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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1899. ot eliotiofNeo N e R o RoNIRIRIRERRNIU+RIL U+ R+ RoRoR N ReA GOYERNOR GAGE INDULGES IN SARCASM ON LEGISLATORS EHERSe g e The Executive Thinks a Little Grammar School Educa- tion Would Be of Benefit, LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2T.—Governor Henry T. Gage has come out of 1 He came on the owl train and hied Himself at once to his Downey ranch. He saw George Denis for a brief hour and with a re- porter discussed affairs of state, men and. trifies with an abandon that was the very antithesis of ‘the Gageism during the campaign. “I believe that the State would be far better off,” said the Gover- nor, “if not one of these bills that have been passed should become I say I think the State would be better off.” There was no mistake about what the Governor said. He repeated the remark, and was most emphatic in condemning the mass of legis- lation supposed to be enacted for the benefit of mankind. “I do not wish,” continued the Governor, ‘“‘to condemn any plece of My views on the subject of legislative char- acter have reached the public through my veto messages.” “How is it you vetoed the Australian bug law and then changed your the north. law. legislation in particular. opinion?” not pos ibly sign it. kangaroo. doing,” the Governor remarked. “You think tha “I signed the bill. “Not at all. anti-cartoon bill when it came.” giving the subject any attention. BNIR 4R+ RGRRARONINR IR RB R+ R+ R RIS RIRRR4RN 2+ 50+ R0 R R0+ ¢ 4 EolielieloRe R+ N+ B otietiohiolis passed around and an agreement en- tered into to support Senator Flint, one of Bard's suppor for chairman, and Assemblyman Lardner, a Barnes man, for secretary. This agreement was carried out to the letter, though it proved to be unnece ry, as the Burns men were too clever to provoke a con- test .at the very beginning of opera- tions by putting forward a candidate for chairman and supporting him with their full voting strength. The conference was held in the As- sembly chamber after the afternoon adjournment. The first act of the meeting was the ection of Senator Dickinson as temporary chairman, an act of courtesy due to him as the ac- knowledged promoter of the conference scheme. Permanent organization was then effected by the election of Flint as chairman and Assemblyman Lard- without contest. A Devoto of San Francis °n to act as sergeant-at-arms, :mblyman Kenneally of San Francisco was selected to act as door- keeper. The conference being thus formally organized, the fun began. The Burns faction wa d solid- ly against every prop the procedingspublic. From first to last they demanded that secrecy characte ize the meeting, and when Crowder of San Diego, ope of Grant's adherents, moved to admit the press a one-voiced roar. went up from the ranks of the man who, at the opening of this fight, asked, nay, demanded, that the ht of day be turned full upon every act of his that might transpire. Crowder’s motion was seconded by Radcliff of Santa Cruz, who is also of the Grant alignment, and when the question was put ther and eventually a successful one, made against it by the Burns push. Short- ridge of nta Clara spoke rabidly against any such proposition. He said that to do so would be to tear from the niches the most sacred traditions of the Republican party, and in other as el gantly turned phrases he did Burns' bidding. He w ably assisted by Bel- shaw of Contra C who moved that the motion be laid upon the table, and then the question was loudly called for by the Burns clique, and Bel ied b » and a vote of 48 to 31 Melick of Pasadena said that he had come into the conference under the promise that no vote was to be binding, and that they could take &s mary votes as they saw fit, and he would give a report out to the press if he chose to do 0. Assemblyman Cosper of Tulare opened the ball by telling what he did pot know about breaking a Senatorial deadlock. He called the attention of the members to the fact that the Legis- lature has been in session for almost iwo months and has as yet failed to elect a United States Senator, as was jts duty. He told at some considerable length of the welfare of the Republican party now at stake and pointed out the necessity of electing a Republican Sen- ator at the present session of the Leg- islature in order to preserve for the party the full measure of victory gained at the recent election. “We are members of the Republican party,” vouchsafed Mr. Cosper, “and, as such, it our duty to stand with William McKinley in this hour when he is most in need of every good Re- publican. It is our duty to indorse his olicy in the past and his poliey for the guture and to do so we must send rep- resentatives to Washington who are in accord with him and his plans. More than ever it is our duty to send this year a representative to the United Btates Senate. ‘The people demand it and so does the administration. This deadlock must not "continue; we must snd it and do our duty-by cur country and party and there is only one way to do it; the good old way by which Re- publicans have settled their difficulties ever since there has been a party—by caucus. We should caucus on this mat- ter as we have in the past and let the choice of the majority be the choice of us all,” Senator Davis of Amador was not in gavor of this idea, and said so in words that could not be misunderstood. “This is not a question of harmony, ‘as Senator Morehouse puts it,” he said. *Jt 18 not a question of McKinley, as .Mr. Cosper has j said in his remark- able speech, nor a question of any one else. It is not as much a question of gending some one to the Senate as who we shall send there. people of this State do not so much demand of us that we send some one to the Senate as that we send a man there who will -properly_represent this State, and we cannot do that by going into caucus. Caucus means the election