The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1899, Page 2

(5] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, J ANUARY 13, 1899. ALAMEDANS DENOUNCE SPEAKER WRIGHT. abflities. He can do more for the State ing at 1266 Twenty-third avenue, is than_any one else. I want the people of A Gy Bums and know him & good Republican who voted, cd io know him, and then | worked and shouted for Howard they will not di This xpla stung almost & (Y SiuW that | Wright during the last campaign. s bitterly as the first an- | At that time he considered Wright nouncement that Wright “had gone to | gne of the best men available for the Burns.” Mr. Wright will certainly be | ; called upon to mention the names of high honor of Assemblyman, and he hose people in his district who spoke regarded him as a man standing al- but whose names he rousing com- me: rough canvass of the two sections of Mr. Wright's district fails | to reveal a single man of standing in the community or whose opinion has weight in the councils of the Repub- lican party who does not stand ready rirations of who are to him of Burns, could ways on the side of the people. Here is what he said to-day: “If Howard Wright thinks more of the “Rdilroad Push’ tnan he does of the people he was sent to represent, all right; but he will find out his mis- take very soon. If the Lord will only forgive me for voting for Wright I will never do so again. I am really sorry that Wright has voted for Burns for Senator and his action has caused the biggest kind of a surprise in this district.” J. W. EVANS—I never supposed that Wright would vote for Dan Burns. Really I can’'t see now where the indu(‘cmér}t to denounce openly the Mr. Burns, and of helping to cr grace in the Certainly there Mr. the me wn Cs nate. > to follow Wright's ex. to favor “if they und does anybody district thank him for _“T want the people of T and know ow_him,” W in Mr. W the suggest v distric -study Burns Jearned to e. Whe came in for him to do €o. I have fel Oaklanc will certainly be | 8r€at pleasure in_the fact that he was ehland how he came to | ROt voting for Burns, and I presume s,” whom he has been acquainted with but a short e, to the exclusion of ! dge of the peo Sacramento to everybody else in this district felt like- wise. I don’t understand why he changed, nor does anybody else know. I am really and I am confident that E u Assembly to-mor- row, the people knowing what they do now, he could never again be elected. I ho are slow to d him with rep- | ot of “rice eat- side of Burns and that Burns secured him the Speakership, but I would not be- Burns men who charg belleve In|UYARRY A MELVIN, Chiet Deput 7 A. ME N, ) eputy Al rict Attorney—If Dan Burns has the 3 18 18 | Sepatorship he must have had the votes o o to give to Howard Wright for the Speak- ome who believe that | ership. Of course, when the people voted ht realizes how abso- | for Wright, Dan Burns was not thought s action is to his sup- | of for Senator. I still hope for the best, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the work bl w3::“s\(n‘;\,:ri»l:ig\'r:\yurn.frg rom- | of The Call and Chronicle il yet resuit " Ban Burns is o his As. | i the clection of a man like General strict, he will remedy his fa- | “\y.'C. MASON, 366 East Fourteenth and regain the esteem of | his friends. In the meantime his ac- tion is the foremost subject of conver- gation throughout this end of the coun. try. street—1 didn’t suppose he would vote for Burns. It simply shows to my mind that Wright does not represent this district, and if he should run for the Assembly to. morrow there wouldn't be a corporal’s guard who would.vote for him, knowing | he was for Dan Burns. I think Wright ALL (F(iNE MIND. Emu;m have discussed his position on the United States Senatorial fight when he first came out for the Assembly, and then .- 4 £ | we would have known what to do. How Speaker Wright's Action IS| ®EvV. . M. HILL, Pastor of the 3 . $ . e Tenth Avenue Baptist Church—I re- Yiewed t'/) His Disirict. gard it a disgrace that a county of tal mistake CITY ATTORD Alameda’s standing, intellectually elected to offic and morally, should be betrayed by from Mr. Wri any of its representatives voting for such a man as Colonel Dan Burns. I consider that the election of a man » like Burns to the United States Sen- )t Tepre- | atorship would be a shame and a dis- Mr. | grace to the civilization of California. @t SUTPTISS Surely, I cannot see how Asseblyman Wright can feel that he represents the convictions of the people of this district when he casts his ballot for Dan Burns. It is shameful. REV. J. R. KNODELL, pastor of Pil- grim Congregational Church—I have no ik I know the is certal; » rep: in m and knows tl who