The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1899. 9090000900 9 merchants have been complaining Youdly about the diversion of money. into the pockets of the bookmalkers —by this means it iy lost to city and State. The inability tofore of good credit, to pay their bills, and the general demoraliza- tion, smaller in degree but similar in kind, is like the fever which ex- isted during the ‘“wildeat” stock ex- | citement of the last generation. For these re the managers of the race track, which was presented to me officially last year, I was ready to, and did, sign this order as soon as it passed. It is unusual to xign an order %o promptly.. As a general proposition I take the tume the law allows for the purpoxe of hearing objections. I would like to peint out the folly of the Board of Management of the race track in not listening to the advice of the Board of Supervisors of last year and having the Legis- Iature pass o law limiting the sea- son to a certain number of weeks. We have the opera season everybody attends, deriving enjoy- ment and musical education. If we | period of racing may be ome of had srand opera for six months| them. During such meets we may very few could afford to attend, and | permit betting, but we will place very few would be tempied to at-|certnin restrictions upon it and | bLe no cause there would ¥ would defer & il the end, and perhaps not go at all. The frequency of the operas would surfeit them. Where- as, now, by having a limited season, everybody goes us a matter of taste or fashion, pays for the privilege for the season, and the box office re- tend be very ceipts enable the management to | give the very best talent without | selling pools on the merits of the performers. So a well ot racing in a great clty of pleasure- loving people would be acceptable by all liberzl-minded men, but they will not accept the pillage of a community even if \the legitimate sport and the breeding of horses are urged as a reason for it. In other words, we are asked to pay too high a price for good sport. Can we have good sport without paying so dearly for it? I believe we can. SUPERVISOR PERRAULT — The resolution passed I was sure it patronized season would after I heard my colleagues | express themselvesx on the measure. It means much to the merchants and to the respectable members of so- in this city. The race track been a drain on them finan to nothing of it blighting influence on all who per- mitted themselves to be drawn into its whirlpool of infamy. The salu- tary effect of the new law should be felt at once, as it will relieve the tension under which many people of this city have existed for six months in the year for several years past. clety say SUPERVISOR LACKMANN — The main benefit to be derived from the passage of the ordinance will be the closing up of the pool rooms. The law is so general that it closes down the bookmakers at the track and does away with the side-street | evils in our eity. I am slad that | their influence has been eliminated | by the adoption of the law, and I only hope that the governing bodles | aeroxs the bay will follow our ex- | ample and stamp out the pest. | As it is, those who are anxious to | bet their money on the races will of | necessity be compelled to o0 efther to Emeryville, Onkland or Sausalito. | Ax this will make it more difiicult than heretofore, it is hoped the temptation to zamble will be les- sened. So far as the constitutionality of the law is concerned, it is my opin- | we have succeeded in adopting will | fon that this board has power to regulate such things. I am pleased that my fellow mem- bers voted. as I did, as the best citi- zens of the community demanded the passage of the Iaw. I am not in favor of any action that will tend to nullify the ordinance. Racing un- der Ms present conditions ix injur- ious to our city. It ix a good sport | if pool selling is eliminated, but until that is done ¥ don't believe the gamblers should be allowed to continue in the business. v SUPERVISOR BYINGTON—I voted in favor of the resolution because great abuses have grown up under | the pool selling system as it existed | at the race track, and because it/ was a reform called for and de- | manded by the best citizens of the | community. As a Supervisor I was | elected to respect the wishes of | those who have the welfare of the | city at heart. Personally I do not | believe In the existence of the temptations held out by gambling which draw our men and away from the pursuit of an honest business calling. I believe this resolution was | passed in good faith and that the | Board of Supervisors should not be | continually open to an influence | women of men, here- | sons and on account of my | familiarity with the case made by | and | ng un- | staying the progress of an evil | which has already worked its sinis- | ter effects in society. For a time I bave watched. the methods of the racing men and the pursuits of | gambling, and came to the conclu- | sion that instead of the evil show- ing signs