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in the effort to carry the pending nomina
tions over to the new administration. The
upper house . has no * committees j as yet,
and had the message been received this
morning it would ..have forced a" consid
eration, that might, not- haye; admitted -of
delay- without trouble.- By to-morrow the
standing- "committees "will"- have been ap-
pointed, and ..there, will, be one commit
tee en Executive 'communications. It will
be 'both V natural land easy for ..the Senate
to refer all of these nominations to this
committee without going out
of 'its (w'ay^ to accomplish .a* postponement
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ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Jan. 5.— Governor-elect George C. Pardee. to-
Cday gave to The Call the following statement of his plans and desires during his adminis
tration : ¦¦,;•• r -\ .
"My most earnest hope is for a harmonious administration that will; be for the benefit
of the entire.State, and there is every indication that this will be the case. When all
branches of the government are in accord, better results can be accomplished for the people, and it
will be my endeavor to have the utmost cordiality between all departments and offices. The har
monious organization of both houses of the Legislature and the evident inclination of all. State offi
cials to work for the interests of the peopleof the State and for the advancement of the common
wealth, indicate that the present session of the Legislature will be of. benefit to the State. So far as I
am concerned, my administration will be in the interest of no faction, while '"personalities will not be
considered. " This is necessary that the fullest benefit may be derived by_> trie^ people, , % 6i .whom we are
simply the agents. I have not been able to give muclr attention to proposed legislation and have
no particular plans in that regard. * Those matters have been intrustednby the people to a -careful ly
selected. body of men. and can be safely left in their hands. The-only-; forecast that- I . can make is
that all branches of the government \yillgive the State a thoroughly' goo<i| administration, and that
is all the people can ask for.-. There should be no sectionalism, no personalities^ no factionalism, and
no classes— only the benefit of the State as a whole. ' /GEORGE C. PARDEE."
gave the Senate one day's grace, and if
there is an adjournment to-morrow until
after the inauguration on Wednesday
everything will then be in the hands of
the" new Governor. .
The receipt -of the' message from -..the
Governor this morning ..would have; sub";
Jcctc'd the Senate to some embarrassment
HELENA, Mont... Jan. 5.— The Republi
cans of the House of the Montana Legis
lature to-day organized the House for thg
first time in ten years. Former Governor
B. F. White of. Dillon was chosen for
speaker. The feature of the fight was
that F. Augustus Heinzc was defeated in
his attempt to prevent caucus agree
ments. The outcome is regarded a3 a vic
tory for former United States Senator
Carter. The Democrats organized tbs Sea
ate • —^
Victory for Ex-Senator Carter.
SANTA ROSA. Jan. 5.— Orin V. Howell.
proprietor of Orr's Springs, Mendocino
County,',, died at his home there to-day
after a short Illness.
'Wo Sectionalism, No Factionalism, No Personalities, No Classes,"
Says Governor-Elect Pardee of His A dminist ration.
£;>eclaJ DUratch to The Call.
CALL BUREAU. 4% G STREET. N.
\v\. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5— President
Roosevelt to-day again stirred the wrath
of Southern people by nominating for
Collector of the Port of Charleston, S.
C, William D. Crum, a negro doctor.
Crum was recommended by Booker T.
Washington, the colored leader, whom
the President invited to dine with him
several months ago. This appointment,
v.Sth the closing of the lndianola. Miss.,
pestofflce, will stir Southern people to
e>ep resentment.
Senator McLaurin of Mississippi to-day
called upon Postmaster General Payne in
J-^half of the patrons of the Indianola
j'Ostofflce, who resent the appointment of
the negress. Mrs. Cox. He asked that the
vostofiice be reopened with one of Mrs.
Coxs bondsmen in charge. Decision is
reserved, pending further information.
The appointment of Dr. Crum had been
vigorously opposed by leading citizens of
Charleston, headed by Mayor Smyth, and
leading white men of the entire State.
Charges of political treachery were made
against Crum.
TELLMAN WILL PBOTEST.
South Carolinians are looking to Sena
tor Tillman to prevent the confirmation
of Dr. Cruro. Senator Tillman said to
right
"I propose to vote against the confirm
ation cf Crum because of my well-known"
objection to the appointment of negroes
to Federal offices. I can assure my peo
ple of the fullest investigation # and hear
ir.g before the committee. My personal
objection to Cram's color may not have
cny influence upon the Senate. I regard ,
this selection as a direct bid for the ne
gro delegates in the Southern States and
for Influence in the Northern and West
ern States, where the negro vote holds
the balance of power in the Republican
party."