live as I do, JUDGE A. W. BISHOP—I cannot think what could have induced Mr. Wright to so thoroughly dcbase him- self and destroy his political future by voting for Burns. I should have thought that his family connections, | lice for any . man ~who Wil delihe if nothing else, would have kept the erately .cgst his. vote for this man Burnis for’ United States Senator. That young man from taking such-a false step. I cannot make myself believe Wright is in earnest and yet hope that he will redeem himself and show his manhood and loyalty to this county by repudiating all connection is my. opinion summed ssible. I am chairman of a reform or- ganization, and 1 know how the good peo- ple feel in this matter. We all worked so zealously for Howard Wright's election to the Assembly that we now feel disgusted over his action in voting for Burns for United States Senator. I know that we | would not have done so had we enter- up - as brief as with Burns. | tained any idea that Wright was going to ATTORN V. H. have | do_as he did { lived in Be long » and went || FRANK ~ AD, . Deputy County 3 AN L Brr |'Clerk—Well, T a rprised, to say the feeling of ast, and I do not see how those who e e ¢ Nr have spoken and written so favorably of Wright can conciliate matters. If M L 3 1 think now that Wright should be hit as hard as ble. see than to have it Wright resiled s and certainly izens on this 1 a great sur- ed hy Berk we the tion. In know it seemed very strange and even suspicious? that the Burns camp knew where he stood “temy Wright has » 2Y JOHNSON—Dan | a1l the time. . % ] know a inele| REV. A. T. NEEDHAM, pastor of I enn. | the Eighth Avenue M. E. Church— on %8| Any ‘man who votes for Danlel M. r as | Burns t California in tne ey Bast Oske | United te does not, yea, he Y s o2k lcanmot, entiment_of ' this 'dis- e trict, and if Howard Wright has done this it is ‘disgraceful. If the Republican party I have lived in 3 D aa Tor N | votes for and indorses for United States R Ran enator such a man as Dan Burns it ] Han fon In tis | bodes party ruin. The party is doomed L e St | to certain ruin if it indorses Burns.\ would fa = REV. W. W. FREAR, Represent- ing the Congregational Foreign Mis- sionary Work on the Pacific Coast— Wright’s action in supporting Dan Burns for United btates Senator is a shame and a disgrace to this district. DR. W. J. WILCOX—To say that I am surprised is putting it mildly. Wh some things thcught from the start that Wright wi e 1 £ sta a ght ‘Was 1 would not for Pornes Nothing was ever further t 1 fzom my mind than to realize thax Wright bas voied for Rurns. I think it was noth- ing less than foolish on bis action in this = contest art. By Wright shows THE THRIFTY AFFIDAN (T MAN FROM SA™ DIEGO = « s e et | do not like to denounce Wright, for I 3 2 e1 Part-| g5 not know his motives. Of late I have ly cajoled” and aten by those | heard that Wright might be found on the | Yet, when I come to look back | E consider how easily Howard Wright | walked inta the Speakership, don’t vou | There can be no doubt but | disappointed in him. I am satisfied owes his chairmanship to the sup- port from the Burns contingent. He has done nothing to show that he has been representing those who elected him. G. H. CHICK, Berkeley—To say I am | surprised at Wright's flop is putting it mildly. Wright has disgraced himself and everybody that voted for him has been betrayed. What will be the opinion of the university town when it is known that our representative voted for Dan Burns? JOHN E. BOYD—Assemblyman Wright has betrayed the confidence of the people of Berkeley, and if he were to come up again for re-election he would not re- ceive a handful of votes. I cannot under- stand him et all. He has done so well in the past that there must be some mate- ! short: sightedness and very poor politios, | ingly | to_say the least. e | W. H. FIFIELD—I feel that our As- | semblyman, Howard Wright, has dis- Mr. Wright no_longer constituents at all. is graced 'himself. | represents his | statement in an interview wherein he says that he thinks he represents his district by voting for Dan Burns is all false on his part. It is awful and I don’t believe that any one would vote for Wright to- morrow if he showd be running for office. I say that 1 do not believe a man in this county could be electéd to represent the | eople in the Legislature should he be nown to favor Burns for United States Senator. Wright has himself. GEORGE D. METCALF—Wright has done very wrong. He has not represented his interest. Berkeley considers itself simply disgraced rossly betrayed. The feeling against|Tlal reason for his sudden change of %\'ngh);'s acn(?n < fully as three to one. heart. Perhaps one may Some day learn GEORGE