of just one ‘man, and despite all that has been said 1 know that the people of this State do ot want a caucus at such a price. “Jt has been painfully apparent that these newspaper demands for a secret ballot have been inspired. The inspira- tion was more than evident, and the source from which they have eman- ated had been laughably plain to any one who would see it. MMr. Cosper ap- als to party traditions and party ‘custom to uphold him in his plea for a caucus, but never before has the party been so assailed as now, and to protect the party and do the will of the peo- ple of this State there must be no.cau- ¢us and we must keep out of one. Let this matter be settled on the floor of the house. Let Mr. Burns and Mr. Grant withdraw from this fight, since they only serve to prevent the selection of a representative. Leave the field clear to men who are wanted. That is the one way to settle this question. Let] whole legislative machine, and a hot fight, | haw’s motion to table’ “My position on this matter has been misstated. such a horrible state when it was first presented to me that I could By the provisions of the first bill the expert could have gone to Paris and had a good time in the Bois de Boulogne in- stead of chasing the nimble Australian bug in the land of the leaping » The Governor audibly chuckled as he reflected. “Some gentlemen who draw up bills do not know what they are a little preliminary course at a law college ought to precede a debut in the legislative ring?” *I think that a little common grammar school education would work wonders for these gentlemen,” said the Governor. “There are a great many bills with which I am heartily in sympathy, but which I have been compelled to veto. carelessly and display -so incredible an amount of ignorance that it would have been folly for me to do anything but veto them.” + | ““What do you think of the anti-cartoon bill?” “But was not the whole business a little hurried?"” I keep right up with my business. In reply to a question about patronage the Governor says he is not had received innumerable applications. given each application as it came up In its proper order. | tion to make | osta, of Bulla’s forces, | | The bill was in { | in a battle of wits. | geles, who leads | the amount of $34,500, upon an agreement | lone, an agent es rapidly as they should come up all of Dibble’s pet measures. The agreement got between twenty-five and thirty signers, and Dibble’s machine has not been working on greased wheels since. In their assault, the San Franciscans were materially aided by Grove Johnson. In fact, Dibble’s troubles had their be nning when he went against Johnson or the leadership of the House in the early days of the session. The Represen- tative from Sacramento is easily the peer of the San Franciscan as a parliamenta- rian, and in that quiet, tear-stained voice of his has more than once came out best Valentine of Los An- the southern. forces, is another backer, though he knows noth- ing of the written agreement. It was Valentine, in fact, who gave Dib- ble's control its knock-out blow, and in no quiet or lady-like language. It all came out over the financial trou- bles of the city of Placerville, and it hap- pened just before and just after the ses- sion convened this morning. Dibble over- stepped himself, and his dethroning is the penalty. 3 At the request of Drury Melone, the Napa capitalist, Dibble last week offered In the Assembly bill 839, which provides that when municipalities have not held a general election for more than two vears the Governor shall forthwith ap- point the officials necessary to the oper- ation of the city’s government and that they shall hold office and call a regular election in due time for the selection of their successors. On its face the bill pro- vides a general law. In its intent it is nothing . more than special legislation di- t the city of Placerville. The rected a o st bonds which that town issued in which the railroad did not keep, to put its road through from Folsom to Placer- ville, are now in the hands of Drury Me- for the original holders. The alleged debt, with accrued interest, RIRIRIRIR RN IRIN 4N+ R+ ReRERIRERIRARIRNIRNR 81+ K+ R oReNeLe K| Bills have been drawn up so % % | That shows what I think of it.”” 4| 5 I was ready for the ¢ 8 $! In regard to Whittier patronage, he | Due consideration would be é s e etieBeNe R+ R R otoNototom | the leaders withdraw. It is already de- monstrated that the little te]lo\\'gycgrel-! not win and they do no harm. The | votes that are needed for this State’s| good are held by men who cannot win | amd who are not wanted.” | Senator Cutter echoed the attack of | Senator Davis upon Burns and his | mouthpiece, Cosper. He said there was | only one candidate who wanted a cau- | cu That had been clearly demon- | strated in the persistent refusal of the | others to entertain any such proposi- | tion, and he said by the same token | that if caucus was the scheme he was prepared to say for them that they | would refuse again. The caucus propo- sition could benefit but one man, and that man the people of the State of Cal- | ifornia had said they did not want and would not have. “The people of this State,” said he, | “do not so much want some one elected | as they want the right man elected, and we cannot do that, it is evident, by go- | ing into caucus.” Senator Cutter denounced the caucus proposition as a scheme advocated for the purpose of promoting the candidacy of a particular man. What men could do in caucus they could do in open con- | vention, he said, and those who were anxious fo get behind the closed doors | of a caucus to cast their votes must be | rily actuated by some ulterior | i He believed that the proper and the only way to settle the question | was on the floor of the joint assembly, where every man’s action would be nec- e rily open and aboveboard. If a man has convictions, he said, and is not ashamed of them, he does not