of abatement it has passed the limit of moral endurance. Hence I considered but one thing proper in the premises, and I cast my vote | to call a halt in the sport of horse racing. I certainly am in favor of testing speed and quality of horseflesh on | the turf. California has a magnifi- | cent future in that respect, and I would not’ for a moment entertain | a thought of abolishing horse rac- | ing, but the gambling attending it has become too prevalent and has wrought too much ruin. By the adoption of the ordinance we have | placed ocurselves as dominant over | the racing men. We do not intend 110 deprive them of .all privileges, and may yet grant to them certain concesisons. What those concessions will be I am not yet in a position to | state, but the limitation of the modify its demoralizing eflects. | SUPERVISOR COLLINS—I cast my | vote 1n favor of the resolution pro- | horse races within this eity and county for the reason that I firmly | believed that the people demanded | that heroic mensures should be re- | sorted to in order to check the evil. I have always felt that race track | gambling has been carried too far. | 1 voted in favor of passing the reso- lution to print, and, realizing the | evil behind bookmaking and pool | selling ns it ix carried on to-day, no | | power on earth could make me change my vote. To be frank, how- | ever, I must say that I believe that the resolution was a bit t00 sweep- ing in its effect. It would have been better, perhaps, to place rigid re- strictions on the race track people, instend of revoking their privileges not | | altogether. However, I belleve that iiho ordinance will have a good | effect. | tremely pleased that the resolution | pronibiting race track gambling | was favored by so many members of | the board. When the matter was first mentioned I placed myself on | record ax being in favor of it. There | whs Itttle doubt in my mind that the | Ingleside people carried their | schemes too far. Women and young | girls were gradually being demor- | alized by the temptation of the | track. The phantom inducements of the race track discouriged many a man and woman from honest toil. | to-day is certainly a great.victory for public-spirited people. I was ‘ sick enough to stay at home to-day, but I felt that I should attend here my vote in sach a good } to cast | cause. SUPERVISOR KALBEN—My posi- tion on this matter is much more délicate than any other man on the board, therefore I want you to treat me as kindly as possible. I am in the liquor business, and am hrought in contact with racing people every day. My customers, too, exerted every effort to have me vote against the resolution. I did not want to do either, so I decided not to vote at all on the proposition. SUPERVISOR DEASY—I rejoice at the vietory we have won over the gamblers. This ordinance which greatly benefit our city. It will be a benefit both from a moral and basiness standpoint. These gam- blers take more money away from a town than they leave in it. I voted for the resolution simply because I believed that the loose methods of the race track people were demor- alizing our young people. Young boys were succumbing daily to the temptations of the race track. It has been a powerful agency in making criminals. Now that gambling has been prohibited entirely, I trust that the board will see fit to keep it in check forever. ' SUPERVISOR BLACK — I voted against Dr. Perrault’s resolution simply because I ywas convinced that it was too sweeping In its effect. Had = resolution been introduced restricting or Ilimiting the racing season I would probably have sup- ported it. The race track people|. have certain rights which can mot be ignored. e THE POLICE WILL ACT. Chief Lees Declares That He Will Enforce the New Ordinance To-Day. “I will enforce the ordinance pro- hibiting gambling on horse races at | hibiting betting or pool selling on | SUPERVISOR HEYER—I am ex-| The vote the resolution recelved | that will cause a suspension of the | Ingleside track, which was passed ordinance whenever those control- | yesterday afternoon by the Board of ling the race track wish it dome. 1t | gyperyigors, to the full-limit of “the. that were the intention of the board |1 o0y ooq Ghies Te i Gocs taat it was an entirely useless procedure | &7 5810 s o 26 RALH LI scmaure: | night. When a new ordinance is | passed by the board it is customary I' think the passage of the ordi- naneé will have a good influence | to notify me immediately after it is I presume upom the young men of our eity. In | signed by the Mayor. my ‘opinion there was no -greater |the clerk of the board will serve me danger held out to a community | with a copy of the ordinance to-mor- than the temptation of squandering | row morning. I will then proceed ;:;:d"::':;z':-:: :-:c:u““ s | instantly to see that every provision S e of the new law is carried out. Any SUPERVISOR AIGELTINGER — 1| pookmaker who attempts to disobey | voted in tavor of the passage of the | the ordinance will be arrested imme- :n;l:nncc