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[&] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 1899. SOME OF THE PECULIARITIES OF LEGISLATION' BURNS" CANDIDATE FOR BOGGS' OFFICE Hochheimer s the Choice of the Gang of Touts. Governor Gage Calls fo r a Special Election to Be Held March 8, and the People of the Eighth District Should Be on Their Guard. SACRA-| Gage was of the death of f th hth S Governor g that the i y was i of the v of special elec- | n The Call to-dav. | unded in all particu- | he one exception is| power of the | pense of hold- ly expc y informed of | the law giving fo > constitutional provi- | he shall call the elec- | e expense might have nate had not offi- | ative department | > vacancy. [ mation calling for a special | the vacancy caused by | death was issued to-day. It| t the election shall be held | , March §, 1899, candidate in the Willows, Glenn if the Se ed the e el ng around Dan -onvention met an Burns. and eded to the and declared him )ple of Mendocino, Glenn and Colusa Counties advised now that Hochheimer belongs to the Burns push. Should elected tc the Senate he )] rs from the railroad ion 1s here touts to promote the and nothing more n after the elec- s pefore the peovle h Senatorial distric S if Hochheimer is put up as a can- he should be pledged to oppose tion of Burns and continue his ition to the finish. he election will not take place un- 1 8 it can be fairly calculated returns from the three coun- t llected and canvassed cessful candidate could earlier than March 15. Legislature will be P~ginning March 2 the Legislature will without compensation from the When the pay stops the Legis- to adjourn. The rule pect might be departed from that the ties cann so that the su take his plac should the Senatorial contest present peculiar aspects. The introduction of a new Senator at this juncture might | prove edifying to the candidates for | the Senate. | In order to guard against tricks of | the railroad and “organization” the | vote of the Eighth Senatorial district | should be on their guard. Word may be | passed around that the new Senator cannot be introduced until the begin- | ning of the session two years hence. | Something might happen, however, to prolong this session, and therefore the‘ people should keep vigilant watch of | affairs. If Hochheimer is elected with- | out cast iron pledges to govern his ac- | tions he will vote and work for Dan | Burns should the natorial contest | | be on when he takes his seat. JOHNSON'S BILL TO | ROB THE STATE, The OId Smith Claim Again | } Brought to the Front. HEADQUARTZERS, SACRA- TO, Feb. 2—Grov: L. Johnson in- troduced a most remarkable bill in the Assembly to-dzv, providing for the payment of alleged claim against the State in unt of $10,000. For ists not the slightest founde Why it was introduced after it had gone the rounds of previ- ous ic no one seems to know who i surrounding it. Mr. Johnson's bill is number 573. It that Violet, Evelyn and Ida Bernice Smith, survivors of. the late Ida Morrill Smith, shall be paid $10,000 of the money of the taxpayers of the State of California. The foundation for this claim is based upon one of the most anomalous state- ments of fact that have ever been pre- to any Legislature to open up aults of the State treasury to a :eking, without any to secure the v laot of carmorants just pretext r, morney years ago Smith, father of Violet, Evelyn and Ida Bernice, and the husband of Ida Mor- rill Smith, was the proprietor of a sa- loon in the neighborhvoa of Third and K streets in this city, a alsreputable place, where crooks and criminals were wont to congregate. An ex-Chief of Police of this city was murdered and Smith was arrested upon the charge of having committed the crime. Upon his first trial he was convicted of murder in the first degree, but between the time of his arrest anC his conviction he was denied bail. Upon a technicality Smith was given a new trial. But in the meantitne he became afflicted and was removed to the County Hospital, where he died of pulmonary trouble before his second trial. Now these two daughters, their mother being dead, come before the Legisiature asking-that the State pay them.$10,000 because thejr father failed to live long enough to obtain a second trial for a murder of which he had at all conversant with the facts| tor Gillis Doty of Sacramento Countv this evening, in talking about this bill. “To begin with, there is not the slight- est foundation for the claim put forth. nd in the second place, if it were ail- -ir:wed, the girls would not receive anv of the money. It would go to some of those lawyers who think they can work any of their crooked schemes through the Legislature and fool us farmers and legislators from the interior of the State. “This bill was presented four years ago, and it came near going through. It is not a just claim. It is crooked. and is a proposition to rob the State, and I will, in my humble capacity, fight it to the bitter end.” Setae e GREEN'S MONEY STILL STAYS WITH WRIGHT Clerks of the Ex-Speaker Fail to Return the “Borrowed” Money. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, Feb. 2—Eighteen days have elapsed since Howard E. Wright, ex- Speaker of the Assembly, gave out the statement that he would have his clerks forward to Milton J. Green the $900 given him by Green to assist him in his election to the Assembly, and $750 which he “borrowed” on a letter written from Sacramento. Mr. Wright has failed to liquidate either of these claims as yet. There have been two good rains since he made his promise to repay and to-day there was a light fall of snow. Still Wright fails to come to time and he has had an excellent opportunity to close up real estate trades that he may have hzd on or .eals of any kind or | character along the lines in which he is | supposed to be trading. Milton J. Green has been quite seri- | ousiy 111 for the last few Cays, but the fact that ex-Speaker Wright had falled to pay up was not the cause of Mr. Green’s illness. Mr. Green did think for a time, when ‘Wright was making 'so many loud as- sertions about “directing his clerks” to send Mr. Green checks that he might get some of the money back. But “hope long deferred maketh the heart sick,” and Mr. Green as far as getting a return of the seven hundred and fifty dollar borrow is concerned, has a sick heart right now. As to the $900 given to advance Wright's cam- paign for the Legislature, he looks upon it as lost. KELLY AND CRIMMINS OPPOSE PURE POLITICS The Bosses Want Full Sway at the First Election Under the New Charter. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—Martin Kelly and Phil Crimmins have not found the present session of the Legislature a very productive one thus far. Later they may, and undoubtedly will, be able to accomplish something along the usual lines of their work by which the | usual gains will accrue to them. At present Messrs. Crimmins and Kelly seem to be devoting their time and efforts to an attempt to defeat all of the legislation looking to ballot re- form which ~has been proposed and which will affect the first municipal election to be held in San Francisco un- der the new charter. Senator Stratton is the father of all the legislation that has been introduced in the Senate which looks not only to ballot reform but which also throws certain safeguards around the holding of primary elections. These bills have, so far, been favorably acted upon in the Senate and there is every reason to believe that a majority in both branches of the Legislature will ap- prove them. The only hope of Kelly and Crim- mins is in the Assembly. They claim that they have enough votes in the lower branch to place the bills where they cannot be resurrected. To-day Kelly made a proposition to Senator Stratton that if he would add a clause to all of his election bills that would in any way affect San Francisco that they did not go into effect until January 1, 1900, they would meet with no_opposition. As the bills now stand the provision is that they go into ef- fect immediately upon their passage. The reason Mr. Kelly was desirous of having the enforcement of the ldws en- acted postponed until 1900 was that he does not desire them to be applied to the next election to be held under the new charter in the city and county of San Francisco. Senator Stratton refused to consider Martin Kelly's proposition for a mo- ment. As a matter of fact, the bills Mr Stratton has thus far introduced either have met with favorable con- sideration at the hands of the Senate or will, taking past votes on measures presented as anp indication of the wishes and desires of a ma- jority of the Senators for re- form in elections, primaries and party conventions. Therefore the Assem- bly is the body wheré Kelly and Crim- mins will have an-opportunity of exer- cising their power, if they have any. Senator Stratton has declined abso- lutely to accept any compromise with the two San Francisco bosses. As soon as the members of the lower house thoroughly understand the issue in- volved in delaying the enforcement of these proposed laws, looking to an begn on the first trial convicted. “Johnsopymust be crazy,” said Sena- honorable primary and a clean election, until 1900, tney will undoubtedly nose the proposition. 