fear to express them in the hearing of all men. | Then came Melick of Pasadena, who | votes for B It was he who origi- | nated the “caucus for the tail-enders,” | who met but once and then made no | contribution to history. He had a solu- tion, two in fact, for the present quan- | dary. | “I agree with Senator Morehouse,” | said Mr. Melick, “we want harmony in the party, but we want to get it fairly | and aboveboard. We cannot get it| by going into a caucus that would have but one result—" “Why?” yelled Dibble, and “Why?” yelled Grovel Johnson. “Because,” shouted Melick, ‘‘caucus means the election of just one man and he is not the man the people of this State want. If this deadlock can be | broken it is by one of two ways: i “Let the leaders in this fight—Burns and Grant—resign from the lists. They | cannot be elected and that this is a | deadlock at the present day is due| solely to the fact that they will not | Withdraw. Let them withdraw and | leave the field clear to a man who will | be satisfactory to the people. If they | will not do this let us hold a caucus on | the floor of the House, an open caucus | with nothing of secrecy to it and one at | which the vote of sixty members of the | ¢ majority shall be necessary to carry any question that may come up. That is a fair proposition and one that I| think would break this deadlock and .satisfactorily, too.” “It would' suit me if all the candi- dates should resign,” said Johnson, “we will pull out— I move we now ad- journ until 4 o'clock to-morow after- noon and—" | “I don't see why we should adjourn, | to to-morrow afternoon,” ° intérupted | Cutter, “nothing has been gained by this conference and nothing can be that I can see—" ““Something is ‘gained when Mr. Melick approves of a caucus with sixty voting as a maiorjty,” retorted John- son, and then the chairman was al- lowed to put the vote and the proposi- tion to meet again at 4 o’clock to-mor- row afternoon was carried. DIBBLE'S CONTROL OF LEGISLATION IS NOW BROKEN CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The control which As- | semblyman Dibble has exercised over all legislation and which since the session of 1889 he has held by the virtue of nq more stable power than that of pure dr- | rogance, is finally and completely broken. 5 As an emulator of Czar Reed Dibble has been a proportionate success. His chair- mgnship of the Committee on Rules and the almost infallible knowledge of par- liamentary law and usage which he has held over his fellow-members of that | body have enabled him to make it neither more nor less than a steering committee | for the suppression of the measures of the | unfavored and for the furtherance of the bills of the wise ones who were of suffi- cient strength and standing to be able to | offer reciprocal favors. The files have been almost altogether at | his disposal, and so cleverly has he ex- ercised his arrogated prerogatives that not until the beginning of this last fort- night did the green ones of this session come to an understanding of his system. Then jt was his own delegation, the | San Franciscans, who took the first step toward breakin, him. They got their | knowledge of ibble's file manipulation from Caminettti of Amador, who one day arose to ask Dibble for an exposition of | the “special trgency file” and its relation | to the Second and third reading files, Mr. Dibble did not explain, but Caminett! | did, ingeniously and romely. In fact he | threw down the whole scheme. Next day a t{peiwflt!en agreement em- anated from the San Francisco delega- | tion binding every one who signed it to | prevent Dibble, in so far as, should -be possible, from playi engineer to the to kiil oft bl | usurped | bill was introduced last week, and this| now amounts to $260,000, and it is this dab of money that Melone and Dibble want to collect by special enactment. The Judiciary Committee, of which Dib- ble is a leading member, recommended that the bill pass upon a short explana- tion by Dibble, who made no allusion to Placerville. Assemblyman Raw of El Do- and Valentine, were both out to kill the measure and were waliting for the committee to take it up, but contrary to usual procedure they were not_noti- fled. The bill was sneaked through and g said. The first intimation of it had by its friends was its sudden appear- ance in the files. Valentine called upon Dibble to explain such work, and the clever chairman of the Rules Committee was quick to promise that when it came along on the second reading file he would have it referred to committee and thera cither killed or recommended not to pass. Saturday it came up duly on the second reading file and just before it was considered Valentine was called out of the chamber. He left the bill in Cami- netti’s hands. Another minute, however, Caminettl, too, was hurriedly called, and relying upon Dibble, who was in the chair, to keep promise, he left the room. Raw of Placerville was absent. When the bill came on Dibble, instead of mak- ing his word good, announced that Val- entine and Raw were absent, but that they desired him to say they had no ob- jection, and he suggested that it be read and passed to the third reading file. Tak- ing him in good faith, the House followed his suggestion. Valentine met Dibble before the House convened this morning and gave him a thorough calling down.