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Pardee Makes Strong Plea for the Direct Primary Law
Condemns Trading Evils
of Convention System
SACTIAI*EXTO. - Ja«. &. — 1» *i»- fare
1 Wf'.l mossajre to the Legislature today
Governor Pardee declared himself a
\u25a0 strong advocate of the direct primary
law as it has been championed by The
Call. TTie retiring executive fpi-aka
out unreservedly regarding the abuses
' arising from the cotn'ention \u25a0 system.
evils of trading cf
-necting severely on
That r>r,r: &T Governor Pardee's mes-
<1-t.' • . the direct
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.<.->"\u25a0. .' nsensus of opinion
* has u:r'. d when- the citizens
riiTr>rn\i. d proceed to effect
"rt^Srt&Sfc nc-ii'd a:, lges in the methods
V"ti itoa for office are
. ' •<\u25a0 the primary elec
tion j:<»s ai ait »v/*,t thereof it is quite
natural «hat there should be a de
mand that the reform shall commence
nt that point. Thus we find both of
' the old parties' pledged by their latest
State platforms to the inauguration of
what is known as the direct primary.
There is little if any doubt that in
Us unmodified form the direct primary
would be, at present, unconstitutional
In California. At the general election
»n th» year 1900 the constitution was
amended in the supposed interest' of
I primary election reiorrn, but the lan-,
cuagc of .the amendment appears to
! exclude awy primaries except those for
the election of delegates to conven
tions, r • r
Direct popular election, ot delegates
would do much to improve, our nomi
nating conventions by making tHem
.more representative, but at the same
time equal care should be taken to
secure representative committees \to
manage party affairs. 1 am x>t the
opinion that State and county com
mittees should never be named by or
during conventions, but that members
should be chosen directly by the voters
at the same time that delegates are
elected. ! •
covenNons' lcttehs
*Jhe direct primary, in one form or
©aether, now exists in Oregon, Mon
tana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wis
consin, Illinois. Mississippi and Texas,
and, in the hope of ascertaining how
far it is a practical working success,
1 addressed inquiries to the Govern
ors of those States. In response I re
ceived letters generally affirming the
cuccess of the experiment, but admit
ting a few objection.^ or suggesting
certain changes. Thus. Governor
Chamberlain cf Oregon wrote that the
effects -in his State had been 6alutary,
that the direct primary tends to elimi
nate bosses and machine politics, and
that it will in future be still more
.'beneficial, because the voters will un
derstand better the responsibilities de
volved upon them. The principal ob
jection found in Oregon was the large
expense imposed upon candidates, who
were compeTied to make, practically,
itwo campaigns. To remedy this Gov
ernor Chamberlain proposes a • legal
•limitation of the amount of such ex
penditures.
Governor Johnson in his reply con
ceded that there are defects in the
Minnesota law, which applies to city,
county and district nominations; ef
forts have been made to extend its
operations to State nominations, but
they have failed because, as Governor
Johnson believes, no feasible plan has
been presented. In the main the new
method of making nominations has
proved itself :to be an improvement
upon the convention plan, and it is a
great promoter of Independent voting.
Governor Davidson of Wisconsin
wrote that the law in that State proved
Itfitilf upon the first trial to be "very
satisfactory" and that "nothing but
'words of commendation of it" were
heard. Nevertheless, the Wisconsin law
Is admittedly Imperfect as it stands,
'Governor Davidson saying: "What
i appears to m<* to be one of the chief
faults in the statute is the opportunity
Jt gave Democrats, in Wisconsin to
make Itepubliean nominations. The
Republican party • • • is almost
Bupreme in Wisconsin. Very few
.votes were cast for Democratic can
didates here on September 4, that party
generally preferring to make the Re
publican nominations." This would in
.dilate that a . direct primary, to be
;conducted fairly, must go hand in hand
!-wlth a strict party registration law
which will render it impossible for a
voter to participate in any primary
contest except that of the party to
\u25a0which he professes to belong.
