The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1899, Page 2

[&] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1899 SIGMUND M. BETTMAN IN THE SENATE - made N« nd and a & pen. Perhaps General Barnes idressed be. eloquence of r was once d to send the sman to the Republican nvention delegate at as therefore the general was en- a the announcement that s This time the gen- |ton, , Dickinson, Bulla, Wolfe, eral did not he rescue, but simply | Cutter, vlor, Sims, Ashe, exclaime warmth with which ‘mew-n. 1 gl the cccasion justified, ““To with Dan nl.rm.«gma:nd“"z;um»“x]m»y (chairman), - Cur- | £i 3 el et Ko S Mines, Drai nd Debris—Davis (chair- ”L nder ine circumstances, the writing of | man). Laird, Cutter, Chapman, Prisk. 12 letie: io "‘.”"““’ mis- | Military Affairs—Laird (chairman), Burnett, take upon the ant’s managers. | Nutt, Pace, T 1t removed th of doubt that | Public Build er_than Prison Build- Col» had writte 0 Judge Clough, | ings—Smith (c . Nutt, Jones, Trout, wherein. an offer was ade to pay Um‘}f““' . Taylor, Hall, Dwyer, La Rue, Judge's campaign expenses up to the sum [ Fris s of $500 if he (Cloug szt ot ze | Fublic Printing and State Library—Troutt of $5m 1f he (Ciough) would sign a Pledge | (chirmany: Cutter. Fint, Briek: Doty ldad i el T llc and Swamp and Overflowed Lands— ie effort of Milt Green to convince the | ard (chairman), Cutter, Luchsinger, Doty, people of Califorriz that Cole wrote the | letter on his respoasibility is appreciated | and Highw utter (chairman), for what it Is worih. but it is not worth much. Dan Cole rending his own money in this tashion. The resort to letter writing in dealing with Judge Clough can be easily ex- Ylfllm-d by known conditions. Quincy, in >lumas County, where the Judge lives, is quite a distance from San Francisco, and therefore could not be easily reached by the Grant managers in perton. There fore an old friend was singled out to com- with the Assemblyman from When Dan Cole’s full and iree is placed before the public this be established as a fact. will out. Men who come to grief in g run and to ease a troubled con- science tell the truth. If the facts are not brought out in a leglative inves- on- they may be brought forth in a fonal inquiry In the face of known to leading men of California it is doubtful If Grant could hold a seat in the United States Senate idwell of Kansas was forced to resign in order to avoid expulsion, and the evidence against his ager than could be ' ced rant managers. ature now in session may de- igate the scandal connected aign to secure votes for % sure as fate the next Legis- lature will take up the subject and get the bottom facts. The followers of Burns and the agents of Grant feel and the f the contest progresses. ys hard things of the other. In the burns camp there is talk of sending some one to the penitentiary. The terrible secret of Senatorial inf held in reserve by t & Burns may be sprung when the joint con- vention proceeds_to ballot for Senator. The statement from Governor Gage that te would regard a vote cast for Grant as a personal affront has made the Grant men more determined than ever, yet there in is gloom The Call” to Judge Clough. ation, according to the judgm informed me; 5 | their camp resuiting from sosure of the letter written The Governor's declar- ent of weil- slature, wiil t to Burns' campaign for the Senatorship. LEGISLATIVE WORK OF SMALL CALIBER Both Houses Rushed Their Busi- ness and Adjourned. Senate Standing Committees An- nounced—Kicks Were Numer- ous and Strong in the Assemly. CALL HEADQUARTERS, BSACRA- MENTO, Jan. 6.—The nate held a short sestion this morning and adjourned till 9 a. m. to-morrow without transacting any- thing more important than adopting the resolution agreed upon by the majority and minority caucuses yesterday and published in The Call this morning in- structing the California Senators to vote for the ratification of the peace treaty and to oppose all amendments proposed thereto. Stratton offered the following amend- ment to the resolution, which was lost by a vote of 33 noes to 2 ay “Strike out the words ‘and to vote against any amendment thereto’ and in- sert in lieu thereof the follo: ‘Pro- ng; vided that an effort shall have Peen fifst made by our Senators to amend said treaty by declaring against the perma- nent m to or annexation by the United States of the entire group of the Philippine Islands.’ " There a scramble of Senators to obtain leave of absence to-mOrrow, know- ing that when the Senate meets then it will be merely for the purpose of ad- journing over “until Tuesday, thus keep- ing within the requirements of the law. avis brought up the treaty resolution as soon as the Senate met, and after it had bee pted and sent to the house ad Morehouse offered a resolution providing for the payment of $135, the cost of the forty-five copies of the constitution pur- chased for the use of members yesterday. The rules were suspended and the resolu- tion passed. The members further provided for their own convenience by authorizing the hir- ing of six typewriting machines and the placing of a telephone in the sergeant at arms’ office. Smith’s resolution making the first in- troduction of bills the special order for Tuesday at 2 p. m. was adopted. Lieutenant Governor Neff announced the appointment of the following stand- ing committees, after which the Senate adjourned: Farming and Manufacturing Interests—Nutt (chalrman), Currier, Maggard, Rowell, Dick- inson, La Rue. Doty. ttaches, Contingent Expenses and Milea; Flint (chairman), Bulla, brisk. N Banks and Banking—Wolfe (chairman), Cur- rier, Morehouse, Dwyer, Boggs. Municipal Corporations—Taylor (chairman), Morehouse, Cutter, Bulla, Wolfe, M: Curtin, Sims, Doty. s APy Commerce, ' Harbors, Rivers and Coast De- fenses—Shortridge (chairman), ~Gillette, Nutt, Bulla, Bettman, Dwsér, Braanhert e Corporations—Simpson (cha{rman), ' Rowell, Boyce, Flint, Shortridge, Dickinson, vitt, Cutter, Dwyer, Doty, Braunhart. County Government and Township Organiza- tlon—Morehouse (chairman), Stratton, Burnett, Currier, Sims, Pace, Ashe, - (’chnlr- ell. / Education and Public Morals—Boyce . Bettman, Leavitt, Feency, Rows m the south was flying | {ing the policy of ctions — Stratton (chairman), Currier, Davis, Shortridg ime, Curtin. Enrolled 4 Bills—Jones (chai; ), Shortridge, e Federal Relations and Immigration—Leavitt (chalrman mpson, Pace. Finance and Claims—Dickinson 3ulla, Wolfe, Luchsinger, Rowell, Flint, Smith, 30ges, Priek, Langford, La Rue. Forestry h and Gamey Luchsinger (chalr- Maggard, Boggs, Curtin. . _Health and Quarantine—Rowell hairman), Maggard. Nutt, Pace, Braunhart. igation and Water Rights—Currier (chair- , Rowell, Laird, Cutter, Maggard, Pace, Doty an. hairman), “Davis R¢ Davis, Currier, Maggard Ashe, La Rue, Laird Rules and Revision--Bettman (chairman), er. and Prison Buildings—Bulla (chairman), e, Bogge xecutive Communications and Nominations— Burnett (chairman), Morehouse, Boyce. chictiakesss A GENERALE]CK WAS MADE. Assemblymen Protested at Every- thing From the Weather to Waste Baskets. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 6.—Grove L. Johnson's As- sembly bill No. 1, providing $50,000 for the use of the State Printing Office, came back to the Assembly this morning, after having been passed by the Senate, and was sent to be enrolled, engrossed, print- ed and handed to the Governor for his signature. It was practicaly a stand up and roll- call session this morning, as It will be to- morrow. The little business that was on hand was pushed through or delayed till later in the month as rapidly as could be, but though the time was short, the legis- lators had time to Kkick, and a general kick it was. The members froze through the rollcall and shivered through the prayer of the chaplain, but they objected to the general frost when the usual order of business came on. Mead of Los Angeles arose to a ques- tion of information and wanted to know why it was the Secretary of State did not | attend to the proper heating of the cham- ber, as was his duty. Speaker Wright said he thought the question timely, but said he had already had his attention called to the matter by chattering statesmen and had called upon | the proper officials to have the chill dis- persed.. He thought it would be com- fortably warm by Tuesday morning. Melick of Los Angeles had a kick com- ing, too. It was a reiteration of one that | he introduced earlier in the session, and | was_decidedly pertinent. He put it in the form of a resolution, that was adopt- ed, directing the sergeant at arms to find out what had become of the wastepaper baskets, extra desks and chairs bought at the last session for the use of the As- sembly. He wanted to know where they had gone, “if the sergeant at arms could find out,” so that the use of them might be had at the present session. There was a general kick on the official stenographers as well. Siuce they got their jobs, none of the shorthand people have turned up around the building, and a number of the San Francisco delegation got up to ask what had become of them, Speaker Wright said he had seen none of them, and he instructed them from the chair that hereafter they would be re- quired to rerort each morning to the chief clerk and be ready to do whatever busi- ness on hand. Senator Cutter's anti-wine resolution, affecting the inaugural ball, came back to the Assembly from the Senate attached to Assembly concurrent resolution 3, and it was passed in just fifty seconds and without debate. The report of the Committee on Mile- age came up for adoption and gave rise to considerable debate. It allowed each mem- ber 10 cents a mile for every mile he had traveled in getting to the capital and 10 cents a mile back again. Some claimed their accounts short, others that they had been awarded too much. Grove Johnson gave vent to 20 cents’ worth of virtue by moving as an amendment to the re?on that the 20 cents allowed him for traveling from his office at Third and K streets to the Assembly chamber be stricken out on the ground that he uid not consider its allowance constitutional. Assemblyman Knight of Sacramento did the same thing, and after a half-dozen "‘thz ;flzeuy amendments the report was adopted. lh‘:’rnmt of San Luis Oblugo proved that