The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1899, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1399, harmony and brotherly love that pe vades the atmosphere of the Burns cor- | nificance in their vote. ral. But it was too late. All who heard knew that dge echoed the senti- ments of his ster, and that in his San Claran simplicity he had failed to what a wiser politician would have known would prove inju- rious to his own cause. The meaning it all was as plain as the handwrit- ing on the wall. It amounted to an open declaration of the fact that Burns and the railroad intend to club mem- bers into a caucus and to hold over their heads the threat of political death that has already been promui- gated through the editorial columns of the railroad's organ, the Sacramento Record-Union. The Burns supporters who attended the conference—and they were present to a man—were brought to a realiza- n of the fact that Burns is not popu- the legislators nor with the ple whom the legislators represent. There is no mistaking the feeling that prompts a declaration that it would be better for the State and for the Re- publican party to have no Senator at all an have Burns for Senator. a sentiment was uttered rence to-day, and there was every vidence to support the belief that it with general approval. Flint, he order was the or arguments nbers. There was a bainful - several moments, it being at no one cared to open-the semblyman Brown of ne to the rescue by mov- conference adjourn sine seem to meet with motion was with- rman in suggestions Johnson of Sac- eded is harmony and that talk together with he id, at “that the ay to arriv a speed usion of this difficulty is into caucus and select a caucus ce. 1 am willing to vote for any be selected by a caucu votes shall be re- > action of the cau- villing to do that, or I am ng to go into a caucus where twc of the members present shall rn the acts of the whole bod » willing to do anything of this kind, t I think the best plan would be t have a caucus wh e say forty-thre ely and very softly no mistaking what Senator Cutter of Yuba > of those who understood for Johnson and bitterly de- unced t ucus scheme as a plan elect Burns against the wishes of the people and in a manner that will not be expressive of the will of the ma- Jority. “It would be better,” he declared, “that California should be represented in the upper house of Congress by but one Senator than to send there a man who is opposed by the people of the State.” It was at this point that Senator Shortridge demanded the attention of the meeting. He hammered the top of his desk and declared the men who were opposed to Burns were cowards and were afraid to vote for the rail road candidate because of a fear of the “libelous press.” “We will have a caucus,” he shouted, “and we will elect a Senator.” “What do you mean by saying that you will have a caucus and elect a Senator?” interrupted Assemblyman Melick. “1 mean what I say.” “Do you mean that you are going to nominate and elect a Senator your- self 2" I mean what I say,” again replied Shortridge, and Mr. Melick gave it up without having plumbed the well of the eloquent Senator's meaning. Shortridge closed his most remark- able address with the remarkable statement that it w Burns who elected Henry T. Gage Governor. There are some thousands of Republicans throughout the State who have up to the present time been congratulating themselves with the thought that they had sorpe part in Gage's election. It remained for the Senator from Santa Clara to disabuse their minds and throw the blame where it belongs. Senator Davis of Amador had a word to say to Shortridge that would have made that gentleman feel uncomfort- ahle if it were possible to ruffie the Shortridge complacency. “You have exposed your hand.” said Davis, “and we now know what you here for. It appears that you in- tend to use this conference to further vour scheme for a secret caucus and elect to the United States Senate a man who is obnoxious to the people of | the State. 1 repeat that you have shown your hand. You call us cow- ards because we dare to vote as our consclences dictate and as all honest men should vote. We vote as we do because we want to save the Re- publican party the disgrace of sending to the United States Senate a man who is not wanted by the people of the State. The gentlemen on the other | side—" “I object to your including all of us when you are referring to what Senator Shortridge has said,” interrupted John- son. “We do not indorse what Senator Shortridge has said, and when I say go T believe that I speak for a majority. of those who are voting for Colonel Burns.” “Very well,” replied Davis, not dis- turbed in the least by the interruption that was intended to cover up the bad break that had been made