The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1899, Page 2

HE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 11 1899. BURNS WILL NOT GRAB THE WATER FRONT PATRONAG The Senate Definitely Refuses to Waste Any More Time on the Harbor Bill Senators Hoey and Burnett Bravely Stand in Line With the Majority Despite the Threats of Dire Retribution. SACRA- Dickinson’s DQUARTERS, , March Senator ed the pre- been power that have y Lindley and their ng the past three months vain did Burns, McLaughiin, and their followers line up the Re- threaten them s 3 with everyt from the displeasure of the chief executlve to political ostracism to vote to reconsider the y which the bill was defeated ‘on Wednesday; in vain did they insist that t was the pet measure of Governor Gage, such, it should in vain did they further debase them- ives by calling to mind their humiliat- of yesterday when they in the dust at the feet of the men and begged to be allowed to miss the charges of contempt against Milton J. Green It was in every case the same. e Grant men scorned the advances of those ad been will- ing to do a Ing beaten pr own and not di owing were t marked Burns as a s a following, a politician without votes co yuted to ure o amd Burnett. tors have been voting for were Senators ¥ of these Burns for Senator since the beginning of the session, and fact that they broke awa m Burns and voted with the op- posi n the Harbor Commission b e and indignation in the, batteries w ght and to in an effort to pull them down and f them against their eonvictions to vote to reconsider the vote by which the bill was nij defeated, or at least to vote to pos the consideration of the motion to r sider until some future time. Both Sen- ator Hoey and S credit be it said, r threats or indu They had vo nator Burnett, to their d to yield to either nal gain. nst the measure principle, and they declared their purpose to continue to vote ags t the end. That they carried out this declaration to the letter was one of the bit drops in the whole bitter dose forced down the throats of the supporters of the bill this afternoon. The defeat of Burns and his followers was made more everwhelming by the fact that they made their fight not on the Lina- | to | | the | ast of Dan Burns, Major McLaughlin, { 'my of touts | spec- | the advantages of a | won. The other Repub- ors Davis and | s and offers of d showed the way Wednesday | Both | merits of the bill but upon a motion to | postpone acti on the sider until Mon a majority of tI ics and all of the Democrats pu of disapproval on the propo; 80 far as its merits w day the same majority put t their disapproval on Burn cal machinations and p ing killed the bill, th Burns, and they did it ior motion to recon- Wedne: | “The sergeant there is no need of an autopsy to ascer- tain the cause of de 1. Should one | be held, the verdict would be ‘‘overin- dulgencé in political pretensions.” There w a of _ lobby- 1sts o floor _when e bill came u was not a good time for it. That every one of its friends was willing to admit; but there are certain restrictions to parliamentary proceedings and one of them is that when a Senator gives notice that on a certain day he will kinson made time for the Assembly file had consideration of the expired In making his motion, he said, he had one or two amendments to offer to the schedule of salarics as set forth in tae bill, and he thought Monday was none 00 s00n to bring them up for considera- Wolfe put the motion in definite shape by moving that the matter go over until Monday at half-past 3, and all the supporters of the bill seconded the mo- tion. Davis objected. from Marin had as! He said the S ked that the question g0 over from yesterday afternoon until to-day on the ground that he desired a full attendance of the Senate, and Sena- tor Davis called attention to the fact that the Senators were present in numbers as great as ever could be expected. Continuing, Davis said: *“I withdrew my objection to a postponement from yes- terday purely out of courtesy. I ex- pected the measure to come up for con- sideration to-day, and so did everybody else. We have all the afternoon and all the evening to consider the matter, and there is no need to {nul it off any longr. er the vote and consider n vote it down and fin no reason to postpone i Davis declared the bill was illogi upon the showing of the author himself. He called attention to the report of the investigating committee and to the fac that it charged corruption in the manage. ment of harbor affairs. He callef atten- tion to the fact that two membe board were, by the terms of the