The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1899, Page 2

(& THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1899. ~ INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO test. If a mass-meeting of the voters of his Assembly district is called and the sentiment expressed by that mass meeting is clearly indicatlve of a desire for the Assemblyman to cast his vote for some Senatorial candidate Other than General Barnes, then Mr. Khnights will carry out the wishes of his people as shown by the mass conven- tion. But he will not accept the dictum of any packed assemblage. propose to be deceived by y ing of race tr touts and Southern Paclfie wire pulle bly assemble at some point in the Twenly- first District and endeavor to mold public sentiment The mass meeting must and participated by the reg tive citizens of the district befor: Knights Ay guide taken 2 and He had at that time 18 I him to Colonel présented tc the action of the e of Sacramento 8 an exg wishes constitu efore in- formed Colo Burns that he would vote for lay. Mr. K liy intended to do so, | but f and embly professional Knights, and upon ot the n me spectable and honorable people of the | Twenty-fi s asked that he cc L re- District they ! > to vote for Gen- | eral W. H. ! This ex the high | Knights | , coming fr source it convinced Mr. that the action of the Republican com- | mittee in indorsing Burns meant noth- | ng. He saw that it'had been brought about by unfair methods and at the | sole dictation of the political agents of W. F. Herrin and J. B. Wright. He thereupon assured the committee that he would continue to vote for Genel Bar until his constituents expre: a desire for him to do otherwise. After the Assembly adjourned this afternoon Assemblyman Knights' desk, which is situated in the center of the hall, on the main aisle, was surrounded | by a numbe admiring Senators and | Assemblymer pushed forward | and grasped and extended to | smile of pleasure graced her expr e features as she looked up and saw her | husband receiving the applause of his | fellow-members and friends for having 'Abfif_flaLYMAN"ATHER'[oN OF MARIN IS5 LOoOKING AFTER DAIRY MATTER SN THE AsSEMBLY given such unmistakable evidence that he was eve inch a man. “Until the voters of my Assembly district indicate to me Dbeéyond any doubt that they desire me to change eneral Barnes to some I do not Knights to my vote from G other Senatorial candidate propose to do s0,” said Mr. a representative of The “Last evening after the County Committee ed Colonel Burns I believed an on which I} should heed. 1 was taken ta Colonel Burns and presented to him. I said to | him that I would cast my vote for him to-day. I fuily intended to do so. But this morning I was waited upon by a company of gentlemen, constituents of mine, sufficient In numbers—of unques- tioned character and standing—to sat- isfy me that they spoke for the district. They requested me to continue to vote for General Barnes. informed them that I would do use I felt con- fident from their esentative char- acter they expressed the true and ung biased v € of my people. “I propose to continue in my present course until it is demonstrated to my satisfaction that my constituents want me to change. When 1 am satisfied that they desire that I should support some other candidate then I will do so, but not till then. “I do not propose to do the bidding of any corporation as long as I.am in this Legiglature. The best way to determine the sentiment of the people of my dis- trict as to whether or not I should change my vote is by a mass-meeting of the representative men of the dis- trict. By the action of that mass-meet- ing, if it is a representative gathering, I would be largely gulded. But I am not going to be duped, builldosed or coerced.” This is the statement of a brave, courageous and honorable man who is striving to do his full duty as he sees it and who will not be led astray by Herrin and his gang of political high- THE DAY'S BALLOTING BROUGHT ONE CHANGE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14 — Assemblyman Knights of Sacramento voted for Dan Burns on neither one of the four Mr. | | joint ballots taken to-day for United States Senator. On the contrary As- | semblyman Knights kept right on vot- ing for General W. H. L. Barnes, and for his constancy he was rewarded with as mighty and hearty a shout of com- mendation as ever went up in the As- sembly chamber. All through the morning the Burns forces had advertised it in every cor- ner of the hall that Knights had been | won over. Not won but forced. Shame- | lessly