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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899. PECULIAR POLITICS ~ DEVELOPS IN THE SENATORIAL FIGHT “Majah” McLaughlin Now Manages Colonel Burns' Campaign. OLD WORKERS GETTING DISGRUNTLED. Collector of the Port Jackson Sheds the Light of His Experience on the Situation and Announces His Intention to Brea k the Deadlock. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- three.as a sufficient number for caucus 0, Feb. 9.—The st comes from | proceedings, whereas the Assemblyman ide of the Burns corral that Ma- | naintains that sixty-one should be ank McLaughlin, chairman of the | ¢2lled in. ” peg Tt b e T Colonel Jackson passed the hours of ite Central Committee, is | gaylight in extending warm greetings t ger of the colonel's cam- | to the various Senatorial aspirants and pa nd that all orders emanate from | making appointments to meet each one ’s supremacy as man- | shed by several of the | who have been here recently. | > worker who took his departure this said before going away 1¢re is no sense in my staying dround. When I got here Frank opened a-bottle of wine and I have not been ed to say two words to him since.” ‘ommenting on the departure of this | another friend of the colonel s here to-night remarked: This man who went away feeling that he could be of no use while Frank E affair one of the best State, and is so recog- ed by the raiiroad. He knows how ¢ampaign of this kind should be con- ted and has had ample experi- | He could teach Frank, but he is | even invited to make a sngg\»s-‘ )m other inside sources the infor- | on comes that there is discord in | amp of the colonel. The touts are | rming around here, but there seems to be an absence of method and system | k laid out for them. y that Herrin has cold feet is | :d by the insiders of the corral. > latest information from the yellow lding comes in the form of positive ce that Herrin will stand by the as long as the latter believes that there is any hope of success, and will stay longer if Dan desires further | proof of loyalty. It surprising to ofd-time politicians } that Burns has made such a poor show- ing in this fight. They consider that | he has had behind him the regularly | of them at a later hour in the day. He met Senator Bulla in the Senate cham- ber and made himself agreeable to General Barnes at the Golden Eagle Hotel. Mr. Grant observed the cor- diality with which the Collector greeted the general and never shed a tear. machine of the Repubiican e has the powerful back- Southern Pacific Raiiroad | “ompany, the a ance of Phil Crims | mins and Ma 1y, the backing of Mose Gunst and hils gambling influence, the pres of the State patronage and | the friendship of the Governor, and yet with all these elements of strength | he is not able to muster more than | twenty-six votes, | A shrewd and su ful campaigner, a veteran of several Senatorial con- remarked to-night: “In times t we would have considered the rail- road support or .the support of the party organization as sufficient back- ing to win a fight, but Burns, with s in his favor and many | €S no pro It must be | bad management of I fight—a man- | agement that excites antagonism.” | Colonel J. P. Jackson, Collector of the | Port of San Francisco, who arrived on | the " scene last night, telling mem- bers and candidates for United States Senator that he is here to break the | deadlock. He has mnot openly an-| nounced his preference for any partic- ular candidate, but it is an open secret that he is here to help Grant out of an, ugly and scandalous situation by an endeavor to elect him to the office .-of United States Senator. Colonel Jack- son’ has peculiar ideas concerning | caucus government. He has a notion | _that forty-three members, which com- | prise a majority of the eighty-five Re- publicans of the Legislature, may get together in caucus, if twenty-two, a majority of the forty-three, agree on a candidate for Senator, that the | eighty-five Republicans will be bound | by the decree of the caucus to support the nominee. . He argues that if a majority of the Republicans of the Legislature goes into .caucus the minority is required by party custom to abide by the will of the majority. He asserts that the| . question was submitted two years ago | to high authority on party govern- | ment, and the decision was that the | members belonging the the minority, | whether they participated in the caucus or not, were bound by party usage to accept the caucus decree. | There is not the slightest danger that | ‘the Grant men, the Bulla men or the supporters of General Barnes will give | serious consideration to Colonel Jack- | son’s notion