Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-05
suicfded with etrychuine.

ness could or could not be sworr
before issue was joined in action.
suicfded with etrychnine.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.-Charles
Shimmins, an Englishman ageC
SO, committed suicide by taking
strychnine at his lodgings, No. lis
U'Farrell street, this morning. He
left note stating that he was
tired Of life and had several times
previously attempted suicide. The
deceased owned q farm at Sar
Pablo. His wife obtained a divorce
from him few years ago.
San Francisco Markers.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 4.-Wheai
unchanged. Barley, 90c@$1. Oats,
81 20@1 SO for all grades. Corn,
90@924c for large yellow, the only
kind moving at present. Hay,
$9@l6. Potatees-2, 355 sacks al
81 As is the very top for Hum.
boldts, Tomales and Petalumas.
Best family flour is reduced.
The Convention.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 4.-The Con-
vention met at $3.50 A. NJ, President
Hoge presiding, 1l3 members pres
ent.
More than tie usual number OF
petitions was presented asking for
the exemption from taxation of
church, charitable and educationa
property. This movement does not
seem to be spontaneous, as all the
petitions bear the same printed
headings.
The Convention proceeded to the
consideration of the article on Leg
islative Department. Tinnin called
up his motion to reconsider the
vote by which Section s was
adopted, in order to eXtricate the
Convention from muddle.
reconsideration was carried and
the following substitute for the Sec
tion was offered by Tinnin: The
Senate shall consist of forty MEM
bers and the Assembly of eighty
to be elected by districts
numbered as hereinafter provided.
The seats of twenty Senators elect
ed in the year 1882, from odd num-
bered districts, shall be vacated at
the expiration of the second year,
so that one-half of the Senators
shall be elected every two years;
provided that all Senators elected
at the first election under this Com
stitution shall hold Office for the
term of three years. The substi-
tute was adopted; ayes, SO, noes, 1G.
Schell moved to amend section 6
so as to conform to Tinnin's sub :.
stitute for section 5. Schell's sprop.
osition provides for an apportion.
ment of the State into forty Sena-
torial and eighty Assembly dis
tricts. The section as adopted in
of the Whole provides
for forty districts, and that each
district should elect one Senator
and two Assemblymen. Schell's
amendment was adopted; ayes, Ga;
noes, 30.
Beerstecher moved to strike out
the clause which prevents Chinese
from being counted as forming q
part of the population in making
the adjustment for representation
in the Legislature. The motion
was voted down by 106 noes to Z
ayes.
HilboIn's motion to strike ont
the clause preventing the payment
Of money from the State treasury
to associations, institutions and asy-
lums not under exclusive control
of the State was taken up and lost /;
ayes 10, noes 10G.
sDscusntisn On sho Custom lHoIse
Vote.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The uni
versal topic of comment in WASH
ington is the action of the Senate
in the New York Custom House
The largeness Of the
for confirmation is q
of astonishment to almost
every one, and explanations differ
widely. The result is, however,
attributed to two main causes:
First. the pressure brought to
bear by the members Of the
Cabinet upon individual Re-
publican Senators during the
past few days, especially by
Secretary Sherman in private
conferences with numbers of them
yesterday, and, secondly, to the ex-
ertions successfully made by Bay
ard and several other leading DEM
ocrats to convince the majority OF
their colleagues that party poll
icy dictated a course in opposition
to that taken by tho majority OF
the Republicans. One argument
which has proved to be very effica.
cious with the Democrats is that,
in the event of General Grants
nomination as Republican candi-
date for the next Presidency, ii
will be advantageous to make IL
appear that the New York Custom
House, under the administration
of his appointees, was corrupt, and
that its publication, though op'
posed by the great body of the Re-
publican Senators, was effected by
the Democratic vote. The friend;
of Conkling openly charge that the
nature Of the pressure successfully y
exerted by the Administration
upon a considerable number o
Republican Senators who voteC
to-day for confirmation, though
heretofore known to be opposed t.
it, was simply bribery, consistin,
of more or less distinct promises o
patronage in the shape of appoint
ments for their friends or for them
selves upon the expiration of thei
Senatorial terms. There is, ii mus
be confessed, much ground for thi
suspicion in the cases OF severa
Senators, but the more charitable
and undoubtedly the more truthful
explanation of the way most o
these Republicans voted ma.
be found in the fact tina
several Senators heretofore op
posed to the confirmation had com
to the conclusion that the contro
versy could not be finally settle'
in any other way, and that it woul'
be better, in party point of view
| that some few neu shonld IL