The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1907, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1907 » In Hands of Senate Lies Redemption of Party Pledge for Honest Primaries H0USE DOES 7S OUTY 'SECOND VOTE ON SPUR PRUZE PACKIGES M IND LODKS T0 SEWNTE. TRAGK BILL 1S DENIED, PRESENTED TO'JUDGES Passes Primary Amendment| Devlin Fights for Recon-|Substantial Raises Are Made| as Submitted by the | sideration, but Is in Several Counties Free Conference ! Turned Down of the State P 3 NAL TEST ARRIVESTTRAFFIC QUESTION ‘ e Has Re-|Gives to Southern Pacific demption of Pledge in | a Club Over the CONTRA COSTA, TOO | Campbell Objects, but Bel-| [ shaw Insists on Its Hands i Gould Line Increase T | \ Sy 3 ! CALL HEADQUARTERS, CALL HEADQUARTERS, } By George A. Van Smith | 1007 EIGHTH STREET. 1007 EIGHTH STREET. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb, 22.—By a vote | SACHAMENTO, Feb. 22.—Senator | 1007 EIGHTH ST | of 29 to 38 the Assembly refused today | Belshaw and Assemblyman Campbell| ACRAMENTO, Fe | to consider Grove Johnson's spur track | both come from Contra Costa County. ~—*The Legis- ature shall have the power o emm&ct|yy; which was rushed through last|One s an old hand at the legislative| “we relative to the eiection of dele-|nony while many members were nod-|game and the other is a recent re- | gates to comventlons of political PAr-| g 4n their sea The roll call on|cruit. The latter fact explains how | %3 @nd the Legislature shall emact|g,.) pageage showed 43 ayes and 9| Belshaw forced Campbell to wnh-; " providing for the direct momima-| ..., yonnson was not present. Here- | draw his objection to raising the| n andidates for public office, b¥ |, r,;0 it has been thie rule at night|salary of Contra Costa County's Su- e s political parties, or organiza-| . . ;,ne to postpone action on contest- | perior Judge from $4000 to $5000. tloms of electors without conventions 2| 0¥y o000 hut last night the rule| Campbell took issue withy Belshaw ections to and destgnated | (© FEOPTICS on a “prize package” bill introduced | s primary e o determine Assemblyman Devlin, who had given |by Grove Johnson. Originally the]| tests and upon which | . "¢ reconsideration, argued today | bill, which was in the form of an| 1 , or orgamiza- ot that an unfair advantage had been | amendment fixing the salaries of Su- - Sy - Sy en of opponents of the measure, but | perior Judges, made only one change. g gy e Johnson was satisfied, so was|It raised the salary of Sacramento lawful for the - Burk and the Assembly voted ounty’'s Judges ‘from $4000 to $6000. DR Ty s Dy Shee vlin down. When it emerged from committee the e e onson's bill extends the authority | Sacramento salary stood at $3000, but | s < = = Railroad Commission to street | Marin County had slipped in with a| e ;v“n‘;m'_:’*w'e""',:n"‘P‘,‘;‘:'r'; s and interurban roads, and |raise from $£000 to $5000; also Orango | serving St wmch primary clections ia|51Ves it greatly increased powers. It |Cobaly, with a ralas from: 33500/ fo an3 city, or city and county, or county,| MaY hold hearings on petitions for spur | $4000. In this form the bill passed the| or other subdivision of a desigmated | (F2CKS not over 500 feet long and order | House. population, without making such com- |SUch spurs put in. It may investigate | U pstairs several docorations were pemation uniform. amd for smeh pur. 27d declare the blame for all gccidents, added. TLos Angeles was raised from | $5000 to $6000, Santa Clara from $4000 to $5000, Contra Costa from $4000 to | $5000 and Mariposa, Venpura and Mono | from $3000 to $4000. | When the bill found its way back| to the lower house Campbell objected | to the Contra Costa amendment. An increase, he said, was not needed, and | the people of his county were opposed | to it. Out of courtesy to Campbell | the Assembly, while concurring in all | other amendments, upheld his objec tion. A conference committee was ap pointed, Belshaw grinned and stood his ground, and the Senate refused to | recede. \Today the question came up again in the Assembly. Campbell had | “nuthin’ at all to s and his col- leagues promptly concurred in the| Contra Costa amendment. and it may compel any railroad to ar- range an interchange of trafiic with an- other. pose such law may declare the populs- By elity, eity and county, county ical subdivision. Provided, bow- that wntil ¥he Legislature shall sact & direet primary election law un- provisions of this section, the primary election law shall re- force amd effe RIS aing to supporters of the bill the spur track