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Senate by Overwhelming Vote Approves 8 Hour Day: Governor's Short Ballot Amendments Speed Through Assembly Commonwealth Club and Bar Association Bills Successful: Conservation Measure to Regulate Power Sites Finds Favor SHORT BALLOT AMENDMENTS GO TO THE SENATE Assembly Gives Governor AH the Appointive Offices Asked For • Five State Offices May Be Stricken From Party Ticket at Next Election GEORGE A. VAN SMITH [Special Dispatch to The Cell] CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, March .—lf In fact. Governor; Johnson has abandoned his appointive' cabinet scheme, described for; conveni : ence and other purposes as the short i ! ballot propositions, the assembly has ' [lot been so advised.- As evidence of I that fact and that the recall amend-: t ment had been disposed of, the assem- ' i bly sent both the short ballot amend- , /ments to the senate and topped off the •Job by the addition of the resolution I for the enlarged appointive railroad ; commission. j Those who believe that when the re £eall amendment was out of the way lthe short ballot movement would take •on new life, were not compelled to malt long for confirmation of their be lief. The lower house got down to the l«hort ballot propositions promptly yes jterday and stayed with them until It pad done its part toward giving the governor the appointment of the secre. jftary of state, treasurer, attorney gen feral, superintendent of education and »h« members of the railroad commis sion. * That involved the addition of resolu tions for three constitutional amend ments. Young's amendment to make »<he superintendent of public instruc tion an appointive instead of an elective (Officer went through the assembly by a (Vole of 57 to 18. Hinkle's amendment to make the secretary of state, treas urer, attorney general and surveyor :general appointive was adopted by a (vote of 55 to 15, and Sutherland's rail road commission resolution went ; ■winging with a vote of 63 to 6. "While the vote on the Sutherland amendment ■was the smallest, it was the only one of the three that got through a com forable margin. The Ilinkle resolu tion secured only one vote more than the necessary 54 and there were only three to spare on the Young amend ment. . * HAT THE VOTES INDICATE If those votes Indicate anything other than the efforts made by the incumbents of the offices that are to be appointive. they indicate that the leg-lslaive mind is favorable to the appointment of a railroad commission, but not enthusi astically in favor of the appointment of the remainder of the administrative officers." The fact that the members of the railroad commission are in favor ~ of the .amendment, if in-fact they are not 'responsible for it in its .present form, has made a difference In the at- | titude of the assembly and may make a difference; in the senate. If the argument made by th« pro- : ponents of the appointive railroad com- 1 mission amendments Is sound, there can ! be slight ground for the, opposition to the appointment of a superintendent of j i»ublic instruction. The argument that a chief executive is better equipped to choose men for places requiring special technical equipment than are the peo ple must apply with even more force to the superintendent of -instruction than to tha members of the railroad commission. " •'.^.;.-..*._.. . >> been toM by the senators Im teljr Interested in the amendment % the superintendent of in ■n that they have the votes to put it through the upper house. If their statements are correct, and they are not the kind of men who are given to idle boasting, there is good reason for the belief that the other amend ments, modified somewhat, will also c upper house. ONK OFFICE DOIBTFII. I am inclined to believe that if the administrative officer amendment gets through the senate, the attorney gen eral will be stricken from , its .provi sions, leaving the list of elective state officers to include the governor, lieu tenant governor, attorney general .and controller. • The controller was not included originally because it was contended that he was the people's auditor and Rhoul dnot be responsive to an ap pointive power. .The demand for the exception of the attorney general is based on the contention that the state's chief law officer might be called upon In the discharge of his duty to attack the executive and that an elective offi cer would be readier to undertake such a task than would, an appointive offi cial. ANOTHER HIM. VETOED * The executive- yeA mace .is begin ning to swing. It rose and fell today three times. Under its-weight were flattened the negotiable instrument act, the