he was here for the benefit of his con- stituents by Introducing a joint resolution directing Congress to do everything it honorably could to effect the building of the bregkwater at Port San Luis. His res- olution, which was referred to Com- mittee on Federal Relations, was as fol- lows: ‘Whereas, the growing Importance of the com- merce of the Pacific Coast demands the de- yelopment of our varlous harbors; therefors, kinson, Hoey, Boyce, Bettman, > it Resolved, By the Assembly, the Senate con- curring, that our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to use all honorable means to secure a_sufficient appropriation to complete the Port San Luls breakwater with- out further delay. Resolved, Further, that the chief clerk ot the Assembly be instructed to transmit by mall a copy of these resolutions to each of our Sen- | ators and Representatives in Congress. Henry of San Francisco introduced a resolution, which was adopted, providl for the purchase of eighty-flve coples o the pocket edition of the Codes of Cali- fornia_for distribution mons the mem- bers. It was followed by one from Valen- tine of Los Angeles authorizing the Con- troller to draw a warrant for in pay- ment for eighty-five copies of Henning's Constitution of the State, which have al- ready been delivered. Belshaw's concurrent resolution indors- President McKinle came back from the Senate with a substi- tute in the shape of Senate golnt resolu- tion No. 2. A mistake was found in the title of the resolution and it was sent back to_the Benate for correction. Dibble brought matters to a close b; declaring that there was not enough bunK ness on hand to warrant further work, and moved an adjournment to 9 o'clock to-morrow momlni. He sald there would be nothing to be done then but the an- nouncement of committees and the roll- call and that he would again move for ad- (chairman), | journment and until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE ASSEMBLY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 6.—Speaker Wright will an- nounce the standing committees of the Assembly as soon as that body convenes to-morrow morning, and he is glad it is all over. tees has been a month’s hard work. Twice he has had his list practically completed and each time found some one or other who was not satisfled with his allotment and the whole thing had to be torn ‘to pieces again to sandwich him in. As a result of it all, though, Speaker Wright has what he considers the best list of standing committees ever appointed inthe Assembly. In his opinion there are more able men on the floor this year than in any yvear of legislative history and he as- signs this fact to the high standard set by the country districts at the recent election and the assistance given him in his _selection by Speaker pro tem. Alden Anderson. ’ The Judiciary Committee this year was cut to fit the cloth. There are just twenty lawyers on the floor, and nineteen of them were assigned to the committee. All twenty would have heen obliged to do duty, but Mead of Los Angeles begged off, on the ground that he wanted other work. Grove L. Johnson was made its chairman, and his work will be no light matter, as the Committee on Constitutional Amend- ments and that on Crimes and Penalties have been consolidated with the judiclary, and the combination is a difficult one fo deal with, The committees on engrossment and en- roliment have been comblned, and that on | codes and statutes eliminated, as its work is now_being done by the Code Commis- sion. Belshaw of Contra Costa is down as chairman of the Election Laws Com- mittee, and proposes to have the general election law perfected before he goes out of office. The chairmanship of the Committee on | Ways and Means went to the Los An- | geles delegation, and Assemblyman Val- entine got the appointment. Mr. Valen- | tine has been of inestimable assistance to | Speaker Wright since he took up his new duties, and his reward is the most im-| portant committee of the lower house. | Dibble of San Francisco made a hard | fight for the chairmanship of the Com- | | | mttee on Rules, and got it. What Mr. | | Dibble will do with it remains to be seen. | The complete list is as follows: Committee on State Prisons and Reformatory | Institutions—Chairman, Atherton, Bliss, Henry, | Beeches, Eugene Sullivan, Glenn, Fairweather. | Committes on Swamp and Overflowed Lands— | Dunlap, chairman; Raub, Plerce, Knigh | Beecher, Muenter, Milice, 'Brooke, Stewart. Committee on State Library—Brown, chair- man; Clough, Cobb, Dale, Feilz. Committee on Corporations—Anderson, chair- The building of those commit- || | recite the fact that the handlers of Col. I ,:L‘,‘?