they boasted that the weight of Herrin's influence invoked in their cause yesterday and the made-to-order | instructions of the Sacramento County Republican Ctntral Committee had |availed and that the first ballot would Knights sign hig name to the black- |list. Every member on the flogr was made aware of their supposed :V.ccess |nor was the Senate neglected, and | everything was done that could be to use the fact as a lever and moral | weight on other contrary votes. But Knights rendered their boasting of no effect. He was seated at his desk with Mrs, Knights and a party of friendé when the ballot begai and at- tracted no more attentlon than any of the Burns crowd. That is Mr. Knights | did not until his nameé ‘was reached in the roll call. Then he became for longer than Speaker Wright cared to rap with his gavel the man of the house, and no one of his friends looked so pleased as did Mrs. Knights when he answered ‘Barnes” to the roll cajl in a voice that | said he meant it. Cheers went up from all over the hall and the man who did | not go to the Mexican was so much embarrassed that his wife was com- pelled to bow his acknowledgments. Assemblyman Mgrvin of Humboldt also precipitated applause. After shin- ing for two days as Charles N. Feiton's other vote Dr. Marvin returned to the | camp of Grant, there to remain for an | indefinite period. Dr. Marvin has gained a reputation as a natural born switcher since this joint ballot began. He opened it by puiting George A. Knight in nomination for the Senate. He was sec- onded in his nomination by Boynton of Humboldt and for the day represented the Knight strength on the floor. Dr. Marvin went over to Felton next day and there remained until to-day, when he decided to represent Grant's gain of one, z Although the Ban Diegan rolled up only twenty-seven votes to-day he is actually entitled to ene more; that of Chenoweth of Orange, who was ab- sent through the day because of the serious illness of his mother. Mr. Che- noweth has been a persistent Grant voter from the start and has announced his intention of remaining as such so the southrons were not worried to-day when he failed to transpire. Senator Stratton was another of the absentees and General Barnes’ total was not as large by one because of it, but Stratton will be on hand Monday and his vote will be cast as formerly. There was a good bit of wrangling after the second ballot and only a roll call would settle whether the voting would continue or adjournment be taken. The vote decided for the ballot and things progressed evenly until the fourth had veen taken and no change resulted, when another fight was pre- cipitated and an opportunity created for the Garfield of Santa Clara to come | to the front with a grandstand play for his Mexican master. of those close communions with himself that have been since the session opened the one relaxation of a hard-worked Senator. The Shortridge communion was in active operation throughout the roll call until the ‘name broke the Shortridge trance, and instead of giving off a commonplace “Aye” or “No” the pride of the valley, one hand on his bosom, shouted lustily, *“Dan M. Burns.” He was jeered to the echo, but that's naught to a Shortridge, and satisfied with having relieved the ten- sion of more serious matters the trance was resumed. Pursuant to the decision had in cau- cus yesterday the Democratic minority stayed with its politics and voted an- other list of party favorites. On the first ballot Judge Coffey of San Fran- cisco was honored; on the second Judge William M. Conley of Madera; the third General Hamilton of Placer, and the fourth Charles D. Lane. The first ballot resulted as follows: For Barnes—Senators Digkinson, Luch- singer, Morehouse; Assemblymen Ather- ton, Clough, Knights, Knowiton, Lard- ner, Muenter—9 For Bulla—Senators Currier, f.mpson; Assemblymen Belshaw, Conrey, Cosper, Mellick, Miller of Los Angeles, Robin- son, Valentine—§. For Burns — Senators Bettman, Burnett, Hoey, Laird, Leavitt, Short- ridge, Wolfe; Assemblymen Arne- rich, Barry, Beecher, Cobb, Devoto, Dibble, Henry, JILSON, Johnson, Kelsey, Kelley, Kenneally, Lund- quist, McKeen, Pierce, Rickard, Eu- gene Sullivan, WRIGHT—R25. For Grant—Senators Boyce, Cutter, Jones, Maggard, Nutt, Smith, Trout; Assemblymen Bliss. Blood, Cargill, Clark, Crowder, Dole, De Lancie, Greenwell, Le Barron, McDonald of Alameda, Mc- Donald of Tuolumne, Merrill, Merritt, Mil- ice, Radeliff, Raub, Raw, Works, Huber % —2. For Knight—Senator Gillette, Assembly- man Boynton— For Felton—Assemblyman Brown—1. For Scoti—Senator Davis, Assemblyman Dunla; For —2. For Bard--Senators Flint, Rowell—2. For Paterson—Senator Taylor, Assem- | blyman La Baree—2. or Estee — Assemblymen Wade—2. The second was the same as the first | with the exception of the name of the minoritiy candidate. The third and fourth ballots brought no change and adjournment of the joint convention was taken to Tuesday at noon, when the fight will be resumed. SRt ROUTINE WORK: IN THE SENATE CHAMBER CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14.