The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1899, Page 2

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1899, INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO. Lot CeRNetielel to leg Harbor Commis son’s bill nst it Dickinson has stated the number kick which increases 200550 %25 020 B30 0t tie bill, & boara from three to five, for the express purpose of making the board Republican, in o that all of its patronage may go to Republicans, and it also provides that every member of the present board shall have his term of office brought to a summary end. But there seems to be a certain spirit of fairness and justice gov- g many the Republican members and it is understood that en Dickinson’s bill comes up, either in committee or on second read- o will be added whereby Major J. P. Harney and Rudolph mbers of the bC e given authe tute measure s. Th ct of placing publicans. SRR RGL SRR GN TRl e tiet R0 ReReReNeRNetINIReNeRINe N+ HARBOR COMMISSIONERS NOT TO BE DEPOSED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 3.—Senator Dickin- ate out of ‘existence oners of San Franc proval of all of the Republican membe of appointees who shall constitute the r the present law. of course, be Republicans and this will have the of the patronage of the board In the hands of ment existing among Republjcan members of the this substitute will be adopted nated to draw up the substitute bill. *r e e%e the. present State Board of > does not meet with the ap- of the Legislature and they are an open fact that he introduced the oard, will be permitted to serve out But Governor Gage will, by the ority to appoint three additional com- and a certain SRR RNENRNIRNINIRINIRIRNIRNIRN NN NI RNeNINeNO HeNIRIRN IR IR RO GROVE L. JOHNSON AND THE SMITH BILL The Most Outragecus Proposi- tion Ever Presented to a Legislative Body. HEADQUAR "0, Feb. 3.—Grov sred a bill sembly L. Johnson has whereby ten thousand 1 this morning exclusively re- of Johnson’s introduc: e bill, but a further investiga- s that the claim against the s which ( L. Johnson has : use of h name in order to slature is one of presented ht, May 17, r and 1891, saloon- nig mmer as he He was robbed which he ars The blow killed him. men, Harry Gor- “Brady,” three tt McCaig alia alia by They confe k = of the crime. Gordon ac mi t he and a man named Ha 1e hom he had become a lower K street dive, kept h, had concocted the rob- that Brady had procured the Invy gation de- am Furlong, who was n a night bartender for Robert Al- was an intimat nd of J. D. Night after ht, after the f Allen's oon, Furlong 1th and post him as to iled his money, stating on a Saturday night ake the money to his e, wrapped in a cigar case. It developed that this Smith, seeing that Haley a suitable tool, had told could put him on to a 500 or $700 could be made, requ 1 two men to do the y then took Gordon in on ition and that the trio, rdon and Smith, talked over that Smith then told them len and how easy it the old man in some k spot and get the money. It was ther shown that Smith wanted $150 h t for giving Haley and Gor- and that Bartender ) out of it for put- to the job. Other cir- ances corroborated the testimony n who -were charged with the ry, and Smith was arrested.and tried. On his first trial Grove L. Johnson defended him. The Jurydis- first trial = exhausted: all the v that Smith po; sed, and Grove » Who had.been his attorney. 1 him, Van F , then Superior Judge, sociate Justice of; the » appointed the man who rted his client and left him de- ug mercy of the court & t /, to act as Smith’s at L. Johnson made all excuses to the tourt, to defend him. On the second t and Alvin Bruner we appointed Smith was found sentenced to life imprison- guilty and ment. His case was appealed to the Su- preme t, but not wuntil after Smith’s death at the County @Hospital of consumption did the Supreme Court entér a judgment reversing the lower court. The people of Sacramento feel that there is not the slightest shadow of a doubt that J. D. Smith was ac- ;'numublc for the murder of Robert Al- en. But now comes Grove L. Johnson. who, as a law had deserted his cli- ent and left him at the bar of ‘nstice accused of a crime which, if he were convicted, carried him either to the gal- lows or the penitentiarv for the term of his’ life, g as the father of a bill to g $10,000 of the people’s money to the heirs of the accused murderer, Admitting that every dollar the State would in justice pay to those heirs was for their s t, what founda- tion of reason or justice exists for a claim of this character? It is univer- sally afimitted that there is none. Yet Grove L. Johnson proposes that this money | belonging to the taxpavers shall be appropriated to pay a eclaim which hefore any court or board of ar- bitrators would be looked upon as far- cicah Mr. Johnson says the press abuses him unjustly. When Mr. John- son stands as the sponsor of the al- leged claim of the heirs of J. D. Smith against the State can he consistently ask for journalistic approval .of his act, when he does so0 as a public ser- vant? b e B ASSEMBLY ROUTINE . . BROUGHT SURPRISES CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—First the Belshaw bill, now the Cutter enactment to be broken into by the hungry mob in the Assembly. The