«/J/w [l i [ il CMAUNCE AND MIS FOOTE -BALL ‘HAIR. first ballot are absolutely false and with- out foundation, it is only necessary to onel Burns' fight are showing a phenom- gnal nterest in keeping the Democrats in line for a Democratic Senatorial candi- date to the close of the fight. If Colonel Burns had the requisite num- ber of votes to secure his election on the first ballot or on a few subsequent bal- lots, nelther he nor his friends would care whether the for a Republican or for a Democrat for United States Senator. It would be to them a matter of perfect indifference. But the colonel is far short of the requisite votes to win, and his managers are well Democratic members voted | compromise candidate I would be only too glad to do so. “‘1 believe I could be of service to the State in Washington at this time. There are very important questions pending and likely to come up in relation to the Nica- raguan canal, the improvement of our harbors, the construction of reservoirs for the irrigation of our arid lands, our foreign policy and other important na- tlonal issues, to which I have given some attention. “I have a great many friends in both houses of the Legislature, who assure me that they will be glad to support me. Many of them, however, are committed to other candidates, who were earlier in the contest. I cannot expect their sup- port until they have fulfilled their obliga- tions to others. 1 return home to-morrow afternoon and expect to be here again next week, prepared to stay a few days and take the chances of the contest.” - SENATOR BOGGS’ BILL TO LOAN MONEY TO THE STATE CALL HEADQUARTEDS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 6.—On Tuesday next Sena- tor Boggs of Colusa will introduce into the fnate the following bill providing for the loaning of public moneys to reli- able banking institutions, and the crea- tion of State and county depositories for public cash. Senator Boggs' bill follows the line lald down in the report of ex- State Treasurer Will 8. Green. It is as follows: An act establishing a State and County Board of Deposits; to define the duties thereof and authorizing the establishment of deposi- tories of public moneys: The people of the State of California, repre- | sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The Governor, the State Treasurer and the Attorney General shall constitute a State Board of Deposits, and the Board of Su- SOME QUEER Revelations of the Sensation of the CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-, MENTO, Jan. 6.—When an individual is interested in the welfare of a party, for him to subscribe toward the meet- ing of its legitimate expenses is, of course, proper. Campaigns cannot be | run on wind, although I am-bound to pervisors of each county in the State shall con- stitute a County Board of Deposits, and each | board shall have the powers and exercise the | duties hereinafter provided. The _Governor shall be the president of the State Board and any clerk In the office of the State Treasurer, | where the records shall be kept, may be desig- | nated as secretary. Sec. 2. As soon as practicable after the | passage of this act the State Board shall make | and establish such rules, consistent with this act, concerning State and county depositories as it may deem expedient, which rules may | from time to time be amended. As often as necessity requires the State Board shall ad- vertise in one paper in each city of 10,000 in- | habitants for bids for the use of the State's money. Bids must state the rate of interest, which must not be less than 2 per cent per | annum, proposed to be paid on daily balances, | | and the class of bonds proposed to be deposited as security for any funds that might be in- trusted to the bidder, | No money must be deposited in any State or county depository unless secured by the deposit In the State Treasury of the United States, State or the county of municipal bonds of this | State to the full face value of the deposit to be | made. The State Board must fix a percentage | of county and municipal indebtedness on the JupaE inson, Mead, Mack, Cowan. Ways and Means Committee—Valentine, chairman; Belghaw, Cobb, Kelly, Knights, Arnerich,’ Works, Sanford, Griffin, Wardell. Committee on ' Agriculture—Boynton, chair- man; LeBaron, Stuart, McDonald of Alameda, Cowan, DeLancie, Dale. Committee on Claims—McDonald of Alameda, chalrman; Crowder, Robinson, Barry, Muen: ter, Cowan, Burnett. Committee on Attaches and Employes—Kelly, chairman; Marvin, Clough, Rickard, Meserve. Commitee on Banks and Banking—Jilson. chairman; Conrey, Crowder, Cargill, E. D. Sullivan. Committee on Commerce and Navigation— Knowland, chairman; Clark, Dunlap, Devoto, Merritt, Miller of Los Angeles, Hanley, E. D. Sullivan, Glenn. Committee on County and County Boundaries —Arnerich, chalrman; Milice, DeLancle, Raw, Burnett. Committee on County and Township Gov- ernment—Huber, chairman: Mellick, Miller of Los Angeles, Kelly, Blood,* Rickard, Wade, Johnson, Kenneally, Caminetti, Meserve, White, Sanford. Cominittee_on Contested Elections—Cosper, chairman; Henry, Wade, Dale, Plerce, Crow- ley, Cowan. Committee on Dairies and Dairy Products LeBaron, chairman; Brown, Atherton, Boyn- ton, Anderson, Boone, Sanford. Committee on Judiciary—Johnson, chairman; Clough, Dibble, Lardner, Dunlap, Cobb, Brown, Cosper, Valentine, Conrey, Chenoweth, Works, Muenter, Caminetti, Hanley, E. D. Sullivan, White, Boone, Mack. Committee ' on _ Election ~Laws—Relshaw, chairman; Miller of Los Angeles, Rickard, Mel lick, Marvin, White, Mead. Committee on Education—DeLancie, chalr- man: Conrey, MoDonald of Alameda, Plerce, Cosper, Caminetti, Feliz. Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment —Rickard, chairman; Arnerich, Bliss, Millce, Devoto, Stewart, Brooke. Committee on Fish and Game—Eugene Sulli- van, chairman; Blood. Anderson, Belshaw, Greenwell, Hanley, Feliz. Commitfee on Fruit and Vine Interest— Beecher, chairman; Radcliff, Clark, Mellick, Raub, Brooke, Griffin. Committee on Federal Relations—Dale, chalr- man; Johnson, Brown, Cargill. O'Brien. Committee on Irrigation—Milice, chairman: Miller of Los Angeles. Crowder, Merritt, Lund- quist, Radeliff, Griffin, Fairweather, Stewart. Committee_on_Labor and Capltal-Muenter, chajrman; Kenneally, Works, Wade, Henry, Hoey, Sanford. Committee on Manufactures and Internal Tm- provements—Kelsey, chairman; Bliss, McDon- ald of Tuolumne, McKee, Merrill, Hoey, O'Brien. Committee on Mileage—Greenwell, chairman; Robinson, McKee, Huber, Burnett. Committee on Military—Henry, chairman; Parry, Blood, Chenoweth, Lundquist, Crowley, Boone. Committee on Mines and Mining—Robinson, chairman: Raw, Jilson, Lardner, Blood, Clough, McDonald of Tuolumne. Mack, Meserve, Committes on Municipal Corporations—Raw chairman; Dibble, Merrill, Barry, Bliss, Mead, Meserve. 3 Committee on Public Health and Quatantine— Cargill, chairman: La Baree, Jilson, Anderson, Merrill, Crowley, Brooke. Committee on Public Buildinge and Grounds —Crowder, chairman; Kelsey, McKee, De Lan- cle, Conrey, Plerce, Knowland, Barry, Glenn, Hanley, Boone. Committee_on Public Lands and Forestry— Kenneally, chairman; Knights, La Baree, Lund- . Wardell. O mittee on Public Morals—Miller of San Francisco, chairman: Marvin, Atherton, Huber, Radeliff, Crowley, O'Brien. Committee on Pubic_ Printing—Radeliff, chairman; Beecher, Raw, Johnson, Cobb, Grif- fin, Mead. : CGommittee on State’ Capitol, Public Works and Parks—Chenoweth, chairman: Raub. Lard- ner, Knights, Knowland, Fairweather. White. Committee on Commigsions and Public Ex- penditures—Conrey, chairman: Dunlap, Cheno- woth, Clark, Devofo, Burnett, Hoav i Committee on s and Highways—Mellick, B Knowland, Merritt. Miller McDonald of Tuolumne, Baree, Caminetti, Fairweather, ack. Committes on Rules and Regulations—Dibble, chairman: Marvin. Lardner, Lundquist, e Bar- Committee on Hogpitals and Asvlums—Wade, chalrman: Marvin, Lardner, Lundaulst, Le Ba ron, Merritt; Clark, Meserve, O'Brien. BURNS TRYING HARD TO CONTROL DEMOCRATS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 6.—There is one force in the California Legislature that Burns people fear mightily, and that is the thirty-five votes the Democrats and Populists have on joint ballot. As proof positive that the claims made by the managers of Mexican Dan's can- vass that their man will be elected on the {and on the second ballot for James CARPENTER X Jh DISCUSSING THE SENATORIAL SITULATION. man; Raub, Cosper, Greenwell, La Baree, Rob- | aware of the fact. This being the case | assessed value of the property, above they anticipate a long drawn out fight, and the possibility of the Democratic members, or some of them, stepping in ate timely moment and breaking a dead- ock. The Burns people also realize the fact that if even Democratic Assemblymen and Senators do enter the contest to vote for a Republican for United States Sena- tor that Republican will not be Daniel M. Burns. So a resolution was introduced in the Democratic joint caucus which if adopted would have had the effect of tying the Democratic legislators into voting for a Democratic Senator to the end of the fight. i‘he resolution was promptly consigned to oblivion, being tabled by the decisive | vote of 18 to 8, without even being ac- corded discussion The sentiment of the caucus was practically unanimous. Only on two ballots are the Democratie members of the Legislature compelled by the mandate of their caucus to vote for a Democrat. On the first ballot they are to vote for Senator Stephen M. hite, D. Phelan. After that, unless some change in pres- ent plans is made, the Democrats will be able to act as a free and independent force in the Senatorial contest, and some of them will undoubtedly exercise their freedom. Assemblyman Fairweather of Fresno County is one of those Democrats who take a very bold position in the Senatorial contest. Mr. Falrweather states that while he was elected as a Democrat, he is in the California Legislature as a repre- sentative of the people, and after having done his party duty he will, if he sees t, exercise his right to vote for a Republican for Senator if by so doing he can save the good name of the State. There are other Democrats who are equally as independent as Assemblyman Falrweather. ssemblyman Meserve of San Bernardino Counté and Assemblyman Mead of Los Angeles County will, =o it Is claimed, take the same position that the courageous Assemblyman from Fresno County does. What the Burns people fear is that in the event there should he a sharp contest for a_number of days and that Grant should make a shome of strength which would bring him in sight of the coveted prize there might be a stampede of Demo- fill‘a.ls’ to his column which would sweep m in. It is