by the mem- ber from the prune district. “All the other candidates have expressed a will- ingness to withdraw if by doing so the present situation would be re- lieved.” “S8o has Colonel Burns,” declared Johnson. “If so I have never heard of it, and I get it now for the first time without au- thorit Is there any gentleman here who is voting for Burns who will get up here on this floor and say that he has authority to say that Burns has ever offered or now offers to withdraw if all other candidates will do the same?” As no one offered to reply it was made evident that Mr. Johnson wa: drawing upon his imagination when h made the statement. This conclusion was made a certainty later in the day ‘when Burns assured several newspaper men who interviewed him on the sub- ject that he had never offered to with- draw from the contest and that he did not intend to do so. Furthermore, he had never authorized Johnson or any ons else to make such a statement as was made in the conference by John. son. Assemblyman Belshaw of Contra Costa renewed the proposition he made yesterday to have all of the present candidates withdraw from the contest. . "He made a motion to the effect that ali members withdraw. their support from present candidates and then go into caucus and nominate some new man. Dibble and others of the Burns contin- | gent opposed the proposition and after some desultory firing back and forth the motion was dropped. A motion was then made to adjourn until 4 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. Cutter offered an amendment making the adjournment sine die. A roll call was demanded and in order to expedite matters Chairman Flint put the origi- nal motion first. The motion was adopted by a vote of 41 ayes to 31 noes, and’ the . meeting was. -declared ad- Jjourned until to-morrow. Six Bulla men, six Grant men and six Barnes men voted for adjournment. When seen later in the day they all de- in the | | MENTO, Feb. 28.—There has been an un- rence had been called | de- | | Some of the legislators, | was a stir in the lobby. | the addressed the conference modulated tones, after the a kind father who, more in in anger, would reason ring son.” He declared that | ed that we go into | | Levy and Jack Chretien. | that class familiarly | legislation. | the measure up. | | [ | | { | Burns, and primarily to feather his own | | the Burns brigade of boosters, but he is} | is the fact that Steppacher and Shaen | | are subservient satellites of Mose Gunst, |Pomona Grange of San Joaquin | . . clared that there was no speclal sig- They wanted, they said, to give Senator Shortridge a chance to make one more speech, be- lieving that if he ¢id so Burns would be killed off 90 effectively that he would never be heard of again. DOUBLE-HEADED SLOT MACHIN “CINCH” BILL Hungry Legislators Say the Ghost Must Walk Soon or Trouble Will Follow. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- dercurrent of excitement in the Assembly to-day over threatened action in connec- tion with a measure that is antagonistic | to the syndicate which controls nickel-in- | the slot machines in this State. | A bill prohibiting absolutely the very | existence of these machines in California has been introduced, and a powerful lob- by has assembled here to defeat the bill. tired of being good fellows” for the benefit of their friends, threatened to make the bill an affair of urgency, and immediately there A telegram was sent to 8an Francisco for reinforcements, and two more “attorneys’ have arrived. These it was feared were not enough, and | general agent of the syndicate was commanded to come at once. ne of the legislators, whose condition is rather mysteriously dgscribed as hun- gry, Insist that the ghost must walk soon or there will be trouble. The “attorneys” are doing their utmost to soothe the ex- citement of the honorable lawmalkers, but there is excellent reason to believe that only one balm will cure the distemper. The history of the proposed legislation against the slot machines constitutes an interesting’ chapter of the present session. Men well known in the State are involved in the matter. Officers who aré employed by the Federal Governmerit for certain duties are devoting the time that belongs to the Government in the lobby. They are seen day after day in consultation with legislators, and the nature of their con- ferences is not for a moment misunder- stood. One of these men is Jake Steppacher the chief deputy collector of internal rev- | nue in the office of Collector John Lynch. Steppach: drawing a large salary from | the United States Government to perform | certain duties in San Francisco. By the courtesy of Lynch, sr. Steppacher is here earning .another salary to prevent the adoption of the bill antagonistic to the slot machine syndicate. He