The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1899, Page 2

[ THE BAN FRA ISCO CALL, FRIDAY. JANUARY 27, 1899. INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO. BURNS DRIVEN 10 DESPERATION The Mexican Now Playing Every Known Political Trick. Seeing Ruin Staring Him in- the Face, He Tries to Stack the Cards His Weary to Deceive and Hold Supporters. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—The touts are saying there has been a great 'nt regarding Burn: > people cf the State want because the new Burns for United States Senator. were registered for Burns in 1ssembly to-day. His voting h is where it was the day that Howard Wright deserted Bulla. TY influence that Burns and his touts, backed by th Southern Pacific Rail- 1ld bring to bear h been em- 1 to boost the colonel tu first place t, but he is still below he colonel is now playing another m his slee Agen! hrough- « are seeking to get County [ esolutions passed com- T for the Senate and ad- ature to break the me was opened in but it did not work in that ality. A majority of the County | Committee could not be corraled. The indorsement was denied and expected r county the secret caucus. not certain by any means that can win with a caucus, but it is thing that he cannot win with- is uts talk of something to next week. This time they Dan to do something and the Col ’ himself knows that some- thing must be done to hold his own He perceives that h n of the Senatorship. ed eleven bills file to-morrow k the measures. The sco er is out of the d the coyote bill will soon be up neral discuss Less than a half s time each y is consumed in g for United States Senator. It is entiment among leading Repubh- that the people can get along a Senator rather than submit race of Burns' election. The will be a general assault on the Grant can between this time and Monday evening. Colonel Burn: aking a close study of the weak in the Grant line The Bulla > Gran must come at an day and they are cherishing the that the break will not benefit iwrns. The proposition is laid down that Burns could not get a caucus if the Grant men were left perfectly free | to go to whomsoever they pleased. In the break Barnes, Bulla and Scott would get the majority of Grant's men. e Bulla and Burns men are therefore hting on the same line in opposition to Grant. Wherever the slightest weakness is upporter of Grant the touts make a dead set to surround him. It is believed that Le Barron of Sonoma is preparing to leave the Grant fold. He convincead that his constituents want him to leave and do not want him to go to Burns. He says that the peo- ple of Petaluma are in favor of General Barnes for United States Senator and he also announces an intention to be guided by the desires of the -people who elected him. He acknowledges that Petaluma is solid for Barnes, but fancies that other sections of the county may favor Scott. While entertaining these conflicting notions concerning the popularity of Barnes and Scott he is reflecting that Colonel Burns would not be personally objectionable to himself. Le Barron has been voting so far this sion to please Senator Perkins and ex-Assemblyman Price. It is suggest2d by his friends in Sonoma County that he ought to changeé his programme and vote to please the people who elected him to the Legislature. The document signed by certain mem- bers of the executive committee of the Republican State Central Commitice has not yet reached the “organization” in this city. It is known here that sig- were obtained in San Fran- he feeling here among Repub- licans who care for party success in the future is in favor of eliminating both Grant and Burns from the contest. sis harmony can be restored reditable Senator chosen. mblymen who have been voting for Burns were seen to-night. They expressed the opinion that something in the way of aggressive work in the direction of detaching men from the Grant camp would be pressed as soon as the report of the investigating com- mittee is submitted to the House. When it transpired late to-night that the re- port of the committee would not white- wash Grant, Green or Wright, the Bulla forces manifested considerable delight. Bulla and his lieutenants estimate that they will get the support of a majority of the Grant men. Inquiry all along the line disclo: the information that ‘General Barnes is the second choice of . many of the Grant men. Should the ‘Grant forces dissolve Barnes is likely :to be the chief gainer. What is mare significant still is the fact that Barnes geems to be the second choice of the Burns men. They admit his popularity and his eminent services to the party. Irving M. Scott will return to San Francisco to-morrow. He may decide to come back to this city and endea- . vor to put more vigor into his cam- paign or he may conclude to await a turn in the affairs of thg contest. Mr. Scott’s reception has been civil and cor- dial, but he has not received much political encouragement. e 3 DENNERY WILL NOT GET ASHE'S SEAT . CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—Leon Dennery will not be a Senator from the Twenty- - fourth District of California this year nor for.over three years yet to come, at least. The Call has information that the 4 inst him. There are no | this hour that the R an memb f the Legislature committees will be | and only hope of the | disintegration | | committee, or at least a majority of