CONDEMNS TRADING"
As if this perversion of party or
ganization were not bad enough the
past year has witnessed another de
parture more surprising than any
which preceded !t. In the State con
vention of the majority party there
wjis adopted without debate, and seem
ingly without a thought, the strange
proposition that henceforth the retir
iing State executive committee shall
:eppolnt the temporary chairman of the
coming convention. Whatever may
have been the motive with which this
Innovation was proposed, it is easy
to ccc to what it will lead. A clique
which may happen to be in control
of the old committee will have It with
in its power to programme the State
convention through the temporary
chairman, who is the only Important
chairman, because he appoints
the committees on credentials,
on organization and on platform. When
the State central committee was un
horsed by the State executive commit
tee the party's governing body ceased
to be representative of the people: the
proposal to deprive the State conven
tion of the power to organize Itself
ie an extension of the same kind of
politics and is an attempt to prevent
the party voters from having any ef
fective representation in State conven
tions. If one could really persuade
himself that a State convention made
up of intelligent citizens of California
would actually permit Itself to be de
nied the exercise of the right t« or
ganize and govern Itself there" would
ibe the strongest of . Justlficatlo: • for
joining with those radical reformers
who- demand the abolishment of con*
ventions at once and forever.
But whether or" not the next Re-
1 publican State convention shall sur-
I render its right of self-government. It
i is only fair to admit that the conven
i tion eystem as now conducted develops
i some evils for which misrepresenta
1 tlon of the people is not wholly re
; pponelble, although the evil* are great
ly aggravated thereby. By far the
| worst of these evils Is the making of
i combinations whereby nominations
i cease to represent the honest prefer-
j ences of a majority of. the delegates
• <and become a nitre matter of "trading"
ior worse. The adoption ot. this prac
| tire In State conventions is the pro
: llfic parent of innumerable abuses, but
I in particular it facilitates domination
by bosses and corporate interests. If
' these Interests can succeed at the be
ginning in controlling absolutely only
, a email minority of the delegates they
: may hope, by making a series of trad
\u25a0 ing combinations, to capture the more
Important nominations and even to
: dictate for their own benefit the se
' lection of Judges for our highest
; courts. Further than this r-olitical de
moralization could hardly go while
! keeping up even a pretense of self
; government by the people.
HIS CONCLUSIONS
In will be observed that the direct
, primary, particularly as a method of
• nominating State candidates, has not
i yet advanced beyond the experimental
: stage, the existing laws .being conced
- c<\ by their makers to call for arnend
[ raent. The objection ofterust urged
i apalnst a direct primary law which
i dispenses with conventions are that It
I tends to a multiplication of candidates
i and hence to the making of many
• nominations by small factions of the
; electorate; that the largest centers of
i population In a State and the largest
towns in a county will dictate most
; of the nominations, because theJr votes
will be more concentrated than those
:of the rural districts; that the ex
: pense to candidates, already too great
= under the old plan, will be largely
i Increased: that without conventions >
I there will be no good way of making |
! party platforms, the Wisconsin plan j
1 of having the candidates meet after
their nomination and frame the plat- j
form, being open to objection. On the
other hand, it is argued that the new \
system will naturally be improved and
; that all of the objections before men
• tioned can be overcome; also, that the
voters could well afford to put up with
a grood many disadvantages to get rid I
of the evils of convention nominations
effected by trading and of unrepre
sentative party committees. As to
; whether the direct primary irlll abol
ish bossism, opinions differ consider- '
: ably, but in fairness it must be con- '
, ceded that If the boss is not destroyed ]
by direct nominations the most profit- '
I able field for the exercise of his arts i
: will be removed with the passing of I
; th*» convention. <
To sum up, I have pointed out that
the present method of making nomina
tions in California is susceptible of
marked improvement; that the direct
election "by the people of alj delegates
would be a long step In the right di
rection; that the Illinois primary law,
which permits voters to vote for can
didates as well as for delegates, might
be added to our convention system
with beneficial results, as might prob
ably be done without constitutional
amendment: that the reform of the
party committee organization is also
a necessity; that 4f it be decided not
to attempt to reform the existing
methods but to cast them aside and
establish the direct primary in its full
vigor, there is at least a fair probabil
ity that the new plan would be suc
cessful, although -a constitutional
amendment would be needed to accom
plish it, and therefore we should be
compelled to wait two years before
results could be obtained.