better part of this morning's session of that body was given over to reading resolutions to pay large blocks of “hard cash to employes that were never em- ployed and the appointment by resolution of others who did not get, in o the cau- cus division. Tt was a mherry ecarnival, although somewhat confused. Mr. John- #on, one of those who profited most by the late division, offered a resolution to y.y, to the petty offenders against the.law hich he introduced in | s of the money of the taxpayers ifornia would b diverted into ets of person are no more it than the scarlet women of | were entitled to wear the robes | | off still another of the numerous attaches ‘h‘- has attached to the Judiciary Com- mittee. It was a temporary sergeant-at- | arms named Walter Trefry,.and he was ‘Qr ented with $30. Mr. Melick of Pasa- eba sent up another allowing Charles Prince, a porter, $72 for his monfh's work, and Kelsey took care of Ed Smith, who 20t In to the extent of $186 as an unem- ploved assistant clerk at the desk. Ernest Rhodes and Ralph Schileur, who have done splendid work as pages, were given $45. A. C. Vignes, who has been act- ing as sergeant-a to the Ways and Means Committee, w. awarded $30. Still another resolution provided that Lloyd Childs, who has rendered services as clerk to the Committee on Countles d County Boundari should be paid is per diem from January 10 to the st of the present month, and It included a little joker by further providing vhereas, the committee has no duly ap- pointed clerk, he be retained in his pres- ent capacity,” The Committee on Agri- culture was in the same predicament and provided exactly the same thing for Clyde | Alford, who has been acting as clerk since [ the 10th of the past month, Assemblyman Cosper of Tulare took | cognizance of the fact that in some cases clerks have been employed where they were not needed and that there were others incompetent and unfit to fill any | position. He introduced a resolution call- | Ing upon the Committee on Attaches to | immediately investigate the condition of | affairs with a view to reporting to the House clerks employed and not working and clerks not of sufficient capaeity to warrant their retention. ters were interrupted for a emblyman Glenn, who of- B on to_the memory of the Senator Boggs. It was adopted by a ng vote. Recess followed the joint ballot at noon, and it was after 2 o'clock before order was called agaln, and for the rest of the | day the speeial order and second and | third reading files were the only business | consideres Jjourneyman horseshoers' bill, was defeated yesterday, came up | again on the author’s motion for a re- | consideration of ote, and after a d ng{l‘[ it eventuall hpassed. sembly ., by Assemblyman ck, whlch';s a bill £o allow unincorpo: ted towns Yo organize fire departments, | was also argued at length and passed. | Johns; cruelty to animals law and | Assembly bill 5 was given the same con- | sideration. Assemblyman Lawrenee Hoey's bill, which provides for an eight-hour labor day on all public contracts, precipitated considerable debate. The bill provides that on all public contracts, contractors | shall work their men but eight hours, unless their men are paid overtime for work beyond that limit. Johnson of Sac- ramento asked if the present law does not settle that point, and Hoey replied that it did so far as the original contractors were concerned, but that if the contract were sublet the subcontractors were not bound by its provisions and always ignored them. The bill was honored by a unam- mous vote. Assembly bill 181, by Meserve of San | Bernardino, provided for the vacation and closing up of public grants and parks not within municipalities and was passed after little debate. nate joint resolution 12, relative to im- provements at San Pablo Bay, Assembly joint resolution 8, relative to the comple- | tion of the jetty at San Diego Bay, As- sembly joint resolution 10, relative to the | establishing of granite posts to mark the true line between California and Nevada, and Assembly joint resolution 13, relative | to the recreation of the rank of admiral and conferring it upon Rear Admiral Dewey, were all passed. Bill 19 by Mead of Los Angeles was on file, but was allowed to go over to its next reading-upon request of its author, The bill provides that the holders of it would be a protection to society. He insisted that all the tramps were es- sentially vagrants ' from choice, and never from necessity. Senator Morehouse made a most im- passioned plea against the passage of the bill. He said that the constabulary and the police of the State-had time and again been guilty of arresting worthy persons on the charge of vagrancy and before a jury no such allegation could ever be sustained. The Senator stated that the bill was one of the most dan- gerous attacks on one of the great pri- mary principles of the Amerifan Gov- ernment, denying to people who must, of necessity, be without friends or money, the right of trial by jury. If the Senate of the State of California started and took the initiative in this matter of obliterating the rights of every citizen which are guaranteed him by the constitution, what would the end be? Would it result finally in the be able to secure a trial by