SCHMIDT—This thing ig| the secret. f E. P. BANCROFT-I would like'to be‘ one of the number to tar and feather the | man who voted for Burns. Three of | Berkeley's leading men—J. W. Richards, G. H. Chick and Professor Boone—hax the utmost confidence {n him and vouched for his integrity, and all have been greatly disappointed, ‘as Wright romised he would not vote for Burns. consider we have been grossly betrayed, and Wright has covered himself with dishonor. CITY TRUSTEE J. W. RICHARDS, outrageous. Speaker Wright should know what Berkeley wants. He lived here long enough to know. Burns is not our choice and Wright knows it. Burns wants six- | ty-one votes and in my opinion Wright | is just a dummy who 18 doing Burns' bid- ing. DR. W. W. ALLEN—Wright's conduct is very disappointing and very unsatis- factory. He would not have been elected | had he been suspected of being in the | Burns camp. No one in Berkeley wants Burns an@@a vote for him does us a great | Berkeley—1 am far from satisfled with injustice. * Speaker Wright's conduct, and I know that the people of this district feel as I | | JUDGE GEORGE R. WILLIAMS, | ;™ 5,/ 8% 00t our choice and Wright | Chairman of the Republican City hnowg %l asmwe’l: ;slatnybody, A dshfirt s 5 me before e Legislature convenes I, | Central Committee—What is mYy | wright came to O nn ahad Sy prinion | opinion of Howard Wright's action in (‘oncel}‘.‘nlng !lhn scn}:[msen[ of ",‘,? Ref)u!blll& 5 cans here about the Senatorship. ol | voting for Dan Burns? Why, you can | {108 S0l (hat T thought the Re- say that I don’t approve of it at all. x]\‘ulllicans”h%ni would (eel“ iv.ia !1;‘;31:{13 : disgrace their representative in e As- I was very much surprised when I (0%, 0d vote for Burns. I told him | heard he had voted for Burns for | that his constituency here would look United States Senator. I don’t think | uPon Burns' election as one of the dark- his constituents approve of his action either. Had we known before the election last November that Wright was going to vote for Burns we est stains upon the Republican party in this State. And this is not for reasons of, party policy merely. It is because we feel that Burns is altOFeLhcr unworth: of the high office which he seeks, an that such a man would ruin the policy and prevent the further success of the BARNES NOT A RAILROAD - CANDIDATE The General Denounces the Re-i port as a Scheme of His | Enemies. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 12,—Telegrams were re- ceived here to-night from San Fran- cisco to the effect that a story is in cir- culation in the metropolis that General W. H. L. Barnes is the railroad candi- date and that Sproule and other rail- road men were in a saloon offering to wager $200 to $500 that Barnes would be elected. General Barnes was asked to-night if there was any truth in the rumor from’ the city. He replied: *‘There is not a word of truth in it. In my judg- ment the whole thing was planned and concocted by the enemy at this end of the line and was designed to prevent members of the Legislature from com- ing to my support in this contest. The story on its face is false. In the first place William Sproule is not a sport- ing or betting man and does not fre- quent saloons. He is a quiet, reserved business man, whose time is passed after business hours at his home. “I am positive,” continued the gen- eral, “‘that this is a scheme to make the members of the Legislature believe that I am the railroad’s candidate and by causing this belief restrain them from voting for me. I am here almost RAINEY AND | CRIMMINS DISCUSSING THE CONDITION OF cow f would not have sent him to represent ga;fi;;‘fl;%}we asked Mr. Wright to vote |us. I feel perfectly disgustel and | “5'N\TCHOTSON—_Berkeley has no more e used to like | 9, - | use for Howard Wright. ‘{;':;z doesn’t half express my feel-| 1o (08 N are Ve but he has proved to be unable to appreciate our confidence. DR. J. S. EASTMAN—I am greatly dis- GEORGE LOW-—Anybody who would appointed and cannot understand what | vote for Dan Burns is an enemy of Call- { Wright is thinking about. Most certainly fornia. Wright was not elected to vote { tisfled. There is nothing in | we are not | common between Burns and Assembly- { man Wright's district. | BOARD | E. 8. GRAY—Assemblyman Wright has | 2 it done wrong. If he wants to know how | myse we wish him to vote we will at once in- | He says some of his constitu- | | ents have spoken to him of Burns. For | every one that may have mentloned | | Burns_there are a hundred opposed to | him. Wright cannot claim to represent | Berkeley and vote for Burns for United for him, but to_represent this district, and I know how Berkeley feels to-night. BOONE, PROFESSOR BERKELEY 5 2 | formbim. of Wright's political relations with Mr. Burns and the railroad; but I know mighty well enough to know this, that he has a mind of his own; that he is true to his convictions; that he never promised Mr. Burns his’ vote; that if he had he tates Senator. | would have voted so. Wright is no cow- G. CONKLIN—T hardly know what| ard, and he cannot be intimidated. His y. 1 am very much astonished. I|onstituency must admire him for his in- ght better of Howard Wright than | gependence, whether it be the result of .1 suppose now we may as well | politics or of ‘church’ influence. Let it go send Burns to_the Senate, as We cannot | at the latter. Berkeley and Oakland are send him to San Quentin. I feel that| wiling, and I think Wrigkt can stand it.” | the action of Howard Wright is a dis- | grace to the State. A BILL TO CREATE STATE HIGH SCHOOL FUND L. N. COBBLEDICK—Howard Wright would not have got my vote if I thought he was going to act this way. 1 think the whole affair done as a trade. Burns was_probabl behind the move ment when Wright was nominated for the - - Speakership. Wright is not representing [ CALL: HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- his district in_any way. here is no | MENTO, Jan. 12.—Assemblyman Cami- | question as to that. I do not think Cali- | netti this morning introduced into the As- fornia would be well represented by |sembly a bill that provides for the crea- | tion of a State high school fund and a s done pothing to recommend him be- | State tax of 2 cents on every hundred dol- sides figuring as a political boss. I guess | lars of assessable property, the proceeds Howard Wright will not represent the | to be used for school purposes. All moneys Fifty-first Assembly District after this| derived from said tax must annually be term. The people will not stand for such | givided by the Superintendent of Public | to the t Burns. There are plenty of other good men we could send to the Senate. Burns AL Instruction equally among thi , R. H. CHAMBERLAIN—I am_ very|!’® g the several e DA B A N Veha | counties and clties and countes of the State. change ‘must have been made for some The amount so apportioned must be ex- other purpose than a E%nd ‘une, nlthog’ h I do not want to cast reflections upon Mr. | pended for X % Wright, | I was giad when I saw that he | bnd counte M sonem, Sno Lty of dlty did not vote for Burns in the first two | o4 o e T Segat it ballots, and I am very sorry he has gone | = Spation i Iony divide the amount ap- over now. The people of Alameda will | portioned in each county or city and suffer for his action. It was a very flimsy | county among all high schools in its excuse for him to say dlhgl several of ;\isy!il;n'lsfllcl}flm fAshn Cl>1§dlt!0n precedent to constituents had asked him to vote for | the receipt of this aid strict complian Burns. Why don’t he stand by himself. | With the following provisions of &e af:‘: He should have some stamina and back- | is required: bone. I think Burns would make a very | That all buildings and other require- poor representative of California. ments for a high school be furnlshe% and T. H. "I‘A?‘KEFII]EL!R—-I: xsljuit as I eg‘:— lstentt h;] order without expense to the e railroad people knew who | State; that a course of study approved by they put | the Superintendent of Wright up. He 15 representing railroad | shall o mugmethe?em?“:’}l:fz :fil?r%? é[r}éerestfi 1n?itea,d ?r lthafls{et of the eofl!‘e. | ates of grammar schools In the county e rallroad controls y men in this | pe entitled to enter as stud i ward, and they knew what they were do- | the County Superlntendenten;: ‘Shce;;{)?é ‘cfir}?fl noo‘:;:tmfitelngugglsigl-w‘islfieshaos‘ rlm must annually and oftener if required re- constituents. I have no doubt that W. é’:"r’&cf&fliesxgfifii?«‘ifi‘%?"éxf’ixfifibs'i?m{fl; Belier and the rallzoad people, Knew hoy! | I bis county = e Superintendent of Rubli - e MILTON—Wright ought to be | o ey v nust ""l’:‘ 1"{‘:951‘?‘“:::3 kicked out of the community. He has schools receiving State al ot acted fair to those who elected him, | &1d prescribe a course of instruction theref & Of course he went to the Legislature un- | (heTefor calculated to prepare “puplls for Dledged. but e knew the gemeral sentl- | admission to the agricultural, mining or ment of the district. My o inion 115 that f,‘;'?l’,,‘,',fl(f,,,‘?f;’““me“fi’ otr th:hUniversl(y neither Grant nor Burns will get elected. | Hiitics s ., 28 well as for the practical e, However, of the two, I would prefer Grant. The moneys shall be paid to each county PROFESSOR J. T. WALLACE—It is an | quarterly by order of the Superintendent outrage. I am mortified, as a citizen of | of Public Instruction. The bill was given California, when a man who is a graduate | its first reading and referred to the Edu- of the State University can fall down like | cation Committee. pected. they were nominating when fhat” It 1s g disgrace to the State of L BN . His going over to Burns w robably have a bad effect on some of FOR THE ERECTION OF he others. 