stated on excellent authority that already five Democratic legislators have pledged themselves to vote for Grant in the event the contest proves a long one. This I the nucleus of the Democratic stampede which the Burns managers fear. Milton Green, Grant’s manager, does not deny that Grant may receive Democratic votes, but he does say that the first prop- osition they are trying to work out is to elect Mr. Grant by Republican votes. Tt ig claimed that the Burns people do not desire a caucus at first, but if after the balloting has continued for several days no result is reached, they propose to force a caucus before there can be any Demo- cratic stampede to Grant. The Grant forces received another addi- tion to-day in the way of a worker. Col- onel A. G. Gassen, member of the Repub- lican State Central Commlittee, arrived from San Diego this evening, and imme- diately launched himself into the fight for the San Diego man. Sl JUDGE WAYMIRE A CANDIDAT&FOR SENATOR CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 6.—Judge James A. Way- mire, one of the foremost candidates for Senatorial honors at the last session of the Legislature, arrived at the capital this evening and registered at the Golden Eagle. In an interview he sald: “I came over from Modesto, where I have some irrigation interests, intending to return to my home in Alameda this afternoon. My purpose in stopping over was to meet old friends here and look over the situation as to the Senatorship. I have an ambition to be Senator, but have not organized any contest. I shall not spend any money and not much time. If the contest should be prolonged and if I could serve the party and the State by helping to harmonize the elements as a which the bonds of no county or municipality must be taken as security by either State or county; and whenever bonds are impaired in value, ‘from any cause, the County Board, in case of a county, and the State Board in any case, must require additlonal deposits. In making awards between bidders offering an equal rate of interest the State Board shall | consider the widest distribution of the money and the location of State institutions. Upon the deposit of the bonds as above provided, and when the rules of the board have been complied with, the State Treasurer must make the proper deposits and the place of deposit &hall be known ae a State depository. Sec. 3. Each County Board shall advertise as often as may be necessary, in at least one newspaper in the county, for four ks for Dbids for the use of the money in the County Treasury. Each bid must state the rate of in- terest that will be paid on daily balanc which shall not be less than 2 per cent, a the character of bonds proposed to be deposited as security. The board in making the award ehall make as nearly as practicable an equal distribution of the money among equal bid ders, and shall also when practicable gi preference to those offering local bonds for de- posit. Upon notification by the State Treasurer that the bonds have been deposited as awarded the County Treasurer shall make the proper de- posit, and the place of deposit shall be known 28 a'county depository. Sec, 4. The Controlier and each County Audi- tor shall each draw warrants on the State or County Treasurer, as at present, and the Treas- urer shall draw his check on the proper depos- itory, giving as far as practicable the option to the payee. Both the State and County Treasurer must keep in view the equal distri- bution of the moneys drawn, and If it be- comes necessary to draw heavier on one than another in_proportion_to the amounts depos- ited, the Treasurer, State or County, is a thorized to draw his check on one depository in_favor of another. Sec. 5. On the fallure of any depository to pay checke from the proper source, the board under whose furisdiction the depository shall be must at once proceed to settle up with the depository, and if necessary may summarily gell the deposited bonds; and if there shall be any deflclency, may Seize upon any prop- erty of tHe corporation, and if not sufficient shall be found of corporate property, then, In- dividual property of stockholders 'must be taken, as provided by the Code of Civil Pro- cedure. Sec. 6. The owners of any of the bonds de- posited as security under this act may deliver the tax receipts for taxes paid upon such bonds to the State Board of Deposits, and the said receipts shall be accepted as 'so much cash upon the payment of interest from sald owners or depositors to tho State and to the county where such owners reside. Sec. 7. The State Board shall cause to be established between the several State and county depositories a system of exchange by which the cost of transportation of the public moneys may as far as practicable elim- inated. Sec. 8. The State Treasurer shall inquire into_the sufficiency of county deposits before he notifies a County Treasurer of their re- ceipt, and If he have any doubts shall lay the matter befors the Treasurer, who may reject the same or may require additional deposits. Sec. 9. Neither the State nor any County Treasurer shail be liable on their official bonds for losses occurring by default of any depos- itory. Sec. 10. As soon as the terms of the present incumbents expire the offices of County Treas- ury and County Tax Collector shall be con- solidated. —_——— SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS VISITING THE CAPITAL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 6.