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Jim ia io.
Now for 1* fiesta.
Pity the poor tenmia atari!
Senator Feskins can now tlesp o'
nights.
Govi KNjn Sudd has promised; be
wili periomi.
Los Angeles ia becoming a power in
tbe assembly.
The Southern California legislative
delegation ia "up toepeed."
About thi3 time Coloael Dan Burns
contemplates bia semi-annual trip to
Mexico. '
Or the printing of newspapers and
the proposition so print newspapers in
Loa there seems to be no end.
What is sauce for tbe goose Is sauce
for the gander. Let a warrant cf arrest
issoe for Collis P. liunlingtcn forth
with.
The Markham ,;uar I o! Paeadcna and
tbe brass band thereof may now turn
ent to "welcome homo" the Magnetic
Cbieitiiin.
Ir thk devil e.aoie t > H»a Frencleeo —
bnt there ia no oee regretting tha cb
aenoe of that persona ;e ;ne is co abiy
represeatDd by Col -nei B -.ma.
Thb grip has l;fc..ri >\ death hold on
New York. The heaWi board in thia
city will do weii to Bee that the destroyer
in ita trip aero is the ouairy does nut
stop in Los :-.a.i i -.
Another poiil c< I iiy>:a-.ty totters to
iti fell; on ths ruins of the Uhric, like
Macaulay's N-e SiaUuder, aits Muse
fhSMt, "grau .i, tlooas . mi.t pscoliar,"
bigh end si. ■ wailing.
afaf
Aetkb an exuo . tn .-kh yea re in a for
eign land, P. M. Oi.'iu while in
tho customs siirv i n series
of swindle?, has retarnti.i, and wili
Stand trial. Trior Iks noma.
Li Huso- Chang has c-mineneed the
work of reprisal. Deeutts tin loss of
peacock feather and y-llow jict-st. the
riceroy still has a ",'iili ' i three
generate who wero routed at Por; Ar
thur will be deprived r.i their htcdi.
-. A tnatUrCH from Mew York aays Collis
P. Huntington ia sic*. The ailment is
designated us rbeuin-itism, bat a true
diagnosis would douotlnsa reveal choler.
Ooliii has evidently hoard ol the San
Fedro motn/rial and tha action o! tbe
Ban Francisco reformers.
The Hi:i'.ali>'s suggestion to pass a
bill, allowing tae oaia ol oiliee to be
ministered to Lieuten ■nt-tioveruor 11 I
lard in Loa Angeiei, will bs ante! upon
torn- rrow. As poioled oat in tno H.trt
ald this course is the only legal solution
•f tbe quasi on.
Ban Fbascisco has ceaaed ti gibe at
Oakland fir demandm; the pleasure of
hearing about tbo nieideu who came to
town "with l-or golden hair h:n,;mg
down her back." Since th.o olevatiou of
Mose ijuuat to the office ol police co.u
mieiintier, San Frauuieco'a golden hair
has bee a bangiag down ber back, and
She m \y no longer aneer at the immor
ality of her "sister city."
Fnoa: the glsro of the '. .utligbta, out of
hear in i; ol tbo plan iite of tbe people,
steps tlaudsoune Harry Woodruff into
tbe comber gbem of a lawy-r'a otlico
Knowledge of Blackstone and Goke and
Kant>i> to give Hendeome Jlarry casta,
and whan in a short lime ho WJi Aon a
GonM to tha altar the fnlre tin.ol of tiie
Btair.o will have worn ,::!' and he will be
spoken of aa tlih brilliant roung attorney.
The ordinary politician is suppose,! to
bave a hide ot the testo.-o et an ein
pbant. 'I bo Minnesota epecies, howevar,
is different, and ehen a diMppoiu,#-l
eoneti'ueac:' !>.'' rtned Senatsr Pater-son
by telegraph that t.h :i •.. .a * si "pant?."
be went after tl.e t-.l :r.-.:,', -. ~ ..i,--.--..v
tbat lira ism : I tlix m. >. f-.-r •! .m
--ages. t<tr>i- :. j! - r -.-.-arc - I
efoooa lt awfa rr-It.-vi.t.lttietata
on a jury.
The co- .vi ►.; = .-•. ••« ti ti, -
wail of toe ;;•••> / •
seeches ths - c... ■•• -
nnndiua'. ■■■■■ •*• • i
p. at. »n,l Ba. m. '-v : - ■ ■■ '■<-
the pence. !>'•-■ r., ■. • •-• •• -
el vemaloti. !>•>-'•*•> : !
candy t*-: rt, ■ I ■ t -
Ton m •<!!>! ■
fMwttnn r.r. 1 ■:• 1 ' 1
-fit/ prri:'t ■ •
• ■ itioa, Iti member* took a drive
a dee ovi,r tho pronosed routs, end
n .'.urde .' the re-m'ntione calling for
•H» h lolevard wove «<» >«Mar*d, at tba
Initial aretttiag <f the o,>mrnie«i>n. A
ejuion t. ,•«, composed of t»<> such ablo
mi enterprising and pushing ratm aa
t.'»pu.n Jdba'Orosi end VV. H. Work-
Buan~, la now appointed to see t'ir.t
tbe honlevnrd ia hoilt, lIKX.-o* in width,
- I rnllos in length, aud having » donble
i»w ol shade troen tbroogb ita center,
end if the sains energy ia exerted
ihr ngnont, tbeee gentlemen will baild
the boiiievar t .
THE MATHEWS BILL.
The editor of our esteemed evening
contemporary evidently auppo!>ca he is
learned »t>d experienced on the subject
of tho construction and operation of
railroad*, aud the principloa which gov
ern tratho.
