supporters whom he knows absolutely and beyond any question to be true to him and his candidacy never | for a moment suspected treachery. The truth of the matter iIs that Senator | Bulla’s support are not S0 numerous that it Is impossible to keep close watch upon them and prevent them from going astray. But {t seems that in an un- | guarded moment of overconfidence in the | absolute good faith of all the Bulla men some one of them was possessed of | enough treachery and cunning to obtain | all the details of the plan of campaign | the Bulla forces adopted at the caucus | | they held vesterday afternoon, deliver | of the Grant campaign, receive whatever reward was his due and escape without discovering his identity. Not until noon to-day did the Bulla men | n was the treachery | foolishly, uncovered by Manager | Green himself. Early this morning Mr. Green called for a conference with As- | semblymen Valentine and Mellick of Los Angeles County, the two most ardent sup- | porters Bulla has. In the course of con- versation Green disclosed to Valentine and Mellick that he was fully cognizant | of absolutely everything that transpired at the Bulla caucus yesterday afternoon. He told the surprised Los Angeles County atesmen details of what had transpired which those attending the c: had | solemnly pledged themselves to re | no one, under any circumstances. Assemblymen Valentine and Mellick 4is- | tened, with their eyes and ears strained | shortly introduce. | as they heard the rets of the caucus Mr. Valentine, when seen, indignantly | divulged to them in the camp of the | denied the story and stated that while it enemy by the opposing general. | w that he would introduce the | After Mr. Green had finished they | Paris position bill the clause provid- ":\u‘ust'd him of having secured the in- | ing for the appointment of commissioners | formation’ through underground sources, | DENOUNCE OAKLAND MINISTERS D. M. BURNS Extra Session- of the Alliance to Discuss Affairs of State. 'The Aspirations of the Man With an Unsavory Record Condemned in Unmistakable Terms in a Resolution. be it Resolved, That the Ministerial | = il Whereas, Colonel D. M. Burns has announced himself as a can- didate for United States Senator from California; and whereas, he was while Secretary of State indicted by the Grand Jury for the crime of embezzlement, and has for years borne a notorious reputation for corrupt methods in political life, and has been and is intimately connected with institutions that demoralize and degrade; therefore seventeen local congregations and a constituency of several thou- sand people, hereby protests against the election of such a man to " the great office of United States Senator as being a disgrace and a § detriment to all the interests of our State, and that we petilion the Senators and representatives to elect some man whose character and reputation are such that he would worthily represent the State of Union of Oakland, representing Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 5. Not for several years has there been such a largely attended meeting as that of the Oakland Ministerial Union this afternoon. It was a special meeting, and the important business before it was the discussion regarding the possible damning of the standing of California in the East v the election of D. M. Burns to the There were some very flery speeches made when the above resolution was brought up. They were all of the same nature, and set forth in language that could not nderstood that the Senators and California in the Senate of the United States. R. F. COYLE, D.D,, E E. R. DILLE, D.D., ] C. H. HOBART, é J. M. FRENCH, | C. R. BROWN, ? Committee. 1 them over to Milton Green, the manager | B—H—E-N—E—8-8-§-0-B-8-K-8-0-0 8 F B 05858 Assemblymen from Alameda County could not have been elected had they de- - clared themselves in favor of.Dan Burns, C. R. Brown said that the election of such a man as Burns would do more harm to California .uan if it were to be smitten with a plague. A hope was expressed that no members of the Alameda delegation would so far betray the confidence reposed in them as to vote for Burns. All a~cod that the influence of the racetrack, in which Burns is largely interested, has been such as to wreck homes, make criminals and cause public officials to hecome defaulters, and the result of the debate was the unani- mous passage of the above resolution. tion, the bill providing for which he will would expressly provide that only par- | = BILLY MAMILTON. MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL PUSH WHO DRAW A SALARY JAKE DRAEN. JAKE STEPPACHER . COLONEL BURNS IN SACRAMENTO. JOMN LYNCH. FROM UNCLE SAM, BUT DO POLITICS FOR were for somebody else were not suffi- cient to keep their names off the black- | list. Given a piece of paper and a ven. | and smothering the natural regard for | veracity, it is easy vto elect anybody. I marvel that the two houses were not made unanimous for Burns. There are few journals that can afford to indulge in these melancholy jests, but with the peculiar advantage of having no repu- tation to lose, the Examiner can do so. | | T trust that the next “Blinker” com- ments will toast to a turn the individ- | ual who polled so boldly and so ill. Another matter suggested painfully | iticians now in Sacramento to cre- of the national administra- M. Burns of San Francisco to the has given rise to considerable com- moment all eyes are turned to- of matters connected with na- the information, the reliability of It if an effort is being made by Fed- COO000CCCO000CT00000000000000y change in the plans of the citizens of Sac- | remento having charge of the ball. When | ihe Senate met this morning one of the | first matters to be taken up was the As- | sembly ‘resolution placing the Capitol at | the aisposal of the committee from the time of adjournment, Saturday, until | Tuesday mornipg. i Cutter offered an amendment providing | that no wine, beer or other intoxicants | should be served at the supper. He re- | ferred to previous affairs of the kind, at which the waiters became intoxicated and | a general