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INCIDENTS OF THE DAY AT SACRAMENTO
te.et. If a mass-meeting of the voters
;OI his Assembly district is called and
the sentiment expressed by that mass
meeting is clearly indicative of a desire
fpr the Assemblyman to cast his
vote for some Senatorial candidate
6ther than General Barne*, then Mr.
Knights will carry out the wishes of his
people as shown by the mass conven
tion.
But he will not accept the dictum of
any packed assemblage. He does not
propose to be deceived by any gather
ing of race track touts and Southern
facine wire pullers who might possibly
assemble at some point in the Twenty
first District and endeavor to mold
public sentiment.
The mass meeting must be attended
and participated in by the representa
tive citizens of the district before Mr.
Knights will be in any way guided by
its action.
Last evening Mr. Knights was taken
. to Colonel Burns' headquarters
.prest-nted t<. him. He had at that time
concluded to accept the action of the
Republican committee of Sacramento
County as an expression of the wishes
of his constituents. He therefore in
formed Colonel Burns that he would
vote for him to-day.
Air. Knights fully intended to do so,
but before the Senate and Assembly-
convened In Joint session this morning
a committee of the most responsible cit
izens, including prominent business and
professional men, called upon Mr.
Knights, and in the name ot the re
spectable and honorable people of the
Twenty-first Assembly District they
asked that he continue to vote for (Jen
oral W. H. L. Barnes.
This expression, coming from the high
source it did, convinced Mr. Knights
that the action of the Republican com
mittee in indorsing Burns meant noth
ing. He saw that it had been brought
about by unfair methods and at the
BOle dictation of the political agents of
W. F. Herrin and J. B. Wright. He
thereupon assured the committee that
he would continue to vote for General
Barnes until his constituents expressed
a desire for him to do otherwise.
. After the Assembly adjourned this
afternoon Assemblyman Knights' desk,
which is situated in the center of the
hall, on the main aisle, was surrounded
by a number of admiring Senators and
Assemblymen. They pushed forward
and grasped his hand and extended to
him hearty congratulations for his bold
and manly stand. Mis. Knights was
sitting by his side, ami a gladsome
smile of pleasure graced her expressive
features as she looked up and saw her
husband receiving the applause of his
fellow-members and friends for having
given such unmistakable evidence that
he was every inch a man.
"Until the voters of my Assembly
district indicate to rt»e beyond any
doubt that they desire me to change
my vote from General Barnes to some
other Senatorial candidate I do not
propose to do so," said Mr. Knights to
a representative of The Call. "Last
evening after the County Committee
hii% indorsed Colonel Burns I believed
th.it it was an expression which 1
should heed. I was taken to Colonel
Burns and presented to him. I said to
him that I would cast my vote for him
to-day. I fully intended to do so. But
this morning I was waited upon by a
company of gentlemen, constituents of
mine, sufficient In numbers — of unques
tioned character and standing — to sat
isfy me that they spoke for the district.
They request! d me to continue to vote
for General Barnes. I informed them
that I would do bo, because I felt con-
fldent from their representative char
acter they expressed thf true and un^
biased wishes of my people.
"I propose to continue in my present
course until it is demonstrated to my
satisfaction that my constituents want
me to change. When 1 am satisfied
that they desire that I should support
gome other candidate then I will do 30,
but not till then.
"I do not iir.'pns.' to do the bidding of
any corporation as long as 1 am in this
Legislature. The best way to determine
thf sentiment of the people of my dis
trict as to whether or not I should
change my vote is by a mass-meeting
of the representative men of the dis
trict. By the action of that maße-meet
ing. if it is a representative gathering,
I would be largely guided. But I am
not K°ingr to be duped, bulldosed or
coerced."
This is the statement of a brave,
courageous and honorable man who is
striving to do his full duty as he sees
it and who will not be led astray by
Herrin and his gang of political high
binder?. '
THE DAY'S BALLOTING
BROUGHT ONE CHANGE
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA
MENTO, Jan. 14- — Assemblyman
Knights of Sacramento voted for Dan
Burns on neither one of the four
joint ballots taken to-day for United
States Senator. On the contrary As
semblyman Knights kept right on vot
ing for General W. H. L. Barnes, and
for his constancy he was rewarded with
as mighty and hearty a shout of com
mendation as ever went up in the As
sembly chamber.