—U. 8. Grant, Mayor James D. Phelan of San Francisco and Charles L. Patton were among the visit. ors to the Senate chamber this morning, and were interested spectators of the pro- ceedings. One of the most important matters pre- sented for the consideration of the Sena- tors was Trout's constitutional amend- ment abolishing the Board of Raliroad Commissioners. It is the same as the amendment already introduced in the As. sembly by Radcliff, and as both gentle- men are from Santa Cruz it would appear as though that county had a special an- tipathy to the board. The proposed amendment reads as follows: ‘A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California the repeal of sectlon 22 of article XII of the constitu- tion in relation to Rallroad Commission- ers. ““Resolved b{) the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Leglsiature of the State of California at its resulu session, commencing on the second day of Janu- ary, 1869, two-thirds of the members elect- ed to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof, hereby propose that sec- tion 22 of article XII of the cénstitution of the State of California be repealed.” The question of the necessity of ballot- ing for United States Senator on Sunday was brought up and quickly decided in the negative. Hettman moved that when the Senate adjourned it be until Monday. Simpson ’amed to know if a ballot was necessary’ to-morrow. Bettman read the following telegram from Senator Perkins in reply to one sent by Bettman asking for an opinion in the matter: WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13, 1899. Hon. 8. M. Bettman, Sacramento, Cal., 3 PRoxenteld—Senators Feeney, Hall Anderson, He was in one | Senate Judiciary Committee: State Leg- islature is required to vote for Senator only on legislative days. Therefore Sun- day is excepted. GEORGE C. PERKINS.- Morehouse said he had looked up all the laws bearing on the subject.and 8 sat- isfied that no vote was necessuyv&"nl Sun- day. The motion was carried “unani- mously. Dickinson, from the Finance Committee, introduced four bills prepared by the Con- troller, one of which amends the act gov- erning commitments to Whittier; the sec- ond transfers $40,000 from the railway tax contingent fund to the school fund; the third transferring $80,000 from the general fund to the estates of deceased persons fund and $100.000 from the school fund to the estates of deceased persons fund. After adopting the report of the janitor regarding the purchase of new furniture for the Senate chamber and committee- rooms, Assembly concurrent resolution relating to the conversion and appropria- tion of the waters of streams for irriga- tion purposes was read and referred to the Federal Relations Committee. Assembly joint resolution No. 3, in- structing the Congressional delegation to endeavor to secure an appropriation for the completion of the jetty in San Diego harbor, was adopted under a suspension of the rules. ‘Wolfe introduced a bill to compel sav- ings banks to dpubll!h Sworn statements of all unclaimed deposits in their keeping. Referred to the Committee on Banks and Banking. the charter is Martin Kelly, and Martin Kelly has not a vote he can throw against it. His political influence in the present Legislature is a minus quantity, and the gcod old has-been spends his time in tiendly tips that carry no welght and harangues characteristic of the days when he was an influence to be figured on in things political. At the earnest solicitation of Mr. Phe- lan he was fl.ccoullyanied to this city by Hon. Charles L. Patton, and with Pres- ident Dohrman of the Merchants’ Asso- clation and Henry N. Clement, they &Y- peared in the Assembly chamber 'thi morning. but departed after the question at interest had been disposed of until Tuesday. By the adoption of a resolution intro- duced by Blood of Calaveras, City and County Clerks in the State will here- after be provided with two coples each of every bill relative to municipalities or county ‘government. an unimportant meetln%’ last evening, filed its report, in which it recommended that all committee chairmen