Postmaster General Payne, in discuss
ing .the lndianola pestoffice case, to-night
fold:
"The situation is very serious. Mrs.
Cux is postmistress, a Government offi
cial. The office is closed by the willful
act of tiic people of lndianola. Postofflce
inspectors have been sent there, to Inves
tigate the trouble, but I 'do not expect
fir report for several days."
i&E VIOLATING THE LAW.
What Bbout the people of lndianola
ope&fac their own (postoffice, as dis
j-atehr-s from there state?" was asked.
"The Government has .a monopoly on
5»-.ft.jf5re busine-s-a trust, you may
tay. Now any one can sell stamp*, but
jou do not hav«« to go far in order to vio- \
late Ow law when you set up a postofflce.
No one but the Government has the right
to set Uji a poMofljcp!"
Senator McLaurin asked for permission
Jo s-ubmit statements in behalf of those
patrons of the office who felt that an in
justice had b<H>n done them by the clos
ing of the lndianola postofflce. Srna
i-.r McJ-aurin then suggested that, jf u
were not feasible to r<r.pcn the Indinnola
ofScp. .mail for Jndianola Ik- delivered a t
* liitlc postoffiet? named Baird, about four
miles distant. Decision on this also was
reserved. -
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.— Grievance commit
tees representing every road entering Chi
cago met here to-day ami negotiations
were started which are expected to re
sult in an increase in wages for thousands
of conductors, and braKemen on Western
roads. Similar committees met In every
railroad center west of Chicago. The men
are all members of the Order of Railway
Conductors or the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, and have made demands
in behalf of their unions for a :?> per cent
increase in wages, an eight-hour day and
overtime pay. While each road will deal
with a committee of its own employes, it
is expected that any agreements entered
into will be uniform.
While the committees make their head
quarters .here, their chairmen and the
grand officers of the two orders will hold
conferences with railroad officials at St.
Louis, for which city they left to-night.
The committees will take final action
themselves and the grand officers will
simply act in an advisory capacity unless
a failure to agree appears probable.
EXPLAINS THE DEMANDS.
William G. Lee, vice grand master of
the trainmen, before leaving for St. Louis
wlth th . e olher grand officers to-night,
said the trainmen hardly expected to have
their full demands acceded to. tie said
each road had its own committee, which
would meet the management of that par
ticular road from which the committee
came and he expressed the belief that in
creases would be granted at not less than
12 per cent more than the present wages.
In explaining the :» per cent increase de
mand, Lee said that it did not mean that
each man In the service should receive
that increase, but that.it was based on
a 100-mile run. which is considered a day*
work.
St. Louis advices say that a meeting
of delegates was held there to-night, but
it was of a secret nature and just what
was accomplished is conjectural.
CONFERENCE IN ST. PAUL.
Of the four railroad systems whose gen
eral offices are in St. Paul, only the Chl-
Chicago and Great Western held a confer
ence with the conductors anil trainmen to
day. The conference was entirely amic
able, but no definite results were arrivedV
at. The men expressed confidence that a
settlement would be reached either to
morrow morning or in the afternoon.
At Topeka delegates representing th*
Order of Railway Conductors and Railway
Trainmen are in session. It is probable
that the Siinta Fe will be asked for a 25
per cent increase in wages as a result
of the meeting.
Incident Adds to Tempest
Caused by lndianola
Affair.
Thousands of Employes of •
Transportation Lines
Affected.
Ignores the Protests of
South Carolina
Whites.
Increase of Twenty Per
Cent in^ Pay Is
Asked Pol
Special Dispatch to The Call
HEADQUARTERS. SAC
JT RAMENTO, Jan. 5.— With the
B prompt and peaceful disposl
?ft^ —^^ tion of the United States Sen-
atorshlp and the Speakershlp
of the Assembly, it looks as
though the Thirty-fifth Legislature had
settled down to a.very qnlet and business
like session. Both houses were organized
to-day .with the usual ceremonies, but
without any untbwatd incident save a.
very marked- backhanded slap at Gov
ernor Gage.
This occurred in the Senate. When the
committee appointed to notify the execu
tive that the upper -house was ready for
business had returned. Chairman Devlin
reported that Governor Gage had pre
pared . a message which, would be deliv
ered in five minutes.
