Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-01-15
SACRAMENTO, January IL.

earnest on Monday last, which
had been formed by our Solonl
whilst recovering from the effects
of the long holiday. Still it only
deferred the day few hours as oil
Wednesday the performance full
filed the intent and since that time
there has been no laggard in either
House. The Standing Com mittees
have kept well up with their work
however, and have reported or are
now ready to report large mum
Der of the bills already introduced
These have been chiefly of Il leca
nature and require but little timt
either in their passage or rejection
after being reported back. Tht
Assembly passed a bill this weel
excepting growing crops from tax
alton and it did SO in the face of ar
adverse report from its Judiciary
Committee. There was q hard
fight to sustain the recon- menda-
ton of the Committee, but the rep
resentatives of the farming com.
munities withdrew the party line
and by a vote of 80 to 81 gave the
San Francisco delegation its first
defeat.
FREIGHTS AND FARES.
The Committee on Corporations oil
the Assembly have been hard at
work since the beginning of the
session preparing bill reg
ulating freights and fares and
are now engaged in its final re.
vision before presenting 1t to
the Assembly for its &C.
ton thereon. The bill will prob
ably be introduced during the
coming week. Right here + would
like to correct a misstatement,
made in the Republican several
days ago, which was to the effect
thai, q bill of that nature was then
pending, and that our delegation
had an opportunity to place them.
selves on record, insinuating, by
implication, that they had shirked
the question. The falseness of the
entire statement is well shown by
the fact that the introduction of a
freights and fares bill has yet to be
done. When the time comes the
people of Los Angeles county will
find that their Senator and Repre-
sentatives will place themselves
fairly and sQuarely on record in
favor of the Interests of their con-
stituents, the people of Los Ange.
les county. No longer ago than to.
day, when proposition relative to
an early adjournment of the Leg
islature came up in the Senate.
Senator Smith stated that he was
here to carry out certain pledges
which he had made to his constitu-
ency and until a freights and fares
bill had been passed he would vote
negatively upon any question OF
adjournment sine die.
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION
Have also three bills in the hands
of the printer, which will be intro
duced as soon as they are printed,
the Commission preterring to pre-
sent them in printed form, instead
of manuscript as, under its direct
all typographical err
SO, h., n a nd
provides for an uniform system of
accounts, on plan prepared by the
Commission, by means of which it
Is claimed that the books of rail
way corporations can be thorough
ly investigated and readily under
stood, and also provides tor the pc
lice regulations, etc, of the COM
panies. The other Two bills are al
tentative, one prepared by Messrs.
Stonenan and Doyle and one by
Col. Isaac Smith, and relate to the
regulation of freights aud fares.
The Assembly Committee ac-
knowledge themselves indebted to
the Commission for much and i'm
portant assistance in their laDors,
and it is now generally conceded
that the creation of the Commits
sion by the last Legislature was a
wise and we'll considered act.
Rumors have been current that u
strong, though quiet, opposition
had been developed against the
passa ge of an act calling for a
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
And that The measure would be de-
feated for the present by the intro
duction of II bill, providing for the
Convention, by battling it in Com
mittee, and quietly adjourniug
without any legislation thereon.
The rumor first gained credence by
the Introduction of a resolution in
the Assembly, appointing u Com
mittee of Senators and Representa-
tives who, with the Secretary of
State, should recount the ballots.
The resolution was quickly throt-
tied in it's birth and since then a
bill to a similar effect has been in.
troduced by Barstow, of San Fran
cisco. This gentleman, however
only became Democrat when the
Republican PARTY refused him o
nomination, aud the whole matter
is now known to be only one OF
Greed Haymond's smart lodges to
demolish the Democratic party.
There are three bills now pending
before the two Houses making FRO.
vision for tho Convention. The
best one, and the one that will
pass, was introduced by Judge
Holloway. And by-the-bye
JUDGE HOLLOWAY
Has been q marked success. He moi
only stands well with his Commit