The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1899, Page 2

THE 4 ments to charters on petition of 15 per Wolfe, who voted “a: after the doors E Cent of the voters who voted at the last | M+O+O+040+04+0+04+0+S+O+O+E | 1ud nien opencd. : J clection. An attempt was made fo raise [Then Leaviti chapeed to “no” and Jones . his to 55 per cent, but when s changed from “no” to .’ and seeing i n e T T et ') © NEITHER CHANGE NOR 2 comiiio o i s iR S5 e 0] € 8 e tri b CUTY anothe: Sen e & poss of Solr fhe taine Sk Pt RUNORS OF CHANGE. £ i i ichins w22 Hdlts Wi e g evitable. ; . he had been argued with by nearly every ReaE e T sane et e el O e Shinas Ak Acsumbly bill 662, making an appropria- the fricnds of the measure demanded a tion to pay the salaries of the employes CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- call of the house and _this time they : of_the Commissioner of Public Work RAMENTO, March 9.—La Baree gaught Cutter, who came in_and vote: Assembly bill 911, amending he Politi- BiS Gt it hehi LIS, Gail 1hid no:t and then the fight was given up, cal Code by ng a new section thereto el e e e As it fin: obd it was 20 to 16, or jus! No. 11861%, relating to the organization of orning and for the firs one vote s sing the bill. % committees to repersent political parties fr-\'vr\;fl ZM_\'! cast gis vote 'f;r Irv- | at primary elections. ng M. Scott. Otherwise the one bl bill 6%, creating a State Board ballot of the day went off as is its COYOTE SCALP BILL ties and Cerrections. prescribing custom—without change. CAUSES DISSENSION OACHO40I0+ T+ 04 TIDITHOI040 4O+ D+ O +O40+040 o + o + [ + e - ;“;”‘*}1‘“‘!;‘r“’_';:]‘_"““" and appropriating ? The atmosphere has been cleared b e ot et of the rumors of change with 2 | . " amending sections 623. 6, 6 638, which it has been charged for | CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA- 1 . 9 3 g 3 [ DQUARTE Al I ' as er s r ers ST il i b, ot s 016 and 07 of | & days past, and the crowd in the & | MENTO. March o —The coysie scalp bill l S Onls e y e 1 en ange he Civil Code and repealing section 6 Ry dv oo 2 i LS pebeist l of the Civil Code relating to mutual build- | & "“m‘;';'“lh " l““'";".“’. i PR L ey ik OMAD 19 1ne ANAaT hetoral ing and loan association and other similar | & handful of loungers a s 1o | & he measure finally passed. Th ‘.(:4 m- . corparations. 6 © at the ( apitol because of the want ants unc the act are not working |_n Assembly bill 376, providing for a free 4 of a better place to idle away the harmony, the following circular indi- e 1 employment department to be maintained | & gay | cates: f in”connection with the Bureau of Labor | @ Y. ote was as follows: i AN fhatt ok Statistics oy = | e -} The {eluey endme: to sub- S SR S Assembly constitutiodal amendment 14,| © BARNES }H:;.J,‘: B s st which was refused passage the first time | 4 ESTEE \4'luhnvnfll fs to b and the amount it was considered-in the Senate, came up | @ LR | Feducad from 3257 )00, ‘The latter on reconsideration and was adopted. This| 3 ~BURNS sum will pay every honest claim. Under the - nendment s intended to exempt the GRANT | Kelsey amendment they can establish their property of the Lick School from taxa- | © SCOTT . | claims without coxt, bt they must all come tion. | + DE VRIES | into one court, and II|[A‘- blg claims Y;a:;?fl"n’n The Senate refused to pass Assembly | @ S fraud and forgery will not dare materializ bill 240, which provided for the regulation | & ROSENFELD . | I presentea thew Wil be expoved and defeatod - n(rm. Sule of commercial fertilizers. ;\x:;l?‘l;\ (B BB e R R The Senate spent its forenoon session in PHELAD Ve have indirecily heard tha oney o 3 Lot ettt The Tide Now Sets Strongly Toward General Barnes and Th M [ G t GEI flIB F ||0WB[S flf the DECLARE BAO+O+0+0+ 0+ O+OFOHOHOIOIE | 10 Senite Lupiiiute (e Soeculators bill) E ‘ "l then get that dishonest measure througl B exican uanno 0 ASSEMBLY DECLARES “BILL” | "\ e assombiy s | e oponi o St itcmget 3 Looks as if He Would Get the Required evening and the following bills were O e A lithwh wida: Dodsi: THE MANLG" q ate without help- es of fraud against the . who have held on ed he bona fide cla “Bill 525, introduced by Crowder. appro- | priating $30 to pay the claim of A. L. i to_their c M’DONALD TO BE HARMLESS | : Number of Votes. San Diegan to Turn the Stone While > vithout prece- ber on the floor has e in. Speaking tly te s sudden what the inc uld be sinuated it ¢ to his rescue with boodle and plen of it. The instant the boodle is