The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED SDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1899 INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO. WARARIN+N4N 4N s 3 8 + 2 24 £ 3 * et etetiets 23 B3 eRetieteng % 5 + P - I 9 +R+BeReReReN ReR CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACF San Mateo County des st his vote sion - 23 Brown of this noon and c Eve sistently the for lot > the Mr, fight d him court of the His vote has been cl he has made their claim good. There nor break that Exce b: lot was It et etie Zetetieie e corral and sent by confide sen- countfes. The great- is maintained to “withhold ings from the knowledge of he methods adopted are so unfair and .unprincipled that the ac- tion of ble committees hag'no weight with members of the Legi | It was exp s in the evening that the Barn would hold a | free conference , but owing to | the lat s of the the supporters of the general did not come together. Washington's birthd to-morrow will not bé observed by a ¢ The work in the Le lature. Senate | A Assembly will meet as usual and ad with the work on the files. | dications to-night of morrow. - afternoon that several of the Jowers and some of G ers woul to-mor for Thomas “R. Bard, but this event is likely to be postponed for several days remarked to a friend t did not come here to prolong the con- test The situa in respect. It by the touts themse cannot win _without a c not a cer- tainty that ucus would give him the S sk the Legisla- ture adjour g elected a Senator to succeec ; White the act would be acce i served on the “machine road that the Republi willing to submit the question of the Senatorship t the STILL TINKERING WITH RULES OF THE SENATE| CALL . "HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The expenses of the Dennery-Ashe Senatorial contest fared | badly before the Committee on Elections, | which has been consi ng the matte The origi bill s for 40, but this red down first to something near now to $1642 9. The sten- ave felt the heaviest cut, and the attorneys have been reduced from the $500 asked for to the $300 allowed by the .rules of the Semate. This includes fees of all counsel on-éach side, or a total of The Committee on Attaches and Mileage éibmitted a report recommend S. McMullan the s e clerk from This was from Smith, pay an empl rly employed. | $600.. The report was adopted. | [ payment to C. ved after who had - not been ~ "With a desire to expec the busine ¢f-the Senate the Committee on Rules Submitted a report providing that no Sen ator may. speak on ame ‘.. mbre than once, and then for not more tkan ten minutes, ex th the unani- mous consent-cf the te, provi *‘however, that the author of a amendment_under discussion open and close the debate, that he shall have twenty minutes of time on thej over these constant chan s, and Smith rose to obje ailing of discussion. The report was the matter of rules. n amendment to the this all o Stratton 1bmitted report of the Committee on Rul o ‘the consideration of the file: providea for the recognition of the sadly Tieglected third reading file. The third -reading file bhas been left unnoticed for the past ten days. and the report of the Committee on Ruies providing for the consideration of the urgency file at all .possible times placed the unfortunate third reading file still farther away from action. Senator | Stratton’s amendment was a measure of relief for the plethoric bunch of bills awaiting third reading, but it was laid on the table. Under the reso- jution forming an urgency file bills front the second reading fille have been placed on the urgency file, read the second and third time, sed and sent over to the Assembly, while third reading bills still wait. Senator Stratton will try again to- | morrow. Senator Leavitt then submitted a reso- Jution providing for the constderation of the urgency file until it had been ex- bausted, and then to provide for a new = SRININIULRN NN eReReBeR e RN e ReReNeNeNeN+A SAN MATEO AUGMENTS BARNES' FORGE. ASSEMBLYMAN HENRY WARD BROWN. opened Mr. Felton, notwithstanding that every other candidate in tmed for weeks by the Barnes people and to- 250230050 T4 0TI o0 N e R oo tieNetiof | | | dena.” No person has had more Inherent caid it | 1 s relating | which | & TO, Feb. 21.