Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-13
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San Francisco News.

san EEehSEstt News.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 18th. The
Grocers Protective Union meet next
week to take some action in regard to
the silver coin question. Individually
they have so far agreed to pay for
their goods to wholesalers in silver,
which the latter now refuse to accept
except at discount.
During the past week 81 deaths
occurred-57 males and 81 females.
L. l.. Treadwell, senior partner of
the firm of Treadwell d Co., died in
this city this morning.
Legislative Proceedings.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12th.-The AS
sembly met at 10 A. NJ.
Briceland, from the Committee on
Hospitals, made a report favoring the
erection of additional buildings to ac.
commOdate the patients of the Steck-
ton Insane Asylum. He deprecated
the expense to which the State was
laid in the erection of the Napa Asy-
lum, and suggested to the House, as
the sense of the Committee, that if any
farther buildings were to be erected,
that they be built in a plain and sub
stancial manner and not in the eX-
travagant style of the Napa Asylum.
Coftey, from the San Francisco dele
cation, asked for further time in which
to examine the books of certain Rail
road Companies in San Francisco.
Mcconnell presented minority re-
port from the Committee on Federal
Relations on the Assembly joint res
olution relative to making Federal
currency receivable at par for all Gus
tom dues. He advanced as his rea-
sons for differing from the rest of the
Committee
1st. That the chief cause of the de-
probation of legal tenders from their
first issuance to the present day, lay
in the discredt given them by the
Government which, while compelling
the citizen to take them in payment
of all debts due him, refused to receive
them in satisfaction of all debts owing
to itself.
I'd. That he believed that the resto-
ration of safe and sound metallic
currency can be more easily attained
by enhancing the value of paper cur
rency than by any other means, there
by fastening the day for the resump-
ton of specie payments. The govern
ment could easily procure the gold
coiu necessary for its wants, and u.s.
tice requires that it should occupy no
higher or better position in reference
to its own paper than the people do.
The bill providing for calling a con-
| stitutional convention was postponed
until next Thursday.
The special order repeating the COM
pulsory education law, after conside-
rable discussion by Gen. Mcconnell
and Mr.. McKenna, the leader of the
Republican party in the House, was
set at the head of the file for Tuesday
next.
Adjourned until Monday morning.
Governor Irwin to-day approved
the bill authorizing the Mayor and
Common Council of the city of Los
Angeles to pay certain Indebtedness
created by former Board of Water
Commissioners. X.
The discussion Oh the concurrent
resolution of Lindsey concerning the
change of route of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad was resumed at II o.
clock.
Edgerton took the floor and said he
would favor indefinite postponement,
and with glittering generalities COM
bated the positions previously taken
by Laine and Raymond, and with in
genious objections to the character of
the resolution.
Lindsey replied, explaining away
the objections and giving the House
more information on the subject.
Farley followed, advocating the
claims of the Railroad Company and
supporting Persons amendment,
which would give them exactly what
they were wanting.
Roach followed Farley. He scout
ed the idea of the Company not be-
ing able to build the road over Pan.
oche Pass OH the original line, and
said there would be no danger of the
Salinas route being abandoned, as the
people would build it if the Company
did not. He thought the Company
ought to be compelled to fulfill its con-
tract the same as individuals, and was
in favor OF Congress making them
do so.
President pro tenn, Tuttle, took the
floor and advocated the passage of the
original resolution. He argued that
the abandonment of any portion of
the route should cause the ABANDON
ment of the whole grant, IAN appealed
to the Democratic Senator'S to place
themselves right on the record and be
true to their platform.
He was interrupted by Lewis, who
claimed to be with his party, opposed
to further subsidies.
Tuttle said he remembered when, six
years ago, Lewis had stood with four.
teen Others, night and day, to sustain
the position of Governor Haight, and
was sorry now to see him abandon
that stand. He was sorry to see the
Democratic party divided, but rejoiced
in the position taken by Sargent in
Congress, whose recent action had
been mentioned.
Tn the debate that followed Tuttle,
Senator, took the ground that it was
to the interest of San Francisco that
the Company should be allowed TO
change the route.