bill, re- tained in office, and the third would be out of office, by the expiration of his term, in two weeks. tained must be hone: . Davis said, or they would not be retained, and within two weeks the Governor would appoint a third, also honest, and so all the investi- gating committee could ask would have been granted and so what was the use of the bill? “If there be corruption to correct,” de- manded Davis, “why retain two of the corruptionists in office? On behalf of the Republican_party, its heart and soul, its rank and file, let us stand by our prin- ciples in spite of the temptation to use ers which have been given us and doing higher politics than if his bill.”” avitt had somethir Measure after measure, he d. come up,and had been laid o as a matter of courtesy to the Senator who moved to postpone. It was a Sena. torial courtesy. he said. and he proceeded to dilate on that ethereal thing which : Jows all that the rules forbia and sanc- tions much that is unpartiamentary. He said he would like to answer Davie, “the Senator from Amador,” but he would not do 0 on a motion to postpone. He would wait until the bill came up for final pas .sage, an intention somewhat premature and optimistic. Boyce was the next man who had some- thing to say, but his remarks did no good 10 the bill. *“We have been on watch ah day,” he said; “‘we have been waiting for this bill to come up 'and we propose to 55 this corpse will never rise again.” Luchsinger said he would vote for postponement out of Senatorial courtesy. Walfe added a few words on the same subject of courtesy and then proceeded to “say. red, ha merely of tho | ut it in a coffin and screw down the lid | | Sacramento Evening Bee, Big Valley Ga- tor | Both members re- | | & 404040 4040404040404 0+ 0+0+0+0+M | final co! | ““Santa Fe" bills, | gloried in the Demo- stand solidly together and, al- | ugh he did not say =0, it was plai he did not glory in the Republicans. H said Davis got his applause from th Democrats * he was entitled to it,” and he d should be postponed. she wanted to know if Walfe consid- 1 it a political fight, but Wolfe pre- ferred to remain silent on that phase of | the question then Flint. who was | not presiding, raised the point of order | that the merits of the bill could not be discussed on, a motion to postpone. Dickinson spoke again, explaining his intention: to amend 1f the bill was r considered, and then it went to a vote. The motiofiito postpone was beaten by the followings vote Ayes—Betima Gillette, Laird to do politics. He n e lared the motion Bulla, Dickigson, Flint, .angford, Leavitt, Luch- | singer, 'Morehouse, Shortridge, Simpson, Taylor, Trout, Woife—15. Noes—Ashe,” Boyce, Braunhart, Bu nett, Chapman,. Curtin, Davis, Doty, | Dwyer, Feeney, Hall. Hoey, Jones, La | Nutt, Pace, Prisk, Rowell, | Sim < rrier, Cutter—2. xcused—Stratton—1 he motion to reconsider then came up, and without more words it was lost by the following vote: Bettman, Bulla, Dickinson, Flint, % . Leavitt, Morehouse, Shortridge, son, Taylor, Wolfe—I1. Noes: Ashe, Boyce, Braunhart, Burnett, Chapman, Curtin avis, Doty, Dwyer, Feeney, Gillette, Hall, Hoey, Jones, Lang- ford, La Rue, Luchsinger, Maggard, Nutt, Prisk, Rowell, Sims, Smith—24. ent: Currier, Cutter—2. ixcused: Stratton—I. Did not vote: Trout—1. This ends the Harbor Commission bill. HOEY WIELDS THE GAVEL | WITH MARVELOUS EFFEC CALL HEADQUARTERS, MENTO, March 1 ssemblyman Law- | rence Hoey of San Francisco was in the | chair this evening in the absence of | Speaker Anderson. The claims of most of the newspapers of the State for the publi- cation of constutitional amendments were the special order for the evening. All but three of them were passed. The three went over on the unfinished business file. Mr. Hoey's troubles began when he Dbanged the gavel for order. Some one had put a_handful of parlor matches on the block beneath it, and after the smoke had . SACRA- let. to order and the oey. r to hunt for his m: will come the title,” said Mr. H asked Mr. Belshaw. said Hoey. * inquired Dibble. - wley a cigarette as smoking against rule 69. I don’t see him doing it,” said Hoey. it arms will put Mr. Bel- shaw in his i Down came the gavel and off went other bunch of matches and work resumed on th the ing,” Hoey proved an excellent . He got through with an enormous amount of work, and dealt without a shudder on points of parlia- mentary law that even Dibble would not have dared dally with. In a ringing, appreciative speech on be- half of the San Francisco delegation Dib- ble passed up to the desk one of the finest | things in the gold brick line that has been | handed out during the ion. Hoey de- clared that “gold bricks being out of or- der we will proceed with the file,” and | the fun was Gver for the evening. The day session was consumed in the ration of the “fender” and | and no other measures Despite were passed. This evening the following bills were read the third time and passed to the Senate: Trinity Journal, Fresno Expos tor, the Capital, E. C. Rust, Chico Record, | Inyo Independent, Labor World, Madera Tritune, Town Talk, Willows Promoter, A. A. Taylor, Ventura Democrat, Butch- ers’ and Stock Growers' Journal, Dally Willows Journal, Herald Publishing Com- | pany of Los Angeles, Blue Lake Advo- | cate, Allen B. Lemmon, Evening Post Publishing Company, San’ Francisco News Letter, J. L. Ch Mountain Messenger, Napa Journal, San’ Jose Heraid, Healds. burg Ente: J. B. Sanford, San Francisco Call, Bakersfield Californian, zette, Vallejo Chronicle, Democrat, Gonzales Tribune, Williams Farmer, Bvents, M. F. McFarland, Ful- lerton Tribune, Merced Star and M. C Juffie. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION | | CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, March 10.—After a hard fight Senator Curtin secured the passage of his bill relating to agricultural societies, this evening. It is the same bill that has been | brought up in' various forms by different | Senators in the last two or three sessions, | and has never before reached so much as a favorable vote. The bill provides a means by which ag- ricultural societies may test their claims | t compensation for money spent on im- | provements out of their own appropria- | tions, In Tuolumne the directors of the | fair in that district have expeneded $5000 in improvements on the understanding | that the State would pay certain other ex- penses of the fair, principal among which | was the money given in prizes. The fair | zrounds in Tuolumne County were pur- | chased in 1889, and in that year, 1891 and | 1893 the State allowed the prize money, | Shasta_County amounting in each instance to about The gate réceipts for each year have reduced the total of the indebtedness to about $2000, and this is the amount of the debt which now lies upon the association. In 1865 and 1897, however, Governor Budd vetoed the claims for prize money, and that left the association so much behind. Curtin’s bill makes no appropriation. It only places the claims in such a position that at any time the agricultural district may make a claim for money expended on agricultural fair grounds which are the | property of the State and then test the claims before the Board of Examiners. | Should the Board of Examiners pass the claims under the act just passed by the Senate it will establish them as just claims; if the board refuses them it. will allow the bringing to suit and the testing of the clalms in a court of law, where they may be finally settled. There was a good deal of active opposition to the bill, but after some time spent in argu ment by its author it was passed. JOHNSON AGAIN TRIES TO FORCE AN ADJOURNMENT CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 10.—Grove L. Johnson this morning made another abortive at- tempt to adjourn the Legislature sine dle | by moving to recall from the table Bel- shaw’s resolution to adjourn sine die on the 1ith. The Burns push had not reached the chamber and only a few scattering votes were cast in favor of his motion. - The la vor of his proposition 'k of unanimity of feeling in fa- angered Johnson and he induiged in one of his little nerve | grating harangues, in which he poked fun at the House and declared frankly that now that pay was stopped he did not care to work any longer. He made the happy admission that he was here for the \lnflnrs solely and not for the benefit he might be to California’s dilapidatec codes. “You gentlemen may like to>work with- out pay,”’ said he. “I suppose you do and vou have got a right. But I don't. I do not see why I should stay here day after day and get nothing for it. “There is no reason why we cannot get AN'S HENCHMEN SCIRE ANOTHER SICHAL DEFEAT Promises of Reward ': Unfulfilled. | TWO HUNDRED FAT JOBS LOST TOUTS ARE BECOMING DISCOUR- AGED AT THE OUTLOOK. | Hints of the ‘“Colonel’s” Withdrawal | From the Senatorial Contest in - Circulation at the Capital. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 10.