The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1899, Page 2

[&] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1899 INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO. B+O+04+04040+0+04040404 04040404 o¢mwm.ihuck with a favorable recommendation. ANOTHER BUT CALL HEADQUARTERS, seventh and thirty-eighth ballots h Burns touts have dammed the flo of the general break that was to fol The vote was as follows: BARNES STEE . BULLA BURNE FELTON . GRANT SCOTT . DE VRIE ROSENFELD BARD WHITE . +040+0+04040+0+ 04040 @O+0+0+04+04+0+04+T4CH0HO40404040404040+04 SACRAMENTO, The committee that left to-day for San Francisco to attend the funeral of Senator Boggs reduced the total of votes cast,butthere was nary slump, The first ballot taken gave the leaders ing. Grant's extra vote was the result of an unpaired absentee and on the second ballot the mistake was rectified and he got but 21. +040404 04040+ 0+0+040+0404040 VOTE, NO SLUMP Feb. 1.—The thirty- ave resulted in no change and the w of wine that flowed in anticipation low the investigation report. and 19. Grant, of course, lead- wees 10 % | : | one. Hale is hére to help Burns to en- gineer a secret caucus. Herrin wants caucus, and Hale is dancing to the in the yellow building. all, Hale is the most £ tout that the Colonel h introduced on the ¢ but that not saying that he is the most influ» The Grant men saw t glance and immediate- he work of counteracting the influence of Herrin's mercantile agen- bring to bear on Assembl: rk will never serve to into the Burns camp. i ¢ end to stay with Grant so long as he is in the fight,” he said to-night, “and no one can change my purpose. | Should Grant draw out of the contest, or if should bring about con- n my opinion would make it impossible for him to win, then 1 be would vote for the man who would nost acceptable to my constituents. that but very few men in ct favor the candidacy of Dan I have received scores of let ters and telegrams from men who live ir th the commercial and agricultur- al sections of my district, but not one Burns. of them ever contained a request for me to support Burns. As a matter of | fact, I know that the great majority of my people are opposed to his cand 1 shall never vate for a man who . does not represent the choice ‘of the majority of my constituents, and. no| unt of persuasion will serve to change my mind in this respect.” members of the San Jose polit- ot ical delegation who joined with Hale in trying to force Mr. Clark into the Burns camp were ex-Mayor Koch, Paul P. Austin, Al Fage and Sam Rucker. a Democrat. Mr. Herrin will have to throw his line in other waters, for there are no fish for him in the Mountain View district. Being in desperate straits, he has re- sorted to desperate remedies. but though he has taken off the mask and ome out the open, he appears bogie man who is terrible only to e T the grand round up of the E to show the railroad that the colc not yet a ‘‘dead one” has been pos i until Monday of next week. Saturday the touts boasted in San Francisco that the “colonel” could be elected on Wednes- day. Subsequently the date was pOst- on E Now comes - the ment that the touts will ved forces next Mon- third announc parade their spite of many precautions, secrets llow building. The told on the inside is that the o must make a showing this week, and that if -he cannot produce some substantial evidence of increased strength the assemb in New York representing the Searle, Stanford, Crocker and Huntington interests in the Southern Pacific Company will pro- ceed to designate a new candidate. The assembly will have its first meeting to- morrow. Russell Wilson, representing one of the interests, is due to arrive in w York to-night. Herrin' will be advised as to the man who may be se- lected to take Burns' place as the rall- road candidate for United States Sena- tor from California. The representatives of the corpora- tion are said to be willing to make a reasonable struggle to carry out the wishes of Herrin, but they are not ready to consent to a prolongation of the deadlock. Phil Crimmins and Mar- in Kelly, who control four members of the San Francisco delegation in the Legislature, have scented the coming deal and want to be near the yellow bullding when the first intimation of the impending change of base comes from New York. They went to San Francisco to-day to get instructions and advice as to the deadlock. me intelligence concerning the plans in New York must have reached the Grant headquarters here by wire. The upholding of Assemblyman Clark against the efforts of the Santa Clara delegation is not a victory of sufficlent magnitude to cause the elation which exists among the followers of Grant to-night. The feeling of joy is pro- duced by some information of another character. The touts are still claiming the sup- port of members of the Legislature who cannot under any circumstances be persuaded, coerced or entrapped into the support of Burns or his caucus scheme. The belief that Burns cannot win out was never so widespread as’ it is to-night. Even the touts, talking in confidence "among themselves, express the opinion that the colonel cannot suc- ceed. For a State Circulating Library. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—An atetmpt was made in the Senate this afternoon to make the State Library ‘a kind of circulating library Senator Trout's bill came up on second reading. ~The present law provides that the State Library Trustees shall be elect- ed by the Legislature. in- joint session. Senator Trout's-bill amends that clause in this way: ‘The State Library is under the control of a board of trustees, consisting of five members, holding their officex for the term of four years, and appointed by the Governor in the following manner, to wit: Three trustees shall be appointed for the full term of four years and from and after the 6th day of April, 1202; and two trustees shall be a))povnled for the term of two years from and after said date. After expiration of the terms of office of the trustees appointed as above provided, their successors shall there- after be appointed for the full term of four years, Ap{mlnunems to fiil vacan- cf caused by death, resignation or re- moval be for the unexpired term only. othMmg . hereih . Shail be: o gtrued to interfere with the terms of of- fice of the present members of said board.” The only fight over the bill was as to one clause defining the powers and dutfes of the board. This clause included a what was | f the influence that Burns and | bring | | provision for the loaning of books with | such guarantee for their safe return as { the board may deem proper. ‘The adop- tion of this clause would have the ef- | fect of making the State Library a cir- culating library, in .that a resident of Siskiyou or San Diego could borrow books ‘an:l if any citizen came here to search | loan at either end of the State. Senator Bulla and Senator Simpson strongly. favored retaining the clause in | the bill, but it was eliminated by a vote | of 19 to 6. Senator Simpson gave notice | that he would make a motion to recon- sider the vote and it was then advanced to third readin; e ' RICKARD'S ELECTION Not Enough Left of the Original to Give Its Owner a ‘ Claim. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—Not enough is left of Assemblyman Rickard's general election law bill for its author to identify. The combined Election Law Committees of the Assembly and Senate got to work on it this afterncon and after an hour’s clever surgical work pared it down to a fair | resemblance to the Australian ballot sys- tem, and in its reduced state it ma: eventually be reported back as a part of | an omnibus election law bill that is at | present contemplated. | " Rickard’s original bill was decidedly a | unique effort in the line of law-making. In a number of its clauses it was not radically different from the present law; voter as to age and citizenship, but re- quired nothing more of him. It outlined nothing unusual in the way of registra- tion. It provided for precinct books with | the names and registration affidavits of voters catalogued and ready for public | inspection twenty | sun rose or set the ballot box should be | opened at 6 in the morning and close at > in the afternoon. ; These things were all right enough, but innovation: It [ at the balked was. a by Carl Spelling, Max Popper, Leary and Willlam Hinton, who snoozed | through a term_as Registrar of the city and county of San Francisco, and other Qurlsts. The first exception taken was to Mr. Rickard’s plan of designating on bal-, lots the party affiliation of nomineés and to inaugurate the system of branding each party with some insignia or artistic | mblem. “Specifically this clause was as ollow such convention to select some simple tinguish the candidate’s political making such Such dev or emblem shall be shown by a representation thereof upon a certificate signed and duly executed by the chair- man_ and secretary of said convention, which certificate shall be flled with the Secretary of State, and such device or emblem, when so filed, shall in no case be used by any other party or independent body. “When an independent body shall make a like nomination, as provided by section 1188, it -shall be the duty of the person who shall sign and execute the certificate of nomination of such candi- date or candidates to likewise select some simple device or emblem to designate and distinguish the candidate of such inde- pendent body making such nomination.” One party” might not use the emblem of another, and in cases of independent nominations the independent candidate was required to have a little party em- blem of his own which no one else could use. Three thousand words were given over td the regulation of that important matter. and after reading it through and discussing it the combined committees ordered it cut out in its entirety. The second objection was to the change which Rickard’s plan would effect in the ballot itself. He required that the Sec- retary of State should decide upon some design, which would be water-marked in the paper upon which the ballots were to be printed, the design to be kept secret until the day of election. The ballots were to be of a size