Iv n lengthy oditorial in that paper
dmy hwiore yeetorday he brought nia
learning und experience to bear in oppo
sition to the bill io bo introduced in
the letislfttnro by Senator Mathews of
this city. Tun Herald has published
tbe bill iv full, no that our readnra are
familiar with ita provisions. Sanator
Matbewa prepared tha bill for introduo
tion in response to the popular demand
for the adoption of bo una means of re
ducing freights and (area on railroads.
Itis ft mexeure suggestive of a plan (or
carrying into effect tbo proposition to
connect Los Angeles by rail wilh Fresno
and other cititia in tho gra>u߻u Joaquin
valley, and to enable ths people any
where in tbo state to construct and con
trol any railroad that tbey may deem
eaoential to their welfare. It will be
observed that if enßotod it will not bo
compulsory, but psrmisaivo, authorizing
the paopla to do as they 'pieaae with their
OWn credit by consent ol two-thirds ol
the voters of the conn y.
The capacity to object :s much greater
thin to devise or aujaoat, and tho editor
haa shown that be possesses that ability
to a marked ex eat. Objection! aro of
three clmaou—valid, frivolous a;id ab
aurd. The objections of oar cantetnpa
.-ary to tbe Mathews bill are embraced
in the two latt r classes.
Its bbieettMu aro so interwoven that
it .. not easy to take tbsm up ia nuiuar
icai order, but we will do tho bait vie
aaa.
Objection number ono acaarts that
"a ri.iiro<sd that haa not transconti
nental ciinaeoiions will bs of vary littlo
use in ioworin* freight rates or reducing
railroad fares."
Tho auswer to that ia that transconti
nental connection would have noihin'*
to do with rates from Fresno to tfii f city
or vice vert-a, aad freight or passen
gers destined eastward or earning west
ward vrnuld not be discriminated against
by the Hants Fe or Southern Pacific on
any principle of business, and could tiot
be by law. The transcontiiontd lines
wjuld take the as- a matter of
interest, and ahoriid thoy refasts, the
interstateeomme'i'. - law mops in and stavo
they shall do 10. If any suco road sbonld
j tefusj aueh eesinee* or c!i.ir;io higher
| ratal than on business originating at the
I point of delivery, or itt any manner d>a-
I orlmioate against it, tbe official! would
!bs liable to Mna and imprisonment. A
i common carrier baa no right, umlar tbe
law of any civilized community, to
! refuse business or to discriminate
against any class of business. Oa this
point it will be necessary for the editor
to go to school another day in order to
' ccni;>iele his educali n.
1 Oi.-jsetiou number two in substance
\ coatenda that short hues onimnt to
noth'iig, and that a lino, Bay to Fresno,
■-sould havo no comnstition exceot by
cc», and tbe Inference Id that it would
h.ivs no etToct in redueiffcg ratea. This is
our language ami construction. A rail-
I road to Frame from Una city would
t have a competitor in the 800 tbe r a
I Pacitio for what it is worth. The
| country baa had experience enough to
I know that competition has vary little
I effect iv reducing ctisrgoj, and snob
effort as it lias is sporadic and Imtae"
i diately dieapp:< »re through combina
| lions and triiffiu arrangements. Thr
! ehorieat aud most cliaaplv operate--!
j line ia pernilttoi to mace the rates and
! ailcompetitors adopt them. The con*
line makes rates below
I what will yield it a satisfactory profit.
| All hj:- itiriji linos, especially wast of the
! Mississippi river, art) ore naively bon lj-.l
i and stacked, and no ru*d will resia. ran
j that ia necessarf to its
I earning (t libera! income on all i'.s no ni
rial eepiteh Al we heveeaid before, tho
a read at the lowu.-it passible cost." This
! und tbis onlr will assure j:ist and roa
! eonable rales. The met-.suro is not like
thote in Kinsas and other states whore
I bonds have boen votod to corporatioae
I end tiie people havo no voice iv the
| operation and constr-rctimi. A ro»-d
eoutttruQted under the Ma'.hawfi bill
I would be the property of the people
OaJ«atmn nnmber threo amenati to
I under jibe Matbewa billwenid be naable
!t i ffeftere ctfaipeteet pefsene to build
- Eoer efl*ted In ev«ry branch y: radroad
| hi», no,l nfa nre idle and neekin* eta -
.ol ivoie.r.. Un • they art beior educated
- fiun n tnnt!r. r.riie whom corporittion
rH-.lriul) '. fin ;n nt valuable are ench
! «'"-r-tre ti iiil any ;<Uk*, pnelte or prt
v**e. 1 Mil.- wno ifUiok tAteut ia
' -.v.!iv..-i: 'unffr 4» o-»t etoperl/ appro
... -.->•» *v. -ni.l the Aurjiri
i : ;. I i a-Tr.'v*- feet ia iv »v.ib§t-inca
--' »,' 'i j "-1 -- ,r tt; si ties in nrrdti *■
Metbews law, i'te d.tbcaltios are
COS ANGELK-S*- HEKALDi SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY <:?. 1895.
purely imaginary, (or the counties wonld
h*v» voioea ia proportion to tne capital
iavosted or toe coat of the several
parts. There ia a fair rale tbat governs
all such o-nes. I* ahoald not be over
looked thai such roada are not to bs
built to earn dividends, bat to save th a
cost of transportation to the people.