—Thomas F. Gibbon of Los Angeles, vice president of the Ter- minal Railway, is in the city, advising with the friends of U. 8. Grant. John B. Bushnell, president of the Co- lumbia Club, the leading Republican or- ganization of Southern California, is here, to remain until after the Senatorial bat- tle is over. Mr. Bushnell is a strong sup- porter of Bulla’s ambition. Leon F. Moss, a prominent Los Angeles attorney, is here, to remain until after the inaugural ball. Mr. Moss is inclined to favor the Senatorial aspirations of U. 8. Grant. Charles W. Palm, the leading law book ublisher of Southern California, is here. e will endeavor to persuade the Legis- Hnure to purchase some of his publica- ons. John C. Cline, Collector of the Port of Los Angeles, is here, taking fiulte a prom- inent part in the Senatorial fight as a supporter of U. 8. Grant, ‘olonel E. J. Ensign of Los Angeles is {leaving Hamilton $30 winner. say they can’t be run without wind either. A glance at the report of the| Republican Central Committee is in- teresting. It shows total receipts $49,- 722 10 and expenditure: of $49.649 39. This ought to leave a little balance. but it is understood the committee is in debt. However legitimate donations may be, some of them are peculiar| when taken into consideration together | with the other side of the account. For instance smiling Billy Hamilton gave $20, and was paid $50 on “speakers’ ac- count.” Where was the speech de-| livered? If it was merely one of the or- dinary talks of the Federal push, pro- jected hatwise, the figure is too high, | Jake | Shaen gave $37 50 on two different oc- casions, but he draws a Federal salary while doing State politics and could af- ford to be generous. Dan Cole threw $99 into the pot and drew out $360 for “election expenses.” Whose election is not stated. Among the men paid for making speeches Major Kyle heads the list, but he made many speeches, and good ones. But why should Long John | Wilkins appear on the same roll? John is no orator. Why should Tirey L. Ford have charged $7 when one of the important oftices was his reward? These ques- tions are not asked captiously, but with a desire for information. Nor s it clear why Steppacher should have drawn as salary $508 50. He should have been content with his Federal salary, for which he performed no work | during the weeks the Republican Cen- | tral Committee devoted to planning | the election of Dan Burns. It is not surprising that the Pacific | and Sunset Telephone -companies | should have chipped in $2000. It has been doing things which a legislator might be induced to characterize as| felonies. It has its workers here. too, probably to be paid out of a separate fund. George Crocker contributed $7500, but far be it from me to intimate that| this was railroad money, for the rail- road had already declared itself not in politics. Dan Burns himself gave ”'-i 000 Candelarian dollars.: The purity of his motives will not be’ questioned, for there is not any. # Altogether a stud— of thé report isan instructive lesson in ‘pocketbock pa- triotism. I forgot to say that Major McLaughlin is down for $2600, which, with the time he surrendered to boom- ing Burns, was.exceedingly liberal. Southern California seems not to| have added to’ the central committee spending money. Nobody in Gage's county of 18,000 Republican voters save Federal office holders responded to the opportunity. Either the idea prevailed that Gage was not worth it or that the | north would furnish the necessary | votes. I have noticed that, as a rule, in California politics the north supplies the money and votes, while the south gets the offices. Nobody is doing anything but specu- late as to the outcome of the Senato- rial fight. Into this fight no new ele- ments have been thrust. Knight has gone home, but this does not change the | situation. Barnes is still here, his friends around him, but those who are not bound to him speak of the Rosser trial with the lack of defense, the piti- ful breakdown of the State’s case as a poor sort of boost toward Senatorial honors. I have not heard much of Bulla’s chances, and am inclined to think they are dreams. The sensation is the position of Gov- ernor Gage. Heart and soul he is for Burns, and is under the thumb of that eminent defaulter and statesman where he wriggles in apparent content. I am sorry to have been forced into the be- lief that Gage is the smallest man in- tellectually that ever sat in the execu- tive chair, and Waite has been Gover- nor of Colorado. If he had not been chosen to carry out the purpose of somebody else, he would never have been chosen; but realizing this from the moment of his nomination people did not think he would devote the pow- ers of hig place to insulting California by attempting the elevation of Burns. They may have regarded him