jur: fendant must pos: money or property a de- a certzin sum of ably opposed to it. Senator Cutter contended that it was only the guilty man who demanded a trial by jury. ways willing to submit their case to the Jjudgment of the courts. However, the Senator stated that it was his intention to vote against the bill, as he consid- ered it to be unconstitutionai. Senator Gillette, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which committee had reported the bill favorably, made a plea in favor of its passage. He agreed with Senator Smith that the principle involving the right of trial by jury was not assailed by this bill from the simple fact that it gave cour! to the trouble of securing a jury. Innocent men were al- | Rt0+040404040+0+0+04+ 04040 passage of a law whereby, in order to | This was, in the | mind of Senator Morehquse, the direc- | tion the bill took and he was unalter- | % | HAOHOH0404+ 040404 C40404040404040 40+ 04040+ ¢ ANOTHER BALLOT AND NO CHANGE CALL , HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 3.—Com- mittee work and well-stuffed files in both houses prevented the taking of more than one joint ballot at noon to-day, and the one brought no change. Stephen M. White is still in the lead. The vote went through without incident, and resulted as follows: BARNES ESTEE BULLA BURNS . FELTON GRANT SCOTT BARD DE VRIE ROSENFELD WHITE 04044040 40+0404040404 preme Court shall be divided into two appellate districts, in each of which there all be'a district court of appeals, con- sisting of three Justices. The first ap- pellate district shall embrace the follow- ing counties: Alaméda, Contra Costa, Del the right to | Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendo- dispose of petty cases without going | eino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, San Senator Wolfe of San Francisco gave| Mateo, Sonoma, Solano and the city and pe 3 franchises in municipalities shall pay each year into the Treasury of the city not more than three per cent of thelir gross earnings. The second reading file was taken up later in the afternoon and at 4:30 adjourn- ment was taken to the regular hour to- morrow morning. —-— CITIZENS' RIGHTS SAVED BY ORATORY A Bill to Deny Vagrants Trial by Jury Brings Ont Vigor- ous Protests. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—There was a flow of eloquence in the Senate this afternoon which offered a great opportunity for the word-painters to get to the front, and they did not fail to avail them- selvés of the great chance which Sen- ator Nutt had opened up to them by the introduction of the following bill, which has the effect of denying to vagrants the right of trial by jury. “A trial by a jury may be waived by the consent of both parties expressed in open court and entered in the dooket. In cases of vagrancy, disturbing the] peace and other similar petty offenses the court may summarily proceed to trial and judgment without a jury. The formation of the jury is provided for in chapter 1, title 3, part 1, of the Code of Civil Procedure.” ‘When the bill came up on second reading Senator Charles M. Shortridge, the oratorical giant of San Jose, arose in his seat and for full five minutes charmed the Senators and spectators with his eloquence. Senator Shortridge in substance spoke as follows: “To think that a member of this Senate should rise in his seat and make a proposition to deny to any citizen or inhabitant of this eountry the right of trial by jury brings to my cheeks the blush of shame, when I contemplate the fact that I am also a member of that same body. The inalienable right. of every citizen of this country to trial by jury is guaranteed to them by the Fed- eral constitution, and our forefathers fought and died to sustain it. The fact that we should to-day attempt to elim- inate this right seems to me a gross outrage.” Senator Morehouse made a strong speech against the bill, as did also Sen- ators Davis and Sims. Senator Smith of Bakersfield made an extraordinary argument in favor of the bill. He took the ground that if the right of trial by jury were abrogated as 2 DR. R. BEVERLY COLE. notice that he proposed to speak upon the bill, and pending its consideration the Senate adjourned. This measure was introduced by Senator A. E. Nutt of San Diego, and when asked about it he said that it was sent to him from the City Attorney of San Diego and he had introduced it at his request. He further added that he knew nothing about the bill and was inclined to oppose it. Senator Shortridge in conversation said: “The present vagrancy laws are not applied to the parties whom it is designed they should reach. Men who live off the earnings of abandoned women are never or seldom arrested on a charge of vagrancy, yet it is a palpable fact that they come within the limit of the law. Some poor devil wi out money or friends, who would bd a good honorable man if he but had the opportunity to obtain work, is arrested on a vagrancy charge by some fee- chasing Constable and made to suffer.” ke o JUDGE PATERSON WANTS BUT ONE COURT CALL -HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Ex-Supreme Court Jus- tice Van R. Paterson appeared before the in opposition to the constitutional amend- ment introduced by Senator Dickinson. and