Hapsrvisors and director* wonld be re
•ponelble to tha poople, and would not
dare reaort to tbose high-handed and
reprehensible practices commoa to sim
ilar officers in corporation railways, who
ttdnk tbo publio "be damned." Aa wo
have beforo xaid, the charges on reads
built ou the Mathewa plan would only
ba high enoagh to pay cost of operating,
tha iutereit on tbe bonds, and a aink
ing fund to finally extinguish tbe
tho bonds. There would ba no earnings
to pay interest on fraudulent bonda or
dividends on fictitious atock, and the
people wonld demand and could onforoe
the utinodt ocoiiomv in operating ex
penses. No over-capitalized road, or
which pays unduo salaries, could com
pote with fsuoh a road. It would have
Into bankruptcy, be sold out and
capitalized oa a just basis, and run on
principles of rigid economy so far as the
salaries of officials nre Boa earned,
Objection Bomber fire istliatcuch a
roid aa the .Mntbewa hill contemplatea
would he used as a political machine ;
tbat eupervisora would pay off ward
ntrikers and poiitical tricksters for their
irregular and dirty political work. If
thut ia a valid objection, then all gov
ernment is oiijeotionnbla for tha aame
ronsoaa. The editor of the Kxpreee
must be familiar with Dau Burnshm and
oiher machino m»(hoja, and we are
glad to know that be atihora and fears
thorn. For bis conso'ation we wiil in
form him that the good people aro
"onto thoso things that have plun
dered them aid debiuched the public
morals. Supervisors have power to
construct roads, build bridges, and do
many other things in connection witb
which thore ia patronage aud fat
oontracts, and why not deprive them
of this powor aud let corporations ruu
the whole government instead of olsot
ing officials to do it? We ndmlt that
the people have been negligent in regard
to their public duties. Tbey teel tho
burd,-n when they go to pay tares,
whicli ocouru bat ones a year and then
they grumble and forget, but whoa they
have to pay for railroad trensportalion
every duv th;»y will not forgot. A road
built under tbo M.tthewa plan will be a
public road aad every citizsn will havo
toe right to investigate tho maauar of
its management; and bo will do it, for
he will be impelled to do it every time
he buy] a ticket or pays a freight bill.
There will bs no difhjulty in getting
contractors to build a road at a minimum
profit, ior there will be no arrangement
made as thcro ia with corporations
to divide profits with tho directors.
Bat few persons nre interested in
corporation roads comparalivalv, while
a road built under the plan under dis
cussion will bo » matter of interest to
the whole people. Give the people a
chrmco to bhve cheap transportation,
and if tbey do not Uke cr.re of their own
Interest! it will be their fault and tbey
must etilf /r the ciuaequances. Lat them
have a chance c> do their own work, and
if tiiay do not wish to act, let it be so.
But let ne dismiss the ghost of bosaiam
and corrupt politics in the diaenseion oi
public questions and trust tba people to
do their own work. If all newspapers
would atiutto off oorporotion influence
and stand for popular rights fearlessly
and without regard to party or persona!
cmsequences there would be a better
elate of political morala. Opposition to
tbe Mathews plan ia inspirod by sorno
corporation which has evidently given
our contemporary a voice and sot it to
talking.
GUNST MAY BE REMOVED.
By nn net approved April 1. 1873
(statutes 1877 8, p. 8791 tha legislature
provifieit for th» appointrnsnt of *
board of police cummisaionera in the
city nnd Han Francisco. Tba
act. provided (hit t!io jnd.ea of tbo. Fif
teenth, Twolftb nod Fourth judicial
districts, or so many ol then a* shoold
act, obonld m»et together within ten
(iivs after the passage of th i not, an j i.
often Afl honld be necH3aa p y,aTV.l chooae
their citizaoa of said city and county,
hotiaehitdoreof good repute, without
respect to thoir politic*, who, together
wilij trie chief of police, ehould conali
tiite the bostrl of police comuiiastouere
cf said city and county.
Tie net llfcaatlta provided that "all
vauannlei aball be filled by tha afore
aaid Jadgei Making l*M appointments."
This nut wso petted und went into tiled
beioro tha adoption oi th* new eooetitO
tion. In 157.1 tha now conatitutiua was
adopted. By it the eever.il diet.rict,
courts of the etate wore nboliahed and
tbare caused to ba any of the Fif
teenth, Twelfth or Fourth jjdioiil dia-
liaoce,with the adoption of tha
new cinnituttoa the app stating ponar
deaicnn'cd by *aid act of April 1, 1878,
ceaacd to nxi^t.
Tbe<act in queitioa did not fix tbo
ter.m.oluifiite ol tha police comaihaion
era to he appointed thereunder, hence
under the old constitution, ea well us
under tbe now, tbo police cotnmiaiion
era ao appointed undsr th > net bald
office'inly "tl'irinir the plsaaura of tho
aSthority ctazing tha appointment."
(Constitution 18-19. S>C. 7, Art. xi—
constitution 187'J, Hec 14. Art. v.)
The en: i act bl April 1, 1878, became
a pert ot the charter of ttie citr and
Bounty of Sad Frauoiaoa, nnl evill iF4 a
main ouch until 8»a Fraaciac > •SUUrBjl
for tt-eif a B«» charter. In People »j.
Hammond 68 Calilornia, paze 051, it
waa hold tl»4t unleoa ttißru tut va>
Oaticy, tbe governor, had no power or
authority to nppoiut a police cominis*
dinner for San Francisco, since under
tho eaid act o! Aprii 1, 1873, tha originil
• iip inteea hold until their eucseasora
v.er« appointed aud qualified. Hut aa
'he appointing power nader that ent
ve«t*d in aaid jii and no they
bad oeaaed to be, tberowaa no authority
to re:n tva aco jiniiiaionor and appoint
suuUier in bia itoid : s jnaeauentu ia
tbe case oi People va. Hammond no
vacancy exiated.
But, when a vacancy occurs, as by
death or resignation, then, if there is nn
parson designated by statute to make tbe
apDOiotmant or fill the vacancy, the
power to do ao, if it exiets at all, resides
in the governor, who, if he may appoint
a police commisaion for San Francisco
at ell, can only do so after the vaoanc.
haa been brought about iv the origin..!
appoini menta.