- I recommend the careful and con
scientious attention of the Legislature
to this matter, as demanded by the
party platforms and the people of the
State.
Ways and Means
Honor Is For
Estudillo
SACRAMENTO. Jan. B.— Present In
dications point to Miguel Estudillo of
Riverside as the Assemblyman who will
be made chairman of the ways and
means committee. Wise politicians say
that when he withdrew from the Speak
ership contest he did so with the un
derstanding that he was to be placed
at the head of this most Important
committee, and, although the contest is
not yet over, his rivals have little hope
of heading him off.
Phil Stanton, chairman of the last
ways and means committee, is making
no predictions and is believed to be
out of the running. Others who are
seeking the place are W. D. L. Held of
Ukiah, A. M. Drew of Fresno and Na
than C. Coghlan of San Francisco .
Held's candidacy is exciting no com
ment. Drew is counted out of it be
cause of his anti-organisation tenden
cies, and Coghlan is deemed only a
possibility. If Coghlan is sidetracked
again two places on the committee will
be given to San Francisco. One of the
places is eald to be reserved for C. M.
Kisher of the Thirty-ninth District.
Members of the organization are say-
Ing that the final make-up of the ways
and ' means committee will depend
largely on what Governor Gillett thinks
about It According to the story go-
Ing the rounds, every name will be
presented to the Governor and no one
will be appointed until he has first
been favored with executive approval.
Glllttt goes Into office tomorrow
noon, and Speaker Beardslee eaye that
he win have his list ready Thursday
morning. - . 'I
THE. . SA^ "FRANCISCO: CALL., WEDNESDAY, , JANUARY ; 9,- 1907:
ASSEMBLY MAKES
I! BIG fill ij-
Continued Frew Page 1, Column 6
the Bender & Chaquette edition of the
Political Code, General Laws, Deer
ing's Code of Civil Procedure and
Penal Code and Treadwell's Constitu
tion. The total expense would be
$3400, double that of the last' session.
In defending his resolution Coghlan
declared that a cheaper edition would
be false economy. He wanted every
thing made clear to his brother law
makers. "We lawyers," he said,
"should not put lay members at a dis
advantage by giving them the bare
statutes."
To his view the only fair thing would
be to give them, books elaborately
bound and laboriously annotated. The
plan found many supporters, but when
a modest member moved that the reso
lution be referred to the yet unap
pointed committee on contingent ex
penses the ayes slightly outnumbered
the noes, and Speaker Beardslee de
clared the motion carried.
"That's all right," said Coghlan af
ter adjournment. "I wanted to get
some Idea of the sentiment of the mem
bers. I think the committee will make
a favorable report."
Prior to the presentation of the
Coghlan resolution Grove _L. Johnson
had a little fun with Phil Stanton of
Los Angeles. An emergency resolu
tion directing the sergeant at arms
to rent fifteen typewriters immediately
had been offered. Stanton objected. He
thought all such measures should be
referred to the committee on contin-
gent expenses. J
"Why?" asked Johnson.
"The things are needed, and there"
should be no delay."
"All right," responded Johnson.
"Let every t«vb stand on its own bot
tom. It is traie to bid the devil good
morning when you meet him.
Stanton almost fell backward, so
hurriedly did he drop Into his seat
The motion went through, other minor
resolutions slid after it, and there was
no further interruption until Coghlan
proposed wholesale investment in ex
pensive codes.
MANIAC ASSAULTS
DEPUTY SHERIFF
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
MARTINEZ, Jan. S— Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Casey of Concord had a thriv
ing battle with Angone Olivera, a ma
niac, at Bay Point this morning, and
subdued him after Olivera had made
three unsuccessful attempts to crush
his skull with a small sledge hammer.
