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(&) THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1899. INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO. [ ® @ [ ® [ 3 [3 -4 [3 ® H 4 L3 © b3 ® [ [3 e [ € [ ® 3 0006000200000000€000000000500000009060. LL CAUCUS WITH BURNS AND GRANT NEN' LEFT QUT Melick's Plan for Breaking the Deadlock Agreed To. Supporters of the Tail-End Candidates Will Select One of the Aspirants and Endeavor to Cause 2 Stampede. CALL M HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 14.—Assemblyman Wal- ‘lick makes the following public statement regarding the Senatorial to open the deadlock is one which ought to appeal to all for its it is this: ‘“Have a conference of all those who are not voting for Grant or Burns, Those thirty members having assembled in conference might first determine if every one of them would vote for either Bulla, Barnes, Scott, Bard, Estee or Felton, who aré now being voted for. If any one of these candidates would be satisfactory to every member, then the conference might resolve {tself into a caucus and decide on which candidate should be the candidate of the thirty in convention. In fairness it should be agreed that all of them would stay with the candidate selected until the majority (or sixteen) should say that another shoulu be selected. For instance, suppose Bulla should be the nominee of the thirty at first; then, if balloting for him in convention by the thirty would show that he could not draw any of the Grant or Burns votes, then the confercnce might take up Barnes. If Barnes could not draw fram the other votes, the thirty couid take up Scott, Bard, Felton and Es- tee, each in succession. If none of the candidates now being voted for could prove a winner we could pick out some other candidate. *This afternoon I saw all the anti-Grant and anti-Burns voters and every If the one to be held to-morrow at 5 o'clock one agreed to.a conference. should develop some such plan I believe the deadlock will be broken. If we do not ome such plan, then the odium of the situation will be thrown on Colonel Burns or Mr. Grant, for we will have demonstrated that ambition of a candidate.” Al this talk s, after all, to come a caucus. Not such a one as of Yolo and Mexico has well nigh moved the cornerstone of the Capitol to accomplish, nor vet such a one as his every ribald tout has given ce this unusual campalgn_opened. It is to be a caucus of the little fellows who Mr. Grant of San Diego says are the Senatorial landscape with- lightning rods stuck in ential feature Is that it is to be utterly anti-Grant and ir elimination, not their election, that the supporters s, of Scott and Bard and the rest have planned, and Assemblyman Walter Melick of Los Angeles and Senator Frank Stratton of Oakland are looming on the political horizon as the possible breakers of this forty days' deadlock. The plan, which emanates from Mr. Melick, was considered pro and con this morning at a little star chamber meeting held in room 53 of the Capitol. It was a conference sub rosa and its deliberations were not intended for: the ears of others than the eight legislators who mace up the party. They were: Senator Stratton of Oakland, Senator Davis of Amador, Senator Rowell of Fresno, Senator Simpson of Los Angeles, Senator Currier of Orange. Sena- tor Taylor of Alameda, Senator, Gillette of Humboldt and Assemblyman Bliss of Alameda. Senator Stratton has been quietly working up such a conference since rday night. Its sole object was to settle upon some plan by whigh all the ninor factions could reach an agreement. No plan was settled upon by the original eight, and when they adjourned this morning’s meeting it was with the intention of calling a general conference of all the anti-Grant and anti- Burns forces for 4.0’clock this afternoon. Although Melick was not present, it was understood that he approved the proposition and during the better part of the day he occupied himself with sounding the minority and broaching the plan of action he proposes. His scheme is so uniquely new that only a practical test will demonstrate its merit. e proposes first to call a conference of all those who' are voting for candidates other than Grant and Burns, at which it could be decided whether there is one man in the field for whom every one of the thirty would vote. In other words, whether they would all center on either Barnes, Bulla, Ecott, Bard, Estee or Felton. 