It waa because of snob vaeanoy that
Governor Markham appointed Dan
limns, and Moae Guuat, upon the resig
nation of Mr. Burns. In such Dane the
governor becomes the authority by
whom tbe appointment ia made, aod as
the aaid statute ef April 1, 1873, did not
fix any term durio; which the commie
aionera therein provided for should bold
office, and aa tbo constitution enaction
16, artiole 20) expressly provides that if
uo term cf otlic* aa commissioner io de
clared by law "such officer or com mi '-
aioner eliall hold hia poeition aa such
officer or commissioner during the
pleasure of the authority making the
appointment," it follow,! that Mr. Mdse
Guuat holds hia Office during the pleas
ure of the governor; and as tbo present
governor io made of different clay from
tbe late lamented incumbent, tvs may
expect tins gubernatorial pleasure to
oome to an early end.
Thkke is perhaps uu better index to
the prosperity ol tho city of Loi
Angelas than itfi hank clearanceo,
whioh, week attar week, show a Urge
increase compared with the corianporul
ing week of the previous ye*r. The in
crease for tho week j let doted, the cc fl
ood of the year, is DU peroont; the first
week showed an lncreiiro of 14 i>
cent, while the last week of the old
year showed tho remarkable inoreare ol
117.2 per cent, Furthermore. Loh An
geles wu3 one of lo cities ont of (ii) ro
ported Jhut ohowed an increase for 1801,
la this connection it may bs stated that
a groat injustice is being dona thin city
by the carelesJ manner in which Brad
etreet'a weekly clearing hoaoe stai tneul
has of late been telegraphed ovar (ho
country. While tho local blearing homo
records for we3ks pas* have shown an
increase iv the exchanges, and Tub
Herald has so roported, other papers,
purporting to publish Bradfltreet's teie
graphed ita to to s nt, have placed tho
ii;*ure* showing ihi per C3nt in the de
crease column. Both the Times and
the Express did this yesterday, ana
have byes doing so from we?k to week.
Tub HaBATiD givei the correct
evory Sunday morning for the week
preceding, whereas ita contemporaries
publish misleading figures nearly ct
weak later, which again suggests the
remark, "If .yon don't see it in Tjbh
HKKALD.it didn't happen.'' A vary in
teresting article on tbia subject will be
found in our financial columns tins
morning.
A South Sba iolandar is reported to
havo died of cold at Fresno. This is
rftthor hard on Fresno, and it might fee
well for tho enterprising citizsns lo keep
a low portable Hsmmsu b-Atn* oa band
for tho nocomtnovlat'on of thin class of
tourists. Probably it waa clothes nnri
not the weather that killed the cannibal.
KvnN the eletu'jnta have, deal a red for
Ban Pedro. A soa'daator baomel out of
the desert yesterday und drove tho chip*
pins of Santa Monica under tne lee oi
I'oint Firinin.
Tub outrage in connection
with Governor Mark ham's sub? mate
rial cartier ia tho alleged portr tit of him
which appeared in yesterday morning's
Vim os.
Asskmdlv.man MclCirr.VEY ears he will
vote lor Ueoree C. Perkins. Orange
ronnty replies: "AU is forgiven; but
don't do it agiin."
}lis addreas at present is "Morris 01.
Ettee, Herigesiri-*, Napa oonnty, Cali
fornia." Mr. Estee is n!*t> "in,"
Governor Markliam now ©xplaina
Ihaihe didn't know Moss Was loaded.
Tun new city government haa made
an omrgetic start, xt any rate. *
Hays you aigiiert the petition 1
PERSONAL.
Mr. E AlOutS, Peruvian vice consul nt Pr.n
Dingo, is i i the city. Mr. LouU is a prominent
b siness qWi of that city and has interests
that extent to Los Angeh-s.
Rev. il. Vv li. T»ylorwill preach this morn
ing In St. Jain's EjrJ copal oliuron on tho pro
posed divisiui of tbe diocese of California.
Oir & Patiowou, fu rural d.reelora and em
balmers; fan price*, nrst-fl.-isa wori. 147
North Spring ma.HU Telephone G3.
C w . .»r •» UnHtttor.
New Yo-ik. Jau 12.—A bull ling at 1 IS West
Twenty-sixth Btrnt collapsed shortly after
noon today. One-,nan Ims been removed from
the ruins badly In ft red aud fo -,r other men are
supposed io hi in\tha debris. Tbo building
was b ring altered l>r removal* \\ hen the eel
lapse occurred.
Yuma Sentinel,
Amo 'S the many Sew Year'i newspapers re
ceived at this oiliee tiie Los aW les Morning
IlKEALDloadt them ail. H contains 2d pages,
every pace and column of winch is replete
with news matter perln;ning tithe adjacent
counties surrounding the Que.-ilcity of Cali
fornia. There can be no doubl but what it
will be one of the greatest advertisements that
Los Angeles has ever been favoVo i with, it
contains a world of iuf irraatinu f ,1 those wish
ing to learo the rcfourcßS of that lection, nnn
those leaking a new lionc will flna it to their
advantage to secure a o)py. \
An<t \V-'" G '"wm?. \
Grafts Valley Uliloh. \
Or>fnpci arj ROW on the boom, the
Florida crop was destwyod by frost. Voutliern
California wont lie bif enough to hold douih
crn California thin mr when the rtfU estate
men begin to boon/ oue-thou.sand-doV.ar-an
acre orangi groves. ,'
Vlfc'V tffit* Hl* M' adi
LI Hung Chan? wftfft Chinaman,
A prince putssnnferaa lie,
Until they Rwlpad Ha ycliowcoat
And cut of* his feathers three.
A liuu!l uJl*£fo to .Wad.
They cut. his JBMhafa ;.nd ' *w;ped" his coat,
And now tj&v v/aut his head !
THE VALLEY RAILROAD.
STATS OR PRIVATE CAPITAL?
