The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1901, Page 2

o GAGE AND THE ALAMEDA DELEGATION CLASH THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1901. GOVERNOR VERSUS THE UNIVERSITY States His Poé ition, and Bills Will Be Altered Accordingly. Special Dispatch to The Call HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | {ENTO, J 16.—The Alameda County delegationhad an audience > or Gage at 3 o'clock with the resuit £ biils relating to revenue of California probably The Governor took stand against the Rowell - of the delegation be- t the Assembly will refuse to res of that character against e rnor's wishes, much less to force throug Under the clieve the | some benefit for the 1 though it be thoroughly the alumni and friends of probably will be substi- aking a direct appropria- tenance during the ears, one amend- per cent of the devoted to perma- making all of it th e, and a mansion f the university. fon did not caucus e with the Governor. i by Senator Tayl gation, probably to- a definite decision will § who bad not been of the conference, ernor's office the heart of the people,” d if they choose to it is not our duty to ! ment of their wish he evidently re- cial management, nf every seven of absence w allows its for any days the p fornia has res- BELIEVES AN INQUI X Serama Taneil, on GRAss VAL SYHILE S, FoR ThE <+ ne tock up the cudgel and the Gov- proceeded: “When the university people asked for the 2 per cent direct tax we were assured t they would ask no more. Now they e clamoring for increased revenue. The stitution already costs more than many Eastern universities, and 1 have to prove it. The claim for in- i revenue is not well founded. I ¢ if in the next ten years there will » any considerable increase in the num- ents enrolled.” ard to the matter of control by Board of Examiners, Senator at the Regents published complete financlal statements ports of their management. but who ever sees those reports?”’ e Governor. as examine any s the retort. 2 3 was more conciliatory in tone and in response to his in- overnor Gage said he would be see a direct appropriation made large & sum as the university need- r its liberal support. Let it be $100,000 or $200,000, as its needs * he said, “even If the State per student is greater tern universities. We are s and believe in supporting our iy with California liberalty."” Gevernor reasserted desire to he act ropriating the 2 per cent direct tax amended and the $30,000 in the Governor's mansion fund transferred to versity maintenance fund. The e lasted three-quarters of an hour. fate of the university measures so as the Assembly in general is con- cerned is in abeyance, pending the ap- pointment of a member to succeed Ber- nard Collins, the deceased Assemblyman from Butte, on the special committee ap- pointed to consider the portions of the Governor's message relating to Stanford 1 the State University. nator Rowell called upon the Gover- during the morning and discussed him the measures already intro- They are the result of conferences g the Regents, the alumni and the ds of the university. Senator Rowell = satisfled with the result of the dis- cussion, and ne belleves there will be no official re- nor with duced. | trouble in formulating measures that will | suit every one. RY WOULD BE PREMATURE HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| n. 16.—7 House Committee ns xpenditures held ting at 8 o'clock this morning ally to “pass the buc the matter of the Cali- | n investigation. A is held by Chair- | be presented to the he committee gives to the ts of its preliminary paraliel of ffairs, as ex- The com- an investiga- At the same es its willing- restigation if its accounts. T under which . may be had. Governor S ) days to programme the z. ar ce the inves- example of superior to the of Examiners, all he has to s the word and the investiga- | on with a vengeance. As it Melick, Bliss, Treadwell and f Amador, with the acquiescence the Democratic member, have | t to claw at-the administration zling in the fire, and Brady, ave kept discreetly in the ting to see what they would APPEAL AGAINST SNAP JUDGMENT Los Angeles Chamber of| Commerce Adopts Resolutions. 1,08 ANGELES, Jan. 16.