1 suppose Wrght is repre- senting race track interests as much as anything else. He certainly is not repre- senting the intelligent class in the com- munity by any means. It is a shame that a man will go there and act like that, when there are o many good men in the district who would be honored by the posi- tion. In a way I gave my indorsement to Wright before his election. I was Sec- retary of the Anti-saloon League when it indorsed several of the candidates, Wright amoxhlf the number. H. M. CAMERON—It is certainly an outraFe. That is all 1 can say. I was not disappointed in his action, because I was expecting it from the way he was hanging fire. He has in no way expressed the sentiments of the people of this ward. There is no use in my saying anything further. If Wright was here, though, I | tion of the building . The mansion is to would say more to him. am afraid | be located on the Capitol grounds and there are more hanging back like Wright 'Qe Kr:rchi!e(‘ture shall be in harmony with was. the Capitol building. Competitive desij C. H. DALY—I was very much aston- | may be called for and thepcomm!ss(ongq: ishéd when I heard Wright had gone over | authorized to expend $1000 In' prizes ‘for to Burns. I suppose he had good reasons | designs. The building is to be constructed for the change, He probably owes his | of California stone. The bill mas roferred speakership to Burns. T don’t think his | to the Committee on Public Buildings. constituents are pleased with the way! A bill providing for an executive man- he has acted, although I am sure he made.| sion has also been introduced in the As- no_pledges. 1 think Wright was honest| sembly, but it differs from Senator Doty's in his flop, if you may call it such. There | measure. in that it appropriates $75,000 are a great many people beginning to | for the purpose. 8 ¥ think that Burns has been misrepresented | _———— Clara Barton tells about the work and that he would probably make ‘a good | Senator. of the Red Cross in Cuba in next Sunday’s CalL SR AN EXECUTIVE MANSION CALL, HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 12. — This session of the Legislature will be called upon to-deter- mine whether the State shall provide a sujtable home for the Governor. Senator Po(y of Sadramento introduced a bill to- day appropriating $55,000 for the erection of an executive mansion to be completed within twe years. Under the terms of the bill a commis- sion consisting of three members, who j shall serve without compensation, but will be allowed reasonable contingent ex- penses. shall have char%e of the construe- H. P. CAPELL—You can express my disapproval of Wright's action in just as 4 strong terms as you like. I am exceed- ) alone making this fight. I have with | me a few loyal and devoted friends, but I have not the support of the State Central Committee or the push. I have not the support of the railroad com- pany nor have I money or patronage at my. disposal. My campaign is clean | and open and can be seen as it is. T | would be glad-to receive honorable support from any quarter and certain- 1y would have no objection if friends of the railroad company should vote for me. It is my belief that the statement | implying that T am the railroad candi- date emanated from the enemy here in Sacramento. It is absolutely without truth and was designed by influences hostile to me.” (ONE MORE VICTIM GAINED Continued from First Page. has added the name of another bright and promising young man to its long list of victims. He will follow in the road of the outcasts gone before. When the Legislature adjourns he will be kept waiting in the anteroom of the yellow building to see Herrin and tell him how he sacrificed himself in the cause of the corporation. A few crumbs of consolation may be thrown to him for a month or two, but the atmosphere will grow colder with each succeeding visit, and in the end the lackeys will not take his card to the | master. In many a barroom from Sis- | kiyou to San Diego may be seen the | wrecks of young and brilliant men who made the mistake early in life of serv- ing the corporation instead of the peo- ple. They tell the story of prosperity in youth, the early promises of a bril- liant career in the public service, the fatal error of yielding to the blandish- ments of the railroad corporation and its agents and the subsequent descend- ing steps to an utterly useless life. The same old story will be