after hearing the amendment read and discussed by the members of the committee, spoke first in regard to the amendment and afterward brought before the committee a proposed constitutional amendment formulated by him, which differs in many respects from that pro- posed by Dickinson. In brief, the amend- ment introduced by Senator Dickinson is as follows: That a district court of appeals be added to the judicial department of the State, which now comprises a court of impeach- ment, a Supreme Court, Superior courts, Justices of the Peace and such inferior . courts as the Legislature may establish. Heretofore the Supreme Court has been the only court of appeals, but by the pro- visions of Dickinson’s amendment the Su- county of San Francisco. The official designation of the district court of ap- peals in this district shall be “the Court of Appeals of the State of California in and for the First District.” It shall hold four sessions each year in San Francisco, beginning on the third Monday in Febru- ary, May, August and November. The court may order any special sessions it may see fit. / The second appellate district shall em- brace all the remaining counties in ‘the, State, and will hold its sessions in Los Angeles and at Sacramento or the capital of the State. This will have four sessions also, beginning on the fourth Monday in February, May, August and November; the February and August sessions to be held at Los Angeles and the May and No- vember sessions at the State capital. As in the case of the first district, special sessions may be held upon the order of the court. The Legislature may at any time in- crease the number of appellate districts and District Courts of A;;feal. and the Supreme Court has the privilege of re- moving any counties it might wish from one district to another. The Justices of the Distriet Courts of Appeals shall be elected by the electors within their respective districts. The Gavernor shall apgnlnt three Justices for each court, and they will classify them- selves by lot so that one of them shall go out of office at the end of rour years, | another at eight years und the third shall Senate Judiciary Committee this evening | hold office for the fulNterm of twelve vears. If a vacancy occ! thi‘Govemor shall ?Dolnt the successor to fill the un- expired term. he courts shall have nvsellne Jjurisdic- tion in_their respective districts in all cases of appeal provided b‘ law from the Superior Courts, except those in which the appeal is to be taken direct to the Supreme Court. e object of ex-Judge Paterson’s pro- Eosed amendment is, as he states, to ring appeal cases to a speedy close, and the only way it differs with that of Sen- ator Dickinson’s is that but one appel- late court be added to the judicial depart- ment of state, and that it shall consist of a Chief Justice and two Associate Jus- tices, possessing the qualifications re- quired in Justices of the Supreme Court, and that the entire State shall come uh- der its jurisdiction. It shall have final and exclusive appellate jurisdiction, Ex-Judge Paterson Spoke at length on his proposed amendment, say- ing that it would not only save the ex- pense of oné appellate” court, whi some would amount to the neighborhood of 000 a year, but will expedite matters in appeal cases. STATUS OF THE VETERANS’ HOME AT YOUNTVILLE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—The deed conveying to the State the land and buildings of the Vetérans’ Home, Yountville, is_in the hands of Governor Gage, and may at any time be accepted. The documents were examined and approved by Attorney Gen- eral Ford and found to be regular in all respects. The law authorizing the transfer of this property to the State was passed by the Legislature two years ago, but just at the time the Veterans’ Home Assoclation was ready to make the conveyance in accord- ance with the law Governor Budd ex- cluded from the general appropriation bill the item of $90,000 for the support of the hame for the two fiscal years. The attor- ney of the board was consulted, and he advised that a conveyance might leave the instisution without any means of sup- port. The judgment of other lawyers and the opinions of business men were in- vited, and the conclusion was reached that it would not be prudent to change the status of the institution, since the allowance for the State support of the in- stitution had been vetoed. Governor Budd adhered to_the opinion that the law pro- vided for the support of the institution, and gave as a reason for striking the allowance from the general appropriation bill that the item was unnecessary. The present Legislature will doubtless clearly define the relations of the State to the Veterans’ Home. The subject of allow- ance has engaged the attention of the Ways and Means Committee of the As- sembly. “There is a bill pending to allow for ten years an amount not to exceed $75,000 a year. While the maximum of at- tendance is less than 1000 Mr. Valehtine, chairman of the Ways and Means Com- mittee, suggests that the allowance au- thorized by the Legislature should not ex- tend beyond theferiod of two years. He has signified a willingness to recom- mend an allowance of 360 per capita for 800 residents. This will allow a sum suffi- cient to meet the