Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-18
Morning kilograms.
passengers en,nx sou,n.

Pass.ngers GAZING soush.
MoJAvE, Jan l7.-Mrs Brayley
Mrs Fox, Mr. Brayley, f J Huse
and wife, e j Emery, r @ MeIles
Capt Jinks, w Hathaway, Miss Ju
liza Martin, Miss Lewis, DR. A
Shorb, Mrs E S Carr, ] Cohn, H
Howard, F Lombard, l. Goodrich
and wife.
The Convention.
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 1.-THE Con-
vention assembled at $3.50 A. M, 10G
members present.
Harrington presented memorial
and protest from merchants ol
Santa Clara county against the sys
tenn of special license tax.
Van Voorhees, presented o peti.
tion from residents of Alameda
county asking exemption of church
aud charitable property from taxa
tion.
The Convention went into Com.
mittee of the Whole on city, coun.
ty and township organization.
Section was taken up. 1t pro-
vid,s f,r q double-headed Board ol
Supervisors in consolidated cities
and counties Of more than 100, 0,00C
inhabitants.
Judge Hager explained the OBJ
jects of the section. He said that
San Francisco had always wanted
two Boards of Supervisors, so one
could be u check on the other.
Moreland moved to strike e out that
part of the section.
McCallum offered all amendment
to allow cities of less than one
hundred thousand Inhabitants to
have two houses Of legislature.
A rambling debate then followed
on the question whether the double
hoard should be made mandatory.
Some of the country delegates
wanted the privilege to adopt the
system at pleasure, but did not
want it compulsory on small cities.
San Francisco members asserted
that their constituents wanted a
mandatory provision in this re-
spect.
Stetman moved the previous
question. Sustained.
The amendments were rejected.
When the previous question was
exhausted other amendments were
offered.
The Previous question was called
again and amendments rejected.
Thompson offered an amendment
providing that one Board of Su-
pervis, rs should consist of eight
nmemb.rs. The original section
provides that each board shall con-
.sist of twelve. The amendment
was Inst.
MoCallum's amendment, provid.
ing that q section should not be
construed to prevent cities of less
than 10000 Inhabitants form hav-
ing two Boards was lost.
TulIy moved to strike out Section
seven. Lost.
Section nine was then considered.
The section in effect allows San
Francisco to make its own charter,
independents of the Legislature.
Moreland moved to strike out Sec.
tion niue.
San francIso0.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. listed
man, the abscondiDg "bucket
shopn manager, was brought back
to the city this morning in charge
of officers. He has not yet given
bail, as new warrants are constant
ly being taken out against him.
Twelve complaints have been en-
tered against him thus far.
A fight for the control of Ray
mond g. Ely is going on actively
between the present managers and
the opposition, both sides being
busy gathering in proxies.
1t commenced raining early this
morning, and during the forenoon
there have been occasional light
showers. The wind Is southeast,
and the city Is enveloped In mist
and smoke.
Nxn FrRnciscO Markers.
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IT, Wheat
Nothing doing yesterday; 90 tons
ctoice, white milling sold at 81 III;
sales to-day 100 tons cnoice milling
and 80 Jns good shipping at $l.75,
rs tons No. 2, $l.723; so tons fail
shipping, $1,674, and 400 sacks of
grade, $l.40 Barley-Market un-
changei; choice brewing, ST. %;
coast, ST.. Oats-unchanged; Hum
boldt feed, $l.40 Corn-Unchang-
ed; large yellow. 973. Hay-$l0@
II. Onions-Scarce at 1925, and
unless receipts increase, the price
will continue to rise rapidly;
1 choice silver skins are In good de-
mand. Potatoes-uncbanged; To.
N males and Petalumas, 81 40@l so;
4 HumboIdt Reds, 81 45@l 55; Early
Rose. s7c@sl; choice potatoes are
\ wanted.
N Cut his Throat.
\ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.-Wm
n Rix, an inmate of the City and
" County Hospital, suicided this
morning by cutting his throat.
the soushern P~cific L"bby's Jus
stflesssOn.
N WAsHINeToN,Ja Jan. 17.--Southerr
Pacific people claim that the reso'
luton recently introduced in the
Ssna asking by what right the
Railroad Company Is building its
road over the military reservation
In ArIs0na, which was Intended tt
lie hostile 10 the Southern Pacific
will benefit It, as calling public