—In the Senate to-day the Burns forces were defeated and hu- miliated. The touts, big and little, sought to secure a reconsideration of the bill to { reorganize the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, but the friends of the people on the floor of the Senate stood | | together manfully and effectually disposed | | of the scheme. | The engagement had a bearing on the anti-Burns Republicans in the Legislature may take the subject in hand and elect despite the programme of “Burns or no Senator.” The Southern Pacific is sharply eriti- ciged for its brazen attempt to force the election of Burns, contrary to the ex- Fressed will of a_majority of the Repub- ican members of the Legislature. It is the comment that the corporation should now retire from the contest and ‘permll the representatives of the people to set- tle the Senatorial question in their own way. Colonel J. P. Jackson, Collector of the Fort of San Francisco, arrived this even- ng. g<BcFag:FeFeg=FaFoRagagegoF=F=Fu=qx] THE SAME OLD VOTE. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, March 10.—The bunch of Scott votes with which rumor said General Barnes would feather his Senatorial nest did not develop on the Senatorial ballot this noon. There was no change of any sort except that W. W. Foote received & the complimentary Democratic vote. The result was as follows: BARNES .22 ESTEE . =1 BURNS .25 GRANT .26 SCOTT . “p ROSENFELD (D.) St PHELAN (Ix) FOOTE (D)) .. SHCOOOTODED S HHNND BOYCE TRIES TO STOP UNSEEMLY LOBBYING CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 10.—Senator Boyce is getting tired of lobbyists and Senators who lay aside their dignity for the pur- pose of securing another vote for a fa- HOODOOH00H0 00NN fegetututatatututatutnetutningatntetutataRuguyeged PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SMOKING THE FIGHT AT SACRAMENTO---One More Round Will Finish Him, ready to adjourn by the 15th; T would ad- journ to-morrow myself. The general ap- propriation bill will only take an hour or s0 and_the tax levy not much longer. We could get everything done and I want to recall Belshaw’s resolution from the table and amend it for the lsth.” Valentine and_Dibble ridiculed the statement that business could be dis- osed of and adjournment taken by the 5th. They laughed at Johnson's idea of getting through with the general appro- priation bill and tax levy in three or four ours. Valentine said adjournment before the 18th was a physical impossibility and pos- sibly it could not be taken on’ that day. The question was called for and John- son’s motion was overwhelmingly de- feated. Bl In the Senate. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Match 10.—An invitation to Cali- fornia to join in the Pan-American Expo- sition to be held near Buffalo on the Ni- agara frontier in 191 has been recelved. The communication came in the form of a telegram from the Mayor of Buffalo to Licutenant Governor Neff. In the telegram it is set forth that the Federal Government has n.lreadxyl appro- 5 for the exposition, the gx;:la‘t:dh:%mgmpm Fiated $300,000 and the people of Buffalo had guaranteed $1,500,000. The communication was ordered printed in the journal. A communication from the Governor of Nevada was also ordered printed in the journal. It asked the Legislature of Cali- fornia to appropriate money to help main- tain the Lafie 'ahoe wagon road. Fender Bill Passed. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 10.—Senator Braunhart's fender bill, so amended by Assemblyman | Dibble that the County Board of Super- Visors shall have the disposition of the nder matter, passed the Assem- bly to-day by, a vote of 5l to 8. O'Brien’ and_White of San Francisco, minority members, were the only active opponents of the measure on the floor. — e———— The Grip Cure That Does Cure. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes the hat produces La Grippe. The genuine Fan*L. B & 0n “ench Tablet. 25c. : WELCOMED shall set foot on the soil. To-day, under a suspension of the in the Assembly a bill appropriating tion of the Governor, in duly celebrati country for a much-needed rest, and CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, March 10.—Like those other heroes, the boys of the First, Dewey—he of tendered a royal reception Ly the State of California as soon as ever he of his officers who may accompany him in California. It is expected that it will not be long before he leaves Manila Bay for this behalf of the people, a welcome to California. measure was made a special order for to-moOrrow, through both houses as a matter of urgency. 