immedlately submit the names of their clerks that they might be duly appointed. Assemblyman Valentine was in the chair during the greater part of the morn- a recess until 11:45 o'clock, when the As- sembly reassembled and adopted a reso- lution providing that when the Assembly adjourned for the day it should be until 11:30 o'tlock’ Monday morning. The joint Senatorial ballot was begun at noon, and after four votes had been The Committee on-Attaches, which held | ing, and at ten minutes after 10 he called | provisions of the act all employers are re- | quired to provide for men injured while on duty their surgical attention an medicines and such other things as their recovery may necessitate. The limit to the employer’s liab.ity is fixed at three months, and if he fails to do as the act requires he shall be liable for damages in three times the amount expended by the employe on his own account. BULLA AND GRANT ARE NOT THROWING BOUQUETS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14—Robert N. Bulla and General W. H. L. Barnes were to-day tied in the Senatorial contest. BEach had nine votes. Owing to the fact that Senator Stratton of Alameda had returned to his home, General Barnes’ strength was di- minished by one vote. It will be with him again on Monday. The Bullaites had their daily caucus at 5 o’clock this afternoon, and agreed to all stand together for Bulla during the balloting Monday. As yet there are no signs of any additional votes coming to the Bulla column. As the days go by the entente cordiale between the Grant and Bulla men be- comes more strained. The, winning over of Assemblyman Huber by the Grant peo- ple has angered some of Bulla's friends, =\ . '/:'?nm( > 4 ASSEMBLYMAN DIBBLE MOVES T0 AD_JOURN\ TILL MONDAY, Bims offered a resolution, which was adopted, lnstructlng the State Printer to | print 600 copies of ex-Governor Budd's | second biennial message and 600 copies of | Governor Gage's inaugural address. | Resolutions authorizing the president of the Senate to increase the County Govern- ment and Township Organization and the Roads and Highways committees by two members each were referred to the) Com- mittee on Rules. g Glllette offered a comeurrent resédution which was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations requesting the Congres- slonal delegation tc work for an appropri- | ation for the completion of the improve- ments at Humboldt Bay. 3 | Cutter offered a resolution instructing | the sergeant-at-arms to purchase and the | Comptroller to pay out of the contingent fund therefor $75 for rubber stamps for use of the Senators. Referred to the Committee on Attaches. A petition was presented from the Pres- byterian church of Chico requesting the Senators and Assemblymen to enact a Sabbath law. ‘When the Senate reconvened after the joint convention Braunhart. speaking to | a question of privilege, denounced as un- | true the insinuation of a San Francisco paper that his bills limiting the pay of | court stenographers and reducing the rate of interest are in the nature of | “cinch” measures. | The Senate then adjourned until 10 a. m. | Monday, the following bills hayving been | intreduced during the day. THE CHARTER WILL BE CONSIDERED TUESDAY | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Jan. 14—8an Francisco's char- | ter was this morning made the special | journal. It was dene upon motion of As- semblyman Cobb of S8an Francisco, and finally removes that, precious document beyond any slight danger there may have been of its suffering by amendment at the | hands of the Judiciary Committee. It was feared by the more nervous of the friends of the document that Dib- ble's motion of yesterday to recall it from the Committee on Municipal Corporations and rerefer it to the Judiciary Commit- tee preceded an attempt to cut out certain sections objectionable to the San Fran- cigco push, but the truth is that, though Dibble is sald to have had some such in- tention, he was the only one of the com- mittee who had, and would not have been strong enough to effect his plan. The charter has not-been for a minute in any actual jeopardy, and Dibble himself will vote for it when it comes up for its final reading and passage. This howl of danger to it and these pleas for eternal vigilance have been to *ar plan of advertising just now the one dea of Mayor James Phelan. Does there go out an announcement that the charter is being considered and Mr. Phe- lan’s daily issue blazons forth “‘Danger to the charter,” and Jamesy, with Eddie Fay (afxlng along_to see -to the immaculate polish of the Phelan shoes, and the bur- nishing of the Phelan tile, resumed since election, hurries to the Capitol. It is a clever somersault before the grand stand, but it has no excuee In reason. The one man in Sacramento who is out against order in the Assembly for Tuesday morn- la ing, immediately after the reading of the | y effect no other purpose than the spectacu- | taken the joint convention adjourned un- til Monday noon, and the Assembly to the hour on Monday agreed upon earlier in the day. SR S THREE IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14.