present necessities. The United States Government allows the home $100 per year for each veteran re- siding permanently at the institution. It is suggested by members of the Legisla- ture, who are giving attention to meas- ures of practical economy, that it would be wise for the Legislature to allow money to erect an additional building at the home, which would accommodate 400 old soldiers. THat allowance would en- able the home to take care of disabled veterans now supported, to some extent, by the counties rcgpectlvel y in which they live. - The United States allowance I8 oly for those actually residing at the home. The counties cannot get the allowunce from the nation, but the State, by contri- buting for example $60 per year would get the additional $100 per annum from the Government. Applicants for admission to the home are gemed, because there is no room for more except as the death roll provides vacancies. Before long the disabled sol- dlers of the Spanish war will be repre- sented in the applications, hence the pressure for admission promises to in- crease rather than diminish. % Mr. Loup, president of the board of di- rectors of the home, Senator La Rue of Napa, and others are active in presenting 1o the Legislature the facts regarding the requirements of the institution. The na- tional records, as well as the State rec- ords, are cited to attest the fact that the management of the home is highly cred- {table. Seven hundred and fifty veterans now reside at the home. FOR BURNS UNDER NO CONS!DERATIUN Cutter and Raub Will Have None of the Mine Jumper. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTOQ, Feb. 3.—Pressure is being brought to bear upon Senator Cutter and Assemblyman Raub to prevail upon them to leave the Grant phalanx and go over to the camp of Daniel M. Burns. But the pressure will never be suffi- clent. It is absolutely an effort direct- ed to change the sentiments and opin- fons of two men, both of whom to- night stated that as long as there was breath in their bodies they would never cast their votes for the mine- jumper of Candelaria for United States Senator. Senator Cutter’s district in- cludes the counties of Sutter, Yolo and Yuba. This evening in speaking of the possibility of his ever voting for Burns on the strength of or because pressure was brought to bear upon him Senator Cutter said: “I don’t care what they say or do. I am as capable of judging of the wishes and desires of my constituents as is any man whom Colonel Burys may se- lect for the purpose of dictating to me as to whom I shall vote for for United States Senator. As far as Sutter County is concerned, I know that the sentiment of the voters there is over- whelmingly against Burns. “When you get down to ¥olo County, where Burns has lived for years and years, I feel confident that it would be impossible to secure the vote or pledge of a majority of the citizens there in Burns' favor. He has friends at Wood- land, the county seat,” where he lived for a number of years, and where he yet has large property interests. But outside of Woodland, where Burns is known for just exactly what he is, I know that the people have no desire to advance to high public position men of the stamp of Daniel M. Burns. “I feel so confident that I am right in my assertion that I will predict that if the people of Yolo County could be fairly and honestly polled as to their Senatorial choice, there would be an overwhelming majority against Burns. He would not be in it. Just simply wind up this interview by stating that, X1 am for Grant first, last and all the time.” HOCHHEIMER MAY NOT HAVE A WALKOVER CALL HEADQUARTHRS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—The touts who are fig- uring on the Republican nomination of A. Hochhelmer in the Eighth Senatorial District to flll the vacancy caused .y the death of John Boggs are also casting about to find a weak Democrat to -un aFMnst Hochheimer. The word is out to- night that the Democrats in the Legisla- ture have got a line on the Burns pro- gramme and will_éndeavor to secure the nomination of ex-Senator Seawell of Men- docino as Hochheimer’'s opponent. The touts are calculating that the clean Re- publicans of the district will not take sufficient interest in the special election to put forward an able and untrammeled man, and therefore with the assistance of a Democratic weakling they hope. to se- cure the election of. Hochheimer, wao is known_here to be one of the Burns touts. 1If the Republicans of the district expect to elect a successor to John Bogdgs they must meet in convention and pledge the nominee for Senator to vote against D. M. Burns for United States Senator. ipzast hyode To Regulate Osteopathy: CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Senator Morehouse is a great believer in the practice of osteo- pathy. He thinks that it is a great medi- cal discovery and has introduced a bill in the Senate which gives to gsteopathy legal recognition. : 'he Senator’s bill was preséhted to-day roviding for the appointment by the overnor of -a board of osteopathic ex- aminers of three members. The commis- sioners will have power to examine appli- cants fop certificates which will permit them to practice as osteopathists and can deny applicants when they