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VOLUME LXXVII.— NO. 94.
VICTORY.
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The Senate Stands by
the New Valley
Road.
ROUT OF ENEMIES.
Terminal Facilities Will
Be Granted to the
Line.
TWENTY-ONE LOYAL MEN
They Vote to Free the State
From the Fetters of the
Southern Pacific.
SIXTEEN POLITICAL SUICIDES.
Those Senators Who Misrepresent
the People Stand by Their
*, Political Masters.
t B_obav~~to, March 13. — Here is a roll of
-political suicides:
i Aram, Arm*, Dunn, Hart, Henderson,
'Jloyt, JJiutrr, Jlahoney, McGoiean,
\Blitchcll, Orr, Scatvell, Seymour, Shine,
\£itnpson and Toner,
Something better might have been ex
ipected from Seawell and Simpson, but as
/to the other fourteen their votes on other
measures are their records.
J It may have been that technicalities in
ifluenced Seawcli's brain. On other ques
tions he has voted with the square end of
(the proposition.
Simpson's break from his previous rec
ord is the surprise of the Senate. #Ie is
I ored a square ami upright man. It
might s>eem a little thing to impute to him
eectional jealousy as the cause for voting
in accordance with the wishes of the South
ern Pacific lobbyists, but it is difficult to
find another motive. No one impugns
Simpson's honesty, hut it looks as if he
voted :o fasten the Southern Pacitic grip
on San Francisco, that the industries of
the coast's metropolis should die and that
Los Angeles should profit thereby.
As for McGowan, well, his colleague,
I "c, openly asserts that, the Southern
I owns him; but as for the rest, their
v .c wi lust what was ejepected. Hqvl
iiian»R«. iv get on the right end of the
proposition, and then changed his vote
from "aye" to "no."
'The sixteen men whose names head this
list are those who voted against the bill to
authorize the Board of Harbor Commis
eioners to lease terminal facilities to the
competing railroad. Five of these men
represent San Francisco. They are:
Arms, Dunn, Henderson, Mahoney and
Toner.
What are their records?
Look at every sneaking amendment the
Southern Pacific has engrafted on bills in
committee, ami find their votes recorded
"aye" in the Senate journal.
Dunn stands openly charged by a Sen
atorial colleague with an attempt at
bribery, and a committee is even now in
vestigating the charges. He introduced
five bills during the session, two of which
are "cinches" of antiquated flavor, which
appear at every session, and a third has
Buch a doubtful ring that when its author
ship was mistakenly attributed to another
Senator that Senator indignantly denied
its paternity and demanded a correction ( ,f
the error. Senator Dunn enjoys the no
toriety of having been accused of jury
bribing in the case of Actor Curtis when
the lutter was on trial for the murder of
Police Officer Grant.
Senator Toner is the sire of just seven
bills. He fathered the gas bill "cinch,"
the pilot bill "cinch" and the bill to permit
slogging matches to take place.
- ..itor Mahoney of the "stuffed dis
trict* enjoys the distinction of having as
friends two men who, by fraud, attempted
to assist his election, now under sentence
to terms in the State prison.
Anil such as these seek to make laws for
the State and draw the cinch of the South
ern Pacific saddle to the tension strain
about California. Biit in spite of such as
these the valley terminal is assured.
The Senate voted it, and all that remains
to make it law are the words: '"Approved.
James H. Budd, G.j\f>rnor."
There is talk here among the recent
arrivals from the bay that when the five
Senators return to San Francisco they will
be treated to a coat of tar and feathers, as
hanging them in efligy would not do
justice to such betrayers of a sacred trust.
Twenty-one Senators cast their votes for
the valley road to-day. These are the men
•who proved faithful to tiu-ir pledge and
gare their vote.- for terminal facilities to
the San Joaquin Railroad:
Beard, Bert, Biggy, Burke, Karl, Fay, Flint,
Frtuuk, Gesford, Gleaves.Hollowa;,Langford,
Martin, Matthews, McAllister, Pedlar, Shippee,
Bmitli, Voorheis, Whitehum, Withington.
Three Senators did not vote. They are:
Androus, Deniion and Ford.
Senator Denison's business relations are
well known. He leases certain privileges
from the Southern Pacific. In the face of
that he had the decency not to vote and
the comparison of his action with that of
the live Senators from San Francisco is a
comment in itself.
"When the bill came up for final passage
in the Senate this morning there were
6cyer;il disingenuous explanations. There
were the usual constitutional bugaboos
which such men as McGowan scare up
who- they want to oppose a measure. As
the rQllcall proceeded these explanations of
votes began to come. Senator McGowan
sent up a written explanation to the desk.