it, | will decide the Dennery-Ashe contest |in favor of R. Porter Ashe. { There never was anything to Den. | nery’s contest for a seat in the Twenty- | fourth Senatorial District. His evi- dence was submitted, but it made no favorable impression on the committee. All day the committeemen have been | listening to the argument made by ex- ator Eugene Bert in behalf of Dene y, and the technicalities he raised his reasons why the expressed wishes of a majority of the voters in the Twenty-fourth Senatorial District hould be overturned and Dennery ated in the Senate to act as messen- ger boy for Danlel M. Burns. At the conclusion of ex-Senator Bert's argument the committee was | | ready to render a decision, but Senator Ashe’s attorney started in on an argu- ment in his client’s behalf to show the | very weak case Dennery had presented. The committee will, in all probabil- ity, make a unanimous report in favor of permitting Senator Ashe to retain | h eat, although there may be two nators who might bring in a minority | merchant marine to the nece: course, taking great interest in the matter and its manager, J. A. Filcher, who had charge of California’s exhibit at Hamburg, was presen: in the As- sembly chamber when the bill came up this morning on its final passage. He was much rleased with the little op- position it encountered and is confident that it will be as well received in the Senate, “We are trying to get'for California 10,000 so--e feet of space for her ex- hibit, but I am afraid we will not be able to get it. The United States is to have only 160,000 feet in all. “One feature of our ‘exhibit will be a topcgraphical map of San Franciseo Bay which will illustrate our commer- clal advantages and shipping facilities for trans-Pacific trade. We will also have our collectors go out into the State to gather in exhibits from the timber sectionz, the mines and the ag ricultural region. There will also be shown a number of Irving M. Scott's models of California built warships and ocean liners. I, of course, do not know whom Gov- ernor Gage will appoint as commission- ers, but I think the scheme a good one to select one each from the northern, central and southern sections of the State.” There are those who claim to know, however, of two of the appointments that will be made. Assemblyman Val- entine is one and Mr. Filcher himself another, thougk Hon. E. F. Adams, a prominent fruit grower of Santa Cruz County, is said to be a candidate from Central California and if this Le so he will, of course, be an opponent of Mr. Filcher. The bill has been transmitted to the Senate for final action. e BOYCE. WANTS TO HELP THE MERCHANT MARINE LL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—Senator Boyce of Santa Barbara to-day introduced a joint resolu- tion asking Congress to take action to bolster up the merchant marine, The res- olution was as follows: Whereas, Our experience during the recent war with Spain has demonstrated the great advantages to any government arising from an adequate fleet of auxiliary steamships, from which such government can be supplied in cases of great emergency, and has also demon- strated the comparative inadequacy of our ities of our peo- ple, either in peace or war; ‘Whereas, The experlence of all the leading nations of the world has shown that a mer- chant marine can be fostered and developed by a prudent extension of the policy of sub- sidizing lines of modern vessels for the trans- portation of mails upon the ocean; and Whereas, The extension of our possessions SN FRAIISE NEW CHAVTER I KT 1§ DMGER Rumor of Its Possible Nullification. BILL IN ASSEMBLY SCARES AN ACT FOR REORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPALITIES. The Measure Is Intended to Effect Only Those Towns That Are Being Governed Without Charters. Considerable alarm has been occa- sioned in this city by the persistent rumors that have been given circula- tion, both here and in Sacramento. to the effect that the new charter was in danger of being practically wiped out or nullified by the passage of a hill re- cently introduced in the Legislature en- titled “An act to provide for the re- organization of municipal corporations and for determining the population thereof.” There is no occasjon for alarm. The charter is an accomplished fact, and no legislation is pending or contemplated that is likely to affect it one way or another. The rumors were probably started by opponents of the charter. although for what purpose it is difficult to imagine. They may have been de- luded into believing that the proposed hill was really aimed at San Fraucisco's charter. The bill referred to provides “that the legislative body of any municipal cor- minutes of tte meeting should be cor- rected by the ndol)tlon of a resolution set- ting forth tlat he appeared before the board to-day and submitted facts show- ing that the State Board of Examiners had at a prior meeting approved the claim of the said Polk, and that he (Fitzgerald) voted for the allowance of the sum named. Rugior says the session was somewhat' animated. Governor Gage refused to stand for any such change of the record as Mr. Fitzgerald suggested, and his fellow mem- bers supported him in the stand. The Gov- ernor pointed out that there were two ways open for the payment of Mr. Polk. One was to apply to the court for an or- der directing the State Board of Exam- iners to allow the