sufficlent to accom- modate the names of party nominees and independent bodies, and a blank column in which voters might write the name of any choice not printed on the ticket, At the head of ...e party columns was to appear the party device spoken of, and also a circle in which the voter should stamp one cross If he wished to vote the straight party ticket. It was the ticket system to which the greatest objection was made by those who appeared before the committee this af- ternoon, and after a good.deal of argu- ment a vote was taken on both clauses and they were ordered stricken out by a vote of 6 to 2. The bill was referred to a special com- mittee of three members, to which As- semblymen Belshaw and Rickard and Senator Stratton were appointed. They will put the bill through the necessary revision and send it bac%( to the commit- tee to become a part of the omnibus vill that is projected, or go before the Senate and Assembly as amended. DIBBLE HITS AT POLITICAL ADVERTISING CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. l—Assemblyman Dibble stated this evening at the meeting of the Assembly Judiciary Committee that he would not only vote for any purity of election law that would include the mak- ing it a felony for-any newspaper to solicit advertisements from candidates for office at the time of election, but would stand on the floor of the Assembly and advocate it, and if such a bill did not come before the Assembly he would form- ulate one. He denounced the practice in good round terms. The matter came before the committee through a bill introduced by Caminetti which condemns the practice of candi- | dates for office treating, buying or giving cigars, intoxicating liquors or {amperance drinks to any person at the time of elec- tion, .and provides for a punishment of the same. When the matter came up As- semblyman Dibble was very effusive in his arguments in favor of having it amended =o as to-include newspaper peo- ple also in regard to soliciting advertise- ments. Caminetti immediately arose to his feet and stated that.if such a clause was included it would certainly kill his bill, and asked that it be not included, The committee reported favorably upon the bill without Dibble's amendment. Bill 340 was also taken up and reported \ party authorities those books might be out on | BILL DOCTORED UP it made the. usual requirements of the .| days before election, | and it required that no matter when the | the biil attempted innovations, and it was | that the committee | assisted in its objections | Dan | “When a party nomination is made by a State convention of a' candidate or can- | didates to be voted for by the electors of | the entire State it shall be the duty of | device or emblem to designate and gis- nomination or nominations. | 1t provides for the payment of interest | on the outstanding bonds of the Univers- | ity of California now held in'trust for the | university fund and the State school fund, and to repeal an act making an appro- priation to relmburse the university for moneys heretofore appropriated to the endowment fund, which moneys have been by mistake withheld and expended for other State purposes. It also makes an appropriation to pay the interest on the | said outstanding bonds and to appropriate $16,747 50 now In the university fund and unavallable. S e 'HONEST REGISTRATION FOR SAN FRANCISCO Senator Stratton’s Bill Meets the Approval of Registrar ' Biggy. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—Senator Stratton to-day | introduced a bill in the Senate which | meets with the approval of the Registrar of Voters of San Francisco. The bill is intended to secure an honest registration | of the voters of San Francisco for the | first municipal electfon under the new charter. The bill in its main features is as fol | low: Section 1. Except in the particulars other- wise provided for in the constitution, all mu- | nicipal elections, where the same are held sep- | arate from general State elections, and all elections held under the authority of section 8, | of article XT of the constitution, to elect boards | of freeholders, or to vote upon proposed char- | ters or upon amendments to existing charters, | shall be conducted under the proyisions of this act. i Sec. 2. The boards of municipalities charged with the conduct and carrying on of electlons may district and subdivide the municipalities into municipal election precincts, for the hold- ing of the elections mentioned in section 1 the last preceding general State election then it shall be the duty of the County Clerk or the other officer aforementioned to furnish a copy of the precinct register of each of the precincts which compose satd municipal elec- tlon precinct to the board of election for each municipal election precinct in addition to the supplementary list above mentioned. Sec. 9. No person shall be entitled to vote at any election provided for In this act unless his name appear upon the great register or pre- clnet register as a voter within the exterior boundaries of the municipal election precinct, or unless his name is enrolled upon the sup- plementary