3 - ASSEMBLY ROUTINE GOES REGULARLY 0N | op- | L HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- O, Feb. 2—The third reading file the whole thing in the Assembly chamber to-day, and a whole lot of bill work was got through with. There were few bills of any importance introduced, | nor were many of those pa portance. Regular business begun, despite that the Se lock is as tight as ever. The question of patronage 2gain to give more trouble. Bacramento } prom K A job somewhere, and by s tence he succeeded in getting a | resolution passed making Measure an electrician at @ per diem of $1. Milice of Orange 4 a resolution J who has been ame up offere: Hocking per paying $140 to acting as booke v A letter from news of the con troduced in the e: by Burnett of San s resolution related to the cc the breakwater at San Luis ha Senator Perk Na - Perkins brought resolutior T the se: ana S had it referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and 4 tion. Speaker Anderson offered a joint reso- lution calling upon the Gov 1 rnor to begi the proper diplomatic step: the rele of Frank Bassford and his companions | who are supposed to be held in durance | in some Siberlan prison. Bassford is sup- posed to have been taken prisoner whi sea otter hunting off the Siberian coast. The Tesolution was referred to the Com- | mittee on Federal Relations. The first bill taken up upon which de- | cisive action was taken was Cobb's As- | sembly bill 118, which is an act to regu- | O+O+2404 0+ Q*OOOQOQO#Q#OQOOO&OGb + : +OHO40H04040+040404 04048 g NO CHANGE IN THE VOTE. o CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAZAENTO, Feb. 2.—The Senatorial ballot to-day oped no change in the re- sult of the vote. The leaders are still pegging in the same holes on the political crib-board. Two ballots were taken this morning, but th-re was nothing of interest to make the monot- ony of the proceedin - more en- durable. The vote was as follows: BARN! ESTEE . BULLA . BUI NS FELTON . GRANT SCOTT DE VRIES ROSENE ELD BARD . WHITE + B +D+ THOHO+04C4+04040404040 act to authorize unincorporated towns and villages to equip and maintain fire departments, was given a third reading and passed without dissent. Miiler's Assembly bill 301, relating to the di. rporation of cities of the sixth also_ given its third reading passed, d then Dibble moved an adjournment. White of San Francisco had a bill he wanted to_introduce out of order, but Dibble would not listen until Johnson of Sacramento explained that it was an election law bill which they want- ed to get before the committee as soon 404 0+ OO+ 04+ O+040+040404040 nc A G PHELPS IN THE INTEREST OF THE UNINERSITY o late the 8racflce of horse-shoeing in the State of California, providing for the re; istration of master and journeymen hors shoers, the appointment of a board of ex- | aminers, determining the powers and du- ties of such board and fixing a penalty for violation of the provisions of the act. The bill was lost by almost a unani- mous vote and Cobb gave notice that to- I"lil(?’:l’OW he would move for reconsidera- The bill introduced by Sanford of Men- docino County, which® was intended to | establish a_ten-hour labor day for the employes of lumber companies, was read the third time and after considerable | discussion came to a vote. It w 3 and Sanford gave notice to recon: Assembly bill 44, relating to the patent. ing of lands belonging to the State, w gassed. although it was strongly opposed | y Assemblyman Huber, who gave notice | that to-morrow he also would move for a reconsideration of the vote. g Assembly bill 97, by Miller, amending that section of the code governing prop- erty exempt from exgcution, was also | passed. It met with no opposition. Melick’s Assembly bill 249, regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers, went | through by a unanimous vote. Assembly bill 121, introduced by War- dell of San Francisco, which requires all bay pilots to render to the Pilot Commis- sioners monthly statements of fees and other finances, was contested by a num- ber of members on the floor, but upon its being explained by hoth Wardell and Dib- ble of San Francisco it was passed. Assembly bill 166 by Wade of Napa was also passed. The bill has for its object the saving of thousands of dollars to the State now being spent at every election for | the publication of constitutional amend- ments that are to be submitted to the | eople. It provides that the Secretary of Elme shall _have printed, not less than thirty days before election, one and'a half times as many copies of the amendment as there are qualified voters in the State and shall send to the County <Clerk of every county one