has been here practically for the entire session, ostensi- bly acting as one of the touts of Dan Burns, 7This, however, has been a blind, | as Steppacher's political influence —does not extend beyond the horizon of his own | Self-interest. He is here ostensibly to swell the motley gang that surrounds S S S S TP EPA S S U, S SEPUP PG SN SRS SRCSS S SRS S SP DN SON S SO nest. The running mate in the lobby is Jake Shaen, who is in the service of the United spraisers, and also draws a fed- alary for which he gives nothing in return. Shaen is an honorary member of devoting very little time to the campaign of the Mexican in order that he may give | much to an effort to defeat the | bill against the slot machine ndicate, on | what some of the legislators pathetic- | ally is chin music. 2 | The reinforcements that arrived to-day consisted of ex-Superfor Judge Walter H. | Both are firmly convinced that the very foundation-stone of the State woula be shattered if the bill | prohibiting slot machines ever became a aw. Phil Crimmins is also in the ht‘lfl.‘ and completes the quintet that is working to defeat the bill. In order that there may | be no misunderstanding and that no 1ib- erties be taken, it should not be forgotten that these five Interesting persons are *‘attorneys. The bill prohibiting slot machin es is In | “eineh’ This sort of legislation has | beén known to relieve worthy legislators | from the disagreeable necessity of w | ing home. The anti-slot machine bill was | introduced by Huber in the Assembly | and Braunhart in the Senate. Both gen- | tlemen undoubtedly introduced the meas- ure under_the inspiration of a worthy | urpose. The developments that are of nterest came after. The bill is most drastic in its provisions. It prohibits the manufacture, sale, purchase, control or operation of slot machines in the State. Under the provisions of the bill no person | may permit another to use a slot machine, | and any one using sueh a machine shall | be y of an unlawful act. Any officer | of the peace who shall neglect to enforce | the provisions of the proposed law shall be dismissed. The penalty for others shall be a fine of not less than $0 nor more than $500, or im- | prisonment for a term of six months or | oth_fine and imprisonment. This pro- | posed law almost gave the members of the slot machine syndicate an attack of heart failure. Certain legislators looked upon the measure with a degree of satisfaction that could not be disguised. Many thou- sands of dollars in investment and untold thousands in profit are represented in | threatened legislation. Tt is no exaggera- tion to say that hundreds of slot ma- chines, operated in cigar stands and sa- loons in San Francisco, take in from $50 to_$100 every day they are operated. | It is little wonder therefore that cer- tain legislators sought from a double mo- tive to force the bill forward to some is- | sue. The lobby has stubbornly fought | any advance, but the fight has been made | on a basis of “good fellowship.” The | matter has now reached a crisis. The | lobby must act or there will be fun. On of the interesting features of the affal e 5L who Is deeply interested as a gambler 1n the slot machines. Shaen and Steppacher are therefore involved in the clever game gf working both ends against the mid- . Where the matter will end remains to be seen. That the bill 18 a worthy one is generally conceded. That it is being advanced toward adoption for pur- poses that will not recommend themselves for honesty is also conceded. Legislators who vote for the measure know they a encouraging ‘‘einch” legislation. hos that vote against it know that they are delentlni a measure of umquestionea merit. n either case honest men are on the horns of a dilemma. Until 2 few days ago the lobby sneered at the threats of the Assembly to take Members of the lobby could do their worl n the Senate. he upper house'is a more select body gny way, and pains. taking members of the lobby do not have to make arguments to so many people. It gaves time and other things. But when the Assembly seemed in earnest the tuns of the lobby changed. It is =aid that the music has not yet got the right ring and that is why the State reBresentatives have been sent for In haste. There is bursting in the breasts of some of thas legislators a renewed hope that Provi- dence and cinch bills may mean some- i Meanwhile Jack Steppacher, ack Shaen, Judge Levy, Jack Chretien and Phil Crimmins are looking uncoms fortably wise. H. Wolf, the agent of the slot machines, to whom 'the urgent telegram was sent this afternoen, arrived on the last train to-night. He and Judge Levy at onee held a conference on the situation. Jake Step- pacher was also called into consultation, and the trio formulated their plans to cir- cumvent the hungry ones to-day. AGAINST BOODLE AND CORRUPTION ?eclared that they County Wants a Clean Senator. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28.—The Pomona Grange of San Joaquin County has pronounced boldly against the Senatorial campaign of boadle and corruption. The grange has sent a letter, of which the following is a copy, to each of the San Joaquin repre- sentatives in the Legislature: LODI, Cal., February 24, 1809. The Pomona Grange of this county passed the following resolutions yester- day, and I was directed to send you a [ to wi K ereas, t: Because of the corrupt meth- ods ‘pursued by certain aspirants for the United States Senate now before .tne State Legislature of the State of Califor- nia; and whereas, the safety of the com- monwealth depends upon the election of a United States Senator whose character . stands above reproach, be it Resolved, That we, the members of San Jmu‘luin County Pomona Grange, now in sesslon, do commend the action of our representatives in iheir efforts to elect Tnited States Senator that will repre- sent the interest of the commonwealth rather than the interest of corporations, and we hereby pledge our hearty support and co-operation to those representatives and Senators who aré striving in the interest of the commonwealth of the State as against boodle and corruption. Re- spectfully yours, J. D. HUFFMAN, Secretary. DIBBLE'S BLUFF QUICKLY CALLED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28 —Assemblyman Dibble of San Francisco rose to a question of priv- ilege In the Assembly this morning. He did so for the purpose of denying that he had broken faith with those who are fight- ing In the interests of the city of Placer- ville against the bills which Dibble intro- duced with the intent of ruining that pros- perous mining town financially. The Call of thi§ morning stated emphat- ically that Mr. Dibble had not only broken | taith with his colleagues but in doing so had resorted to the meanest and smallest political ~ trickery. The Call - article brought, to back its statement, the charges made against Dibble by Assem- blyman Valentine of Los Angeles, who, with Raw of El Dorado and Caminetti of Amador, has taken up the cudgel in a hard fight for the little town in the Sierra foothills. Mr. Dibble's speech to-day was his usual scathing denial. It was nothing more. He brought nothing to back it, but relied solely on his time-worn, loud-mouthed bluff, and for once his bluff was most em- phatically called. “T deny,” said Mr. Dibble, “that I have broken faith with Mr. Valentine in this matter, and he will bear me out in what I say. He called upon me shortly after the committee had decided that this was a good bili to pass. and Mr. Raw called upon me, and I promised them I would recommit the bill. When it came up on second reading file Saturday I thought it could be as well réecommitted from the third reading file as from the second, and I allowed it to pass with the rest. I did not think it weuld be just to the oppo- nents of the bill or its friends not to ad. vance it. I appeal to Mr. Valentine. He will say’ that I did not break faith with him. Mr. Dibble’s appeal to Valentine bore fruit, but it was not of a variety that tickled Dibble's palate. Instead of bear- ing out Mr. Dibble’s rather prolix expla. nation, he gave it the contradiction di- rect, although couched in the nice verbi- | taken the trend +O+0+0+ 040+ O+0+0+04040+ - THE SAME | MONTONY ¢ [ ] + CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, Feb. 28.—There were § § + § g % WHITE . © PHELAN 1o new votes recorded for General b E+O4+0+40+40+ 040+ 040404040+ Barnes to-day, when the regular ballot came along, although there had been a persistent rumor afloat in the Assembly chamber all morn- ing to the effect that a small slide In his direction would occur. There was no change of any sort. The one ballot lacked none of its usual monotony, and the vote re- sulted as follows: BARNES . RQSENFELD . wlponeRRELE cial order for to-morrow. The original . $14,668 45, was_ reduced by cut- the fees of B. §. Van Court, stenog- er, from $2139 to $2079 65. he bill relating to-the societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals was taken up again to-day, and Senator Bul- raj Lla’s amendment, providing that fines levied on offenders against the humane laws be paid to the society first formed in the county, where there are more societies than one, was adopted. The whole dis- cussion of the bill grew out of the strained relations between_the rival societies in San Francisco and the effort to have the fines divided between them. The proceedings were enlivened some- what by Senator Doty, who read a tele- gram from N. P. Cole of the San Fran- cisco_ society, in which he said he had heard that Senator Wolfe had made the statement on