Olivera's insane conduct has long
been a source of alarm to the resi
dents of Bay Point, who feared ho
would run amuck and kill his'neigh
bors. When Casey_was summoned from
Concord today and approached the
house Olivera w.as busily, engaged in
chipping the plaster from the' rooms
with a chisel and small sledge. When
the officer entered the place and sought
to put him under arrest Olivera swung
the hammer about his head and sav
agely attacked Casey. One blow from
the Instrument struck the officer's left
hand and dislocated .several small
bones, but he ,closed in on the maniac
and succeeded in handcuffing him after
two more blows had been aimed -at his
head. • '
During the twelyo-mile.rlde .to this
city Olivera twice made attempts to
assault the ofQccr with his manacled
hands. He is now locked up In the
Insane ward of the County Hospital
pending his examination before Supe
rior Judge William B. Wells.
FOR ADDITIOVAL XEWB .OF THE
* legislature: see: page 6 '<
Japanese Question to
Be Taken Up by
the Senate
Scant 1 Courtesy Shown
to Final Message
From Parclee •
SACRAMENTO. Jan 7 ?r— The ~ Japan
ese Influx and the school segregation
question in San Francisco are to be
made the subject of special considera
tion by the Senate In behalf of organ
ized labor, which is "anxious to
d«nnitely settle all the disputes that
havo arisen over the matter of State
supremacy by the recent message of
JPretldcnt Roosevelt.
? Senator. ' George*, B. Keane announced
today that he proposed to. lntroduco a
bill in the Senate providing for, re^
\u25a0trlctlve legislation affecting Japanese
in San Francisco and other parts of
California. The exact scope of the bill
was not decided upon, he said, as no
action in the matter would, be, taken
until a definite understanding was had
with Secretary O. A. Tveltmoe and
other officers of the San Francisco
Building Trades Council. Senator
Keane professes to be very frank about
his espousal of the views of the labor
men respecting Asiatics in California
and says that he will give the Japan
ese and Korean I Exclusion League
every assistance at the present session.
'1 am • against^ Japanese -ever and
always In San Francisco," he said.
"There is no' politics about my senti
ment in this respect. They, do the
State no good, c-»\ I believe that the
white laborer haJ every -Justification "in
regarding them as a menace to his
interests."
'."\u25a0I Senator" Keane will' be supported' in
his anti-Japanese propaganda' by
Senator Edward Wolfe. -.\u25a0'",
"If a' bill of some kind affecting
Japanese does not go through at the
present session," said Wolfe, "I .will
submit resolutions upholding the cam
paign of the Japanese and Korean
Exclusion League.- -A lot of platitude
is finding currency on this question,
but It Is nevertheless a real and vital
one for California. Any measure of
justifiable restriction affecting Japan
ese will have my support." . j
Little interest or significance was
connected '"Ith other matters that
came, to the attention of the Senate
today, with the -exception of the sum
mary railroading of the message of
Governor Pardee. -'-\u25a0'""""*' "
Senator Leavitt moved that the mes
sage be printed ..In the .official
journal' of the "Senate", bo that it could
be considered "with care." The mo
tion was carried with a readiness that
indicated that the. delicate, sense of
satire of the gentleman from Oakland
was appreciated.
Chaplain Darling's brevity in prayer
is being acclaimed by the Senators.
His invocation at .the. session today
occupied less than eighty seconds of
their time, and some profane meta
phor was born of their approval.
"That's the dope," declared one /Sen
ator, sitting close up in front. "Wise
ones never waste" words."
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Jewelers/watchmakers, formerly 1071
Market, n0w. 2392 Mission, near 20th. •
RECOMMENDS TWO-CEXT FAIIE
GUTHRIE, Okla., Jan: 8. — The com
mittee on railroads and public, service
corporations has, made a report to the
constitutional convention recommend
ing a 2-cent.fare on the railways.
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Justice Flouted
in Our Courts
Says Pardee
Giles Tricks of Law
: yers in Graft and
Gollms Cases .
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7.— ln his fare
well . message Governor Pardee ex
pressed himself in favor of amending
the law so as to prevent a repetition
of the fight for immunity being made
on technical grounds In the San Fran
cisco court:* by for the accused
grafters. Pardeo did not mince mat
ters in his denunciation of officials who
betray their. trust. . .
The message in part said:
Two years ago California was 'hu
miliated by the trial and conviction of
two of her State Senators for bribery.