This is it:
As an explanation of say vote upon the
amendment to [senate bill 709, published on
page 18 of the Journal of the Senate, of this
date, I desire to say that the amendment pro
nw a "lease" of water front upon the bay of
6an Francisco. Section 3of ttrticle XV de
rlarts that "all tide lands within two miles of
any incorporated city or town in the State
(routing on the waters of any harbor used for
The San Francisco Call.
the purpose of navigation shall be withheld
from grant or sale to corporations."
The word "grant" as used in the constitution
includes a lease. This being true I am of the
opinion thftt the proposed amendment is with
in the inhibition of the constitution.
I vote "no" upon the question of concurrence
in the hope thai a committee of free conference
may be appointed, and that such committee
propose an amendment to the bill in question
empowering the Board of State Harbor Com
missioners to permit the use and privilege of
terminal facilities to any road under such con
ditions and circumstances u now used and had
by other corporations.
1 am unalterably opposed to the granting of
public property or rights which should be held
by the people to any corporation. The history
of legislation demonstrates the utter folly of
the people giving to corporations valuable
rights and property.
Senator Orr followed with another writ
ten explanation:
I vote "no" because there is no provision in
the bill requiring one mile of road to be built,
and while there is one prohibiting the assign
ment of this leace, there is mine prohibiting
the subletting of any portion of the property
and it may result in the control of the whole
property by a corporation ior private purposes
to the loss of tho State.
Senator Sea well declared that Senator
McGowan's written explanation of his vote
titted his case.
Senators Seymour and Simpson made
parallel statements.
When the name of Voorheis was called
the Senator from Amador said: "There
have been many explanations of adverse
votes on constitutional grounds. I
propose to explain my vote. The At
torney-General of the State declares that
the bill is constitutional and I vote 'aye.' "
And the bill escaped from the fangs of
the Southern Pacific and the Governor has
but to approve it.
There has been talk of a Senatorial com
bine of twenty-three. Newspaper men have
heard it. Senator Biggy referred to it, de
claring that he knew of but one man who
belonged to it, the man who, he says,
sought to bribe him to enter such a com
bine. He did not know that any other
Senator had joined such a ring to loot.
Now there may be no such thing as a
conrbine, but whether there be one or not it
is interesting to compare the votes on cer
tain propositions. When Senator Biggy
yesterday afternoon sought to save San
Francisco from the Southern Pacific's
amendments to a bill regulating streetcars
and streetcar fares the following Senators
voted against his first amendment:
Aram, Anns, Androus, Danison, Dunn, Flint,
Hart, Henderson, Hoyt, hinder, Mahoney,
Mitchell, Orr, Seymour, Shine, Simpson, Toner.
Subtract the names of Androus, Deni
son and Flint from this list and fourteen
of the sixteen Senators who voted against
the valley road terminal remain.
After Senator Biggy's daring expose and
Senator Withington's denunciation of the
Southern Pacitic lobby, coupled with Sen
ator McAllister's efforts to save San Fran
cisco, there was a break for cover; yet nine
Senators had the hardihood to vote for a
Southern Pacilic cinch on the streetcar
traffic of San Francisco, and these were:
Denison, Dunn, Hart, Henderson, Linder,
Mahoney, Mitchell, Seymour und Toner.
And ail these, except Denison, repeated
their record this morning by voting with
the Southern Pacific against the valley
road.
Take the rollcall on the scalpers' bill, a
Southern Pacific bill, and a majority of the
negative votes cast this morning will be
found to have been for that bill. Take
every "cinch" bill which has come up this
session and you will rind either the author
or the ardent supporter of such bill among
the sixteen who voted against the valley
road.
ALL INDORSE THE BILL
The Valley Road Terminal
Measure a Necessity. •
Sacramento, March 13.— Senators and
Assemblymen who voted for the bill to
lease terminal facilities to the valley road
were interviewed to-ni^ht on the proposi
tion. There was a unanimity of opinion
that the bill was a necessity to enable the
competing road to reach San Francisco.
Its passage meant, they said, almost im
mediate construction work, which would
give employment to an army of men. Be
yond that there was the necessity to shake
off the shackles of the Southern Pacific
and give to the citizens of California what
every other State except Nevada possesses,
competition in fares and freights.
GOVERNOR BUDD APPROVES.
The Executive Sign the
Valley Road Terminal Bill.
Sacramento, March 13. — "Just so soon
as the Board of Harbor Commissioners and
the valley road people agree upon a lease
of terminal property in San Francisco I
will sign the bill. I favor the valley road
and I favor the bill to lease to that road
terminal facilities in San Francisco."
This is the declaration made by Gover
nor Budd to-night.