the floor of the Senate that the society was in favor of allowing fines to go into the school fund. Cole tele- graphed that this was untrue and that if the statement had ever been made it had come from a man who had been expelled from the society. Senator Wolfe atement before the Sen- made no such ) ate and he so stated on a question of privilege. As a matter of fact he had not spoken to the question at all. Senator Doty declared he had ne personal feel- ing in the matter and he had read the telegram only becalse the discussion had it had. He declared he though Senator Wolfe one of reliable men on the floor and with t compliment everybody was satisfied. Johnson's Assembly bill 651, authorizing the Governor to appoint agents to collect from the United States money advanced by the State of California during the re- bellion failed of passage even under a call of the Senate. Senator Burnett ex- | | throw the whole fender proposition into the hands of the Board of Supervisors. O'Brien said that San Francisco’s new Board of Supervisors had demonstrated by fixing the water rates at Spring Val- ley figures that they could be no more trusted than the last lot, and that as a San Franciscan he did not want to dele- gate so much power to the county gov- ernment for that reason. Johnson replied in_a humorous speech of some length. He denied that San Francisco's Supervigors bad ever been roved crooked. He also denied that tne g]ond of 150 innocent victims of Mr. Vin- ing’'s juggernaut was crying aloud for vengeance, and like Mr. Vining and Mr. Dibble before him, said such sentiment was nonsense; that the scores of the victims who have been ground to death under San Francisco's fenderless cars met death voluntarily. Dibble practically repeated his speech of vesterday, and moved that the bill be reférred to & committee of one to amend along the lines he laid down vesterday. The motion was carried, and Dibble. who was appolr&teéi “as the committee, forth- with amende: A Then Mr. Crowder of San Diego offered an amendment confining the bill in its operation to cities of the first class, and it was ordered back to the printer. - JOHNSON’S LATEST EXHIBITION OF GALL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28.—By an Impertinence to the Senate, Assemblyman Johnson of Sac- ramento this morning attempted to add another of his Job chasers to the already overfat list that is feeding at the crib. This latest position which Johnson seeks to create is about as useless a specimen as has yet been stuffed on the roll. It was €0 raw, in fact, that Johnson did nat even desire that the salary it contemplated be paid out of the Assembly’s funds. On the contrary, Me wanted it charged to the contingent fund of the Senate, nmotwith- standing that he has not been invited to dabble in the Senate’s sack, no matter what liberties he has taken with the As- of the position he As v his resolution is ex- wanted planatory. Resolved, That each State officer shall re- ceive twn copies each of all bills, concurrent resolutions and constitutional amendments in- troduced in the Senate, except the State Libra- rian, who shall receive five copies of each; and that Joseph Gratz be and he . hereby is ap- pointed to deliver the same, and keep the file for each State officer, at a per diem of $3, pay- able out of the contingent fund of the Senate. His resolution was referred to the Com- mittee on Attaches. EXPOSITION BILL TO BE DISCUSSED TO-DAY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28.—The several bills and resolutions relating to the big expesition B o R R L e S i S o 2 .+H~©+®—WM4—@+M+MWM+@+—M+WM¢ OO0 0+-0-00-0-0 THE MEXICAN—*ROUND UP ANOTHER, BOYS; THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE NOW.” B S SRCRS SRCSD SR T S0 Sy SO S S S S SO, age and accent that characterize the speech of the southron always. “T am willing,” said he, “to accept Judge Dibble’s explanation that he did as he did under a misapprehension, al- though I cannot agree with him upon what he says of the agreement betweer us. “He promised me when I found that the bl had been recommended to the committee to pass that he would recom- mit it. Then it appeared on the special file, and 1 went to him and had him put it Back to its proper place on the second reading file, and he told me it would be sent back to committee. “When I was away on Saturday, as he says, under the imw’e!sl(m that I wanted the bill passed to third reading, he put it through that course. ~He has now again consented to recommit it.”" The explanation of Mr. Valentine was evidently not just what the gentleman from San Francisco anticipated. He munched viciously at his mustache and refrained from further statement. Val- entine smiled and sat down with the air of a man who had had an easy time get- ting even. That Mr. Valentine and his contreres played the right hand was dem- onstrated to-night when Dibble’s little joker turned up before the Judiclary Com- mittee and a whole half hour was given to Judge Willlams to explain fully the bunko game that is being auemrted on his community. He recited the facts as The Call has recited them, and in cold, dispassionate English laid bare the whole unlovely scheme to which Dibble s stand. ng sponsor. o Pegrrow night Drury Melone, at whose behest Dibble introduced the bill, will be given the same length of time in which to explain that his proposition is perfectly proper and just. S5 HAWAIIAN CABLE GETS NOTICE IN THE SENATE CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28.