4040404040404 040+ 040404040404 04 04 0404040404040+l 4040404040404 0404 0404040404040404+0+40 +o¢o+0404>0+! DEWEY WILL BE FITTINGLY T0 CALIFORNIA Manila Bay fame—is to be constitution, Grove L. Johnson offered $5000 to be expended, under the direc- ng the arrival of the admiral and any Governor Gage will extend to him, on The second reading of the and it will be rushed 40404 040404C4040404 040404040 Senatorial contest for this reason: Prom- supporters of Dan Burns should be re- to which he claims to belong. There were not enough, offices in sight to meet the demand of the touts for places at the public crib; hence attention was turned to the scheme to reorganize the Harbor Commission. The bill proposed to oust 200 employes from office and give the patronage, aggregating §250,000 per annum, to the touts. The Grant men saw the danger in the proposition, and did not propose to be caught napping or be misled by the cry that to the victors belong the spolls. They believed the pretense that places were to !‘)c filled by loyal and faithful Republicans independent of Senatorial considerations was a fraud and a sham. Diligent inquiry and common-sense in- duced them to believe that Burns was in a desperate strait for help and that the success of the bill would give him an op- portunity to promise 200 places. Beyond that the Grant men were convinced that the passage of the measure would be regarded as a Burns triumph and the people of the State were not in a frame of mind to justify legislation favorable to the Senatorial aspirations of Burns. The monotony of the Senatorial situa- tion was not broken by the joint ballot to-day, but it was gratifying to note that one hundred and twelve members of the Legislature responded to the rollcall. The number required for a choice was fifty- seven. Considering that fiie members are working without pay, the attendance is very good. There are no indications that the number will be diminished next week. In fact the supporters of General Barnes and Mr. Grant are recelving commenda- tory letters and telegrams from constitu- ents urging them to remain at their post of duty to defeat the election of Burns. To-day one member who is voting for Barnes was assured that the people of his district would not allow his pay to stop because the State had ceased paying the legislators. The message sn!d‘:) “In op- posing the election of an unworthy man and advocating the cause of a clean and able candidate Prou are working for tue people, who will manifest their apprecia- tion of your services.” Inquiries at the various Senatorial camps to-night do not foreshadow im portant chanies to-morrow, but it is be- lieved, nevertheless, that accessions to the Barnes column will soon be recorded. His supporters are confident and enthusiastic. The Grant men are displaying fresh signs of courage, and are naturally elated over the defeat of the “organization” in the Senate to-day. The Burns men, with the ald of the Democrats, may attempt to force an ad- journment sine die at an earlier date than aturday of next week, but such an at- tempt will provoke a bifter controversy, There is no caucus talk to-night. Had Burns succeeded in his legislative schemes he might have started in anew to agitate the calling of a caucus, but the defeat in the Senate to-day has stunned the managers of the ‘‘Colonel's” fight. Everybody says there will be *“something doing next week,” but it {s the general opinion that few important movements willtbe made in the open before Monday next. The surmises per_tajning to the events of next week are varied and conflicting. Men whose opinions are entitled to respect ex- ress the view that Burns will withdraw om the contest in order that a Repub- lican Senator may be chosen at this ses- sion. Others entertain the opinion that Burns is too selfish and bitter to make any concessions for the sake of the Re- publican party, and that he will use all the means within his reach to defeat the election of anybody but himseif. The ises were made right and left that the | warded with the official spolls of the party | | | | | | | | vorite measure. He took his first step toward their suppression by submitting the following resolution: Whereas, The exhibition on the floor of this Senate on Thursday, March 9, during the roll all on Senate bill 367, was not calculated to promote deliberate and free action on the part of Senators upon pending legislation; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That while this body is taking ac- tion upon’ pending measures and during the roll call thereon, no Senator, member of the Assembly or other person shall solicit any member of this body to vote in any particular way, or induce or attempt to induce, any mem- ber ‘of this body to vote or change his vote upon the same, nor attempt by private argu- ment or solicitation to affect the action of this body or members thereof. Senator Rowell