buc::nnc I thought racing | diately. If the Mayor has already ad been overdone in'this town, and | _; N | that our commercial interests had | glgned chisf ordivsncs; fand X muner; $352415 wuleren on eodats ot this [Bion0 thal he baliT wil] makedf my prolonged meetings. I belleve in 1 b)xsxness to see that the law is not treating the race track people fair- | violated at the track to-morrow after- 1y, but I think they have been un- | noon.” wise in holding such long meetings, | e = Ecstern cities they-are re-| HE SEEKS TIME TO THINK. In the | stricted to a certain number of 2 weeks, and I cannot understand Androus Threatens That Ingleside why San Francisco does not do Hke- Ml e ToDavies as Was wise. | Yesterday. | SUPERVISOR HOLLAND—I think I | M%‘,‘\,’;‘r‘a };gfiglql‘;‘“g(fls“ti SQCRtA— > ! b ) . —EX- e Senatol am strongly on record regurding | Androus, president of the Pacific Coast my position in this matter. It is the | Jockey Club, was seén at his hotel in gross abuses that have developed in | this city this evening and told of Chief the racing game to which I have | Lees’ declaration that he would place taken exception. I would like to under arrest any one who to-morrow see the Legisiature legalize one | should make a book or sell pools at In- great race day, or a week of racing, | gleside track or other resort in San at which California-bred horses | Francisco. He was asked what action could be seen in competition. If | he as president of the association would people could see a race like the [‘take in the matter. English Derby or the Grand Prix of | He replied: “This has all come about France they would not want to see S0 suddenly that we have made no the sport abelished entirely. This ; plans; we have had no time exactly to ix the only cencession I would malke | figure our position. In fact, I Have to the men of the race conrse. | come up here to think. SUPERVISOR ARTHUR ATTRIDGE | .~ e, 1d not expect the action taken 082;33082052 +ReReN e Nom —1 voted for the resolution because | k,;e;‘.‘*}a‘;‘g“;,‘;,}g"’azyfa,";’: ihenght we 1 considered it the only means of | 4 but thought we would get at least one layover. A man accused’ of murder isn’t arrested, tried and hanged all in a gax: is he? He gets a layover, doesn’t 4 The Call representative made no re- mark upon the gentle art of murder as compared by Senator Androus with the more profitable business he- is engaged in, but permitted him to continue. “It is more than prcbable that Ingle- | side’ will be running to-morrow and that the bookmaking will"go right on | as it has although I say positively that | we intend to comply with the law, even |1f we must eventually close Ingleside to do s0, but you can say I think without fear of contradiction that Ingleside will be to-morrow as it was yesterday and | to-day. We have yet had time neither | to plan nor think. This has come sooner | than we had figured.” Just what brings Senator Androus to Sacramento is raising some little | question here among the touts of the { Oakland layout. That he has come up | here “to think” may be true, but the insinuation is rife that it is “to think | up” some scheme for State relief at the | hands of the present Legislature, late | as it is even to contemplate such ‘ac- | tion. A State i law legalizing Ingleside’s | chief incentive to suicide and embez- “zlomm\l would absolutely nullify this morning’s action of the Board of Su. | pervisors, and the tip has gone out that Androus has this in prospect. His pres- | ence on the floor of both the Assembly |and Senate and his close consultations | with numerous prominent legislators | would indicate at least that a dark | brown think is not all that has brought | him up here to the capital. WHAT THE TOILERS SAY. | Trades Union Men as a Unit Indorse | the Action of Supervisors. | It is safe to. say that no class of | people is more highly elated at the vie- tory over the gamblers of Ingleside than the workingmen of this city. The quarterly high jinks of Carpen- ters’ Union No. 483 brought a large number of laboring men together, and | the racetrack question was the general subject of the side conversation. It was not regularly brought up. It could not be at a gathering where dull care | was to be thrown aside and merriment | to hold sway, but, like the Imp in the bottle, it could not be kept down. There was no two opinions on the subject. All were glad that the bill had | passed. Every place in the city where a group of laboring men could be found together the action of the Supervisors was commented upon and commended. At the hall of the Labor Bureau Asso- | clation it was the one topic of conver- sation around the chess boards, at the cigar counter and - the - billiard tables. Every word uttered was a word of praise for the men who were not afraid of the combined gamblers and honestly stood up for the good of the community in the face of the open threats set afloat by the racetrack men. In other places where union men, and men who work hard for their daily