The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1903, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, CAPITOL WILL DAZZLE AT NIGHT WITH THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS | WHILE PLEASURE RULES IN GARLANDED HALLS AT GOVERNOR'S BALL Sacramento Eagerly Awaits Brilliant Festivities Which Will Fittingly Crown Ceremonies of Inauguration Statesmen Speculate Interestingly on the Selection of Members of Co HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- 11.—All is in readi- ral ball. The mpleted and the )1 presents a e and Assem- and $pre- will see the nate cham- will take | hestras will | the guests J | chamber hemselves, | chamber number that follows t r Pardee will return to ry, where he will hold a eduled to start ¥ the ringin the orchestras. | d continuous. e close of the ball | und floor in the | wings of the b c waiters will ay gne punch to the dancers. be general fioor di- | grand march es H. Spear in directing things chamber, and H. E.| Kiesel will direct af- nate chamber. The follow as floor managers Varney Gaskill, bers {mmonds, . Dr. G. W. \ Luke Howe, W. C. Hendricks, V. | : E. M. Oherban of Sacra- | | mento, as chair- mittee, has a his shoulders. g will pass off ged numerous g-rooms for the hecks t! ance. at i ann COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITIES. Special Body Will Look After Needs Berkeley Institution. of ’ ADQUARTERS, SACRAME! first time in the his- e 2 Committee on = appointed this ses- s made necessary by reason the State Univer- rge appropriations are to d must be submitted to a Assemblyman William H n all probability the Assembly Com Lukens not nan of the Com: ould have been given ne Senate Committee He will be 2 member of however, as he is deeply | welfare of the institution. mportant matters to | session for the relfef of | a bill for an appro- | n doliars. The bil! | defeat its end. | side individual will d>nate | e of the members are op- re, as it'is contingent sider might do. They ppropriation was not on what some one eise did they r its passage. —- ALL WANT CHAIRMANSHIPS. Speaker Arthur Fisk Finds His Job No Holiday Affair, CALLHEADQUARTERS, SACRAMEN- TO, Jan. 1L.—Speaker Fisk of the Assem- bly is beginning to feel that his position is no sinecure. He has the appointment of forty-two committees and there are sixty Repub o members who would like to be All sorts of influence is being bear on him and he s steering itable Scylla and Charybdis. a s are flowing in on 1 outside sources and he smiles as e reads requests that he appoint certain 1 on certain committees. sing the matter to-night, Speaker aid he would pay no attention to e influences, but would be guided by best judgment. He says he has al- dy made up his committees, but will not give them out for publication until Tuesday morning. The Speaker ‘s begin- to show signs of fatigue. The caras is office are many. Not only must he not give offense in making his appolat- ments, but it is incumbent on him to see that the State Treasury is mot depleted by useless employes of the Assembly. He announced the other day that he would not recognize any employe of the House unjess he appeared before him and was worn in. This led to the adoption of a vle which compels every employe to re- sort each day to the sergeant-at-arms. “Professor. 1 want to ask you a_ques- The committees | ave finished | | each branch ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- ! { MENTO, Jan. 1L.—There are| guesses in plenty to-night as to | who will head the committees of the two houses when they are announced on Tuesday, a while t committees have practically been made | up the fight to control the more important ones has not yet ceased. The leaders in | of the Legislature are anx- | ious to have charge of the important | work of the session, and the only way to | accomplish their ambition is to get charge of the big committees. The fight is in progress even on the eve of the great so- cial function of the administration. { The big fight, which appears to be still | open, is that for chairman of the Finance Cemmittee of the Senate. In this rase there are four entries—Devlin of Sacra-| mento, Leavitt of Alameda, Belshaw of Centra Costa of Fresno. The knowing ons e picking Devlin as the | man who wi have charge of all of the appropriations of the { The Alameda cc Leavitt has won out by says (!mt‘ ning the ap- | proval of the Govern master- ful work in holding up Gage ap- pointments. Bl e to head that eommitte the miners’ and it is customa officlal of that organization wh to be in the Senate at the head of Mining Commiitee, it seems likely Belshaw will handle the mineral bills of | the session. Rowell of Fresno seems to | no special claim except a known ip for Pardee and the fact that of the original Pardee men | te. | that in the St SMITH AND ANDERSON. | Senator Fred M. Smith and Lieutenant | Governor Ande: Alden son had some y over the ambition of the an from the sunny south to head the Committée on Corporations. Smith claims | that he was origi slated for the head of that very important committee, but | that recent developments have relegated him to the background in favor of some | one else | The Lieutenant Governor asserted that no lists had been made up, and that| Smith's assumption that he had either been slated for the place or turned down was unwarranted. ever promised the committe @ fair way to miss his ambition. It settled fact that Senator Lukens of Al meda will have the Judiciary. | In the lower house