The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1901, Page 2

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1901, SUPPORTERS OF THE HEALTH BILLS RESORT TO TRICKERY PROPOSED | CHANGE IN | DISTRICTS New Plan of Appor- tionment Added | to the List. | CECEF G Designed to Give the Sixth an Assured Republican Majority. v Democratic be EILL TO PERPETUATE INCUMBENTS IN OFFICE th of Los Angeles Would Logical Candidates” of Public S ervants. CENSURES PBESTONfi { SCHOOL MANAGEMENT Report Assembly Committee on State Prisons and Reforma- tory Institutions. HEADQUAR' of | SACRA- | embly Commit- | Reformatory In- | rning in 1 i& spoken of | and by con- srce to the » note | words Whittier School SRSV SN Davis’ Flight of Oratory. | CRAMENTO, Feb. 19.—In‘the Senate | y H bill requ that em- | ps and shingle mills | er at midday | Sen- gest | vic- stron, n, carried it to ns of interference | Bl ADVERTISEMENTS. A POOR BREAKFAST. ery Few People Eat a Good Break- fast. | break [ { | | | st is a roll ana inct st order in After seem th the home circie 3 " fast it | _meal of the substantial one, 1, unartificial us do, e “During 1 never d, substan- ed It was of no n 1o lose appetite | 31d me I was a take r woulg wed 5 1 d reach the trouble. but this advice I could not »w, as my busin £ it, and to g ss affairs would not | T medicines and -pres relief I resorted to | iptions, and it was | purely aceidental that I hit upon one rem. ! e edy w ich did the business. While in a nz I noticed a number | 1art’s Dyspepsia Tab- dvertised preparation for | stomach troubles, and the force of ex- ample was t0o much for me and I bought | a fifty-cent package. { “I took a tablet or two after each meal, | and in a week my appetite picked up, | began to feel. my old ambition for work | returning and could eat a good breakfast | because J wanted Jt. and from that time | 10 this T take Stuari's D¥spepsia Tablets | @5 regularly @s I gake my meals, not be- cause 1 now have auy trouble with my | mitted” to the WRESTLING WITH CODE REVISION Senate and Assembly Begin Work on’ the Bills. s Number 138 Goes to Its Second Reading in the Upper House. — Epectal Dispatch to The Call. DQUARTERS, SACRA- 9.—The committee subs which is the meas- Code of Civil Proced- g the -day. There were some amendments an attempt to the bill a eclares that a person to whom a of action has been assigned merely llection is not a party in interest, have erefore the assignee cannot sug. apt_to -am was voted down. of the section is to throw a g-block in the way of cellection to strike out a clause in h would allow the a ompetent person’ tives of a deceased minister upon an estate, was E This removes a. clause which aroused great opposition from Public Ad- trators to strike from the e exempting from ny communi- cation made to an attorney with the in- 1 of having It communicated to party having an interest adverse to client, or when the same is made in » furtherance of fraud or crime, was amendments , Davis and & most of the talking. up for third readin the Civil special order for amendments ;h'\ Code of Civil Pro- the beginning of the en up instead of 626. come primed with bjected strenuously rred to the Judi- he bil ition of fou f work » Comm: and reference Judic mmittee would probable defeat of nted to pos instead of refer- noved that precludi such ac bill 626 be considered g amendment. Sher. tion would n sk withdrew ur motio; d ate notice he defendant if he be defeated. amendment stri bill which legalizes It proved a adopted. > served on t e county. dan offered an ing ¥ amendment to offer, necessary to have the applica- the disqualification of a Judge ade before the action be b ado; was pted. rw in behalf of that the bill should ugh to final passag tures be or ding. The motion prov: > st, in the midst of which Feliz called attention to the fact that the for adjournment had arrived, and jurnment was conse4uently taken, SUTRO’S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ADOPTED Designed to Provide a Method for Amending Freeholders’ Charters. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 18.—Sutro embly con- stitutional amendme t No. 11 was adopted this morning. The proposed amendment adds a new section to the constitution providing a method of amending freehold- ers’ charters, as follo Whenever an amend ! t is presented to the Board of Electjon Commissioners of such city or city.and county, signed by qualified elec equal in. number to-one-tenth of the total of much city or city-and county at the last pre »us_general -éléction, such amerdment shall be advertised in-the manner vrovided for the advertising of progosed city charters, and sub- oters at a general or speci proved by a it shall its- ap- e vote the voting the Legislat 1 Iteraticn or amend- may be mada by concur- It Such appro rent resolution. and if vote of‘the membe amendment_si approved by a majority elected to each House, the thereupon become & patt of such charter-and supersede all laws and provi- sions of such charter fn conflict therewith, More. than one amendment may be submitted at the same time, but a separate resolutfon of the legislative authority of such city or city and comnty, or a separate petition by the voters thereof,” hall ‘be had for each such amend. ment, &nd the Legislature shall vote separately wponeach such amendment. SENATE WOULD KNOCK OUT THE HORTON LAW Passes Leavitt’s Bill Regulating Ad- mission to Places of Amuse- ment. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 19.—By the passage of Leavitt's bill to allow owners of places of emusement to refuse admission to per- sons who have been found guilty of violat- ng the rules of the place of amusement or of conduct prejudicial to the Interest of | the proprietor, the Horton law is prac- tically knocked out. The bill was warmly discussed by Ashe, Shortridge and Smith of. Kern, who o) posed it, and Leavitt, who supported it. It was charged that the bill was, for one thing, an attempt to gag the press by al- lowing the summary ejection of critics. 1e bill was passed by a vote of 22 to 10, The roll call was as follows: Ay Belshaw, Burnett, Byrnes, Corlett, Currier, Cutter, Davis, Greenwell, Hoey, Laird, ‘Lardner, 'Leavitt, Luchsinger, Lukens, Maggard, Selvage. Stmpson, Smith of Los An: Tyrrell of Nevada, Tyrrell of San Franciscg, Wolfe—22. Noes—Ashe, Curtin, Nelson, Nutt, Oneal, Rowell, Shortridge, Sims, Smith of Kern, Welch-10. Absent—Bettman, Caldwell, Devlin, Flint, Goad, Muenter, Pace, Plunkett—S. i TO ABOLISH POLLTAX. Proposed Amendment Introduced in the Assembly. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 19.—Johnson Introduced to- day an Assembly constitutional amend- ment abolishing the polltax. The amend- ament is as follows: The Legislature of the State of California, at its thirty-fourth session, commenci; the Tth day of January, 1901, two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses of stomach, but because I Gon’t want to | 31 Legisleture voting in favor thereol, Ners. ave. “A fifty-cent box of Stuart's Tablets | hmemarg o o€ the State of Califorsie, be w1l last me & month and keep my diges- | " Section 12 (article X1I¥ of the constitution tion in good order, and I know of no bet. | No polltax shall cver be pongr gy 0 tor investment & business man can make. | habilants of thly - sed second reading in the Senate ted, but most of these were without provision The bill | probably | | that | APPLIES GAG RULE TO CHECK OPPOSITION IN THE ASSEMBLY AT e Speaker Pendleton, With Johnson’s Assistance, Forces Bill _NU. 558 to Ifs Th_ ey JUST OROPPED IN T0 REEP ouT OF /?\% THE RAIN % ) ot be con- | SEANATOR CUTTER INDULGED IN A HEART-TO-HEART TALK WITH THE "ANCIENT MARINER SOME OF THE GALLERY CRUSTACEANS WERE visIBLY AFFECTED BY DAVIS s SPEECH ON THE JURY MANS AGE wiMeT ASSEMBLY- MAN JOHI.THE THOUGHTFUL |\ ONE OF SAN LUI\S OBIsPO.. . AM MEREDVTH ASSISTANT SERGEANT-AT- ARMS OF THE ASSEMBLY, | ON HIS wAY TO THE CAPITOL - onstrE =T ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 19. health bills 558 and 559 came up in the Assembly this morning as a special order. Johnson, aided by a certain lukewarmness on the part of some of the opposition, succeeded in ving the gag rule, and that by on a level of unworthiness with the tac- tics that have Deen employed from the start to force these bills to final passage. Assembly Dbill 538 was under considera- tion. Melick offered amendment, and Johnson suavely explained that since understood that Mr. Melick and others would withdraw position if the amendment pre in favor of its adoption. He ore moved the pre- vious question in order to save time. The amendment was promptly adopted and Johnson at once asserted that under the previous question further amendment was not possible. Brown of San Mateo claimed that such was not the effect of the previ- ous question when the motion before the house was simply the adoption of a single amendment. Speaker Pendleton, who has a “certain delicacy” a bill of own relating to storm water drains i under discussion, but who wields the gavel with much gusto when bills introduced by himeelf at the instance he Governor's | about presiding when | | | { | | | AS A CARTOONIST SEES THE LEGISLATORS. ird Reading. KX B promptly ruled against Brown. The bill \\‘;lsflnrdur(*d to ‘engrossment and third sading. The amendment incor tion of Melick follows: Sectlon 2—A new section is hereby added to the Penal Code, to be numbered 40ia, lo read as follows: Sectlon 40la-~Any person, board, newspaper or corporation Who wil- shes by any writing or printing that cholera or the bubonie plague exists in ate when such is not true is