All through the morning the Burns
forces had advertised it in every cor
ner of the hall that Knights had been
won over. Not won but forced. Shame
lessly they boasted that the weight of
Herrin's influence invoked in their
cause yesterday and the made-to-order
instructions of the Sacramento County
Republican Central Committee had
availed and that the first ballot would
see Knights sign his name to the black
list. Every member on the floor was
made aware of their supposed tfeccesS
nor was the Senate neglected, and
j everything was done that could be to
use the fact as a lever and moral
weight on other contrary votes.
But Knights rendered their boasting
of no effect. He was seated at his desk
with Jlrs. Knights and a party of
friend* when the ballot began and at
tracted no more attention than any of
the Burns crowd. That is Mr. Knights
did not until his name "was reached in
the roll call. Then he became for longer
than Speaker Wright cared to rap with
his gavel the man of the house, and
no one of his friends looked so pleased
as did Mrs. Knights when he answered
"Barnes" to the roll cA(I in a voice that
said he meant it. Cheers went up from
all over the hall and the man who did
i not go to the Mexican was so much
embarrassed that his wife was com
pelled to bow his acknowledgments.
Assemblyman Marvin of Humboldt
also precipitated applause. After shin
ing for two days as Charles N. Felton's
other vote Dr. Marvin returned to the
camp of Grant, .there to remain for an
indefinite period. Dr. Marvin has gained
a reputation as a natural born switcher
since this joint ballot began. He opened
it by putting George A. Knight in
nomination for the Senate. He was sec
onded in his nomination by Boynton of
j Humboldt and for the day represented
the Knight strength on the lloor. Dr.
Marvin went over to Felton next day
and there remained until to-day, when
he decided to represent Grant's gain
of one.
"Although the San Diegan rolled up
only twenty-seven votes to-day he is
actually entitled to one more; that of
Chenoweth of Orange, who was ab
sent through the day because of the
serious illness of his mother. Mr. Che
noweth has been a persistent Grant
voter from the start and has announced
his intention of remaining as such so
the southrons were not worried to-day
when he failed to transpire. Senator
Stratum was another of the absentees
anc 1 General Barnes' total was not as
large by one because of it, but Stratton
will be on hand Monday and his vote
will be ca6t as formerly.
There was a good bit of wrangling
after the second ballot and only a roll
call would settle whether the voting
would continue or adjournment be
taken. The vote decided for the ballot
and things progressed evenly until the
fourth had oeen taken and no change
resulted, when another fight was pre
cipitated and an opportunity created
for the Garfield of Santa Clara to come j
to the front with a grandstand play
for his Mexican master. He was in one
of those close communions with himself
that have been since the session opened
the one relaxation of a hard-worked
Senator. The Shortridge communion
was In active operation throughout the
roll call until the name broke the
Shortridge trance, and instead of giving
off a commonplace "Aye" or "No" the
pride of the valley, one hand on his
bosom, shouted lustily, "Dan M.
Burns." He was jeered to the echo,
but that's naught to a Shortridge, and
satisfied with having relieved the ten
si-. n of more serious matters the trance
was resumed.
Pursuant to the decision had in cau
cus yesterday the Democratic minority
stayed with its politics and voted an
other list of party favorites. On the
first ballot Judge Coffey of San Fran
cisco was honored; on the second
Judge William M. Conley of Madera;
on the third General Hamilton of
Placer, and the fourth Charles D. Lane.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
For Barnes— Senators Dickinson, Luch
singer, Morehouse; AssemDlymen Ather
ton. Clough, Knights, Knowlton, Lard
ner, Muenter— 9
For Bulla— Senators Currier, i-.mpson;
Assemblymen Belshaw, Conrey, Cosper,
Mellick, Miller of Los Angeles, Robin
son, Valentine— 9.
For Burns — Senators Bettman,
Burnett, Hoey, Laird, Leavitt, Short
ridge, Wolfe; Assemblymen Arne
rich, Barry, Beecher, Cobb, Devoto,
Dibble, Henry, JILSON, Johnson,
Kelsey, Kelley, Kenneally, Lund
quist, McKeen, Pierce, Rickard, Eu
gene Sullivan, WBIGHT— 2S.