—The following jons were adopted to-day by the directors of the Chamber of rence to the franchise tate Legislature and nt to the Southern | e with re = been introduced fn the led, “An act providing road a and prov { such franchises by & bodies and re- nd _whereas, the hises for street rail of wvita Ange- snd whereas, it is the desire of the tore of this chamber that such franchise | shall be enacted as will serve the best | rests of this and other cities in the State | rovide for the granting of franchises on -~ and conditions as will be reason- | just_to both cities and corporations & asking therefor and to insure -the ds on just and rea- onsequent bullding up'| of this city, and whereas, we y and ill-considered legisiation | this subject; now, therefore, Reso By the Los Angeles Chamber of " that our representatives in the | ature be and they are hereby requested delay action on the pending bill mentioned and all other legislation on this important subject until the same can be maturely and carefully considered and representatives of this | be heard ‘therson by the proper bammit- | tees. Similar resolutions were adopted to-da: by the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association and the following dispatch | was sent by its secretary to members of | the southern delegation: | There s mo mecessity for immediate action cn the franchise bill. It is objectionable to a large part of our people, who desire to be heard. Please postpone action and present this to the Southern California delegation. BELSHAW’S FISH BILL PRESENTED Designed to Protect the Finny Tribes of California. CALIL., HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- M 'O, Jan. 16.—Senator Belshaw intro- duced g bill to-day regulating the catch- ing of fish and the closed seasons, a com- panion measure to the game bill .intro- duced by Senator Laird, except that Bel- shaw's bill does not forbid the sale of fish in markets, hotels, restaurants or elsewhere. From May 31 to July 1, by the bill, it is made unlawful to buy, sell, catch or e In possession any striped bass; from January 1 to July 1, any black bass’ fromn April 1 to August 13, any lobster or craw- fish; from May 1 to September 1, any hrimps; and at any time to have In pos- session any striped bass of less than ona pound, or lobster or crawfish of less than nine Inches in length, or any female crab or sturgeon. Trout, éxcept steelhead, are barred from November 1 to April 1. It is further provided there shall be no fishing in_streams where there are Gov- ernment fish hatcheries. The dynamiting of streams is forbidden as before and the legislation regarding nets and seines and the sizes of their mesh is re-enacted. LATE ARRIVALS AT THE CAPITAL { George A. Knight Among Those With Axes to Grind. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—Gecrge A. Knight came up from.the city to-day, lured hither by Burnett's bill té abelish ‘the position of attorney to the San Francigsco Board of Health. Mr. Knight is the attorney for the board. M. C. Hassett is here to look out for some public “administration legislation and g smail clalm bill on the side. C. R. Brown, formerly a newspa of Sacramento, private necre(arvy ;gr (l:nnnr: gressman Woods, is in Sacramento, g—le came from Washington to look after Woods' interest in the apportionment. Bart Kavanaugh and Frank Daroux are here ?ner pool!‘ellir;z leg[lilntlon. They are after an extension of the of Belshaw's bill. Reevichs William Denman of San Francisco came up this evening in the interest of school | legislation. S s No More Stenographers. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—There was a caucus "Jf the Republican Senators this morn- ng to try to make a place for anot stenographer, but the pfm falled. Th‘;:; were plenty to favor the appointment, but under the caucus rule one objection is fatal and there were several to object. It was threatened that if the door were opened the addition would not be allowed 10 stop at one, so ti not made. e appointment was ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 16.—The fifht is on | over the franchise bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Simpson and in the Assembly by Mr Broughton of Los Angeles. The Assem- ! bly bill was referred to the Committee on Munieipal Corporations and yesterday !t was reported upon favorably by that com- mittee. There has been a hitch, however, and now the matter has been reopened by the committee, the favorable report has been set aside for a time and the bill will be considered in committee again. The delay has come from the opponents of the bill in the south, who have kepi the wires hot with messages and the mails full of letters asking, ordering and demanding delay until they can reach here and be heard. The consideration ot the bill has been set for Monday next and at that time an open fight will begin. The Pill is a measure to regulate the sale of franchises and their advertise- ment, to define the term ‘‘gross receipts,” and to provide for a system by which scekers after franchises may bid against the highest bidder after the sealed bids shall have been opened. It places the ad- vertisement of franchises at the option of the City Council. The opponents of the bill declare it should be left as now— to the people. It defines the gross receipts of a branch system as that proportion of the receipts which bears the same rela- tion to the whole as does the size of the’ branch to the size of the system. The opponents declare that a ten-mile branch in a 1000-mile system may earn three- GRIST OF BILLS IN TlE SENATE Many New Measures Presented by the Upper House Members. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MEN' Jan. 16.—The following billshave been introduced in the Senate: §. B, 214, Cutter—Directing the auditing board to the Commissioner of Public Works to consider the Bear and Yuba rivers in their work of drainage. s. B Lukens—Amending section 670 of the Civil Code. 8. B. 216, Lukens—Amending section 1886 of the Palitical Code, relating to loans. S. B. 217. Oneal--Appropriating $5000 to study history of various insects. 21§, Oneal—Amending section 849 of the B Code of Civil Procedure, relating to service of summons. s E. 213, Devlin—Amending section 487 of de, defining grand larceny. Devlin—Amending section 1021 of e, relating to accession of prop- S. B. 221, county government act, relating to compens: Tyrrell of Nevada—Amending the tion of officials in countles of the thlrt seventh clase. S, B. 222, Wolfe—Appropriating $611 30 to pay the claim of F. Phillips. 8. B. 223, Lardner—Placing the Lake Tahoe wagon road under the control of the Depart- ment of Highways, and appropriating $20,000 for the same. S. B. 2%, Lardner—To provide for the loc tion, constiuction and maintenance of a State higkway near Tallac, and appropriating $33,000 for the ‘purpose. 8. B. 225, Goad—Appropriating $4000 for an ice machine for the Mendoeino Asylum. S. B. 22, Goad—Appropriating $7000 for an electrical plant at the Mendocino Asylum. 8. B. 227, Goad—Appropriating $25.000 for a new ward buflding at the Mendocino Asylum. 8. 228, Goad—Appropriating §21,000 for sewer pipe at Mendocino Asylum. S. B. 229, Shortridge—Amending sections § and 10 of the act of 1895, regulating the im- provement of navigable streams. S. B, 230, Nutt—Amending section 3442 of the Civil_Code, relating to fraud. S. B. 232, Nutt—Amending section 850 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to actions in Justice courts. 2 € B. 231, Nutt—Amending section 412 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to publica- tion of summons. €. B Nutt—Amending section 14 of the CIxil_Code, defining code terms. §. B. 234, Nutt—Amending section 871 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to judgment by defaul s Nutt—Amending section 883 of the munlcalpal corporation act of 1883 S. B. 205, Nutt—Amending section 880 of the munieipal corporation act of 18§3. S. B. 237, Nutt—Amending section 2003 of the P;mx’:'.x Code, relating to the National Guard. 8. 238, Wolfe—Appropriating $25 20 to pay~| the claim of Thomas J. Wal fan_Francigco, to_Sac S B oo sh. Reglstrar of for bringing electoral returns ramento. 2%, Currier—Suppl ot of 1887, . 240, Davis—Amending section 3704 of the Political Code, relating to the duties of the State Board of Bgqualization. emental to the irri- on livestock a misdemeanor. £ B. 242, Sims—Amending section 857 of the Penal Ccdé, making the altering of brands on livestock with intent to steal, a felony. S. B. 243, Belshaw—Amending sections 623 632 and 635 of the Penal Code and adding new section relating to the preservation of fis! 8. B. 244, Simpson—Amending the State law relative to taking inventories of State property. S. B. 245, Byrnes—Appropriating $10,000 to as- sist the Aftorney General in the defense of the suit of the Southern Pacific Company against the Board of Rallroad Commissioners in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. 8 B. 246, Deviin—Amending section 638 of the Civil_Code, relating to corporation: §. B. 247, Welch—Adding new sections to the Politiea! Code concerning elections, and repeal- ing sections 1118, 1119 and 1357 to 13%0, both In- clusty €. B. 248, Sims—Amending section 791 of the Political Code, relating to notaries. Devlin introduced a constitutional amendment to section 8, article II, of the State constitution, relating to the fram- ing of a charter for cities of more than 3500 inhabitants. INQUIRY INTO NOME SCANDAL Congress May Be Asked to Question Judge Noyes. CALL. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—Senator Flint will to- morrow introduce in the'Senate and As- semblyman Schlesinger will introduce in the Assembly a joint resolution, asking Congress to appoint a committee to in- vestigate the conduct of Judge Noyes of Alaska and his relations to the miners and those the miners were opposing. The excitement and scandal brought about by the contempt proceedin against Alexander McKenzle and w{; Dubose and the sensational evidence given in connection with them, and the undue and unenviable notoriety which they brought to Judge Noves, will be assigned as the reasons for -the resolution and the justification for the Congressional inves- tigation. The resolution has behind it the law- yers who have the Alaska miners for their clients and who have experlenced the kind of justice dealt out by Judge N.ayes‘ ourt. ““Wiliiam H. Metson of Reddy, Campbell & Metson, who took a prominent part in the Cape Nome litigation, was in Sacra- mento on Monday. He he came to witness the electoral ceremonies. He did not mention the resolution. ————— RTLAND, Jan. 16 —At a joint meetl i Portiant Board Driito Johd o e facturers’ Association this afternoon :t AQe- olded o hold a fair in Portiand in 1905 to celebrate the first centennfal of the arrival of the Lewis and Clark expedition in the Terri- tery of Oregon. S. B. 241, Sims—Making the aitering of brands | | duced in the Senate by Lardner. Special Dispatch to The Call. &+ | * 5 BILLS CARRYING w APPROPRIATIONS Large Sums Asked Forin “ Some of the New Measures. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—Among the forty-seven bills introduced in the Assembly yesterday | were several which involve appropriations { of considerable size. Some of these bills have also been introduced in the Senate. | Macbeth introduced the San Francisco Normal School appropriation bills whici | have been introduced in the Senate. They | rovide altogether for an appropyiation of | Merritt fntroduced a bill carrying with | N 1 4+ *| | Jorr walTea Ryan °F HUMBOLDT, Erdovep ~we | FICRNING SE5316m OF mssEmpLy. [ | * 1 it an appropriation of $85,000 for the con- struction of a State Lighway to connect the county highway systems of Santa Barbara and Kern countles. Duryea of- fered a bill for the construction of a State highway at Lake Tahoe, beginning near Myers station and extending past Tallac, Emerald Bay and McKinneys to Tahoe City, at a cost of $36.000. This was {ntro- Johnson introduced Senator Devlin's Supreme Court commission bill renewing the commission and appropriating $67,000 for its maintenance. Wright of Santa Ciara presented a measure appropriating $5000 for the study of insects beneflcial and injurious to the fruit industry, the study to be prosecutea under the direction of tie State Board of Hortlculture. Feliz of Monterey ‘ntroduced a bill ap- propriating $5000 for the establishment of a fish hatchery at the Headwaters of the Carmel River in Monierey County, A Dbill Introduced by Foster of Alameda County provides for an appropriation of $5612 to meet the deficiency in the Adult Blind fund. Sutro of San Francisco introduced a constitutional amendment which gives the people the right of initlative in the matter of amendments to ireeholders’ charters and another providin, fr‘:{ the drafting of county government charfers on the plan of freeholders’ charters for cities. Fee s i BAD CLAUSE IN NEW RULES Enables Three or Four Men to Block Leg- islation* CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—Members of the Legis- lature who have given to the subject of rules close study assert that the rule adopted yesterday, relating to free con- ference, must be amended because it del- egates legislative powers to a commit- tee and is therefore unconstitutional, Ac- cording to the joint rule in question, fail- ure of the free conference to agree de- cldes the fate of the bill. This practical- | 1y gives to three or four members of the committee the power to defeat a bill which both houses have passed. The ob- ject of the conference is to promote and not to kill legislation. Suppose that the primary election law should get into free conference by the manipulation of the bosses, and that one of Boss Kelly's agents on the floor should whisper to the presiding officer, “Put so and so on the conference.” In the rush of legislation the presiding officer might an- announce the confcreiice committee as requestea, Agents of ihe bosses would bring about a disagrecment, and, accord- ing to the proposdd new rule, the bill would be killed in committee. The old rule which was set aslde reads: The report of the committee on free conference shall not be subject to amendment in_either house, but the conference may be discharged and other conferences appointed, or the report ml be recommitted {0 the same conference. fter the members of the Legislature take time to read Cushing’s Manual and study the rules adopted by Congress, they will undergo a change of mind in respect to giving a free conference committee the power to defeat a bil —_———— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take hnuv-l Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druzgists refund