fail to pass the required examination. No person can ractice osteopathy in the State unless he gas a certificate. ———————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AN HA T R i R R R ) JOB CHASERS NOW ARE MADE HAPPY The Duckworth Scheme Being Worked in the Assembly. Patronage Freely Distributed and Then Provided for by Resolutions Which Settle All the Accounts of the Members. CALL HEADQUARTERS, - SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—The Duckworth job, on a scale somewhat modified from the | original, is just now being cleverly worked in the Assembly under cover of the well-shammed confusion into which attache matters have apparently been thrown. Since the session there have been attaches employed and kept at work, and employes hired who have not worked at all, upon no more au- thorization than the pull and confidence of the appointing member that when the reckonlng day should come he could easily get at the public sack. Since the first day of the session it has been the fixed intention to either kill or so amend the Belshaw law that its reémains could not be identified, and this has been done, but in the face of public opinion the instigators of the scheme did not dare provide for as many new positions as their political debts required. When the new bill was drafted and its profits divided up there was still a goodly balance left to be liquidated. Just now the domestic legislation of the Assembly is making for this liquidation. In_anticipation of the wrecking of the Belshaw law members on the floor have from the first jump been putting committee clerks at work, authorizing porters to sweep up and pages to sit in front of the press desks. These ap- pointments have in some cases been made with utterly no authorization and the appointing members have simply banked on the -...rease in their pro rata of patronage under the new bill and their ability to get at thé crib, to make their appointments good. Ex-Speaker Wright has played the role of good fellow to the queen’s taste, but as it transpires, he has pursued his usual course and done so at some one else’s expense. Did a job hungry legislator want a semblance of authorization for his ap- pointmenthe spoketo Wright and it was granted with that characteristic wave of the hand, and the fortunate recipient of the Wright brick made his appoint- ment forthwith only to find when the | division came that it was charged to his account instead of the over-gener- ous Speaker’s. The division came at Monday’'s cau- cus when the unsuspicious majority marched smiling into the caucus room with the happy notion that when they came out again it would be with $6 and $8 of additional patronge in their up- per vest pockets and their self-made appointments ratified. But Johnson, Valentine and the wrong Mr. Wright had got at it first and their peculations from the patron- age bowl reduced that anticipated pro rata to such an extent that most of the ordinary members could not afford the poor luxury of a $4 committee clerk:* Then came the roar. Chairmen of committees threatened that they would bring about a congestion of bills by refusing to call committee meet- ings until they were provided with clerks. They Kkicked because they would be compelled to pay their self- made appointees out of their own pock- ets, and to get even threatened every sort of political retaliation. Matters got serious for the push and yesterday as a result the roar hushed. Instead a bunch of resolutions was sent up to the Clerk's desk and when they were read the reason for the sudden quietude transpired. Every one was to be paid, whether he had worked or not. There were resolutions to pay prema- ture pages and others to pay oclerks. There was one by Knights of Sacra- mento which was the first uncovered attempt to exceed the provisions of the Cutter law by appointing by resolu- tion. To-day there was another bunch of pay day resolutions and the down- cast countenances of the gang that was thrown out brightened like a May sky. It became evident that there had been an agreement. And now all those who 8o nearly lost their time and money are willing to take another chance and some of them are getting it. The Cutter bill is already being evaded. : By simple resolution yesterday an electrician was hired and to-day three more appointments were made in the same way. There are clerks working at the desk who were not appointed by resolution or anything else and who Will be pald at the end of the session by still another resolution. Despite the few limitations of Cutter’s bill the doors are open to as many employes as the member with sufficient voting influence may care to appoint. So long as he can club or trade enough votes into line to pass his ultimate resolution to pPay he may make appointments, As the matter stands the man out of a job can put in his time in no better way than to voluntarily go to work with a broom or a pen and take a chance at winning out an eventual résolution. LEGAL INTEREST TO BE SIX PER CENT CAPL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 8.