em- | ployed to capture an outsider some | shrewd “medicine” man will convey a| vey Lindley have been very sweet on Grant and his managers to-day. The impression is to be conveyed that the colonel and the San Diego statesman A L s : CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| Wood for the arrest and conviction of | That m P L B MENTO, Mar 9. — “Bi 3 - | Francisco Torres. holder of nd bogus claim to Ve e ”n s Is U I"ca X| SRR areh ig BIll” McDon- | FEERCISE0 O ecerve, providing for m- | from county to county and get a dozen or a ald of Alameda got up in ssembly | provements of the Southern California | hundred judgme ainet the State on one chamber this afternoon t redit the | State hospital [{an:the same County Clesloy sertiliais oo oy _— inference in the morning papers that he | Bill 449, by Eugene Sullivan, providing | It 1% of coursc, prentatertus 10, WHIRE*%0 | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-)Now they plead and petition for legis- j\.’!qxtum" ound with pistol eye cocked | {"'r»ryr“h:. t‘r::]!\:;‘f;!:”l"lf f];‘v)\{"‘f,‘;' '\‘: vfl’vr.:‘. thousands of actions brou I:‘\] !m:/\)r'- 41\::“;;‘? | MENTO, March 9.—The managers of | lative favors. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- |concerning the gentleman so often men. | 28 Speaker Anderson and a brace of six-| o Gajiornia R { the same time any more than the Aoy | pan Burne’ campalgn for the Senator-| There are many people here who 7 . morning Dan | tioned in this case, the son of the most [ PUTECT stuck in each boot Bill, introduced by Griffin, No. 630, an | do nothing under the circumstances. | shiip have put in their time to-day in|Lre that General Barnes may get a suf. - 1 S | distinguished soldier of modern time The papers this morning say I wanted -t to appropriate the sum of $17.000 for The Controller & expected to disburse enor- | o= o in " (opore ¢ trieve the loss of | f:hh‘m number of votes to capture the E upon Ulysses S. Grant | oy o = o v i cherished’ by all to chuck Speaker Anderson out of the | the purpose of es B g & water | mous sums of money on judgments certified by i3 €20l QL TEEREVE ® °" | Senatorial prize. The number of letters apartmen in the Golden | ;o S HAIT hEGe SIEUBY Satdlaht Ty prestige caused by the blunders of yes- | and telegrams coming from every s tel and utte repudiated the | never allowed to be said that he ha +O-+-O-ede P a0 o o e e oo on o 4 +eoebeo@ terday. 5 : tion of the State urging member: a Milton J. Green |been guilty of anything that would ® All the declarations so solemnly made | vote for Barnes is surprising. Refer- Neste mbly by the | nish his name, and to demonstrate my | | by them yesterday that the dismissal | 8nec 15 ffl?"”";‘”fi ’“f;".l" in the letters A the leadership of | cordial feelings and friendship I hope| ¢ | | of the proceedings agairist Milton J.| (0 }iai? f’;! (’}ggl ‘;r;";*:h‘ff{\{:j] m[fl{fg“ Frank GEtiinanal Ablymen | that th olution I have offered will | 4 Al Green would cast a stain on the honor | [0t By B e ¥ so-called Dihple = 000 | “The appiause came from the Burns {l of the Legislature were taken back, | “jcaders” were smoking cigars with 1won Assemblyman Dibble, | peopie R ftion shc e ana | b i | | and the Burns following voted not only Gunst in cozy clubrooms of San ction | uninterested to hear what Mr. Fair-| ¢ | to set Green free but to discharge the sco General Barnes was at the r of ath: who next claimed the fi 2 { investigating committee from further | front bearing the burden of assault of | had to say. & service. Members of the Legislature f}fr‘:{:;‘;firgh}"gz‘;"vra““ newspaper and resolution de- | ‘'This reminds me,” said he, “of that| 4 (| were astounded. A rumor was started | "R 00 MRS e guageon ofZall' e ol hymn, “While the lght holoh outito fi g | that an alliance.of the Burns and Grant | p ideq of Colonel Burns' pre land’ hr( ("r‘; 1t ’\»“qlw» warmed up | ¢ forces had been effected, but Inqulry at| was planned early in the Senator £ : 2 AN bt 24 | Grant’s headgquarters brought forth | campaign that the colonel himself iv | ¢ | prompt and sweeping denial of the re- | some tout in chief should daily be seen gives P Laen at Governor Gage's elbow. The spec g it et 4| *To.nignt the Grant men are as fim | tacle, was designed to impiess the co e e e o | come over to th | : % | as ever in their purpose to resist every = o Tak i 5 t m ¥ *nted yester L}_\ |5 Theg 3 Bur 1 4 15| 617118 4+ | open or secret effort to secure the elec- patronage was being helr? out for Dibb rkab nge of frant, | k e 3 | s st adl will | €xclusive use of the Burns followers got up. It w 21128} 2324|258 & | tion of Burns. The Grant column r P 3 3 the transformation in the aspect of the : 2013 =i + | stand unbroken as long as danger of A “'%)"“ lh;"??