of a gcaucus. This con- test will be fought In the open light of | day until Grant and Burns retire. When | they get out of the way a Senator can | be elected. ¥ | _."The monotony was not broken by | any change of voting strength in the | -~ joint Assembly to-day. The ballot taken | was the forty-seventh. The number of | . votes cast was 107, and the announce- | "meént was made that the number re- | quired to elect was 54. Should the plan be- carried out for a large number of | legislators to leave the ¢ity for junket- . ing expeditions immediately after the | balloting to-morrow, the voting | strength on Saturday will be greatly | diminished. { Precautions will be taken by the Sen- | atorial aspirants to arrange for pair- ing, so that no candidate can seize the | advantage of a slim attendance to ad- | ~vance his own chances. Judging from the outlook this even- | ing members are convinced that there | will be no marked change in the situa- tion before Tuesday next. The belief | grows stronger every hour that neither | Burns nor Grant can win out. A few of the touts still reiterate the declara- tion that the fight will end in the elec- tion of Burns or nobody. It is a settled conviction in the minds of nine-tenths of the members of the Legislature that the deadlock cannot be broken until both Burns and Grant are eliminated from the contest. Judge Dibble is still talking caucus and asserting that there can be no solu- tion of the question except through caucus, * As to the number required for a Republican caucus there is a_wide difference in the estimates of Judge Dibble_and Colonel Jackson, Collector = e Dame Mha Oallantar Agtives forty. | election of any Senator. | | to the members of that body, and the first | step toward burning the legislative mid- | fore the Ways and Means Committee i(vf the Assembly to urge an appropria- tion in aid of the Lincoln monument enterprise. - COLONEL JACKSON UNFOLDS HIS PLAN CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9.—Late to-night Colonel J. P. Jackson’s plan for breaking the deadlock was unfolded. In brie! he proposes to consolidate all the clements of opposition to the candidacy of Dan Burns. He would call a convention of the legislators who are votinz for Grant,” Barnes, Bulla, Scott, Bard. Fel- ton and Estee. The numerical strength of these scattered forces is fifty-eight. The colonel would have all of them meet in convention and ballot ovenly for United States Senator. If no one receives a majority of the fifty-eight on the first show down then the lowest candidate is to be dropped. The pro- cess of dropping the lowest candidate is to be continued until one man re- ceives the entire vote. The fifty-eight Republicans, with the aid of three Democrats may then elect a Senator. There is a good deal of merriment in the camps of Bulla and Barnes over the unfolding of Jackson's method of breaking the deadlock by inviting all the opponents of Colonel Burns to vote for Grant. In the Burns camp there is a “ha ha” at the expense of the Collector and his caucus scheme. There was an alarm in the Burns cor- ral to-day. Howard Wright was not present and Dan was shy a vote. Jake Steppacher was in a great state of trep- fdation and blamed Dibble for the blunder or mishap. Dibble replied that he was too busy to look after Wright. and then Jake suggested that the ex- | Speaker should be permanently paired to avoid a repetition of the disaster. —— SENATE BUSINESS TENDS TOWARD NIGHT SESSIONS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9.—The need of night ses- sions in the Senate is becoming apparent night ofl was taken by Senator Smith | E40+04040404040+040+0404M NO LAND SLIDE YET. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 9.—One more joint Senatorial ballot was taken to-day, and if the land- slide that has been predicted is imminent there was no prelim- inary wave to indicate it. On the tally sheet Burns appeared to have lost one vote. He polled to-day only 23 to Grant’s 26. but this change in his score is be- cause of the absence of ex- Speaker Howard Wright, who left early in the day and forgot to pair with any of Grant's ad- herents. Outside of this one mis- take there was no change. The vote was as follows Estee Bulla Burns Felton Grant . Scott . Bard .. De Vries (D.).. Rosenfeld (D.) ‘White (D.) Jeter (D.).... Reddy (D.). Phelan (D. 0404040+ CHO40+0404 0404 FROM BLOOD T0 - G00D BLACK INK Senator Morehouse Changes From Gore in General to a Speci- fied, Individual Fluid, CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9.