A third member of the Senate fled and
Is now a fugitive from Justice. The
Senate is to be congratulated upon Its
prompt action in expelling:, after an
exhaustive trial and before their con
viction by juries, the Senators who, by
their dishonest acts, ' brought shame
and disgrace upon California and cast
a stigma upon our boasted republican
form of government.
SA.V FRAXCISCO'S DISGRACE
The recent developments in the city
of San Francisco, which seem to in
dicate a state of affairs at least as
bad as that which existed in New
York City under the regime of Tweed,
ought to shame every person who
claims to be a Californian. That offi
cial corruption could go to the extreme
which seems to have existed In the
metropolis should concern every per
son who loves this country and de
sires to see its free institutions per
petuated. For, if unchecked, this official
corruption ; wlll~sop6ison the whole,
body politic as to cause the sure death
of public spirit and private patriotism.
The official who betrays the trust
impoped in him commits a crime
ag-ainst his fellow citizens that is
blacker, more despicable and more
to be detested. than even cold-blooded
murder. The latter is a crime against
an individual, or, at most, against a
very few. But the former Is a crime
against many and disturbs the very
foundations of our' free Institutions.
The bribe-taker is, however, no great
er criminal than the brlbe-glver. Both
should be. scorned 'of all men; both
should be punished for their crimes
against the State. He who betrays the
people in times of peace is no less a
traitor to his country than he who be-,
trays It in time of war. There are,
to our shame, bo It said, Benedict Ar-*
nolds still among us.
I commend to the careful, patriotic
attention of the ' Legislature this sub
ject and hope that some method Will
be devised whereby detection ; and
swift conviction may be made more
certain than, to. our disgrace, be It
said, appears now to be the case.
JUSTICE IS" DEFIED
Another thing that Is engrossing the
'attention of all thinking men in this
State is the way in which, by juggling
with the technicalities of the law, Jus
tice is defied and our courts and laws
made laughing-stocks by cunning law
yers. California ought to blush when
it remembers how our criminal pro
cedure permitted the notorious ueorge
D. Collins to juggle with jtrstice, defy
the' courts, roll "up needless expenses
for the public purse to bear and, worse,
far worse than this, Implant still deep
er in the public .mind the suspicion
that our laws and courts are made and
conducted not for the purpose of do
ing but of hampering justice. And no
one has forgotten how, only a short
time agro, another attorney, in suing
for a fee, publicly set forth how, by
means of dilatory motions and an end
less trickery with the machinery of
the law, ho had so delayed the bring
ing of his client into court that the
matter had become outlawed.
The San Francisco officials who have
been indicted for crimes against the
public good are either innocent or
guilty: and in the interests of public
morality that innocence or guilt should
be quickly established, and justice,
either in vindication or severe punish
ment, "should be swiftly and 'surely
meted out to the accused. Yet we see
the courts blocked and day after day,
week : after week, spent in the inter
position of dilatory motion upon dila
tory motion, followed by time-consum
ing argument after argument, until it
would seem almost as if there was
some truth. ln the public suspicion that
the courts' are sieves whose meshes
are large enough to let through those
with sufficient money and influence.
LAWS SHOULD BE AMENDED
It is a serious matter, one that ap
peals to us all, that justice may be
thus laughed at, the courts mocked,
and the protection of our laws against
criminals' and- criminal acts thus de
fied. \u25a0 No one" of us is safe, either In
life; liberty or property, if those.ac
cused of crime, may thus. stave o>r trial
until' witnesses forget, are brfbed or
disappear, or until, by the very be
devilment of the record, some. error is
made .upon which \the technical courts
of appeal may a reversal of con
viction.- : . ,
. I -commend ' this "whole subject mat
ter-also to the careful and patriotic
attention of the . Legislature, hoping
that such changes In our criminal pro
cedure-will'be made at this session as
will prevent the spectacles that have,
Machinery of State Operates
to Outwit Pardee's Men
Attorney General Webb Will Defend
Gurry Against Crow's Mandamus
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL-
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8. — The whole
machinery of the State Government Is
to be employed to set at naught the
attempt of Governor -Pardee to ap
point Judges of the Superior Court to
succeed Judges Kerrigan. Taggart and
Burnett, elected to the Appellate bench
In the First, Second and Third districts
respectively. Attorney General "Webb
will tomorrow morning defend Secre
tary of State Charles Curry In a man
damus proceedings brought by S. 'A.
