The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1903, Page 1

YOLUME XCHI-NO. 37. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GAGE SEEKS AID OF DEMOCRATS TO SAVE HIS FINAL NOMINATIONS 3 CVERNO, WeDER AN CE RS Oy PRESIDENT STIRS IRE OF SOUTH Names Negro Col- lectorof Charles- ton Port. Ignores the Protests of South Carolina Whites. cident Adds to Tempest Caused by Indianola Affair. um had been g citizens of and of the Senate to make a special or- a ire State, | der to-morrow of the confirmation of ry were made | these appointments. This would mean TILLMAN WILL PROTEST. to Sena- | t the confirm- v well-kn nt of negroes rum bec: to the appol offi e of m I ca inve: s a direct bid for the gates in the Southern States and e in the Northern and West- the negro vote hol n the Republican States, where power 1 Payne, in discuss- ce case, to-night | s very serious. Mrs Government offi- | s closed by the wallful | la. Postoffice ¢ there to inves- I do not expect eral days ARE VIOLATING THE LAW. 3t of Indianola | stoffice dis- | was asked. | monopoly om | you may ell stamps, but ogotf n order to eo- | y > a postoffice. has the right | g w f , as w whes postoflice ments he office ad been behalf of those done them by the clos- Indienola postoffice er ted that, to recpen the Ind Indianola b med Baird, ab suge: sion on this also was | tire who felt that an m-“ | | | The basty adjournment WHARVES NEED ATTENTION 0,\' of the first matters that will be taken up will be a bill to revise and reform the present election law. The main cffort will be to simplify it. The demand for such All of the public institutions’ will be Napa wants to put in a water plan Stockton will also be on hand with a re- action is general from all over the State. v for additional funds. San Bernardino wanis a new hand with reque quest for money. I' understand that the Yosemite Commission will _ask for an appropriation I do not know just what else this commis- sion may want, but the members have a disposition to make numerous improvements. will receive considerable attention.* A bill continuing and mak- ions of the hydraulic and restraining dam lazwes will prob- a bill looking to the improvement of the San There is no question that the present accommodations While it is true that a bill having ion, [ do not doubt that it would be suc- | ed a wonderful growth of the ship- generally speaking, understand the situation bet- Lieutenant : hich t » butld a hotel in the The mining intere: o ably be passed. I expe ct to wharfage. ) inadequate to the needs ject tn view failed at th front with res are entir this same ¢ cessful this ping in fime. rests there and the people, om interview with The last two years have witness building. valley. of the seaport e last se Governor-elect Anderson. Francisco water the cons waterways. what polic MONG the more important matters may itutional amendments recently adopted, such as In the event of the old style ballot being continued it will be mecessary to rearrange the present ballot so as to avoid mistakes such as There will undoubtedly be legislation affecting irriga- An effort will be made to pass a measure to introduce civil stood that many bills of this character in liew of the old style ballot. developed in the recent recounts. tion and water rights. service into State offices. will be presented by representatives of the Labor party. propriations for new buildings will be offered in behalf of most of the State institutions. Bills will also be infroduced for increased appropriations for maintenance. be legislation looking to the improvement of the Sacramento and San Joaquin wval'sys before the The establishiment of a school at the University of California for the preservation of our forests is also contemplated. the A ssembl members will be in favor of appropriations large eno will also keep in mind the nece: ical administration.—From-an interview with Speaker Arthur G. Fis An of direct legislation. BALLOT REFORMS REQUIRED he [ It s genevally under amendment will also come v of aiding the Go mentioned bi s to carry into effect 1e use of voting machines were Measures calling for large ap- There will L lature 1 lehalf It is too early to predict just ) will adopt as to final legislation, but it issafe to say that the the the gh for the needs of the State and ernor i ”lfll"/fll”’”_‘;’ an econom- to Retain Places. | Fear Seizes! on the Fav- orites. ‘ Special Dispatch to The Call. | ALL HEADQUAR-| TERS, SACRAMEN-: ] TO, Jan. 5.—Governor Gage made one desper- ate effort to-night to control ab- solutely the appointments thaty have been made by him -with- in the last two years. When it | was found that the majority of: the Republican Senators were |\ favorable to passing the new ap- pointments up to the incoming administration, an effort was made to line up the six Demo- cratic votes in the Senate for the confirmation of Governor Gage’s appointments. : Senator Curtin of Sonora was appealed to upon the ground that Governor Gage appointed Thomas Hender of Sonora | Valley Commissioner, Hen- | great friend of Curtin. Cur- 1 announced to-night that he would vote confirm the appolntments nor Gage, but at the to commit his € | ! me time | natorial col- | | vote to confirm all of Governor I shall ator Cur- he other members of the Dem- party will do I say. I | have only talked to two of them and they think that the matter ought to be settled What ocratic cannot to-morrow. The others have not been seen as far as I know.” | Lieutenant Governor Neff decided to- | night that it would take a three-fifths | twenty-four votes out of the forty in the Senate. It is generally believed to-night that there will be at least twentv votes in the Senate against