—Assemblyman Meade of Los Angeles is out after the many and variegated so-called investment compa- nies. The Western siope has for the past half a dozen years been a prolific fleld for about every catch-penny, scheme that a clever grafter can concéive, and few of them have ever resulted in anything save profit to the promoter. San Francisco and Le$ Angeles particularly have been successful flelds of operation. Mutual benefit associations have builded up assets of thousands of dollars out of no apparent capital, and although Califor- nfa’s code does not permit of preferred stocks In its corporations, so-called pre- ferred stocks, thinly disguised, guaran- teeing amewhere from 6 to 12 per cent per annum to-any one who cares to put his savings in_them, have been unloaded all over the State, and every year has its story to tell of one or more of the con- cerns going broke, its patrons with it It is these institutions that Assembly- man Meade is after, and the more reputa- ble class as well. Among the numerous good bills he has already introduced is one that he handed up to the clerk’s desk this afternoon, which brings all of these assoclations under the class known as building and loan assoclations, and makes them amenable to the rules and regula- tlons of the Building and Loan Com- mission. The bill also hits a_ solar plexus blow thoge building and loan associations methods are as questionable as | their assets, In providing that any mem- | ber or investor shall have the right to | withdraw from ~the association upon \\hlrly days’ notice, and that if his in- vestment and accrued interest be not | pald within ninety days after formal no- | tice is given, the corporation may issue | no more of its stock until such with- drawal s fully liquidated. | An association shall be insolvent when | its assets are less than the dues that have | been paid in, and any insolvent associa- \tlon must pare down the face of its stock | enough to offset its arrearages or go into the hands of a receiver. The provisions | of the bill relating to insolvency are taken from the laws now in effect in New York, | Ilinois and Indiana. | Works of San Diego also introduced a }bxll gulating the appointment of not- | aries public. Under the present law the | only qualification necessary in an appli- cant for a notary's certificate is the sig- | natures of two citizens of standing in | his community. Under the law proposed by Works, an applicant must undergo ex- amination by the Superior Judge of his ‘coumy and must have lived in the county | in which he makes application for a year or more. A bill, sald to have been drafted at the | request’ of associated labor, was intro- | duced during the morning, and bids fair to attract considerable attention before | it 1s finally passed. It takes a .ar step | forward for the betterment of the men who are employed in factories, foundries or in any business where stationary ma- chinery {s used and where the record of injuries is necessarily a long one. By the and they are very bitter about it. Assem- blymen Valentine and Mellick, and po: bly Conrey, will never vote for Grant under any circumstances. But Senator Simpson, Senator Currier and Assembly- man Miller can probably e prevailed upon to do so should they ever leave Bulla. This would give Grant four of the eight votes from the Los Angeles delega- tion. Bulla is not voting just now, but should his name ever be dropped he will then be in a position to exercise his right to vote, but he will never go to Grant. It is asserted positively that under no cir- cumstances is there a vote in the Los All(fel?s delegation for Burns, and this is undoubtedly true. The Los Angeles Sen- ator or Assemblyman who casts his vote for the Candelaria colonel is ready for tne political undertaker, as far as his future prospects in Los Angeles County are cerned. There are a number of Los An- -4 geles politicians who desire Burns' elec- | tion, but they can be named and told off f Among | on the fingers of your two hand them might be named William E. Dunn, ex-City