bread, congregate nightly, the same | state of affairs was noticeable. Numer- | ous tales of the track were told—here a | friend had fallen, there the tale of a | disgraced public official was recounted and occasionally direct personal expe- riences and family skeletons were trotted out to public-view. The workingmen, however, as a cl; h have for once taken a firm stand | against altogether outside ‘“‘trade rules” | and “routine business.” They were on the winning side and they are proud of it. “STRIKING MARBLE CUTTERS Peace Made With One Firm and War | Declared Against Another. | The strike of the marble cutters is prac- | tically over. The firm of Ruffino & | Bianchi has agreed to take back the em- | ployes at the old rate of wages. | The men employed by the Vermont 1 B e e o e e e e e e e e T ) EGo%o50%e %+ R+ R oK BRI BRI+ Lot tiotio R o B o et etietieiom IS RACING A GAME OF CHANCE preme Cou the jockeys and jockeying. languish in the English colony across tribe—want. b 3 b > ? K 4 + E'd Y 4 bd g £ (s 8 04 e + Ed 8 & 4 b + b s 4 4+ b L4 b k4 g v ) + 8 + and sought refuge in the courts. all the allegations. first named offenses, that the Buffal R eNINININ IR P INeN reason given. Further, Mr. Noble all because of the same reason. from it will be awaited with interest. R R Rt ‘.5.&.52.320 2420+ NILININE RININIRIR+ RN+ R+ R eR 5+ %020 A Knotty Problem That the Hill Tribe of Sausalito May Force the Su- Is poolselling a banknig or a percentage game? In other words, is horse racing a game of chance or a game of science? That is the proposition the poolsellers who want Sausalito will have to go up against in the near future, and it can readily be seen that they are going to have an exceedingly unhappy time of it. The status of horse racing is te be decided first by Superior Judge An- gellott!, and finally, in all probabllity, by the Supreme Court. If the bookies undertake to prove the sport a game of chance it is all off with them right at the start under the present laws against gambling; if they make the stand that it is purely a game of science it will be a frank admission from in- siders that the Corrigan methods are the scientific points of the sport; that superior speed has nothing to do with winning races, but it all depends on With this admission on their part it would seem reasonable to expect that their patrons might fall away to insignificant numbers, knowing that the “sclence” was all on the other side, and in consequence the game would But that is just what the Sausalitans—or that part known as the Hill Poolselling, and the sporting fraternity generally, are unwel- come visitors there and they are determined to bar them out altogether. The Hillites thought the Legislature would do something, but when their Senator, General Dickinson, was stricken with tongue paralysis or some- thing else at a critical stage, and the bill them, had it become a law, was lost, they gave up hope from that source The Buffalo Hotel, owned by Charles Forrest, seems to be the greatest source of disquietude to the Hill tribe, and some weeks ago H. H. Noble, who owns property in the immediate vicinity, filed a bill in equity, through his attorneys, Brunell & Treat, alleging, first, that the hotel was conducted as a common gaming house; second, poolselling, and third, that a banking and percentage game was there. Judge Angellott! sustined the demurrer on the ground that there were not enough facts to institute the action, as they did not show that Noble’s property was specifically injured, although the demurrer admitted Yesterday an amended complaint was filed, alleging, in addition to the meaning of the law, and a menace to the peace and comfort, of the Hill tribe. Moreover, it alleges that it is impossible to sell or rent property in the vicinity owing to the character of the house. cited that three lots belonging to the estate of the late Julia Mills have been in the market for some time, but it is utterly impossible to sell them for the money on his property, and he cannot find a tenant or purchaser for it, The case will be fought to the bitter end on the part of the property- owners at least, and if they are defeated in the lower court they will carry the- case to the Supreme Court. That tribunal has never passed upon the status of poolselling as a sport or gambling, proposition, ? OR SCIENCE rt to Solve. to do business in the bay. that would have emancipated that a lottery was conducted there in operated o Hotel is a disorderly house in the In support of this it is eges that the banks refuse to loan and 'a declsion BosiesioRefi o002 e B eRenoneReti o etiet e+ %+ e R eteketeReN+NoRIRIR R+ +RIRIRIR R+ Qe RoBeReHoRoY Marble Company are still out, but it is the intention of the union to fight this concern rather. than attempt to make peace with it. The Vermont Marble Company is a foreign concern. Tts chief office is in Vermont, and Senator Proctor is its ruling spirit. It takes-contracts in this city, but will have the actual work done either here or in the Green Moun- tain