is responsible for Senate bill 367. It is a measure defining terms when used in connection with assessable roperty, and there was much opposition 0 that clause relating to money depos. ited in banks and making such money taxable as part of the property of the bank or corporation. ‘When the bill came up there was not much said, but by the time the roll had been called several Sen- ators had left their seats and were rush-~ ing from desk to desk, while changes from ‘4 gr’ to “no” began to be heara. It was finally announced from the chair that the bill had been defeated, but later in the afternoon the chalr announced that there had been a mistake in checking up the roll call, and that the bill had in fact been passed. enaitor Leavitt moved for a reconsid- eration and that ended the matter for the ay, but Boyce’s resolution will proba- bly bring it up again. SENATE STILL JUMPING ON THE NEWSPAPERS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 10.—Senate bill 530, which provides that newspaper articles of a cer- tain kind shall be signed, came up before the Senate this evening, and was made more emphatic by a vote refusing to re- consider the vote by which it was passed vesterday. The motion to reconsider was made by Senator Smith, who, in moving to take the matter up again, made another plea for the rights of a newspaper and the | general responsibility which has always characterized it and which has made it a power in the land. To make of the news- paper but a collection of signed articles was, in his judgment, to rob it of the element which has made it what it is, and he declared that the bill should not only be reconsidered but defeated. Shortfldge backed him up in his state- ments and then added a few of his own. He said the law was a dead letter any- how, and® would never amount to any- lhlnf‘ besides being vicious anad danger- ous legislation and a blow at the guaran- teed Iiberty of the press. ¥ . Glllette, who had voted for the bill, fa- vored a reconsideration because, he said, he had discovered that the bill allowed suit for omission of the signature to be brought by any one and half of the fine would go to the patriotic citizen who had the nerve to bring the suit. It mattered little whether the plaintiff was the one re- ferred to in the article; any one could bring suit and half the money was his if it_turned out successful. He thought the bill was loosely drawn in that respect and so he said he would vote to reconsider. The final vote on re- consideration showed only defeat for it by the following: Ayes—Braunhart, Bulla, Curtin, Doty, Dwyer, Flint, Gillette, Jones, La Rue tI’l’llkl,4 Rowell, Shortridge, Smith, Strat. on—14, Noes—Ashe, Bettman, Boyce, Burnett, Chapman, Davis, Dickinson, Hall, Hoey, Luchsinger, Morehouse, Nutt, Simpson, Taylor, Trout, Wolfe—16. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 10.—Senate bill 27. by Simpson, went through the Assembly on its final passage this afternoon. with only twelve votes against it. It gave rise to the first redhot debate that has occurred over any bill during the present session. For a matter of two hours or more there was some mighty spell binding. Caminetti of Amador made most of the noise; Dib- ble and Johnson did most of the work. The measure before the House was the much-discussed Santa Fe bill. It permits the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe people to acquire the Federal cific road between Mojave and and the San Joaquin Valley road from Bakersfield to San Francisco. All of these franchises and rights of way the road needs, that it may bring into San Francisco the first competing line that has come to California’s relief. ‘When the bill came up as a special order for this afternoon Caminetti opened the proceedings by calling up his substitute bill, which was already printed in the journal. Judge Dibble asked him to explain before further action was taken just what his substitute was designed to effect. Caminetti explained. It took him just sixty-six minutes, but he ex- plained. “In the first place,” said he, “nothing but the stock of the California rail- roads is permitted to be sold by the provisions of my amendment. The franchises and rights of way cannot be transferred. In other words., the buyer becomes a stockholder rather than an owner. “In the second place, bill 57 says in one clause that no competing road may | be bought by its competitor. That's all right as far as it goes, but the next section nullifies it by providing that any line now leased, competitive or | otherwise, may be purchased. | “What I fear, and the reason for my 57 you take from