‘? o '%': l'r"’"an"";,hfl»‘ b ithe arectaciel ot porosrrs 7128129130,.3 - i now.been devised. e new wrinkle is the sp e of | Burnett and in sa; { & Barns’ eleatitm exiata. o o | to have a chief among the touts in close onh s at | Dibble to a scoring { Burns' fight for the Senatorship s S : § | s e leos the railtoad comes | conversation with leading men of the | 2% > Grant forces. Colonel Burns and Her- 11 Ps * they up an under- 1ay be t a contempt, he qu ion of this House not.”’ s-day he motion that he ye L disgrace, and aid: I have nev an whose name d in this affair g in having extended a rdidates to thi n an immemo has It imply to d are are - we n r ac- has of ng to it the gentl n most mentior > to ca any law we lifted against it these charge t in their political experience, that « peop! still agape and ng at significance of le raw pe But at the | v more | Dibble's Greer dismist ace of the House. He called up that s Shak S but the people of the State ill come to—that coin d nothing else A ath lay in the glance of an eye, did constituents would shortly found it necessary to call a spe- election. Turning upon the man had dared to bait him. Dibble There is an old French proverb t fits the case of Mr. Burnett. It “Honl soit qui mal y pense'—evil be to him who evil thinks—if the gentle- man from San Luis Obispe has been 160king for coin and has not found it can he blame me?” Do you mean to say that you have nd it?” retorted the angry Bur- fou | nett. | Monterey. s usual in things g to the Burns camp, Grove L. refused to stand by the scheme which Dibble was forced to father thro House. At the first intimation of what s to come Mr. Johnson escaped chamber and did not return until Dibble’s motion | had been carried. Then he explained that he had a committee meeting to at- | re was forced to b first time when matters of importance were being voted upon. Jilson also declined to stand for the scheme and threw his vote against it. The Grant people gave no thanks for this act of magnanimity on the part of tend and to h absent for the the Burns crowd toward the an Diegan’'s political manager. Though they did not know just what it all ant it was patent to them that the can had an ax or so to grind, and M come what may ed not to turn the stone. was a di- rect antithesis to that of yester . The speeches made were the of Dib- bl Fairweather, Belshaw, Feliz and Burnett. The Grant people kept their seats, sullen and silent, but just a angry as yesterday, and it was evident that Burns had lost rather than gained by his latest raw maneuver. Only one of them got up to speak, and that was Huber. His speech was of no length, but it voiced the unanimous sentiment of the Grant camp. He said he would come to no compromise with Dan Bur and would vote against Green’s relief if necessary rather than do so. He counseled every one of Grant's people to take the same stand, and if cons ency permitted they would have done | S0. As it was there were a number of them who declined to vote at all. They were Cargili, Radcliff, Blocd, Raub, Bliss and Clark. Ex-Speaker Wright was present in the chamber, but de- clined to vote. That little $1650 transac- tion of his with Mr. Green was too fresh in his memory to warrant his mingling in a matter that struck so close home. Dibble’s speech, upon presenting his resolution, was a remarkable effort. It demonstrated not only the speaker’s eloquence but his remarkable versatil- ity in being compelled to speak as con- vincingly upon one side of a question a on the other and with only a sca. twenty-four hours intervening. Just before he began Mr. Foley brought in a message from the Governor an- nouncing that Mr. Dibble's bill mitking|, Creenpel Bliss and Houmagn v | abs s iess and had been it a felony for any Senatorial aspirant to as legislative candidates with money had _been signed with ‘a great deal of pleasure by the Executive, and referring to this Dibble said “It seems to me that this portune time to pass such a resolution as I have just sent to the desk and ter- minate these proceedings that have dragged along for weeks and weeks and done much to prevent the election of a United States Senator. “It has been known by every mem- ber of the House that certain practices have been pursued by Senatorial candi- dates