1If it were found that any oné of these candi- dates wa tisfactory to them all, the conference would resolve itself into s and decide that the chosen one be the choice of the thirty in joint If the selected candidate did not win over enough Grant and Burns votes In the opening ballot to assure his election, then a majority of the caucus would select another of the crowd, and so on until they had all been given a try-out. The las{ one failing, another candidate would be declded upon to swing in at the eleventh hour and either break the dead- lock or let the question of electing a Senator g6 over to the next session. Mr. Melick's ‘proposition was as complicated as the Assembly clock, but it found favor; and by 4 o'clock this afternoon every one of the thirty had agreed to the proposition in toto, and the conference would have come off as advertised but for the fact that the Senate did not adjourn until a much later hour than the Assembly, and when the representatives from both houses finally turned up in room 53 there were only fifteen present. There was a general talk and finally it was deelded that the whole matter should go over until to-morrow afternoon at 5 o’clock. In the meantime every one will be notified to be on hand, and Senator Stratton has been delegated to do the rounding up of the clans. He will be assisted by Melick, who has a list signed by every one of the thirty. Those who wers on hand this afternoon were Senators Gillette, Flint, Taylor; Stratton, Davis, Currier, Simpson, Morehouse, Luchsinger, emblymen Valentine, Belshaw, Atherton, Melick and L. A. Miller. The alacrity ‘with which they have taken hold of the project is considered here as.deeply significant of the firm resolve of those who are not voting for-them that neither Dan M. Burns nor Ulysses 8. Grant shall represent this State in-the Senate, no matter how wildly they wield their political club, or how temptingly they jingle good campaign gold, Although this plan of Melick's has been on the carpet since Saturday, there were few outside the originators—Melick and Stratton—who had been aware of it. The understanding arrived at between these two men, one an adherent of Bulla, the other of Barnes, has made the scheme more than a passibility. ~The plan was at first somewhat modified from its present as- pect, Senator Stration had a plan which was all his own, and he broached it to “Géneral Barnes only a day or so ago. It consisted of a rather risky loan of General Barnes' sirength, and when it came to the ears of his sup- porters théy declined to accede to It. Stratton’s plan was to go over to PBulla and take with him Assemblyman Knowland of Alameda. If any- thing would start a break, he figured, that would. If Bulla could not gain more votes it would also develop that, and the Los Angeleno would be satis- fied to quit the game and reciprocate Barnes’ courtesy by resigning his gtrength to him. It sounded pretty when Stratton explained it, but it was too mueh.in. the line of other glittering dreams that have been floating around town to- suit the rest of the crowd, and it was declared off. Melick’s ‘proposition has been accepted as the one feasible solution, and to-morrow it will-be put to the test. BURNS IN POSSESSION OF the office of Secretary of State is one that makes the Secretary the custodian of the rooms in the Capitol building. years room 40 has been used as the pri- vate office e National Guard of California, but- it = no longer connected with the military department of the State government. stead it is used to a considerable extent as an apartment where Colonel Burns can hold private interviews with the Senators and Assemblymen of the State of Cali- fornia. Yesterday County, while occupying his seat in the Benate, was told by the Secretary of State that a gentlman desired to see him in room 40. apartment and found himself face to face with Ds The * outright from Kern. The Senator was equally frank and out- spoven. stituents do not - want you for United States Senator, and I cannot and will not support yvou for that office.” he fact that Burns was frankly and dlrecur refused is not so significant, as several rebuffs of the same najure hap- ened to the “colonel” yesterddy, but it oes slsnlfg a good deal that a room needed for the public uses should be de- tached from the adjutant general's of- fice and used as the headquarters of a Senatorial candidate. In olden times the great railroad manager, Stow, was wont to “do” politics in this identical room, and perhaps some traditions of luck may be connected with it. At this time sub- Jects connected with the welfare of Cali- fornia soldlers at the front and National Guardsmen at home might suggest that the adjutant general should have more than one room for the demands of the G G g, en onven! of Dan Burns is invelved. o B o NO MONEY IN IT FOR EX-SPEAKER WRIGHT CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14.