told again as often as men betray the people. Mr. Wright made a statement to-day concerning his reasons, or alleged rea- sons, for surrendering his position in the eyes of the public In order to enter the Burns fold. It might as well be termed his confession, but by whatever name it is called, it stands for itself as the pitiful pretense of a man who sees and knows the error of his ways and who seeks to justify himself in the eyes of the public by reciting argu- ments that find no response in his own heart. It is as follows: During the past six or seven days I have heen carefully investigating thé charges made against Colonel Burns by the news- papers, with the result that I believe them to be false, and that he is merely tue vie- tim of enemies who are seeking to destroy him. Moreover, I believe that the people of the State of California, if given time, .will find this out for themselves. have received from the most au- thentic source the information that four members of the Supreme Court are es- pousing the election of Mr. Burns. I do not care to mention their names without their permission. I have ®een in close consultation with Morris M. Estee, whom the people of California know to be thor- oughly reliable and honest, and the life- long friend of Colonel Burns. I have scru- tinized the character of Burns through the statement of Mr. Estee very carefully. In addition, I have received a large num- ber of requests from the most prominent business men in San Francisco asking me to vote for Mr. Burns, together with many individual requests from representative men in my own district. I feel justified in voting for Mr. Burns in preference .to any other candidate at this time for these reasons, -and for the further reason that his trained mind and wonderful organ- \izing abilities, his great heart and gen- erous nature, will accomplish in the Senate of the United States a great good for the State of California, I believe the people of my district ‘and my county, if given the opportunity of the same careful investigation I have had, would, in the majority, agree that I had voted right. And I want to say that I voted as T did because I believed.it to be right. The peor!e who know me know jve to al r]pub]i(: questions the most serfous consideration, and I have Rot come to this decision suddenly. I resd 3 alize that the majority of my constiy are not favorable to Mr. Burns. Goai dacy, but just how many are opposdq to him I do not know, for the reason tiat | have not had the opportunity their preferences. 1 have satisfied my however, of Mr. Burns' integrity. In investigation I have gone through all tye reports of the alleged shortage in Yog County and the alleged shortage in ws Secretary of State's office, and | don’t be lieve he had any more to do with th shortages than had. thing convincing _in i If there is an court records th conclusion that I am ready to stand or fall br my decision to-day. | M. M. Estee is now here as the chief manager of the Burns fight. If Estee | is entitled to any one distinction above | all others it is that of ‘*hoodoo-in-chief” | of every political contest in which he | enters as principal or second. In this | particular instance Burns' cause is so bad and his chances of success so slen- der that Estee cannot do him any | harm, but if harm were possible Estee’s | blunders would find the way to it. Governor Gage's enemies ought to en- joy the spectacle of Gage and Estee working together in a common cause. Estee, inspired by the Examiner and Maguire, made one speech in the late campaign and that one speech did the Republican cause more injury than all the efforts of opposition orators com- bined. The talk goes that Burns, in his despair, may attempt to put Estee in the race for the Senatorship. The fact will be recalled that Burns once managed a Senatorial contest for Estee and the latter had fifty-four supporters in the Legislature, but Dan, who then | had money and the reputation of let- | ting it go, could not muster six more votes to gain .Estee's election. The “hoodoo” hovered around the winning mark and Estee could get no cioser than fifty-four; Estee himself asserts that there is no thought of bringing him into the race. He appears to un- derstand that his political career in | California has closed. The Burns men have caused it to be | circulated that in the event of a dead- | lock by which the Legisldture would | fail to elect a United States Senator it | would then be within the power of Governor Gage to appoint a Senator and that he would appoint Burns. This is merely a sample of the gold bricks that are being handed out here to country legislators. The Senate of the United States has decided in two recent cases, one in Oregon and one