to assist candidates to this Legis- lature in their election. In this connec- tion T want to say that I do not believe or have ever said that any law has heen broken in doing so or any wrong done. It has been a practice from time immemorial for any one who had an interest in the p: to assist legisla- tive candidates. that such a pract has, I has existed, but it and it has become political cus- k But now I ti awned in politics. ed word that the Executive has ap- proved my bill, which will make the a new era has an op- | It is to be regretted | We have just re- | glving of such assistance a felony. We | can hope to see this practice abolished with the going out of this Legislature. and J think the time has come to get rid of these proceedings and leave the old era behind. “It glves me great pleasure to say, | Jority { much thought to this matter “Dare you say I have?"” shouted Dib- ble. “Take you seat, the Speaker. “Honi soit qui mal y pense,” Dibble, by way of benediction. The episode gave way to Feliz of “I admire the manhood of the man from San Francisco. I admire it, id Feliz. “No doubt he has given nce ves- terday. No doubt he has ent a sleepless night in worrying over the wrong he has done Mr. Green and has come here to-day prepared to make reparation. But I want to say that this is nothing more nor less than a scheme to elect to the Senate a cer- tain individual. I want to see a Sen- ator elected before I leave this place, be he Democrat or Republican, but not this man nor by these ta . Then Belshaw spoke along the same line he pursued yesterday. He said that to relieve Green would be. to ac- knowledge the Assembly had made a mistake and was trying to get out of it. Speaker Anderson put Belshaw in the chair and came down on the floor to state his position. He said that he was unalterably opposed to Green’s relief v, as he was yesterday and had lways been. He denied that his de- cisions of yesterday were arbitrary or carried political significance. He had acted and voted consistently and would continue to do so on every matter ap- pertaining to the honor of the House of which he was Speaker. Then a roll call was demanded, and it resulted as follows Burnett,” ordered repeated Ayes — Arnerich, Atherton, Barry, Beecher, Boynton, Brown, Caminetti, Chynoweth, Cobb, Cosper, Crowder, Dale, De Lancie, Devoto, Dibble, Dun- lap, Fairweather, Henry, Kelley, Kel- sey, Kenneally, Knowland, Le Baron, Lardner, Lundquist, Marvin, McDonald of Alameda, McDonald of Tuolumne, McKeen, Merrill, Merritt, Milice, Miller of San Francisco, Muenter, Pierce, Rl;s\' Rickard, Sullivan, Eugene, Works Noes—Belshaw, Boone, Brooke, Bur- neti, Clough, Conrey, Feliz, Hoey, Hu- ber, Jilson, Knights, La Baree, Melick, Miller of Los Angeles, Sanford, Wade, ‘White, Speaker Anderson—18. Not voting—Blood, Cargill, Clark, Cowan, Crowly, Glenn, Greenwell, Grif- fin, Hanley, Johnson, Mead, Mack, Meserve, O'Brien, Radcliff, Raub, Sul- livan, Valentine, Wardell, Wright. Greenwell, Blis: 1 Robinson were duly excus SENATE AMENDS THE ELECTION LAW CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 9.—Another election law, passed |y tre Assembly, was passed hy the Senate this afternoon. It was a com- mittee substitute for Assembly Bill 911, and provided for the forming of commit- tees to petition for a place on the pri- mary - ballot. The Stratton law requires that each political party which the d by the Speaker. at previous election polied 3 per cent of the vote shall petition for a place on the pri- mary ballot through their governing com- mittee. There is no provision in the law which ailows them to petition excepi through their committees, so to give a chance to any party whicli mav nof have a committee, Assembly bill 911 was troduced. It provides that in case there is no committee, twenty-five of the elect- ors belonging to that party may form a committee for the purpose of making petition. In the Senate thik evening Braunhart's constitutional amendment allowing char- ters to be adopted by a majority of the votes cast on the charter instead of a ma- of those cast at the election was withdrawn. as the author saw no chance for its passage. The principal objaction to the bill as expressed by thosc who spoke on it was that it also contained a provision compelling governing bodies to submit to the people charters or amend- B e *-& window 3 the furni ain’t h God ble all of vou. the Speak! come back here two 1 don't w. saying, ‘T terror and wouldn't do “I move, declared dered. The gen on its thi