Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-14
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.

The Dolly Warden journals have raised
huge howl over the passage Of the Sen
ate bill to have the Legislature next
week elect three State Harbor Commits
sioners. 1t is said the Central Pacific
Railroad Company is at the bottom Of it,
hnt beyond the assertion Of the Union
and Bulletin no PROOF Of it has been Of
fered. l know the Railroad Company
has taken no interest in it, and with a
Dolly legislative power how could it cx-
pect to gain by an election now, even if
it desired to profit by any new board.
A strong fight, awakening very general
feeling, has been made to cut the city of
Vallejo off from Solano county, and erect
it into now county containing but 20
square miles, with exterior boundaries
three by five miles. The movement is
made by the Solano county people solely
because Vallejo has won the county seat
from Fairfield. The entire population Of
Vallejo protest, and scores of men on Ell
ther side are here fighting out the battle.
But q majority of the Committee Of the
Senate on counties and county bounda-
ries will to-day report in favor Of the
project, and why, is the present wonder
on all hands.
On Monday Edgcrton introduced res
olution in the Senate requiring the COM
mittee on corporations to report back
Freeman's bill in two days, whereat Far
ley went for the Dolly and metaphorical-
ly scalped him, reviewed the labors of
the committee, exposed the nasty attacks
of the call and Bulletin and Union
which knowing the bill to be a cheat
and fraud, when the committee had it
but eight days, began to cry out g cor
ruption," Railroad" "thieves," etc.
Edgerton was shamed out of his position,
and had to admit that he believed the
committee had labored industriouly and
were honest and true and had task on
hand of no light character he concluded
by saying that he did not sympathize
with the CdU and Bulletin pack on the
matter. He then withdrew the resolu.
ton honor be to him for that.
TSere is chance now for the Capital
Park to be saved, as members have found
out it would be loss to sell it, and that
to keep it costs not one cent.
Most OF the bills acted upon during the
week have been local bills, and very lit
tie of general interest has been done. The
Joint State Prison Committee of both
houses has divided. A majority report
in favor of terminating in six months all
contracts for convict labor and the es-
/ tablishment of a branch State prison.
The minority wish to leave the first mat
ter with the prison directors and object
to the branch.
The Senate on Saturday passed to en-
grossment the joint resolution asking
! Congress to improve Oakland Harbor,
and as a matter of course the San Fran
cisco papers have raised howl. Any
other harbor than that Of the Bay village
is foul thing. 1t was clearly shown
that half the money already expended in
the harbor at San Francisco would have
made Oakland harbor a safe and beauti-
full one, with its hard bottom and shelter
ed anchorage. OF course it was the cry
that the railroad was at the bottom Of
the matter, but Gibbons, as Dolly a Dol
ly as can be found and elected as an en-
emy of the railroad, exploded that idea
and dissipated the railroad bugbear, leav-
ing the howlers not pin to stand on
He showed the measure was one on which
all examining engineers agreed, would
be of incalculable benefit to the whole
State and was advocated not in the line
Of any narrow prejudice or jealousy OF
place, but upon broad and commercial
principles.
Yesterday, "Glory be to God on high, "
the Senate passed the Local Option Liz
uor law by large majority, and al