claim, and the other was to BDNY to the Legislature for a re- lief by a bill appropriating the amount claimed. Governor Gage was firm in his determination to resist a correction of the minutes. He maintained that the adoption of the method in this case would open the door to the admission of other claims on the same ground. Mr, Fitzger- ald insisted that the minutes should be amended to show the real action of the board, but his arguments did not change the pdsition of the Governor. REGISTRAR BIGGY HAS A REGISTRATION BILL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—W. J. Biggy, the Regis- trar of Voters of San Francisco, is here for the purpose of securing data and post- ing himself as to the condition of meas- ures affecting registration of voters and primary elections. It is Mr. Bigg: de- sire that no laws shall be enacted which are not in conformity with and operative under the new charter of San Francisco. One bill has been introduced in the Sen- ate providing for voting by affidavit. This would avoid the necessity for the publica- tion of registers other than by index, but by some extraordinary oversight the city of San Francisco is excluded from the provisions of the act. Untll the new charter gos into effect the registration in San Francisco will be taken under a law passed in 1878, but un- der the provisions of the charter the city is hroufihl within the jurisdiction of the general Jaw. In the proposed primary law there is a provision providing that registration shall commence forty-five dags before the elec- tion and close not less than thirty days prior thereto. Sectfon 1094 of the present registration law is unconstitutional In that it is claimed to be unjust and it is alleged that no one has a right to pass specifically. A blll has also been introduced in the Senate which provides that the heading of three political parties shall be prin(firf at the head of every ballot and by putting a cross opposite “Democratic,”” “Republi- can,” or “Populist” one person can, if he desires to do so, by one cross vote the en- tire straight ticket, or if he desires to vote for one or more candidates of an- other party he can do so by putting a’ CALL HEADQUARTERS. SAC same as yesterday, and only one wa: The monotony of the proceedin tion by Belshaw to dispense with t day’s joint session. The motfon pre first successive attempt was over a noon. The vote was as follows: WHOLE NUMBER OF VOTES NECESSARY TO CHOICE. 59 BARNES ESTEE BULLA . BURNS . FELTON DE VRIES ROSENFELD . BARD . WHITE . $, MWOMWMM¢W#WWO’ ONE BALLOT TAKEN AND STILL NO CHANGE ballot brought no change to the Senatorial situation. 4040404040+ 0+0+0+0 404040+ Jan. 26.—To-day's joint The vote was the RAMENTO, s taken. gs was somewhat mitigated by a mo- he reading of the minutes of yester- vailed, and by half-past 12 the thirty- nd adjournment taken to to-morrow CAST, 116. 31 CHOHO404C4 040+ O 404040404 H4 0404040404040+ 2404040404040+ O 40404040400 Pilot Commis- Benicla and pointment of a Board of sioners for San Francisco, Mare Island, who shall be competent shipmasters 'or nautical men. He also restricts the appointments, ~which the Governor shall make, with the consent of the Senate, to citizens of San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Vallejo or Benici leaving out the clause in the present law | which also includes the town of Brooklyn. SR MANY BILLS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—The Assembly spent most of its time to-day In passing bills. 1t began' work along that line in the morning by taking up Valentine's As- sembly Bill 62, making an appropriation of $120,000 for CaMfornia's exhibit at the Paris Exhibition in 180. The measure passed with only six votes against it and will be transmitted to the Senate at once. Assembly bill 243, by Sullivan of San Franclsco, was given Iits third read- ing and finally passed. By its provisions San Francisco is permitted to erect a new City and County Hospital. ‘The bill introduced by Dunlap of Stock- | { | | VWHITE WASH - SANFORD WILL' CERTAINLY*NOT- FAVOR. \ report. There are, on the other hand, five who are known to be in favor of throwing out Dennery’s contest. The testimony in this foolish proceed- | ing taken in San Francisco made up | three large volumes of type-written | matter, in all nearly 4000 pages. | Senator Ashe and his brother, Will | Ashe, were the only two witnesses to | take the stand. Dennery may con- | tinue in his position as messenger boy | to the colonel, but he will not be a | State Senator for a while at least. ——— {ASSEMBLY INDORSES CALIFORNIA’S EXHIBIT CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—The bill which is to assure California a fitting exhibit of her wealth of -products at the Paris Exposition in 1900 passed the Assembly this morning with only six votes against it. As the bil was first introduced by Assembl; man Valentine of Los Ange- les it carried an appropriation of $150,- 1000, but after a talk with Governor Gage Valentine amended it, cutting the amount down to $120,000. This amount comprehends the $5000 salary to be paid each of the three commissioners, who are to be appointed by the Governor, the expense of gathering together the exhibit and its transportation to the European capital, the expense of main- taining the exhibit at Paris throughout the exposition. It covers, in fact, every expense that will necessarily attach to the big