bakeshop bill and the antl-biack listlng bill. The Gates negotiable instrument act ■was given the executive hook because In effect it made a promissory note a. check against the maker's bank ac count. Under the provisions of the bill the holder of a promissory note could satisfy it at maturity out of the mak er's bank account by presenting It as a check might be presented, and with out regard to any objection-the, maker might have against its collection. ANOTHER Rll.li VETOED The hak»shop bill went down be nion of the governor to the sanitary pro ing laws and would work Irreparable injury without affect ing any good purpose. The bill provided that no bakeship could be conducted in a basement or ■ ■ mirse, existing shops were "]. The governor learned that .keries of all the first class hotels of San Francisco and Los Angeles were in basements and that plans for mod -tablishments In course of con ■n called for basement bakeries. He alco learned that as resrards sani regulfctiona the bakeshop law of mprehenslve and stringent than the proposed law. "In addition to the stringent state ■<id the governor, "there are the most stringent local regulations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. If bakeries art- sanitary it makes no difference whether they are In basements or above I ground, on the score of sanitary regu- ] latlons the 1909 law is far better than : this bill." , The antiblacklisting bill went down because of its uncertainty and ambig uity. :The governor declared that while he had no objection to 1 a blacklisting law,, he did object to a bill that includ ed terms without legal meaning:. This utricture was occasioned', by/-.the : pro »isions that no employer should re NYE DISCOVERS BARREL CONTAINS LITTLE PORK + [Special DUpateh to The Call] 1 CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, March B.— ♦ State Controller Nye's vigilance in checking up the expenditures of th& ♦ legislature caused a shock to the assembly today when he informed Chair -4 man Bliss of the committee on attaches that he would charge against ♦ the assembly's allowance of $500 a day for patronage ail items for ♦ clerks, stenographers, sergeants at arms and interpreters in connection ♦ with the investigation of the fish and game commission. Nye's figures show that of the surplus to the credit of the assembly + part of the session the balance Was only $1,000 Saturday. As the lower ♦ house is exceeding the $500 allowance by about $35 a day, the time » is almost at hand for retrenchment. J Members whose wives, daughters ax other relatives are drawing ♦ money from the state without doing any service will be forced to drop ♦ them from the pay roll or call upon them to do real work, so thai the J attaches without a pull may be dismissed. ♦ Progress in the work of decreasing the attaches' pay roll in the ♦ senate Was made today when E. A. O'Brien, clerk °f the manufactures ♦ and internal improvements committee, and Frank Dowd, clerk of the ♦ banking committee, were dropped. Several more are doomed to lose ♦ their jobs. «»*•••»*«««»••»*,«« »♦■♦-»-♦-♦ ♦ » ♦♦-♦-♦ ♦♦♦♦»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦< quest a letter of relinquishment and I that no employer should publish any employe. DEFINITION. LACKING The governor declared that he had questioned the proponents of the bill without securing a definition of "letter of relinquishment," or an explanation of the publishing inhibition. He said | that a blacklisting law should include a saving clause providing for truthful declarations respecting a discharged i employe, .thereby preserving the right j to disclose the reasons for the discharge of a dishonest or incompetent employe. The governor's veto . average prom- j ises to wax fat. There. is a reason. Unlike his predecessors. Governor ■ Johnson did not prepare a check or condemned list of undesirable measures ! for his own convenience or protection." . Most governors have employed a con- j fidential clerk or two to digest bills as they were Introduced. From these di- ; gests the governors have beel able to make condemned lists, which, intrusted to administration representatives in the ! legislature, have resulted in the chloro- i forming of hundreds of bills that oth erwise would have been put up to the executive for reluctant approval or equally reluctant veto. Governor John son had no such list, and as a comple- j mentary Irritant he has a legislature' horribly addicted to the passing habit. It is indeed a sorry measure or one fathered by a most unpopular man that does not stand more than an even chance of getting to the governor. There is a hot tip out that W. E. Bates of Alameda. who was one of Judge Works' advisers in the senato rial scrimmage, is slated to succeed J. W. Greeley. superintendent of the Whit- I tier training school. The terms of Trustees James Clark of Pasadena ana T. E. Newlin of Los Angeles expire this I week. The Bates tip includes the names i of Assemblyman Prescott of the Cogs well of Del Monte and W. E. McVay, vice president of the German American ! savings bank of Los Angeles, as their successors, r ASSEMBLYMEN FAVOR BARBERS' COMMISSION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO., March B.