—Ex-Judge Walter Leyy and J. H. Chretien of San Francisco were before the Assembly Committee on Pub- lic Morals last night while the commit- tee had under consideration Assembly bill 619, a measure affecting the use of A ROOM IN THE CAPITOL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- Feb: 14-—Among the jous responsibilities attached to For many of the adjutant general of In- Senator Smith of Kern Senator Smith went to- the niel M. Burns. olonel” did not hesitate to ask for the support of the Senator He sald to Burns: “My con- 'BILL TO EXTERMINATE | rate | ative, would close down every power plant | | furnishing power or light to any. city of | | parties, | provided or authorized. except Assemblymen de Lancie; Raub, transacted during the evening. A plan of future campaig: semblymen and two Senators apy earnestly an anti-Burns caucus. bine against the common enem They. will consent that wk not go forth to the world. It was plainly {CJOJOJOJORCROJOROXCIOJOJOXOJOROoOJORoROJcXoYOOoXo RS FoYoJoJo Yo Yoo foJoXoYoYoXooXoYoJoYoXoYoYoroxolo) ceeee erner’s standard may be considered unanimous. ted to carry it into effect, and all the time, but it is not to be unti-Grant. PPEPRELPOPRPPPPRPPEREEPNPNPEEPOEAPODIOEEPERPPPRPPPOPOPEOOEE “ANYBODY BUT BURNS,” SAY THE GRANT MEN A Secret Caucus at Which It Was Unani- mously Decided That the Mexican Must Be Defeated at All Hazards. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 14.—The supporters of ‘Ulysses 8, Grant will stand by him as long as Dan M. Burns shall continue a factor in the Senatorial situation. upon to-night in secret caucus held-at the Golden State Hotel, at which all of the San Diégan's adherents were present: Huber and Greenwell and Senator Cutter: word that they would be bound by the decision of the majority, so that this declaration of renewed fealty to the south- Loyalty to their leader, however, made up but half the business which will be begun to-marrow, was mapped out and a steering committee of three As- Flture procedure: contemplates.a plan for a.caucus that is second in uniquenéss only to that put farth by Assemblyman Melick,. As his is, so is- this -to" be, anti-Burns first, last To-morrow the steering committee, which is composed of Assemblymen Radcliffe, Milice and McDonald ,of Alameda, and Senators Jones and Smith, ‘will circulate among the supporters of Bulla and Barnes and the rest of the candidates ocutside of Burns. they are stowed quietly away in caucus from the world. and the newspapers they shall take a certain number of votes for Mr. Grant and if he does not get enough:votes to carry. him through,-then the next man shall have his chance, and so on down the line to the last of them. will be doled out in soft phrasing to-morrow to the other candidates and their supporters. To-night's caucus was secret or it was nothing. custom, but at a little side-issue. hotel away from prying eyes. lifted hand that a true account of its decision to stand with Grant to the finish and its future caucus policy should It was the intention when the caucus first convened to give to the press an account of the proceedings some time to-morrow, but even that was thought better of. the unanimous sentiment - of and that if it should'develop that he cannot win, then it must be anybody else rather than Dan M.-Durns. ters that came before them, Mr. Grant' what the cost or sacrifice, the man from Mexico must not win. To eliminate his last chance of success they agreed unanimously among themselves to a plan of caucus which may yet compel them to leave their chosen leader by the wayside to carry some other into the position to which Dan M. Burns. might otherwise be elected, only to disgrace it. It was not held at Mr. the .. committee that Mr. s adherents were ‘a unit. This much and more the Grant people decided They ‘will preach loudly the anti-Burns gospel and urge They will ask the others who are standing out-to meet with them in amity and com- Each party to it was required to swear with up- The sense of all their decisions was that no matter The' absentees; however, all. sent It is a pretty proposition and it Grant's headquarters; as is- the usual Grant must be Senator, if possible, On the mat- (oJoJoJoJoXCRoXofoXoXoFooXoJORoRoJoJORoXofojotosoXoYofokofoRoFoR oXoloT o oo R o oo toYoRotoYolololo) nickel-in-the-slot machines, ~ Ex-Judge, Levy was explaining to the members of the committee that he represented cigar merchants of San Francisco who werc opposed to the bill. ~ Ex-Speaker Wright asked several questions as to the names of the firms Judge Levy represented and finally asked the attorney to give the firm addresses. Judge Levy did" mot like the tone of the inquiries, and when his_patience was about exhausted turned to the committee and addressed the mem- bers in this style: “I want to say now that T am here as the_attorney of leading cigar merchants of San Francisco to defeat. this bill, and I am willing to give the firm addresses to Mr. Wright, but T assure you row that there is not a cent In it for any- ve (0] The rebuke upset the ex-Speaker and the subsequent proceedings interésted him no more. 090209 090P0P0POSOPOL0 POPOP0LOP0P0P0POPOSOHOPOP LIGHTING COMPANIES | ADQUARTERS, SACRA: . 14.