Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-02-12
sacramento Correspondence.
SACRAMENTO. February, Al

SAcRANESro, February 4th, 1870.
EDITOR JOURNAL The Legislature still Ives.
moves Slowly and has its Immaculate being.
Parliamentary movements are gradually settling
down into their grooves, and donbt not but
that by the first of April bill be referred to
its proper committee with only an hour or two's
discussion as tp which it shall be referred to.
On Friday last the Insane Commissioner bill
passed the Senate. | don't mean that lunatic
Is to be made Commissioner, though many of
those unfortunates would probably be found
more competent than very large portion of the
Democracy but that person is to be appointed
TO visit Eastern insane asylums and report them
4 would suggest that the editor of the Capitol
Reporter be appointed. Some of his articles
would testify to the necessity of his visiting
an insane asylum.
ln the Assembly on Friday the further discuss
ion of the fifteenth amendment was the special
order, and speeches were made by Finney
(Rep.), and Lambert, Oates and G. r. b. Hayes
King, Halle and Ryan, the latter making a very
able and earnest argument, but one which Fin
ney in a few moments demonstrated the fallacy
of. The latter gentleman has already acquired
the reputation of being one of the soundest,
most forcible speakers in the House. He had,
also, on this question, the advantage of being in
the right, and used his power in a most uble
manner, although the amendment has been f.
nally rejected by the Legislature. But of course
that was intended from the beginning.
1t was explained in the Senate on Saturday that
the McCoppin-Betge imbroglo, of which made
mention in my last had been satisfactorily ar
ranged through the interpostioa of mutual
friends. Although | do not favor duelng and
am consttutionally opposed to any personal rem
counter, still blow, administered with no other
intention than that of deliberate insult, should
require something little more serious than a
mere private apology. However if the two gen.
tlemen satisfied can see no reason for my
being stickler at what has been done, and |
hereby tender my compliments to the two gen.
tlemen for their mental courage in declining to
settle the matter by a resort to the SO called
'cOde of honor ~ (N.
very ridiculous bill was introduced by Lar
kin, of FL Dorado on Saturday, "To prevent leg
islators and attaches from receiving and using
free passes on railroads and steamboats, If "A
Legislator or attachee is presented with a pass by
any friend having authority so to do what bust
ness is 1t of the Legislature? If any conductor
on railroad or clerk of a steamer refuses to
take pay for carrying legislator or attachee.
what is he to do? Shall be drop his money and
walk Off, or give up the notion of travelling?
MIR. Larkin might just as well have introduced
bill to prevent any legislator from making lit
tie on the outside. 1t would have just as good
an effect and probably there could be found
more cause for the bill.
The Hardy expunging act has passed both
Houses, and only needs the signature OF the Gov
ernor to become law () 1t is the most dis
graceful partisan act of the Legislature
On Tuesday the 4" Act to legalize the name of
Lake blgier passed the Assembly 1t appears
that some years ago few people in FL Dorado
county got together and said that the lake should
be called " Bigler." 1t was so put on a man.
Some years after a Legislature named it "Ta-
hoe" This Legislature thinks that it was a
partisan act. But the idea never can be pounded
into their noodles that their a ct naming il Big
Ter" is anyways partisan. Oh no. Some of
the members proposed naming il % Washing
ton" " Horace Greeley" etc, while one MEM
Der made the humorous and equally sensible mo-
ton TO change the name of the Hon. John Big
Ter to Hon. John Tahoe, and SO make things jibe
But nothing would satisfy the honorable BODY
but, "Lake Bigler," and Lake Bigler" it is
! hope the immortal individual who presides
over the columns of the Reporter with such sig
nal ability ~ is satisfied. 1t looked curious.
though, to see man wiring up a bill to name
lake after himself suppose though. il was
merely one Of the eccentrcities of Democratic
genius.
Henley, the rampant war-horse of Sonoma
has introduced bill creating the Office of Bank
ing Commissioner, with salary of $3.50 per
month, and perquisities, besides a clerk to help
him do nothing. An extremely comfortable and
lucrative position surely, and with the excel
lent and variegated assortment of Democrats who
will apply for the Office | presume there will not
be much difficulty in selecting a man competent
to hll the position. | am almost beginning to
regret that am not g Dimmycrat," for who
knows but that if | were | might possibly be
able to get an office made for me? But fear it
Is too late now to try the change 1t is a pity
tnougn That Henley ever left his beloved Sonoma
lie must have been excellent farmer; and
now to think that so fine a specimen of a So
no man should have degenerated into a manu-
facturers of laws My eyes moisten at the
thought, and lay down my pen as the glittering
drops begin to fall at the thought of the future
VI SO brilliant genius. I. B. @.