state of hilarity pro iled. He said it was the intention of the committee to spend $800 for wines, which, he esti- ! mated, would purchase 600 pints of tne very best brand of champagne. Bettman of San FKrancisco remarked | that it was intended to serve nothing but | still wines, whereupon tter rejoined | that it only made the matter worse, for | $%) would purchase enough still wine to intoxicate every guest and attendant at the ball. The amendment was agreed to without opposition, and now those who count on attending the ball next Monday night must either cache a bottle somewhere or patronize the “well.”” About the only the session of the Senmate was ! maiden speech of C. M. Shortridge. | There is something remarkable about | the new Senator’s flow: of oratory. It seems to dry up at times, some- thing like a mountain brook, and then suddenly burst forth again and bubbles on and on until another season of mcn- tal drought sets in. During these arid periods Senator Shortridge appears to enter into a sort of hypnotic state; his eves close and mis féatures relax with a repose resembliny those of Joe Storms when asleep. This comparison is made with apology to tha | ride of the Chutes. The Santa Clara gnnator's speech was dellvered in the in- terest of Morehouse's resolution provii- ing for the purchase of forty-five copies of the constitution and codes for the use of the officers and members. Senator Shortridge created a sensation among the members and his eloquence was s'i- cient to change his own position, so that when a vote was finally taken Short- ridge was recorded with the others and the volumes will be purchased.. President pro tem. Flint sided in the absence of Lieutenant ernor Neff. other feature of the the qualifications required in Justices of the Supreme Court. The Appellate Court shall al- ways be open for the transaction of business and shall hold its regular sessions at such times and places as may be prescribed by law. Any three Justices may hear and finally decide any cause or matter within its jurisdiction: pro- vided, that when a cause has been orally ar- gued the concurrence of at least three Justices who have heard the argument shall be neces- sary to a decision Section 26. The Justices of the Appellate Court shall be elected by the qualified elec- tors of the State at large at the general State elections at the times and places at wil, State officers are elected, and the term of | fice shall be ten years from and after the first Monday ucceeding their election: after the first day of January next provided, that the | five Justices elected at the first election after the adoption of this amendment shall, at their first meeting, so classify themselves by lot that one of them shall g0 out of office at the end of two years, one of them at the end of four vears, one of them at the end of six years, one of them at the end of elght years and ona of them at the end of ten vears. The one drawing the shortest term ehail be Chief Jus- tice and at the end of his term shall be suc- ceeded by the one drawing the next shortest term_if he still be in office, or otherwise by the Justice oldest In commlission. Afterward the Justice holding under the oldest commis- sion shall_be Chief Justice. Section 27. The Appellate Court shall have final and appellate jurisdiction on questions of law alone in all criminal cases prosecuted by indictment or Information in a_court of record and in all actions at law founded in tort com- menced in the Superior Court. The court shall also have the power to issue writs of manda- mus, certiorari and prohibition to the Superior Courts in and concerning the cases In which it has appellate jurisdiction. The compensation is fixed at $6000 each per year, but section 32 provides that no Justice of the Appellate Court shall be al- Jowed to draw his monthly salary unless he shall make affidavit that no cause in his court remains undecided that has been submitted for a longer period than ninety days. Caminetti’s resolution was not debated, but upon his own motion was referred to the gammlttee on Foreign Relations, when that committee shall havs pointed. It provides as follows: Whereas, There is now pending in the Con- gress of the United States a proposition to se- Cure the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Whereas, the State of California will be ma- terfally benefited by the construction thereof. therefore be it been ap- Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate con- but he denied it. Unfortunately for Mr. Green, he had gone too far, and Messrs. Valentine and Mellick knew that some one who attended the caucus had been guilty of treachery. Immediately another caucus of the Bulla men was held. The facts which had been divulged to Mr. Green were of no positive injury to Bulla's interests, but it had the effect of making it neces sary to change the plan upon which it had been decided to conduct the remain- der of the Bulla campaign for the Sen- atorship. At the caucus this morning the state- ment was simply made that some mem- h?r of it had -'t\lvl(‘d to observe his pledge of No secrecy. charges were made | grrivals at the capital to-night were Leon A 1t emabiopal, a8 Mo Proof Was | Dennery, known in political circles as | who had made the disclosures to Green. | Colonel Dan’s man Friday, and Jack | There are two men in the Los Angeles | Stelzner, prize fighter and political | County delegation under suspicion. Dur- | rounder. Both repaired immediately to | ing the balance of the Senatorfal fight | the Golden Eagle and sought an audience | Senator Bulla's true friends will be more guarded in their counsels, and the two parties from the Senator's county wno are referred to will be let in only as to such information as the Bulla managers are perfectly willing Mr. Green or any one else should have. Senator Bulla received some reinforce- ments to-day from Los Angeles. Council- man Charles H. Toll and George H. Stevr- art, a prominent business man, arrived at the Golden Eagle, and will remain until the Senatorial fight is closed to do all they can to further the interests of Mr. Bulla. Both these gentlemen are representatuve citizens of Southern California. The Bulla men do not feel at all dis- couraged this evening. They deny that they have lost any of their supporters, as has been clalmed by the Grant and Burns managers. They still assert that they will have fifteen and possibly six- teen votes on the first ballot. The statement has been printed that Assemblyman Valentine was ardent in his support of Bulla from motives not alto- gether creditable. It has been alleged that Mr. Valentine was supporting Bulla in order not to be compelled to vigorously antagonize Burns; that he did not de- sire to antagonize the colonel for the rea. son that it would make him persona non grata with Governor Gage. 