provisions do not apply! to incorporated citles and towns, but opponents y that the existing law on the subject is uncertain. Further, they argue that under the proposed law a road Commission subservient to fam F. Herrin could use its power ake the Southern Pacific Company d proof in all sults growing out idents. One provision of the bill particularly pleases the Herrinites d enable the Railroad Commission to compel the Western Pacific to Inter- change trafic with the Southern Pacific. Grove Johnson insists that the bill is in the interests of the people. He says it will give the members of the Rail- Sl e 1 road Commission something to do be- | INSURANCE BILLS | sides draw salaries. | | ain in HOUSE | Adverse Committee Reports on Some of the Measures Introduced SACRAM —The Senate committee on insurance decided this | afternoon to report adversely on two | bills introduced by Gus Hartman of San | Francisco. One of these measures pro PURE DRUG BILL PASSES Measure to Unravel Secret of Patent Medicines Is Appreved. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.—Assembly- man Campbell’s pure drug bill, designed T0 LIMIT THE POWER OF THE SPECIAL AGEATS {House Decides to Restrict the Use of the Big Appropriation SLURS ON SETTLERS People of West Resent Idea Public Domain Residents Are Thieves WASHINGTO! Feb. 22,—The House |in committee of the Whole placed itself squarely on record today In favor of limiting the power of special agents of the Department of the Interior by a vote restricting the use of the appro- priation of $250,000 covered by the sun- dry civil service appropriation bill to pay the salarfes of such agents. By a vote of 104 to 170 the committes adopted an amendment offered by Mon- dell. During the debate the work of the special agents was severely condemned and the orders of the President re- garding final proof on homesteads criti- cised, as waorking unneccessary hard- ships upon settlers. Cushman of Washington in cham- pioning the Mondell amendment said he regarded the Secretary of the Inte- rior “as an honorable, honest and high- minded man and well intentioned,” but added: I do belleve he is suffering from a very severs case of suspicion regarding the Integrity of the people -of the West. the Interior has advertised and given currency to a great degree to these few lonesome instances of fraud that have occurred wntil Le has saturated the public mind with the bellef that men who re- side on the public domain are thieves and loot- ers. Cushman declared the progress of the West depended on the ownership of the land by Individuals, and denounced the present policy as opposed to that in- terest. Continuing he said: It seems to me the Secretary of the Interior s proceeding in these matters on the assumption that all men on the Western domain are dishon- | est unless the contrary IS proved, and this is known to be untrue. There 15 no reason why the people of the West should be watched by a herd of private detectives. 1 wonld like to ask the gentleman from Illinols (Mann), who seems think {t s necessary to have these special agents watching the men from Minnesota in order that they may perpetrate no dishonest act, who Is to gunrantce the honesty of the speclal ‘agent? When 2 special agent starts out from the offics of the Secretary of the Interior, he Is maturated before he starts with the idea of fraud. The very existence of his job depends upon his finding fraud, and if he does not find fravd the necessity for his official existence ceases, 1 would rather accept the statement of the set- tlers than those of the agents, who have been appointed perhaps from the suburbs of a slaugh- ter-house in Chicago, simply through political ‘n- fluence, to Investizate the public domain of the country. After further debate the amendment was adopted. Kahn of California spoke in support of the appropriation for a storehouse at Dover, N. J., for a reserve supply of The present Secretary of | | The siderable. Money Saving of by the use of Royal Baking Powder is con- Royal is economical, because it pos- sesses more leavening power and goes further. war material. He urged the necessity for preparing for war in time of peace, and mentioned the war now on in Cen- tral America as an indication that this continent cannot remain permanently | at peace. The committes rose at 6:35 o'clock, | having completed 119 pages of the sun- dry civil bill. | S | INQUIRY 1S POSTPONED Northern Pacific’s Reorganization teo Be Taken Up Next Session WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The Senate committee on Pacific