the money If it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. Zc. * i FIGHT OVER BROUGHTON’S FRANCHISE BILL BEGINS The fight againstthe bill will be en- gineered by the Traction Company of Los Angeles and the Sait Lake Company. Be- hind the Salt Lake Company is Senator Clark of Montana, who has had experi- ence in close legislation, and with those powers arrayed against the Southern Pa- ¢ific the fight promises to be an Interest- ng one. The franchise fight in Los Angeles is an old one. For several years the Traction Company has been trying to obtain vgri- ous franchises in several parts of Los Angeles, but each attempt has been blocked. The matter was finally made an issue in the last campaign, with the re- sult that a council uninflienced by the Southern Pacific was put in and the Trac- tlon Company made another application for several franchices it wanted. The franchises asked for provide for the car- rying of all passengers over the Tractien lines, which means that if any but the Traction Company obtains the privilege it will force a transfer system. The rea- son for this, it is alleged, is that the local raflway system is such that to grant franchises to any company that would refuse to do business with the Traction Company would not serve the people of the localities sought to be benefited. Such a provision is not included in the bills introduced, and the Los Angeles people desire to have it added. It is urged, too, that under the pro- visions relating to gross receipts it would be possible for a road to bid a higher per- centage of the gross receipts, build but a portion of the road and surrender the remainder of the franchise by a consent which is not always hard to obtain. here is another bill, drawn by opposing the present measures, which those wil fourths of the receipts, and yet under opwry /7% bENZIE | o be introduced within a few days and there the bill be credited with but one-tenth of JoN Vesk grr n TE L ere a number of amendments which the them. And as for allowing bids against | Caror 7% Do dusmEss cpponents of the present bills will bring the highest sealed bid, they claim it will with them from the south in the hope of simply” allow the company with most ' having them grafted upon the subject of money to carry away the prize, £ % «+ the whole controversy. L T e T Y ) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD Assembly Adjourns Be- cause of Collins’ Demise. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—The Assembly ad journed this morning without the trans action of any business as a mark of re spect to the memory of Bernard Collins, Assemblyman from Butte, who died yes terday of pneumonia. A great bouquet of roses tied with crape adorned the desk of the deceased mem- her when the Assembly was called to or- der. Rolicall began and when Clerk Lioyd called “Collins of Butte” Johnsoa arose and said: “‘Our friend and associate has been called to answer the roli in the house not made by hands, in that undiscovercd country from whose bourne no traveler returns, and he is to-day in the presence of his Maker to answer to him for his deeds here on earth. “For lwenlf%une years I had known Mr. Collins and In every relation of life, a3 friend, neighbor, citizen, loving husband {and father, I know that he bore himse!f in an irreproachable manner. Here in the Assembly we had not had time to come to a just appreciation of his high charac- ter, his great intellect and indomitabla will. I do not hesitate to say that had he been spared he would have made an honorable record here and would after- ward‘ ha;;e been r:;allsd to positions of greater honor and trust b h 1 of Butte County. B ey “It is my painful duty to announce the death of our friend, »ur associate, Hon, B. Collins of Butte and to request that the Assembly now adjsurn out of respect ffered a resolution calling | for the appointment of five members from the Assembly to act with five members | from the Senate as a joint committee on resolutions in_memory of the deceased | member and Schillig nffered one for the appointment of three members to act with two from the Senate as a joint com- mittee of five on funeral arrangements. Both were adopted and on a resolution of- fered by Melick the Assembly adjourned. Speaker Pendleton apuointed fon the committee on resolutions Rutherford, Dunlap, McNeil, Higby and Cowan, and for the committee on funeral arrange- ments Schillig, Johnson and Schlesinger. The committee on arrangements for the funeral of Assemblyman Collins has an- nounced that the funeral will be held in the Assembly chamber at 2 o'clock Fri- day afternoon. The Sepators will sit with the Assemblymen as at a joint_assembly. Rev. C. L. Mlel, assisted by Rev. C. P. Wilson, chaplain of the Assembly, and Rev. C. W. Evans, chaplain of the Sen- ate, will conduct the services. The Sac- ramento posts of the Grand Army of the Republic will participate in the funeral ceremony. The body will be buried in the State plat in the City Cemetery. The following will be honorary pall- bearers: Senators—Thomas Flint Jr., W. F. Maggard and J. C. Sims. Assembly- men—C. W. Pendleton, Grove L. Jdhnson and W. 8. Melick. The active palibearers will be Attorney General Tirey L. Ford, State Printer A. J. Johnston, Judge E. t, PLAYS HIS PART WELL WHILE FATHER LIES DEAD Ulric B. Collins Is Obliged to Appear as Usual in the Performance of “Way Down East.” BOSTON, Jan. 16.