—Senator Wolfe submit- ted to the Senate to-day a resolution re- lating to the Hawailan cable,” which was adopted without dissent. The resolution is as follows: Whereas, There are now pending in Congress measures for the laying of a submarine cable from some point in the State of California across the Pacific Ocean; and, whereas, the construction of the same Will be of great bene- fit to the United States and to this State: and. Whereas, if the cable is made by an American company in the United States f will favorably advertise our manufactures abroad and glve employment to a great number of our citizens; now, therefore, be if Resgolyed, By the jointly that our Senators in Congre n- structed and our Representatives therein be requested and urged to vote for and use all honorable means to secure the passage of a bill requiring the laying of such cable and also requiring that the cable be made by an Amer- ican company in the United States; and be it further s Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded by telegraph to Hon. George C. Per- kins and that he be requested to deliver a copy of the same to each member of the California delegation in Congress. The matter of the ex?emeu of the inves- tl{aun; committee which looked over the affairs of the ferry depot was made a spe- t Senate and the Assembly be i pressed the general sentiment when he sald the State had an Attorney General and District Attorneys and Senators and Representatives in = Congress and ‘he thought they were capable of collecting all the money due. The bill was lost by a vote of 16 ayes and 17 noes. Assembly joint resolution 14, requesting the Government to inquire into the al- leged servitude in Siberia of Frank Bass- ford and his companion, seal hunters, was passed without_dissent. On motion of Senator Dickinson the con- sideration of constitutional amendments was made a special order for Monday morning. SAN FRANCISCO NORMAL SCHOOL BILL CONSIDERED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 2§—Senator Braunhart's bill for the establishment of a Nor- mal School in San Francisco came up for consideration before the Senate this evening, but there was no actlon beyond the adoption of a substitute. In the original bill it is provided that an.appropriation of $150,000 be allowed for the building and maintenance of a Norma! School in San Francisco to take the place of the one which was abolished by the Board of Education a few weeks ago. In the original bill a building was provided for and also a site, two facts which ex- plained the size of the appropriation, but in the substitute this amount is cut down to $45,000, and the building is left out of consideration. The introduction of the bill was in con- sequence of the demand of the members of the present classes in the school, but as it was seen that, in all probability, the larger appropriation would not go through, it was decided to appropriate only so ‘much as would be necessary to keep the present school going and so pro- :‘)ildgeror the pupils now in attendance ere. RAILROAD INTEREST IN CAR FENDERS GETS PROTECTION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28.—Assemblyman Dibble of San Francisco led the fight for good old Uncle Collis against Senator Braunhart's fender Dbill when it came up this after- noon in the Assembly. He was seconded by Grovel Johnson. ' The debate was not so much on the bill as on the amendment offered yesterday by Dibble. The amendment provided that if the governing body of any city or city and county shall select some one fender as suitable its adoption by the raflroad companies shall be considered compliance wgh the law. "Brien, Hanley and Ward8ll of tie San Francisco delegation took issue with Dib- ble and fought from the first his at- tempt on behalf of the corporations to to be held in San Francisco in 191 will be considered by the various committees to- morrow, and it will not be long before | they all pass both houses of the Legisla- | ture. It has been reported around the Capitol | that the whole committee of arrange- | ments will be up to-morfow on a