diately been considered, after the Senate & sterday afternoon and break all ure. I want to say that that . I was a bit worked up, but vou, T want to be friends with T've always been a friend of er and always will be. I want to ears from now, and ant people pointing me out “ook out for that fellow; he’ i don't wear no suspender: sbody any = 7 said Belshaw harmless,” and rm ‘that ‘Bill' be it was so or- ation bill came up passage_{mme- pecial file had and it passed on to the eral appropri rd reading and Senate without further amendment. Burnett resolution to-night. to the Ways a shaw's re March 11 Johnson section which ma of limits ; spend for election of San Luis Obispo offered a to adjourn sine die at midnight He was_headed by a reference nd Means Committee. Bel- Solution to adjourn sine die on was laid on the table. Withdrew his bill repealing that the purity of election laws the amount a candidate expenses. He said he never heard of any one oheying it, but Dibble sald had, and remarkable tory John; bill. Governo: signed Assembly funded debt The bill goes January, comprom Trustees abolished who thous men, who they and long, ing them The Go 249 and 395. Clection 1 the franc! ment to t Brown's bill.” pai conveys t to accept % pecially d: to accept ise between went age without opposition. e wherever situated. he had, and Belshaw said he deference to two of the most candidates of political his- d he would withdraw the in son sai Gage sent in word that he had fcompbly bill 611 abolishing the commission of Sacramento, into effect on the first day of .'this being the result of a those of the City Who wanted the commission forthwith and certain citizens sht the voluntary services of the said had served so well <hould not be rewarded by oust- So_unceremoniously from office. nor also signed Assembly bills The first of these amends the Wws relating to crimes against hise, The other i3 an amend- he Political Code. Assembly bill 816, the “Stanford through on third reading and The measure '> Stanford University the right property by grant, gift or de- The bill is es- to enable the university 000,000 endowment which 1900 esigned the $15 Thomas Stanford of Australia intends be- stowing. Lawrence Hoey's eight_hours shall ublic wor ollowing bills were passed during on all The the day: Senate amending porations, Assembly amending bill, providing that onstitute a day's labor was also passed. introduced by Curtin, an act relative to foreign cor- pproved April 1, 1872. y bill 916, introduced by Brown, the law relative to institutions of learning, by granting additional pow- ers to the founders and trustees of such institutions. Assembl. v bill 908, introduced by John- son, amending section 1880 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to witnesses. Assembl limiting t bill 366, introduced by Hoey, hours of labor of those em- fle ploved on public works. Senate bill 22, creating a harbor at Dak- land and a Board of Harbor Commission- ers. was finally passed. The app ropriation file was the matter of % D e et el e S e e e e MEXICAN DAN: “IT'S A LONG TIME BETWEEN KILLS." sprinklin semite and pumping plant in the Yo- s Bill 642, by Beecher, to appropriate $300 to pay the claim of Theodore Pliesch for money due and owing him from the State. Bill 741, by Johnson, creating the office of State Game Warden and appropriating $6000 for the maintenance of the office and defining the duties and powers of said official, and also defining the punishment for the violation of the game laws of this State. Bill 878, a substitute for bill 709, an act to provide for the survey, iocation and ruction of a public wagon road from the city of Merced to the Yosemite Valley. Bill 368, by Caminetti, providing for the purchase of lumber and fencing for the Preston School of Industry. Bill 95, introduced by Clark, making an appropriation of $19,000 for the purpose of sinking a gas well on the grounds of the Agnews State Hospital. BANKERS ESCAPE BY JUST ONE VOTE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 9.