—Cinch bills, like many other things found around a Legislature, will not down. They can, however, be withdrawn, and one that found its way | into the Assembly this morning will mect with that alternative to-morrow as soou | as Radcliff, who introduced it, can gét the attention .of the Speaker. The bill{ is aimed at the electric lighting com- panies, but it is said that its particular object of attack is the Blue Canyon cor- poration that has a scheme en foot . to | furnish light to the residents of San | Franciseo. | There is no finesse displayed In the con- struction of the measure. It comes -out ly and arbitrarily establishesa fixed on each electric light used, which, {f the bill were allowed to become oper- over 50,000 population. It provides that no electric light com- pany or corporation shall charge a rate of over § cents a month for each sixteen candle power lamp. For lamps that burn over sixteen candle power no more may be charged unless a full sixteen -candle power additional is used, when 5 cents more may be charged. For lamps that burn under sixteen can- dle power the rate y 2 cents a month each. The bill is al designed to attract s companies. In another section it provides that no cor- poration shall placé in any building any meter or gauge for determining the amount of fluid used therein for lighting purposes, nor shall they sell to one per- son light at a cheaper rate than to an- other. Any corporation or company vio- lating the provisions of the act shall be liable to the aggrieved person for dam- ages in the sum of $250, costs and attor- ney fee of $50. The bill' was introduced by Mr. Rad- cliff upon the request-of San Francisco who assured him that it was a perfectly proper measure. As soon -as he took time to look into it he discov- ered its more than questionable intent and announced that to-morrow he would ask permission to withdraw it. BILLS FOR CURTAILING NEWSPAPER ADVLRTISING CALL HEADQUARTERS, ' SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14—Senator Davis’' bill amending section 1185 of the Political Code regarding the publication of pro- posed constitutional amendments was brought up before the Senate this morn- ing and passed after another speech, the fourth, against it by Senator Shortridge. Theé bill provides that constitutional amendments instead of being advertised in the newspapers, as has been the cus- tom, shall be printed by the Secretary of State- and inclosed in the -envelope containing the sample ballot and mailed together. The bill provides further that no other method of publication. shall be Senator Short- ridge sald he knew the bill would pass, but he would speak against it once more for his own benefit. Another slice from the diminishing ad- verflslng columns of the newspapers Is absorbed by a measure introduced by Stratton providing for the establishment | of street repairing. paving and gradin | plants in citles of 5000 or over. His bi laces street work in the hands of the an.rds of Public Works, or their equiva- lents, and provides that the Wwork shall not be advertised. League of Municipalities. CALL HEAL ..aRTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14—The League of the California Municipalities met this morn- ing at 11 o’clock at Pioneer Hall and pro- ceeded to organize. In the absence of Mayor Phelan of San Franecisco, R. W. Snow, candidate for Mayor of Oakland, was elected chairman. No business was taken up, as the league wishes a full at- tendance of delegates from the xarious { municipalities before commencing. its work. = Mayor Phelan is expected to at- tend the meeting to-morrow. The object {of .ne league iS to consider all matters in the shape of bills, et¢., which come, up in the Legislature. it TR Bills Favorably Reported. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14.—The Assembly Commit- tee on Corporations met this evening and agreed to report back to the Assembly, with favorable recommendations, bills 22§ | and 46. Bill 226 is an act for the better | met during the morni; protection of the stockholders in corpo- rations formed under the laws of mla State .in regard to mining, Bill 46 re- lates to the investment of State funds. \ orololololoretotoorcloloreteleloloreYeleYotoreToToYoY ok ToToroYooloto ol Tototo ot to o IO oot o) EO0®000® 09090009040 H0L0C0 M NO CHANGE IN THE VOTE CALL HEADQUARTERS; SAC- RAMENTO, Feb. 14.—There were rumors afloat -this morning that the Senate would be first to break its Senatorial shackles and end the deadlock. The anticipated break was: located in the . Barnes 'and Bulla forces and the adherents of both “candidates were- = closely watched up to the time when the roll . was called. Every Sentor voted just as he has been voting for these many weeks. There was no change and again an election has. been averted. Judge Clough iunterrupted the pro- ceedings with a resolution invit- ing a general Senatorfal conven- tion at which all the candidates should be led upon. to speak, the worst speaker in the -bunch tq be dropped from the fight. President pro tem. Flint declared Clough out of order and' the fifty- first ballot resulted as follows: BARNES .. ....11 PO 06060404060 H 060405080600 0H0C0S0H0S0H 00 H0H0S0S0S0S| BETER . .. 