Attorney; Frank P. Flint, United States Attorne Osborne, United States Marshal; W. F. Parker, Governor Henry T. Gage and his satellites. But these parties do not cut any figure in the Republican politics of their home county any more. They cannot swing one vote from Bulla to Burns, if Bulla retires from the fight, save for a good round consid- eration. The Grant men, on the other hand, are very bitter against Bulla. They think that if Grant could have the eight votes from Los Angeles County he would be on the high road to an’ election. That would give him only thirty-five votes, and he would still be lacking twenty-six of the required number. But as long as Bulla remains in the fight Grant will not have any more Los Angeles County votes than he has to-day. The treacherous Huber will probably stay with him to the end, he sees fit to ‘“‘do poli- or least u tic and make another swit Five Grant supporters in Southern California have announced that if they ever leave Grant they intend to vote for Thomas R. Bard of Ventura. They said that under | no circumstandes will they go to Bulla. Bard now has two votes. Senator Ches- ter Rowell of Fresno and Senator Thomas Flint of San Benito are voting for Bard Just at present. BULLA'S SUPPORTERS WANT GRANT NEXT CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14.—There will be quite an effort put forth by the friends of U. S. Grant in Los Angeles during the next few days to prevail upon the Los Angeles delegation to drop Bulla out of the fight and go over to Grant, on the ground that by so doing they will probably insure the election of a Southern California candi-,| date, or at least lend their aid to that end. To-day a number of individual tele- grams were received by Bulla's Los An- geles County supporters from parties who were delegates to the last Republican convention held in that county to the ef- fect that they believed that Bulla could not be elected and that it was now time for them to go to Grant. In addition to the individual telegrams a general tele- gram exteneively signed was received by lSPnulors Simpson and Currier. It fol- ows: We, the undersigned delegates to the Re- publican county -convention, belleve that the CEN JF.SREERAN WHO IS IN SACRAMENTO To DO PMISSIONARY WORK. MISERADLE FOR THIS LADY PARKES LFE MmEMDPERS OF THE T LEGISLATURE. LELAND S TANFORD MURDNY TME SMALLEST PAGE OF THE ASSEMBLY. & d | ried out, con- | ulla. have been car. be lature to vote for R. N. and believing that he cannot fornian United States Senator. 1 y. LEMOYNE WILLS, . M. GARLAND, B. MILLER, S. BULLFINCH, F. ORR, F. DONEGAN, FRANK GILL CAL F. HU M. M. GILLESPIE, ROBERT A. ROWAN, E. M. HALLETT, E. A, HEM . BOUFILIO, A4 et OAKLAND REPUBLICANS REPUDIATE WRIGHT Oakland this morning published the fol- lowing: CITIZENS TO REPUDIATE THE ALAMEDA BURNS LEGISLATORS. OAKLAND, Jan. 14—The Tim The sentiment in this community has been so outraged at the possibility of California being represented in the United States Senate by a man of the character of Dan Burns that steps have been taken to call a mass-meeting, to be held this evening t Exposition Hall, formerly Mills Tabernacle, to express a popular protest. It is proposed to make this a big demon- stration of disapproval by the reputable Republicans of Alameda County of the aetion of those Senators and Assembly- men who voted for Burns. Prominent speakers will be present and address the meeting, and an effort will be made to bring public sentiment to bear on the legislators of this county, who, it is be- lieved, misrepresent their constituents. The arrangements for the meeting have not been completed yet, but Exposition Hall, formerly Mills Tabernacle, has been’ engaged for this evening, The action of Speaker Wright in voting for Burns has evoked a storm of protest and it is proposed to make to-night’'sdem- onstration one that will leave no question as to Alameda County sentiment. The meeting was postponed owing to the Municipal League Convention and wet weather. e i MARVIN HOLDS THE RECORD AS SWITCHER CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- M 0, Jan. 14.