- It was a red hot row and it was renewed by Valen- tiné on the floor after the session was be- gun. He openly accused Dibble of bad faith and would not quiet until Dibble | made emphatic promise that the bill | should be at once rereferred. It was the most glaring expose that has t been made of Dibble’s methods and there were any in the House unlearnéd before it provided the needed lesson. It was laughed and talked over for an hour afterward. Valentine, who has frequent- ly balked the San Franciscan at other times, is in a fair way to be promoted from 'the leadership of the Los Angeles delegation to the position Dibble has as leader on the floor of the whole House. SENATORS INDULGE IN MUCH TALK ON BILLS| CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The rider to Stratton's | primary election law was passed in the Senate this morning after some discussion and two votes in the negative. The brig- inal bill provided that clerks who, having been duly appointed, refused to act or failed to report for duty.should be fined or imprisoned or both. The Governor ob- jected to such a severe possible punish- ment, and said so. It was not desired, however, to delay the bill, which in other | respects the Governor favored, so it was | agreed that another bill repealing the | punishment clause in the first bill and | substituting only a fine should be intro- | duced in the Legislature and passed: This | morning Stratton called it Up on an urgen- cy resolution. It was read a second and third time-and was passed all in ten min- utes. Smith and Davis voted no because they could not approve of such a pro- cedure. The Societies for the Prevention of Cru- elty to Animals were given a slight roast this afternoon under the consideration of | some amendments to Assembly bill 5 re- | garding the payment of fines. Under the present law fines from the conviction of offenders whom it is ‘the duty of the so- cities to SuF‘Drpss go to the society first formed in the county. An amendment to this proceeding was proposed, providing | that fines should go to the society making the arrest. Another amendment diverting all fines to the school fund was also pro- go!ed, and this was added to the bill. The ill itself is a blanket affair ‘dealing gen- erally with the Tegulation of such socie- es. When the bill tame up as amended an- other amendment was submitted placing the law where it was, that is diverting all fines to the society -first formed. Senator Boyce, chairman of the Com- mittes on Public Morals, was the first to wax eloquent. He declared the committee amendment was a means to allow one | soclety in San Francisco to slaughter an- other. He criticized the majority of his own committes in reporting such an amendment. The law as it stands suits those counties where there is but one such society, and the outside members closed in to take a whack at the rival organiza- tion of San Francisco. The spectacle of humane societies making a speclalty of humdnity for pay was commented ~ 0p. The country members were evidently of the .opinion that no chestnut of the San Francisco societies should be pulled from the fire by them. The time for the con- slderation of Assembly bills having passed the bill had to go over without actlon, but it will come up again. Senator Luchsinger’s bill to provide for the licensing of architects was passed to third reading this evening, after weather- ing a vote to deny it a second re m?’ The bill provides for a Board of Archi- tects, which will examine all ‘who desire to enter the profession of architecture and issue a license to those competent. It was objected to by Smith and others as being on_a par with the bills licensing barl , horseshoers and plumbers—a re- etriotion on the profession and not proper legislation. s enator Nutt’s bill apgrogrln.flrg $80,- 000 for the completion of the State Normal School at San Diego was passed to third reading after being cut down to $45.000. Senator Rowell’s bill relating to assess- ments of propergl was so passed to third reading, and survived an attack in the shape of a motion to deny it engross- ment. Among_ other provisions was one Which provided for the assessment of all deposits in commercial banks on March 1 of each year, and it was upon this provi- sion that the cpposition showed ftself. . R SENATORS STILL TALK ON SAVING TIME CALL. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The Senate took up its favorite subject this afternoon—the ques- tion of rules. It was an interesting point, too, the further cutting of the limit of a gpeech from ten minutes to five and from twenty to ten for authors of bills under consideration. Senator Shortridge was first to rise in defense of his right to speak as long as he pleased. He thought five minutes alto- gether too short a time for any Senator to air his views. Senator Smith was the most bitter opponent of the rule, and in support of his opposition he cited the vets mes- sages of the Governor which were piling up. Bach one, he said, bore a reproach to the Senate for hasty or ill-considered ac- tion. He said the Senators were not ad- dicted to long speeches, and he did ‘not believe in limiting them. Morehouse did not wish to be silenced | was either. He believed in discussing meas- ures with due deliberation, and when they | H4CHO+0+0+ 040+ 0+0+0+0+04m THE SAME OLD VOTE. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, Feb. 27.—Just onebal- lot was taken at noon tb-day and there was little Interest shown in _ that. The conference of this af- ternoon was the topic of all-ab- sorbing interest and the hour for balloting was taken up by Dibble of San Francisco and Jake Step- pacher in circulating the call to the conference among those mem- bers who were still holding out. Every one but Judge Clough, Con- rey and Le Barron signed before the vote was announced and Step- pacher left for the Senate. The vote was as follows: BARNES . ESTEE BULLA BURNS GRANT . BARD ... SCOTT DE VRIES (D.) ROSENFELD (D.) WHITE (D)) ... PHELAN (D.) were of sufficient importance without re- gard to time. In support of his-position he read from Assembly bill 5, which, after being con- sidered by the Assembly, had been passed, and yet a clause allowing the sale of an animgl “or any part thereof” to satisfy | 4 lien had been left in the bill. Shortridge spoke again on his of peated theme, ‘‘Trivial Leflslfltlon. said the trouble lay in the number of bills needlessly introduced, not In the speech-making. The rule was adopted, however, and the Senators must cut short their remarks. The rule recommended by the commit- tee, providing for the consideration of tha special files and the third reading, brought more useless talk, for it, too, was adopt- ed. It was pointed out that the rule made no provision for the consideration of the second reading file, and some of the Sena- tors objected to being compelled to place thelr bills awaiting second reading on the special file. It did no good to object, how- ever, for the 1ule was adopted. — o ASSEMBLY ROUTINE WENT SMOOTHLY ON CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 21.