California the right to revise or repeal these franchises by transferring them to a foreign corpora- tion.” Then Mr. Caminetti opened out. over an hour he contended with much eloquence that the bill wi less than a scheme to a ern Pacific to destroy po: tition by amalgamating with its own. True said, was practically an inspossibility. Judge Dibble pulled the constitution on Caminetti and proved to the satis- faction of more than enough of the | members to pass the bill that Senate | bill 57 provided none of the fearful things the gentleman from Amador claimed it did, and after .a brilliant speech in favor of the measure gave way to Grove Johnson, who, in his own meek way, told Mr. Caminetti he was playing to the gallery. sible compe- the new line substitution and it went down, 56 to 14. e question was then on the final | passage of the original bill. Caminetti jumped in with more .amendments, and Dibble threatened to head him off with a demand for the previous question if he persisted in dilatory tactics. “Choke me off!” yelled Caminetti. “But answer to the people for what you have done!” Then Grove Johnson got up again and delivered a telling speech. “1f 1 did not know the gentleman from Amador as well as I do, if 1 did not know his reputation for honesty and integrity in all things, I should be led to belleve by his action here to- day that he was doing railroad politic: that he was opposed to the Santa Fe people in their endeavor to bring a competing line into California to for- ever relieve her of the one road domi- nation that has held he, down. “God speed the day when we shall see in every pass and canyon of the Sierras the headlights of competing rallroads. As a man who has his all. little as it may be, tied up here, as a citizen who loves his State, as a man whose children and grandchildren have amendment is, that in passing bill No. | For | competition, he | Then a vote was taken on Caminetti’s | SANTA FE BILL and Carry Out Its Purpose. | franchise of the old Atlantic and Pa- | ¢, ther progress of the bill w Needles, the Southern California Rail- | other they were voted down a way from Barstow to Los Angeles, the umeasure came to a vote. right of way over the Southern Pa- | cific’s line from Mojave to Bakersfield | will now be sent to the Governor for his i 1 | for victory. | cured me.’ IS NOW IN THE / GOVERNOR’S HANDS Passes the Assembly, After a Hard . Fight, With Only Twelve Votes Recorded Against It. ACTUAL COMPETITION IS ASSURED Southern Pacific’s Great Rival Enabled to Consolidate Its Interests in This State been born and reared in this State. I God speed the day when competi- tion shall come in. “The gentleman from Amador fears this State will lose its right to revise and repeal these franchises. No mat- ter what laws this State may make to control a gigantic raillway corporation what would they amount to? A rope of sand. The laws this country might make would be nothing but a rope of sand. Throw off all laws, all restr! tions, and welcome this new blood and new capital to our State, and in a few short years the people of the rise up and bless the Leg brought them prosperity.” Then for half an hour Caminetti, O’'Brien and White tried to block the h dila- the | tory amendments, but ome after the d the It won out by a vote of 56 to 12. It signature. ADVERTISEMENTS. “Peace Hath Her Victortes No less renowned than awar,”” said Milton, and now, in the Spring, is the time to get a peaceful wvictory over the impurities which have been accumulating in the blood during Winter's hearty eating. The ban ner of peace is borne aloft by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. é It brings rest and comfort to the weary body racked by pains of all sorts and kinds. Its beneficial effects prove it to be the great spec o be relied upon Hood's never disappoints. little nephew was rs with sore throat Diphtheria— troubled for tw | and tonsilitis. Was threatened with diph- theria, but Hood's Sarsap: ded it off. He Is now _entirely well."—MISS INEZ G. REED, Oak Hiil Ave., Water- bury, Conn. Run Down—*“T was weak, had no ap- petite, nervous and completely run down Tried many remedics. but nothing helped me until I used Hood's Sarsaparilla, which —MRS. WM. MARKS, Henry street, Binghamton, S. gha Catarrh-*I suffered over six years with catarrh. Spent over $100 in adv tised cures, inhalers, etc., without bene Finally tried Hood's Sarsaparil accomplished a complete and I cure.”—M. A. ABBEY, Victor Ave,, Wor- , cester, Mass. Scrofula—“‘Running sores . shunned by Medical treatmen try Hood's Sarsaparilla. 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