special train to be present at the consideration | of the exposition measures and to give such advice and explanation as may be found necessary. More than one of the Senators received notices of invitation. to be at the wharf at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning to take the ferry for Oakland, where the special train will be waiting; but as they were already on the ground the notices only served to herald the ap- proach of the committee. The committee of arrangements of the big exposition is composed of nearly two hundred of the most prominent men in the city, and they with tlie friends and supporters who will come with them will make up a goodly train load. There are sevaral bills all affecting the exposition now pending before the houses of the Legislature, and it is expected tnat after the committee has had its say they ]v\ 1 go through without question or de- ay. —_—— Negotiable Instrument Law Passed. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28.—Senator Stratton's bill relating to the law of negotiable instru- ments was passed by the Senate this evening, after some opposition from two or three of the Senators. The bill as passed is a bulky document. It is the result of a careful scrutiny of ‘the laws relating to commercial writings in several of the States, and the effect of the adop- tion of the law is to codify all the regula- tions regarding notes, checks, bills of ex- change and similar paper. The opposition :o the Yl.:lllhcndme mostly from those Sena- ors who had not read th vote for such an important and far-reach- ing innovation. It was explained that as a matter of fact the bill did little mora than classify the law as it aiready exists and make such amendments as were found desirable and which had been found to be practical in other States, It carried with not mor: t Two dissenting votes. S Deranete tng —_— 4 e Narrow Escape for Dalton. "ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 28,—The Alameda delega- tion had a rather warm session of it this morning when it came together to dis- cuss further the internal workings of their county government. A Henry Dalton and the perquisites istuiol: ob- office were the chief topics and main }lgcls of attack. Senators Stratton and aylor introduced a resolution cutting off Dalton’s fees, amounting to about %8000 per annum, for collecting poll taxes and | sake of of securing the election of a DAN BURNS N It Is Conclusively Prov Ballot Can He ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, Feb. 28,—Dan Burns is * beaten. Though barren of | other results, the events of the past | two days have demonstrated beyond |a doubt, if any existed, that the| Southern Pacific Company’s candi-| | date for United States Senator will | never be elected, and the State will be saved from the misfortune that | would have followed such election. conference and vied with each other in | denouncing Burns’ candidacy as a menace to the Republican party and prejudicial to the interests of the people of the State. To-day they held another conference and repeated the action of yesterday. There was no mistaking the sentiment of the conference. Two or three of the leaders of the Burns forces tried to stem the tide of indignant pro- test that was poured out on the head of the Cadelaria candidate and his at- tempted manipulation of the machinery of the party to gain his selfish ends, but their efforts proved worse than futile. Even Burns’ closest friends and polit- ical managers admit that he cannot win, unless he can succeed in inducing caucus where the secret ballot would protect those who have a desire to be- tray their constituents by voting for him. The conference of yesterday dem- onstrated to a certainty that a great majority of the Republican legislators are bitterly opposed to a secret caucus or a caucus of any kind, for the stated reason that they will not permit Burns | to force himself into the United States | Senate by means of any dark-lantern | method, or with the aid of political trickery. The fight.must be fought to | a finish in the open, where the people of the State will be able to see all that | transpires and thus place themselvesi in a pasition to mark the traitors and | punish them as they deserve. | By judicious doses of bluff and blus- | ter Burns has kept the legislatcrs in doubt as to his strength for weeks. Now his pitiful weakness is exposed and he | is seen to be as dead, politically, as the | proverbial doornail. His race has been | run and the Republican members of the | Legislature will now engage in the nec- | essary task of selecting from among | the remaining candidates a United | States Senator who will be accepmble‘ to the people of the State. In the conference to-day Grove L. | Johnson made the ctatement that the | candidate