—The Committee on Cor- porations rendered to the Assembly this morning a report upon all the bills that have been before it looking to the curtail- ing of the rights and assumed privileges of the big corporations. Assembly bill 810, by Crowder of San Diego, provides a uniform maximum rate for teleyhone instruments and telephone service in this State. It was reported with- out recommendation. Assemlly bill 960, also by Crowder, es- tablishes a uniform rate of 3 cents per mile on all railroads in California for first class travel, and a rate of 2% cents per mile on second class travel. It was re- ported as was its companion measure. Mr, Crowder also introduced -Assembly bill 91, which provides that no rallroad or sleeping car company shall allow the up- per berth of a scction to be lowered unless the same has been sold. This last bill of Mr. Crowder’s was killed off in the same quiet and painiess manner as its fellows. The Committee on Rules and Regula- tions offered a report which * fiXxes the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week as the time for the cansideration of the appropriation bills on the Ways and Means Committee's special urgency file. The evenings first decided upon were Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- v. The third reading %la has been the order for this and to-morrow ds made evening. Assembly bill 192, which laundry, heating ;light as for the Home for Feeble-ming récommendéd to_pass by the Com- mittee on Ways and Means, as was also Assembly bill 252, which authorizes the State Controller to appoint an additional clerk to be known as the revenue clerk. Assembly bill 741, creating the office of State Game Warden, and Assembly bill 86, appropriating $17,500 for the erection of two male wards at the Mendocino, Ukiah, Asylum, were both amended by the same committee and recommended to pask as amended. Assembly biil 87, which appro- priated $20,000 for the erection of a build- ing to connect the administration, build- ing with the ward buildings of the same institution, ‘was recommended to ‘‘not pass.” In a message from the Governor apropos of 287 and 288, vetoed by him on Saturday, the Executive takes another swat at leg- islative English. In referring again to the bills he says: “In my message to your honorable body of this date, February 25, 1899, disapprov- ing Assembly bills 287 and 288, a miscon-~ struction of the bills appears in the mes- sage, owing to the ambiguity of the lan- guage of the bills, which error, in justice to the clerk of the Supreme Court, I de- sire_to correct. “The message referred to states that by. the said Assembly bills an additional stenographer is created, thereby increas- ing the salary to be paid to the deputies in the aggregate annual sum of $2400. This, however, is incorrect, as there is but one office created, namely, that of chief depu- fv, with an annual salary of $2400, and one of the other six deputies; (designated therein as a stenographer) is to receive a salary reduced to $1200, so that the aggre- gate annual increase is $1800. “Notwithstanding this correction, my views as to a necessity for any increase in the number of deputies in the office re- main unchanged, and I am still of the opinion that at this time there is no urg- ent necessity for this deput*. “HENRY T. GAGE.” Dibble of San Francisco, who, with Cobb of the same town, has been engineering the Assembly end of the Republican con- ference to come off later this afternoon, asked of the Assembly the exclusive use of the chamber for the Republican ma- jority et 4 o’clock. It was so ordered, no dissenting vote being cast to his resolu- ovides for a dpower plant ed Children, tion. Dibble also offered a resolution to put an end to the usual morning tardiness. During the last few days there has not been & quorum in the chamber more than half the time and file work has béen often }d‘elayed in time consuming calls of the ouse, To assure a working force in the future Dibblé offered_this resolution: “Resolved, That it is the sense of the Assembly that no committees should be excused during the remainder of the ses- sion, and that no committee should be allowed to sit, except conference commit- tees, during the sess.ons of the House; 4150’ that no member should be excused from attendance except for sickness of himself or family.” P The resolution was adopted. Assemblyman Cowan ded up an- other anti-tax-eater resolution from Glen Tllen Grange. It demanded that fully 2 per cent of the money now ‘wasted in useless commissions” be saved to the State, and also that all salaries be glasfied the same per cent. “In short, hes the resolution, “less favors for tax- and immediate relief for taxpayers.' ‘Assemblyman Valentine's bill, 554, was nssed to-day after a hard fight put up of the San Francisco dele- backed, it was sald by friends the San Francisco Harbor Commigsion. The mmeasure provides that all State money recelved by State institutions shall be paid monthly to the State Controller, to ‘ge by him disposed of among the re- spective funds. "Valentine argued his bill strongly, and, despite contrary indications, when it came fo a vote there were not more than a half dozen members against it. Senator Sammy Braunhart's seawall bill kicked up_another debate of no small proportions. Melick of Los Angeles said that the: §1,000,000 which the bill' proposes to raise by a bond issue was to be thrown to the mob of political hangers-on that