Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-14

step IN advance ana Ine Legislature VIII
have redeemed itself Of many errors,
But glory to God on high once more; on
the same day the Senate passed the bill
preventing, under penal penalty, the sale
Of liquors to habitual drunkards. These
bills when they become faws take the
Temperance men out of politics, throws
them into the field as supporters of the
law, and if any virtue be in either it will
be tested. The last bill referred to will
protect the friends of men in the habit of
drunkenness in their efforts to reform
them, and is supported very generally
by liquor dealers themselves. There is
rumor out and tolerably we'll founded,
that the Judiciary committee of both
houses have agreed to ask the Governor
to call an extra 20 days session of the
Legislature to enable it to prepare con-
stitutional amendments, submit them to
the vote Of the people and thereby avoid
the expense and delay of constitutional
convention.
kADlC GhANdEo -lslf T. MA Ems
On Tuesday LANES Military bill came
up in the Senate and by tie vote called
on the casting vote of Lieut.. Governor
Pacheco, who gave it the negative. To-
day, on reconsideration, it came again to
the front and by % to Is, a full Senate,
the bill was passed. Its fate is very
doubtful in the Assembly, where l be-
lieve it will die. 1t virtually disbands
the State militia which costs the State
49,, 600 annually, and substitutes for all
its officials Military Secretary and an
Armorer. Provision is made for storing
arms in different parts of the State, and
for the formation Of Independent compa-
nies desiring to use them. Its passage
is urged as a measure of economy and as
militia organization is not necessary.
Many Western and Northern States have
no such organization, and yet are well
governed and in the war did the best
fighting.
Some days ago, Burt, of Placer, dis
covered mares nest, to wit that under
the act of 1864 the Central Pacific Rail
road Company contracted with the State
to carry the insane and prisoners and
State iair exhibits over its road free, and
also public messengers, and also to deed
to the State the quarries at Rocklin that
the contract had not been kept and that
at last lever was at hand to pry up the
monopoly. So a committee was raised
to investigate and furnished with SO
per- day short hand writer to take down
the testimony. The committee has held
two meetings, taken testimony and 10 !!
it has been found to be mares nest.
This is what has been proven, and mark,
every member Of the committee is salts
fed with the result: First. In 1864 the
road terminated at Sacramento. Second,
The act related to the road as it orig
inally was constructed, and the bonds
on which the State pays interest as con-
sderaton, related only to that line
Third, Prisoners and insane diWdyS have
been carried free over the line to Sacra-
mento and Sheriff, too. Fourth, Goods
ion the State lair have always been car
ried free not only over the 9. Z. X. r.,
but over all its since acquired lines and
branches and steamers, and thus doing
more than required. Fifth, The stone
quarres at Rocklin are not in possession
Of the company, have not been patented
to it, and it can't deed a thing it has not IL
tie to. It.has strivcd to get the plat, but
mineral claimants have prevented. Sixth
Lastly it turns out the State itself made
a lease OF the quarries, which has yet two
years to run and under which lease a
party is now in possession. So Mr.. Burt's
mares nest is found and many an egg in
it. The only thing that will result from
the investigation will be a law defining
exactly who are State messengers, and
providing some kind Of document as ev-
idence of such character, so that it shall
not be thrown upon conductors to judge,
it being that State messengers are not now
designated by the law, and that the Com
pany has never wilfully declined to carry
an officer on State business.
The judiciary committee of the AS
sembly has reported in favor OF "A law
placing the holding of the January and
July terms of the Supreme Court at San
Francisco, and the April and October
terms at Sacramento.
In the election at this place yesterday
Knox, Democrat and railroad contractor,
man bitterly opposed to the Sacrament
to Union and intimately connected with
the railroad company and has been for
years, was elected Trustee over Herndon,
the Dolly candidate. Karcher, Dolly,
was reelected Chief of Police, but not
by Dolly votes alone but by reason of
personal popularity. Suverkrup, Dolly,
was elected Fire Commissioner, because
he was opposed by two popular candi-
dates and so slipped in, and because he
was square, as the Democrats have it,
on the " Negro-in -the-schools question.
The Union had bitterly opposed the prop
os,ton to levy tax to pay 100000 def
cheney upon the Capital Park, but by
1,S0O majority the city repudated its
counses and voted the tax. The State
will recognize this generous act of the
city and not sell the Park. On the con-
trary it is believed the Legislature will
take steps to fence and protect it. The
cost will be very light. To have sold it
when there is no market for lots, would
have been ruinous policy.
Governor Booth had reception last
night which was crowded. Every We'd