— Senator Jullliard's j bill to create a barbers' commission of', three to be appointed by the governor | ! was reported favorably by the assem i bly committee on capital and labor to -1 day. Provision is made for sanitary I methods in barbering. No one afflicted with tuberculosis or an infectious or contagious disease is to be licensed. Applicants for licenses must have three years', experience and pay a fee of $5. CASSIDY'S BAKERY BILL IS VETOED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO March B.—Senator. Cassidy's bill providing for the regulation and supervision of bakeries, one of the mea sures urged by union labor, was vetoed March 8, 1911. To the public— The musical public especially: Wm. Knabe & Co. take pleasure in announcing the appointment of the great house of Kohler & Chase Established 1850 as representatives for the Knabe Piano. Since the year 1837, when the first Knabe was made, this instrument has been the approved medium of the world's great pianists. The superb depth and resonance of the Knabe tone, its delicious mellowness and singing quality, its alluring beauty and sympathetic sweetness distinguish the Knabe as an art creation of the highest type. All Knabe patrons will find our representatives, Kohler & Chase, at all times anxious to render any service possible in order to see that the highest satisfaction is given by our instruments. WM. KNABE & CO. New York. , Baltimore. THE SAX FRANTISCO CALL. THURSDAY. MARCH 9, 1911. iby the governor today.' In a message i to the senate explaining his veto John son said that the law of 1909 was much | more " stringent in its provisions than ! •the Cassidy | measure; The governor's chief criticism of the measure was directed at the clause pro | hibiting bakeries in basements. ■ John ■ son held that sanitary conditions could i be maintained in basements. •■"*■■ * It Is understood that the hotel pro prietors opposed the measure before the . governor, stating that their bake shops were in the basements of their hotels, yet were sanitary in every way. OLD AGE PENSJONS MAY BE CONSIDERED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- \ | MENTO, March B.—The assembly bill j | providing for the organization and management of mutual fire insurance 1 companies passed the lower house to day. The assembly committee on In- | i surance today reported favorably on | F'arweU's bill authorizing the governor ! to appoint a commission of five to in- I vestigate and consider systems of old j age insurance or pensions and report on the advisability of establishing a i system in this state. ' FAVOR SHOWN MEASURE AGAINST PAY CHECKS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA ' MENTO, March B.—Senator Sanford's I bill for the abatement of the pay check i evil received a favorable reoommenda \ tlon from ". the assembly judiciary com- ' j mittee today. The bill provides that | when an employe is discharged h's I , wages shall become due at once. If j |an employe without a contract quits, ! : his wages shall become due .in five ! days. Wages of other employes shall j be payable at least once a month. t INCREASE IN SALARIES PROPOSED FOR JUDGES [Special Dispatch to The Call] CALL , HEADQUARTERS. SACRA MENTO, March B.—The assembly-Ju ! diciary committee reported - favorably ■ today on Brown's bill to Increase the | salary of the superior judge of San Mateo county from $4,000 to $5,000. The committee also amended the bill by In creasing the salary fn Santa Clara j I county to $6,000 and in Santa Barbara I to $5,000. N. S. G. W. WANT PARK IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA : MENTO, March — A resolution era powering a commission of two senators and two assemblymen to select a suit j able site among the redwoods of Hum i boldt county to be purchased by , the state as a public park was passed. by • the senate today. The Native Sons of i the Golden West are behind the project SHORT DAY FOR WOMEN APPROVED Senate Passes Griffin Bill, Al= ready Through Assembly, by Vote of 34 to 5 [Special Dizpaich to The Call] CALI, HKADQVARTERS. SACRA MENTO, March B.