—Assemblyman . Felton at the joint bal- eral W. H. L. Barnes. Brown has cast his vote per- RAM warmest, kind, was there any indication of the pt for the change of Brown the bal- B R g S O R e SR S R S S e R g o o R R an SECSR SRS SN SORE S BB RINIRERe RN Re R NeReRIRIRIRIRIRNE L+ R R R0 RLeReReKeRININIRNe R+ Koo R4 ReRIRENININENING RN+ RN+ R+ e NeReNe | one. The resolution was referred to the | Committee on Rules. Sanford’s Assembly bill & came up for second. reading, dragging with {t the | weight_of an adverse report of the Judi- | ciary Committeé ,to which it had been re- ferred. 1t was a bill to abolish blacklists, and - providing a heavy penalty for the aintaining of one. Senator Cutier moved hat the bill be denied a second reading, and his motion was carried. Assemblyman O'Brien's Assembly joint | solution 12 was passed on file. It pro led for a request to the Federal Gov nent that it make a Government ex- it at the Pacific Exposition, and that it make some appropriation for the as- of the enterprise. As the bill | ling for a_State appropriation, in- troduced in the Senate by Senator Wolfe, has not yet come up for consideration, the resolution was passed on file until’ the | other bills have been considered. | During the morning session of the Sen- ate, after the city papers had been re- | prov i , Senator Simpson rose to a ques- tion of personal privilege to answer an article which appeared in this morning’'s Call. He referred to that paragraph of | the article on the front page ng‘h told | of the letters published in the Record- Union and purporting to have come from John 8. Cox of Pasadena and Frank Do- minguez, In his question of privilege Sendtor Simpson said: ‘“What I desire to say, Mr. President, is h That the Hon. John 8. Cox, whose letter I have seen fit to give to the Rec- ord-Union of Sacramento and other repu- table papers, which T knew would not garble and distort the statements made therein, was born in the State of Ohlo, in these United States, under the Ameri- can flag, and no man has ever stood more firmly by the Republican party than John 8. Cox, an ex-Mayor of the city of Pasa- right to vote in the general elections of | the county of Los Angeles and the State | |-ef California, and no person's voice has { had ‘more weight than that of John §. | Cox. | “Now, in reference to Frank Domin- guez, he is a man who, while having g’(":fl the friend of Senator Bulla all through the last campaign, has seen fit to make a tatement to me that his bellef was that Daniel M. Burns was the logical candi- date for United States Senator and ought to be elected, and has written to me, which letter T cad produce, to show that I have carrled out the instructions and the real intentions of those to whom I refer in my remarks upon the question of privilege. T cannot help but feel that 1 have been misquoted and in the heat of the moment I pronounce the person that wrote the article In The Call, a miserable | low-down, dirty calumniating sheet, as an infernal damn lar. I have served the peo- ple of the State of California for eight vears. I never in my life took a dishonest dollar; T have never in my life done a thing ‘I believed was dishonest; 1 have come here at the sacrifice of my business, | and it does seem strange to me that a person who has done as much for as lit- tle remuneration should not at least have accredited to him honest motives. While am aware that T am under bans to-day | from those who believe that a man has | no rights except those that are instructed | to him, I cannot help but feel that a man who is intrusted with discretion should | be once in a while allowed to use that dis- | cretion which the people have entrusted. T have read many newspaper accounts upon my course in this Senatorial election, and | while it grieves me to think that some of my people attribute dishonest motives to me, I cannot help but stand up and v ¢hat T have done that which I be- | lieve to be not-only for the best interests | of the Republican party of the State of Califgrnia, but of the people of the whole | State” s etition from the residents of outhiern portion of Monterey County stg‘: ting forth the destitute condition of a | great number of the residents there and | asking aid for 4000 of them was presented to the Senate this afternoon. he peti- tion says there are 2000 families averag- | ing four people to a family and half of these are in need of immediate assist- ance. The petition asks that $20 apiece or §80,000 be appropriated for their relief, ghc{e is.a promise that it will be paid ack. It ‘was expected that the Sena rest over Washington's mnhfiif"fi‘&% there was no_such luck, Senator Strat- | ton submitted a resolution declaring .. | the purpose of the Senate to hold a ses- sion to-morrow, and the resolution was adopted. The pages were given a night ff, however, to allow them to attend tae “‘pagés’ banquet.” for which they have been preparing for weeks. Quick Work by Johnsen. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—Grove L. Johnson ac- | complished the quickest -bit of legislation of the session in passing Assembly biil | bills 326 and 446. | the number now allowed by | kfiown as the Revenue Clerk, and making | Wise ones in the 940 through its second reading, commit- tee of the whale, third reading and final passage, all within ten minutes. ~Assem- bly bill ‘940 was introduced vesterday by Johnson and was considered by commit- tee last night. It appropriates $15,000 for the building of a sewerage system-at Fol- som Prison and is designed to take the place of Assembly bill 2, vetoed on Sat- urday_ by the Governor, To-day Johnson moved a_ suspension of the constitution, and the bill was sent through the whole legislative course without delay. BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE YESTERDAY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The Senate to-day adopted Mack's Assembly joint resolution relative to the setting over and establish- ing granite posts to mark a true bound- ary line between California and Nevada. During the day the Senate passed Senate The first of these, in- troduced by Stratton, amends the title to an act entitled ““An act to provide for the payment of interest on the outstanding bonds of the State of California, held in trust for the university fund and the State school fund; to repeal an act of the Legislature of the State of California, ap- proved March 4, 1881, entitled ‘An act to appropriate money to reimburse the Uni- versity of California, for money hereto- fore appropriated to the endowment fund thereof, which moneys have by mistake been withheld therefrom and appropriat- ed to’ other State purposes, and making an appropriation to pay the interest on | said outstanding bonds from January 1 to July 1, 1893, approved March 3, 1833: to amend section 4 of the same att, and to appropriate the sum of $16,747 50 now in the university fund and unavailable. Senate bill 446 was introduced by Jones, and provides for a system of drainage for | agricultural swamp and overflowed lands. The Senate this evening passed Senate bill 229, introduced by Prisk, providing for the disposal of money raised by cities or towns for public improvement after the same had been completed and paid for. Senate bill 252, introduced by Maggard, was also passed. This measure is an act to repeal an act entitled “An act author- izing the Controller to appoint an addi- tional clerk in his office, in addition to law, to be an appropriation for the payment of his salary for the remainder of the forty- Afi ERROR OF AN “ INITIAL CAUSES MUCH TRIBULATION Senz;tdr Simpson Waxes Wroth -and Uses Bad Language Over a Mistake of The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—“Damned infernal iiar,” is what Simpson said on a ques- tion of privilege in the Senate to-day, referring to the author of the state- ment publigshed in The Call that John S. Cox wa# a “bloomin’ Britisher.” + Cox commiehded Simpson’s conduct in changing his vote from Bulla to Burns. The Record-Union of Sacramento, in an effort to brace up poor old Simpson, published an extract from Cox's letter to the Senator. A prominent citizen of Los Angeles County, observing the newspaper comment, informed The Call that Cox was not a naturalized citizen and that his home was not in Pasadena, but in Los Angeles. Now it happens that Los Angeles County covers con- siderable territory and embraces a large population. It also happens that the Cox family is quite numerous and act- ive in that region.of the State and that the members have quite a liking for real estate and insurance business. The particular Cox which the inform- ant of The Call had in mind was John H. Cox, a real estate dealer in Los { Angeles, who extends his operations to Pasadena. It was recollected that he opposed Hawaiian annexation and gave as a reason that he was an Englishman. The Call wired to Los Angeles to as- certain what Mr. Cox had said in a pub- lished interview. The reply came as follows: LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 21, 1809. In Record, January 20, 1898 (not in the Express), thus: John H. Cox—I am an stitution. It says there is a lack of