The echoes of Senator Devlin's words
were still romping fn the far corners of
the chamber when Senator Leavitt curtly
proposed an adjournment until to-morrow
morning. This motion was seconded and
adopted so swiftly .that it was all over
and Gage's expected appointments were
sidetracked .before the uninitiated had
time to wonder where the retiring Gov
ernor was "at."
There was method in the move, too, for
It was explained that there was no com
mittee yet appointed to which the antici
pated nominations could be referred, and
the Senators did not care to be forced
into acting upon them at once. In other
words, delay is sought so that Governor
Pardee can exercise his preferences in the
premises. "
All signs, by the way. , indicate that
Pardee will be the boss of his own ad
ministration. He has already dictated
the important chairmanships of the Sen
ate, and will probably do the same with
the Assembly. A suggestion of this was
revealed to-day. Almost immediately fol
lowing his defeat for the Speakersbip F.
E. Dunlap announced his expectation of
securing the chairmanship of the Ways
and Moans Committee, but qualified his
statement with the proviso that it all de
pended upon what Governor Pardee had
to say about it. ,
The Speakership fight, which promised
so much in the way of exciting Interest
at the beginning, has turned out some
thing of a fizzle after all. When the
caucus convened Dunlap withdrew from
the contest and at the opening of the As
sembly placed Fisk's name in nomination
with a prettily termed speech. The rivals
of the night before were now bosom
friends and the strife of battle had been
transformed into a love feast. In the
minor offices in both houses there was
practically no opposition.
Lieutenant Governor Alden Anderson
made a "statement late to-night that he
would not be inaugurated until Wednes
day,'} and as the Senate had not yet de
cided upon the number of committees it
wanted he. had given no consideration as
to whom he would appoint on those com
mittees- When the Senate is ready, he
added, he will make his selections, alwajs
bearing in" mind Governor Pardee's pref
erences in the matter.
The charges of boodle and bribery in
connection with the contest for the United
States Senatorshlp are given no credence
here and are greeted by politicians with
ridicule. The statement or some unknown
legislator that he had been offered money
for hls^vote by some other unknown and
unnamed individual, they say, does not
prove anything beyond a morbid desire
for questionable notoriety on the part of
the -self-labeled magnet of alleged Sen
atorial gold. The practical absence of op
position and the ease with which Senatur
Perkins secured the Indorsement of the
Rcpublipan majority demonstrates the
fallacy of all such rumors far better
than' any verbal denials.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
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CALL HEADQUAR
TERS, SACRAMEN
TO, Jan. 5.— Governor
Gage made one desper
ate effort to-night to control ab
solutely the appointments that
have been made .by him -with
in the last two years. When it
was found that the majority of
the Republican Senators were
favorable to passing the new ap
pointments up to the incoming
administration, an effort was
made to line up the six Demo
cratic votes in the Senate for the
confirmation of Governor Gage's
appointments.
Senator Curtin of Sonora was appealed
to upon the ground that Governor Gage
had appointed Thomas Hender of Sonora
us Yosemite Valley Commissioner, Hen
der being a great friend of Curtin. Cur
tin announced to-night that he would vote
to-morrow to confirm the appointments
of Governor Gage, but at the same time
he refused to commit his Senatorial col
leagues.
"I shall vote to conrirm all of Governor
Gage's appointments," said Senator Cur
tin to-night.
"What the other members of the Dem
ocratic party will do I cannot say. I
have only talked to two of them and they
think that the matter ought to be settled
to-morrow. The others have not been
seen as far as I know."
Lieutenant Governor Neff decided to
night that It would take a three-flfths
vote of the Senate to make a special or
der to-morrow of the confirmation of
these appointments. This would mean
twenty-four votes out of the forty in the
Senate. It is generally believed to-night
that there will be at least twentv votes
in the Senate against confirmation, which
'would throw all of the nominations into
the hands of the Incoming administration.
It is said to-night by friends of the in
coming' administration that Governor
elect Pardee has intimated to several of
the Senators that he would consider it
a personal affront If an attempt was
made to-morrow to confirm these appoint
ments and that acting upon this intima
tion the Senators will no doubt allow the
new Governor ;to settle the Question of
State patronage. P'-"^^; f"
The Senate to-day took the first step in
the move to hold up all of the interses
slon nominations of Governor Gage. In
the face of the statement of the special
ccmmlttee that was appointed to an
nounce to the Governor thafthe Senate
was organized and ready to conduct the
business of the State that Governor Gage
would have a message ready for that body
in the short space of five minutes, the
Senate adjourned without waiting to re
ceive that message.