list herein provided for, nor unless, according to the constitution and laws of this State, he is entitled to vote there: Sec. 10.. The provisions of law which would be applicable to the elections mentioned in sec- tion 1-of this act but for the passage hereof ghall, nevertheless, control the said elections as to the matters for which no provision is herein contained. Sec. 11| The act approved March 31, 1807, entitled ““An act in relation to elections held under the authority .of section § of article XI of the constitution, to elect boards of freehold- ers, or to vote upon proposed charters or amendments to existing charters,”” is hereby repealed. ke ettt s SHORTRIDGE TALKS FOR PURITY IN HOMES CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—Senator Shortridge of Santa Clara to-day agaln came to the forefront and center 'as an orator. His concurrent resolution in reference to polygamy was adopted by an almost unanimous vote, after the Senator had made an appeal for the purity of the homes of the land. The resolution was as follows: Whereas, One Brigham H. Roberts has been chosen by the voters of Utah as a member of the House of Representatives; and whereas, Brigham H. Roberts has been convicted and sentenced to prison for the crime of unlawful cohabitation, and is notorlously living in a state of poiygamy in deflance of the moral sense of the nation; and whereas, Brigham H. Roberts in his practices is but representative of the principles of the Mormon hierarchy, and his reception by Congress will be taken as an evidence that the assaults of the Mormon hierarchy on the basic principle of the family life of the nation are received with toleration, if not with dpproval; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly, con- morning which provide for the appoint- ment of a chief deputy and a field deputy to Assessors in counties of the fifth class. The chief deputy is to receive a salary of $1500 per annum, the field deputy $1200 per annum. He also introduced a bill making an appropriation of §10,000 to pay the claims of the survivors of Ida Morrill Smith, Violet Evelyn Smith and Ida Bernice Smith. The bill was referred to the Com- mittee on Ways and Means. Another bill referred to the same committee makes an appropriation of 86343 to pay the claim of Talbot H. Walli MAKING GANE OF NEWSPAPER MEN A Little Fun i&ng Poked at Morehouse’s Homicide Bill. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—When the bill intro- @uced in the Senate by the distin- guished representative from Santa Clara County which defines the crime of homicide comes up on second read- ing it will be the subject of consid- erable debate. There will be several amendmeénts proposed by various Sen- ators to the proposition which is em- bodied in the bill that newspaper em- ployes, editors and reporters shall at any and all times be recipients of any ball,.bullet or knife which an aggrieved person imagines he ought to put into their bodies. The bill also specifically d%‘nes such an act as justifiable homi- cide. To be brief, this paragraph or sec- tion in Senator Morehouse’s bill simply authorizes any exposed fraud, faker or of GROVE—* Good, Polly Works; You've Learned All but the Pitch of My YVoice.” of this act, and change and alter such pre- cincts and redistrict the municipality for such | elections as often as occaslon may require, Sec. 3. In establishing such municipal elec- tlon precincts, said board may consolidate the precinets which existed for the holding of the Inst preceding general State election to & nu ber not exceeding six for each municipal elec- tion precinct, and shall number the municipal election precincts so established consecutively, and each precinct as established shall be known as_*‘Municipal Election Precinct Number —.'" Section 4. All persons shall be entitled to | vote at the " elections mentioned in section 1 who come within the terms or comply Wwith the requirements of this act. Sec. b, Every person who was a qualified elector ‘at the general State election imme- diately preceding the holding of any of the elections mentioned in section 1 of this act, and who ‘was upon the great register of the county, or city and county, where any such municipality is situated, as a_qualified elector of any onme of the precincts which compose a municipal election precinct, and who continues | to reside within the exterior boundaries of such municipal election precinct until the time of the holding of the election herein provided for, shall be entitled to vote at said election with- out other or additional registration. | Sec. 8.. All other persons claiming to” be enJ. | titled to vote at any 'of the elections provided for in this act must be registered upon the great register of the county, or city and county, within which such municipality is situated as an elector of and within one of the pre- cincts which compose the municipal election precinct_wherein he claims to be entitled- to vote. Such registration must take place at least fifteen days prior to the election; and it shall be the duty of the County Clerk of the county, or city and county, within which