Frksvi, Jan. 12.— The board"/ super
visors of Kings county has appointed a
committee consisting of S E Biddle. Frank
L. bodge aad 1) B Cameron to attend the
forthcoming meeting of Oie Los Angeles
chamber of commerce, which is to discuss
the subject of closer commercial relations
between the. San Joaquin valley and South
crn California, and ihe building of a road
between Fresno and Los Angeles,
Shalilt be an enterprise of tb.'i whole portple
or tho work of a private corporation, to bind
Fresno aud Los Angelas together with sv*el
rails? Pouotlesa tiie people will welcome
either plan. Far-seeing men anxious lor the
greatest good to the commonwealth prefer the
state trunk road as outlined in tho Maine its
amendment, nnd tho va ious county roads as
feeders to it. but ii private eupital shall step
In' and lay the road, between. Los Aagelsa and
Fresno befo „ the siute road can be built, pri
va c capital nil! be welcomed, lor a competing
railroad is the f:reat iiecessiiy of the hour.
And a private line between Fresno und l.os
Angeb'S would ia no manner into.fere wilh ilio
state trunk line. It would rather aid the state
project, and ilsline iorm the basis of the truuk
road.
"At no timo since the arti tation for a compet
Ins railroad was commenced, have the circum
stances been so [avoranle for (he realization ot
the sclie ne as at the present. The people
have a; list bceo:uo mote than interested.
They tiro aroused to the impor.ance of doing
something to accomplish the end they have
■Oughtfor years, and the passing ot each day
seems to lend assuianc.es to the hope that
aonsetclng practical will be.done in the neat
future, btveryone now knows tbo int-rest that
has boon manifested in the matter by the cltl
'eens of both Fresno and Los Angeles. This
same feeling h is been shown by all tho citi
zens ot the valley not cowed down by fear of
South' m Paelfle, and li-om this feoiing it is ex.
peeled that something tniirible will result,"
ays tiie llaliersfield Democrat. "Relying upon
ihe favorable conditions that arc believed to
exist at this time and with the intention of
taking advantage of the ilood time of public
sentiment, Senator Mathews of Los Angeles
will introdueo into the legislature as soon as
possible " the bill p.ovlding f.-r tho construc
tion, equipment aud maintenance of a trunk
line by the state. The full text of this bill has
already appeared several limes i t thea col
umns.
Continuing its comments on tiie state rail
road plan our neighbor at Rakersflcld says;
".'in::;,' pc >x>\& art ot tho opinion that such a
bill woitld not past the lenisiaturo because it
would conflict with seOtiOO 18 of Article XI of
tho constitution which prohib ts any city,
town, county, to*vnshipor school district, from
incurring tiny indebtedness e?:ceeding in any
year tbe income provided for it for finch year
without tho as ent of two-third.s of tho quali
fied electors thereof. Tlio Ma thews bill pro
vides for this and also for the collec ion of an
annual tax to pay the interest on such indebt
edness and to pr ivide for a sinking fund. It
also covers every objection thatcan be brought
against it nnd provides a simple, cheap and
sure method oi: relieving ourselves from tho
unwarranted exactions of the Southern Pacific.
The Matthews bill will permit this road to be
built, practically, by popular subscription and
vo ry citizen and taxpayer will havo an inler
estin it
The proposed bill Is not in conflict with sec
tion 31 Article IV of tho constitution because
opj road buih under tho provisions of the bill
i.s, do facto, a state im-tituliou, for which we
believe money could be appropriated. The
people as represented in the legislature now
have the opportunity ofbuUdittg a competing
road and every citizen in the stale will watch
the fate of the Mathews bill in the legislature
and he action of the individual legislators in
There is another Cause that may possibly
operate against the - atliews amendment in
the eyes of thoso who are seeking for reasons
to down the measure, and this is its coit. The
average citizen knows about as much of politi
cal economy as hu does of rearing children—
and be haa given far less thought to the latter
tban lie has to the i aro oi his pig 3 and cattle.
Necessarily the bonds for tho trunk lino, as
well as the interest upon them, must come out
of tho taxpayers' pockets. That menus, of
course, that you and I who do not own a foot
of real ea tat a and yet havo to havo a house to
ItV s in. will hnvo to pay for the construe: f
that s ate railroad, While the landlord ol
throw' Oil his share of the burden by adding
the increased tux to his rents. >lut, of course,
tho landlord doesn't know this, lie sweats
and groans under the burden of all the tnxea
bethinks he has to pay. It is t!ii» kind of a
man who will not be ah c to sec, at first glance,
tbe cheapness of building a railroad at the
expense; of the whole people. He can see that
if private c ipital builds the road his taxes to
tho state ;which his tenants pay, but which he
thinks ho pays] will not have to be increased
ou ths.* score. And, confound it, hucan see
no further.
If he could on y go a f-tep in r.dvance of that
and see hat if it should cost him v dollar
moro for tho construction of a stale railroad
(which tt won't, however) he would be hound
to get a hundred fold return iv the way of
cheaper goods and added prosperity—if ho
could be made to see that be would bo the
gainer lv the cheapness of his personal travel
imr—ifhc could--but what's the use. He re
sides mostly in Saii Francisco and is known aa
a Silurian, and his numbers and influence are
not sufficient to materially interfere with the
For another class of possible objectors—more
rational and therefore moro influential—the
Bant a Barbara Press haa something to say that
Is worth while ispeatlug:
'•The question of a competing lino of railroad
running through the. stale has been under
discussion ior none time, but it is doubtful
Whether the discussion ever took on a mose
praoMca and business like tone that at pres
ent. As tho construct in i of such a state rail
road ii now being agitated quite extensively,
the objections to the law policy Of such an en
terprise are met by the attorney-general as
follows.