Crow of Santa Barbara to compel Curry
to show cause why he should not issue
Crow a commmlsslon as Superior Judge.
Early this morning Crow, who had
been refused his commission by Curry,
instituted mandamus proceedings.
Judges Hosmer and Denny, the other
appointees of the Governor, waited on
Curry, and tendering the appropriate
fee, demanded their commissions. Curry
refused the commissions, but suggested
to the applicants that they need not
Institute mandamus proceedings, as he
would abide by the decision rendered in
Judge Shields' court at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning, where Crow's writ
was made returnable.
Crow's complaint sets up the conten
tion that there Is" a vacancy on the
Superior bench in Santa Barbara Coun
ty and that Curry had refused to per
form a purely ministerial act. Curry
In his answer denied that there was a
vacancy. Crow's contention wad based
on the legal opinion secured by the
Governor before he. made the appoint
ments, that is that on Thursday -night
at 12 o'clock, .under the provisions of
the law creating the District Appellate
Court, those Judges of the several Su
perior courts elected to the Appellate
Court and who had qualified as such
ceased to be Superior Judges and were
disqualified to sit as such. Curry's
contention, which was based on the
advice given him by the Attorney Gen
eral, was that there was no vacancy
on the Superior bench until the Judges
had resigned, and further that It was
not incompatible for a Judge to hold
' both, offices, should that phase of the
question arise.
said yesterday:
; . "Yes, I still refuge to issue com
missions to the supposed appointees of
\u25a0Governor .Par4ee . to : the - several Su
perior benches. There is but the one
appointment in Issue, though I shall,
of course, be governed In the three
cases by.' the decision of Judge Shields,
and I have so advised Judges Hosmer
and Denny, who today demanded their
commissions and to whom I refused com
missions, j I declined to issue a com
mission to' Judge Crow . because I do
not believe there is a vacancy on the
Superior bench in Santa Barbara. And,
of course, my view of the other two
cases is the same.. Acting on competent
legaK: advice \ I hold : there can be no
vacancy; '; until ther Judges of the Su
perior ,<j f ourjt'*haS§'st Wiimed:— Kx>r their
qualification and ".the performance of
the duties.of Appellate Judge by them
could not, according to my advice,
create vacancies, but that is a question
we have not yet- to meet. The legal
within the past, two years, brought
disgrace upon our laws and placed a
premium upon dishonest, shameful and
Indecent trickery. Be the fault where
it may be, at the bar, in the trial courts
or in the Appellate or Supreme courts,
let the proper remedies be applied, so
that those accused of crime shall be
compelled to go to trial within a rea
sonable time; and let that trial be
upon the merits, not the fine-spun tech
nicalities of the case and the law. Let
a crime be quickly followed by pun
ishment and not by judicial legerde
main and wearisome, justice-refusing
technicalities. .
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Street,- San Francisco.
Or phone Temporary 2121. .
D. A. CURTIN
323 MONADNOCK BLDG.
Telephone Tempy. 2538.
Collects Accounts Everywhere.
References : Banks and Merchants.
LOST -Certificates, Checks Receipts,
Bills of . Lading: and Negotiable Paper
of every description replaced by a Bond
of .-The Metropolitan - Surely Company
of \Xeiv --York. . . Contract; Judicial and
Fidelity Bonds. JUDSON BRUSIE.
Manager, room '10, Ferry bulldinjr.V \u25a0. D.
W. :: CARMICHAEL . CO.. I Inc.. General
Agents, ; 1008 Flllmore street.
rights of the supposed appointees or
Governor Pardee are in no way affected
by my refusal to perform a purely
ministerial act. If thero were vacan
cies they are Judges. If not. well, had
I believed there was a vacancy, I would
have issued the commission for Judge
Crow."