such municipality is situated, and in those counties or cities and counties wherein the County Clerk is not the officer charged with the duty of registering the voters, then of the officer so charged, to keep his office open for thirty days prior to the fifteenth day preceding any such election for the registration of voters who may desire to vote at such election. Sec. 7. The boards of municipalities charged with the conduct of elections shall appoint a board of. election for each municipal election precinct, to consist of two inspectors, two judges, two clerks and two ballot clerks, who shall apportion among themselves the 'work and labor required to conduct such election within their respective municipal election pre- cinets. But one poll list be_ Kept, but one register. These shall be returned to the proper officers as a part of the official re- turns. Sec. 8. The great register used in each mu- nicipal election precinct shall consist of a copy Of the great register of the county, or city and county, used at the general Btate election im- medjately preceding the holding of the ele tion provided for in this act in the precine which com the municipal election precinct together with a certified supplementary list the persons who, by registration had such general State election, are entitled to vote at any of the elections herein provided for with- in the municipal election preeinct for which such certified list is prepared. ~Said supple- mentary list _shall be certified for the use of and delivered to the board ur efection of each munielpal election precinct by the County Clerk of the county, or city and county, in which such munfeipallty exists; and in those counties, or citles and countles, where an officer, other than the County Clerk, is charged with the duty or clothed with ‘the aythority for the registration of voters, then by Such officer. In ce s and | the event that precinct reglsters were used at | curring, That we urge the House of Represen- tatives to deny participation in its counsels to Brigham H. Roberts; and further be it Resolved, That we request Congress to sub- mit to the Legislatures of the several States an amendment to the constitution forbidding polygamy within the United States, or in any place subject to their jurisdiction, and making a polygamist ineligible to public office. HOW NEW COUNTIES MAY BE CREATED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—Previous to the Legis- lature of 1893 nothing was easier in the way of enactment than the creation of a new county. All that was necessary was the introduction of a bill, little lobbying, and the trick was done. In 1893 the Legis- lature prepared and submitted to the peo- ple, who adopted it, a constitutional amendment, which provided that the Legislature should enact a general law to govern the creation of new counties. The amendment was adopted, but the Legis- lature never made any law, and since that time there has been no way by which county troubles could be settled. Burnett of San Luis Obispo County in- troduced a bill which is designed to fill the long felt want. It provides that coun- tles may from time to time be formed from parts of other counties provided that in so dolng.no county is reduced to less than a Ro‘)ulallon of 8000 or that any county shall be created having less than 5000 population. In order to create a new county, a peti- tion signed by 50 per cent of the qualified electors of any district wishing to sepa- rate itself shall be laid before the Board of Supervisors. The petition shall be ac- companied by a bond of $3000 to guarantee the payment of all expenses of the elec- tlon which shall be necessary to effect the disunion. 3 The bill was referred to the Committee on Counties and County Boundaries. The same bill was introduced in the Senate to-day by Senator Trout. . sbsiion Ll Dibble Wants a Lincoln Statue. CALL HPBADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—Assemblyman Dibble of San Francisco wants to add a $50,000 statue of Abraham Lincoln to the already large collection of marbles and bronzes now doing duty in the metropolis, He offered a bill in the Assembly this morning making the necessary appropria- tlon and directing that the money be paid to the Lincoln Monument League of San Francisco. Two Bills From Johnson. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- "MENTO, Feb. 1.