State. For this reason the mem- bers of the union are determined to fight it. A prominent member said last night: “We have come to a satisfactory agree- ment with Ruffino & Bianchi, a purely local concern, but we have no use for the Vermont Marble Company. We will fight like the Greeks of old and our fight will be to have all local marble work kept within the State. If we succeed it will be the finish of the foreign company. A number of plumbers, who have been in the habit of giving out their marble work indiscriminately, have been interviewed on_the subject, and when the matter was fairly presented to them they asreed tu sive their work only to local concerns. We have succeeded.in the past in keep- ing many large contracts at home, and I think we can do so in the future.” Ssmen eirn Army and Navy. The Zinkand is the army and navy head- quarters for dinner in San Francisco. . [ e as as aa e e s e as el e o e e e e e e e e n e e 3 Q—o—o*—o—o—Q—o—OW‘*—’W > -0+ +>+o -0—0—0—0—0—0—0—‘0—0—0—0—0-0—0-0—6‘ - “KID” M’COY, THE ADMIRED. scratch any one who hi tance in a week from now. ) cerned, that this Was 0i0g against us, | MeSetelieRe B o5+ N etietietistit M otietioliefie o8 NWM a livelihood the young and agile “Kid” McCoy is the most admired of any boxer, wrestler, runner or ball player who has visited this city Tslnce fport gr any kind was maugurated. . he quiet and unassuming pugilist who, by his lightning the fins-and abiify o alministe Feavs panisliment 10 0 obhoneny i won fame all through this country, is now domiclled at Henry. Teonhardty emporium of sport commonly known as the Casino, in.Golden Gate Park. Leonhardt is a great admirer of his charge, who, he contends, was “‘correctly named ‘KId’ because of his retiring and gentlemanly disposition.” ’ McCoy is visited daily by hundreds of admirers, although it will be-som: weeks before he will have to give an account of himeelf when he toes the sora with big formidable opponent, Joe Choynskl. . cCoy punch the bag at the Casino say that it is Les B0 RN worth an admission fee to The “Kid" is rapidly rounding into shape and will be fit to go any dis- fi MONG the many men who follow athletic sports as a means ot gaining ', Those who have seen SRR R+ R RGN G N eW MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. Crh:qina.l Escapes Because of Dilatory Methods of Federal Officials. There was a lamentable miscarriage of justice yesterday morning in the United States District Court, when Judge de Haven ordered the indictment brought az’alnst \\i. H. M. Ogg dismissed and the prisoner discharged because the prircipa :3}‘,22;5 efgr th hm;iaslog"“gn had xpmt (l‘algo‘x: A ang Al t i ven- ‘“g oaRa | eft the city the even: Ogg was a resident of Sacr: dent Thrall of the Railway Mail Service transportation of immoral matter in th shape of drugs, Last Monday the sube penas for the’ defendant were placed in the hands of the United States Marshal for service. A Deputy Marshal served the subpenas in Sacramento and EI Dorado counties, but he neglected to serve one on %gsnserg\m(v;‘dent Tt;ra)lt. the most vital wit- n the part o Go TRTaIls office 18 Tess than 1o yArds T the office of the United States Marshal. ena the,deputy took it for granted that he ould be served at any time. The delay was fatal, for last Sunday night Mr. Thrall left for Washington in obedience to a dispatch from the Postmaster Gen- eral, and when the subpena was taken to his office yesterday morning, of course he could not be found. As it was conceded that a_conviction was impossible without Mr. Thrall's evi- dence, Judge de Haven threw the case out ot court. e e Seats for the Bostonians. Seats will be placed on sale Thursday morning for the engagement of the Bos- | tonifans-at the Columbia Theater. Many {nquiries ‘have been made concerning the season of light opera and this popular company ‘will ‘no doubt have its usual w‘"nrm wellcome, le opera announced for the opening next Monday night is R T remantic. TEnt: . ohdih “Rob Roy,” which will ng doubt duplicate here {ts siccess in the East. The entire strength of the organization will appear each night in_the opera. 2 —_— XKennel Club Affairs. The American Kennel Club has officially notified . its Pacific ‘special committee that the powers demanded by the latter were granted at the annual meeting of the club. These powers virtually con- stitute the commlittee the governing au- thority on the coast, with full authority except as regards the right of granting stud book dates. The first meeting of the special commit- tee will be-held at the Occidental Hotel Thursday evening. General Shafter’s Lecture. Much interest is belng manifested in. the lecture to be given by Major General Shafter at the association auditorium, evening at 8 o’clock. A limited nrumber of are now on sale by Shérman,- Clay & Co. A committee of fifty business men will recelve General Shafter in the pariors of the association, and the general will 'be introduced by Mayor Phelan. Preceding the:lecture Miss Grace I. Davis will sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” ks e e - - In the Divorce Court. Dalisy Neill has been granted a divorce from Frank Neill on the ground of ex- | treme _cruelty. Waiter §. Miller was granted a divorce yesterday from Emma Miller on the ground:.of willful desertion. lglounce B. Doud- has sued B. Doud for vorce. alleging desertion as cause - ion. This mhorning Judge Hust will take up and’ probably determine the sult re- cently instigated by Mrs. Fiske-Marceau- ‘Eenneli for divorse from her husband . “Fennell. TS, B! K: B 1 Sesertion ns cause for notton o Clleges ORATORY OVER ISLANDS AND_KINDERGARTENS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 13.Two swamp-bound islands in Humboldt Bay and a little matter of kindergartens were responsible for most of the oratory given off during ' the day in the Assembly. Senator Gillette's Senate bill 461 appro- priates $13,00 of the State's money with which: to purchase two small islands almost in the channel of Humboldt har- bor.. The islands are at present owned by private parties, the smaller one of thirty acres, by Daniel Curran, the larger, ome ‘of seventy acres, by Robert Gunther. Both are'nee¢ded in the improvements that the increasing business of Homboldt bay ‘mdkes necessary. - Benator Gillette’s bill makes provision for the purchase and-the price fixed Is considered by those who have investigat- ed the matter thoroughly to be a rea- sonable one. Grove Johnson, who had not investigat- ed the proposition, did not think so, how- ever, and for reasons best known to John- son, he put up his usual fight against the measure. To-day, however, he reckoned without his host; the San Francis gatlon is as much through with Grovel as it is.with Dibble, and they made the Humboldt Bay bill an n@pfll’lu"fl!l to in- form him of the fact. ~Cosper of Tulare, who was the only other member whe - and charged with using the mails for the | Mason and Ellis streets, next Thursday | reserved seats will be disposed of which | 0 dele- | stood with him and his attack upon the | need. BURNS STIL still trying to get a caucus. by an overwhelming majority. Burng' latest caucus scheme is political methods. given 0 ©-0-6-000-00-0 0000000000000 sixty at the same time and the c sixty signatures were obtained. all to no effect. was too palpable. journ seems FOR A CAUCUS Another Effort Made to Line Up the Republicans. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, March 13.—Dan Burns is His lieutenants and all of his supporters among the legislators worked to this end with all their might and main to-day and to-night, but when they reported progress to their chief late to-night it was found that two-thirds of the Republican members of the Legislature would have nothing to do with the scheme. Even some of Burns’ own men shied at the proposition. Hoey, who refused to sign this latest invitation to legislators to cast conscience and duty to the winds and elect Burns Senator. To add to his other woes Burns finds himself face to proposition to adjourn the Legislature next Saturday. emptiness of the boasts that have been made by his lieutenants that he will be elected this week, Burns issued orders this morning that the proposition to adjourn on Saturday should be defeated at all hazards. The joint resolution fixing final adjournment at the date named having already passed the Assembly it was in the Senate that his faithful fol- lowers sought to execute the orders of the Mexican. attended their efforts,. however, that when a motion was made to post- pone consideration of the joint resolution until Friday it was voted down Taken by-and-large the day was a par- ticularly bad one for the Candelaria candidate. Though it fared badly it is still interesting as an illustration of what a man will d6 who is grasping at straws. chief supporters in - the Legislature were rounded up last night and instructions to select from among the followers of other candi- dates such men as they were most intimate with and who would be most likely to listen to the voice of the tempter. tion was to be made that each sign a separate call for a caucus, the fact of his having signed such a call to be kept secret until a total of names should have been secured, then all should be made public aucus held. In this way no one of those who signed the call would know that another had signed it until a total of It was a clever scheme and all cess was the necessary signatures. It wasjust here that the rub came. One after another the followers of Grant, Barnes and Scott were ap- proached and taken aside into dark corners where the proposition was broached to them in whispers and with a great show of secrecy, but Some laughed, others gave utterance to words more forcible than elegant and all refused to sign. The intent of the scheme Having again failed in his attempt to get a caucus, and with the ad- ment resolution coming up to-morrow morning for final action, it more than probable that the Mexican will have to remain in the open and take his defeat with as