For Grant— Senators Boyce, Cutter,
Jonts. Maggard. Nutt. Smith. Trout;
Assemblymen Bliss. Blood. Cargill, Clark,
Crowder, Dole, De Lancie. Greenwell,
Le Barron. McDonald of Alameda, Mc-
Donald of Tuolumne, Merrill, Merritt, Mil
ice Radcliff, Raub, Raw, Works, Huber
—27.
For Knight— Senator Gillette, Assembly
man Boynton— 2.
For Felton— Assemblyman Brown— l.
For Scott— Senator Davis, Assemblyman
Dun lap— 2.
For Rosenfeld— Senators Feeney, Hall
—2.
For Bard— Senators Flint, Rowell— 2.
For Faterson— Senator Taylor, Assem
blyman La Baree— 2.
For Estee — Assemblymen Anderson,
Wade— 2.
The second was the same as the first
with the exception of the name of the
minoritiy candidate. The third and
fourth ballots brought no change and
adjournment of the joint convention
was taken to Tuesday at noon, when
the fight will be resumed.
ROUTINE WORK IN
THE SENATE CHAMBER
CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA
MKNTO, Jan. 14.— U. S. Grant, Mayor
James D. Phelan of San Francisco and
Charles L. Patton were among the visit,
ors to the Senate chamber this morning,
and were interested spectators of the pro
ceedings.
One of the most important matters pre
sented for the consideration of the Sena
tors was Trout's constitutional amend
ment abolishing the Board of Railroad
Commissioners. It is the same as the
amendment already introduced in the As*
s«>mbly by Radoliff, and as both gentle
men are from Santa Cruz it would appear
aa though that county had a special an
tipathy to the board. The proposed
amendment reads as follows:
"A resolution to propose to the people
of the State of California the repeal of
section 22 of article XII of the constitu
tion in relation to Railroad Commission-
ers.
"Resolved by the Senate, the ABsembly
concurring, That the Legislature of the
State of California at its regular session,
commencing on the second day of Janu
ary, IS-K9, two-thirds of the members elect
ed to each of the two houses voting in
favor thereof, hereby propose that sec
tion 22 of article XII of the constitution
of the State of California be repealed."
The question of the necessity of ballot
ing for United States Senator on Sunday
was brought up and quickly decided In
the negative. Bettman moved that when
the Senate ndjourned it be until Monday.
Simpson wanted to know if a ballot was
necessary^ to-morrow. Bettman read the
following telegram from Senator Perkins
in reply to one sent by Bettman asking
for an opinion in the matter:
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 13, 1899.
Hon. S. M. Bettman. Sacramento, CaL.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1899.
Senate Judiciary' Committee: State Leg
islature is required to vote for Senator
only on legislative days. Therefore Sun
day is excepted.
GEORGE C. PERKINS.-
Morehouse said he had looked up all the
laws bearing on the subject and was sat
isfied that no vote was necessary «n Sun
day. The motion was carried unani
mously.
Dickinson, from the Finance Committee,
Introduced four bills prepared by the Con
troller, one of which amends the act gov
erning commitments to Whittier; the sec
ond transfers $40,000 from the railway tax
contingent fund to the school fund; the
third. transferring $80,000 from the general
fund to the estates of deceased persons
fund and $100,000 from the school fund to
the estates of deceased persons fund.
After adopting the report of the janitor
regarding the purchase of new furniture
for the Senate chamber and commlttee-
rooms, Assembly concurrent resolution
relating to the conversion and appropria
tion of the waters of streams for irriga
tion purposes was read and referred to
the Federal Relations Committee.
Assembly Joint resolution No. 3, in
structing the Congressional delegation to
endeavor to secure an appropriation for
the completion of the jetty in San Diego
harbor, was adopted under a suspension
of the rules.
Wolfe Introduced a bill to compel sav
ings banks to publish sworn statements
of all unclaimed deposits in their keeping.
Referred to the Committee on Banks and
Banking.
ASSEMBLYMAN DIBBLE MOVES TO ADJOURN TILL MONDAY.
Sims offered a resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the State Printer to
print 600 copies of ex-Governor Budd's
second biennial message and COO copies of
Governor Gage's inaugural address.
Resolutions authorizing the president of
the Senate to increase the County Govern
ment and Township Organization and the
Roads and Highways committees by two
members each were referred to the; Com
mittee on Rules.
Gillette offered a concurrent resolution
which was referred to the CommKtee on
Federal Relations requesting the Congres
sional delegation to work for an appropri
ation for the completion of the improve
ments at Humboldt Bay.