t{he Harbor Commission has been feeding for years past at the State's expense. He sald that the Harbor Commission was nothing more than a political machine and an expensive one. It had already spent all its own tolls and other receipts and this $1,000,000 was simply a scheme to provide more. Dibble denied it was anything of the sort. He said that not one cent of the proposed $1,000,000 could be spent for any other purpose_than set down in the bill— the seawall. He was followed by Valen- tine, who also followed the same line of argument. He was shut off by the noon hour, however, and further eonsideration went over to afternoon, when apuud Caminetti's Assembly bill- “miving Y gation, of the bill, by .until January 1, 1903, permission to the Native Sons to use the great seal of the State in_striking off medals-for the boys of the First Califor- nh:. was also passed with a unanimous vote. . Krowland’s Assembly bill 262, relating to erroneous tax assessments and sales, was passed without debate. Asseml;lg' bill 37, by Wade, relating to the recording of leases, sales or hire of street railroads and = equipment, was passed. Belshaw's Assembly bill 500, which pre- vents the Attorney General granting per- mission to State commissions to hire out- side legal advice and compelling him to render such service himself, was passed after an explanation by the authar. The Governor's veto of Assembly bill 229, which made the goldéen POEFY the State flower, was made the special order for Thursday. Belshaw’s Assembly bill 480, making it a misdemeanor to, sell liquor to habitual drunkards or to ginors, was passed, as was Mack's Afsembly bill 150, amending the laws relating to estrays. Ausemg‘l_{' bill 576, a_ substitute for As- sembly 1 70, amending the act provid- ing for the creation of sewer districts, ‘was also passed. An_ important bill by Dibble, 552, which provides that all certificate and debenture companies shall be under control of the State Bank Commissioners, was passed, and so_also was Dibble's ‘Assembly bill 260, which provides that gravestones cost(ng not in_excess of $10 shall be pro- vided for all Union goldiers who shall die without sufficient funds for burial penses. The third reading file consumed the evening session, and adjournment was taken to to-morrow morning. e sl e SEAWALL BILL PASSES THE SENATE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—Senator Sammy Braun- hart’s seawall bill came up in the As- sembly this afternoon on its final pass- age and was carried with only a few scattering votes against it. The result of the vote was a surprise to those on the floor, for there was a hard fight made sgainst it, but for once all three of the leaders stood in and the opposition did not count. Melick of Los Angeles bitterly scored the San Francisco Harbor Commissioners. He said that they had prostituted their office apd spent its funds in cheap politics. The commission, he said, had bécome nothing more than a gigantic political machine, and that every dollar spent by it .was calculated for political effect rather than the improvement it would pay for in the State’s property. He said that the grnpofltlon embodied in the bill to raise v ex- bond issue the sum of $1,000,000 was a scheme to throw to, them more money to go the way that the tolls and tariffs they collect go. Dibble of San Francisco, who has had charge of the bill in its course through the Assembly, denied that this was so, and said that not one cent of the mill- i6n_could be spent in any but the way Jaid down in the bill for the completion of the seawall. He was backed by Val- entine, and the question prevailed. 1t had few other than Melick’s vote against it. . — “JOKER” DOESN'Y GO IN COUNTY GOVERRMENT BILL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2I.—Considerable excite- ment has been aroused by the expose made in The Call in regard to the slip- pling in of a “joker” in the county gov- ernment bill, which permitted the San Francisco county officlals to hold office, regardless of the law laid down by the acts of the recent charter election, and this evening at a joint meeting of the committees on County and Township Government of both the Senate and As- sembly the obnoxious amendment was stricken out and a new bill.substituted which will not interfere with the San Francisco law. When the Senate convenes to-morrow the bill, Which was rushed through the joint committee last evening, will be re- called and the substitute introduced, much to the satisfaction of a number of legislators who have San Francisco's in- terest in view. ® There was talk of money used to have the bill with the *“joker” amendment rail- roaded through; but whether it was the case or not, it was found' that at the joint meeting of Saturday evening the amendment which was passed upon with a favorable recommendation previously by the Assembly committee and not by the Senate committee in some way passed into the hands of the clerks, who, think- ing that it had been properly passed upon, sent it to the printer. The section is No. 58%, ‘which provides that all county officers elected In San Francisco in 1898 ln.l‘igwwhgselldelgnlfld cgim- Januar; . , shoul 0] office e Foary T 1903. This would be con- trary to the law set down by the char- ter, which expressly opposes such & pro- ceeding. LEGISLATORS WANT TO KNOW WHOM TO KILL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—Another newspaper biil is coming to the surface in the Sen- ate—this time a restriction upon the col- umns, not the pictures. Senator More- house’s measure to compel the signing of certain articles published was.read the gecond time and an amendment making certain exceptions was adopted. The hill requires that ‘“‘every article, statement or editorial contained in any newspaper or other printed publication printed in this State which by ‘writing or printing tends to blacken the memory of one who is dead or to impeach the hon- esty, integrity, virtue or