The Governor's message that was due
in so short a time consisted of an an
nouncement of the long list of appoint
ments that have been made within the
last two years, since the adjournment of
the last session. The Senate had no de
eire to consider that, or any other mes
sage from his Kxcellency, and rather
than be faced with this list upon me very
first day of the session they at once post
poned all action until to-morrow morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
The Senate has decided to turn the en
tire State administration over to Gov
ernor-elect George C. Pardec, patronage
and all. Dr. Pardce will be Inaugurated
on Wednesday, and from that time on
h-t will l«3 Governor in very truth, if the
Senate can postpone the consideration of
the announced messago of Governor Gage
until after noontime upon that day every
thing will then be in \hc hands of the
new Governor, and he can*act as he may
see fit.
" The hasty adjournment this morning
All Western Rail
roads Receive
Demands.
Names Negro Col
lector of Charles
ton Port.
Boodle Story
Causes a
Laugh.
Fear Seizes
on the Fav=
orites.
TRAIN CREWS
STATE THEIR
GRIEVANCES
PRESIDENT
STIRS IRE
OF SOUTH
Votes Needed
to Retain
Places.
Upper House
Plays Its
Cards.
NEW STA TE EXECUTIVE
SPEAKS OF HIS PLANS
A MONG the more important matters may be mentioned bills to carry into effect
jc\. the constitutional amendments recently adopted, such as the use of z'oting machines
• in lieu of the old style ballot.' In the event of the old style ballot being continued
it will be necessary to rearrange the present ballot so as to' avoid mistakes such as zvere
dcz'cloped in the recent recounts. There zvill undoubtedly be legislation affecting irriga
tion and zvater rights. An effort zvill be made to pass a measure to introduce civil
service into State offices.' It is generally understood that many bills of this character
zvill be presented by representatives of the Labor party. Measures calling for large ap
propriations fornczv buildings zvill be offered in behalf of most of the State institutions.
Bills zvill also be introduced for increased appropriations for maintenance. There zvill
be legislation looking to the improvement of the Sacramento and San Joaquin val'cys
waterzvays. An amendment zvill also_ come before the Legislature in behalf
of direct legislation. The establishment of a school at the University of California
for: the preservation of our forests is also contemplated. It is too early to predict just
zvhat policy the Assembly zvill adopt as to final legislation, but it is -safe to say that the
members will l bc in favor of appropriations large enough for the needs of the State and
zvill also keep in inind the necessity of aiding the Governor in maintaining an econom
ical administration. — From^an. interview zvith Speaker Arthur G. Fisk.
OXE of the first matters that will be taken up will be a bill to revise and reform the
present election law. The main effort will be to simplify it. The demand for. such
action is general from all over the State. All of the public institutions' will be
on hand with requests for additional funds. Napa zvants to put' in a water plum
and San Bernardino zvants a nerv building. Stockton ivill also be on hand zvith a re
quest for money.
I understand that the Yosemite Commission will, ask for an appropriation
zvith zvhich to build a hotel in the z'alley. I do not knozv just zvhat else this commis
sion may want, but the members have a disposition to make numerous improvements.
The mining interests will receive considerable attention. • A bill continuing and 'matt
tng more effective the provisions of the hydraulic and restraining dam lazvs ,zv ill prob
ably be passed. I expect a bill looking to the improvement of the San Francisco zvatcr
front with respect to zvharfage. There is no question that the present accommodations
are entirely inadequate to the needs of the seaport. While it is true that a bill having
this same object in view failed at the last session, I do not doubt that it would be suc^
cess ful this time. The last two years have witnessed a wonder fid growth of the shipr
ping .interests there and the people, generally speaking, understand the situation bet-*
ter. — From intervir^v with Lieutenant Governor-elect Anderson. '¦ ,
BALLOT REFORMS REQUIRED
WHARVES NEED ATTENTION
GAGE SEEKS AID OF DEMOCRATS
TO SAVE HIS FINAL NOMINATIONS
PRICE FIYE'-CE^TS.
VOLUME XCIII-NO. 37.
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JANUARY* 6, 1903.
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