Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-23

and seventy-five dollars for each half
orphan. This is an increase upon the
allowance of last year.
The consideration of the Centennial
appropriation bill was set for to-mor-
row at 10 A. NJ.
A message was received from the
Governor returning the Senate bill.
providing for keeper of the State
capitol and State capitol grounds
without his approval. This is the
fifth veto sent by the Governor to the
Legislature. 1t was made the special
order for Friday next.
On motion of Hopkins, Carpenters
educational bill was set at the head of
the file for tomorrow.
The special order of the day was
then called and the Senate proceeded
to the consideration of the Railroad
bills.
Farley moved to take up the o. Con-
nor bill prividing for the appointment
of the Commissioners and discrimina-
ton in fares and freight on railroads
amendment. This bill in regard to
the standard of rates to be fixed by
the Commissioners, and after several
hours of discussion and parliamentary
skirmishing by the friends of the
Archer bill Lewis moved to suspend
the rules and place the bill on its final
passage. The ayes and noes were call
ed with the following result:
Ayes, Beazell, Craig, Donavan, Ed
gerton, Evans, Farley, Frazer, Glib
bons, Graves, Hendricks, Hilbourn,
Hill, Hopkins, Howe, Lewis, Nc
Carthy, McCoppin, McCune, McGar-
vey, Montgomery, Nunan, OConnor,
Pierson, Roach, Rogers, Satterwhite,
Shirley, Spencer, Turner and Tuttle.
Thirty.
Noes, Angney, Bartlett, Bush, Eak-
in, Flint, Laine, Lindsey, Martin
and Tinnin. Nine, and the bill was
passed.
Edgerton moved that the Archer
bill and all other railroad bills be laid
on the table. The ayes and noes were
demanded by several Senators, and
the bills were laid on the table by the
following vote: Ayes-Beazell, Ea-
ken, Edgerton, Evans, Farley, Frazer,
Gibbons, Graves Hopkins, Lewis, Nc
Carthy, McCoppin, McGarvey, Mont
gomery, Pierson, Rogers, Satterwhite,
Shirley, Spencer, Turner; twenty.
Noes-Angney, Bartlett, Bush, Craig,
Donovan, Flint, Hendricks, Hilbourn,
Hill, Howe, Laine, Lindsey, Martin,
McCune, Nunan, O'Connor, Roach,
Tinnin and Tuttle; 10. This was the
test vote ON the railroad question, in
asmuch as the motion to lay on the
table amounted at this late day of the
session to an indefinite postponement.
All the power of the anti-railroad
portion of the Senate was eXerted to
defeat this motion.
The Commissioner bill met with
little or no opposition from the
railroad companies, for they
stated in the Committee of
Corporations through President
Stanfordtthat they had no opposition to
offer to fair and equitable measure
of the character of the OConner bill,
hence it passed by large majority.
The Archer bill and the kindred meas
ures met with fate which they rich
ly deserved. There is every provision
in the O'Connor bill for an impartial
and reasonable adjustment. by the
Commissioners of the maximum
which shall be charged for fares and
freights in the hands of those capable
of arranging satisfactorily railroad
tariffs and which will without doubt
be successfully solved. Such has been
the experience of Massachusetts and
other States and the Legislature of
California has worthily followed their
example. The success of the bill in
the Assembly is a matter of doubt. as
that body has pronounced itself in fa-
vor of the most radical anti-railroad
measures.
The Assembly met at 10 A. M, the
Speaker in the chair.
The general file was considered and
the bill empowering Tuolumne county
to construct railroad from Columbia
in Tuolumne county to Modesto in
Stanislaus county was ordered engross-
ed by vote of Al ayes to 27 noes.
A message was read from the Gov
ernOr announcing that he had ap-
proved the bill for the better protec-
tion of the County Treasures of Los
Angeles, Butte and Sutter counties.
Lambourn introduced bill author
izing the Board of Supervisors of Los
Angeles county to erect a Jail and is
sue bonds to the amount of $25, 900 for
the payment thereof, said payment to
be made in 20 years at the rate of Z
per cent. per annum. The rules were
suspended and the bill read third
time and passed and ordered transmit
ted to the Senate Immediately.
The Senate bills cutting down the
salaries of State officers were then con-
sidered and on call of the yeas and
nays Indefinitely postponed by a vote
of 40 ayes to 26 noes. The House than
adjourned until y o'clock when the
special file containing only local
measures will be taken up.
Vallejo Election.
VALLEJO, March 22.-1, $50 votes
were cast at the municipal election
yesterday. They are not through
counting yet. 1t is known that the
Republican candidate for School Su-
perintendent is elected; also Repub-
lican for School Assessor and Collector.
The Citizens candidates for Board of
Schools oliDirectors have a majority of "a
votes. The vote for City Trustees and
City Marshal is close and the result is
not yet known. The Republicans at
tribute the defeat of part of their ticket
to apathy.