reputation or publish the natural or alleged defects of one who is alive, and thereby expose him Lor her to public hatred, contempt or rid- icule, must be supplemented by the true name of the writer of such article, state- ment or editorial, signed or printed at the end thereof.” Continuing, the bill provides that the printer or publisher who publishes such an article without the required signa- ture shall forfelt $1000, one-half of which shall be turned over to the plaintiff in a suit for such publication and the other half of the State treasury. The amendment submifted this evening grovldss that in books the name on the itle page will be sufficient gnd in tele- grams'emanntlng from the same_ source ut one signature will be required. There was no discussion on the meas- ure this evening, but there will probably be a good deal when the bill comes up for final passage. Sl R e Work of Judiciary Committee. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, February 21.—At the meeting of the Assembly Judiclary Committee this evening the following bills were reported favorably upon: Assembly bills numbers 680, 210, 209, 467, 99, 908, 941, and Senate bill 93. Bill 630 relates to attachments. Bill 210 is an act relating to procéedings on production of foreign wills. No. 209 re- lates to petitions for probate of wills. No. 467 is an act regarding the hearing of proofs of probate of foreign wills. kil 99 is in relation to the foreclosure and sale of mortgaged lands. Bills %08 and 941 relate to witnesses in the various courts. Senate bill 93 repeals certain sec- tions of the Political Code pertaining to taxes and revenues. Bill back with-an unfavorable recommenda- tion. It adds a new section to the Civil Code relating to the sale of personal property when ‘the title thereof is re- served in the vendor until it is paid for. A number of business men of Sacra- mento, representing various lines of busi- ness, appeared before the committee in ogpoll on to the bill, They contended that it would seriously fnjure business in- terests, and it was evidently through their intervention that the bill met with what will probably be its deathblow. —_—— Stockton’s Programmed Resolutions. STOCKTON, Feb. 27.—Dr. George 8. Harkness, chairman of the Republican County Committee, and George Lang- ridge, treasurer, went to Sacramento to- day, carrying with them the signed reso- lutions of members of the committee and a few delegates to the last Republican convention in this county asking the San Joaquin representatives to adopt meas- ures .to bring the Senatorial deadlock to an end and elect a Senator. - —————————— The Grip Cure That Does Cure. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets remdves the La_ Gripy A cause that AL B o on wanh vt Be. e e was reported |- KNIGHT RETURNS EAGER FOR THE SENATORIAL FRAY A Crisis in the Situation Now Aftracts the Dark Horses. DAN BURNS HAS REACHED HIS END The Campaign of Blufl Bluster, Booze and Boodle Has Failed to Draw Voters and His Associates and Backers Are Ready to Leave Him. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—There is a feeling in the legislative atmosphere to-night that the Mexican's Senatorial campaign of bluff and bluster, booze and boodle, is nearing its end. Burns has been unable to keep his contrgets. He has been in- capable of commanding the powerful friendships and influences that he boasted he could control. He has had his day and his rage, and those that have a right to represent Republican epinions declare that he is a Senatorial impossibility, clinging to an absurd hope that parasitic followers encourage simply because it is money in their purses. These opinions and the conclusion that Burns cannot win found expression to- night in the return of George A. Knight to the field as an avowed aspirant for .the United States Senatorship. Knight re- tired from the contest three weeks ago, packing bag and baggage, returning to San Francisco. He declared at that time that 'he believed there was no show for him. He Is sure now that he was right then, but is now ouiteé as sure that con- ditions have changed and that the time is opportune for a new candidate in the States Senatorship,” he said to-night. I am convinced that none of the candi- dates now before the Legislature can win. They have all had a good day and a fast track, and nome of them can Teach the wire. Some of them are close personal friends of mine, and I would do nothing to jeopardize thém if T thought they had the remotest chance of victory. I am convinced, however, that none ° of them possesses the necessary strength or is in a position to obtain it, “A mew candidate, free from the criti- cisms that have beén made of the aspi- rants now before the Legislature, is a po- litical necessity, and I intend to submit my name to the Legislature. 1 have noth- ing to offer except my record ag a Repub- lican. If that is merit enough I will win. If it is not, no harm will have been done. But_win or lose, I am convinced that the time is now critical in the Senatorial contest, and none of the men now striving for the honor can win under any circum- stances that can be conceived. . “I have not yet detéermined whether to present my name to-morrow morning or not. The conference that will be held to-morrow afternoon is rather of grave importance, and I may walit until its ses- sion is over. I feel convinced that I can command at least seven yotes to begin with in my return to the flght.” Knight's return to the Senatorial con- tost is a topic to-night of general discus- sion. There has been a feeling that the interjection of a new man into the fleld is now an absojute necessity. The leading candidates hafe ceased to make material gains, and in fhiling to advance have prac- tically _retrograded. Their contest has dragged its slimy way of scandal and cor- ruption through the Legislature week after week. he Mexican has failed to prove his boasted strength and the cor- rupt influences