good grace as possible. [Es Among these was Senator face with a Knowing the So little success of a kind in keeping with his other e ] His [} a ] L] e . L] [} L] @ ¢ e e q To these the proposi- that was lacking to make it a suc- o0 90006 00 00 measure, was as Ju!k\lwarrantedly bitter and inconsistent as Johnson. nCOSper oftered Bsrix amendmeqnt providing 1! none of the $13/ rfig\tnar “ondemnation proceedings had been taken and a price on the property fixed by the (‘nur:{s. Tt was voted down bill passed. anSdPl::lee bfllp' by Boyce, has for its ob- ject the incorporation with the gl‘nera} ublic school system the kindergartens t provides that where the census shows 1000 school children in a district a room shall be set aside in the public schools &) ndergarten purposes. 5 l‘:‘)ukr:lan gt Stockton offered an amend- ment making it optional whether kinder- garten classes be formed or not. Cosper at once took up the argument in favor of the school for babies. is speech was eloquent and convincing and was backed by half a dozen other speak- ors in the House, who spoke with equal inspiration. Dunlap sneeringly remarked that the authors of the bill were trying to make baby farms of the public schools and he was promptly called down by De fancie, himself a veteran educator, who remarked that it was too late in the cen- tury for any man to run a tilt with the | kindergartens. Cosper returned the <ald that baby farms were pre- fight and S Uand his confreres wanted to cioely what 1o create; farms where the sturdy plants might be selected and the weeds rooted out. With much oratory and a quantity of logic not always looked for in the lower House ‘Dunlap's amendment was killed and the bill passed. Lawrence Hoey’s Assembly bill 443, ap ropriating $150,000 for the re-establish- r‘:w:{’t of thge San Francisco Normal School and its maintenance, was also passed. Mr. Hoey clearly explained his measure and it found few dissenting votes. Senator Braunhart's seawall bill was also finally fllsgnsed of and will go to the Governor for his signature. PARLIAMENTARY LAW TAUGHT BY YOUNGSTERS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTQ, March 13.—There was a called meeting of-the attaches of the Senate in room 58 at 12:30 o'clock Saturday after- noon in which parliamentary usage and Senatorial rules were laid down after the latest decisions of President Pro Tem. Flint. Clerk Brandon and Sergeant at Arms Martin have been giving the members of the third house very charitable treatment during the session and the grateful at- taches resolved to signify their apprecia- tion of all favors received by presenting their superiors with mementos of the session of 1899. 1t was for the purpose of devising ways and means for the provision of suitable presents that the meéeting was called and the roll call found a full: attendance of the employe end of the upper house. Among the attaches are a number of stanch finpubli('ans. who have grown ven- erable in the service of the party, and not a few of themr have served the dear people of the State as members of the Assembly. There are also a large number, in fact a majority, of youthful prodigies who style themselves the young legislators of 1899 and serve the Senate in the capacity of pages and messengers. ‘At the hour that the meeting convened the young legislators promptly signified their ability to conduct bodies character by nominating and electing a chairman and other officers necessary. They were in the majority and the older head that dared to interfere with their mode of procedure was immediately made to realize the import of *‘ a point of or- der, Mr. Chairman,” with all the dignity that ‘the youthful Jeglslators could mus- er. The “point of order’ was invariably well taken and the seniors of the meet- ing had no use for an appeal from the decision of the chair. Reluctant acquies- cence to the rulings of the chair was the rule until the youngsters proceeded to appoint a soliciting committee. A colored gentleman who Is a favorite of the boys whas made chairman of the committee, and there was then open revolt and a | wholesale leave-taking on the part of the minority. The boys are still In possession but are wondering where the necessary funds for their purchase is coming from. i G, DROUGHT SUFFERERS ASK FOR STATE AID CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 13.