—Senator Morehouse has closed his arsenal, spiked his guns and emptied his cartridge belt. He no longer thirsts for editorial blood, but he is still stalking newspaper criticism. He wants the names of the writers. He demands that every article published $ 0404040404040+ 0+ 0+ 0+0+ 04 Eo e i 9 bt 1t 1 80 10 55 e B3 B0 1 + g § + < + [ + [ + [ + u HCH04+04+040+040 40 INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO. action therefor, one-half of the recovery to be paid into the 'treasury of this State by the plaintiff and the other half to be retained by the plaintiff in such action. If in any such action it shall appear by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court where such actfon is commenced that a defendant has made a publication in violation of this section within this State, and that after due diligence such defendant cannot be found within this State, or is a_foreign corporation, the court must direct an attachment in such action to issue against the property of such defendant and thereupon such attachment shall issue and be-executed s in other cases where by law an attachment is provided for. Sec. 2. This action shall take effect thirty days from and after its paseage. Senator Morehouse says that notwith- standing his desire to wallow in the blood of offending newspaper men he will offer an amendment to the cartoon bill which will provide that cartoons may be pub- lished if they be not drawn with malice prepense and a desire to injure or distress the subject. Morehouse will also mitigate to a great extent the severity of the pres- ent bill. His amendment will provide that it shall simply be unlawful for a | publisher to insert displeasing pictures, | and it will devolve upon the complainant to prove his case rather than upon the de- fendant to disprove it. DOUBT IN REGARD TO SCHOOL TAXATION CALL -HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9.—Doubt seems to exist in the minds of the members of the Assem- bly Judiciary Committee in regard to the taxation of school property. Constitutional amendments 2, 7 and 14, which all relate to the subject of school property taxa- tion, were reported back to the Assembly without recommendation by the commit- tee this evening. Representatives from Stanford University appeared before the committee and spoke in favor of amend- | ment 2, which relates directly to the! Stanford University. The object of the | amendment s to exempt all the property | which i8 connected directly to the college from taxation and in consideration of | which the university is willing to allow | residents of this State tuition free of | charge. The other amendments are of a like nature in regard to schools in the | southern tpnr( of the State, with the ex-| ception of the free tuition. When the| matter comes up in the Assembly, as it | will in the near future, considerable dis- | cussion will follow. The bill relating to adminstrations were all put over until Monday evening, which is the next meeting night of the commit- ee. The bill putting a tax upon bicyclisty upon him. Davis found authority for his position in that section of the code which declares blood to be thicker than water, and he tried to show, upon his sanguinary the- ory, that under the amendment the moun- tain mining pioneer from Amador would derive a great deal of post mortem bene- fit. He declared it would protect from epletion the little gold the hills of Ama- or had grudgingly yielded the man of 49, and how after he had joined his fathers the non-mining brother of the East, who may have made his pile In railroads or canning army beef, could come in and receive the small though golden store, without lifting the State treasury a hair's breadth. Senator Sims favored brothers and sis- ters, and then Bulla arose to call atten- tion” to_the fact that while Senator Da- vis had spoken fee]lnfily of the big tax to be deducted from.t 1 referring at the same time to the little estate, he failed to mention that the tax on the little estate would amount to only a very small amount. tion to the fact that the fees in each case were relatively the same for big and little, and he ventured an assertion that some Senators then voting to take off the tax would oppose & proposition reduce the fees. 3 Davis declared this unfair criticism, and Bulla made a point of order that Davis had already consumed the amount of ora- tory the Senate allows, and besides he meart nothing, anyway —a statement which mollifled the 8énator from Amador, Braunhart arose to ad H words which had his bit of legislation for a center, but he only said his amend- voted for. for there were 14 votes for the clause. fraternal donation will be exacted from glale while local brothers and sisters are nearing their end. Another amendment, submitted by Sen- ator Wolfe, making the bill relate to es: tates at present in probate as well as those to be probated, met with more fa. vor. The bill will come up for final pas- sage to-morrow. here was a fight over the clause re- lating to nephews and nieces last session in the Legislature, and by its adoption the State lost over $230.000 in taxes on_ the Stanford estate. The exemption of the nieces and nephews was cut out by the amendment and was extended to make liable also brothers and sisters. This means another big saving in several of | the big estates. State Printing Receives Attention. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9,—The Ways and Means Committee bill appropriating $75,000 for the running expenses of the State Print- was referred to a special committee com- ing Office was brought up in the Assem- N i i 51 1 NOW_ZHOW YOU ZE TREEK ‘WIZ . ZE PENes AND _Z ZE VER s % HA'Z E . £ TEAR FLOW- Y. MOOCH = - PROF. HERRMANN GROVE JOHNSON IN HIS MARVELOUS SLEIGHT OF HAND PERFORMANCES T Colonel Jackson and Milton Green were | this morning. He submitted a resolution boon companions in the Perkins cam- | providing paign two years ago, hence it not strange that much of the colonel’s time is passed in the room of Mr. Green. The: Alameda telegrams which were programmed to excite a Grant boom have fallen as flat as fell the mercan- tile indorsement which Mose Gunst pro- cured for Dan Burns in San Francisco. In each case the Call's prompt exposure knocked out the vitality of the scheme. The touts are here in force again, and may rally for one more big bluff, but positive information from the inside of the Burns corral is to the effect that the ‘“colonel” does not expect to win. The best that he can do is to defeat the This decision, if carried out, would not bring Senator Perkins to grief. Perkins would be well pleased to have as a colleague a weak- ling like Mr. Grant of San Diego, but he would “view with alarm” the elec- tion of some man of robust and vital energy. No Senator would suit Perkins to a dot. Shoutd the Legislature adjourn with- out electing a Senator to succeed Stephen M. White a great pressure may be exerted to induce Governor Gage to call an extra session on the single ques- tion of the Senatorial vacancy. Already there is talk of such a plan. In the dis- cussion of the matter it is said that public opinion, backed by the influence of the Republican party organization, would compel members to come to an agreement. When the subject was pre- sented to Governor:Gage this evening he manifested no inclination to express his views thereon. His friends enter- tain the opinion that he never will yield 10 extra session pressure. He may deem it advisable to consult several of the leaders in each house and endeavor to facilitate action on the gen- eral appropriation bill for the mainte- nance of the State Government. With the tax levy bill and the general budget passed the Legislature could adjourn without detriment to the public inter- est. The Governor, 8¢ far as known, has expressed no views on this subject, but his general declaration in favor of retrenchment in the conduct of State affairg leads his friends to the conclu- sion that he would do everything with- in the scope of executive privilege t¢ avoid the necessity for an extra ses- sion of the gislature. Sol Cahen, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, Colonel C. Mason Kinne and M. M. Estea arrived this evening and went be. taa an Roal sessions of the Senate to commence at 10 a. m., 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. It was referred to the Committee on | Rules. Assemblyman Cobb’s bill to provide for the registration of master and journey- men horseshoers and a board of examin- ers to insure their competency, brought Senator Cutter to his feet, for he had found a hufi. He wanted to amend the bill by striking out that clause making the .act apply to counties of 35,000 inhabi- tants or over only. He represented two of the counties which were not up to the limit, he sald, and should the bill pass the effect wouls be to drive all horseshoers who failed to pass the board of examiners in the larger counties to the smaller ones, where no such disability would exist under the “‘bug.” Cutter thought the law should be made general if it were passed at all. Taylor declared that the bill would not pass the Assembly again as amended, and Senator Smith submitted two amend- ments, one of which made it impossible to establish a newspaper in any town un- less by consent of the editor aiready run- ning papers there, and another of a smillar nature, both of which were barred for levity. He said he wanted to get rid of such legislation. The amendment fin- ally went through and the