MONEY FOR WHITTIER.
A Big Appropriation for the
Southern Reform School.
Sacramento, March 13.— An appropria
tion of for improvements at the
Whittier Reform School was allowed to-day
in addition to the $200,000. The new ap
propriation is for new buildings and
improvements. The bill received 42 votes
after a call of the House. Dixon of San
Francisco gave notice that he would ask a
reconsideration of the vote.
A reconsi deration was effected of the
vote that defeated the appropriation of
146,500 for a steam laundry, boilerand other
improvements for the Home for Feeble
minded Children. The bill was then
carried.
The bill authorizing the appointment of
alternate jurors was lost by a vote of 24 to
33. The bill will be reconsidered to-mor
row.
Pendleton sought to have the bill requir
ing the licensing of architects reconsid
ered. He did not succeed, as the vote
stood only 35 to 27, Judge Waymire of
Alameda being among those voting "aye."
Among the other bills passed were the
following:
Authorizing the formation of districts for
building sewers and making other sanitary
improvements.
Closing barber-shops and bathouses on
Sundays. (Belshaw and Wade alone voted
"no")
Abolishing the Viticultural Commission.
Providing that ex soldiers and sailors should
be (riven p reference in State appointments.
Allowing cities and counties to lease prop
erty to associations of ex soldiers and sailors.
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1895.
WHIRL AT THE PRESS
Assemblymen Find Fault
With Newspaper
Reports.
THE PLAINT OF REID.
Complains of a Statement and
Then Admits Its Truth
fulness.
AN ATTACK ON A COLLEAGUE.
Powers Resents the Personal Re
marks of the Member
From Trinity.
Sacramento, March 13. — Questions of
privilege were as numerous in the Assem
bly to-day as Southern Pacific lobbyists
were yesterday. The first came from Reid
of Trinity.
He denounced an article in the Call as
false, and then admitted its truth. The
article in question stated that he had dis
cussed an amendment to tho bill helping
the valley road with C. W. Cross, the
Southern Pacific's uttorney, and then
denied that he had talked with the gentle
man.
"I was asked if I had consulted with an
attorney of the Southern Pacific in regard
to the amendment I had prepared, and I
said "no, 1 " began Reid. "I reiterate that
statement. I went to the library and
asked Dr. Matthews to get me a copy of the
constitution in order to look the matter up.
Mr. Cross was there, and I told him I
thought the matter was unconstitutional,
and we were talking about the matter
when the man who informed Powers of the
matter rushed out of the room to spread
the news."
Reid then grew personal, attacking the
motives of the reporter and Dwyer, who
questioned him, saving the latter had been
advised to do so by Powers of San Fran
cisco, who got his information from a man
who admitted that he owned stock in the
valley road, and was lobbying for ft.
Dwyer said he asked the question be
cause he thought the fact he spoke of was
true, and that he had learned since that it
was true.
Powers admitted that he had advised
Dwyer in the matter. The opposition to
the bill, he said, had come from Southern
I'ariiic lobbyists, their paid tools and Mr.
Reid.
"I was informed that Mr. Reid had dis
cussed the constitutionality of the measure
witb Mr. Cr^ss, the attorney for thf South
ern Pacific. Five reputable citizens can
testify that the statement is true. Mr.
Reid himself has admitted that this con
versation took place."
"I never did," shouted Reid. "Mr.
Speaker, that statement is not so. I — "
But the Speaker's gavel made Reid sit
down. This he did muttering wrathful Jy
while Powers poured forth a Hood of scath
ing invective on the Trinity Assembly
man's head, saying:
''Nothing needs to be said against the
accusations of a man who startds against
the progress of the State and attempts by
unimportant changes to obstruct the pas
sage of a bill that will free the State from
the clutches of the corporation that has so
long he'd this State in its power. This
man has made himself the mouthpiece of
the great corrnptionist that has so long
defiled California politics. Now, when he
turns against me and mine I intend to pro
tect myself."
Reid did not take his angry eyes off the
face of the young San Francisco Assembly
man, as the latter in rapid sequence
enumerated the peculiar actions of which
the Trinity Assemblyman had been guilty.
As Powers took his seat Reid asked, with
a sneer, if the virtuous San Franciscan
had not been elected by and been a part of
the political machine of San Francisco.
Powers sprang to his feet, hut subsided as
Bachman of Fresno was recognized by the
Speaker and said, with his peculiar drawl:
"Mr. Speaker, I move that this whole
matter be referred to the general laundry."
A laugh ensued. Then Ewing, the Popu
list, of San Francisco, arose to protest
against a sweeping statement in the Ex
aminer that Bettman and Dwyer were the
only San Franciscans who had not been
influenced by corruptionists. He defied
any one to show where he had voted
against the dictates of his conscience.