—Grove L. Johnson in- troduced two bills in the Assembly this confidence operator, no matter in what walk of life he may be operating, to kill a newspaper man who exposes him and thereby protects the public. He will not, for so doing, be held amenable to the laws. ‘When the bill comes up in the Senate | Senator Stratton of Alameda has an amendment to propose that will have a material bearing upon the bill. His amendment will propose a closed sea- gon, during which the killing of news- paper men is not authorized. This closed season will be from August 1 to August 21 of each year. In defense of his amendment, Senator Stratton will claim that there is a closed season for all game, during which the particular fowl or animal covered by the law is given immunity from the hunter in or- der that during the breeding season there will not be a useless slaughter, and thereby the particular fowl or an- imal will be permitted to propagate the species. Without some protection, Sen- ator Stratton believes that the news- paper men might become extinet, and it is his opinion that they are entitled to the ordinary game of various 'kinds by the law. It is also understood that Senator Braunhart will propose an amendment which will prescribe that all killing of newspaver men, in order to be legal, shall be done with the weapon of the ordinary suicide—a Smith & Wesson of 38 caliber. | Tt is mutually agreed by a number of Senators that an amendment shall be added to the bill fixing the distance at which the murder of a newsnaper man shall be justifiable at not less than ten paces nor more than fifty. The ob- Jjection of maximum limit is to prevent the use of cannon or long-range guns. s Gl Amending the Law of Trespass. _CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—A bill offered in the As- sembly this morning by Assemblyman Griffin so amends the, trespass law that it shall be a misdemeanor for-any one to paint or nail signs or advertisements on any fence or tree on any property without having first obtained the- consent of the owner of the property. Theé bill adds a new section to the original law,, which provides that the owner of any an- imals that may trespass upon the lands of any person shall be gulity of misde- meanor if he shall allow his stock to again trespass after he nas been once warned. e e e To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al 4 sts refund the money If it falls to cure. 2. e genuine L. B. Q. on each tablet. protection given to | HOCHHEIMER ANXIOUS FOR A NEW ELECTION One of Burns’ Touts. Wants to Succeed Semator Boggs at Once. ‘ CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACR'A MENTO, Feb. 1.—A. Hochheimer of W lows, who was defeated for the State Senate at the last general election by John Boggs, is in this city endeavoring to get Governor Gage to issue a proclama- tion at once calling for a special election | in his Senatorial district to fill the Boggs vacancy. Mr. Hochheimer is a well-known Burns tout, and has been here for sev- eral days advocating the cause of the “‘colonel.” Hochheimer is the man who roared to the State Central Committee that Henry T. Gage's refusal to address the multitude at Willows cost the party a great num- ber of votes in Glenn County, He wanted the candidate for Governor to address a howling mob im order to help the legisla- tive ticket. Now he wants the Governor to get in at once with a proclamation calling for a special election. The calling of an election in the Eighth Senatorial District might be the best thing that could happen at this time. Tha people of Mendocino, Colusa and Glenn countles will know at .the outset that Hochheimer 15 a Burns man, that he will vote for Burns for Senator and take his orders on all other matters from the ‘“‘organization.” The people of the district may say “Let the proclamation issue trat we may have an opportunity to expr our sentiments on the Senatorial contest. To-day’ Senator .Dickinson, prompted | by Jaké Steppacher, introduced a resolu- | tion directing. that the Governor be of- | ficially informed of the death of Senator §Oggs. The inference is clear that the | organization” wants a special election to fill the Boggs vacancy. In speaking of the “matter Mr. Hoch- heimer said: “I_will not make a hard fight for the office, as I did in my en- deavor for election against Mr. Hoggs; | but I have made a canvass among my | friends and I feel assured of my suc cess. If T find that my election ‘will be easy, why I am a candidate for the of- fice, but as far as making a hard fight is concerned, I will not try. Mr. Boggs defeated me by but a smail majority and in all the counties in the district I ran considerably ahead of my ticket, and as many of my friends voted for Mr. Boggs on party principles, 1 can depend upon them to assist me in this endeavor. I know of no other candidate in the field against me at present, so expect little opposition, though if I find there is much opposition I shall be tempted to drop out. As this session will be practicall ended before I could be seated and a there will be no other United States Sena- tor to elect, I expect my Democratic friends to vote for me, as there will be no party principles 4nvolved.” | In this connection some doubt is ex-| pressed whether or not, under the pro- visions of the Australian ballot law, an election could be held in time to permit of the successful candidate taking part in the proceedings of the present session. | If the election could not be held in time to. permit of the Senator elected king his seat before the end of this session, it is probable that the expense and trouble of holding a special electon will be dis pensed with and no election will be held until the general election in 1900. Section 1053 of the Political Code pro- | vides that in case of special elections to fill vacancies in the office of State Senator the Governor shall