Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-22

grammar schools, and such high
schools, evening schools, normal
schools and technical schools as
may be established by the Legisla.
ture, or by municipal or district
authority, but the entire
revenue derived from the
State School Fund and State
School Tax shall be applied exclu
sively to the support of primary
and grammar schools"
A dozen or more members
bounced to their feet and tried tc
get recognition when this section
was read.
Harrington, of Santa Clara, was
recognized. He offered a substitute
providing that the com mon schoo
system shall include primary
and grammar schools, State normal
schools and such evening and tech
nical schools as may be es'
tablished by any munich
pality or school district
and that no other language than
English be taught therein. The
revenue derived from the State
School Fund and State school tax
shall be appropriated exclusively y
to the support of primary and
gram mar schools. 1t also prohib-
its sectarian or denominational
instruction.
Martin, of Santa Cruz, moved to
strike out section 6.
LANES amendment, that the
common school system shall only
include common schools, the State
Normal School and the University,
was rejected.
Herrington's substitute was also
rejected.
Howard offered an amendment
that in primary and grammar
schools no language but the Eng
lish shall be taught.
The Convention then rose for re.
cess.
Warrington Matters.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2l.-No op.
portunity was offered the friends
OF the Southern Pacific and Texas
Pacific measures to-day to make
their intended effort to secure the
special order e.: assignment. An
effort will be made, however, next
Monday.
Wigginton introduced a resolu-
tion iDstructing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire into the al
legged forfeiture of the grant m ade
to the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company of California by the Act
of July 9th, 1865, and report such
legislation as may be necessary to
protect the rights of past and pros
pective homestead and pre-
emption settlers on lands
claimed by the said Com.
pany, the Interior Department,
meanwhile, to suspend further
issuance of patents to the railroad.
The preamble to this resolution re-
cites that, among other alleged fail.
ures to comply with the conditions
Of the original grant and with the
provisions of the law of June 28th,
1870, the map was improperly, filed,
and that the time for the COM
pletion Of the road, according to
the fourth section of the Act of
1856, expired last July, and one
hundred miles remain to be built
and make the required connections.
Reference is also made to the petit
tions of several hundred settlers
asking protection Of their rights.
Besides the instructions above in
dicated it is proposed to confer upon
the Committee the power to send
for persons and papers.
Luttrell introduced bill propos-
ing to appropriate 100000 for the
Improvement of Trinidad Harbor.
This project has been reported
against by the Engineering De-
partment as utterly impracticable
without the expenditure of an
amount greatly disproportionate to
its commercial importance.
Ciynser Chasei by Caucus.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan 2l.-The
Democrats of the Legislature met
In caucus last evening and, after
several ballots, decided to cast their
votes for Heister Clymer for U. S.
Senator.
ssilt Bais OttaE for Senator Ia
Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 2l.-The
Republican caucus is still balloting
for U. s. Senator. The seventy.
fifth ballot stood: Carpenter, 3S;
Keys, 20; Hone, %; Washburne, 8.
ChRmpioEs ship Bi,iisrd Tourne-
NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-The cham
pionship of the world billiard tour
nam ent commenced last night at
Cooper Union. In the opening
game Schaffer beat GARNER 32 in
nings-600 to 429, Schaffer earning
137-1S4, GARNER 60-82.
Gone TO washingt ton 20 See about IL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-Wm. M.
Lent, of San Francisco, has arrived
to look after contests in the Land
Office affecting the titles to mines
in Bodie District.
VIM. H. Parks, of Marysville, is
here to promote the passage of q
bill for the purchase of land scrip
40 NhO wv LUIS vi ta0 OICkOI
Wagon Road grant, which was par
TALLY absorbed by the klamath
Indian Reservation.
Tho Convicted POiygamiss sreti-
Hons for a Ke-Iearfng.
WASHINGTON, Jan. George
Reynolds, the polygamist of Utah,
whose case was recently decided In
the United States Supreme Court,
filed to. day, through his counsel,
a petition for re-hearing, upon the
ground that his sentence in the
lower Court to two years. impris.
onment with hard labor was illegal
and contrary to the provisions of
Sections 81 and So, Revised Stat
utes. 1t is true that the statutes
say nothing about hard labor, but