Dinkelspiel announced that he was sat
isfied that the statement was a mistake on
the part of the reporter.
The House was largely interested in the
discussion. They were anxious to hear the
excuses that the recalcitrant members had
to make. Still they were all in sympathy
with Judge Waymire of Alameda when he
asked :
"Mr. Speaker, I want to know whether
we are here to discuss the newspapers or
to make laws?"
"As a newspaper man," Bachman ex
claimed, "I wish to say that it is our duty
to throw mud. If it don't stick it don't
hurt, and 1 can't see where the kick comes."
Speaker Lynch tried to stop the applause
that followed with his gavel. He then
said that the present Assembly had been
so clean from scandals that the newspaper
men had to be very liyely skirmishers to
make their papers interesting. He thought
it wiser not to take up the time of the
House with useless explanations.
PROPOSED ELECTION LAWS.
Severalßeform Measures Passed
by the Assembly.
Sacramexto. March 13.— There was quite
a run on election laws in the Assembly to
day.
Spencer's new primary law proposition
was the first to be considered. Dixon's
amendment was to have a law similar to
that in vogue at present.
Powers of San Francisco favored Dixon's
proposition because it was less cumber
some and less expensive than that pro
posed by Jttdge Spencer.
Blcdsoe of Humboldt also opposed the
Spencer bill on the ground that its provi
sions were more exacting than for a general
election and would be too expensive, be
sides it would give the Supervisors too
much power.
Spencer said that his bill was the result
of much labor and was intended to blot out
present abuses.
Dixon thought his amendment was the
most business-like, but the House voted it
down.
Then Spencer introduced some more
amendments, one of which made the new
law refer only to San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Dixon protested that the provision mak
ing the Saturday on which the primaries
were to be held a holiday was preposter
ous, but the amendments were adopted
just the same and the bill sent to the
printer.
Powers' bill in regard to the registration
of voters was passed unanimously. The
bill amone other things requires the voter
at the time of registering to tell whether
he can read or write, and thus prevents po
litical rounders froru seeing that their men
keep contracts about voting. Another
change leaves ninety days in which to
purge the register.
Spencer's bill, adding to the provisions
of the election laws, in order to prevent
any of the abuses which were so prominent
at the last election, was also passed by a
vote of 68 to 3.
BLEDSOE IN A TEMPER.
Talks of Fighting Spencer Dur-
ing a Hot Debate.
Sacramento, March 13. — Assemblyman
Bled^oe of Huniboldt was unmercifully
scored to-day on the floor of the House by
Spencer of Lassen. Talk of fisticuffs was
indulged in by the Humboldt reformer,
but to the disappointment of his fellow
members nothing came of it. The trouble
arose over the question of reconsidering
the vote by which the Assembly refused to
consent to a commission to revise the
codes.
Bledsoe of Hnmboldt opposed recon
sideration. The biU, he claimed, deserved
the fate accorded it. The codes needed re
vising, to be sure, but he was not in favor
of appointing an expensive Commissioner
to do the work when an extra assistant
Attorney-General might do the work at
one-tenth the cost. He claimed that a Los
Angeles attorney had been lobbying for the
bill for six weeks in the hope of getting a
job.
Jones of Stockton thought it would be
wrong, under his pledge of economy, to
vote for an extra expense.
This aroused Bledsoe to declare that the
whole proposition was an attempt to loot
the treasury for the benefit of a few law
yers with strong political pulls.
Spencer of Lassen, with cutting sarcasm t
said, glancing first at Bledsoe, that when
people wore green goggles, everything they
saw seemed green. "When they are full
of fraud and deceit and tricks," he con
tinued, "they see visions of improper
things. To such people everything seems
rotten and corrupt. From the beginning
the House has been occupied with charges
of corruptness, arising from one particular
source. . I can accoupt-^£c* it in n.ily or.*
way, the objector iB looking j through eyes
warped by his own foulness."
The motion for reconsideration was
passed by a vote of 53 to 14. Then Bledsoe
gained the floorand said : "Ever since the
beginning of the session politicians made
personal remarks about me. I expected to
be a member of the Legislature, because I
have a constituency that supports me.
Just the same I am all the harder the more
abused."
Spencer said that he had not named any
one in his remarks, but if Bledsoe thought
the description fitted him he (Spencer) had
no objection to seeing him squirm. The
general laugh which followed this remark
incensed Bledsoe, who rev; in his seat and
declared that if the gentleman from Las
sin were not so old, he, Bledsoe, would call
him to account personally outside.