"■'lhe eautral portion of the atate has for
nanny years been anxious to have a competing
line o* railway, and the state having terminal
facilities nt Sj.ii Francisco ought to build such
a road. Under our constitution the legislator-]
can pass a law p oviding for the construction
of a rnilro d from San Francisco to any points
jin the K'at a The question ould be submitted
Ito a vole of t : >e people and bonds of the atate
i could be issued for the construction and equip
m nt of such a road, to be operated by the
I slate fo • the, benefit o: the peoi>le. The state
j bus the same power to build a railway as it has
'to construct a highway or plank road. The
bonds.voted could bo m ide a charge upon the
road, the same as irrigation bonds aro now
made a lieu upon ditches constructed and
wat.r rights obtained under existing statutes.
Tho act of the legislature could provide for
civil service rules in operating tho road and
fora sinking fund; in thirty or f irty yeara'
time the fund would l>s sufficient to liquidate
the entire bonded indebtedness without rals-
I ing any portion of it by direct taxation.
I Afltain money could be obtained ou state bonds
I nt a much ipsa rate than it could be secured by
a private corporation, Tiie work of oporatlng
| the line coubl b i under the dhection of a com
mission of which tho governor night be the
■ head or in BiSon a manner as the legislature
i might designate.'"
!Mvi »i" "Sn»j>*» Tr.lltrl,
I .-an Jan. 12.—flnftp talllea have
I convinced J. .») Allen that ho was counted out
for recoplcr,,anil that his plurality overGlyun,
I the Democratic Incumbent, will be 600. A
I contest will ly.i^pg.^ai'>d.
■ fetv«t. v t; i nn<.
li a"::.'.vs:,, yfjl>,r J :i —This city was
' v*>■.:'.i dbv "' \', fi o Ht'- ;:< is morning that cut
jri ~w.''th i i%J blocks of second
! strcfl'. I/'iviant. Hala k A Rupert's three
1 bocks were de-1 foytysL together with couslder-
veSV
THEY ARE NOT SLOW.
Jnk«i Playvd by rli • lonthi-rn «i.ni,!n;
«*nt Iv tl»- •.■■•••mhiY-
That tho Los Angeles contingent in the
legislature is not asioep ia shown by the fol
lowing facti, pub ished ju the correspondence
to the San Francisco Examiner:
The superior speed of the southerners was
atnusititly ahowu In-a lrtlle trari'Wictlori in
books the other day. A resolution was sent in
providing that each member hhouli be pro
rlded with a copy of tho constitution. The
resolution read: "Desty's Constitution." Sud
denly tho Southern California!.* Lobbed up nil
over the house, oxclaiming as with ono voic*. |
"That should be Henninff'sooiistitution." The
demand wus no spontaneous and caino from
lawyers of yuch standing as Bulla, Pendleton
and VVnyae that t'.e other members supposed
that Kom2 grave mistake had been emnm Ued
in making the resolution read "Desty's Con- |
stitution." It was changed to Henning's bo
fore the author of the resolution had ti mo to
protest or know wh-t whs going on. Now the
meat of the matter is simply this: The D.sty
constitution is published by Bancroft in San
Francisco, while the Kenning eonstUut ou is
published by tho 0. W. Palm company of Los
Angeles, it was another victory for the
speedy southerners, who, incidentally, gobbled
all the choico seats on the floor no as to be in
the best position io catch tho speaker's eye.
Another appointment resolution caused an
unusual amount of comment. This called for
the appointment of Mm. Garner as assistant
file clerk. This is the same Mrs. Garner who
wns mixed up with SV. Guy Furnald iv tbe :
iTtcobion diamond robbery. Mm. Garner is a
woman of pi rasing appearance. Naturally it
would bave given many members the greatest
pleasure to havj sent her name to the desk for
a place; but the scandal of that transaction
ID diamonds clung to her, and she appealed lo
one member after another in vain. As she
came up from Los Angeles she natur
ally appealed to the Los Angclefius to
champion her cause. But they were shy.
Filially the quick-witted Pendleton hit upon a
plan which had so much of a joke in it thnt he
shook with laughter at its conception. He
went over lo Lewis or San Francisco and gave
him ati solution appointing Mrs. Garner as
sistant Jile clerk. Mr. Lewis fell into tho trtip
and sent up the resolution to oblige Pendleton.
The jone of tho matter is that Lewis is a dia
mond merchant.
A TRINITY OS? THUGS.
DAIMJJffcr OPERATIONS OF DESPER
ATE UOBBEKS.
'I'\to Hoatei Plandared nnd m St-'re
K«sp«r B.i»t*n and
fobbed.
San Francisco, Jan. 12.—The three men who
so boldly robbed the house of Julius Franklin
on morning are still at large, but the
search for them has brought to light another
burglary equally as daring. The house of
Thomas Brown, cashier of the California bank,
was entered three weeks ago and valuable
articles wero taken from every room in the
houF-e except the sleeping apartments, cloth
ing was taken which answers the description of
that worn by the men who entered the Franklin
house. In the Brown rrsidence the burglars
lighted the gas in the dining room, spread a
lunch on tho table, brought up wine from the
collar and had a feast. They also smoked
some choic) cigars which they found. Tho
police carefully kept the knowledge of thia
robbery to themselves in th" hope of catching
tho thieves, but tho plan has not proved nuc
oesttuL
It was learned tonight that the trio are also
accused of holding up J. H. Witt, a grccer, at
the corner of Bush and Franklin streeta Fri
day night. They entered the store and ordered
Witt to throw up his hands. Instead of doiii£
so he resisted and they struck him on tho
head with the butt end of a pistol. Then they
seized his gold watch and ran.