—Assemblyman G. D. Marvin of Humboldt County has the rec- ord for the week on changing his vote in the Senatorial contest more frequent than any of the hundred and twenty mem bers of the Senate and Assembly who have now given over the greater portian of flve days to thirteen fruitiess ballots in an attempt to elect a United States Senator. Assemblyman Marvin_started out by voting for George A. Knight. THen on the second day he changed his vote to Grant. On Thursday he made another switch and voted for Charles N. Felton. he still remained true to ex-Sena- tor Felton, but to-day one more change and again’ he cast his vote for Grant. Assemblyman Marvin has made four | chang s and has voted for three different candidates. Where he will ultimately wind up it s hard to predict, but the Grant men think he will now re- main with them. *‘It is nobody’s .business how T vote,”™ said the Assemblyman from far off Hum- | boldt, when questioned to-day as to who his next choice would be. “I vote as I see fit and as I believe my constituents would like to have me vote and they are the only people who have any right to hold me accountable. Further than this, | 1,do not care to discuss this question at Mr. Marvin admitted that he thought Grant was the choice of a good many of his constituents, but not all of them. He denicd emphatically that he had been in- fluenced in switching his vote so often by any consideration other than that of di charging his duty to his constituents as he conceived it.” The Grant men think that Marvin will be with them when the balloting is resumed Monday, but as a matter of fact no one save Marvin him- self knows what camp he will be in when his name Is called for the fourteenth bal- DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL TIMBER EXHAUSTED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan, 14.—On the four ballots taken to-day the Democrats exhausted the Senatorial timber they had selected to mark with the empty honor of their thirty-three votes, save in one instance. O the first ballot on Monday they will vote for Hon. Abbott Kinney of Los An- geles. No caucus has yet been officially called to select Democrats to be voted for on the other ballots which will probably be taken during the day, but it is under- stood that a meeting will be held early on Monday morning to make a selection for flve more ballots. Senator Feeney continues to vote for John Rosenfeld, and utterly ignores the action of the Demo- cratic caucus. On some of the hallots Senator Hall joins him, but not often, The Democrats are growing weary of the deadlock, but thus far there seems to be no general sentiment among the mi- nority members in favor of interfering. The majority of the Democrats seem to favor the idea that the Republi should settle their own i f;n'flil;3 fight. There are some Democrats, how- ever, who do not feel this way, and who are ready at any tme to offset’ the votes of any Democratic members who may be unduly_influenced to vote for a Republi- can, This fact Is known to the Burns push, and it is not pleasant information to them. THE FIRST WAVE OF ECONOMICAL LEGISLATION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14.—This Legislature of 1599 has come to the Capitol pledged to econ- omy in the fullest and against the multi- tude of commissions that have flourished for years for no other purpose than the spending of their appropriations. The fight was begun this morning in the Assembly, when Grove L. Johnson of Sac- mento introduced a resolution instructing the Committee on Commissions and Pub- lic Expenditures to begin an investigation into every commission with offices at the Capitol and eisewhere and to report as soon as is practicable those that may be weeded out, and others that may consist- ently be reduced or consplidated with others. Mr. Johnson's resolution, which was as follows, was adopted by a unanimous vote: Resolved, That the Committee on Commis- gions and Public Expenditures be and they are hereby directed to inquire into the manage- ment of all the State commissions and report to the House by bill or otherwise what, if any, changes are needed therein, and what, if any, commisgions could be aholished, and what, if any, eaving can be effected in the management of said commissions. And said commission 1s hereby glven power to send for persons and papers in order to make a thorough and com- plete Investigatior - Feeney Wants Pure Elections. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14.