Spencer laughed at him, and suggested
that Bledsoe should not jay any attention
to the disparity in years between them,
but both were called to order by Powers, in
the chair.
The bill was finally passed.
TEACHERS' PENSION BILL
Passes the House, After Being
Stripped of Many Provisions.
Sacramento, March 13.— At last the
teachers have got their pension bill through
the Assembly. It is but a skeleton of its
former robust, husky and pretentious
form. All the fat and most of the meat
has been stripped from it. Tn its present
form it leaves the formation of the fund
entirely with the teacher?, while it is left
entirely within the discretion of the teach
ers individually whether they enter the
fund or not.
There was no speech-making. A motion
was made to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was killed. This was carried.
Then a vote was taken on the bill. Only
38 votes were scored. The absentees were
called and 40 votes obtained. There still
lacked one of being enough to carry the
bill, and a call of the House was demanded.
As the clerk was reading the hill the
friends of the measure hurried to and fro
getting votes. Mrs. A. P. Bradley also
moved from chair to chair. This caused
Bledsoe to appeal to the chair. He an
nounced that there were lobbyists on the
floor contrary to the rules. The chair or
dered such persons to leave the floor on
pain of ejection.
Mrs. Bradley hastened from the floor,
but she had accomplished her work. Price
of Sonoma changed his vote from "no" to
"aye" and the bill was carried.
A burst of applause greeted the clerk's
announcement of the vote, which was as
follows:
Ayes— Bettman, Boothby, Bulla, Butler,
Coghliu. Coleraan, Collins, Cutter, Davis,
Pevine, Devitt, Dinkelspiel, Dixon, Dunbar,
Dwyer, Ewing, Guy, Hall, Hatfleld, Healey,
Holland, Huber, Keen, Lewis, McKelvey, Mer
rill, O'Day, Osborn, Pendleton, Powers, Price,
Reid, Richards, Spencer, Staley, Stansell, Tib
bits, Tomplin, Twigg, Wayrcire, Weyse, Zoc-
Chi— 42.
Noes— Ash, Bassford, Belshaw, Bennett,
Berry, Uledsoe, Cargill, Dale, Dodge, Fassett,
Cay, Glass, Hudson, Johnson, Jones, Kelsey,
Kenyon, Laird, Laugenour, Xelsoii, North,
Phelps, Robinson, Rowell, Sanford, Swisler,
Wade, Speaker Lynch — 28.
Hailstorm at Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa, March 13.— This section was
visited by a heavy hailstorm at 3:30
o'clock this afternoon. For nearly ten
minutes hailstones as large as peas fell.
Old settlers any that it is the heaviest hail
seen here in forty years. No particular
damage was done to crops, as fruit is not
yet blossoming or budding. The storm
ended with a heavy rain.
NO FERRY BRIDGE
Defeat of the East-Street
Improvement Plan in
the Assembly
AFTER A LIVELY DEBATE
Dixon Makes Strenuous Effort
to Secure the Passage of
the Measure.
HIS ENDEAVORS PROVE FUTILE.
It Is Voted Down, Though Only Three
San Francisco Members Were
in Opposition.
Sacramento, March 13. — The East-street
improvement bill, which was to provide
for the building of a bridge across the East
street railroad tracks, so as to permit of
access to the new ferry depot without
necessitating running thfe gauntlet of the
numerous cars and teams at that point,
was killed in the Assembly to-day by a
vote of 35 to 25.
A lively time ensued when Dixon of San
Francisco tried to effect the reconsidera
tion of this bill, which was known as Sen
ate bill 60, and which authorized the
Harbor Commissioners to lay out and im
prove certain property on East street, be
tween Clay and Market, and to establish a
line of streets.
Price of Sonoma opposed the reconsid
eration on the ground that the bill had
been reported unfavorably by the Com
mittee on Commerce and Navigation, of
which Dixon was chairman and Price a
member.
"It was only done," Dixon protested,
"because a number of the members were
not present. There were four in favor of
this bill besides myself and the committee
took advantage of the absence of the
friends of the measure to report it un
favorably."
"Mr. Dixon will have to admit," Price
retorted, "that he held the bill back several
days after it had been considered by the
committee in hopes of being able to get a
favorable report. He did not succeed and
now he wants to accomplish his end in the
Assembly."
The bill was refused passage by the fol
lowing vote :
Ayes — Ash, Bachman, Bennett, Berry, Bled
soe, Butler, Collins, Cutter, Devine, Pavitt,
Dixon, Dodgu, Punbar, Gay, (ilass, Ihit.cr,
Johnson. Kelsey, Laugenour, Meads, McCarthy,
Powers, Stanscll, Weyse, Zoechi — 25.