exhibit this State has in con- templation. The State Board of Trade is, of - and the development of our commerce now de- mands and the superior skill displayed by American workmen 4n marine architecture jus- tifies the Federal Government in adopting, a liberal policy for the building up of our ocean carrying trade; now, there, be it Resolved, By the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, jointly, that our Senators in Congress be instructed and our members in the House of Representatives of the United States be requested to encourage, promate and support by all honorable means the passage of such measures as shall stimulate and develop in a just degree our natural resources and ca- city as ship builders and ocean carriers; and e it further Resolved, That we urge the propriety and ex- pediency of the Federal Government subsidiz- ing an adequate number of mail carrying lines of steamships, and the passage of such laws on the part of Congresa as shall encour- age the building of American vessels capable carrying to the full measure our foreign trade, o that the United States of America may take and maintain upon “God's highway" the prestige which ought and may ever be the heritage of the descendants of the heroes of the war of 1812, to the end that the American merchant marine shall be second to no other on the globe: and be it further Resolved, That the secrétary of the Senate be and he Is hereby instructed to transmit and mail to our Senators and Representatives in Congress & copy of these resolutions. —_— Shortridge’s Oratorical Influence. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—The oratory of Charles M. Shortridge of San Jose seems to be wasted on the desert air. To-day he ad- dressed. the Senate, using all of the well- known powers he possesses both as to de- l|veri' and dictionary. After the Senate had listened patiently for half an hour to the flow of words it proceeded by an al- most unanimous vote to do directly what Senator Shortridge advised be not done. Senator Simpson introduced a bill provid- ing for the purchase for the Senate of twenty-six royal index flles. It was for the passage of this resolution the Senator from Santa Clara made such a grand ora- torical effort. But despite his good offices the resolution was defeated by an almost unanimous vote. t w '‘WoULD - PROBABLY LIKE ASSEMBLYMAN CLOUGH .TO. LARDNERY FAVOR S THOROUGH - PAINT A PORTRAIT 'OF EX-GOY."BUDD . INVESTIGATION poration upon receiving a petition for the reorganization of said corporation under a higher or lower class, signed by not less than one-fifth of the auali- fied electors of said corporation, as shown by the vote cast at the last municipal election held therein. shall submit to the electors of such city, at a special election to be called within two weeks after receiving such petition, the question whether such city shall so reorganize under and in accordance with the provisions of this act.” Assembly bill 53 has been carefully examined by Atterney Garret Mc- Enerney, who says it has no bearing on the charter or the municipal govern- ment of San Francisco. “If this bill should become a law.” said Mr. McEnerney, it would have no effect on any chartered city. It would only be supplemental to the municipal corporation act of 1883, and only those cities incorporated under that act would be affected. “Chartered cities are not divided into classes, and this act clsarly states that it is for the murpose of enabliig those cities that are incorporated under the general incorporation act to reorganize into a higher or a lower class, as in- crease or decrease in population may make advisable.” ° OPPOSED TO CORRECTING AN OLD BOARD’S MINUTES CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—An important meeting of the State Board of Examiners was held with closed doors to-day. Ex-Attorney General Fitzgerald went before’the hoard and requested that the minutes of a meet- ing held during the administration of Gov- ernor Budd should be amended to show that fayorable action was taken on the claim of I. H. Polk, expert of the Rall- road Commission. The amount of the claim is $7700. The record shows that ac- tion was postponed on the motion to al- low the claim, although the approval was favored by Governor Budd. Mr. Fitz- gerald, in presenting his statement to the meeting to-day, said that the minutes were not correct, as the claim was allowed and not postponed. The ex-Attorney General proposed to Governor Gage, Attorney General Ford and Secretary of State Curry that the ke o cross ‘o The b substance as follows: Section 1094. A register, in which shall be entered the names. of the qualified electors of each of the counties in the State, shall be kept at the office of the County Clerk of such county, and in each of the cities and counties in the State such a register shall be kept in {Be offico of the person charged with the reg- stration of voters in such city and county. There shall be in each of the counties and cities .and counties in the State (where regis- tration is now required by law to take place previous to each general election, -and in other countles, or citles and counties, when re- quired by the Board of Superyisors or other board having charge and control of elections), a new and complete registration of the voters of such counties and cities and counties who are entitled thereto and who apply with the proper