—Ulric B. Collins, who is appearing as David Bartlett In “Way Down East” at the Tremont Theater, to- day received news of the death of his father, Barnabas Collins, at Sacramento, 3 Mr. Colling has no understudy in Cal. the company and consequently he was obliged to play at the afternoon and evening performances precisely as.though nothing serious had occurred. ‘The matinee audience was so delighted with his work that it compelled him to walk before the curtain and there bow his acknowledgments. Ulric will not re- turn to Sacramento. His brother, Wilkie Collins, editor of the Sacramento’ Bee, is there, and inasmuch as he could not pos- sibly arrive in season for the funeral, the younger son will continue with his part n “Way Down E: ANTI-POOLROOM BILL’S CHANCES Belshaw’s Measure Will ‘Come Up in Commit- tee To-Day. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—Beishaw's pool selling measure, restricting the selling of pools to the places where the contests upon which they are sold are held, will come up before the Senate Committee on Corpora- tions and Public Morals to-morrow. 1here is much talk of amenaments which wiil be submitted, but no one seems to know what the amendments will do to the orig- inal measure. There will be present at the committea meeting to-morrow a delegation from the Municipal Government Club of Sausalito, the organization which inspired the bill. to urge a favorable report upon the measure. _— Favor Devlin's Bill. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16.—The Senate Committee on Agriculture decided to-day urfl;n fayorably on Devlin's bill ap- to propriating $100,000 to purchase the 5 CGitural Park property in this cite 257 SUITS THE NEEDS OF HENRY MILLER | | Assembly Corporations Committee Reconsiders|Schillig’s County Division Bill Its Action in Reporting Measure Favorably. Pleases Santa Clara Ring. Special Dispatch to The Call | The Santa Clara divisionists maintain 1 silence, but their approval of the bill is | |an open secret. e measure is the one | | scheme which will place at the disposal of cunning manipulators easy and inex- pensive means of accomplishing their purposes. If the bill shall become a law there remains for them only the necessity of convincing a few scatiered ranchers that a new county of their own will po sess advantages—then officers, franchises and county control come within the grasp 9f the schemers. As yet there is no mqney In the fight, but all interested are gwalting with in- terest the action of ry Miller. It is asserted that he stands' ready to supply money to any amount necessary to se cure the division of Santa Clara County. 4 The Inference arrived at here is that the Schilliz bill me the purposes of Miller and Rea 30 well that they are content to ! | wait until its fate be decided. Assemblyman Schillig asserted to-day that he introduced the measure because he believed it to be a desirable one. *““The constitution,” 1e sald, “gives the Legislature the power to enact such 2 general law and I believe that power should be exercised. Any one who re- members the scandals attendant upon th division of San Bernardino, Kings ar Glenn counties will agree that the prese method is most objectionable. It is tru Broughton asked me to introduce the bil but I consented soleiy because I hav considered a general law provid method of county division desira Broughton denies that the b passed up to him before he turned to Schillig. He says: “Ten years was up here as a member of the house’ and we succeeded in getting su a bill through the Assembly, but killed it in the Senate. I have bellev since then that an act of this kind shouid become a law. S “Why did I turn it over to Mr. Schilliz Well, the eastern end of my district, Pomona as a center, wants d 1 THE REVW.CE CHAPLAIN OF THI SENATE DoiNg HIS DuTy .