in Mon- tana, that if the Legislature fails to elect a Senator then the place must re- main vacant until the regular session of the Legislature, the Governor having no appointing power. SENATORS WILL TRY TO | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| M TO, Jan. 12—A serious condition confronts those members of the Senate who are listening to the importunities of | the hungry- horde of job-chasers and would let them feed at the public trough. The flood of bills since Tuesday has been so great that the State Printing Office has been swamped, and it was given out to-day that bills introduced terday | were not likely to be sent back t week. Among the bills tied .up is the Cutter , tearing the heart out of the Belshaw law limiting the number of employes in | the Senate and Assembly. Something had | the expectation to have the bill ba the Senate the first thing in the morning. ‘The majorit FEED THE JOB CHASERs"h. Shortridge was ready with a resolull\t)‘n digging the bill out of the mire. The r is as follows: efi(fil:s'fw?:?eég. “Fhat the Superintendent of of learling | State Printlug be and he is hereby au- thorized and @irected to print out of orc y | der Senate bill No. 153 upon | the secretary of the Senate the order of for the print- ng of the same. Fre resoiution was adopted, and it e ¢ill then make a desperate it bassed under suspen- he should recommend themselves to the peo to do_this, ple of California at this time. My ast |omeory e et 1ol S skly on the in- talk with any one in regard to the Sena- | dyigence of the minority, for a four-Afths torial situation was With a Judge Of tne | \5i8 18 recescars 1o Sdspend the rules Supreme Court, and he expre e TS LA UL LR e erence for Mr. Burns. 1 can only 'say in | Dimocrate " After adjodrnment this aft- yon the Republican Senators caucused decided_ upon _this course, conse- iexily the Democrats are the recipients due consideration to-night. 1f the bill jasses the Senate to-morrow morning the ‘gsembly will try to dispose of it in the a’ternoon, so that by Saturday the floodg:tes will be opened to the gang of Burns heelers who are now causing the Sacramsnto police ‘to exercise extraor- inary \igilance. The ciucus this afternoon decided to 1d tae bill when it is returned from r. striking out the clauses pro- appointment of all em- her house may. deem nec- 2d enumerating definitely | employes that are to be all the a provided f A foretasts of what may be expected was siyen morning when Cutter, as he majority caucus, intro- wing resolution, which was 5 ! That the secretary of the Senate be and Ia is hereby authorized to appoint a nt at the desk at a per diem of £, payasle our of the contngent fund of the Senate; said appointment to hold good until tre further order of the Senate.” Among bateh of bills introduced by Cuttep w epared by the Good Roads League vision of highw ding for State super- Under the terms of the bill, when a 1ty has constructed s of public roadway, it © ‘o the State High- aind _ kept in repair thereafter by the State §100,000 belng ap- propriated for the pi There was a 1 © falling off in the number of bills offered to-day, and at 11 o'clock the Senate tonk a récess un- til the hour set for the After the ballo ate adjourned joint convention. ator the Sen- t0-mOrrow. —_— JONES-WARDELL CONTEST — BEFORE THE COMMITTEE CALL ' HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENO, Jan. 12.—The Assembly Commit- tee on Contested Elections met to-night in the Supreme Court chambers at the Capitol to receive affidavits and evidence in the case of Leon Jones against As- semblyman Justus Wardell of San Fran- cisco.” Jones was represented by Immi- ration Commissioner Hart North and ¢ ex-State Senator Gesford. omplaint the contestant seeks the election bt Wardell as As- yman from the Thirty-ninth Assem- strict declared null_and void, and k up his action makes charges of general nd Attorney North submitted a fnous afdavit and tre pt to the evidence produced before the court in San Franeisco, and demanded that the committee call upon Registrar_‘Biggy to {: wduce the ballots cast in the contested district. Gesford attempted to bring North to an agree- ment to submif the case on a recount of ballets alone, but North weuld not con- sent, and ‘by resolution the committee fin- ally-decided to issue a subpoena for Reg- istrar Biggy and the tickets. Another meeiin? will be called as soon as they arrive In this cit The case of Mclvers against Mack of Glenn County comes up on Monday, and that of Brophy against O'Brien of the to be done to get this measure up at once, Thirty-first Assembly District of S8an and so when the Senate met this morning | Francisco on Tuesday. DONALD BRUCE WORRYS THELEGISLATORS A TRIFLE