confirmation, which would throw all of the nominations into the hands of the Incoming administration. It is said to-night by friends of the in- coming administratlon that Governor- elect Pardee has intimated to several of | the Senators that he would consider it a personal affront if an attempt was made to-morrow to confirm these appoint- ments and that acting upon this intima- the Senators will no doubt allow the w Governor to settle the question of State patronage. The Senate to-day took the first step in | the move to hold up all of the interses- sion nominations of Governor Gage. In the face of the statement of the speclal committee that was appointed to an- nounce to the Governor that~the Sehate was organized and ready to conduct the business of the State that Governor Gage would have a message ready for that body in the short space of five minutes, the Senate adjourned without waiting to re- celve that message. The Governor's message that was due in so short a time consisted of an a nouncement of the long list of appoint- ments that have been made within the last two years, gince the adjournment of the last session. The Senate had no de- sire to consider that, or any other mes- | sage from his Excellency, and rather than be faced with this list upon ine very first day of the session they at once post- poned all action until to-morrow morn- ing at 11 o'clock. The Senate has decided to turn the en- State administration over to Gov: ernor-elect George C. Pardee, patronage and all. Dr. Pardee will be inaugurated on Wednesday, and from that time on he will be Governor in very truth. If the Senate can postpone the consideration of the announced message of Governor Gage | until after noontime upon that day every- thing will then be in the hands of the new Governor, and he can act he may see fit. this morning | Votes Needed NEW STATE EXECUTIVE ~ SPEAKS OF HIS PLANS o — BT S + “No Sectionalism, No Factionalism, No Personalities, No Classes, ” Says Uovernor-Elect Pardee of His Administration. ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 5.—Governor-elect George C. Pardee to- day gave to The Call the following statement of his plans and desires during his adminis- tration: “My most earnest hope is for a harmonious administration that will be for the benefit of the entire.State, and there is every indication that this will be the case. When all branches of the government are in accord, better results can be accomplished for the people, and it will be my endeavor to have the utmost cordiality between all departments and offices. The har- monious organization of both houses of the Legislature and the evident inclination of all State offi- cials to work for the interests of the people of the State and for the advancement of the common- wealth, indicate that the present session of the Legislature will be of benefit to the State. So far as I am concerned, my administration will be in the interest of no faction, while personalities will not be considered. - This is neces ry that the fullest benefit may be derived by the peofilc, of whom we are simply the agents. T have not been able to give much attention to proposed legislation and have no particular plans in that regard. ‘ Those matters have been intrusted by the people to a carefully selected.body of men.and can be safely left in their hands. The only- forecast that I can make is that all branches of the government will give the State a thoroughly good administration, and that is all the people can ask for.. There should be no sectionalism, no personalities, no factionalism, and no classes—only the benefit of the State as a whole. [ Ry ¥ gave the Senate one day’'s grace, and if there is an adjonrnment to-morrow until after the inauguration on Wednesday everything will then be in the hands of the new Governor. The receipt of the message from the Governor this morning would have sub: Jected the Senate to some embarrassment in the effort to carry the pending nomina- tions over to the new administration. The upper house has no committees as yet, and had the message been received this morning it would have forced a consid- eration that might not have admitted of delay without trouble. By to-morrow the standing committees will have been ap- GEORGE C. PARDEE.” o peinted, and there will be one commit- tez cn Executive communications. It will be both natural and easy for the Senate to refer all of these nominations to this commiftee without apparently going out of its way to accomplish a postponement Continued on Page 3, Column 3. / | | | i 4 { morning. | adopted so swiftly that it was all over | the 4 Upper House Plays Its Cards. Boodle Story Causes a Laugh. Special Dispatch to The Call ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC- RAMENTO, Jan. 5.—With the prompt peaceful disposi tion of the United States Sen atorship and the Speakership of the Assembly, it looks as though the Thirty-fAifth Legislature had Settled down to a very gniet and business- ltke session. Both houses were organized to-fdy with the usual ceremonles, but without any untoward Incident save a very marked backhanded slap at Gov ernor Gage. This occurred in the Senate. When the committee appointed to notify the execu dve that the upper house was ready for | business had returned, Chairman Devlin reported that Governor Gage had pre- pared a message which would be delfv ered in five minutes The echoes of Senator Devlin's words were still romping in the far corners of the chamber when Senator Leavitt curtly proposed an adjournment until to-morrow This motion was seconded and and Gage's expected appointments were stdetracked before the uninitiated had time to wonder where the retiring Gov- ernor was “‘at.” There was method in