Noes— Barker, Bivssford, Belsh&w, Bettman,
Colpiiis.ii, l>\'t>, Pi\ %•;.-,, Pinkelspiol, Dwyer,
Ewing, Guy, Hall, Hatncld, Healer, Jones,
Keen, Kenyon, Nelson, North, O'Day, Pendle
ton, Phelps, Reid, Richards, Robinson, Rowell,
Spencer, Staley, Tibbitts, Tomblin, Twigg,
Waymire, Wilkinson, Mr. Speaker— 3s.
It is to be noted that only Merrill (R.),
Ewing (P.) and Healey (D.) of the San
Francisco delegation voted against the
measure.
THE SENATE.
Action on the Board of Exam-
iners Bill.
Sacramento, March 13.— Aside from the
valley terminal proposition the subject be
fore the Senate to-day which excited the
greatest interest was the bill giving to the
Board of Examiners jurisdiction over the
State charitable and penal institutions.
Senator Hart offered an amendment to ex
clude all elective officers from the pro
visions of the bill. This would exempt the
office of State Printer, and a strong lobby,
headed by State Printer Johnson and
many employes, were present to see the
amendment adopted. In this they met
disappointment.
Senator Pedlar asked why this exemp
tion should be made. This influence, he
said, comes from employes of the State of
California who fear an investigation. It
was not a matter of politics, but one of
business and common honesty.
Senator Hart made his speech of the ses
sion. He declared that there had been a
good deal of harping over the question of
politics. He did not care whence the bill
came and should oppose it. The personnel
of the present Board of Examiners was a
good one, but in the future one not so
good might be in power. He did not be
lieve in making the Board of Examiners
dictators of California.
Senator McAllister declared that he
could hardly restrain himself when such
arguments were used. What the bill at
tempted was to control the expenditure of
hundreds of thousands of dollars. There
should be some supervision. That super
vision did not exist.
Senator Ford asked if the Board of Ex
aminers had not the right under the law to
examine and expert the reports of these
institutions. "In an indirect way may be
so," replied Senator McAllister, "but it is
insufficient."
"Whence comes this opposition to the
bill?" asked Senator Withington. "More
than three-fourths of the tax levy of the
State is spent in salaries. We can, under
this bill, retrench on three-fourths of the
expenditures of the State and place the de
termination with a board, two of which
are of one party and the third of another
party. Every party in the State was
pledged to economy. Now, will the Senate
vote against the last measure of economy
of the session?"
A vote on Hart's amendment, the pur-,
pose of which was to exclude the State
Printing Office from the provisions of the
bill, was taken, and this is the way the
Senators voted:
Ayes— Aram, Arms, Androus, Bert, Denlson,
Earl, Flint, Ford, Hart, Holloway, Hoyt, Lin
ger. Mahoney, Martin, McGow&n, Shine, Ship
pee, Simpson, Voorheis — 19.
Noes— Burke, Dunn, Fay, Franck, Gesford,
Gleaves, Henderson, Langford, Matthews, Mc-
Allister, Mitchell, Orr, Pedlar, Seawell, Sey
mour, Smith, Toner, Whitehurst, Withing
ton— 19.
Absent— Beard, Biggy.
The secretary tallied the vote as 20 for,
18 against, and the chair announced the
amendment carried.
Senator Gleaves declared the result was
wrong, to which the president pro tern,
made answer that the result had been de
clared by the chair.
It was {.found ;tl:at Gesiord'e name had
been tallied for the amendment when it
should have been recorded against the
amendment. After a time it was decided
to call the roll again, and the vote, 19 to
19, was announced and the amendment de
clared lost.
Then Senator Ford moved to amend by
striking out section 3, which gives author
ity to the board to discharge any employe
of any of the institutions referred to.
Certain Senators opposed this who had
opposed the other amendment, but when
the roll was called it was found that the
enemies of the bill, along with the friends
of the bill, were voting "No."
"They are voting 'no' to kill the bill,"
declared Smith, who voted "aye." The
friends of the bill hastened to change their
vote to aye in order to save the measure
and the amendment was accepted by '23
ayes to 14 noes. The bill wis sent to the
printer with a rush message and will come
up for final action to-morrow.
The Assembly resolution to adjourn
sine die on Saturday next was concurred
in. In this connection, Dunn of San
Francisco, against whom Biggy of San
Francisco has made charges now under in
vestigation, asked that the Senate do not ad
journ until the charges are fully investi
gated.
Simpson of Los Angeles, chairman of
the investigating committee, said he was
satisfied the investigation would be con
cluded by the end of the week.