'his, it was claimed, Mr. Valentine did not desire to do, as he is ambitious to become one of the Commissioners to the Paris Exposi- tles of experience In the management of exposition matters could be named as commissioners. “You will, therefore, see,” sald Mr. Val- entine, “that by my own bill I will dis- qualify myself from service as a commis- sloner, inasmuch as I have never had any experlence in exposition matters.” DAN BURNS’ FIGHTERS ARE ON THE GROUND CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 5.—Among the distinguished with the almighty main mine-owner and | sceker after Senatorial honors. Owing to a press of other political hangers-on in the ante-chamber leading to the colonel's sanctum his man Friday took a chair out into the hall and there awaited his employer's behests. Stelzner hied himself to the barroom of the hotel and began to win votes f the colonel with drinks and by intimidation. His broad shoulders and typical prize-fighter’'s face warned Senators and Assemblymen alike to shun him and it is feared that Jack’'s presence will do more harm than good. A rumor has been circulated for the past few days that the colonel intended adding men of this stamp to his already large crowd of political heelers and the Federal brigade. Stelzner is the first of his kind to put in an appearance. It is understood that he was imported to an- nihilate the many caricaturists who are now on the scene and who are connected with metropolitan journals. REPUBLICAN EXPENSES. Report of the D{sbutslng Committes of the Last Election. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 5.—An itemized statement of the receiving and disbursing commit- tee of the Republican party for the elec- tion held November 8 was filed this after- noon with Secretary of State Curry. The report is prefaced with a statement that it contains an accounting of all the moneys contributed and subscribed for the .use of the Republican party and an itemized statement of all moneys expended. Tha account covers many sheets of closely typewritten foolscam. The receipts: are shown to be $49,772 10. The list of expenditures shows that $2674 22 was paid for the distribution of documents; for country meetings, cluding the hire of hal 7S, etc., $1226 80; country ne tising, 32676 23; other advertisi parades, for bands, etc., $1HS and per diem of employ reau, etc., $547 85; spe: S $2242 25; San_Francico newspaper adver- tising, $3123 05; rent of headquarters at Palace Hotel (meals, rent and service), 63 city and district meetings in San Francisco, $6204 15; printing documents, The total expenditures are given 39. The statement has attached a sworn declaration of its correctness by the committee appointed under the purity of elections law, composed of E. Nus. baumer, Wendell Easton, P. N. thal, Paris Kilburn and E. C. Hart. THE INDORSEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 5—“That our Senators in Congress are hereby instructed to vote for and in every manner support the ratification by the Senate of the treaty of peace between the United States-and Spain, recently concluded at Paris by. the joint commission representing sald pow- ers; and to vote against any amendment to the same. ‘‘Resolved, That a copy of these resolu- tions be immediately transmitted to each of our Representatlves and Senators at ‘Washington, by telegraph, by the -secre- tary of the Senate.” 2 This simple resolution will be forwarded to Washington to-morrow in reply to Sen- ator Perkins’ request for instructions, and will be all the indorsement the na- tional administration will receive from the California Legislature, for the pres- ent, at least. It was the intention of the Republicans to take this means of indorsing the man- agement of the war unreservedly and to declare in favor of the expansion policy, but the Democratic members intimated that they would fight such a resolution to the bitter end, and so the majority abandoned their plan for the time being. They regarded it as most esséntial that the State be a unit in approving of the pending treaty of peace and the minority Lilien- | readily consented to join in a request to the California Senators to ratify it. The Democrats are quite illing to declare for peace, with the disposal of Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines as pro- vided for by the treaty, but beyond that nothing could induce them to go. The majority and minority Senators both cau- Continued on Page Eight. [OJOJCROXOROJOROROJOROXOXOXOROROXCIOOROFOXOJOXOROXOXOROXOROROXOROXOKO)] Stephen M. White will receive the nority for United States Senator. complimentary vote. first ballot. receive it. [CROXOJOXOROXCHOXOJORORCROXOO} [CIoIOXOIOIOLOIOIOOIOJOIOROROX O RO ROROKO) SENATOR WHITE TO BE COMPLIMENTED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. A joint caucus of the Democratic members of Assembly was held to-night to decide upon whom to Senator White’s friends thought he to the honor and it was decided that he should have the vote on the The second ballot will be given to Mayor James D. Phelan of San Francisco, and if the majority fails to elect a Senator by that time and a third ballot is necessary it is probable that M. F. Tarpey will b@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5. — Senator complimentary vote of the mi- the Senate and bestow the was entitled [oJoJoToroYotololoToIooYoYo JORCRORONOROXO)