the move, too it was explained that there was no com- mittee yet appointed to which the antici- pated nominations could be referred, and the Senators did not care forced into acting upon them at once. In other words, delay is sought so that Governor Pardee can exercise his preferences in the tor to be | premises. All signs, by the way, indicate that Pardee will be the boss of his own ad-| ministration. He has already dictated | the important chairmanships of the Sen- ate, and will probably do the same with sembly. A suggestion of this was revealed to- Almost immedtately fol- lowing his defeat for the Speakership F. E. Dunlap announced his expectation of securing the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee, but qualified his statement with the proviso that it all de- pended upon what Governor Pardee had to say about it. The Speakership fight, which promised | 50 much In the way of exciting interest | at the beginning, has turned out some- thing of a fizzle after all. When the caucus convened Dunlap withdrew from the contest and at the opening of the As- | sembly placed Fisk's name in nominaticn with a prettily termed speech. The rivals of the night before were now bosom friends and the strife of battle had been transformed into a love feast. In the minor offices in both houses there was practically no opposition. Lieutenant Governor Alden Anderson made a statement late to-night that he would not be inaugurated until Wednes- day,)and as the Senate had not yet de- cided upon the number of committees it wanted he had given no consideration as to whom he would appoint on those cor- mittees. When the Senate is ready, bearing i mind Governor Pardee's pref- erences in the matter. The charges of boodle and bribery in connection with the contest for the United | States Senatorship are given no credence here and are greeted by politicians with ridicule. The statement of some unknown legislator that he had been offered money for his vote by some other unknown and unnamed individual, they say, does mot prove anything beyond a morbid desire | for questionable notoriety on the part of | the self-labeled magnet of alleged Sen- atorial gold. The practical absence of op- position and the ease with which Senator Perkins secured the indorsement of the he | | added, he will make his selections, always Q - -+ TRAN CREWS ' STATE THEIR -~ CRIEVANCES 'All Western Rail- roads Receive Demands. \Increase of Twenty Per | Cent in_Pay Is : Asked For, [ Thousands of Employes of Transportation Lines ‘ Affected. CHICAGO, Jar tees representing every road entering Chi= cago met and negotiations were started which are expected 5.—Grievance commit- here to-day | | | re- sult in an increase in wages for thousands of conduc ors.and brakemen on Western Similar committees met in every roads. railroad center west of Chicago. The men are all memb of the Order of Railway Conductors or the Brotherhood of Rail- way ainmen, and have made demands in behalf of their unions for a 20 per cent | increase in wages, an eight-hour day and overtime pay. While each road will deal with a committee of is expected that any into will be uniform. While the committees make their head- | quarters here, their chairmen and the | srand officers of the twe orders will hold conferences with railroad officials at St. its own employes, it agreements entered Louls, for which city they left to-night. | The committees will take final action | themselves and the srand officers will | simply act in an advisory capacity unless a failure to agree appears probable EXPLAINS THE DEMANDS. William G. Lee, vice grand m: r of the trainmen, before leaving for St. Louis with the grand officers to-night, said the trafnmen hardly e xpected to have their full demands ac He said each road had its own committee, which would meet the management of that par- ticular road from which the committes came and he expressed the belief that in- creases would be granted at not less than 12 per cent more than the present wages. In explaining the 20 per cent increase de- mand, Lee said that it did not mean that each man the service should receive that increase, but that_it was based oa a 100-mile run, which is considered a day's work. St. Louis advices say that a meeting | o delegates was held there to-night, but | it was of a seeret nature and just whag | was accomplished is conjectural. | CONFERENCE IN ST. PAUL. Of the four railroad systems whose gen- eral offices are in St. Paul, only the Chi- | Chicago and Great Western held a confer- e conductors and tralnmen to- he conference was entirely amice | able, but no definite results were arrived\ {at. The men expressed confidence that a settiement would be reached either | morrow morning or in the afternoon. At Topeka delegates representing the | Order of Ral Conductors and Raflway | Trainmen are in session. It is probable | that the Santa Fe will be asked for a 20 per cent Increase in wages as s result | of the meeting. o ceded to. to= Victory for Ex-Senator Carter. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 5.—The Republl. | eans of the House of the Montana Legis- lature to-day organized the House for the first time in ten years. Former Governor | B. F. White of Dillon was chosen for | speaker. The feature of the fight was that F. Augustus Heinze was defeated in illi-“ attempt to prevent caycus agree- SANTA ROSA. Jan. 5.—Orin V. Howey), | MeDts. The outcome is regarded as a vie- proprietor of Orr's Springs, Mendocino | '0TY for former United States Senator County, died at his home there te-day | Carter. The Democrats organized the Sem~ after a short iliness. Late. 5 - Republican majority demonstrates the fallacy of all such rumors far better than any verbal denials.