Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-01-27
OUR SACRAMENTO LETTER.
SACRAMENTO, January 16, 1872.

/ IN DOlH HOUSES, OH ulIciCHb OIS"SiOiiSf
/ there have been long and warm debates
on subjects mostly Of local interest, more
especially in the matter Of the proposed
investigation into the affairs and manage
ment of the different State institutions
/ and buildings, and against which numer-
/ Gus stories of i'll management and fraud
+ in construction, etc, are everywhere pre-
/ valent. The Democratic members, with
a truly commendable spirit, have urged
at length these investigations, ostensibly
with the purpose of laying the blame at
/ the right door. During the past week
/ indefinite leave ofabsence has been grant
ed to the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, who have already left the
/ city to look into the construction Of the
/ State Normal School at San Jose, and
returning will look into matters at the
/ Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Oakland /;
while the Committee on Agricultural and
Mechanics Art College will see how
matters are at the State University at
/ Oakland, where the expense has been
considered hardly commensurate with
the amount Of knowledge gained. Again
Joint Committee from both branches
take care of the State Capitol building
and the Governors Mansion, the con-
struction Of which has been Il subject of
newspaper discussion for some time past.
And this Committee have been instruct
ed to inquire into another matter beyond
the item of material furnished and labor
performed, for they are to look into ru-
NOR current that one of the western cor
ners of the Capitol building, and which
has been so costly to the State at large
is sinking. Little belief is expressed in
the rumor, for to the casual observer
nothing of this kind is apparent. The
State Prison Committee have also left us
on an indefinite leave Of absence to visit
that institution, and promise to institute
many reforms in that quarter. Thus,
you will see, as a beginning in the mat
ter of ferretng out those who, during the
late administration, have held such :" fat
takes" the Legislature has made noble
start and it only remains to be seen how
thoroughly they will carry it through.
THE ANTI-SUBSIDY BILL.
The repeal of the Five Per Cent. law is
now one of the most important questions
under consideration in either body. Two
bills have been introduced on the same
question, one in each House, and the SEN
ate bill has already passed that body, but
it bids very fair to stick in the " steer
age or Assembly. The southern coun-
ties Of the State seem to favor the rcten-
tion of the law-two of them have al
ready decided by a large majority their
opposition to its repeal, and third will
hold an election in few days. 1t is un-
derstood on good authority that in few
days n petition will be presented to the
Legislature from San Francisco, and
having from thirty to fifty thousand sig
natures, asking exemption from the pro-
posed repeating law, the names including
those Of nine -tcnths of the leading bust
ness men, bankers and capitalists of San
Francisco, which will no doubt have con-
siderable weight toward the indefinite
po~tponement Of the bill altogether. The
bills in the Assembly have been made
the special order Of business for the 23d
instant, when we may look for a final
settlement Of the matter.
A COOL DEMAND.
A bill was introduced in the Assembly
on Wednesday, by Mr.. Tinnin from your
county, for the relief of John jackson,
Sheriff and &c 00icio Tax Collector Of
Trinity county. Various comments are
passed upon this bill, and appearances are
that 1t will not pass. 1t is bill which
provides for the payment from the State
Treasury to Mr.. jackson the modest lit
tie sum of $1,000, for expenses incurred
in defending himself when proceeded
against for violation of the Constitution
and laws Of the United States and found
guilty rs charged. 1t will be rememb ber-
ed that jackson ignored the law rs re-
garded the collection of foreign miners
licenses, continuing to collect them from
the Chinese miners. 1t is remarkable
that Republican Legislature should be
called upon to pass bill for the relief of
Democratic Sheriff, for having broken
a law for the purpose Of holding up Dem
ocratic doctrines. This is the first time,
If remember right, that either of your
representatives have been seen upon the
floor.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
A few days since, petition quite large
ly signed, praying for the enfranchise-
ment of woman and equal property rights
after as before marriage, found its way
into the Assembly through the medium
OF Mrs. Pitts Stevens, one of the leaders
OF the movement, and this petition is
probably but the herald of many moro of
like import, to be shortly sent in. The
Assembly came near. dropping it without
consideration, but an explanation being
made, the matter was referred to spe-
cial committee. And this probably is all
that will be done, for the subject is by no
means popular one with the present
Legislature, and as a natural consequence
the matter will go little further beyond
this reference.
THE LITIGANT DIIT
The Senate n fews since indefinitely
postponed Senator Wilson's bill to re-
peal the Litigant Act, in accordance with
the recommendation of the Judiciary
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