proof. Such registration shall com- mence at least general election and shall continue ————— next ensuing, when such gegistration shall cease. Every landlord, or ki Fper of any premises where lodgers abide, shall keep a list of the names of all lodgers ocoupying rooms or sleeping apartments or beds in the premises under his control, com- mencing such list on the one hundredfh day prévious to eny election, and such list shall kept daily, so as to be ready for reference and inspéction by the Board af Election Com- missioners or a clerk delegated by them for that pu . Blank lists shall be furnished to every landlord or keeper of premises where lodgers abide and shall be collected datly by order of the Election Commissioners; suc blanks shall be ruled in columns showing the fioslte their names. name of the lodger, the number of room and | the story of the building, and at any. time, from the beginning of registration to the da; of election shall be furnished to the Board of Electlon Commissioners upon their request therefor. Any landlord or keeper of premises where lodgers ablde neglecting o retusing to comply with the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemennor, on convic- dollars, and In the event of non-payment of such fine shall he committed to the County Jail for a term of — days at the rate of one dollar per day for each dollar of sald fine. Any voter regletered in premises in which the land- lord or keeper meglects. or refuses to comply with this act shall “g- eited to appear before the Election Commissioners within five @) days in order to verify his right to vote. It shall be considered a proper citation to such voter if the citgtion is_addressed to the name of the party registered, the pumber of room and place of registration, and if the party cited does not appear in answer to the cltation at the time appointed his -name shall be stricken from the register of voters. The landlord or keeper of premises from which the voter fs istered shall also-be cited to appear at the same time and place at which the citation of his alleged lodger s Teturnable. e A Board ¢f Pilot Commissioners. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—Senator Leavitt has concluded that the proper thing to do is which Mr. Blggy is urging is in | to amend the law authorizing the ap- ton, which provides an appropriation of $500 for the painting of a portrait of ex- Governor Budd was given the same con- sideration, as was Assembly bill 113, by Boone. Assembly bill 52, by Meserve of San Bernardino. which has for its object the reduction of the number of Superior Judges in that county to one, was also read for the third time and passed. Assembly bill 145, by Raub of Yuba, re- lating to assessments in reclama- tion districts, came up on the flle, and in the absence of its author Dibble of San Francisco moved that it pass on the file. Dunlap of Stock- ton stated, however, that Mr. Raub had requested him to explain the bill, and after he had done so it was passed with- out dissent. Assembly bill 42, by Kelly of Oakland, provides that paid flremen should have annual vacations without loss of pay, and it precipitated a good bit of discussion, but was finally passed. It is intended to particularly affect San Francisco. The bill of Knowland of Alameda, rela- tive to the annexation of uninhabited lands, was brought into question by near- ly every member in the House. questioned in all of its r there was no ulterior motive in his pro- posed enactment and they accorded it the same treatment they had the others. Belshaw's Assembly bill 68 and 69, John. son’s Assembly bill 265 and Rick- ard’'s Assembly bill 163, all amend- ments to the Civil Code or Code of Civil Procedure, were also passed, and because of the fact that the House had dwindled down to scarce a quorum the third read- ing file was ‘dropped and the second réad- in'f of bills taken up. he Committee on Contested Elections rendered its report on the contest of Me- Iver against Mack of Mono, Inyo and Alpine, and declared that Mack, the present occupant of the seat, was prop- erly the representative. Adjournment was taken at half-past 4 lunm the regular hour to-morrow morn- ng. s e, Protection to Public Health. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2%.—The Assembly Commit- tee on Public Health and Quarantine met this afternoon and passed favorably upon the foliowing bills: Bill 222, amending section 3010 of the Political Code relating to salaries of officers and employes of the Board of Health; biil 223, amending sec- tion . relating to the appointment of officers and employes of the Board of Health; bill 156, for the protection of hor- ticulture and to prevent the introduction into this State of insects, diseases or ani- | mals Injurious to frult trees, vines, etc and also providing a quardntine for t} enforcement of the act: bill ing the shipment of infected | this State, and bill 151, which ma | vision for the cremation of uncla | bodfes which, if buried, would spread dis- eas and also provides for the erection or lease of buildings to entomb the ashes | of bodies cremated. |PURE FOOD B’ILLgRECOM“ MENDED FOR PASSAGE CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 2.