guilty of a porated upon mo- felony The amendment makes a radical change | in the bill. The original tion 2 made such publication a felony even if the dis- | case existed if the publication were made | before the State Board of Health had de- | termined the existence of the disease and | made it a matter of record. | Brown of San Mateo offered an amend- * boards of health might not only report cases of Asiatic cholera or bubonic plague to the State Board of Health but at, the time take steps to .prevent the Johnson tried to pport the bill If the pledge Brown to & amendme ke any bill. The Speaker again showed his attltude toward opponents of the bills by ing: “The gentleman declines to answer Mr. | Johnson’s cuestion. Johnson resorted to the previous ques- tion again, and debate was again choked off. Brown's and the two bills, on motion of Johnson, retain their place as speclal orders. They will come up for final passage to-morrow morning. There is doubt now if the op- position will be able to make even a re- of the Governor are being considered, | ment to Assembly bill 559, by which local ' spectavle showing against the measures. B i o e e e e e A I o e e 2 e S S A R B S e S S . ) THRDY BAITAI ES AMERICH The Administration Will Demand Actionon Treaty Amendments. AR Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Steps have been taken by the administration to expe- dite action by the British Government on the Senate amendments to the Hay- Pauncefote treaty. Embassador Choate has called or will call the attentlon of the British Foreign Office to the fact that the arrangements extending the time for the ratification of the treaty will expire March 4. Mr. Choate will confine his representa- tion to this statement. The administration officlals confess that there is no reason for hasty action by Great Britain, in view of the delay of the Senate in disposing of the treaty. It may be that Great Britain will ask for a fur- ther extension of the time for ratification. This would probably be‘agreeable to this Government, although it would prefer the immediate acceptance of the Senate amendments. Acting Secretary of State Hill, will, it is thought, receive the Minister of For- elgn Affairs of Colombia to-morrow and discuss with him his proposition relative to the acquisition by the United States of the Panama canal concession.The Colom- bian Minister has been in constant com- munication with M. Hutin of the French Panama Company, and the proposal he will make will be entirely agreeable to the French company. Colombia is not dis- posed, it 1s stated, to transfer sovereignty over the territory required for the con- struction of the ‘canal. ROBBED BY MASKED MEN. La Grange Clerk Compelled to Open the Safe in a Store. MODESTO, Feb. 19.-The store of Percy Davis at La Grange was entered last evening and robbed by two masked men. They covered Clerk Nelson with their re- volvers and compelled him to ‘open the safe. Nelson was then bound and gugfed and left on the floor. After ransackl ng the safe and store the robbers departe without discovery or molestation. The Sheriff has gone to the scene. —— Eight-Hour Bill Defeal CARSON, Nev., Feb. 19.—In the Senate this morning’ the bill passed by the As- sembly regulating the working hours of the miners to eight hours a day was de- feated by a vote of 9 to 5. The bill_had passed the Assembly unanimously. Dur- ing the afternoon session Assembly bil 24, prohibiting the conducting or ownin of nickel-in-the-slot machines, was p: MOUNTAI PEAK SLIDES INTO B | Earthquake Dislodges Large Spur on Loughborough Inlet. ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 19.—The crest | of a mountain whose top is more than a | mile in circumference slid into Lough- | | borough Inlet, 100 miles north from Van- | couver, last Saturday just before noon. | The great slide was caused by an earth- | quake, which shook the surrounding dis- trict for several seconds, and the result- ing shock of the falling mountain top could be felt a long distance. | _Along this part of the coast the | mountains rise almost perpendicularly out of the water for 700 or 50 feet. The mountain which fell was composed of a great crag which overhung the shore, and an enormous slice of it sheered off into | the bay. The break extended back 400 | feet from the shore. Giant trees and im- | mense boulders were carried away by the slide. Instead of crumbling as it fell the | huge mass of rock remained solid and flung itself far out into the bay. A heav. | sea was caused which would have swal- | lowed up a good-sized steamer, and a tidal wave swept away down the inlet. Several small boats three miles away were thrown | up into the woods, and two booms of logs | ready to be sent to market in Vancouver were thrown out of the water and prac- | tically wrecked. News of the earthquake was brought to ?lnncouver to-day by the steamer Coquit- am. PROVIDES FOR TUNNEL IN TELEGRAPH HILL Senator Ashe Presents a Measure Calling for a 8125,000 Appropriation. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 19.—Senator Ashe has in- troduced a bill to assist San Francisco to dig a tunnel througa Telegraph Hill, on the line of Montgomery street from Jack- son to Lombard. ‘The bill provides for an appro&)rlatlon of $125.000, which, it is pre. sumed, will be half of what wili be neces. Ty to complete the tunnel. The appro- priation under the bill will be handled by the State Board of Examiners, but it is provided that no oill shall be passed by {he State board until the clty shall have pald onehalf of it. The State shall then e t under the direction of the Supervisors and the Board of Public Works, and it is provided that the ma- terial excavated shall be turned over to the Harbor Commissioners at either end of the tunnel. The gronrhtlon 1s made available January 1, \Harrison FLAMES DESTROY HARRISON GULCH Shasta County’s Richest Gold | Mining Camp Lies in Ruins. o S— Speclal Dlay:tih_to The Call. REDDING, Feb. 19.—Harrison Gulch, the richest gold mining camp in Shasta County, was almost swept out of exist- ence by fire yesterday. The only means of communication is by stage mail and the news reached here late to-night. The business part of the town was composed of frame buildings and it was completely geatruyed, there being no protection from re. The fire originated in Stanley A. Mec- | Intosh’'s general store and swept through the range of bulldings, razing Helbner's barber shop, J. E. Martinz's saloo; Guleh Hotel,, C. M. Green's boarding house, a building belonging to the Midas Gold Mining Company, Thur- man & M. C. Graw's saloon, 8. Hammon's saloon and Kaufman's store. The loss amounts to $7500. COMMITTEE SHIES AT BUTLER’'S QUEER BILL Will Report Without Recommend- | ation the Measure Fixing Electric Light Rates. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 19.—The Assembly Commit- tee on Municipal Corporations decided this afternoon to recommend for passage Mc- ‘Wade's bill establishing the office of ma- tron in town and city jails where such of- fice has not previously been established. Butler's remarkable bill fixing electric Hight rates for the entire State will be re- ported without recommendation. The com- mittee regards it as so palpably a cinch measure that it prefers to report it so rather than to send in even an adverse report. . Pho Assembly Committee on Miitary Affairs decided this afterroon tc report a gubstitute for the National Guard reor- ganizotior bill, fathered by the Officers’ Associaticn. The substitute leaves the statas of the signal corps as at present. The Ways and Means Committee de- cided to recommend for passage John's bill apprepriating $50.00 for a polytechnic school at San Luls Coispo. The Senate Judiciary Committee decided to recommend for passage Ashe's bill making incurable insanity a ground tor divorce: also Ashe’s series of bflls regu- lating the fees cf Public Administrators. e T To Prevent the Grip Lazxative Bromo-Quinine removes the cause, * amendment was adopted | n. the | | & political friend on a blind trail JOKER IN A BILL 18 DISCLOSED Meaning of Propcsed Amendment to the Code. | Scheme to Place More, Power in the Hands of | the Governor. ; i —_— | | i Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 18.—Senator Loufs Oneal ought to tell his constituents in Santa Clara why he desires to amend that com- prehensive section of the Political Code numbered 1000. Should he find any difficul- ty In making the explanation lucid he might invoke the assistance of Johnny Mackenzie, who was never known to %):l e sectlon as it now stands in the law book reads: Sec. 1000—Vacancies occurring in office during the recess of the Legislature, the appointment to which is vested in the Governor and Senai or in the Legislature, must be filled by a) pointment made by the Governor; but the per- son so appointed can only hold the office until the adjournment of the next session of the Legislature, Obviously the wording does not suit the | fancy of Senator Oneal, hence he intro- | duces Senate bill No. 479, as follows: An act to amend sectfon 1000 of the Political | Code, relative to the appointive power fo the Governor. The People of the State of Califor- nia, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section 1000 of the Political Code is_hereby amended to read as rollow: Sec. 1000. Whenever an office, the appoint- ment to which is vested in the Governor and Senate, or in the Legisiature, either becomes | vacant or the term of the incumbent of which | will expire March 20, 1901 :nt were adopted, but Brown said | bor Commissioner: not pledging himself to support | fice for four