Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-01
ment during the term of their of

flee.
By Mcconnell, no corporation
organized outside of the limits oil
the State shall be allowed to trans
act business within the State on
more favorable conditions than
home corporations.
BY Barnes, providing for judi.
cial remedy for parties having
claims against the State.
By VacquereI, prohibiting solicit
tation for business purposes on
board cars or other public convey
ances.
BY Bowling, providing that
neither bigamy nor poligamy shall
ever be tolerated.
Martin, of Santa Cruz, offered o
resolution requesting the President
and Secretary of the State Univer-
sity to furnish information con-
cerning that institution. Adopted.
The Convention went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the
preamble and bill of rights, the
pending clause being section 6,
which was passed as adopted yes
terday.
On Sections Z, s, 8. Is and ii con-
cerning juries and trials, Wilson,
of San Francisco, moved that the
Committee rise and recommended
that these sections be referred to
the Judiciary Committee. A long
debate followed on the propriety of
making the reference and the
motion was defeated. Section was
then taken up as recommended
by the Committee, the jury sys-
tenn being much modified. 1t be-
ing questionable whether under
the wording the Legislature might
not he able to abolish trial by jury
in civil cases, e. o. Smith offered
an amendment that jury trial re-
main inviolate, but that the jury
may be waived hy parties in all
civil cases and criminal cases be-
low felony; a concurrence of two
thirds only. being necessary for a
verdict.
Harrington offered further
amendment permitting the waiv-
ing Of trial by jury in civil cases
and misdemeanors, ami allowing
p
number necessary to secure ver-
dict.
Both Smiths and Herrington's 9
proposals were defeated.
Ti.aer'. aevenue <as..
PITTsBURG, Oct. 3i.-In the
United States Circuit Court, before
Commissioner Gamble, the case of
the United States against Samuel
j. Tilden, of New York, was
reached yesterday afternoon. The
only witness examined was Mr.. f.
M. Hutchinson, Secretary and
Treasurer Of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Road, who
testified that, between the years
1861 and 1872, the sum of $4,000
had been paid Mr.. Tilden for pro.
fessional services rendered that
line. He also testified that Mr..
Tilden had from time to time sent
different Sums of money here to
be invested in a railroad enterprise,
and that dividends had been sent
him from this city. The amount
Of investments and dividends
could not be definitely stated with
| out books.
Anaesson's stattmeut.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31.-The
Press to- morrow will publish the
sworn statement of James E. An
derson, eX.Supervisor of East Fe-
liciana parish, made to-day before
a Notary Public of this city, re.
specting the authorization of the
Sherman-Anderson-W Weber letter,
alleged to have been written by the
present Secretary of the Treasury
to Anderson and Weber in New Or
leans OIL the Goth of November,
1876, and other matters connected
with the Potter Committee. 1t
sets forth that, in June, 1878, after
he had testified before the Potter
Committee on Louisiana affairs, he
met in Philadelphia E. l.. Weber,
who, In the course of long inter-
view, stated that he was in posses.
sion of said letter, and would
testify in favor of the Democrats
before the Potter Committee for
the sum of $4,000, and that Ander.
son repeated the conversation to ].
r. Sypher, an attorney of this city,
a personal friend and college chum
of Clarkson N. Potter, and that, on
the day following, Weber, Ander.
son and Sypher went to Washing.
ton City. Weber declined to testi-
fy for over two weeks, CIV
ing as a reason that the Demo
cratic managers whom he
named would not pay him the
sum he demanded. On the 27th