he assumes to control can- not help him. There is_little more to hope from the other candidates, and the political horizon has been eagerly scanned for a new as- pirant. Whether or not George A. Knight race. . | % “T’am again a candidate for the United | is the man is necessarily a question of speculation. He is the first to enter and to give expression to the sentiment that is_here. Knight's' renewed candidacy has given rise to some very free opinions on the fight Burns has made and the condition in which the Mexican now finds himself. If Burns had anythiug more than bluff and bluster to show, it Is said, ne would have called on his reserve long ago. If he had anything more than booze and boodle to offer he would have made the offering long before he became a political prophet whose only followers are the pa- riahs of politics, the outcasts that men shun except under the compulsion of as- sociation. CLARK WILL NOT DESERT GRANT SAN JOSE, Feb. 21.—The people at Mountain View, the home of Assembly- man Walter A. Clark, are aroused for fear that their representative in the Leg- jslature will vote for Dan ~Burns for United States Senator. All along Clark has been a stanch supporter of Grant, and the young legislator was being praised on all sides for not rushing to the Mexican's camp as did Shortridge, Arnerich and Kel- sey of the Santa Clara County delegation. Now these same constituents fear Clark will join the Burns forces. Clark was seen at his home last night by a Call re- porter and-denied any such intention. The story that has caused all this un- easiness runs as follows: On Wednesday of last week Clark was in Rodgers’ general merchandise store discussing the Sena- torial question, and is reported as saying Burns would be elected, but not before the middle of next week. “There is only one man we can elect,” the listeners say Clark's words were, “and that is Dan Burns. It is better to elect him than not to elect anybody. One reason why we should elect a Senator this time is because two years hence the Legislature may be Democratic and the election of Burns would be better than a good Democrat. There is only one thing against Burns, and except that he would be a very safe man in the United States Senate. I didn’t want to elect him, but fought him all 1 could, but now I am convinced it is better to elect him than nobody.” From this conversation those present inferred he would flop to Burns. The people in Clark’s district don’t want Burns and they are not pleased with.this prospect- jve change of heart of their representa- tive. Clark is also reported as stating that if the Governor could appoint Burns would be the man. Assemblyman Clark has been confined to his_home with the grip for the past week, but expects to get back to the cap- ital in a day or so. He was seen last night at his residence. He denied the story that he would go to Burns. ‘‘As far as 1 am concerned, all my efforts haye been for U. S. Grant. He is the best man for the place, and for that reason I am in favor of supporting him. As long as there is a chance for Grant's election I will stay with him. I will say this, I am in favor of the Legisl: ture electing a Senator before adjourn: ment. I consider it to be to California’s interest that this be done. If it be proven there is no chance to elect a Senator un- der the system of balloting now going on T am In favor of a representative Repub- lican caucus. I believe a caucus to-day would virtually mean Grant’s election. That is where I differ with the majority of the Grant men. They are all so scared about going into a caucus simply because they think their man won't win. I don’t believe Dan Burns will win the fight.” . Clark declined to say whether he would or would not vote for Burns as a last re- sort to insure the election of a Senator this session. e Return of Junketers. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—The delegation of Sen- ate and Assembly Committees on Finance, Hospitals, Health and Quarantine and the Committee on State Buildings and Grounds’ returned this maotning trom San *Quentin, where they went to inspeet the Pnsun for the abolishment of which there s a bill before the Legislature. There is also a bill to create a State convict hos- pital in connection with the San Quentin Prison. If the prison should be abolfshed the main portion would go to Folsom, and it appears to be the consensus of opinion that the bill regarding the hospital should be amended to read “‘Folsom” instead of “San Quentin.” The opinion of the ma- jority of the members of the committee is that a hospital is necessary, whether it is at San Quentin or Folsom. The members who_went were: Senators Sims, Luchsinger, Laird, Nutt, Dwyer, gace, ‘Braunhart, Hall and Assemblyman oey. et Appropriations for the Week. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—The Ways and Means Committee of the Assembly to-day ren- dered its regular weekly report, “which was ofdered printed in the journal. It shows the following with regard 'to appropriations: _Total appropriations re- ferred to committee, $4,433,009 31; total ap- propriations reported 'favorably, $1820.- 184 28; total appropriations reported ~un- favo&ably‘ $486,126; total -appropriations referked fo other committees, $408,845; to- tal appropriations reported without rec- ommendations, $154,500; total appropria- tions reported with recommendations that they be withdrawn, $526,542 05; total ap- propriations remaining in the hands of the committee, $1,207,811 98. RESCUED HIS MOCTHER FROM A BURNING HOUSE Brave Deed of John McGowan Averts a Fatality at an Early Morning Fire. Bridget McGowan, an aged woman, nar- rowly escaped a horrible.death by fire this morning in her home, 2¢ Valparaiso street, a small street running off Lom- bard between Mason and Taylor. _ Fire started under the stairway leading from the kitchen shortly after 1 o’clock this morning. 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