Cutter offered a resolution instructing
the sergeant-at-arms to purchase and the
Comptroller to pay out of the contingent
fund therefor $75 for rubber stamps for
uae of the Senators. Referred to the
Committee on Attaches.
A petition was presented from the Pres
byterian church of Chico requesting the
Senators and Assemblymen to enact a
Sabbath law.
When the Senate reconvened after the
joint convention Braunhart. speaking to
a question of privilege, denounced as un
true the insinuation of a San Francisco
paper that his bills limiting the pay of
court stenographers and reducing the
rate of interest are in the nature of
"cinch" measures.
The Senate then adjourned until 10 a. m.
Monday, the following bills having been
introduced during the day.
THE CHARTER WILL BE
CONSIDERED TUESDAY
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA
MENTO, Jan. 14.— San Francisco's char
ter was this morning made the special
order in the Assembly for Tuesday morn
ing, immediately aiter the reading of the
journal. It was done upon motion of As
semblyman Cobb of San Francisco, and
finally removes that , precious document
beyond any slight danger there may have
been of its suffering by amendment at the
hands of the Judiciary Committee.
It was feared by the more nervous of
the friends of the document that Dib
ble's motion of yesterd*y to recall it from
the Committee on Municipal Corporations
and rereftr it to the Judiciary Commit
tee preceded an attempt to cut out certain
Motions objectionable to the San Fran
cisco push, but the truth is that, though
Dibble is said to have had some such in
tention, he was the only one of the com
mittee who had, and would not have been
strong enough to effect his plan. The
charter hats not been for a minute in any
actual jeopardy, and Dibble himself will
vote for it when it comes up for its final
reading and passage.
This howl of danger to it and these
pleas for eternal vigilance have been to
effect no other purpose than the spectacu
lar plan of advertising just now the one
idea of Mayor Jnmes D. Phelan. Does
there go out an announcement that the
charter is being considered and Mr. Phe
lan's daily issue blazons forth "Danger to
the charter," and Jamesy, with Eddie Fay
tagging along to see to the immaculate
polish of the Phelan shoes, and the bur
nishing of the Phelan tile, resumed since
election, hurries to the Capitol. It is a
clevor somersault before the grand stand,
but it has no excuse in reason. The ona
man in Sacramento who is out against
the charter is Martin Kelly, and Martin
Kelly has not a vote he can throw against
it. His political influence in the present
Legislature is a minus quantity, and the
good old has-been spends his time in
friendly tips that carry no weight and
harangues characteristic of the days
when he was an influence to be figured on
in things political.
At the earnest solicitation of Mr. Phe
lan he was accompanied to this city by
Hon. Charles L. Patton, and with Pres
ident Dohrman of the Merchants' Asso
ciation and Henry N. Clement, they ap
peared in the Assembly chamber this
morning, but departed after the Question
at interest had been disposed of until
Tuesday.
By the adoption of a resolution intro
duced by Blood of Calaveras, all City
and County Clerks in the State will here
after be provided with two copies each
of every bill relative to municipalities or
county government.
The Committee on Attaches, which held
an unimportant meeting last evening,
filed its report, in which it recommended
that all committee chairmen immediately
submit the names of their clerks that
they might be duly appointed.
Assemblyman Valentine was in the
chair during the greater part of the morn
ing, and at ten minutes after 10 he called
a recess until 11:45 o'clock, when the As
sembly reassembled and adopted a reso
lution providing that when the Assembly
adjourned for the day it should be until
11:30 o'clock Mondny morning 1 .
The joint Senatorial ballot was begun
at noon, ajid after four votes had been
taken the joint convention adjourned un
til Monday noon, and the Assembly to the
hour on Monday agreed upon earlier in
the day.
THREE IMPORTANT
BILLS INTRODUCED
CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA
MENTO, Jan. 14.— Assemblyman Meade of
Los Angeleß is out after the many and
| variegated so-called investment compa
| nies. The Western slope has for the past
j half a dozen years been a prolific field for
| about every catch-penny scheme that a
clever grafter can conceive, and few of
them have ever resulted in anything save
profit to the promoter. San Francisco
and Les Angeles particularly have been
successful fields of operation. Mutual
benefit associations have builded up
assets of thousands of dollars out of no
apparent capital, and although Califor
nia's code does not permit of preferred
stocks in its corporations, so-called pre
ferred stocks, thinly disguised, guaran
teeing ai< r where from 6 to 12 per cent
' per annum to any one who cares to put
i his saving* in them, have been unloaded
all over the Slat.-, ami every year ha>
its story to tell of one or more of the con
cerns going broke, its patrons with it.