The Senate refused to recede from its
amendment to the insurance bill which
compels only foreign fire insurance com
panies to deposit $200,000 with the State
Treasurer before engaging in business in
the State. The Assembly has refused to
agree to this, so the conference committee
will adjust the difficulty.
The county government bill was
amended so as to compel all the Superior
Courts to employ an official reporter, and
the bill as amended went to the State
Printer.
A petition was presented from 200 San
Francisco merchants holding unpaid
claims for supplies furnished San Francisco
public institutions, asking that the Super
visors be authorized by an enactment to in
crease the tax levy for the next year suffi
ciently to pay all claims.
Bills were passed as follows:
Creating a Justice's court for Berkeley, such
a court having been abolished by the adoption
of a new charter.
Appropriating $200,000 for the support of
the AVhittier School.
•Amending the Political Code relative to the
election of trustees of reclamation districts.
Authorizing the Attorney-General to obtain
the neci'S>ary lawbooks from the State library.
Amending the police*pension act.
Appropriating $5000 for the maintenance ol
the Yosemite Valley. The appropriation bill
also allows $15,000 for this purpose.
Appropriating $20,000 for the support of the
State Board of Horticulture.
Appropriating $15,000 for the completion
and revision of State schoolbooks heretofore
authorized.
Appropriating $9000 to par claims of four
San Francisco papers >vho published constitu
tional amendments in French, German and
Italian.
Requiring commissioners of paid Fire De
partments to grant all employes yearly vaca
tions.
SANTA CRUZ TELEPHONES.
The Organization of a Rival
Company leads to a Cut
in Rates.
Endeavors to Drive the New
Line Out of the Busi-
NESS.
Santa Cruz, March 13.— A telephone war
is on here, brought about by the organiza
tion of a local telephone company with a
capital stock of $L' 5,000.
The new company has poles and wire
ready to begin work this week. Forty
miles of wire will be in this city, and the
line is to be extended to Soquel, Aptos,
Watsonville, Felton, Bowlder Creek, Los
Gatos and San Jose. Already it has eighty
six subscribers.
The Sunset Telephone Company wanted
to make a compromise with the new com
pany, but it was refused. The new com
pany has fixed the monthly rental of tele
phones at $2, while the Sunset people have
placed the rental of what is known as the
ten-mile line telephone at $1 50. The price
before the new company was organized was
$4 per month.
TRIAL, OF SOTO FOR MURDER.
The Defense to Show the Alleged Had
Character of the Slain Man.
Santa Ckvz, March 13.— At the trial of
Abram Soto for the recent murder of J.
Gonsago, near Watsonville, the courtroom
to-day was crowded with the friends of
accused.
W. E. Spinosa testified that Soto and
deceased had been drinking at one Castros'
house and on the road home engaged in a
quarrel. He saw Gonsago fall but did not
see a knife used.
Attorney Murphy for the defense, in his
opening statement said he expected to
prove that deceased was of a quarrelsome
disposition ana had a habit of stabbing
people. One witness to-day testified that
Gonsago once attempted to run a pitch
fork through him. Other witnesses testi
fied to Soto'sgood character saying he was
a hardworking boy while Gonsago's char
acter was not good and that he was always
wanting to pick a quarrel.
The case will be resumed to-morrow
morning and will go to the jury on Friday.
Convention of Druggists.
Santa Cruz, March 13.— The California
Pharmaceutical Society will hold its an
nual session here on May 20 and 21. The
society is composed of druggists of the
State. The session was secured through
the efforts of local druggists. About sev
enty-five members are expected to be in
attendance.
Murder of an Indian at Auburn, Wash.
Tacoma, March 13.— The body of Jim
Boachibs, an Indian doctor, was found to
day six miles east of Auburn, in King
County, with bullet holes through his
heart and shoulder. He had been missing
a week. An .Indian named Jerry was ar
rested and confessed to a Deputy Sheriff
that he killed the Indian doctor because
he failed to cure two of his children whom
the doctor was treating. The murderer
carried his victim's body three miles from
the place where he killed him.
A Tacoma Child Jiadly Burned.
Tacoma, Wash., March 13.— Pearl Dwar,
G years old, was left alone two minutes last
evening by an open grate fire. Coming
into the room her mother found her en
veloped in ilames. The child's face and
hands were badly burned, but she may re
covei.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Two Female Shop-Lift
ers Caught Stealing
at Fresno.
LOOTING OF DRY GOODS.
The Thieves Are Both Elderly
and Respectable Ap
pearing Women.
TRY TO BRIBE AH" OFFICER"
An Offer of One Hundred Dollars to
Be Permitted to Escape Going:
to Jail.