Judges Hosmer and Denny will be In
Judge Shields' court tomorrow morn-
Ing, interested spectators but not par
ticipants In the proceedings. The re
fusal of Curry to issue the commis
sions is, of course, politics, and Pardee's
appointment of C. N- Post to succeed
Judge Hart this afternoon has broken
the Pardee pick, with Judge, Shields,
who was an ardent advocate of James
Devlne's candidacy for the same place.
Hosmer will not be so nervous as his
fellow Pardee appointees, as he has re
ceived assurances that' quite regardless
of the decision of the court Gillett .will
appoint him to Kerrigan's place as soon
as the Humboldt man tahes the rein-*
of government.
Renew Fight fon
Notaries in
This City
SACRAMENTO, Jan. B.— The crusade
against the close corporation main
tained by the elect few notaries public
in San Francisco is to be renewed with
unusual vigor by ihe San Francisco
attorneys during the present session.
An effort will be made to remove en
tirely the restriction as to the number
of notarial commissions that may be
issued to San " Franciscans by the
Governor.
The San Francisco attorneys have
heretofore made several attempts to
break down the Chinese wall around
the notarial business In San Francisco.
but always without success. At this
session they have already developed a
strength among the country members
that augurs ill for the continuation of
\u25a0 the good thing enjoyed by the select
i eighty who have a monopoly in the
: coast metropolis.
By statute the number of notaries
that might be commissioned in San
Francisco was originally forty. This
was gradually worked' up to sixty and
under Pardee it was increased to
eighty. Practically all restrictions
have been removed as to the number
of notaries In all other sections of the
State, but every attempt to increase
tne number in San Francisco has met
with a determined and well financed
opposition.
Those waging the campaign for re
moval of restrictions claim that with
only eighty notaries in San Francisco
the business interests are at the mercy
of "the ' fortunate possessors of . com
t nHs3iog.s_^adt~*es!s-»sd; thar_tjie_ / pfcfcv_
ing of the close corpor&tkvf have been
:so substantial that commissions are
sold at a minimum of $500.
The legal advisers of .Pardee are
satisfied that the law restricting the
number of notarial commissions that
may be issued to San Francisco Is
clearly unconstitutional and that any
Governor who chooses/may entirely ig
nore it and appoint as many notaries
as he chooses. This claim is based on
the ground that the law is clearly
within constitutionally prohibitive defi
nition of class or special legislation.
'iae San Francisco attorneys and
bankers who are most active in the
movement against the notaries are not
prepared to be satisfied with an execu
tive construction of the law, which
may never be forthcoming.
THE CALIFORNIA PROMOTION COMMITTEE
(Organized 11X12)
PROMOTION*: The set of promoting «d-
Ttncetnent; E.NCOURAGEIIENT.-Centnrj Dte-
tiouiiry.
The California Promotion Committee has fn»
IU object the PROMOTING of CallfornU as a
whole. - .-^
It has not blag to sell.
Its energies are deroted to fosterlmr all
thlnscs that haTe the ADVANCEMENT ot Call-
furnia as their object. ! *-«**•
It gWes reliable information on every snbi*Mt
connected with the indnstrips of California
It giTM ENCOURAGEMENT to the establish-
ment of new industries and larites deslrabla ££
migration. .
It Is not an employment asreccy. although It
glTes lnformatJOß resrardlnjj labor conditions
It presents the opportunities and needs la -n
tleUls of business and professional actlvltT
The Committee Is supported by DODular sub-
scription and makes no charge for aSJ irrtc.
render^. * "*"" 1 -"
Affiliated with the Committee are one hnndred
and sixty commercial organizations of the StV*»
with (i membership of over thirty thonsand
Meeting* are held semi-annually la different
parts of California, where matter* of SUtota-
terest are discussed. «»««.• ta
Headquarters of the Committee are maintained
In San Francisco In California Building. TJnloa
COKRESPON'DENCE IXTITEP.
500 ROOMS
50c, 75c and $1 Per Night, Including Bath
WHITE PALACE HOTEL
llth and Market Streets
Entrance to Van INesat Aye.
JOHNJ.DEANE
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Special Care Taken with Depositions
and AH Legal Documents.
X or th went corner of S utter and
; Stelner Streets.