—Again have the drought-stricken farmers of San Luis Obispo County been compelled to appeal to the State for ald that starvation may be for a time held at bay. To-day Assemblyman Burnett of the suffering county handed into the Assem- bly the following piteous appeal from the residents of the little village of Adelalde: “ADELAIDE, March 4, 1899. “To the Honorable naté and Assem- bly of the State of California, now in session at Sacramento: of the \V!:ereas. In ‘:lhlS neighborhood for the last two years e ro has caused a complete faliure of drought has, Ca i dersigned residents and crops, we, cers of Adelalde, San Luis Obispo ‘5::533’)? State of California, do humb?y betition your honorable bodies for relief In the way of provisions, as a large num- ber of families are in destitute circum- s aid is Immediately stances, and_unle Semdered starvation will follow. There- | fore, we, your humble petitioners, pray | that you take action at once.” The petition is signed by twenty-four residents and taxpasers of Adelaide and its vicinity. It was ordered printed in the Journal, and it -isMlikely that the stricken people of the southland will get the aid of which they stand so much in There still remajns unspent §13,000 of the $25,000 which Claus Spreckels ad- vanced the State for this very purpose and no other appropriation need be made¢ except that now in process of legislation for the remuneration of Mr. Spreckels. GRANT MEN WANT TO POSTPONE FINAL ADJOURNMENT Burns Forces Will Join in the Move to Hold Off the Fatal Day. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 13.—Just before ' this evening'’s session of the Legislature the Grant men got together to discuss ad- journment. The Assembly concurreni resolution providing for an ‘adjourn- ment had gone over to the Senate and had been made a special order for to- morrow morning by a vote that bade fair to carry it through any time if came up, and the Grant men were nof Willlng to tio themselves down.. For some time informal talks be- tween Grant men and Burns men orn the subject of an adjournment have been indulged in, and the caucus this evening was the result of a feeling that Grant might not be much bene- fited if his men bound themselves tc an adjournment next Saturday night. The Burns men are anxious to hold on for another week, and the Grant men are willing to go as far as Wednesday and until the following Saturday if events warranted. It was decided by the conference, therefore, to have the Grant Senators when the. concurrent resolution came up move to postpone consideration until Friday morning. ° The Grant Senators made thelr deal in the Senate and finally compromised by agreeing to let the consideration ot the resolution go over until Thursday morning. This will be done when the resolution comes up té-morrow unless intervening events demand a different course. While together the Grant men talked over the latest straw at which the drowning Burns forces are so eagerly clutchjng. It appeared that nearly every Grant man had been approached by the Burns touts who were handling his petition for a caucus and not one of them had signed it. The only signa- tures the Grant men had seen upon the petitions which had gone the rounds were those of Burns men, and one of them, Burnett, Senator from San Fran- cisco, had withdrawn his name within an hour after he had signed. TROUBLE AHEAD FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 13.—It looks dark ahead for the unfortunate measure known as the county government bill. It came up like Banquo's ghost twice to-day—once this morning, when it was put over till this evening, and again this evening, when it was put over again till to-mor- morrow morning. This evening there was no talk over the bill and it was: quietly slipped on to another day without causing a ripple on the legislative pond. But this morning it was different. The bill was a special order for this morning, and when it came up for consideration there | were several Senators waiting for it with heavy hammers. Morehouse raised the trouble by moving that the bill be madeé a special order for 8 o'clock this evening. This brought Dwyer to his feet with the suggestion that then was as good a time as any to kill the bill and he objected to have it ge = longer without the serious and prob- ably fatal consideration of the Senate. Dickinson suggested that it was' late’in the session and nobody wanted the coun- tK government act anyhow. and he thougnt the best thing that could hap- pen to it would be to allow it to die on the file for unfinished business. He sald he ‘nfi net want it to stand in the way of the general appropriation bill, which will soon make its debut in the Senate, and any way there was no use wasting time over it. Senator Morehouse was the only one to defend the measure. It is a child of the oint Committee on County Government rom the Scnate and Assembly, over which Morehouse presides, anfd his vioce was naturally raised in its behalf. He wanted the Senate to postpone action on the measure, for if it were taken up and killed it would work much injustice to many Senators whose bills on cpunty matters had been embodied in the county government act and would be carried own in its fall. He said he would be unfair to many of his colleagues if he stood aside and left the bill to its fate wlstllcbu'tr a 1wnr(L i o effective was this talk that on the bill was postponed, but omy"g}‘{é': a rollcall had been demanded. Then the Senators relented and this was the result! Ayes 24, noes 5. —_—— The Grip Cure That Does Cure. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes the cause that produces La Grippe. has L. B. & on each In_.blsp;e &?h? Ll ) -