there are twice as | many candidates, because there are twice | as many members, and so the conteat | doubles in intensity. Dunlap of San Joa- | quin will head the Ways and Means Com- tttee of the lower house, which is the equivalent of the Finance Committtee of the Senate. This is agreeable to Governor Pardee. who is anxious to have harmony | in both houses. Grove L. Johnson was at the head of the Judiciary Committee two | years ago and the impression prevails that,| he will hold that place for another ses- | sion. | There was a rumor to-night that the | head of the Committee on State Prisons and Reformatory Institutions would zo 1o the representative from the county in which San Quentin Prison is located. If this be true it will fall to S. H. Olmsted | of Marin. Walsh of Alameda is a candi date for either the head of the Committee on Municipal Corporations or County and | Township Governments. It is believed | that he will get one or the other. A | new committee is to be created in the | lower house to have charge of the affairs | of the university, and this will be headed by W. H. Waste of Berkeley, the city in which the university is situated. ALLEN ON CORPORATIONS. The Committee on Corporations is a much coveted place. This generally goes to the metropolis, and if it falls to a member of tle delegation from the big city runtor has it that it will be W. W. Allen Jr. The Committee on Dairies and Dairy Produce had several aspirants, among whom were M. B. Stedman of Monterey and John A. Bliss of Oakland. Blig is a dairyman, but the man from Monterey is believed to have the inside track. E. R. Amerige from Orange is a_candidate for the head of the Iggigation Committee. The guessers are picKing P. 8. Barber of 8an Francisco as the leader of the Com- mittee on Public Morals. F. A. Duryea has 2n ambition to be at the head of the Committee on Mines and Mining. This was headed by Ralston at the last session, with Duryea as the rank- ing member. Ralston having been pro- moted to the upper house, Duryea, it is belleved, will fall heir to the position. Foster of Oakland may be moved up to the head of the Committee on Education, ! if you please.” Certainly. Let me hear it.” I want to ask you if your experience leads to the belief that a person who eats a Welsh rabbit should sleep on a hare mattress?’—Cleveland Plain Dealer, of which he was the ranking member at the last session. . PITTSBURG, Jan. 11.—Fire almost entirely destroyed the cldest portion of the W. Deweese wood plant of the American Sheet Steel Com- vany at McKeesport . B +| | LEGISLATORS WHO ARE CON- { SPICUOUS IN THE PROCEED- | { INGS AT SACRAMENTO. COLGAN HURLS | | BOMBSHELL IN || | ATTACHE RANKS|| s Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan.1l.—There is sedness depicted in the faces of the attaches who were un- fortunate emough to have their names held out until the late lists of appointments were prepared. The resolutions that the Senate and the Assembly have adopted making easy but Incrative positions for the crowa have all read that such | appointments were to date from January 5. and in their passage not cne dissenting voice has been heard. ‘When Speaker Fisk of the Assembly declared that the at- taches wkose uames graced the many lists must report at once to the sergeant-at-arms, | under penzlty of losing the chance of drawing from the fitate Treasurer, more than one member was there with a ready excuse and a faint offer to waive a few days’ pay at least till their appointees could reach Sacramento. To-day the story spread that Conmtroller Colgan had announced his intention of cutting down the warrants of those who were appointed dur- ing the latter part of the week and allow the demands only for | actual working days. When the news reached the street the quietude that marked the first Sebbath of the Legis- lature was quickly changed to bustle and activity. Members were sought thav they might go to the Capitcl and if possible have the Controller change whet they termed a far-reach- ing and unfair order. Lawmak- ers were scarce and little could be done in the interests of the employes. There remains nothing for them to do but to await the coming of salary de- mands and abide by the decis- ion of the official whose duty it is to keep faithful tab om the State’s expenses. | Upon that day a quorum was — ing lawyers of the State, including mem- bers of the Supreme bench, and having learned their views will endeavor to frame a_measure which will bring about the results desired. It is not the purpose in this effort to create new courts to make offices for politiclans, but what is desired is to make it possible for a litigant to get a final decision on cases without having to wait two years for it. To a layman it is a matter of wonder how ‘the Supreme Court ever renders a decision under the present system. A case will come before the court and be rgued, maybe an hour, possibly a week. e case is taken under advisement and eighteen or twenty-four months thereafter the decision is rendered, the work of the court during that period having been de- voted to hearing other cases. / Briefly stated, the plan which Senator Hahn proposes is to establish appellate courtg, one in San Francisco, one in Los Angeles and one in.Sacramento. These courts are to be given jurisdiction over certain sections of the State known as ap- pellate distr] The courts are to pass upon the cases which may be appealed from the Superior Courts of the various counties in their respective districts. There will, of course, be the right of ap- peal from these courts to the Supreme | Court, but such appeals would be taken | omly in very important cases. The bill will also provide for the reduc- tion of the Supreme Court to a tribunal of fewer members, the number not having as vet been decided upon. To this latter feature of the proposed law the attorneys in the Senate are said to be divided, but they are agreed that something is neces- | sary to facilitate the work of the State's highest tribunal, because the causes be- fore that court are increasing instead of decreasing and the longer the time before | something is done the more serious will become the condition.of affairs. — , NINE SENATORS PRESENT. Upper House Meets, but the Quorum Is Sadly Lacking. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 1.—In order to comply with the provisions of the constitution the Senate héld a session this morning, but as a quorum was lacking an adjournment was taken until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. Few if any of the Senators who had been excused on Thursday last had returred this morning, and wheh the roll was called only nine members of the up- per ho responded to their names. Lieutenant Governor Anderson announced that there was not a sufficient number ot memters present and adjourned the Sen- ate until Monday morning. When the Senate adjourned on Thurs- t it did so to meet again on Satur- Nineteen were excused untll Mon- by President pro tem. Flint. The titution provides that an adjournment carnot he taken for more than three days and upon motion of Senator Belshaw the uprer house adjourned until Saturday. lacking. Sunday being a legislative day it was nec- essary for the Senate to convene. Under the rules an adjournment must be taken from day to day until a quorum is se- cured. The Senate will not transact any | business until Tuesday, when the Lieu- tenant Governor will announce thirty- four committees and the actual work of the session will begin. . LUKENS FOR JUDICIARY. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 11.—Senator G. R. Lukens of Alameda will be chairman of the Ju- diciary Committee in the upper house. His selection for this important position is due to the fact that he has the Gov- ernor’s confidence, coming as he does from the chief executive’s home town and from the further fact that he Is famillar with Jaw and legislation. All the holdover Senators are willing to — WANTS APPELLATE COURTS. Senator Hahn Will Propose Plan to Relieve Supreme Tribunal. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 1L.—Another effort is to be made at this session of the Legislature to relieve the congested conditfon of the docket of the State Supreme Court by providing for the organization of appel- late courts and to divide the State into districts over each of which a separate court may have jurisdiction. Such legis- lation was attempted at the last session of the Legislature, but for some reason it was not given vigorous support and the bill died in committee. Senator B. F. Habn of Pasadena is pre- paring the bill to be presented at this ses- sion. Since his election he has been in consultation with a number of the lead- forego the honor in view of the fact he is Governor Pardee's representative in the Senate. Great tmportance attaches to the committee's decision this session by reason of the proposed revision of the codes. BESRL" JUDGESHIP FOR BENNETT. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 11.—Governor Pardeq has @écided to appoint Judge M. P. Bejnett to fill the vacancy in the Superior Judge- ship of El Dorado County. This announce- ment was made this evening by Private Secretary A. B. Nye. The vacancy g: caused by the death of Judge-elect ntiss Carpenter. The latter defeated Judge Bennett at the last election by seventy-five votes. Before taking office Judge Carpenter away. His father, G. J. Carpenter, editor and owner of the Placerville Democrat, came to Sacramento in the hope of secur- ing the place. He believed that the of- JANUARY 12, mmittees. t— 1901 | ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 1L.—Members of the Legisiature, partly those who have been here as members during pre vious sessions, are of the opinion that it will require seventy-five days in which to complete the business which will come before them at this sesslon. They do not include in this estimate the time which would be required to properly re- vise the several State codes along the lines indicated by the Supreme Court when it declared that the action of a ing the codes as a whole, as was done at the last session, was illegal, and that therefore the .codes were inoperative and void. | ‘When some time during the present week the gates are opened there will be a flood of bills, which promises to exceed any previous first rush. The irrigation bill ‘may be the subject of the big fight in both houses. As Is always the case, the Legislature has begun this session by trying to kill time. For the first month there will be no Saturday sesslons, and the two houses will more often adjourn over from morning sesslons until the fol- lowing day than meet and transact busi- ness during the afternpon. Then, after about the first of the month, there will be regular afterncon sessions, with commit- tee meetings. MANY BILLS FROM LABOR. | It has been reported that from the Un- | fon Labor members alone 600 biils will be received. The Union Labor members do net consider that thelr constituency is