It is these institutions that Assembly
man Meade is after, and the more reputa
ble class as well. Among the numerous
good bills he has already introduced is
one that he handed up to the clerk's desk
| this afternoon, which brings all of these
! associations under the class known as
building and loan associations, and makes
1 them amenable to the rules and regula
' tlona of the Building and Loan Cum
! mission.
The bill also hits a solar plexus blow
j at those building and loan association*
I whose methods are as questionable as
i their assets, in providing that any mcm
i ber or investor shall have the right to
I withdraw from the association upon
, thirty days' notice, and that if his mi
i vestment and accrued interest be not
paid within ninety days after formal no
tice is given, the corporation may issue
no more of its stock until such with
drawal is fully liquidated.
An association shall be insolvent when
its assets are less than the dues that have
| been paid in, and any insolvent associa
tion roust pare down the face of its stock
enough to offset its arrearages or go into
the bandi of a receiver. The provisions
i ol the lilll relating to insolvency are taken
! from the laws now In effect in New York,
j Illinois and Indiana.
Works of San Diego also introduced a
bill regulating the appointment of not
aries public. Under the present law the
only qualification necessary in an appli
cant for a notary's certificate is the sig
; natures of two citizens of standing In
his community. Under the law proposed
by Works, an applicant must undergo ex
amination by the Superior Judge of his
county and must have lived in the county
in which he makes application for a year
or more.
A bill, said to have bean drafted at the
request of associated labor, was intro
duced during the morning, and bids fair
to attract considerable attention before
it Is finally passed. It takes a iar step
forward for the betterment of the men
who am employed in factories, foundries
or in any business where stationary ma
chinery is used ;ind where the record of
1 injuries is necessarily a long one. By the
provisions of the act all employers are re
quired to provide for men injured while
on duty their surgical attention and
medicines and such other things as their
recovery may necessitate. The limit to
the -employer's liab.uty is fixed at three
months, and if he fails to do as the act
requires he shall be liable for damages
in three times the- amount expended by
the employe on his own account.
BULLA AND GRANT ARE
NOT THROWING BOUQUETS
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA :
MENTO, Jan. 14.-Robert N. Bulla and
General W. H. L. Barnes were to-day tied
in the Senatorial contest. Each had nine
votes. Owing to the fact that Senator
Stratton of Alameda had returned to his
home. General Barnes' strength was di
minished by one vote. It will be with him
again on Monday. The Bullaites had their
dally caucus at 5 o'clock this afternoon,
and agreed to all stand together for Bulla
during the balloting Monday. As yet
there are no signs of any additional votes
coming to the Buila column.
As the days go by the entente cordiale
between the Grant and Bulla men be
comes more strained. The. winning over
of Assemblyman Huber by the Grant peo
ple has angered some of Bulla's friends,
and they are very bitter about it. Assem
blymen Valentine and Mellick. and possi
bly Conrey, will never vote for Grant
under any circumstances. Kut Senator
Simpson, Senator Currier and Assembly
man Miller can probably be prevailed
upon to do so should they ever leave
Bulla. This would give Grant four of the
eight votes from the Los Angeles delega
tion. Bulla is not voting just now, but
should his name ever be dropped he will
then be in a position to exercise his right
to vote, but he will never go to Grant. It
is asserted positively that under no cir
cumstances is there a vote in the Los
Angeles delegation for Burns, and this is
undoubtedly true. The Los Angeles Sen
ator or Assemblyman who casts his vote
for the Candelaria colonel is ready for tne
political undertaker, as far as his future
prospects in Los Angeles County are con
cerned. There are a number of Los An
geles politicians who desire Burns' elec
tion, but they can be named and told off
on the fingers of your two hands. Among
them might be named William E. Dunn,
ex-City Attorney; Frank P. Flint, United
States Attorney; H. Z. Osborne. United
States Marshal; "W. F. Parker, Governor
Henry T. Gage and his satellites. But
these parties 3o not cut any figure in the
Republican politics of their home county
any more. They cannot swing one vote
from Bulla to Burns, if Bulla retires from
the fight, save for a good round consid
eration.