'i... 1 BOBLE 25 s a8 BURNS ., . o vl 28 FELTON . . o vuie 'l GRANT.. ..o oo o » 28 2. FoOMIME Lt S O RIEARD - 0 UL g o TWRERNL G L. e8 ¢ ROSENFELD.... 2 & IETRRE B T PHELAN . . .00 1 o B406060$060 4060405050 &0&0l WORKS’ FACE PROTECTION BILL IN THE SENATE mo CALL HEADQUARTERS, - SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14.—The bill introduced by voung Mr. Works in the Assembly pro- viding for the protection of people afraid of their faces came before the Senate this afternoon, and immediately Senator Short- ridge was on -his feet. Young Mr. Works’ bill provides for the surcease of the cartoonist's art. He wants to make it a crime to publish cari- catures of any one and, taking a step fur- ther, he wishes to knock out newspaper portraits of any_one without the consent of the subject. It has passed the Assem- bly and Senator Shortridge has been keep- ing a specially keen and heavy ax walt- ing for its appearance on the file. When it came up he swung his ax and started to work. The Senator was net prepared to do the bill fustice at the moment, a condition unusual for him, so he moved that the bill go over until Thursday, when he wanted it made a special order for the evening session. Bulla objected because he thought the night session should not be devoted to Assembly bills, and Davis suggested that there was no guarantee that on Thurs- day evening the gallery would be any fuller than it then was. Shortridge declared the night sessfon was the proper time for the pen-wounded legislators to parade their hurts, and he was preparing to rid himself of some of the store of oratory he has in.keeping for young Mr. Works and his bill, but Bulla raised a point of order. He point- ed ‘to_the clock and observed that the time for the consideration of Assembly bills was passed and although there was a full minute more of time the chair de- clared the point well taken and closed the discussion, MEASUKES CONSIDERED IN THE UPPER HOUSE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14—The emergency file of the Senate was made up this morning. It has (wenty-seven bills upen it, the pet measures of the Senate. Members were allowed to take bills from either the sec- ond or third reading file, but as all the bills now on the third reading file will re- ceive -early consideration it turncd out that the file is made up malinly of bills for second readjng. A-message from the Assembly reported that Senator Wolfe’s amendment to As- sembly constitutional amendment No. § had not passed the Assembly. The con- stitutional amendment was that one pro- viding for the exemption of church prop- erty, and Wolfe's amendment made an ex- ception of church property which was rented and for which rent was paid. There was some.fault found with the wording of the amendment, and a com- mittee composed of Assemblyman John- son, Works and Boone was appointed to meet a similar committee from the Sen- ate to confer on the question. The Sea- ate committee s composed of Senators Wolfe, Ashe and Gillette. The committee and were unaii- mous in reporting back in favor of the amendment as altered. The sense or prin- ciple of the amendment was unchanged; it was enly a gnemon of words, and the bill will be ready for the Governor within a few days. Assembly bill 229, providing for a State flower and naming the eschschoitzia, or “‘golden poppy,” for that honor, was passed by the Senate, Laird voting no. Simpson brought up the bill cireum- scribing the circulation of the State libra- - the honor is said to be E. W. Jones, ex- ry books, which was passed yesterday, on a motion to reconsider, but he had his trouble for his pains. The motion to re- consider was lost. Bulla- introduced a bill_providing that officers and men of the National Guard Who enlisted in the volunteer service, or who may hereafter enlist, shouil upon their. return, be allowed t0 resume their places in:the Guard, with the same rank as before.. It is_also provided that their service in the volunteer service .shall count as service in the Nattonal Guard. Stratton introduced a bill providing for the establishment of street grading, pav- ing and repairing: nlants in cities of 5000 and over, and authorizing the purchase of land “and the erection of puiidngs (o house the implements and live.stock nec- essary to the plant. Assembly bill 136, providing for the erec- tion of an. executive: mansion in Sacra- mento, after being amended to reduce the amount of the appropriation from $69,500 to 350,000 and to change the designation from “mansion” to “residénce” wherever it occurred, was passed to third Teading. Morehouse introduced ‘a bill this after- noon providing for the appointment of an agent, to act under. the direction of the State Board of Hortjculture, whose du it shall be to investigate Eastern markets for_deciduous fruits and keep theé board informed' of business chances in' the East, The bill provides for an appropriation of $5000 -to carry out the plan. Luchsinger ‘presented a bill for $17t 30, the expenses of the junket to thé Uklah Asylum last Saturday and Sunday. ch. singer. also submitted a bill providing fo a Board of Plumbers to examine aspiring members of their profession and award them certificates of merit allowing them ‘to practice if they should pass creditably. ———— BURNS’ MAN HOCHHEIMER WILL NOT BE SENATOR CALL HEADQUARTERS, ' SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14.