and a half times as | many copies as there are electors in each county, and they shall by the County Clerk be distributed to the voters of his county. Mack’s Assembly bill 182, which is an N ‘same treatment. as possible, and Dibble gave way until the bill was introduced and the titi~ rond. Then he renewed his motion, and after & bard fight with those Who Waultu v so on with the fight it prevailed and Speaker Anderson declared adjournment until the regular hour to-morrow morning. - COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY SAYS NO IMPRISONMENT CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—Those imprisonment for debt bills introduced in the Assembly by Miller of San Francisco have found what is practically their quietus in the Com- mittee on Judiciary. They were made the first matter of discussion before the com- mittee at its meeting to-night. Attorney Robinson of San Francisco was on hand to represent the Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion and placed clearly before.his hearers his side of the proposition. No argument resulted, and when the committee finally went into executive session it decided to recommend to the Assembly that the bills do not pass. Another debtor bill, No. 244,- which wus introduced at the request of the Mer~ chants’ Association of Oakland, met the I The bill was one pro- viding that'the salaries of public officials might be subject to execution upon a judgment. G. W. Arper and Wilbur ‘Walker, president and secretary of the association, were present to urge the fa- vorable recommendation of the bill, and a good deal of argument was precipitated by some of their statements. Judg‘é Dib- ble said that at the last session of the Legislature he and Assemblyman Way- mire of Alameda had carefully looked into the same bill, and it was their opin- fon that it was unconstitutional, as it W] of a public official cannot be levied m Dibble said that he would vote in a mo- ment for a bill which made it a misde- meanor for any .merchant to extend credit to a public official, or for a bill that provided that any official who refused to pay his bills should be ousted from omuice but that he would not stand for the meas- ure under consideration. The decision of the commiitee was that it do nat pass. Bill 364, which provides that trial jurors shall be selected by the Judges of Supe- rior Courts, instead of by Boards of Su- ervisors, was brought up on a request or reconsideration. It has already been before the committee and sent back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass, but a number of Sacra- mento attorneys wanted another chance to argue it, and in deference to tneir wishes it was again brought up. Elwood Bruner appeared and indulged in a some- what heated arganment, and Major Wein- stock also spoke in favor of the bill, but no decisive action was taken upon i 5 Assembly bill 200, drafted by Assembly- man Chynoweth of Orange County for the purpose of preventing the formation of trusts or monopolies, was also unfa- vorably recomimended. M. Theodore Kearney, a raisin grower and real estate dealer of Fresnu, appeared against it and pointed out clearly that as it is printed the bill would Le detrimental to the raisin and fresh fruit interests, and when the matter was brought up in executive ses- sion it was given the same recommenda- tion as its predecessor: g Assembly 280, by Rickard, which provides - that the County Clerk of a county, and not the Treasurer, shall Te- ceive the 5 per cent commission paid for the collection of the collateral inheritance tax, was laid over to Monday, as also was bill 440, which provides that counties or municipalities may sell to corporations franchises for docking privileges without advertising the sale. : Assembly bill 221, which provides for a State Board of Ac- countants, will be reported back to the Assembly without recommendation. The question’ of exempting Stanford Univer- sity from taxatlon also came up agaln, but was lafd over until Monday evening’s meeting of the committee. GREEN WILL ANSWER WHAT HE PLEASES CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2—The Bulla men are determined that Milton J. Green shall appear befor: the bar of the House and answer to the contempt proceed- ings now pending against him. The matter is to come up at 2:30 to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Green has declined to answer to the committ.e specifically as to whether or not he contributed money in the various Assembly districts of the State to assist in the election of Re- publican members of the Legislature. The Committee of Investigation wanted to know what districts he had