The Grant men. on the other hand. ar«
very bitter against Bulla. They think
that if Grant could have tho eight votes
from Los Angeles County he would be
on the high road to an election. That
would give him only thirty-five votes, and
he would still be lacking twenty-six of the
required number. But as long as Bulla
remains in the fight Grant will not have
any more Los Angeles County votes than
he has to-day. The treacherous Huber
will probably stay with him to the end,
or at least until he sees fit to "do poli
tics" and make another switch. * lye
Grant supporters in Southern California
have announced that If they ever leave
Grant they intend to vote for Thomas R.
Bard of Ventura. They said that under
no circumstanCf-s will they go to Bulla.
Bard now has two votes. Senator Ches
ter Rowell of Fresno and Senator Thomas
Flint of San Benito are voting for Bard
just at present.
BULLA'S SUPPORTERS
WANT GRANT NEXT
CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA
MENTO, Jnn. 14.— Thpre will be quite an
effort put forth by the friends of U. S.
Grant in Los Angeles during the next
few days to prevail upon the Los Angeles
delegation to drop Bulla out of the fight
and go over to Grant, on the ground that
by so doing they will probably insure the
election of a Southern California candl-,
date, or at least lend their aid to that
end. To-day a number of individual tele
grams were received by Bulla' s Los An
geles County supporters from parties who
were delegates to the last Republican
convention held in that county to the ef
fect that they believed that Bulla could
not be elected and that it was now time
for them to go to Grant. In addition to
the individual telegrams a general tele
gram extensively signed was received by
Senators Simpson and Currier. It fol
lows:
We, the undersigned delegates to the Re
publican county convention, believe that the
instructions to representatives to the Legis- i
lature to vote for R. N. Bulla have been car- I
ried out, and believing that he cannot b« :
elected hereby request that you at once vote i
for U. S. Grant and thus elect a Southern Call
fornian United States Senator.
W. LEMOTNE WILLS,
• W. M. GARLAND,
E. B. MILLER.
S. S. BULLFINCH,
B. F. ORR,
D. F. DONEGAN,
FRANK GILLESPIE,
CAL F. HUNTER,
M. M. GILLESPIE,
ROBERT A. ROWAN.
E. M. HALLETT.
E. A. HEMSEMAN.
W. BOUFILIO.
- E. ESTERBROOK.
E. R, WERDIN.
CHARLES M. SMITH.
R. B. PIERCE,
A. M. ELSON.
P. S. McKENZIE.
J. A. NELSON,
A. E. POMEROY.
P.. L. HAZEN.
HOWARD ' RAMES.
R. WILLIAMS.
F. TANTERIO,
J. C. CLINE.
The names signed to this telegram are
in many cases those of prominent Re
publicans.
■ ♦ ■ ■
OAKLAND REPUBLICANS
REPUDIATE WRIGHT
OAKLAND, Jan. 14.— The Oakland
Times this morning published the fol
lowing:
CITIZENS TO REPUDIATE THE
ALAMEDA BURNS LEGISLATORS.
The sentiment in this community has
been so outraged at the possibility of
California being represented in the United
States Senate by a man of the character
of Dan Burns that steps have bec-n taken
to call a mass-meeting, to be held this
evening- t Exposition Hall, formerly
Mills Tabernacle, to express a popular
protest.
It is proposed to make this a big demon
stration of disapproval by the reputable
Republicans of Alameda County of the
action of those Senators and Assembly
men who voted for Burns. Prominent
speakers will be present and address the
meeting, and an effort will be made to
bring public sentiment to bear on the
legislators of this county, who, it is be
lieved, misrepresent their constituents.
The arrangements for the meeting have
not been completed yet, but Exposition
Hall, formerly Mills Tabernacle, has
been engaged for this evening.
The action of Speaker Wright in voting
for Burns has evoked a storm of protest
and it is proposed to make to-night's dem
onstration one that will leave no question
as to Alameda County sentiment.
The meeting was postponed owing to
the Municipal League Convention and
wet weather.
MARVIN HOLDS THE
RECORD AS SWITCHER
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA
MENTO, Jan. 14.— Assemblyman G. D.
Marvin of Humboldt County has the rec
ord for the week on changing his vote
in the Senatorial contest more frequently
than any of the hundred and twenty mem
bers of the Senate and Assembly who
have now given over the greater portiqn
of five days to thirteen fruitless ballots
in an attempt to elect a United States
Senator.