railroads failed to get a quorum today to consider Sen-| ator Heyburn's resolution directing the | committee to make an Investigation of | the recent reorganization of ‘the North- | ern Pacific Railroad Company. It was the opinion of the meémbers present that the matter should be post- | poned until the next session of Con- | | gress, as it was agreed that no action could be had during the short time that remained of the present session. S RTE, \ | PROVIDES FOR ARBITERS | 1 Bill Creating Commission to Settle | Labor Disputes Reported Favorably WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The House { committee on interstate and foreign| | commerce decided today to repoft| | favorably the Townsend bill providing { for the appointment of. a commission by 0| the President to arbitrate labor trou- | |bles which threaten interstate com-| | merce. The committee amended the| | bill so that the commission shall be | | under the Department of Commerce| |and Labor, rather than the Department | |of the Interior. | | R { !' WEST POINT BILL PASSED i | Semave Makes Appropriation of $1,047,- | | 383 for Milltary Academy | WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The Senate | {at tonight's session passed the bill | making appropriations for the support |of the military academy. The bill, ap- | | propriating $1,947.383, was passed just |as it came from the committee, only a }few minutes being consumed in the| | Forester Pinchot. and opposed to consideration of the measure. A discusston lasting throughout the entire day, to which was added a fu- | tile night session, failed to secure fnal | action in the Senate on the amend- ments to the agricultural appropriation bill, proposing to make an increase of | $1,000,000 in the ftem for the support of the forest reserve. Forceful speeches were made by Senators Burkett, Depew and Bever- fdge In defense of the work of Chief the | extension of the forest service by Sen- ator Heyburn, who went into the entire subject. PRESIDENT AND WIFE VST GULTURE ¢ Harvard and Groton TON, Feb. 2 ft today for Bos FAVORS JUDGESHIP BILL i Wikt spend Saturdiy aid WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The House | turni to Washington Jjudiciary committee ordered a favorable I Desire to See Their Sons Theodore and Kermit at report today on Kahn's bill creating Roose- an additional judgeship for the North- Repre- ern California district. Kahn has been and M. told by Speaker Cannon that the bill couldibe called up next week. Senator Plles of Washington, who blocked the first bill, has withdrawn his objection to the new bill and the prospects are good for obtaining the assistant President The Massachu personal one, ti Roosevelt desi time with t! judgeship at this session. Harvard) and ———— Groton). The only tent will be the reception of COLONELS TO BE RETTRED Ivavds time the F vious to the reception he w WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The Presi- dent sent to the Senate the following: atte nd To be placed on the retired list with | luncheon given by the Sphynx Club, a rank of brigadier general, Colonel A. | university organi Markley, Thirteenth Infantry: Colonel | While in Boston President will Frank H. Phipps. ordnance department; be the guest ¢ class- Colonel A. Stickney, corps of engineers; | mate, Dr. A Mrs. Colonel Harry B. Osgood, assistant Roosevelt will it at the home of Mra. commissary general: Colonel Garrett J. | Géorge on Chester Hill Lydecker, corps of engineers. | ©On Saturday evening the President AT | will attend a gathering of the Porea- | lain €lub of Harvdrd to witness tan TWO ALASKA LAND DISTRICTS | ,itiatory ceremonies attending the fn- WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The Senate | duction into the organization of his committee on territories ordered favor-. son Theodore ably reported a bill to create two ad- poviad 7% SRS ditional land districts in Alaska, one | Last Day at Nome and one at Fairbanks. | This is the last day of the TUsed SR !Piano Sale. Those used pianos still left Sale of Seats for Rosenthal | will be marked up to the former Concerts begins today at the store of afrer toda Byron Mauz Kohler & Chase, Sutter and Franklin O'Farrell street, between streets, block above Van Ness ave. *|Gough. of the blican n the hands ned on conferees got d to take up the ugl it refus nate proviso at- a-Wrig f when ght amend- to act quick- commit- joint returned a report °d by a ED UNTIL MONDAY POSTPON L f f the confer- ation of the i in Senator | on of Monday postpone n so at which the As- In fact the a