for whom he was voting | would withdraw if other candidates in | the field would agree likewise to retire | from the race. Senator Davis of Amador, who knows as well as others kuow that Johnson's candidate is Dan Burns, sought at once to ascertain if Johnson had authority to make the statement. If Johnson speaks with the sanction of Burns the way may be cleared for the election of | a United States Senato. The Call un- derstands that U. S. Grant, W. H. L. Barnes, R. N. Bulla and Irving M. Scott have signified a willingness to be eliminated from the contest for the Republican United States Senator, pro- vided Burns would agree to step aside. At the conference to-day the position | of Burns in this respect should be made clear. Johnson, Dibble or some other legislator in the confidence of Burns should go there clothed with au- thority to express views of the Can- delaria candidate. Senator Shortridge of Santa Clara, a devoted supporter and admirer of Burns, might be en- gaged to again express the true in- wardness of the machine campaign. Three weeks ago Burns might have exercised a powerful influence in nam- ing the next United States Senator from California, but his power has been wasted since that time in a vain ef- fort to gratify a selfish ambition to have himself elected ‘to the Senate. Hervey Lindley is still acting manager of the Burns campaign, but the events of the last few days afford him no hove of success as a manager of the “‘Colo- nel's” fight. Thomas R. Bard has written a letter to each of his three supporters in the Legislature in which he announces that he is not a candidate for United States Senator and avows that he does not seek to control the action of the mem- bers of the Legislature who voluntarily accorded him their support. Mr. Bard holds that he never was a candidate in the strict sense of the term, but was simply voted for by his friends in the Legislature. Assemblyman Greenwell, who had been voting for U. S. Grant until the Ventura County Committee instructed him to cast his vote for Mr. Bard, will to-morrow rejoin the Grant column. Speaking on this topic to-night Mr. Greenwell said that he had not ex- pressed a preference for any candidate. “I shall probably vote for Mr. Grant to-morrow,” said Assemblyman Green- well. It is known that Dr, Rowell enter- tains a high regard for the abilities and party service of General Barnes and ‘it is regarded as almost certain that the Fresno Senator will join the Barnes column. At one time Dr. Rowell had made up his mind to cast his vote for Senator Bulla, but when his resolution was formed the Ventura influence to brace up the supporters of Mr. Bard began to be felt and so the change to Bulla was not made. In the message by telephone which J. T. Richards of Santa Barbara re- ceived Monday evening from Thomas R. Bard the latter did not signify a de- other levies. The resolution was adopted before the delegation knew just whas was doil later to-dayjz’ruar we}}i up becaus it. _ Stratton and. Taylor finally coi to withdraw the resolu- tion, and @ peace was finally patched up. sire that the members of the Legisla- ture who were supporting him should vote on his retirement for U. 8. Grant. Mr. Bard did not say to Mr. Richards that he desired Senators Flint and Yesterday the Republican members | of the Legislature held a Senatorial | the Republican legisiators to go into | (I do now.” 0w FACE TO FACE WITH DEFEAT No Show Left for the Candidate of the Southern Pacific. TIDE OF INDIGNATION T0O STRONG ‘Utmost Limit of His Strength Has Been Reached, and ed That Oaly by Secret Possibly Win. | Rowell and Assemblyman Greenwell to | vote for any particular candidate. He simply announced his withdrawal. | The supporters of Grant will hold a caucus at 12:30 p. m. to-morrow. Be- | fore the hour of 4 o'clock the supporters of Barnes and Bulla may confer. Since Shortridge has disclosed Burns' hand and declgred for a secret caucus it is | probable that the members of the Leg- | islatyre who are opposéd to the elec- | tion of Burns will not participate fur- | ther in the conference proceedings. | They do not care to be called cowards | and sneaks for resisting a dark-lantern caueus. General Barnes is constantly receiv- ing encouraging telegrams and letters from leading citizens of the State. The messages urge him to stand firm and | assure him that the sentiment of the people is in his favor. The following telegram was received to-da | 0 OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 28, 1899. W. H. L. Barnes, Sacrament One | hundred of the best citizens and business men Sunday signed indorsing you for Senator. A thousand more would if they | had a chance. N compromise. Stay | 'with it. GEORGE BABCOCK. | To-day Judge A. P. 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