Assemblyman Marvin started out by
voting for George A. Knight. Then on
the second day he changed his vote to
Grant. On Thursday he made another
switch and voted for Charles N. Felton.
Friday he still remained true to ex-Sena
tor Felton, but to-day one more change
and again he cast his vote for Grant.
Assemblyman Marvin has made four
changes in live days and has voted for
three different candidates. Where he will
ultimately wind up it is hard to predict,
but the Grant men think h<s will now re
main with them.
-'it is nobody's business how T vote,"
said the Assemblyman from far off Hum
boldt, when questioned to-day as to who
his next choice would be. "I vote as I
see lit and as I believe my constituents
would like to have me vote and they are
the only people who have any right to
hold me accountable. Further than this,
I do not care to discuss this question at
all."
Mr. Marvin admitted that he thought
Grant was the choice of a good many of
his constituents, but not all of them. He
denied emphatically that he had been in
fluenced In switching his vote so often by
any consideration other than that of dis
charging his duty to his constituents as
he conceived it. The Grant men think
that Marvin will be with them when the
balloting is resumed Monday, but as a
matter of fact no one save Marvin him
self knows what camp he will be in when
his name is called for the fourteenth bal
lot.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL
TIMBER EXHAUSTED
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA
MENTO, Jan. 14.— 0n the four ballots
taken to-day the Democrats exhausted
the Senatorial timber they had selected
to mark with the empty honor of their
thirty-three votes, save in one instance.
On the first ballot on Monday they will
vote for Hon. Abbott Kinney of Los An
geles. No caucus has yet been officially
called to select Democrats to be voted for
on the other ballots which will probably
be taken during the day, but it Is under
stood that a meeting will be held early
on Monday morning to make a selection
for five more ballots. Senator Feeney
continues to vote for John Rosenfeid and
Utterly ignores the action of the Demo
cratic caucus. On some of the ballots
Senator Hall joins him, but not often
The Democrats are growing weary' of
the deadlock, but thus far there seems to
be no general sentiment among the mi
nority members in favor of interfering
The majority of the Democrats seem to
favor the idea that the Republicans
should settle their own family
fight. There are some Democrat? how
ever, who do not feel this way and who
are ready at any time to offset the votes
of any Democratic members who may be
unduly influenced to vote for a Republi
can. This fact is known to the Burns
push, and it is not pleasant information
to them.
THE FIRST WAVE OF
ECONOMICAL LEGISLATION
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA
MENTO, Jan. 14. -This Legislature of 1599
has come to the Capitol pledged to econ
omy in the fullest and against the multi
tude of commissions that have flourished
for years for no other purpose than the
spending of their appropriations.
The light was begun this morning in the
Assembly, when Grove L. Johnson of Sac
mento Introduced a resolution instructing
the Committee on Commissions and Pub
lic Expenditures to begin an investißcUion
into every commission with offices at the
Capitol and elsewhere and to report as
soon as is practicable those that may be
weeded out, and others that may consist
ently be reduced or consolidated with
others.
Mr. Johnson's resolution, which was as
follows, was adopted by a unanimous
vote:
Resolved, That the Committee on Commls-
Fions and Public Expenditures be and they are
hert-by directed to Inquire Into the manage
ment of all the State commlsßlons and report
to the House hy bill or otherwise what, it any,
chanpfs are net-decl therein, and what, if any.
commissions could be abolished, and what, If
any, saving can be effected In th» management
of said commissions. And said commission la
hereby given power to send for persons and
papers in order to make a thorough and com
plete investigation.
Feenev Wants Pure Elections.
CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA
MENTO. Jan. 14.— The bill introduced in
the Senate to-day by Feeney of San Fran
cisco, amending the purity of elections
law, amends section 18, making It manda
tory upon the District Attorney to insti
tute proceedings against violators of the
provisions of the act on receiving infor
mation of such violation. If he should fail
to prosecute after receiving such infor
mation he shall be deemed guilty of mis
demeanor and shall forfeit his office.
Section 32 is amended to provide that
any person offending against the purity
of elections law is a competent witness
agiinst another offender, and he may be
convened to testify. But the testimony
so siven shall not be used against him,
and the person so testifying shall not be
liabU thereafter to indictment or pre
sentment or prosecution for his offense.