effect just da originally assed refused repassage without loss rd line of the s that the Leg- s for the nomi- for public office entions, Instead of merely ng the Legislature to enact egislation. Obviously this change ng, save in verblage, since, is law with sanction. ory clause in the legislation not provide any penaity to be in- upon a Legislature which shall comply with the provisions of ns notr e sect MEETS DEMANDS OF CRITICS But one thing it does do ably to beat 7t meets the ds- ndoubtedly earnest Nor can it besides permt at this session of th have been Legis- carping about of a constitutional leaves the enactment s laws optional with a The word True, *it im- ey will try to ws in it s will not be and since the publ d by the belief that maiter, ere has been an attempt to juggle the easure to its death In disregard of party pledges. the men who decline e report of the free con- t personally accept respon- vility or the repudiation of those edges if the measure falle to receive constitutional twenty-seven votes, BUT ONE VOTE AGAINST The Assembly rose to the occasion avidity of the trapped school uddenly discovers & hole in nee. Assemblyman Heild, on be- 21f of the conferees, minced no words presenting the report. He-told the that the Legisiature had got of its rope. If it wished to em1 end act in good faith with the people to| Beardslee. to prevent adulteration of drugs and to compel manufacturers to label their vides for the depositing with the In surance Commissioner of $200,000 in se- curities by every insurance company in permitted the As-| of everything | cure-alls in a way that will Inform | yyginess in the State that has been purchasers just what they are getting, |incorporated outside of California. The passed the lower house today by & Vote |other is the famillar “valued policy” of 43 to 7. Baxter of Wawona Bave measure, which requires insurance com notice of reconsideration. | panies to pay the full face value o The Devlin constitutional amendment | policies In the event of fire. providing for a new system of revenue| The bill introduced by Sanford of and taxation got 66 out of 67 votes inf Ukiah, requiring insurance companies the Assembly, but Grove Johnson gave 'to publish their annual statements in notice of a motion to reconsider. a newspaper of every county in which AssemblymanJury’s bill providing for | they are engaged in business, Wil also an election to decide the question of be reported adversely by the commit- nolding a constitutional convention was | tee. also approved by the Assembly. The measure drawn by Commissioner of Elections T. V. Cator to satisfy the| {demand of Senator Richard Welch, |which gives the Legislature power to order the opening and investigation of voting machines, passed by a vote of 46 to 2 and now goes to the Governor. | —_—_— Goling Up Fillmore street, just above Sutter, you will find the largest stock of cutlery in Stoltz's, 1835 Fillmore street. ol i i i TO PROHIBIT DEER KILLING SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.—Carter of NO FREE TEXTBOOKS laws amended further in the Senate to- day by prohibiting the trailing of deer by hounds. The proposal was voted | down, twice last week, after spirited Assembly Measure Providing for Them Is Defeated in the Semate | debate. Carter's amendment was de- SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.—The Assem- | feated today, and Nelsow of San Fran- bly bill providing for free textbooks |cisco then Introduced another amend- in counties expressing their desire for | ment providing for a closed season for |them at a general election, which was | deer for three years. The amendment a substitute for the measure introduced | was passed without roll call. Consid- in the House by Strobridge of Hay- | erable opposition to the amendment is ward, was defeated when it came up | expected to develop, however, when the for passage in the Senate today. The bill to which it is attached comes up measure passed the Assembly by a big | for passage | majority. Caminetti of Amador was In charge | of the bill In the Senate and argued for its passage. He changed his vote and gave notice of reconsideration. WATER FRONT BILL PASSES SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.—The bill in- troduced by Woife of San Francisco providing for the submission to the | electors of a proposal to issue $2,000,- | 000 in bonds for the construction of a | | seawall, the buflding of wharves and | | plers, and the extension of the belt | line railroad, passed the Senate unlnl-i mously,today. | | | A companion measure has been intro- | duced raising the limit of maturity on State bonds to be issued for water | front improvements in San Francisco from twenty to seventy-five years. o VALUABLE JEWELRY STOLEN Sacramento Mansion Robbed While | Family Is at Dinner SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.