confined to the citizens of their respective | districts. They are here as the repre- sentatives of organized labor throughout the State, and any labor union which has some pet measure of legislation which it wishes to have considered has only to send it to them and it will be introduced. That is what they are here for, and if the interests of the laboring classes are not properly looked after it will not de the fault of this ne, element in legislative membership. | Treir most important measure, the pro- 1 posed restriction upon the power of in- Juction, has been placed in other hands than theirs simply because of its impor- | tance, and Assemblyman Grove Johnson of this city has been given the task of fathering the measure. That there will be | opposition to it in its present form is cer- | tain, for some of the corporate interests | of the State will, it is said, instruct their | standing lobby to see to it that their in- } terests are not jeopardized by any !ool PO B ORI E DD 000Dt 0-0-00-0-0 000000 00-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-50-0-0- $0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 4000000900005 0-000- radical legislation. The so-called injunction bill is but one, however, of those which the labor organi- zations will present. There are measures designed to more properly regulate child labor, to fix the liability of employers for injurfes to employes, to protect the wage- | earner under contract, to prohibit even | more strongly than at present the em- ployment of aliens upon public works, and hundreds of other measures designed to improve the condition of those who work with thelr hands. There is even in contemplation a bill designed to place un- der statutory ban those workingmen who have not aliled themselves with the ex- isting organizations of laboring men, but this may not be vigorously insisted upon because such legislation would be difficult of enforcement in the courts on the | ground that it is of a class character. LAWS MUST BE CHANGED. } Eliminating the main code revision mat- | ter from the prospect, there are certain | sections of the codes which must be adopted for the proper protection of State institutions and these will be presented as separate and distinct bills. Then there are the many bills carrying appropria- tions, all of which have to be more care- fully considered this session than before because of the condition of the State treasury. Nearly every member will have some bill on the subject of county and township government: the country members will have their bills for State highways; the constitutional amendments adopted by the people at the last general election will have to be made legally ef- fective, and that will require action by both houses. The routine work will be commenced Wednesday morning. The committees will be announced by that time, but the real work of the session will not be taken up until after the election of a United States Senator. It cannot now be predicted what meas- ure will chuse the real contest of the ses- ston. The bill which has every prospect of being given that distinction is the pro posed new irrigation law, which will be | presented at the instance of the State Water and Forest Assoclation. - REVISION OF THE CODES. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 11.—The necessity of revis- ing the codes section by section will lead to the introduction of a constitutional amendment at this session empowering the Governor t6 call the Legislature to gether annually for the purpose of pass- ing such enactments as are made impera- tive by existing conditions. At the present time an Assemblyman is elected for a session, and when he re- turns home at the end of sixty or seventy days he is no longer of service to the State unless summoned to attend an ex- tra session. It is a well-known fact that if the codes are to be adopted in the manner indicated by the recent decision of the State Supreme Court all other leg- islation will be blocked, and it would be incumbent upon the Governor to call an extra session. This would of necessity be a heavy burden upon the taxpayers. The plan is to give the Governor power to call the Legislature into session each year if conditions demand it. The members would then receive an annual salary and could remain in session until they had finished the business before them. @ triiieieieicieilninielee i eiefeielell @ fice should be filled by a Democrat, as a member of that party had been elected to to the position. Judge Bennett has been Superior Judge of El Dorado County for the past six years. He is very highly thought of by the community in which he lives, and although defeated for re-election Repub- licans and Democrats joined in asking Governor Pardee to appoint him. Judge Benrett has resided at Placerville for the past twenty years. of beau- ' n_come pretty near bring about the best tifying other wome: knowing what will bring a S, are letters from two con- cerning Herpicide: “1 can recommend Newbro's ‘Herpi- cide,’ as it stopped my hair from falling out; and as a dressing it has no_superior. “(s ) Bcerthll Al. 'h'\sxmnger, omplexion Bpeeialist. | “291% Morrison street, Portland, Or.” | “After using one bottle of ‘Hi . my hair hlsngtopm ing out. and m failing out, and scalp 18 entirely from ‘d::druflm. g (i ed.) Grace Dodge, “1%5 Sixth street, Portland, Or. C °F din; sts.” Send loc Sold by leading ‘drug; n stamps Ior sample to ’fln Hy Detrait, Mich. 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