—One of the hardest parliamentary skirmishes the Senate has seen this session was fought out to-day aver the reconsideration of the vote on the bill introduced in the Assembly by Muen- ter of San Joaquin, relating to statements from banks. Muenter’s bill provided that the state- ment of the banks to the Bank Commis- sioners and to the Assessor should be made on the same date. At present the one to the Bank Commissioners is made on the first Monday in June and that to the Assessor cn the first Monday in March. The first is always high, the sec- ond-low, and the bill was for the purpose of making them equal and having the bank assessed at what it considered it was worth before the mission. The bill was_beaten yests and the reconsid- eration of to-da; ‘the same way, but it was by but vote and only after there had been calls of the Senate. By motion of ett the question was put on the re deration- of the vote, and there was of the Senate before there were enot Tet the reconsidera- tif])in proceed. % oyce was theifirst to support the bill, 'firgutfympi;tlt:‘r_\ o wndh Svident pleas . 4 good r banks before he Sat du‘fion. B i ihe iirst to demandg tection in case of dan- ser, he said, and the first to escape taxa- f:)%‘edwl}:cnev" 4. loophole in the law al- Simpson was against the bill. and so was Gillette. There was law enough subject if the Assessor only di hl:‘:‘lu‘l’;’? they said. was more talk of the same sort from various Senators, and then the roll was called. ! the roll ws led. The first result was Ayes—Ashe, Boyce, Braunha - nett, Curtin,” Davis, - er, Dogt-'. X’fl‘n‘allrl La Rue, Leayitt, er, aggard, Nutt, Pace, Row ratton, Tayior—1s. ml:r?;sallsfit: o ;e man, Dick- son, ette, aird, M. Shortridge, t, Feeney, ehlgl‘fr!x?: A cal 1] nate was demanded ordered, and after %em segrg(h 3022 sergeant at arms rounded up Senator They were the | B N A = SECR | safe t \N“v'".tm LR O O R R B B R S S e = + > Justices of the that judgments e to predict so certified aggregat- Peac - opposition to the Kel- sey @ which affords every protection to the State and to every honest claim? No objection ! ered. You may be that will not sign, etec., ch is xcellency. No_one knows wh wiil do: but it is préfer a_ bill which sa the claims and up in one inter; The fact that the s materially less than the certificates_will cause e prevent and expose fraudulent claims interpleader suit nity. in the which affords that opportu- This is the secret of the opposition to the Kelsey amendment. Our essociation, of course, contains but a small percentage of all the claimants, but we represent all who still hold their claims and keep all posted. They know, and shall con- tinue to know, what is being done. They prefer no bill at all to one which robs the taxpavers and paves the way for a struggle at the doos of the treasury, in which knaves would come off the victors. Respectfully. E. L. DILLINGHAM, JOHN CHESTER, ELISHA BURCHARD, Executive Committee Claimants Assoclation. The Senate substitute is supposed to have the support of a high-toned lobby, but the chief among the lobbyists seldom appears in the Capitol huilding. GOVERNOR GAGE IS FACETIOUS OVER ANIMALS A Jocular Message Vetoing the Hiumane Society Bill. CALLL. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 9.—By the following mes- sage from the Governor which was re- ceived by the Assembly this evening it would appear that when it was written his gubernatorial highness was In a par- ticularly jocular moed, so much so that he apparently did not realize the import- ance of the measure which he so ruthless- ly hit with an ax. The bill was an act for the protection of dumb beasts, useless through abuse, sickness or in other ways. It provided for the appoint- ment of officers to enforce a law to compel the owners of such animals to Kill them, and made it punishable by a fine or im- prisonment when the law was not com- plied with. The bill virtually enforced the law under which the humane socie- tles of the different cities are acting. The following is the Governor's messag and provided for the | Killirg of the same when they had become | hint uf the transaction, and a demand | for enough to go around will at once be made and pressed. The best judges of the political situation have reached | the conclusion that money in small | sums cannot be used effectively in this | | Senatorial struggle. The conflicting forces are s¢ firmly set and resolutel pledged that money, except it be used | in very large sums, cannot change the alignment. | The opinion is by no means universal | that Burns' fight is utterly lost, but| | many judges entertain the view that his | camp is on the verge of demoralization. | | | Others suspect a wary and adroit | scheme to lure the Barnes and Grant | men into a caucus by a feigning of weakness. For that reason no chances will be taken. No propositions for a icaucus will be entertained. Having fought the fight so far in the open, | where the people of the State could | daily see how their representatives | voted, there is an increasing sentiment lin favor of fighting it out on that line. ‘ Burns may resolve to adjourn the iex- | islature without an election, but he may fail to carry out his resolution. The events of the past twenty-four | hours have demcnstrated beyond a | doubt that Burns cannot control the Legislature. Jarly in the session his followers assumed an air of defiance. | caught on to the curves of Lindley. are to join hands and elect a United The Gr: States Senator. en have nt The political managers in Dan's serv- ice are not very bright. They were dull enough to believe that the defeat of the Harbor Commission reorganiza- tion in the.Senate yesterday was de- signed as punishment of the Burns men for voting against the resolution to dismiss the Green case. The fact is that the Grant people some weeks ago suspected that the scheme toreorganize the board was devised to make places to be promised to men who would line up for Burns and accordingly they voted against it. It is given out to-night that to-mor- row’s Senatorial ballot will show sev- eral changes in favor of General Barnes. The accessions to his ranks will, if what is said be true, come from the fold of Irving M. Scott. Sena- tor Flint and Rowell and Assembly- men La Baree and Dunlap are the leg- islators who are scheduled to leave Scott and vote for Barnes. Assembly- man Cosper and Senator Davis declare their intention to continue to vote for the builder of the Oregon for the bal- ance of the week. They dined with their chief this evening at a downtown restaurant. “Executive Department, State of Cali- fornia. “I herewith return to vour honorable | body without my approval Assembly bill § Number 3, with my objections thereto: | “This bill exhibits the evils of overzeal Apparently designed to relieve the bur- dens laid upon all dumb animals, it act- | wally imposes the ponderous financial bur- | den’ of $102,800 annually not only on the| | fule. but numan taxpavers of the State, | or a fax upon the people of each county of | | the State of over $1800 per annum for the | | benefit of the sympathetic friends of the | | brute. For the violation of any one of the | extraordinary provisions of this bill the | offensc is rated so high that all members | and ts of the society referred to in | | the act are authorized to start upon a pil- | grimage of humane slaughter and for Sich purposes may carry the same weap- ons that Sheriffs, Constables, policemen and peace officers are authorized to carry “These newly created knights of th pistol and truncheon are jus ed by this bill in the use of armed intervention not | for the benefit of the State but faor the urpose of increasing the exchequer of the incorporated humane societies. 3 ocieties characterized as ‘hu- mane, which should operate under this bill, would soon prove a misnomer, inas much as its provisions the officers of such socleties are authorized to kill every gick, disabled, infirm or crippled animal which may have been abandoned by its owner, and are empowered to use force and arms against any person who should remonstrate or interfere with this san- guinary duty. “another unusually cruel feature of the bill is to be found in section 21, by which it is made the duty of every owner of an | animal- ‘which is unfit hf; reason of its physical condition for the purpose for Which such animals are usually employed, | and when there i$ no reasonable proba- bility of such animal ever becoming fit for the é)urposes for which it is usually employed,’ to kill the same within twelve hours after bein‘g notified by a peace of- ficer or officer of said societ: 0, there- fore, if-the animal should have been used for racing or breeding purposes and should be no longer fit therefor, the un- fortunate beast must be deprived of life. | This doctrine is wholly indefensible. 1If| the owner of a horse destined for such | fate, because of such uselessness, should | happen to be a hippophile and lack the bloodthirsty spirit necessary for obedi- ence to such officer's command, then he | is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor aud | subjected to the punishment of fine or| fmprisonment or both, as provided for in the act. “1 find a singular umb]guitf' in section 21 of the bill which, should it become a law, might puzzle the ermined arbiters, namely where the following language is used: ‘Any person or persons holding a lien or liens against any animal or ani- | mals under the provisions of this act may satisfy such llen as follows: If such lien be