Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-04-04

court, no lawyer to-day dare say the law
and the practice is known. 1t removed
two sessions of the Supreme Court to
San Francisco it defeated just and no
BILE irrigation scheme, killed the civil
damage law ; refused to put check upon
the land monopoly and land frauds, tho
the testimony taken discloses the most
astounding rascalities of the age. / have
read part Of it in manuscript, and declare
to you the horrible revelations are be-
yond power Of language to describe. 1t
refused to regulate charges, check dis
criminations on telegraph lines, though a
professed anti-monopoly body, 1t did
better the Penal Code, but it made
muddle of the Political Code. 1t ad-
mitted women to educational offices, but
refused to make the State University con-
form to the organic act, which intended
it to be an agricultural and mechanical
arts college. 1t e-apportioned the State
so wildly, as to injure Placer, Sacramen-
to, Ell Dorado, Nevada, and other coun-
ties. 1t established railroad rights for
some new lines and allowed higher max
imum rates and charges by five cents per
ton than allowed the G.. p. r. r., of
which complaint is now made. 1t ere
ated three new counties where none were
needed. 1t set Vallejo off as a county to
punish its people, an Infamous job, which
even Booth couldn't stomach and so he
vetoed 1t, the veto being sustained. 1t
failed to reduce official salaries, though
specifically pledged to do so, for though
an act went through pretending TO do so,
it will not change the result 81 900 per
year, in the cost of State Government.
1t justly refused aid to orphan asylums
by specific appropriation, and justly gave
them aid by general law, allowing
so much per capita for every orphan
actually supported. 1t wisely refused to
create new Judicial District, the 21st /;
fixed up q few road laws, and trespass
and squirrel ard gopher bills and that
makes up the sum Of all its doings. 1t
investigated great deal and determined
little. In fact, the Dolly party, as such,
in the whole fight won but one point, it
elected Newton Booth United States Sem
ator. For that it was organized in truth,
and for that it labored. Booth is the
only nah who has won. He has clam
bered to position upon popular clamor,
and has kicked the ladder down which
raise him. The railroad and monopoly
howl was got up solely to elevate him,
with no intent to be earnest and sincere
on those topics. Nay, it has done one
thing more it has strengthened the
Democratic power, by dividing the old
organized party of the nation, and for
that let it be eternally damned.
The closing scenes of the Legislature
were tame so far as any exhibition of hits
was concerned. In the Senate it took
the form Of a facetious report by Senator
Gibbons upon the patent statuary upon
the walls of the Capitol. Otherwise the
Senate did not unbend. But the Assem-
bly, had very jolly time. indeed. All
sorts of odd resolutions, bills and petit
tons were introduced, and though many
awoke the most boisterous laughter, few
were redolent of genuine humor. The
Speaker and Speaker pro tenn. were each
presented with set of silver, and Viii.
liams, of the judiciary Committee, with
n gold headed cane. AT II midnight
both houses were adjourned sine die, hav-
ing cleared up their files. Only about
20 bills died upon the roost and in the
Governors pocket. The Governor made
but four vetoes during the session. The
Harbor Commissioner bill. sustained
the division of Solano county, sustained
relief and pardon of Harry Meiggs, over.
ruled. He signed the bill restoring the
county seat to Fairfield, and thus settled
that fight, which engaged the heaviest
lobby ever assembled at a California Leg.
slature.
Last night the Democratic members oi
both houses, with some fifty leading Dem.
ocrats of the State, met in this city al
Turner Hail. to call from the executive
committee of the Democratic State Cen.
trail Committee. Ex-Governor Downey
presided, and your Mr.. Tinnin was one
of the Vice Presidents. Farley, Irwin
and Pendegast made speeches, the bur
den of which was that the Dolly Varder
party was broken up, and the Democrat!
only asked square fight with an honor
able opponent - the Republican party
The Independent press caught it righ
and left from all hands, and the hybrit
party was roundly abused in no chosen
but very truthful terms.
The conference, or convention adopted
a very lengthy address, which may bC
summarized as follows: We are opposed
to compulsory education opposed to in
crcasing or extending the power of cor
porations; opposed to subsidies opposed
to all tariffs ; opposed to mixed schools
and opposed to the present Federal fnan.
cial policy. The address calls upon the
Democrats to organize early, and speaks
hopefully of victory. Irwin said in hi
speech, that the party which could moi
take advantage Of present circumstance
and the present was not fit to live that
the Grange movement was bound to win
and if the Democratic party was sagac'
ious that winning would be through its
agency all which is strong intimation
of the intent of the Democratic party To
seize the present and ride into power in
the future as horny-handed Grangers.-
Thus ends the political Winter in this
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