~ Yz, on U -+ ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 18—The county division act, Assembly bill No. B s Rabis 242, introduced by Schilig yes- | T Aomt Know whera I stan terday, and its bearing on the | care to father this bill. I figured Schillig came from two such small cou ties—Yuba and Sutter—that no one co accuse him_of having a county d scheme up his sleeve, so I gave him the Bill and he thought it a good one and readily eonsented to introduce it.” Broughton admitted that he had talked to other Assemblymen about the bill, but refused to give their names, claiming it would be a breach of confldence. Ha denied that any one Interested in Santa Clara division had talked with him or that any one had suggested that he get Sechillig to Introduce the biil ISanta Clara county division scheme and the plans of “promoters’” in other sec- tions of the State, were subjects of much discussion among Assemblymen and Sen- ators to-day. As a result of the disclos- ure made in The Call this morning of the approval given the measure by the Santa Clara speculators and politicians, Assem- blymen Schillig and Broughton have de- voted much of their time to-day to the attempt to demonstrate their good faith in advocating the bill. N 0 W APPORTIONMENT SCHEME FINDS FAVOR CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—The Senate Apportion- ment Committee met this morning, but proceeded no further than organization and a determination to meet often. The Congressional districts were discussed, but no action upon them can be taken until Congress shall . have decided how many of them there will be; consequently the work of the committee for some time yet will be somewhat speculative. | There has been one idea advanced, how- | ever, which is new, and in carrying it out the vexed question of making the Demo- cratic Sixth District a Republican dis- trict will have been solved. The plan is | to make of San Francisco two Congres- | sional districts, the Fourth and the Fifth. | The city has a popuiation of 342,782, which vould leave for each district 171,391, or s much as either the Seventh or Eighth E ing exemption certificates to enlisted men after five years' service upon their muster out under similar circumstances. Byrnes introduced a :bill an appropriation of $10,000, e between W. W. Foote and R. Y. H for services in behalf of the State as co sel in the suit of the Southern Pa against the Rallroad Commission befora the District Court in 1807. Welch introduced the primary law al- ready presented in the Assembly b Treadwell. Sims introduced a bill limit- ing the number of notaries in citles of ths first class, which means San Franeisco, to seventy. | SUSPICIOUS OF ‘ THE BRADY BILL 1 districts will have under the present Telephone Manager Glass scheme. ~ A “This would allow San Mateo, Santa Says It’'s a Cinch Cruz and Santa Clara to go into the Sixth District, which would make it certainly Republican. The proposition has been broached to the San Francisco delegation and it has met their favor. They would be glad to have the city by itself and free from the county fights, and the counties would be as_glad to be free of the city. Senator Lardrer has a proposition to make one Senatorial Gistrict out of Placer County, leaving out El Dérado, but the problem of what to do with El Dorado under the circumstances makes the suc- cess of the scheme doubtful. Measure. “That’s the cincher,” sald the push after reading The Call synopsis of Assembly- man “Colonel” Brady’s bill for the regu tion of telephone rates. At headquarters of the telephone s tem it is suspected that Martin Kelly a Sam Rainey had a hand In_the prepara- tion of the proposed cinch. It is a sign cant fact that the managers of the Sunset corporation were advised by a lawyer 5o some weeks ago that an attorney been engaged to draw up a regula bill. Since the first day of the legislat WORK OF THE | session the lobby strikers at Sacramen:, COMMITTBBS| have been talking about the determina- tion of the Legislature to put a stop to the extortion of the telephone company. Joint Conference Will Be Held on Code Revision b The hints and suggestions apparen had no effect on the managers of the ¢ poration. They did not advise any to withhold the bill or submit pr its 2 vislons to their attorneys, but went right Bills. | along_collecting the long distance doliar A . and the urban nickel just as if the Legis- CALIL, HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-|lature was not in session. Louis Glass, general manager of the Pa- cific Teleé)hnne and Telegraph Company and the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, asserts that the companies with which he'is connected will not contribute one dollar toward defeating the bill in- troduced by Assemblyman Brady. “I do not know,” remarked Mr. Glass yesterday, “that the bill was introduced in the Legislature to cinch our company, but I suspect that it was, and I believe that two bosses In San Francisco, one a Democrat ana the other a Republic: knew that a measure of this kind was contemplation. MENTO, Jan. 18.