not paid by the party or parties re- nsible within three days after the ob- ligation becomes due, thén the party or parties holding such'lien may resort to the proper court to satisfy the claim or he or they three days after the charges against such property become due may 2611 the same or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the amount due and cost of sale,’ etc. “Now, as by section 20 no tail shall be ‘docked’ or shortened it might be diffi- cult for a strict constructionist to deter- mine whether the tail should be included or excluded from the sale and a conflict might arise which would involve mathe- matics as well as ethic3. But disregard- ing this possible conflict as of trivial im- | portance it is not useless to the tax- gafar to scrutinize the purpose .of the ill, which seems to impose all the ex- penses of the trials and proceedings upon the several counties and to permit the humane societies to reap the benefits of the fines imposed without the expenditure of a single dollar. “I am heartily in favor of proper meas- ures for the protection of all animals from cruelty; but such a measure as this | proposed cannot, without grave inijuallce. accomplish such object, nor does it war- rant the enormous amnual expenditure of $102,600 to be paid by the taxpayers of the several counties. “HENRY T. GAGE. “Governor of the State of California.” —— - DICKINSON FIGHTS HARD FOR HARBOR COMMISSION C. I. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 9.—Dickinson’s bill to re- organize the Harbor Commission of San Francisco came up before the Senate this evening on Dickinson’s motion to recon- sider the vote that had been so disastrous to it last night. He made his motion to reconsider and then when it had been put he moved to . postpone the consideration of it until half-past 3 Saturday afternoon. He did so, he said, because he wished to have a full attendance when the measure came up again. Davis objected to the postponement. He said they could take the matter up at once and, as for attendance, it was bet- ter right then than it would be on Sat- urday afternoon, when experience had shown the attendance was always poor. Dickinson insisted that he had a right to expect that the Senate would do him that courtesy and he amended his motion in compliance with Davis’ objection so that a motion to_reconsider should come up to-morrow. Davis withdrew his objec- tions for reasons of Senatorial courtesy and Boyce demanded that an hour should be set for its consideration to-morrow. Again Dickinson quoted Senatorial cour- tesy and finally his motion to reconsider took the, course he wished it to take. It was postponed _till to-morrow, when it will come up for action. It will hardly fare any better than it did last evening, however, for the Democrats will all sup- port it again and every Republican ex- cept one who voted against it last night, says he will do so again to-morrow. N BILLS THAT RECEIVED THE GOVERNOR’S SANCTION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 9.—The following Assem- bly bills were made laws to-day by the approval of the Governor: Bill 342, an act to create a department in the State University for an investiga- tion into the rainfall and water supply of the State and to make an appropriation therefor, Bill 222, an act o amend section 1143 of the Political Code relating to elec- tions, Bill 385, also in regard to elections. Bill 611, an act to provide for the re- demption of certain indebtedness to the city of Sacramento. Bill 101, making it a misdemeanor to use any -bottle, cask, keg, vessel or si- phon which has been formerly used and labeled, and bill 1002, which relates to the issuance of a search warrant. : Assembly bill 44 was vetoed by the Gov- ernor and the ground given for its qui~ ctus by the executive head was that it was found by looking the case up in the previous Senate journals it had read “do not pass.” The recommendation for its non-passage was evidently made by a committee which had the bill in consid- eration and his_ gubernatorial highness evidently .thought that sufficent ground for a veto. No Lien for Horseshoers. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 9.—Senate bill 327. the measure upon which Senator Charles M. Shortridge staked his statesmanship and which was passed through the Senate during a fit of good humor on the part vf that body, came to an ignominious end in the Assembly to-dai by being denfed its second reading. Shortridge’s bill pros vided that shoers should have liens on all