Washington, Jan. 12.—Senator Gordon of
Georgia, in conversation with senators, aaid
tiie defeat of tho appropriatioa will not defeat
the collection of the income tax. Under s c
tlon 2;> all persona and corporations with in
comes above $35,000 are required to make re
turns according to the form prescribed by tho
revenue department to the secretary of the
treasu y. Those who hope to escape payment
of incomo tax through fai nre of congress to
make the appropriation asked for. aud who
] are thus led to neglect making returns at the
; timo ilxcd by law, will find themselves lh«
i volvedlnaoO per" coat heavier taxes and bo
i compelled to pay them.
Frrtn I'rUnn to Oortrrr"rn.
Paris, Jan. 12.—Tho Social deputies have is
sued a manifesto protesting against the rejec
tion by the chamber oT deputies of M. Miller
and a motion to release M. Gerault Richard
from prison in view ho had been elected a
member of the chamber. M. Gerault Richard
is undergoing ono year's imprisonment, to
which ho had been Bs&tanoed. for making an
attack upon President Casimier Perler in
Techomard. The manifesto makos a violent
attack upon the minister and chamber of depu
tie . lt also accuses tbe government of com
pelling a majority of the chamber by threats to
vote ( in a manner opposed to the sovereignty of
the people. 1
1 !i«r. »4 No Placet Llk« Hnmt,
Pan Francisco, Jan 12.-Ex-Deputy Col
lector of Customs D. M. Cashin returned this
morning from Vancouver, B. 0., wheie he had
been sojourning tho past throe years, lie will
stand trial for malfeasance in offlco and con
spiracy to defraud the government in connec
tion w.th smuggling for tho wholesale firm of
Ncuberger & lteis, who imported silks and
velvets marked cotton. Cashin'a bail was re
duced to $10.0.J0. Neuberger & Uets have
paid the government $80,UU0 hack customs.
Struct by Trttlti.
New York, Jan. 12.—Three men walking on
the New York Central railroad near Rivemolt:
station were struck by a train last night. John
Goodrich, aged V/A, of Elizabethport, N. J., and
nn unknown man were instantly killed. A
man named Hursk, t»ged 27 years, of Elizabeth
port, N. J., was fatally iniurcd.
Dr. Xbitnn DlfM fn I> ■»>
Denver, Jan. 12.—Dr. J. M. Eaton, an emi
nent surgeon and specialist, died in thia city
last night of congestion of tho brain and peri
tonitis. Dr. Eaton was once coroner of San
Francisco and was an intimate associate and
adviser of Chris Buckley, the blind Democratic
leader.
Married, nn Indian F'cji_t»»v.
New York, Jan. 12.—Guy Butler, man about
town Indian fightor and athlete was roman
tically married at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening
to M«ss Violet Aubrey, at the church of St.
Mary the Virgin. The bride was formerly wilh
Louis Aldrich's theatrical company, and was
season engaged to go out with Rose Coghlau. '
O roil am 4 tho tli»rri..r.
Buenos Ayres, Jan. 12—A detachment of
Brazilian troops, which was holly pursuing a
number of,insurgonts in the province of Rio
Grande de Sul, crossed the Uruguayan frontier.
A force of Uruguayan troops opposed the ad
vance of tbe Brazilians and tho two detach
ments opened flro on each other. One Uru
guayan Officer and three Uruguayan soldie s
were killed.
11l on (Jim Rntit.
.Denver, Co., Jan. 12.—Major James \V. Tad
dock, of Omaha, government director o[ the
Union Pacific, is dangerously ill ot pneumonia
in a private car at the Union depot in this cily.
Hesta ted on Thursday with a party of friends
for a trip to Lv Junta. He will be taken back
to Omaha tonight.
Santa Barbara, Jan. 12.—Juan ond Joso
Ygnacia. d.unken Indians, in resisting arrest
ing a serious wound. The Indians shot nt sev
er*) parties on ihe way here irom Goieta. Ruth
hare criminal records.
A DELUGE IN THE NORTHWEST.
Portland Sutttr* SeVsfwly From
Heavy Runs.
•Siskiyou Comity S're piling for a
Belli ire.
Praia* Ont by Ij«nd«1 lrl ** on tho
<>r«f»oj. Hhitrt L D -Fraisr BlTOff
huWiMUin, Jar,. 12.— It hrs rained hard for
24 hourr, and wil 1 pours down. Tne snow la
inoUiug nnd miftiug ihe river. Traini are
blocked by *!ids all aloug ia tbo cnflou. A
hfavy force i.; woriuugtci clear tun track. It
will not be poetlbUj to ge, a train through to
night. ,
The unknown in Portland.
POBTtIKp, Ore., Jan. 12.-A flood of muddy
wfttjr pourvd do?ru through a number of thj
streets in thenohhandwt.it parts of the city
this afternoon, making tnoae ijodtiotiS of town
look ilso a vast lake. Tne very heavr raiai of
last uight and this forouo ja earned a general
flooding all over tho loaiitry. i.vmf
branch, rr t:i and rivulet b.ciino a
amah roarma torrent, and the sewara
of the city pror-id inodequuto to convey tba
wattr away. A.oug the aides of tho hilla west
oi the city great quair.it' - of wtuer pourtd
down. Shortly after noon a SKMSCA pipe lead
ing to VVtishiugtO'j stieet froui tue nity park
l.Toko Joosa and liberated a delude of water on
tne streets Mtantimu Johnson creek re came
a raging turteut. These two sources combined
to nuakte a atroan tbat reaembled a small river.
After roaohiug I,'wan ty* third stree k , tha water
aprcad out, tunning over uidowaikj aud iulo
ceilaia*. The Pottland consolidated itreot tnil
way »Ul abstain a heavy loss by having a largo
part of iv electrical appar.-um submerged by
the flood.
unknown Torrents.