bill was passed for third reading. The bill introduced in the Assembly to provide $11,000 for the furnishing of the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court was met by an amendment from Senator Davis, cutting down the appropriation to §7500. The Senate declined to stand for the reduction, and the bill passed. ‘Wardell's Assembly bill No. 121 to re- quire pllots and pilot commissions to keep certain records, which it was shown they already keep, was gravely passed by the Senate. The bill introduced in the Assembiy pro- viding for a sewer system for Folsom Prison was passed. . Senator Luchsinger introduced a reso- lution which provided for the appointment of a committee to consist of three mem- bers from each of the Finance, Public Buildings and Hospital” Committees, to visit the Uklah Insane Asylum next Saturday. It was passed. Senator Morehouse's bill to provide for the appointment by the Supreme Court of five commissioners, to be known as Su- preme Court Commissioners, was passed. DY A Road to Yosemite. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9.—Assemblyman’ McDon- aldof Tuolumne offered a bill this morning appropriating $50,000 for the building of a free wagon road from the town of Merced Falls, in Merced County, to the Yosemite Valley. It was referred to the Commit- ds and Highways | which “tends to blacken the memory' of | pared of Works and Cowan to test the any one dead or “impeach the honesty or | constitutionality of the act. ¥ il | derived from the integrity’ of any one living, shall be sup- | plemented by the name of the one who | writes it. The bill is a substitute for the | one which makes it a pastime to Kill the men of pen and pencil, or makes it only necessary to have soap and a towel handy to get rid of the only stain his former bill would recognize. It is the result of the discussion before the Judiclary Commit- tee of the Senate of a few days ‘ago, in which much of the pent-up bitterness of the senior Senator from Santa Clara took the form of a speech. His speech was a well-worded and interesting denunciation of a law which closes the muzzles of law- less pistols, and against the men who write on personalities, and having deliv- ered it he felt better, and not so vicious, and, taking up a suggestion from Senator Efivis. he demanded names in his next ill. As it is now, both bills are before the Senate, and should the murderous one be dllowed to go before the Senate as well as its running mate, there will be a double dance upon the wishbone of the prostrate 2ournn.ust, for if there is aything a leg- slator dearly loves it is to follow in_the footsteps of the eloquent and erratic Sen- ator Simpson, of Pasadena, to deliver an impassioned specch in one direction and then vote in the.other—to have a good go at the press, and then kill the bills. Senator Morehouse's latest idea in ed- itorial legislation is as follows: An act to add a new section to the Penal Code of the State of California, to be known as section 238, relating to libel. The people of the State of California, ‘repre- sented In the Senate and Assembly, do enact as_follows: Section 1. There is hereby added to the Penal Code of the State of Califernia a new section, to be known as section 28, to read as follows: Section 28, Every article, statement or edi- torlal contained in any newspaper or other printed publication, printed or published in this State, which by writing or printing tends to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue or reputation, or publish the natural or alleged defects of one who is alive, and thereby ex- pose him or her to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, must be supplemented by the true name of the writer of such article, statement or edltorial, signed or printed at the end thereof. Any owner, proprietor or publisher of any newspaper or other printed publication printed or published in this State who shall publish any such article, statement or edi- torial in any printed publication, printed or published in this State, which f8 not so sup- plemented by the true pame of the writer thereof, signed or printed at the end thereof as required by this.section. shall forfeit the sum of §1000 for each and every article, state- ment or editorial s0 published in violation of ‘the requirements of ‘this section, which said €um so forfeited may be sued for and recovered against any such owner, publisher or proprietor 0 violating this section, in a civil action by and in the name of any person who may bring | The money tax is to be devoted to | the making of a path for the use of pe- | deséflans and wheelmen along country roads. Bill 130 was reported favorably upon. It relates to the changing of appeals from the Superior Court to the Supreme Court. Bills 222 and 223, relating to the ap- pointment of health officers and employes was reported back to the Assembly as unconstitutional. Bill 133, relating to usury, was allowed to be witndrawn. Bills 269 and 372, relating to commitments to the Whittler and Preston Schools of | Industry, were laid over until the next meeting, when a substitute, which will | embrace both bills, will be introduced and will be favorably reported upon by the committee. It will be drawn up by As- semblyman Caminett!. WAXED ELOQUENT OVER THE INHERITANCE TAX CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9.