—The man- sion of P. C. Drescher was entered by | burglars last night and about $3000 worth of jewelry stolen. While the family were seated at supper at about 7:30 p. m. a clever operator got in tho front door with a skeleton key and made his way upstairs. %% opened a jewelry case belonging to Mrs. Drescher and carried off many valuable pleces of jewelry. DON’'T HACK | PUT ON AN Alleock’s high up on the chest. It won't cure you in 2 minute, but keep it on a reasonable length of time and you will fee the beneficial results. For tbe aching back after a Gri) Cold, it has no equal. i 1 REREMBER—/itcock's are the o ine lasters. mbon);fi'y" the parest A8 beet mate Pood ik Kot e 30, 1906, et ind frug % Brandreit’s Pills A Lexative and a Bleod Tonic Each plll containg one grain of olld ex- tract of sarsapasilia, which, with other vaivable vegetable products, make it & blood purifier of exceilent character. e :n-mzm 17852 | 1 e A A A A A A A A whom it was pledged it must accept | this amendment. Kurther delay, he in- | sisted, meant failure to submit any amendment, and willful repudiation of | party promises the people had a right 1o expect sacredly kept. Asesmblyman | Stetson, another member of the con- | ference, called attention to the alleged mandatory feature of the amended measure, which he believed would, if the people ratified it, make it incum- | bent upon the next Legislature to en- | act a direct primary law. It was, he said, in the interest of the reform most de- sired by the people. The Asfembly was really more anx- {fous to vote than. to. listen to reasons | why it should vote and A. M. Drew of | Fresno was the lone member to dis- tinguish himself by a negative. Those who voted for the measure were: Eeadache, ndigestion, ete. { _Barry, -Beban, Bell, Berry, Birdeall, Bush, | | Butler, Case, Chendier, Cogswell, lan, Col- | | lister. Cornish. Costar, Cuilen, Cutten, Davis, Devlin, _Estudillo, Fisher, essa. Hammon, | Hans. ‘Hartmann, Held, Higgine, John, Johnson | of San Dieg Lud- fury. Kelly, Lemon, | ington, Lyveh, MeClelian, MeConnell, uire, McKeon, MeMullin, Otis, Perclval, Pierce, Pyle, | Reot. Sader. Spaulding. Stanton, Stetson, Siro’ | bridge, Thompson of Lox ey, Tran. essling, Angeles, Tooms sne, Vogel. ¥ nitmore, - Speaker | | Los Angeles tried to have the game | b sold, out. for $9.85. ® $15—for $9.85. Today only $9.85. | and most popular styles $7.35. * ‘Among them you w: medium length—the | plain colors and fancy Men’s $15 Overcoats $7.35 All the small lots—representing our best sellers $17.50, are now marked down for a final clearance to riety—abl sizes are represented in the lot. *15 Blue Serge Suits 985 - Six big cases of these splendid blue serge suits left our New York workroom the same time. Five of them arrived two weeks ago and went on sale _at $9.85. You all know what a sensation o they created—how we were compelled to withdraw the offer in the middle of a busy Saturday on accoupt of being “The sixth case arrived yesterday. There are 220 suits— | enough for one day—for today only we renew that great offer and ask you to come and select a splendid §15 suit Made of splendid quality 18-ounce pure wool—closely woven— guaranteed weatherproof—indigo serge—impervious to sun or rain —Single-breasted Wall-street Models. e rooms. Every garment thoroughly tailored. Positively a bargain at This is without exception one of the greatest suit offerings we have ever made. 1t may be likened to buying $15 worth of gold for §9.85—because serges of this character are as staple as stigar. They comtand a price. Here are Suits without which no gentleman’s wardrobe is complete. - A stylish blue serge, one for which you would be glad to pay $15. in overcoats, worth $15 and ill find the long coat—the Tourist—the Stratton—in mixtures. A splendid va- i Products of our own work- Men’s *4 Shoes $2.65 The ‘‘Comfort’’ shoe—the best $4.00 shoe America. We secured several hundred pairs that were on the factory floor at a great concession These shoes are positively perfeet. sizes. Instead of their regular price ($4) you pay us only $2.65. ~ : ~ Fillmore and Ellie TWO STORES 730 Market Street &oq_p—o—. in | Patent leather—Velour Calf and Box Calf—all | ) L i @ IEORRIOE O EEMNEIDE O MRS O USSR ¢ BTNy 9 .—-—.-—-.——-——.'—-—.-—.-D