put money in and those he had not. Mr. Green declined to state, hence the contempt proceedirgs. A proposition was made this evening by Assemblyman Melick, a member of the investigating committee, that sub-committee of three with a stenog- rapher would call upon Green to-mor- row and interrogate him. If he an- swered the questionc they asked him, the committee as a whole would so re- port to the Assembly, and Mr. Green would thereupon be purged of contempt and these proceedings be dismissed. Mr. Green, when seen at 10 o'clock this evening, was in bed. He had not left it during the day. He stated that should the committee call upon him at his room he would answer all questions that he considered to be within the range of the committee’s right to ask him. Further than this Mr. Green would not talk, except to say | that if he was physically able he would appear at the bar of the House at 2: to-morrow afternoon, unless he met the committee in the mcrning. Aot el i DIBBLE WANTS TO 'PRESERVE WAR RECORDS CALL - HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—Asseniblyman Dibble to- day introduced a measure for the pres- ervation of war records. Similar laws are on the statute books in Eastern States. Following is the text of the bill: An act to establish a Bureau of Records of the ‘War of the Rebellion, the National Guard of California, the Spanish-American War and the preservation of military records and relics, and authorizing the Adjutant General to appoint a chief of such bureau and fixing the amount of his salary. The people of the State of California, repre- sented in Senate and Assembly, do ehact as follows: Sectlon 1. The Adjutant General shall estab- lish and maintain as part of his office a Bureau of Military Records and Relics of the War of the Rebellion, the National Guard of California and the Spanish-American War, He shall be the custodian of all such records, relics, colors, standards and battle flags of California volun® teers, now the proprty of the State, or which the State may hereafter acquire or bécome pos- sessed of, and he shall appoint a chiet of this bureau who shall hold office under his direc- tion, during the pieasure of the Adjutant Gen- eral, and whose compensation shall be $1800 per annum. Sec. 2. The Adjutant General, by all reason- able means, shall procure such records and gather from every available source such colors, standards and battle flags as were borhe by California State troops in the war of the re- bellion and the war with Spain, and such statistics and historical information and relics as may serve to perpetuate the memory and herolc deeds of the soldiers of the State, and keep and carefully preserve the same in such bureau. Sec. 3. He s authorized to ask and accept the assistance of the Adjutant General of the United States army, and of city, town and county authorities and officials, and of the Grand Army of the Republic, the military order of the Loyal Legion and of organizations and persons in the State of California and else- where, in the collection of such information, records and relics; in order to make as com- plete as possible the history and statistics of the patriotic service of the volunteer soldiers of the State. Sec. 4. TRe Secretary of State is authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters for the bureau of records wherever the Adjutant General shall require and made demand there- or. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. RICKARD HAS A BILL TO LEGALIZE PRIZE FIGHTS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—Assemblyman Rickard of San Francisco introduced a bill in the Assembly this morning which is designed to legalize prize fighting in the State of California. s The body of the bill provides a fine of not less than $1000 nor more than $5000 and imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three years for any one who shall engage in, Instigate, aid or train for any prize fight, but all the terror is taken out of the measure by the pro- viso, which says: “Provided, however, that sparring exhibitions not to exceed twenty rounds, with gloves of not less than five ounces each in weight, may be held by a domestic incorporated athletic club upon the Prepayment by such club of an annual license to be fixed by the Supervisors of each county; provided, further, that such club shall have a phy- sician in attendance to examine boxers prior to -each exhibition and determine whether or not they are in perfect physi- cal health.” It will be seen that Mr. Rickard’s bill not only legalizes prize fights of sufficient length to guarantee ‘“‘a finish” in "% per cent of the exhibitions. but in fixing an annual license it permits pugilistic exhibi- tions to be pulled off nightly if desired by the few big assoclations in San Francisco :msceh can afford to pay the annual li- ense. AT L Bills Favorably Reported. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2—The Assembly Commlit- fec on Cliisns met this afternoon and re- ported favorably upon the following bills: Bill 314, relating to the claim of Wes- sendorf & Staffler, who claim that while Lieutenant Hartley R. Hodgson was at- tending to the duties of preparing for the annual encampment of the ational Guard of California at Los Angeles in 1594 he was taken suddenly ill and died. He was without friends or acquaintances and the undertaking firm of Wessendorf & Staffler embalmed the body ard for- warded it to Hodgson's relatives. The claim of Julius A. Holt, who had al 0 | | 2Relie s 0850 RN NN NIReU+RNe ReNeRNeRNe NN 4N R+ RNeNRNWNGR e NN NN % +R e R RRIReRN I ReRIRIRO B+ R R+ R+ RoReBetioy third time. up for third reading. (or by) electricity or compressed air, dummy, of the way of sald dummy or car. any such car unles: sions of this act, shall be guilty of a apply to horse cars. power to pass such a law. power. Ashe. visors and City Councils. clause of the bill. Referring to the which is as follows: abridged or construed as to permit the general wellbeing of the State.” The framers of the constitution “It has been said that this is a hart, “but I do not believe it. crepit. road alone, in its persistent efforts Senator Simpson opposed the bill the Legislature. ‘ s neRN e RN RN e tie et i et o2l o0 ti0t 4234230 25050+ 504 HeeteBetio ke NotloRotie BN 4L 4NN FENDERS MUST BE PUT ON DUMMIES AND CARS. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 2.—Senator Braun- hart’s bill to promote the safety of street railroads by compelling equipment of cars or dummies with f ers or brakes came up in the Senate this morning and It was amended and will therefore have to be printed before it can finally be disposed of. the third reading file and will undoubtedly The bill as it passed No person, company or corporation opcrating cars on the street or towns, or on the county roads within { passengers, propelled by means of wire ropes attached to stationary er unless each car and dummy, While in usi fender or appliance placed in front or attached to t car, for the purpose of removing and clearing obstructions from and preventing any obstacles, obstructions or person on the track frc ting under said dummy or car, and removing the same out of dang And no person, operating cars on the streets of cities or towns, within the State for the conveyance of passengers shall run, oper each car, while in use, shall be fitted w ble of bringing such car to a stop within a reasonable dis Every such person, company or corporation whiclt hauls, or perm be hauled, or uses on its line, any car or dummy in violatior This act shall take effect on and after the st day of July Senator Shortridge opposed the bill on the ground t Senator Braunhart claimed that it would not apply to cars operated by horse motors, and asked if Boards of Supervisors did Senator Ashe replied that Boards of Supervisors ““Who has?” asked Senator Shortridge. “The Southern Pacific Railroad Company,” promptly replied Senator Senator Morehouse claimed the bill was unconstitutional that complete power in this matter was vested in the Boards of Super- Senator Bulla suggested an amendment, making the act cars propelled by steam or other power. Senator Braunhart opposed a motion house, Braunhart referred to section 8 of article XII of the const “The exercise of the police power of the State ness In such a manner as to infringe upon the rights of individuals or pation of the opposition of corporations to measures limi to sacrifice the lives of the people upon the altar of avarice and gr: I have confidence and I do not think it possible for the corporation to succeed in prevent- ing the passage of such a moderate, conservative police regulation for the protection of the lives of the little children and The San Mateo and San Francisco and other corporations do not object to the bill. The M. the people, stands in the way of the passage of the bi The motion to strike out the enacting cla: Braunhart amended the bill in accordance with Bulla’s sugg: themselves would provide proper appliances without interference from But despite quite a hard fight the bill as amended was read a third time and ordered printed. & $ s a b L e e e e%uINe employes and passengers upon was T i 2letiet] However, it retains its place be passed when it comes is as follows: the State, for the con e +250% 0% shall run, operate or use arv ., shall have a 1cks of such d e tlet ny or the « compz or on use hat anee Apa- ts to misdemeanor. 