—The. Republican “or- ganization” which is represented in Sac- ramento by Major McLaughlin and some others of the Burns workers has received notification that H. A. Hochheimer is not to be the Republican nomiinee for State Senator at the special election called. for the purpose of fllling the vacancy caused bg the death of the late. Senator Boggs of Colusa. To put it in the language of the *“‘push” Hochheimer has been “turned down,”. a proceeding that will not be re- celved as good news by the Burns touts, because Hochheimer was programmed for the place and the special election was called for his especial benefit. During his recent visit to Sacramento to “square” himself with the “organiza- tion” and secure the calling of the special election he was hailed by the touts as one of themselves, and was given the title of “Senator” In anticipation of the honor it was confidently expected would be his. According’ to the news that has reached Sacramento, the Republicans of the Eighth Senatorial District do not take kindly to Mr. Hochheimer, mainly for the reason that he was known to be working in the interest of Burns' Senatorial candi- dacy, and as a consequence they detefi mined to nominate some man who woul stand some show of being elected against the Democratic candidate, James W, Goad. The man they have selected:for Sheriff of Colusa County. It is more than probable that the people of the district will insist on knowing if Jones is favorable to Burns before they will consent to cast their votes for him. TO REGULATE THE COST OF TELEPHONE SERVICE CALL. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 1l4.—Assemblyman Crow- der of San Diego introduced a bill to-day constructed along the same lines as the constitutional amendment proposed by him on Monday. 1t establishes a fixed rate on telephone service and provides for switches. The bill provides that no person or cor- poration shall charge or collect as rental for the use of any telephone instrument a sum exceeding $ per month where one teléphone only is used by one person, com- pany or corporation. - Where two or more telephones are used the rental shall not exceed $2 50 per month each. Every telephone company is required to make connections -with any place of business, the owner of which shall de- mand a telephone, and upon refusal to do so the applicant may erect. the lines and make the connections upon his own order-and the telephone.corporation shall | be required to put in the necessary in struments at a cost not to exceed $2 50 er ‘month for éach instrument required. No switch charges shall be made within a radius of thirty miles; nor shall any nickel-in-the-slot or other paying device be attached to any instrument. Switches x'|m¥l be charged for at the rate of 25 cents each to points outside a radius of thirty miles and inside of fifty miles. Outside the fifty-mile limit an addi- | tional sum of 5 cents may be charged for | ¢ach twenty-five miles for the first two minutes’ talk, providing that no charge for any two-minute conversation shall exceed $1. % Infraction of the law is classed as a mis- demeanor punishable hyéal’"lne of not less than $25 nor more than . The bill went to the Commitjtee on Corporations. EES RS N Prlhfing Office Expenses. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- of Their Latest CALL HEADQUARTERS, = SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14.—Dan Burns and the railroad, having made.an attempt to force | the legislators into a Senatorial caucus for | the benefit of the Mexican, are now forced to stand by and be witnesses to their own | impotency.. Not only have a majority of | the legislators refused to obey the qrders | of ‘the corporation and the corpora§on’s | candidate, ‘but -they ‘are so- little intimi- | putting themselves on record as being op- posed to the Burns scheme for a caucus. Some of the members of the Legislature | who have been interviewed on the subject | feel a mnatural delicacy about expressing themselves in set terms regarding the scheme Burns has attempted to work in | order to get them ina position where he | may force them to cast their votes for | him. Theése members refrain. from men- tioning- Burns’ name in connection with | their expressed opposition to a caucus, but they make their ‘meaning clear by saying. they will never consent to a cau- cus as long as present conditions exis By “present conditions” is meant Burns’ presence in the field as a Senatorial can- didate. ; These legislators, as well as those who openly denounce: Burns, appreciate - the fact that the great majority of the people | of the State are of the belief: that the | election of Burns. to the United States Senate would. be a public calamity. Knowing this. to' be -true, they take the position that it {s their duty to oppose by every means. within their power every | scheme that is set on foot by the railroad | company and by interested individuals to bring about Burns’ election. Realizing that the effort of the railroad company to force a ‘caucus is a move | purely” in ‘the interest of Burns' cand dacy, the ‘honest members of: the Lesl lature are opposing it and are making no secret of their opposition. Yesterday The Call published interviews with a large number of legislators who openly ‘expressed themselves as being op- posed to a caucus. Many others who are of a similar way of thinking have made statements for publication, and their in= | téry: are given herewith: Assemblyman €. M. Belshaw—I am ut- terly opposed to a Secret caucus. I would | e willing to- go into a conferénce where | the merits of the situation could be dis- | cussed without binding any one, .ut as| for a caucus 1 will not agree to go into one. Assemblyman F. E. Dunlap—I am not in favor of a caucus and-will not go into one so long as the conditions remain as. they are at present. You may quote me as say- ing that I am opposed to_a caucus. Senator J. N. Gill¢tte—The interests of the people of the State are at stake in this matter, and for. that reason, if for no other, 1 am oppposed to a caucus. 1 will not go intp.a caucus at this time, and I am not prepared. to.say that I will go into one at any_time during tie session. Senator J. F. Davis—At e present time and under the present circumstances 1 am opposed to a caucus and will not go into one. The Senatorial situation at present is such that I could not serve my own wishes and those of my constitu- ents by agreeing to a caucus. Assexynblgma.n L, Works—I do not wish to expres myself on the caucus question at this time, but I will say that 1-do not think there will be a caucus. Senator J. J. Luchsinger—At present I am not In favor of a caucus, and in vie—7 of the present situation I will not go into ne. Oénator D. H. Trout—I will never go into a secret caucus. I might consider an open caucus, a gathering of Repub- licans for public consideration of the candidates for Senator, but I am opposed to a secret caucus. ’Assemblyman J. A. Bliss—I am willing to go into a_general caucus; but wiil absolutely refuse to go into a- secret caucus. : Assemblyman William McDonald—I do not propose to go into any caucus, for I do not see that anything more can be done than is being done on the floor of the | Assembly. | Senator A. E. Nutt—You can quote me as. being opposed to a secret caucus of thie Republican members of the Legisla- ture. Senator J. J. Boyce—I will not say for publication how 1 stand on the caucus question. % 3 Senator A. T. Curri. 1 have not made up my mind about a caucus. . I will have to consult with my own people about the matter before nylve any opinion. Senator W. F. Maggard—I am opposed to a caucus, particularly such a one as the Burns people suggest. 1 have been op- posed to it from the first and I will not go_into one, Senator E. K. Taylor—I certainly ‘will! not go into a caucus, as at this time a caucus would only result in the election of either Burns or Grant, and as- I am opposed to both of these gentlemen, I More Members Go on Record Opposition to the Caucus Proposition. dated by the threats that have been made | 5 = that they now come out openly and are | | mever “go into c ¢ LEGISLATORS WHO BOLDLY DEFY THE RAILROAD THREATS in Dan Burns and His Allies Witness the Defeat Scheme to Steal the Senatorship. while ‘to did not- consider it worth my and - in give the matter much thought, { consequence have not made up my mind upon “the -subject, and 1 wish to be so quoted. Assemblyman N.. P. Conrcy—The de- mand for a caucus s made on the pre- tense that y loyalty requires us to submit to that plan of settlement of the Senatorial problem. By the general con- sensus-of opinion in the southern part of the State (and I believe the same opinion is strong In other sections) the election of Mr. Burns would react . unfavorably on the Republican party. The ascertained facts with regard to the financial part of Mr. Grant's campaign are such that his election would also react unfavorably on the party. Therefore, as a Republican, . decline_to favor any caucus wherein | either Mr. Burns or Mr. Grant could be considered for election. Assemblyman H. W. Brown of San Ma- teo—I will never go into caucis on the Senatorship or any other question. Assemblyman George Radcliff of Santa Cruz—I am against a secret caucus. ‘Assemblyman R. S. Raw of El Dorado— I am against a cauc: *Assemblyman H. W. ‘Chynoweth of Orange—I ‘am opposed to a_caucus at the present time an ditions. -Assemblyman Joseph Knowland of Ala- meda—I am agalnst a caucus at this time. Assemblyman C. B. Greenwell—I shall uev I think that will under the present con- tell ‘you_how I G Assemblyman W. S. Robinson—I do not think anything can be gained by a caucus and do not belleve this is .1e time for it. Assemblyman O, H. Wwher—I will stand for any ‘sort of caucus tne majority wants to arrange. 