Fresno, March 13.— Mrs. Annie Holkey
and Carrie Lihbee, two respectable
looking, middle-aged women, supposed to
have come from Sumner, were arrested
here to-day while stealing from a dry
goods store. One engaged the attention of
the clerk, while the other slipped small
articles into a long sack concealed in her
dress. They confessed when arrested and
promised the oflieer $100 if he would let
them escape without notoriety.
Cutting the I'rln-n of Flour.
Fresno, March 13. — A flour war is going
on among the retail merchants of Fresno,
some of whom are selling at 17 cents a
sack less than the price quoted by the
wholesalers. Only one sack at a time is
sold to a family. A merchant from Fowler,
ten miles distant, secured a four-horse
wagon-load to-day by hiring tramps and
loafers to buy a sack at a time for him.
Many families are secretly laying in a large
supply.
J'nrijir Land Patent Filed.
Fresno. March 13.— The Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company to-day filed a
United States patent with the County Re
corder for 107,794.04 acres of land lying in
the Independence, San Francisco, Yisalia,
Los Angeles and Stockton land districts.
| County Insuraiiro I'olirirs Caticrled.
Fresno, March 13.— The Board of Super
visors to-day ordered the cancellation of
the fire insurance on all county buildings,
bridges, etc. The total amount now car
ried is $170,000. Under the new insurance
rates a saving of 40 per cent in premiums
will be made.
An Angry Deputy Sheriff'
Fresno, March 13. — Deputy Sheriff Ben
Merritt is incensed at the report, published
in San Francisco, that he has applied for a
pardon from San Qoea'ip. He had askel
for a position as guard there.
ACCIDENT AT SANTA MONICA.
An Unknown Man Killed by a Southern
Pacific Train.
Santa Monica, Cal., March 13.— A South
ern Pacific freig-ht train ran over a man
yet unknown in a tunnel here this after
noon. His head was mashed and his body
otherwise badly crushed. It is thought his
name is O'Donnell orO'Donnelly, and that
he came from Los Angeles, where he leaves
a widow and children. It is claimed he
was blacklisted on account of tne strike
last summer, and that he was here in
search of employment.
Rain Insures Hig Crops.
Santa Monica, March 13.— The rain,
which commenced to fall early this morn
ing, registered a fraction less than an inch
to-night, and insures the largest crops ever
known in this vicinity.
CLOVERDALE ORANGE INTERESTS.
Incorporation of a Company to Propa
gate Citrus Fruits.
Clovzrdale, March 13.— Orange inter
ests at this place are assuming large pro
portions. More trees are being put out
than in the past. To-day articles of in
corporation of the Cloverdale Orange Com
pany were signed. "William T. Brush, 8.
Pinchower, W. P. Ink, E. F. Woodward
and G. B. Baer were elected directors.
A large orange and lemon grove will be
planted at once, with extensive improve
ments to follow. The main purpose of the
company is to advance citrus culture ia
this district.
SAN DIEGO EMBEZZLER HELD.
Evidence roints Strongly to a Real t'.n~
tate Man's Guilt.
Sax Diego, March 13. — J. McCormack, a
real estate man charged with embezzle
ment, was bound over for trial to-day, the
evidence pointing strongly to his guilt, and
bail waß fixed at $750, which he was unable
to furnish. He therefore returned to jail.
McCormack was at one time a partner ia
the real estate business with J. Walmer,
the man who committed suicide Saturday
to escape prosecution for forgery.
Several other arrests will be made for
real estate frauds perpetrated in this city,
but action has been deferred from day to
day to allow time for collecting more evi
dence of guilt.
Drowning of a Miner Near Cherokee, Cal.
Oroville, March 13.— Henry Heath, a
miner living a few miles above Cherokee,
on Feather River, is supposed to be
drowned. He was building a raft on the
stream a few days ago, but since then has
not been seen or heard from. It is thought
he fell into the river and was drowned.
Desires of Taeorna Grain- Dealers.
Tacoma, Wash., March 13.— The Tacoma
grain-dealers held a meeting to-day and
petitioned the Legislature to pass the Miles
bill, providing for State grain inspection,
after amending it to allow the selling of
grain by samDles, without grading. A
committee of five went to Olympia to pre
sent the petition. The bill comes up in
the morning.
Rain at Jied lands.
Redlaxds, March 13.— The rain of last
night and to-day will stop the orange
picking for several days. It will enable
the Eastern markets to get free of the re
cent imports, and thus strengthen the
prices, which have shown an evidence of
weakness.
I'ioneers ft ill Picnic at Auburn,
Auburn, March 13.— The Society of Pla
cer County Pioneers of San Francisco will
hold its annual picnic at Auburn this yeat
cm May 17.