Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-07

lobbying and Legislative cOrrup.
tion, which was adopted yesterday
under the previous question, was
called up by Estee, of San Fran
cisco. A motion to lay it on the
table was lost; ayes 80; noes 100.
The main question was then or
dered. The vote by which the
article was engrossed was recon-
sidered. The question then recur-
red on the motion by Heustis to
reconsider the O'Sullivan section.
The vote by which the O'Sullivan
section was adopted was then re-
considered.
OSullivan offered an amend-
ment to reform the section. He
wanted to check the evil of lobby
ing. His section was composed of
several propositions introduced by
Jere Black into the Pennsylvania
Constitutional Convention.
Barbour offered Ethe following
amendment which was adopted:
"Any person may be compelled to
testify in any lawful Investigation
or judicial proceeding against any
person who may be charged with
having committed the offense of
buying or corrupt solicitation, or
with having been influenced in his
vote or action as member of the
Legislature by reward or promise
of future reward, and shall not be
permitted TO withhold testimony
upon the ground that it may crimi-
nate himself or subject him to pub
lie infamy, but such testimony
shall not afterward be used against
him in any judicial proceeding,
except for perjury in giving such
testimony The section as
amended was then adopted; ayes,
95; noes, 33.
Reynolds offered a substitute for
Section 20 which provides that no
stock board, stock exchange asso-
citation or stock market shall be al
lowed to exist in this State. All
contracts for the sale of shares of
stock on margin shall be void. He
said the object Of the sub
stitute was to abolish stock
gambling altogether.
Heustis moved the previous ques-
ton. The main question was
ordered and the substitute rejected.
Ayes, 40; noes, 81.
O'Sulllvan offered q new section,
that no money from the Treasury
shall ever be appropriated to pay
for religious service in the State
institutions CT in the Legislature.
The new section was rejected;
ayes 81; noes 10l.
The article on legislative depart
ment was ordered to engrossment
and second reading, and the article
OH revenue and taxation was taken
up.
The Chsness Measure In she Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--An effort
will be made by Pacific Coast Sem
ators to secure an early report on
the House bill restricting Chinese
immigration or to obtain its dis
charge from further consideration
of the Com mittee on Foreign Rela-
tions, to which the measure was
referred. Sargent will lead off in
this, and it is understood that Re-
publican Senators of that section
will certainly put themselves on
record upon this measure. Jones
will make an elaborate argument
against the Chinese, taking the
ground that their residence among
us must be productive of anti-re-
publican conditions, and so, there
fore, must be antagonistic to the
preamble of the Constitution,
which declares that the Govern
ment is designed to establish JUS
tice, promote tranquility and main
tain the general welfare.
Some attention has been called
to the fact that recently the Cali
fornia Constitutional Convention,
under Democratic inspiration, re-
ieoted u proposed section to the
Bill OF Rights speaking OF this
country as a nation, and declaring
secession to be always unlawful. 1t
is very we'll understood that antag-
onism to the Chinese in California
has been industriously used to
foment disaifection to the General
Government, and to create bitter
degree of sectional hostility, based
upon Eastern Indifference to COM
plants made of Chinese competi-
ton. ..s
Oid PFus.
WASHINGToN, Feb. 6.-Mid-
night.-IBdications for the Pacific
Coast regions are partly cloudy or
clear weather except light rain
in the northern portions of Oregon
and Washington Territory. y
"A Batch GfEndtotua e.ts.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6.-The
Grand Jury to-day found indict'