—Senator Braunhart's bill fixing the legal rate of interest in California at 5 per cent was ordered printed and passed to third reading. But before this action was taken by the Sen- ate the committee amendment fixing the legal rate at 6 per cent was adopted. The bill as it finally passed read as follows: Unless there is an express contract in writing fixing a different rate, interest is payable on all moneys at the rate of € per cent per annum, after they become due on any instrument of writing, except a judgment, and on moneys lent or due on any settlement of accounts from the day on which the balance is ascertained and on moneys received for the use of another and detained from him. In the computation of interest for a period less than a year, three hundred and sixty days are deemed to constitute a year. Parties may agree In writing for the payment of any rate of interest not ex- ceeding 2 per cent per month, and it shall be allowed according to the terms of the agreement until the entry of judgment, but such interest can be compounded in any manner or-form. Interest is payable on judgments recov- ered in the courts of this State at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and no greater rate, but such interest can be compound- ed in any manner or form. Senator Braunhart, the author of the bill, objected seriougly to any in S l[)‘l‘l? rate originally provided fo Senator Dickins took the po: that the present rate of interest per cent and a reduction of 1 per ¢ Juggments was sufficient. He vor of the committee amendment making the legal rate 6 per cent. Senator Davis of Amador also favored tne committee amendment. It was finally ado; The provision in the bill ag: pounding interest met with con objection. Senator Smith moved out the objectionable clause. showed that the amendment was defeat- ed by a vote of.15 ayes to 17 noes. Senator’ Dickinson echanged his vote from aye to no, which made & tie vote on the amendrhent. At this juncture Senator Curtin came in and voted aye, which made the vote 17 to 16, and carried the amendment. Com- ound interest will in the future be al- owed on judgments if the bill passes. As amended the bill was ordered to third reading. e Against Employment Agencies. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Senator Ashe is going to stand in with the waiters from this time on. At their request he to-fay in- troduced a bill which will, if passed, have the effect of sending the employment agencies to their rear. In faet it most effectually knocks them out. His bill is as follows: “Any employment agent or other per- son who shall receive, collect or demand from, or charge any laborer, employe or other person any fee, commission, reward or compensation for obtaining employ- ment for such laborer, employe or other person, and any employer who shall re- ceive, collect or demand from, or charge, or deduct from the wages of any Jaborer, employe or other person, any money or thing to reimburse said employer for any payment made or to be made any em. Ployment agent or other person for hav- ng obtained the services of ar employ- ment for such laborer, employe or other person. shall be guilty of a -misde- meanor.” GoErtae A Big Slice of Land Wanted. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Senator Cutter has in- troduced a bill in the Senate asking a strip of land two and one-fifth miles wide, covering 35000 acres tand having an assessed valuation of §1,200000. He de- signs by his bill to take this land from Solano County, which extends to what is known as Pufah Creek, and add it to Yolo County. The Senator asserts that the people living on this 35,000 acres want the transfer made, as they are now doing all their trading in Yolo Céunty and are connected and interested in that ‘county far more than they are in Solano. Ermasd i) An Extraordinary Measure. CALL HEADQUARTERS, -SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 3.—Senator Langford has intraduced in the Senate an extraordinary measure. Its main clause is follows: “To actions brought to recover money or. other property deposited with any bank or to recover any amount due to the State or any city or county for taxes there is no limitation.” EXPLODED! The practice of selling Clotaing at double its cost at the factory nevet was recognized by our store and now that we have taken up and are selling one of the largest up-town stocks.at just half its marked price on the goods and odd suits at less, the public i s beginning to learn a fe1 things about the purchdse of something to wear and how and where to supply it at the right price. ‘Why not if Ask for printed lists, ask for prices. Call and Yyou can save a week's wages on a single suit? see the goods. 800 DOLLARS 800 DOLLARS 800 DOLLARS This is a modest sum to sell to-day, ceries, crockery, hardware, be satisfied, but along with our big sales of gro- house furnishings and all other goods, We will as only here and there a patron of the store knows ~what we are doing in Clothing and it costs too much to advertise. THROWN OUT. TO-DAY. Men's gray undershirts, summer or winter...25¢ Men'’s dress shirts, colored front, fine goods..%c Boys' knee pants for everyday wear. % Barbers' coats, a great overstock.. Boys' hats, too fine for the demand. Men's hats, your cholce of hundred Little boys cassimer sults, mostly dark Little boys' white laundered blouses. Men'’s cassimer suifs at cut rates .50 -$1 00 SMITHS o CASH STORE ' 5t o 25'27 Market St., S.F. ¢