issue a proclamation at least ten days before such election is held. This_ proclamation is sent to the | Board of Supervisors of the county or counties included in the Senatorial dis- | trict, who shall publish the same £ | period of not less than five days. was thé law under the old election sys- | tem, and the practice was to hold such special election forthwith; but under the | Australian ballot law all names to be placed upon the ballot used at an election must be those of candidates nominated either by a regularly organized conven- tion or by etition, which nomination must be certified, in cases of State Sena- . to the County Clerk of the county which the district is located, or, | if there is more than one county in the | Senatorial district, then to the Clerk of the county in which the candidate reside! This certificate of nomination shall more than fifty days nor le than thirty days before the day of ele tion, where the nomination is made b convention, and not more than fifty da nor less than twenty days before the day of election where the nomination is made by petition, and under section 1196 ballots prepared in any other manner shall not | be used or counted at any election. | In this case, then, should the most ex- | peditious method be adopted and the can- | didates nominated by petition, the proc- lamation Ca]ling for the election would | have to fix the date of holding it at a suf- | ficiently late day to give the candidates | time to prepare their petitions and file | them twenty days before the date fixed. Assuming tuat it would take at least ten days to have the proclamation issued and prepare such petitions and certifi- cates of nomination, the twenty days ad- ditional required to elapse after the | filing of the certificate would fix the date of election at least thirty days from now, * which would be at the end of this session. g | a 'UNINTERESTING BILLS RULE IN THE SENATE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—The Scnate *o-day gave over considerable time to the oratory of | Senator Shortridge and to the introduc: tion of new bills. These bills are not of great importance, but still the people are more or less interested in some of them. Senator Langford introduced a bill to | pay the claim of Louis Gerlach against | the State for $7479 04. Senator Jones has introduced a bill in | the Senate to repeal the Wright irrigation act. |~ Senator Jones has also introduced a bill which includes buggies and vehicles as | property subject to chattel mortgage. Senator Pace Introduced a bill provid- ing that no Judge, Justice or Justice of | the Peace shall sit or act in any action | in which he is interested. On motion of Senator Dickinson the sec- | | sioh, fraud or malice, the jury retary of the Senate was instructed to notify the Governor officially of the death of Seénator John Boggs and the fact that there was a vacancy in the Eighth Sen- atorial District, SR Damages for Example. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—Senator Braunhart has introduced a bill providing that in any action for breach of an obligation, where the defendant has been guilty of oppres- in addi- tion to actual damages, may give dam- ages for the sake of example and by way of punishing the defendant. CLERKSHEP DECLINED WITHOUT THANKS The Minority alivens the Ron- | tine of the Proceedings of the Assembly. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA« MENTO, Feb. l.—Assemblyman Devoto of San Francisco and the majority rather mixed things in the Assembly this morn- ing with Mr. Mead of Los Angeles and the minori It was over a question of minority patronage raised by a member of the majority, and before Devoto had got through with it he was firmly of the opinion that his colleagues had handed him a gold brick when they conferred upon him the honor of offering a clerk- ship at $ per day to the Democratic mem- bers. The minority caucused two weeks a_mi more ago on the patronage proposition and decided that they would vote for no amendment or repeal of the Belshaw act, and that they would not vote to seat any further employes by resolution. They further decided that if the majority should vote to do either and should offer the minority any of the aceruing patron- dge it should be declined. This morning Devoto in a neat speech offeratl a resolution in the Assembly proffering the minority a clerkship at a alary of $. Mead got up.from his seat in a white heat and without thanks or any other token of courtesy declined it. He said the majority knew well enough the principle the minority had decided to follow with i rd to patronage, and he branded the resolution as an attempt to make it appear that the Democrats® reason for refusing to vote against the Belshaw bill was not so much a matter of principle as a matter of pure envy, and on behalf of his fellow-Democrats he de- nied that this was so. He also declined to accept the proffered r‘lerk!