—By a vote of 34 to 5 the senate passed the Griffin bill re quiring that workers shall not ! work more than eight hours a day, and not more than 48 hours a week. A half | dozen attempts were made to amend | th<s measure, but in each case the pro posed changes were voted down de cisively. Senator Leroy A. Wright of j J San Dfego made a stubborn fight, but j I was beaten. ' Argument on the measure, which is j i now r,*ady for the signature of the | governor, consumed almost four hours, and it was close to 7 o'clock when the final vote was taken. Senator A. Camlnetti led the advocates of the short day bill for women, an.l de > livered an eloquent address calling upon the senators to "place the good of humanity before the argument of the dollar." Assemblyman Thomas Griffin of Mo desto, who carried the me*sure to victory In the lower house, aided Caminetti with his counsel. Wright's amendment called for a nine hour day, 54 hours a week, and pro vided that the employer. In case of ne cessity, might work his women em ployees overtime 60 days out of the year. This series of amendments was defected by a vote of 14 to 24. A pro posed amendment calling for an eight and a half hour day was defeated. Wright also submitted an amend j ment which provided for 48 hours a i week, but permitted the employer to i grant women a Saturday half holt- I day, on condition that the time off I was made up in the other five days of i the week. A vote of 16 to 22 defeated tWs. Senator ('urtin of Tuolumne was in favor of the bill, but attempted to | have it amended so that no employer j could be prosecuted if an employe ; ] staye.l a? much as 15 minutes over i time to wait on some late customer. ! I A vote of 4 to 33 defeated this pro- ) j posal. Senator Strobridge of Hayward of | f >red nn amendment permitting but I 48 hours a week, but allowing as many I as 10 hours to be worked on any given day. This went to defeat by the vote of 12 to 27. Senator Hurd's pro posed amendment bringing domestic I servants under the eight hour law j found but six adherents. Wright of San Diego and Hewitt of Los Angeles told of an investigation i they had conducted in San Francisco ' Monday among the shops and factories. ! They declared that all the women with | whom they held private conversation ! were unanimous for the nine hour day. in order that the employers might be ablrf to grant them Saturday half holiday for shopping. If the eight hour i day were inaugurated, the women said. ' the employers would not be able to I I grant them the half day off Saturday, | and they felt that they must have i this opportunity to shop. The final vote stood: Ayes—Avey, Beban. Bell, Rills, Black. Bryant, Bur- ' nett. Caminetti, Campbell, Cartwright. ! Cassidy. Curtln, Cutten, Estudlllo, Finn. Gates, Hans, Hare, Hewitt, Holohan, Jullllard, Larking, Lewis, Martinelli, Regan. Roseberry, Rush, San ford, Shanahan, Stetson, Tyrrell, Walker, Welch, Wright—-34. | Noes—Birdsall, Boynton, Hurd, Stro bridge, Thompson—a. Absent—Wolfe. BAN ON SHIPMENT OF MISBRANDED FOODS [Special Dispatch Id The Call] CALL HKADQI IRTEIIS, SACRA : MENTO, March B.—The assembly Ju diciary committee recommended today the passage of Rosendale's bill to stop . the handling of all mlsbranded, mls lahelod or adulterated drugs or foods ! through the mail or by any other means of transportation. BOARD TO CONTROL WATERS OF STATE | Assembly Passes Conservation Bill to Regulate Appropria tions for Power [Special Dispatch to The Cell] • CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, March The assembly con servation bill, to regulate the appro priation of water for generating "elec tricity, passed the assembly today with out opposition. . A . board of - control, consisting of the governor, the state engineer and three members to be ap pointed by the governor for four years* is created, u-^th an appropriation of $50,000 for carrying out" the provisions of the act. * Appropriations may. be made for not more than 25 years, 1-but extensions of 25 years are permitted. The state will reserve the right to fix the rates for electricity generated by .appropriated water. : ;. r~:-: -.- When application Is made for appro priation no charge will be maderfor the first 100 horsepower, but for all above 100 horsepower there will be a charge of 10 cents per horsepower. The board of control is empowered: to cancel ap propriations whenever it appears that the holders of the rights are forming a monopoly. - The bill also provides that the pow ers conferred ) on- the • board of control shall pass to any commission which may be established by the state for the regulation of public utilities as soon as the commission is established The board of , control "will then cease to exist. - . /;/.