as a boor, but they could not realize him as a willing tool. Gage declares that the vote of any man for Grant will be considered a per- sonal affront. Here is a pretty pie~ ture. The Governor of a great State using the authority of his office as a club to hold over the heads of legis- lators, the chosen servant of the peo- ple dictating that they shall have upon them the shame of a Burns in the Sen- | THINGS ABOUT ELECTION MONEY Republican Central Committee Report. Governor Gage's Opposition to Grant Is the Day at the State Capital. BY HENRY JAMES. ate. The truth could have been better expressed this way: “Every vote cast for Burns will be a personal affront to every citizen of California save the ragtag and bobtail of the political slums,” Gage has probably succeeded in do- ing just the opposite of that which he had intended to do. If Burns had any chance Gage, posing in the attitude of bully and blusterer, has killed it. If Grant had a hard fight Gage has bat- tered down the barricades and cleared the path of the San Diegan. I do not suppose that Grant feels particularly grateful, for a gift is judged by the spirit of the giver. Nevertheless, in a stupid and blundering way, Gage has done more for him than was in the ex- ecutive power to do for Burns. This Legislature is not to be driven. It does not fear Gage, and it is rapidly learning not to respect him. Gage will get no more golden eggs. He has slain the Burns goose. Krom the standpoint of politics there could not have been a worse play. The goose needed Killing, but there was no obligation upon Gage to perform the slaughter. The act was ungrateful and uncouth, an exhibition of shortsightedness and churlishness. Gage helps bring about the defeat of Burns and yet is entitled to no credit. He is like the man who fires a gun at the enemy, but finds the weapon dan- gerous only at the breech and his own earthworks demolished. It is a good thing that the inaugural ball is to be on the prohibition plan. There are plenty of pecple here who arise in the morning with painful recol- lections of the night before, and for the State to give them a free drunk would promote the intensity of remorse, as well as subject more people to it. In- augural balls are at their best when all the guests are sober, and a states- man picking his way thrcugh a maze | of skirts and electric lights, beauty and grace, at the same time carrying two- thirds of a jag, would be at a distinct disadvantage. . Many of the San Franciscans here appear perfectly at home. I learn that they are in Sacramento every session, either holding jobs or chasing one. If the job eludes them they chase some- body who was mcre fortunate and ul- timately induce some tender-hearted one to pay their fare back to the city. They explain that they would willingly walk, except that the walking is bad beyond Oakland. A part of the dis- appointed ones have already gone, but the remarks they made about the Bel- shaw law still poison the air. The subgect of bribery has been men- tioned. All the gentlemen I have asked about it assure me they have not been bribed, and have not bribed anybedy: With Purist Burns in the race. of course such methods of diplomacy would be regarded with horror. It is a comfort to learn that bribery is here looked on as crime, particularly if found out. Several people have intimated vari- ously that newspaper notoriety is not to their taste. I can only regret that I was not sent here with orders to cater to their tastes. An excellent way in which to avoid notoriety is to behave oneself, and I suggest this to the plain- tiffs in the case. This has been a very quiet day. Yes- terday there was music by the band, but to-day chin music is the limit. However, the patter of the rain makes melody not to be despised. Several prize-fighters have arrived. I do not know what Senatorial boom they represent, but there are no ring events scheduled, they are not in training, nor are they supposed to be in quest of health. The picture of Mose Gunst publicly showing his diamond-studded shirt front made a great hit. Some of the push looked at it longingly. “It's a wonder we let Mose get out of town with them shiners,” sald one of them. Colds are prevalent here, so when & statesman is heard speaking in husky whispers, there is no possibility of tell- ing whether or not he talked himscit into the condition. SKAGUAY IS AGAIN Destruction of the Theater Royal, the Largest Variety Show in the Place. JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 2 (via Victoria, Jan. 6).—The Theater Royal, the largest place of variety entertainment in Skag- uay, was burned last Saturday night. A lamp exploded in one of the rooms of the women performers. The loss is about $15,- 000. Two builldings, one on each side, were razed by the Fire Department, ap the store of H. A. Baner & Co. was conside erably damaged. Skaguay was very fortunate with this fire.. A heavy gale coming down the gulch from the mountains iad subsided the day before, which was, in all proba- bility, the only thing that saved the town, SEnNATOR PORTER ASHE-. here, looking for an_appointment in the adjutant general's office.