—The Senate Judiciary Committee has reported against Corlett's Senate bill No. 17, which provides for the | passage of community property to a| woman without administration. Davis’' Senate bill No. 35, to give elec-| tric wire lines of all kinds the rights of | eminent domain, was reported upon fa- verably. Devlin's Benate bill No. 42, making it | a felony to steal an electric current from a live wire or to tamper with electric meotors or lines for fraudulent purposes, | was amended t6 make the offense a mis- | “So far as our company is . demeanor and was then reported UPOn fa- | continued Mr. Glass, “we Shail cr:fi;adin vorably. the fair dealing of the Legislature. Wao “fhe Code Revision Committees of the two houses held a joint meeting this even- ing and decided to meet together and consider the code revision bills, so that their reports may not conflict. The Assembly Committee on Prisonsand Reformatories met this afternoon and de- cided to report hvonb!{ Assembly bill No. 88, introduced by Atherton, directin the State Prison Directors to employ a! least twenty prisoners in the construction and repair of roads to the State Prison at_San Quentin. The Assembly Committee on Claims met this morning and decided to report fa- vorably, with a few amendments as to phraseology, Assembly bill No. 21, appro- propriating $455 38 to pay the claims of battalion officers and officers and men of Companies B an , Second Infantry, Na- S Guard of California, for services | ‘:g-d B‘:-tzhhgung Office, as recom rendered in defending prisoners in the Co- | ménded by the Senate committee, wou!d lusa County Jail from mob viclence in (DOt Prove profitable, inasmuch as tha August, 1597 | greater part of the work done in the offica The Committee on Claims also decided | 15 In the form of tabulated reports which to report favorably Assembly bill No. 24, | It i8 claimed, cannot be readily hand making an appropriation of to pay tha | OB linotypes. claim of the American Type Foundry, o} & e Srave 'UNTERFEIT: LAN signed by the Sglinn l’l)le(mocr:tl fol;ng:g- 3 onal a: - lishing proposed constitul D D AT A ments. Detective Moffitt of the Secret Servics SHORT SESSION o the Secrt OF TR STATE! . T T Y. EUREKA, Jan. 1.—Jchn Nelson ot Nutt Pregents & Bill Ag | NeSShent kas Seen pinced wnder arrest fecting the National are not at the mercy of the San Francisco delegation. We have friends in every county and business interests throughout the State. You can say in The Call that the company will not pay one dollar to defeat cinch legislation.” —_—— Typographical Union’s Protest. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16.—The members of Sacramento Typographical Union No. “ metmm-nix-l}: n.ndh adopted resolutions rotesting against the propo for e wagse in the Btate Drinkine Omouction resolutions set forth that the union rj | vors the State retaining the ownersh! | every utility now emploved in the adm istration of its government. The uni shows further that the use of linotypes 1 as the result of Investixations of H. M. Moffitt, an officer of the United States Secret Service Bureau, Wwho has been working for several davs to discover tha Guard. source of counterfeit coins, particulari, _— nickels and five-dollar pieces, which hava CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA. | Deen in circulation In {hls county for some time. His search resuiied in the discov- ery of a complete electric plating omtdit. No molds or other necessary tools wets found. Some fine-grade lead pipe, how. ever, was uncovered. Detective Motfitt received his clew from James Amen, who has just been taken to San Quentin for cattle stealing. J. ¥. Culverson was arrested several years ag- for sing counterfeit quarters. While awaiting trial in the United States Dis- trict Court he .obtained his release on straw bonds and disappeared. Althoug:. his presence in this county has be: known to the Government officers mo MENTO, Jan. 16.—There was but a short session of the Senate this morning, and when it adjourned it did so out of respect to the memeory of Bernard Collins of Butte, the Assemblyman who died yes- terday. Before adjourning a committee of two, consisting of Senator M 3 whose Senatorial district includes lins” Assembly district, and Senator Sims, were appointed to assist in the arrangements '°{’-:h°qmm"v:' bills we: introd enty ne re introduced, among them being one by Nutt to provide the retirement of National Guard officers | tempt was made to rearrest him. after five years' service upon their must ll" Nelson was arraigned on the counter- out because of reorganization, and allow- | feiting charge and released on $1000 bonds. .