-, -, - Violation of the act, is made punish able by a fine;not to exceed $5,000 or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year. " JOB SEEKERS NEED NOT PAY FOREMAN CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, March B.— Senator Shanahan's bill to prohibit foremen or superin tendents, having charge of two or more men, from, collecting or receiving any gratuity, from any person seeking em ployment was recommended favorably by the assembly judiciary committee today. . • cronin WANTS sheep PROTECTED FROM DOGS M-VTo \ HEV DQUARTEns ' SACRA MENTO, March B—John R. 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(spring heels);*..:. $1.00 ,; Young, ladies' sizes, 2% : to. 6," «2.,10, COMMONWEALTH CLUB BILLS PASS Assembly Approves All But One of Measures Correcting Criminal Procedure [Special Dispatch lo The Call] CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, March 8. —Most of the series of hills by Senators Boynton and Burnett, which were introduced at the request of the state bar association, the San Francisco bar association and the Commonwealth club, for. the re j vision of the criminal procedure, passed the assembly today, the one to ' permit an appeal from an order of I discharge in habeas corpus proceed ings being the only one defeated. One of these bills does away with I placing the grand jury on trial by re quiring the court to determine the juror's qualifications when lie Is drawn. Another permits the setting aside of an Indictment or Information only when It appears by the testimony of the foreman or secretary, that the names of the grand jury witnesses are not Indorsed or inserted at the foot of the indictment. Provision is made in one of the bills that an Indictment may be amended so as not to necessi tate the returning- of a new indict ment. The use of testimony at a pre vious trial is permitted. The old excuse for refusing to testi fy on the ground that t>ie statements of the witness may tend to incriminate him is to be done away with bY one of the bills which would entitle him to immunity If called upon to give self incriminating testimony. One new sec tion would require a grand Juror to retire during the consideration of a matter regarding which he is preju diced. The assembly by a. vote of 46 to 11 denied passage to the bill permitting appeal from an order discharging a de fendant On habeas corpus proceedings. The constitutionality of such a measure was questioned. The only members to vote for the bill were Beatty, Bliss, Bohnett, Joel, Judson, Mott, Nolan, Preisker, Rimlinger, Rogers and Young. At the request of Slater, the bill making ft a felony for anyone to dis close the proceedings before the grand jury or for any editor or reporter to publish such Information was made a special order for Monday afternoon. FEDERAL LAW MAY BE ENACTED BY STATE CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA RAMENTO. March B.—Kehoe's bill to enact the federal law relating to the liability of railroad companies in this state for Injuries or death sustained by their employes was given a favorable recommendation today by the assembly judiciary committee. git : NEXT AT ,| MARKET AND STOCKTON > (~\ SAN FRANCISCO * CV THERE'SNORISK If This Medicine Does Not Benefit, You Pay Nothing A physician who made a specialty, of stomach troubles, particularly dyspep- \ sia, after years of, study perfected the ; formula from which Rexall Dyspepsia J Tablets; are made. . ; " • Our experience with Rexall Dy«p#p- • sia Tablets leads us to believe them to be the greatest remedy known for the relief of acute Indigestion and; chronic dyspepsia. Their Ingredients are sooth- j ing and healing to,the Inflamed mem- j branes of the stomach. : They are rich I In pepsin, one of the greatest digestive I aids known •; to medicine. -. The \ relief i they afford is almost immediate. Their • use with persistency and regularity! for a short time brings about a cessa- V tion of the pains caused by . stomach I disorders. ■ ; . ■ ," • . i Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will, Insure : healthy,appetite, aid digestion and pro- j mote nutrition. As evidence of - our ; sincere faith in Rexall Dyspepsia Tab- < lets we ask you to try them at our ; risk. : If they do not give you entire j satisfaction we will return you the ' money you paid us for' them, without i question or formality. They come in I three -sires, prices 25 cents, 50 cents ! and $1.00. ' Remember you can obtain : them only at The Owl Drug Co., Inc., 710 Market St. 778 Market St. Post St.', and Grant Ay.. Flllnt«r» , and ' Geary ; Sts.. Sixteenth and i Mission Sts.' ' 3