—Whether or not to tax the inheritance of an absent brother or sister was a subject over which more than one Senator waxed eloquent to-day. Senator Braunhart’s Senate bill No. 5 was the cause of it all, and an amendment placing back in the bill something the Ju- diciary Committee had already stricken out was the direct occasion of all the ora- tory before it was defeated. To place back in the bill a clause ex- empting the inheritance of absent broth- ers and sisters would be to reverse them- selves, declared Senator Bulla, and Sen- ator Davis then took up the cudgel and explained how the amendment refused to stay dead after the committee had hit it with a club. Bulla, with the habitual | gallantry of the South, could see the wis- | dom and the justice in allowing sisters to inherit without the supervision of the tax collector, but he thought brothers could and should shift for themselves. Senator Curtin, who Fenerally likes to delve deep into the legal aspect of things, tried a touch of sentiment which won a nod of Senatorial approval from Bulla. Curtin could see no reason why the lit- ' tle nieces and nephews of the deceased, possibly and probably minors, shouia be .assessed for their inheritance while tnc brothers and sisters, generally adults, should be allowed to inaerit free of charge. Smith _of Bakersfield admitted the existence of a brother whom he had not seen for twenty years, and while the tie that still bound them was a_strong one, still he was willing his brother should pay a tax on any little testamen- bly this afternoon as a matter of urgency under a suspension of the rules. Chair- man Valentine made the motion and in doing so stated that the bill must be hur- ried through as rapidly as possible for the reason that at the end of the present week there would not be enough of the original $50,000 appropriation left to pay off the employes. Printing office matters were a matter of discussion earlier in the day as well. Assemblyman Rickard of San Francisco has not learned how to handle his bill fight yet and is of the opinion that it is one of the hardest phases of legislation. | He introduced a resolution calling upon the State Printer to bind all bills that come into his hands in books of 200 each. Valentine opposed the resolution. He sald there was enough printing expense tary courtesies the Senator might bestow | & big estate while | He called atten- | to | d to the swirl of ment was all right and it ought to be g It was, too, to some ex(cn]t[,“ was beaten by 3, and therefore a quasi- rospective heirs whe remain from the’| — as it is without tacking that on the rest | of the House agreed and declined to en- | tertain Mr. Rickard’'s proposition. | v | SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE WORK | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 9.—The Senmate Financ | Committee met this evening and finished | Up & number of bills that have heen be- ifo_re that committee for some time. Bill 265, to pay the claim of Willlam H. Don- nelly, was cut down to $25,000 and reported | Pack favorably as amended. , to | Pay the claim of John Mullan, was also | ed upon favorably. bill 467, making an appropriation of $15,000 for the refur- | Dishing of the Assembly and Senate chambers; went back with a favorable | recommendation. Bill 285, appropriating money for the purchase of lumber and fencing for the Preston School of Indus- i try, was also favorably recommended. Bills 207 and 208, appro i 4 S 207 and 208, priating money for certain improvements to the Californfa | Home for Feeble Minded Children, was cut down in the of bill 207 to $85 and reported b and in that | | 1 favorably | of bill 208 to 0, ' a favorable | recommendatio Bill 210, also an appro- | priation_ for e California Home for Feeble Minded Children was allowed. he appropriation for repairs and_im- | provement of the building and grounds at the Industrial Home Mechani Trades for the Adult 0. Bill 318 & Company a of merchandi tion of Pei allowed. urer to trans bor improvi San