co- operation in the conduct of the asylum and that as a result the inmates are neg- lected. _Concerning the Home for the Feeble Minded-at Eldridge, the committee was high in its praise and recommended the passage of enactments looking to the betterment of the establishment. The Judiclary Committee reported fa- vorably upon Caminetti’s proposed con- stitutional amendment exempting all land and improvements thereon from taxation for State purposes. Mr. Caminetti ‘says the exemption he proposes is already oper- ating in the State of Pennsylvania and that that State has grown wealthier since the plan was inaugurated. Radcliff’s constitutional amendment No. 4, which is designed to abolish the Rail- road Commission, was reported favorably by the committee, but amended so that it will not become operative until January The Commitfee on Health and Quaran- tine, which spent Sunday_ visiting the garbage crematory at San Francisco, put in an expense bill of $144, and the Com- mittee on State Prisons, which went to San Quentin, rendered an account of $96. Both were ordered paid. Governor Gage's veto messages om bills 2 and 243 came up under the: head of un- finished business and in each case the Executive’s disapproval was sustained. Senator Braunhart's ‘‘seawall bill" came up on the Senate special file and was im- mediately attacked by Caminettl, who of- fered an amendment which provided that as rapidly as the seawall is builded the Dbelt line railroad shall be laid down. His amendment ‘was adopted and the bill was sent back to the printer. ‘Assembly bill 691, which permits the sale of prison-crushed rock to contractors for use on city streets, was passed after a fight made against it by Hoey of San Francisco. Hoey offered an amendement providing that all_ rock should be sold at a minimum cost of 40 cents per ton on the prison _grounds. His amendment was voted down and the bill passed. Speaker Anderson’s bill, which was ‘designed to accomplish a contrary proposition, was withdrawn from the file. Muenter's Assembly bill 206, relating to the filing of the statements of assets and liabilitiées by banking corporations, was Eflssed in spite of the hard fight made y Le Barron of Sonoma. ‘Atherton’s Assembly bill 128, appropriat- ing $75,000 for the erection of a hospital for insane convicts, was passed, as were the following: Kenneally’s Assembly bill 617, appropri- ating $§75,000 for the boring of a well in the Capitol grounds;-Rickard's Assembly bill 322, relating to elections; Dibble's Assem- bly bill 349, relating to crimes against the P e e e ] sixth™ fiscal year”; to create the office & ! ABRS ! = 24 B S T e L e 2 TS T S A A S DA W IR B S L e e e e e O e e i o o e e o o o 6964600400040 SENATOR SIMPSON RISES TO A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. of expert to the Controller, and prescrib- ing his compensatiol NAPA ASYLUM WANTS TOO MUCH CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—A bill for the appropri- ation of $155,000 for a dam and reservoir for the Napa Insane Asylum was hit with an ax by the Senate this afternoon and it fell but little short of annihila- tion. The Committee on Finance and Claims had a first chance at it and cut the figure to $75,000.. When the bill came before the Senate Senator Rowell had another amendment to offer. He had been on the last junket to Napa, and as was remarked afterward by Senator Bulla, it was one junkét that had brought some results. Senator Rowell swanted to cut the appropriation to $20,000. His idea and that of the other mémbers of the commit- tee was that it was only necessary to purchase the materials and tools required for the work and let the actual labor be erformed by the capable inmates of the Pagtitution. Senator Smith was in favor of either allowing the asylum a_ sufficient sym or so place the matter that the report of experts could be secured upon the prob- able cost of the work. La Rue, who in- troduced the bill, declared he would gooner see the bill defeated than have the appropriation so materially . shortened. On a vote Rowell’'s amendment was lost. The bill was then laid over to be further amended to provide more safeguards for the appropriation and then the bill will come up as amended by the committee to appropriate §75,000. > The End Not in Sight. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—This session of 189 is evidently not going to come to so sudden an end as has been anticipated. It was advertised on the floor yesterday that the gcnera.l appmgflatlon bill would be in and to-day, but it has not come, and from -all one can hear on the floor it is not likely to for a couple of days to come. House say it will be the 18th or 20th of the c mln¥ month be- fore the files and other work that is daily stacking up can be got out of the way. FEnglishman and want England to get the islands. 1 do not think the United States can govern its own country and am against annexation. Inquiry was made by wire to ascer- tain the residence of the particular Cox that commended Simpson, and the fol- lowing message from Pasadena was re- ceived: PASADENA, Feb. 21. 1899. Yes, John 8. Cox, a real estate agent, resides here. Investigation therefore establishes the fact that John S. Cox lives in Pasa- dena, and it is presumed that he wrote the letter commending Senator Simp- son. However, The Call hastens to apologize to the “bloomin’ Britisher"” who bears the name of John H. Cox. It is clear that John H. Cox, the man referred to in The Call of yesterday, did not write the letter of commenda- tion to Senator Simpson and the lgtter which he did receive was from John S. Cox of Pasadena. So much for the Cox family. In regard to Dominguez, The Call re. iterates the assertion that he has, since the opening of the Legislature, written letters to Senator Bulla whereln loy- alty to the Senator’s cause is pledged. Simpson in his imbecile rage may roar and use language that ought not to be tolerated in the Senate, yet the fact re- mains, and is capable of proof, that Dominguez a few days ago was a Bulla man. His letters to that effect can be produced, it proof he challenged. COMMITTEE WORK WAS RATIFIED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The Committee on Hos- pitals, which has recently been engaged in burning up mileage money in a junket through the State, came back with some unkind things to say of the hospital for the insane at Ukfah. The report: ren- dered to the Assembly recites at length the story of the merry row that has been going on between the Board of Man- .agers and the Superintendent of that in- _elective franchise; Assembly bill 353, en- titled an act to amend and act to appropri- ate money ‘for thé support of agéd per- gons in indigent eircumstances residing in the home of the Veterans’ Home Asso- clation. (¥ Notwithstanding that to-morrow . f{s ‘Washington's birthday the wheels of leg- islation will‘'go grinding right along; ses- sions will be held at the usual hours and 4 the joint ballot will be as usual one of the features of the da: MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION STANDS BY TEACHERS The Board of -Directors of the Mer- chants' Assoclation held a special meet- ing yesterday afternoon to’ consider As- sembly bill No. 629, one claiise of which will, if passed, seriously affect the tenure of office of teachers of the San Francisco School Department. The board deecided to make a vigorous objection to the pass- age of the Bill. g3 The objettionable clause is as follows: “Provided that on or before the 20th day of June of any year the Board of School Trustees or City Board of Education shall meet, and 'by ballot sélect teachers for the ensuing year.” The rollorwlng‘ telegram was sent by the merchants to the Assembly Committee on Education. at Sacramento: ‘“‘Board of Di- rectors of Merchants’ Association in meeting to-day unanimously objects to provision in sub-division ¢th. page 15, Assembly bill No. 639, affecting present tenure of office of teachers in San Fran- cisco School Department, and respectfully requests that it be ‘eliminated from the bllril. MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION.” — e S “Big Bill” Didn’t Make It. CALL HEADQUARTERS, , SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The question of at- taches kicked up another little row the Assembly this afternoon. '“Big Bill McDonald of Alameda offered a resolu- tion to pay a committée clerk he had hired himself the sum of $100 for services rendered since January 7. r. McDon- ald explained that as chairman of the Claims Cummmeihe was sadly in, need of 4 elerk to get his bills i shape. = Mr. Melick recalled -the fact that until ‘Janu- ary 10 no bills were offered and said there 1 SOUGHT TO BRIBE MORRIS BROOKE CHARLES N. POST. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 21.