*hi&r{. The majority, however, stucl to the proposition, and referred the resolution to the Commiitee on Attaches. When the Assembly opened this morn- ing it took just time enough to call tne roll and then took an hour's recess upon the motion of Dibble, who read a tele- gram saying that the funeral of the late Senator Boggs of Colusa was to take place between 10:45 and 11 o’clock. The motion spend business out of respect to the ased Senator was adopted unani- ‘When' order was called again the junk- eting committee that was sent to inspect the State insane ylum at Napa offered report through the chairman, Owen ade. Everything at the institution was d in the best condition, and the ad- ration was highly complimented. It also suggested that the asylum is of the water supply to pro- intro- duced in the Assembly. The expense o the trip, which was allawed by resolu- tion, amounted to $85 40. Immediately upon the adoption of the was badly in nee vide which a bill has been alread { report Speaker Anderson announced his resignation from the following commit- tees: As chairman of the Corporations Committee and as a member of the Com- mittee on Dairies and_Dairy Products, Fish and Game, Public Health and Quar- antine and Public Morals. He announéed the appointment of Assemblyman Raub of Sutter as chairman of the Committee on Corporations, and of Howard Wright, the deposed Speaker, as a member of the Corporatio h and Game, Dairy- and i ts committe: Assembly- he appointed the Health and Quarantine Committee. Assemblyman Dibble offered the patron- | age resolution decided upon yesterday in caucus. There were two slight changes from the list published this morning. The name of B. ;‘ Frazer had been substi- tuted for that of Miss Ella McKeen. and that of Frank Storror for that of R. P. R 1. They wi both committee clerk: ship: Leave of absence was granted by resolution to the Committee on Commerce and Navigation so that it may visit San Francisco and Oakland on Friday, Sat- urday and Sunday for the purpose of in- vestigating the needs of the water fronts of the two towns. The following bills were read the third time and passed by the Assembly this afternoon: Assembly bill 329, introduced by John- amending section 3453 of the Politi- | cal ‘Code. | " Assembly. bill 139, introduced by the same gentleman, authorizing the trans- for of $10,000 from the general fund to the State school book fund and providing for its expenditure. Ascembly bill 8, introduced by Meserve, providing for the municipal corporations Bna fer “determining the population fhereof. : | A g embly bill 132, introduced by Works, providimg for the satisfaction of record DO roperty mortgages which have been foreclosed and the property covered thereby' sold. and to provide for the form 3 Satistaction. | oy bl 261, Introduced by Dibble, amending the Penal Code by adding a Ao theroto, to be numbered DY, relating to the unauthorized wear- ing 'of badges, buttons and rosettes of societies. - Progress of the Seawall Bill. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1.—The bill of Senator Braunhart providing for the issuance of | State bonds to the amount of one million dollars for the construction and extension of the seawall and thoroughfare of San Francisco harbor and creating a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the bonds and interest was passed to third reading By the Senate to-day. «It will now coms Up on third reading. and as far as the Senate is concerned there can be no doubt of its passage. Which we are selling from the big | store at $1 @0 and $1 25 is fully equal window. Who would make them? |Boys’ Fine Waists.....25¢ fabrics, 4 to 8 years; also white walsts s0ld for $1 and ‘upward, price cut to cents to close. Laundered. Men’s $14 Suits.....$7.00 Several hundred men’s and boys' fine dress suits. e have cut the price in two. Ranges now $2.50 up. £ Boys’ Drawers. ........15¢ These are good sizes for boys 10 to 14 + years, medium weight, and good )-cent quality. Second floor. 5¢ Steckings.. .. ... ... These are for ladies or children, quite a variety of 10-cent goods to ciose. . Deep-Cut Prices. Men's $20 overcoats, our price. Men's $8 suits uptown, our price Men's $2 hats, soft or stiff. Girls' $1 % sailors, pretty ones. Men's straw hatg for the trade Men's brown overalls, large sizes. Men's working gloves, §, 9, 10.... There are several things in the stock bought uptown we would like you to see, Call in— not be pressed to buy. 3 50 100 J25c l elsewehere at $3 00; sizes 3 to 14 years. These are 4-bit percales and other fine | 'THAT LITTLE SUIT half-price purchase of the uptown if not better than you are getting Boys' knee pants 15 cents. See the THESE ARE CUT PRICES. | Men’s or Boys’ $2 Hats.50¢ There are several §1 00 hats and caps from late purchases now on sale. The price Is a mere fraction of their former or real value, Neck Bows.............2¢ | | From this price up, 2 for 5c, also 5c and | 10c, from Baldwir clothing stock. Dealers | and peddiers can save money by turning | | our way. Men’s Shirts. ... ......25¢ Uptown price was 50 and 75 cents. We put all in one lot at 25 cents each. Season- able colors for summer wear, Men’s Undershirts.....25¢ There are many hundred of these all piled . up on one long counter; choice offered at MITHS CASH STORE 25-27 Market St., S.F.