—The bill introduced in the Senate to-day by Feeney of San Fran- clsco, amending the purity of elections law, amends section 18, making it manda- tory upon the District Attorney to insti- tute proceedings against violators of the provisions of the act on receiving infor- mation of such violation. If he should fail to prosecute after receiving such infor- mation he shall be deemed guilty of mis- demeanor and shall forfeit his office. Section 32 is amended to provide that any person offending against the purity of elections law is a competent witnesn imstructions to representatives o the Legis- | agiinst another offend by request that you at once vote | ant and thus elect a Southern Cali- | ['passage. er, and he may be conpelled to testify. But the testimony 50 gven shall not be used against him, and the person so testifying shall not be liable thereafter to indictment or pre- sentment or prosecution for his offense. Wrong Credit Given. A\DQUARTERS, SACRA- ' —The Call this morning, In refersing to the constitutional amend- m ezempting churches -and_chapels Lromi- taut h was introduced in he Senae inadvertently cred- ed the to Senator Braun- hart. It Se or Wolfe who had the honor of cfering it. THE TAX COLLECTION LAW IS LEGAL CA:LL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 14.—A letter received by Governor Gage knc the bottom out of the scheme plamed by San Francisco and Sacramento lawvers to collect on behalf of forty-two counties of this State large Sums on the setlement of State taxes. t ariendm It was rou estimated that $1,500,000 was due the variois counties as commis- sions for the collection of State taxes. The claim was put forward by the law- jers In the scheme that the Dill in the ling m collection the ; ceive a constitutional Senate. The recc cited to prove th voted for the Senator Campbell’s name was not recorded as voting. Contracts were theref. the attorneys and the B visors by which Devlin & y and Slack, Rodgers San Francisco were to re 40 per cent of all the mone e made between ds of Super- Jevlin of this & Paterson of ve from 25 to collected from the State. The Call thoroughly sed the scheme, 2 conclusivelv that 1f $1,600,000 w from the State treas- ta to reimburse t u he cou: for com= missions vnder the old law, the Stare wonid be ccmpelled to levy a'tax on the various ccunties to+make good the sum € the treasury. The tax- payers would therefore lose all that was galned ‘rom the State, and in_adlition be corapelied to pay nearly a haif milijon dollars to the lawyers. There is ne longer a douht that the law was passed in a constitutional manuer. Senator Campbell has written the foilow= ing letter to the Governo: SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 1899, His cellency, Governor Henry T. Gage, Sacramento—Dear Sir: Referring to the repeal of the law in 1893 allowing county officers a commission for collect- ing the State’s portion of taxes I wish to state that the bill had my hearty support throughout and also my vote on its final But evidently through a clerical ASSEMBLYMAN MERR(TT ENIOYS (HEW NG ABIT OF SALRAMENTO WATER. BEFORE EALH MEAL or typographi should passa al error my name, which s voting aye on the @nal omitted in the printed pro- ceedings. v respectfully, *» R. H. CAMPBELL, Senator ond Senatorial District, Ses- sion of 1891 PROBABLY PERISHED DURING THE STORM Vain Search for a Mining Prospector Who Is Missing From Redding. . REDDING, Jan. 14.—Charles Burglen, one of the two men who had been miss- ing from Iron Mountain for five days, turned up safe and sound late yesterday afternoon. The horses for which he and Cal Kracher went in search on snowshoes were found at a great distance in the mountains. On the way to Iron Moun- tain the two men separated, Burglen pro- ceeding down Whis Creek and arriv- ing home without much difficulty. Kracher took another route, driving the horses before him. Up to a late hour this afternoon no_tid of Kracher had been received, and his friends express the be- lief that he lost his way in the mist and fog and perished in the sno Search parties have hunted for him in vain for several days, and all hope prac- tically has been abandoned. It is stated that Kracher's real name is Rocher, he having had money on deposit in this city under that name. SANTA CRUZ POWDER MILLS EXPLOSION Building Partially Wrecked and a Workman Loses the Sight of ' One Eye. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 14.—An explosion in the rifle smokeless powder mill this after- noon wrecked the powder press and blew off a portion of the roof and sides of the bullding. Ralph Bradley was injured on the leg by a fiying piece of machinery, and William Turner's face was so badly burned that the sight of one eye probably is lost. Ten pounds of high-pressure pr building and owder exploded in the 88, setting fire to the mmunicating to several hundred pounds of smokeless powder, which was burned. Two bottles of nitro- glycerine exploded, blowing a hole in the floor six feet in diameter. Turner was on the platform overlooking the press when the explosion occurred.. H. Pawsey, J. Ward, J. Holmes and H. Jarvis were in the building, but escaped without injury.