Fran s ported favorably upon. rancisco har- 1eys now in the 1king fund, was re- Bill 19 was also Continued on Page Nine, ALAMEDA COUNTY FEELS VENGEANCE OF 0, M, BURKS Continued from First Page. show them. It was unfortunate in v of the one-time Speaker’s asser. tion that he recollected the vote and it stood 6 to 3 in favor, with McKeen in the six. His notes showed McKeen in the four and the motion was lost The wine grew flat in the glasses while the bluff of the reduced majority dried up and blew away in dust. It was plain it was a bold attempt to get an extra deputy for Ewing anyhow, trusting the chairman would forget how the vote went and allow McKeen to consistently and gracefully return to the goats he had left when he in- advertently joined the sheep. It was a bad mistake, but the chairman would not stand for a back-down and McKeen had to stay good. The session of the delegation has not made more cordial the relations be- tween the officials of the county and the county’s representatives in the Leg- islature. Stratton has incurred the en- mity of Dalton and it is expected that | the Enquirer, Dalton’s paper, which has been fulscme and persistent in singing the Senator’s praises, will now try to even things up. Even the ma- jority have come down a peg in the official Alameda estimation for the way Jordan was treated, not through sym- pathy for Jordan, but through fear of similar treatment, and the whole situa- tion may be said to have been strained. COUNTY CLERK JORDAN MAY YET GET HELP Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 9. County Clerk Jordan was before tha Grand Jury to-day, testifying in regard to the additional help needed in his of- fice to get out the great register. The Alameda delegation last night at Sacramento, in caucus, declined to give Mr, Jordan any help, and the Grand Jury will probably attempt to induce the dele- gation to reconsider its decision. Mr. Jor- dan to-day made the following statement of the situation as viewed from his stand- point: I appeared before the Alameda delegation in Sacramento last night and asked for one regis- tration deputy" and for the year 1300 33000 fo extra help, making the: cost of registration dur- ing the next four vears $12,000. In the four years prior, to 1895, the first year of my first term of offide, the county pai | every one knows in this c | term through an accident of egislation 1 was compelled to do the work at several thousand dollars to myself. ance for general duties of my office was only sufficient to attend to such duties properly. TUnder the new registration law about 30,000 men will have to make duplicate affidavits, or 60,000 affdavits in all. How is this to be_done without extra help? Can any reasonable man say that out of my alary of I have to pay for this? The Shaation 1s this: The people of this county and the city and county committees of the political parties should take warning and act at once in order to prevent thousands of | men from being distranchised. I don't care how the delegation provides for assistance, for provide they will have to, or else the voters of this county will remember it to their sorrow. | The allowance of extra assistance does not help | me a cent's worth. They can either give ms | fhe atronage, as T propose to throw the au- |'thority upon the Board of Supervisors, only if it goes there, as it rested before 1885, it will cost the county for the same period, as embraced in my proposition, $8000 more. I think those members of tne delegation who | voted against the proposition when they think the matter over will arrive at the conclusion 1o consider the wishes of the Voters instead of vengeful politicians. All the county officials have been sub- | poenaed to appear before the Grand Jury | and enlighten that body regarding the | help required in their departments. Electricity restore it. no power so pe My Dr. It is a regular body battery, per they put on this famous Belt. ADVERTISEMENTS. No Belt Like It! ‘When your vitality has run down electricity will Its currents harmcnize with physical life and are the surest cure for disease. and thorough in its work, as solutely cures those nervous and specific affections which drugs fail to reach. ' It masters rheumatism, kidney trouble and weakness of other organs. Thousands of men and women date their recovery to the hour DR. M. A. McLAUGHLIN, and vitality -in the body are allies. There’s netrating and strengthening, so quick Sanden Electric Bel fected by mechanical skill. It ab- A Grateful Woman. “When I got your Belt I had not been 702 Market St:, Corner Kearny, ;.o pain for three years. 1 tried SAN FRANCISCO. 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