years. If your conduct is not | | expires, during the recess of the Legislature, the Governor has power to appoint & person to such office; but the person so appointsd can only hold the office until the adjournment of the next session of the Legislature. Sec. 2. This act takes effect immediately. The reader will observe that the amend- ment contains the added words “or the term of the incumbent of which expires.” It is the settled law in the State, accord- ing to the decisions of the Supreme Court, that a vacancy in office is not caused by the expiration of the term, therefore if Senator Oneal’s amendment prevails the Governor, after the adjournment of the present Legislature, will ba empowered to appoint, but the appointee can only hold | the office until the adjournment of the next Legislature. Take for example P. J. Harney’'s four years', term as Harbor Commissioner. He was appointed March 20. 1367, and his term The law as it now stands permits the Governor to sub- mit to the Senate the name of Major Har- ney's successor, and should confirmation wait on the nomination the new Com- missioner wouid be in for four years. According to the Omeal amendment the Governor will not be called upon to ap- point until the Legislature has adjourned and then the new Commissioner will hold only until the adjournment of the next Legislature. | Andrew J. Clunie's term as TInsurance | Commissioner will expire in April, 1902. Should the Oneal amendment prevail | Governor at that time would be able to appoint & successor to Mr. Clunie who would hold office until the next session of the Legislature. The amendment enacted into law would have the general effect of abolishing th: fixed term of as contemplated by the constitution, and fixing the tenure at the Governor's pleasure. This may not involve danger to the public service at t present time, but if in the future the peo- ple should happen to elect a bad Gov- ernor, or one consumed hy an ambition to succeed himself in the office of chief exec- utive, there would be evil results. The bad Governor might say to the Har- “You do not hold of- to my liking and if your frlends fail to support me I will not send your name to the Senate for confirmation.” | The law as it now stands is all right. If Senator Oneal and John Mackenzie will pause and reflect they will consider th the people of Santa Clara County have enjoyed prosperities innumerable and litical blessings galore under the existix statute. The proposed Omeal amendment will not enhance the price of prunes or promote the glory of the Normal School. | Santa Clara County is not clamoring for | the amendment to section 1000 of the Po- litical Code. | The source of Senator Omeal's inspira- tion cannot be traced to Santa Clara County. It springs ‘rom another quar- ter, and the Senate Judiclary Committea may make a diligent inquiry to ascertain the true sourte. The Governor's assist- ance should be invoked by the Senators. | R s ASSEMBLYMEN FATTEN 1 ON MILEAGE RAKEOFES | Excursion to San Pedro Puts Dollars | Into the Purses of the Junketers. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 19.—The expense bill of the San Pedro junket was reported this morn- ing. The investigation of the conditions of that harbor in relation to the bill in- troduced by the committee for the sake of making another mileage rakeoff will cost the State $1014. No one wanted harbor commissioners at San Pedro, but ten noble-minded legislators have heavier purses by the difference between actual | expenses and the State's liberal mileage | allowance. | To show the temper of this Assembiy | it need only be said that four members not on the committee substituted for men who could not take the trip. In other words, four men not famillar with the committee’s work took advantage of the chance to make the trip. Speaker Pen- dleton himself will draw down $101 40 of the State’s money for helping to investi- gate conditions witn which he, as a Los Angeles man, should be famillar. It was | his first trip home since the beginning of | the session. | “Judge” Savage also got a profitable | trip home out of it. He substituted for “Colonel” Martin Brady, who has made s0 much money out of junkets that he is now concerned bnly in Spending it. Hou- | rigan substituted for Barnes and M for Radcliff. sy February Is a dangerous month from a health standpoint. The grip, coughs, colds, fevers and all other germ diseases are especially prevalent. The sensible course for every person of any age or either sex is to prevent these troubles by taking Hood’s Sarsa- parilla. It makes the blood pure, and keeps up the health tone so as to pre- vent attacks of these insidious ene- " Hiad's Sarsaparilla Purifies the blood. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 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