Wrong Credit Given.
LAlii, HEADQUARTERS. SACRA
MENTO, j an 14.— The Call this morning,
in referi to the constitutional amend
ment exempting churches -and chapels
oin » tu>!ltl( which was introduced in
tne hcnaie yesterday, inadvertently cred
ited the imendment to Senator Braun
inirt. It vas Senator Wolfe who had the
honor of cfrerlng it.
THE TAX COLLECTION
LAW IS LEGAL
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA
MENTO, Jan. 14.— A letter received by
Governor Gage knocks the bottom out of
the scheme planned by San Francisco and
Sacramento lawyers to collect on behalf
of forty-two counties of this State large
sums on the settlement of State taxes.
It was roughly estimated that $1,500,000
was due the variois counties as commis
sions for the collection of State taxes.
The claim was put forward by tho law
yers in the scheme that the bill in the
Legislature of ISS3 repealing the act which,
allowed commissions to the counties for
the collection of State taxes did not re
ceive a constitutional majority in the
Senate. The records of the Senate were
cited to prove that only twenty Senators
voted for the repealing act. ' Senator
Campbell's name was not recorded as
voting.
Contracts were therefore made between
the attorneys and the Boards of Super
visors by which Devlin & Devlin of this
city and Slack, Rodgers & Paterson of
San Francisco were to receive from 25 to
40 per cent of all the money collected from
the State.
The Call thoroughly exposed the
scheme, showing conclusively that if
M, 500,000 wus taken from the State treas
u"> to reimburse the counile.3 .for com
missions under : the old law, tlic Sta'e
v.o'iid be compelled to levy a tax on the
various ccrnties to 'make good the sura
B'i taken Iroin the treasury. Tho tax
payers would therefore losr> all that ■was
gained from the State, and in addition
be- compelled to pay nearly a haif ir.iliiou
dollars. to the lawyers.
There is no longer a doubt th.it the law
Vv ii3 passed in a constitut'oual manner.
Senator Orr.pbell has written the follow
ing letter to the Governor:
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 1899.
His Excellency. Governor Henry T.
Gage, Sacramento— Dear Sir: Referring
to the repeal of the law in 1893 allowing
county officers a commission for collect
ing the State's portion of taxes I wish to
state that the bill had my hearty support
throughout and also my vote on its final
'passage. But evidently through a clerical
or typographical error my name, which
should appear as voting aye on the .final
passage. was omittt»d in the printed pro
ceedings. Very respectfully.
# R. H. CAMPBELL.
Senator Second Senatorial District, Ses
sion of 1891-83.
PROBABLY PERISHED
DURING THE STORM
Vain Search for a Mining Prospector
Who Is Missing From
Bedding. .
REDDING, Jan. 14.— Charles Rurglen,
one of the two men who had been miss
ing from Iron Mountain for five days,
turned up safe and sound late yesterday
noon. The horses for which he and
Cal Kracher went in search on snowshoes
were found at a great distance In the
mountains. On the way to Iron Moun
tain the two men separated, Burglen pro
ceeding down Whisky Creek and arriv
ing borne without much difficulty.
Kracher took another route, driving the
horses before him. Up to a late hour this
afternoon no tidinn of Kracher had been
received, and his friends express the be
lief that he lost his way in the mist and
fog and perished in the snow.
Search parties have taunted for him in
vain for several days, and all hope prac
tically has been abandon*
It is stated that Kracher' B real name is
Rocher. he having had money on deposit
in this city under that name.
SANTA CRUZ POWDER
MILLS EXPLOSION
Building Partially Wrecked and a
Workman Loses the Sight of
One Eye.
SANTA CKUZ. Jan. 14.— An explosion in
the rifle smokeless powder mill this after
noon wrecked the powder press and blew
off a portion of the roof and aides of the
building. Ralph Bradley was injured on
the leg by a (lying piece of machinery,
and William Turners face was so bailly
burned that tlie sight of one eye probably
is lost.
Ten pounds of powder exploded in the
high-pressr.re press, setting lire to the
building and communicating to several
hundred pounds of smokeless powder,
which was burned. Two bottles of nitro
glycerine exploded, blowing a hole in the
Moor six feet in diameter. Turner was on
the platform overlooking the press when
the explosion occurred. H. Pawsey, J.
Ward, J. Holmes and H. Jarvis were in
t\e building, but escaped without Injury.