9 t it would not have the did not have the 2002005000500 e e e e He claimed - * apply to 8 + to strike out the enac constitutional objection of = 0t shall never be so & corporations to conduct their busi- ¢+ + £ + incorporated this in antici- g3 their pc 2 railroad Leg - 3 o n my fellow Senators, the aged and de- Street Railroad Company et Street Rail- to thwart the v animous desire of lost. was Thereupon ion. upon the ground that the companies his hand shot off in the railroad riots in 1894 and therefore claims $7500, had his claim reduced to $5000 and reported back fa%g:n_bga‘ms of Charles F. Wells and Thomas Dunnigan, each for $10,000, .were reduced. to $5000 and reported favorably upon. Both men were National Guarus- men and were injured in the railread riots, A BIL' AGAINST THE | INSTALLMENT PLAN CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, Feb. 2.—Assemblyman Radecliff | has introduced in the Assembly a bVI‘J} rather peculiar in its terms. Mr. Radcliff | will not insist on the passage of the biil, | as he to-day stated that he did not believe | it a proper measure. He explained that | he had introduced it without proper read- ing and understanding. The bill of Mr. Radeliff is as follows: | “Every provision in any note, agree- | ment .or memorandum whereby the vend- or of personal property who delivers the possession of such property to a vendee attempts to reserve and keep the title in and to such property in himself until it | is fully paid for, shall be absolutely void | as against creditors of the vendee and | subsequent purchasers and incumbrancers | of the property in good faith and for value, unless the instrument in which such provision is contained is executed, | acknowledged and recorded as mortgages | of personal property are required to be | by the provisions of this article. The effect of this bill if it bécomes a law would be to vest absolute title in a purchase, say of furniture, upon which a firstpayment of $25 has been made in the party making the payment unless a chattel mortgage for the $47 remaining due was recorded as a mortgage upon the personal property purchased. Dishonest and _unscrupulous peoplel might deceive bankers and. persons ad- vancing money on personal property which they had secured by the payment | of say 10 per cent of the purchase price, the remaining unpaid purchase price to be liquidntled from time to time at some ate. m’l“a’l’s gfll of Radcliff’s if adopted would have the effect of knocking out purchases of any kind on the installment plan. PAY FOR TIME SERVICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—Senator Dickinson to- day introduced in the Senate a bill which has the effect of giving credits as to time of service to members of the National Guard who enlisted as volunteers in the Spanish-American war. The bill is as follows: Section 1. Honorable discharge from the Na- tional Guard of California is hereby granted to all of the officers and members of the reci- ments and companies, who were mustered into the United States volunteer service during the year 1898, as of the date of their muster into said service. Sec. 2. In computing the term of service for any purpose regarding privileges and exemp- tions provided by law for officers and members of the Natlonal Guard, the time which any officer or man above 'honorably _discharged Which he has served or may serve In said vol- unteer service shall be computed and allowed for as continuous seryice, the same as if such service had been In the National Guard, and such officer or man shall have an additional period of 100 days immediately following his honorable discharge from such volunteer service or the portion thereof up to his re-enlistment allowed him for all such purposes, provided that he re-enlist in the National Guard within that time. Sec. 3. In computing the term of service for any purpose regarding privileges and exemp- tions provided by law for officers and mem- bers of the National Guard, the time which any officer or man above honorably discharged, and who for any reason did not enter such Volunteer service, shall bé computed and al- lowed for as continuous service up to the time that this act shall take effect, and should he re-enlist in the National Guard within thirty days thereafter he shall be creditéd with such additional time up to date of such re-enlist- ment. was reported favorably. It is an act em- | powering Boards of Supervisors o o | struct, reconstruct and change the loc | tion_of and entering into contracts . to bulld bridges across navigable streams or aterways,in this State, : Against Pool ‘Selling. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2—The Senate Judiciary Committee this evening decided that Sen- ator Braunhart's bill relating to pool sell- Ing was a good one and will so report it to the Senate. It is a bill which will cre- ate a stampede among the racetrack peo- ple, as it will effectually knock out rac- ing if it is made a law, as it bids fair to be. The substance of the bill is the prohi- bition of pool selling in any part of the f::crfisexacsfit :}«;xthm }herlnrlnsnrn of race- 2 en only for i exsceed‘ thigy dafi's. % S i enator Braunhart was not so success- ful with his bill to do away with the fees now received by court stenographers and place them under salary. The stenogra- Y‘hors were represented by Stenographer ong of the Police Court of San Fran- cisco, and he met the arguments of Sen- ator Braunhart ably. The.-committee de- cided that it was not within the provi- slons of the new San Francisco charter, and so reported unfavorably upon it. Senate bill 354 met the approval of the committee, as did also Assembly bills 63 and 69. Bill 354 is an act authorizing State agricultural societies to sell property held by them in fee or held by trustees for their use. It prescribes the course of pro- cedure in indemnifying purchasers at sales and directs how the proceeds shall ve applied. Bills 68 and 69 pertain to tue power of guardians and the power of the Judge in appointing them. —_—— To Promote Prison Reform. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2—Senator Jones of Orangs County has introduced a bill providing for the appointment of five commissioners, by the Governor, to promote prison reforms. The commission is to investigate and re- port upon the feasibilty of establishing a reformatory for the confinement and reformation of convicts. The commission is also to select a site and secure plans for a building to be placed thereon. It is also toreport upon the feasibility of seiling property at San Quentin and segregating the prisoners, so that the incorrigibles can be confined at Folsom. The commission- ers are to receive no compensation other than necessary expenses. An appropria-~ tion of $5000 is made to-carry out the pro- visions of the act. pan S To Return Claus Spreckels’ Money. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—Assemblyman Burnstt of San Luis Obispo County introduced a bill in the Assembly this morning which Erovldea for the repayment to Claus preckels of the $25,000 loaned by him to the State through ex-Governor Budd. The money was borrowed by the State for the purpose of relie: the distressing con- dition of the flrofi t-stricken farmers of the lower end of Monterey and the north- ern part of San Luis Obispo and other counties in that section. The bill was re- ferred to the Committee on Claims. P o To Reduce Cost of Legislation. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—A petition filed by Sena- tor Braunhart in the Senate this after- noon asked the Legislature to enact some law whereby the cost of inaugurating leg- islation would be made less expensive, It cited the fact that both the Republican and Democratic parties had by their plat- forms in San Francisco pledged thelr leg- islators to secure this legislation. The pe- tition was ordered printed In the journal. ———— A New Insurance Policy. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2—Senator Braunhart's bill providing a uniform fire insurance policy to be used in California was passed to third reading by the Senate to-day after considerable debate. Senator Braun- hart proposed later to introduce a bill Wwhich will make the New YorkK form of policy the only one that can be introduced in this State. ‘Will Inspect the Harbor. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2—The Assembly Commit- tee on Commerce and Navigation will start tc-morrow evening for San Fran- cisco, where it will inspect San Francisco harbor and will appear before the Harbor Commissioners and discuss harbor mat- ters. It will also inquire into the claim of the Fire Commissioners, who desire the purchase of a new fire t\l’. At a meeting of the committee this afternoon bill 109 e Dutch Flat Claims. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2.—The bills providing for the payment of the claims of the Dutch Flat people for damages done to their bufldinfi! by the boy Wedgewood, who while demented indulged his incendiary mania by burning their houses, came be- fore the Senate Committee on ‘Finance this evening, and were laid over until Dr. Gardner of the Napa Asylum for the In- sane can appear bofore the committee