Ykeka, Jau. 12.—The rain has been coming
down in loneius for the past 12 houre, and no
prospects of eeaaatlnu. with imm c cepiha
oi snow in thw hilia and mountain*, streams
and creeks aro fast swelling to river--, and the
present prospect* Jullcate a repetition of the
great Stonaa and flordi of 1890, aLd pQOp : »
hereabouts uro already preparing for the worst.
Floods in British Columbia.
Vancouvkr, B. C, Jan. 12.—The province ia
threatened witb serious floods and great dam
age la being done In tbat portion of thoFrascr
river va Hy which aurT*r"d so severely Jast
spring. The Hoods are eauaed by higu tidea
and rapidly tQOttttlß unows. Bri.lgas Btd baiug
washed away, canneries flo.ded, roids ruined
aud other rtiinapu done. Ho ;ar thero :as b;eu
no loa* of life. At many pohra tbe water lb ro
parted higher tbnn ever before.
a clean awjca-r.
Bookmnkin fte*ii tt H'trveat mt tho Bay
IXatrict.
San Francisco. Jan. 13,—The bcokmakcra
made a u.eun scoop of five races today. Not a
first, choice won, and even money favorite*
were bowled over by outsiders in a way to
make the talent ill.
Fi va furlongs, selling - Three Forks won,
Uanjo second, NorlflO third; time, 1:11.
Five furlongs-Burmah won. Major Cook
second, Ontario third; time, ' ;lfl
Gunst stakes one mile, selling, all nges—
Jim Flood won, Imp. Percy second, Don Fulan
third; time, 1 :ob'^.
Four Hundred htukes, mile and a half, six
hurdles—My Luck won, Argenta second, lSji
Kindlg third; time, 3:17.
Seven furlongs—Mo lie Pi. won, Sir Reel sec
ond, Enthusiast third; time, 1:43%\
New Okleans, Jan. 12.—Six furionga—Wanda
T. won, Malaga second, Denver third; time,
Six furlongs - Coria won, Black Ball second,
Chouoathird; lice, ttM..
Six furlongs — (1. B. Co:c won. Top Staff sec
ond, Guard third; time, 1:>1.
One and one-six tcoath miles—Marcel won,
Mias Mamie second, Billy Mckenzie third;
time, 2:00.
Five furlongs—FesUval won, RcdTopsecond,
Maquou third; time, 1:07.
MONTANA'S M. ..■ SENATOR.
Torn CxTiar Borhu E,tfa la the Lucky
tit»t». oT Ohio.
H*r.KNA, Mont, Jan. 12— Thomas H. Carter,
who wa-* last night ROttiaatetf oa the eloTOßth
ballot by tbe Republican MUG3B to s.iccee
Senator Power, Wiu born in Scioto eounly.Ohlo,
and is about 40 years of age, Ho worked oa a
farm in Illinois hiirt was atte.-wird admitted
to tho bar in lowa, where he pract Cad law at
He came to Helena *n 1892,
wbeio h._» practiced law till nominated ior con-
EMS* in 13Sd, Ha was eieetud tocongreHS and
was onco iiefea;cd, having to run three yearj
n sac esSion on account of tho admission, of
MoMaaa n state. Ho was commissioner of
the general land office under pieildent Harri
aon, a::d w>is made chaivimm of the national
Republican oontmlttes in 1892. He ia married
and has two children.
Tin. Aotl n - n-l ttl* N*»bt*.
London, Jan. The report that May Yohe,
tha Ameilcan nctrc-s, had been married to
Lord Franci3 Hope, brother of the duke of
Newcastle, turns out correct. The Hampstead
parish register shows that MISS Yohe and Lord
Francis Hope were married there on November
27 last. Lord Francis Hope was born on Feb
ruary 0, 18(10,and ik tho only brother of tho
duke of Newcastle. Ho is heir presumptive to
I tbe dukedom of Newcastle, as the duke has no
j children. It ia said the family of Lord Francis
U<})>q once off trad him $1 ,<jOj,(H)<) if he would
sevor all relatious with tho American bur
| lod'-iuer.
\\ |f~ MnnZnr In Chicax"*
Chicago, Jan. 12, — Crazed by jealousy,
Jacob Miller, a furnitnro polisher residing at
GGI North Wood street, cut his wife's throat
from ear to enr with a ra;'.or at !i o'clock this
morning, 'ihe woman died instantly. Miller
then rushed to the factory where ho w-is em
ployed and shot James Olander, the foreman,
indicting a Blight wound over the eyes. Tho
man's two little,children witnessed the mur
der.
Th* Idaho Senatorial Flight.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 12—The senatorial situa
tion remains unchanged. Sweet apparen.ly
has his 11) men solid. This Is just one major
ity of tho Republican membership. Others,
however, havo refused co far to go into tiie
caucus. The Shoup men manifest great confi
dence. Tbe caucus adjourned lust night until
Monday night.
Sacramento, Jan. 12,—George Miller, a bar
keeper, committed suicide in the Gclden State
hotel. He came in late last night and told his
wile he had been taking medicine. This morn
ing he was found dead 'rom a doso of mor
phine. Ho had been drinking heavily and had
no employment.
A I'mll Hh\r Drur-k.
Vikalia, Jan, 12.—The j;:ry in the case of
Alice Murray vs. J. li. Johnson, br mght in a
verdict this morhtng for the defends n . The
plaintiff sued to recover tfKi.OOJ lo'ued lo
Johnson by her brother, Jamea Morton, now
dead. Defendant alleged fraud and that he
signed tiie note while drunk.
Vancouver, h. c., Jan. 12.— Goorgo Frederick
Aehford, the tlcnd who murdered hia wi c nnd
child and attempted to kil another child, diod
in jail t_day from the effects of a a- 1 i iuilieted
wound.
Baltimore, Md-, Jan. 12. — The BriUsli
steamer Londonderry, bound from r.r.';i;;toro
jV.varded Gold Medal MiJwinler Fair, bun FniuiitflOt