—The Dockery bill zame up befere the Committee on Heaith and Quarantine to-day so much amended that it could searcely be recognized, though it still retained the same laudable object for which it was first designed. Mr. Docke! original provided that a | State comm on be created by guberna- torial appointment for the purpose of in- specting all food nroducts manufactured in or shipped into tne State. The com | missioners to pe appointed were autho ized to appoint agents whose duty it should be to inspect ali canned goods and other food products that are ever adulter- ated or counterfeited, and in cases where | they found fraud, without further ado system there are on ties that have food regulations, and it 1s the custom of the manufacturer or. job- ber to take back confiscated goods and ship them to some quarter of the Staie | where pure-food laws do not operate. This ractice it is the object of the Dock i1l to do away with. Dockery talked his original bill pver with the Governor and | found that he opposed to more eom- | missions, so he has so amended the bill ’lhal the food inspections bureau will be simply a department of State Board of Health. In this way he figures that the expense of maintaining a separate com- missfon will be obviated and tiae same ood accoruplished at the minimum cost. ‘he bill was recommended for passage by the committeee. WORK ON BILLS IN THE SENATE CALL ' HEADQUARTERS, 'SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 2%.—~In-the Senate to-day Senator Davis introduced the proposed constitutional amendment providing for the creation of district cqurts of appeal. The bill requiring empicyers to furnish surgical aid to their employes injured ac- cidentally in their service through no fault of their own was reported favors ably. The Council of Associated Charities of San Francisco, presented a resolution ask- ing legislation in the interest of Fure food. Senator Tayjor’s bill was finally passed roviding that Boards of Education shall aye power to establish kindergartens and night schools. The bill is to apply o all cities ope: ng under charters their population exceeds this provision Alameda comes provision of the act. 3 Senator Davis’ bill appropriating for the construction of a free wagon from Mono Lake basin, connectin, with a wagon road called the Tioga road, was passed to a third reading with a favor- able considerati gLy WORKS’ CARTOON BILL TO BE TALKED TO DEATH CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—The unique bill of the unique Mr. Works of San Diego, which is designed to prevent newspa- pers from publishing caricatures or portraits of their daily grist of victims, came up in the Assembly this afternoon and was passed to its second reading by an almost unanimous vote. A tech- nical amendment was offered by Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento, who is backing Works in his attempt in get- ting even on the world for the blight on his physiognomy. 2 3 When the bill comes up on its third reading there will be a hard fight made against it by the less thin-skinned members on the floor. McDonald of Alameda threatens to talk against it until it is withdrawn by Works or not enough are left on the floor to pass it. Owem Wade of Napa will also be heard and Assemblyman Cowan of Santa Rosa is going to lead a solid minority in the cause of the big dailies. = Cruelty to Animals Bill. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26.—Secretary of the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Charles Holbrook of San Fran- cisco appeared before the Assembly Ju- diciary Committee this evening and spoke with regard to Bill 5, which was to be passed upon by that committee. The bill measure relating to the work with which Mr. Holbrook is connected, and that gentleman desired to have certain portions of the bill amended. The prin- cipal amendment was the eliminating of the word ‘“domestic” in reference to the killing of animals which had become use- less through age, misuse or other causes. Mr. Holbrook wanted it to include wild animals that were in a domestic condi- tion. Another feature of the bill which Mr. Holbrook was interested in was the portion which makes it a misdemeanor to “'dock” the talls of hors; He claims that in England a horse with a ‘“‘docked’” tall would now be barred from entry in the horse shows, and thinks that as the custom came from England it should be made a law here. The committee re- solved to report favorably upon the bill with the amendments suggested by Mr. Holbrook. Bills Favorably Reported. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 26—The Senate Committee on Finance met this evening and reported favorably upon bills 222, 228 and 224. Bill 293 relate to commitments to the Whit- tier Reform School and Preston Sehool of Industry, and vests the authority to ex- amine and commit to said schools in the Superior Court Judges of the counties. It also provides for the maintenance of the persons committed there and fixes the re- sponsibility of the parents to the coun- ties from which children are committed. Bill 223 Is an act authorizing and direct- ing the transfer of § from the rail- way tax contingent fund to the State school fund. Bill 224 is an act transfers ring the sum of $80,000 from the general fund to_the estate of deceased persons’ fund. Bill 22 is an act transferring from the estate of deceased persons’ fund to the State school fund the sum of $100,000, and directing the State Board of Exam- iners to invest the same in interest bear- ing bonds, to be held in trust for the benefit of the State school fund