—In its Issue of Jan- uary 6, 1899, The Call published an expose of the disgraceful attempt that was then being-made by Dan Burns and the Southern Pacific Company to bribe Morris Brooke, Democratic member of the Assémbly from Sacramento County, to vote for Burn$ for United States Senator. At that time the name of the man who conducted the negotiations on the part of Burns and the railroad company was not given because it was not known by the representatives of this paper. The Call Is now in possession of the name of the man who made thé offer to Brooke. His name is Charles N. Post. At that time Post was a public office holder in the pay of the State, he being Assistant Attorney General under Attorney General Fitzgerald. He now holds the same position under Attorney General Ford. While draw- ing pay from the State, Post was interesting himself in promoting Burn Senatorial candidacy to such an extent that he sought by threats, intimi- dation and the offer of a bribe to debauch a young man and cause him to bolt his party, betray his constituents, deny hig sworn duty and violate the dictates of his own conscience. His attempt to do so failed of success be- cause The Call exposed the details of the infamous plot before it could be consummated. Not being known as the man who had carried out the orders of Burns and ‘the railroad company in the attempt to bribe Assemblyman Brooke, Post was not robbed of his usefulness as confidential agent of the Mexican. He has since been one of the most active workers in the Burns corral, and the- fact that he continues in his employment as a Senatorial boomer may be taken as proof positive that he is looked upon by his master as a valua- ble factor in the’ most disgraceful Senatorial eampaign that has ever put a blot on the fair fame of the State. . Assemblyman Brooke's opponent at the last election was William John- ston. Brooke was elected by a majority of sixty-one votes. Shortly after the result of the election was announced proceedings to contest Brooke's eléction’ wére instituted in the Justice's Court of Sacramento. For a time the matter rested. The men who planned the contest on behalf of Mr. Johnston were evidently waiting to receive = overtures from the Assembly- man-elect. As this did not happen, an emissary of Burns and the railroad company visited Mr. Brooke and made this offer: “If you will agree to vote for a certain man for United States Senator whose candidacy has not vet becn announeed we will see that the contest by William Johnston for"your seat will be_abandone Mr, Brooke refused to bind himself to any such agreement. Brooke be= Heved- that this ‘would -end the ‘mdtter, but he was doomed to:disappoint- ment; for.it was at this stage of thé proceedings that Post appeared on the scene as the accredited agent of Burns and the railroad company. He made an appointment with the Assémblyman-elect and'then offered him a bribe, which was in substance as follows: “If you will agree to vote for Dan Burns for United States Senator Johnston's contest will be dismissed and you will be able to retain your seat in the Assembly. If you do not consent to this proposition, you will be unseated, as Burns controls the Assembly and can unseat you by holding up his finger. If you vote for Burns and stay with him to the finish you can have a place in the County Clerk’s office after the adjournment of the Legislature and you can hold this place and receivé a good salary every month for four years.” Post then related to Mr. Brooke that Willlam Hamiiton, County Clerk of Sacramento County, in return for railroad support in his election, had prom- ised to give J. B. Wright, superintendent of the Southern Pacific Company, at Sacramento, one appointment in the County Clerk’s office. It was this po- sition that was at Mr. Brooke's disposal if he would consent to vote for Burns for United States Senator. This in brief is a history of the disgraceful scheme to bribe a legislator. The readers of The Call are familiar with the full details as they were pub- lished in these columns at the time the scheme was exposed. As a result of the exposure the contest for Brooke's seat in the Assembly was summarily dropped and he was allowed to take the place to which he was elected and vote according to the dictates of his conscience. The man who made these proposals to Assemblyman Brooke was Charles N. Post. He then was and still is an officeholder of the State. He was then and is still a worker in the camp of Dan Burns. At the time the Assembly investigating committee was engaged in the task of investigating the charges made by The Call against Howard E. Wright and others representatives of this paper sought to have the commit- tee take up the'matter of the attempt that was made to bribe Assembly- man Brooke. Fof some unknown reason the committee ignored the request, and the men who were instrumental in the scheme of bribery are still unpun- jshed. The investigating committee is still in existence. Honest men may believe that it has a duty to perform that the members of the committee as honest legislators cannot shirk and continue to retain the respect of the peo- ple of the State.’ g gomsofioszoseossm‘ 2302530330 55025 + NoRNeReR e RN +N NI NI R RoNeW NIt eI RI R R R Ko BRI B R PRI e GO el S RERERIBIRIRINIRIRNIRE R+ RN+ N B+ ReReR! 040+ RNRNIRINRNIERNIRIReN ¢ R R R+ RN eReRNIBINRIRERNRe Y, ADVERTISEMENTS. ““ Honesty is the Best Policy.”” Never was a more pointed saying put into prinf, and yet to be honest only be- cause it is policy is a poor kind of honesty. Better change *“ policy”” to ** prin- ciple’” and the aworld awill lite you better. “In the medi- cal world there is one medi- was of a consequence no presflir\% need for a clerk on the 7th, three days before. Others in the Housé toék the question up and “Big Bill’s" ‘resolution finally went over as unfinished business. SAN PED RO HARBOR BILL NOT TO PASS 'CALL HEADQUARTERS: SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The Committee on Commerce and Navigation got back from San-Pedro yesterday, after hav- ing spent $503 in mileage, and rendered the following report: The committee having visited San Pedro ‘ynder the authority granted by a resolu- tion of February 15, for the purpose of examining into matters contained in As- sembly_ bill 698, relating to the establish- ment of a.Board of State Harbor Commis- sioners for the port of Wilmington and the bay of San Pedrg, report as follows: That there was found to exist a division of sentiment among the residents and | property owners as to, the advisability of g!acln thedhatxgmtr xu){uier the cc‘n.n:.‘ro‘;egt a0 H A ere appeares ore e B amittes & délegation of citizens | CINe| honest for principle’s favoring the bjll and a delegation opposed to the same, d after a careful investi- gation,, all points involved being consid- ‘ered, your committee respectfully report Assemnbly” bill' 698 back and recommend that it do not pass. Payment of Coyote Bounties. CALL, HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- ‘MENTO, Feb. 21.—Thé bill for the pay- ment of céyote bounties, introduced by Senator Laird, came up on the urgency flle of, the Senate this evening, and after the. substitute -had been adopted it was laid over for third reading. The substitute bill provides for the sub- mission of coyote bounty claims within twelve months from the passage of the sake—Hood's Sarsaparilla. It/is the specific of the age-for all blogd troubles. The liver, kidneys and boyels are all toned up by its action as a @eanser and thus good health ensues. It never disappoints. /Bad Blood—"Although. past 70 y sge T am thoroughly Seativash i yoarsiof bo‘tles of Hood's Sarsaparilla that made m: 80 after spending_over $60 in medical :;teggan::m My fioubl; 43\1'?5 a raw_sore e. S.. N, ourt ‘street, Loweli: Mags - TASON, Nausea —"Vomiting spells, nd prostration troubied ‘me 't g or - years. det to ‘any court of competent jurisdic- ‘Had neuralgia, grew weak and co tion, there to be prosecuted to a finalfsleep. My age was against me, hfit‘;l{%ora?: coses | Sarsaparilla cured ' me thoroughly. M iudgment under -the rules in civil t is made the duty of the Attorney Gen/ ral to defend all such suits, and it flrther provided that upon his writt demand made at or before the time rax'weflng the place of the trial must changed to Saeramento County. It is provided that all costs of suit shall paid by the plaintiff, and in case.a 8- ment is found it shall include onlythe amount found actually due the plaiftiff, without- interest, -mor shall the judgient Dbear interest after it has been réndded, An appropriation of $287,615 I8 p for, the amount being based-on th already in, and it is expressly. that in no’case.shall more than of any judgment be paid in any year. o 2 weight increased from 125 to 143 pounds. am the mother of nine children. Never felt so well and strong since I was mar- ried as I do now.” Mrs. M, A. WATERS, 3320 P. St., N. W., Washington, D. C. i (1 Ne Hodd's Piits cure ltver {lls; the non-irritating and- 6nly cathartic to take with Hood's Sarsa- = parilla. s e 0 SRR RN IRIRIRIRRIBIRIR AR IR R IR R RN R oW Y e