1'm voting for Grant, but I am a caucus man. Assemblyman A. H. Merrill—“T do not object to going into_a caucus providing a majority of the Republican members are in favor of the same. What I want to see is.a Republican Senator elected, for I think that if one is not there will be a Democratic Senator to succeed White.” WOLFE'S TELEPHONE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION CALL ~HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14—Sénator Wolfe's bill for ‘the regulation of telephone charges ‘was before the Senate Committee on Cor- porations ~this eévening, but only long enough for the author to explain it, then it was laid over until Friday evening, and in the meantime the telephone people will be notified to bé on hand or forever - hold their peaee. - Wolfe explained tha his bill was in nio way a “cinch” measure. It provides. for a two-dollar rental for | telephones in cities of -over 100,000 inhahl- tants, and more in: proportion in smaller cities, besides other details regarding pay | stations and the: use of telephones. there. | He figured the .company would get from the 14,000 telephones in San Francisco $28,000- a ‘month, -or 7 per.cent interest on | 34,000,000, which is' more than the San Francisco plant is.valued ‘at. _The bill | provides that the company shall make 7 per cent interest. and to regulate its af- fairs in order that it sl X proper rates, a-telephone comm on, consisting [-of the :clerk of the -SBupreme Court, the State Controller and the State Treasurer, is_provided. The. bill relating to. the organization of | corporations to- transact the b life, health and accident insu stipulated premium plan, } ing an act relating to life, health, acc dent, annuity or endowment insurance on | the assessment plan, was also | | until to-morrow l\'(;nmg x tatives from a nun r of insurance com- panies will appear before committee. Cornelius Sullivan, repre z the com- | pany of which he is president, gave a lengthy ourse upon the benefits both the rich poor would derive from the | passage of the bill, and he also showed —though not Intentionally—that his own company would also be infinitely bene- fited. Senator Shortridge appeared to take great delight in being as antagonistic as possible to the measure, inasmuch as he thought it would directly benefit Sullivan, and took every occasion to call that gen- tleman down. PRIMARY ELECTION LAW PASSES THE ASSEMBLY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14.—Routine matters in the Assembly to-cay made the proceedings as dull as is tke dally joint ballot. There was. scarcé @ quorum half the time and some of the time there was no quorum at all. The fenate file was made the order of the dsy, and Curtin's- Senate bill 56 was made the one measure over which to have thedaily scrap. This measure raises the salsries of San Francisco's Superior Judges from $4000 to $5000 per annum, and it also carries an increase of from $3000 to do not wish to gee either.of them elected. Senator Chester Rowell—As'T am ¢oting i for Mr. Bard, who'is an outside. man, I | $4000 i1 the salaries of the Superior Judges of Tiolumne and Shasta Counties. The mincrity and Assembiyman Brown of SBan REGULARLY Retail insny quantity. 6%c BONELESS COOFISH, stri 2c LABRADOR, RCUND OR $1.15 HOLLAND FERRING, Mil MENTO, Feb. 14.—The Finance Commit- tee of the Senate will report favorably upon a b“ll ;lppléoprlatlng $75,000 for the expenses of the State printing offic X in, -om; p%;n:n;filu:lon of chfigl.efifigx‘g. ropriatin build & State road at Like Tahoe” 0 A bill providing for the payment of cer- tain claims of John Mulien for pressin; the claims of the State against the Un(les States dating as far hack as the civil war, will be favorably reported upon. The committee cut down l\d;l.x(;]en‘s commission however, from 15 per cent to 10 per cent. 10c WHITE FIS{-‘ 15¢c SMOKED SALMON, bright, 5c MACKEREI, half bbls, small, $1 RUSSIAN sNCHOVIES OR 20c GOEFFR@ MACARONI, Packed ipkits or other no; ) osene eRenonon 20c FRESH EGGS, radch, not store . 2¢ CROMARTY OR {ARMOUTH BLOATE SPLIT, lc PACIFIC HERFING, SOUSED ... = 15¢ FINNAN HAIDIES, smoked, 15c HALIBUT, SMOKED, CHUNK 10c SALMON BEALIES OR TROUT, each family size, each $3.75 BLOATEX MACKEREL, messed, kits SARDINES, keg . | packages for country. Smufis Cash Store, 25 Market st, San Francisco. HONSHORE O IQIQI.I.IOIIOI‘ : SECUL—TO-DAY ONLY. e FISH = LE To introduce our fine line of Fish. etc., we offer special induceme vidt and buy, if suited. T S e I Delivery fres. TO-DAY’'S PRICE ips chners, new, keg pound .. new $9 each ne equal in San Francisco OIOHOECH OHGT OUCE GESRE OHO ’ 3 :