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THE BnL-READING DISPUTE.

The Senate yesterday decided to accept
that construction of the Constitution
which requires three readings at length of
every bill. The argument which appeared
to determine the majority was, that it
would be easy to move urgency when
ever a long bill was up on the first or Sec
ond reading, and that as two-thirds We're
certain to be in favor of the dispatch of
business, there would be no difficulty in
carrying the motion. Of course if this
programme is carried out the first and sec
ond readings at length will be dispensed
with as efectually as though no such
rule had been adopted. This, how
ever, can only apply to the Senate.
In the Assembly it would always be diff
cult to get two-thirds of the members
to vote for dispensing with the rule,
and it is quite possible that more trouble
may be encountered even in the Senate
than is now anticipated. 1t is evident
that the adoption of the rule must put it
in the power of minority to exercise far
more influence at critical iunctures than
has been possible hitherto The leverage
thus placed in the hands of the minority
in fact may produce results calculated to
astonish the unsophisticated Workingmen
who seem to think that the three readings
at length is somehow a protection against
bad legislation. In the Senate four
teen members can at any time obstruct
business under this rule, and though
at the moment it may not appear probable
that any harm can arise from this, every
experienced politician knows that towards
the close of legislative session conjunc-
lures are very apt to occur in which such a
power can be exerted with the effect Of
defeating most important measures. The
uncertainty of the Constitution on the
point may perhaps be cleared up by the
Supreme Court, but the methods thus far
taken to determine the question are by no
means calculated to facilitate the dispatch
of business, or TO secure that safety which
timid members seek.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

An Ottawa dispatch says that it is ru.
mored that recruiting for the British army
will be shortly commenced
The strike of 10000 coal miners in Mons
district, Belgium, has terminated.
Bullion in the Bank of England increased
ell9, Zoo the past week. Proportion of re-.
serve to liability, Al 1916 per cent.
The Canada Central Railway has been
condemned to pay Peter McAren, lumber
merchant of Carlton Place, 800, 900 damages
for lumber and other property destroyed by
fire caused by cinder from one Of their To-
comotives.
Specie in the Bank of France decreased
303i, 600 francs the past week.
Countess Ida Won Hahn Hahn, the German
poetess and novelist, is dead, in the 18th year
of her age.
A dispatch from Cairo says that the APP
pointment of lsmail Ayoob Pasha as Gov
ernor OF Soudan has been gazetted. The pro-
vinces OF leila and Harrar are now separated
from Soudan.
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TIE RAILROAD COMMISSION.

The position assumed by General Stone
manor we should rather say attributed
to him-is one which will not bear investi-
cation. He is one of three Railroad Com
missioners elected by the people, and as
such, has Simply one voice i'll the Commits
sion's deliberations. But it would appear
as if he sought to constitute himself the
| Railroad Commission and treat his col
leagues as mere ciphers. 1t seems that he
has had an empowering bill prepared,
which he desires TO see become law and
because his colleagues differ from him upon
the character of the legislation needed, we
are told that he is going to pack up his
valise and return to the orange groves of
San Gabriel. We can scarcely believe
this true of General Stoneman. He is
man of mature judgment, experienced in
pet like spoiled boy His opin-
ION is, Of course, deserving of every
consideration on the practical work
ing of the Commission, founded as
it is upon experience but upon question
of legal Interpretation, which is involved
in the matter in hand, he cannot be re-
garded as infalible. General Stonelnan is
graduate of West Point and an engineer !;
Mr.. Beerstecher is a lawyer, and Mr.. Cone
is business man. Under those circum.
stances we should say that the Railroad
Commissioners would do well to hasten
slowly. The best legal ability in the State
should be employed to draft a bill which
would start the commission and work
smoothly and efficiently afterwards. Gen.
Stoneman, as we understand it, would start
with imperfect machinery, leaving addi-
tions and amendments to be made in future
sessions. We think this would be unwise.
There is always more or less risk in legis-
laticn, end those having most experience
Of the subject know how frequently a
measure is changed from its original
purpose in its passage through Legisla-
ture. One can never be sure of anything
about bill until it has been approved
The other two Commissioners, it would
seem, desire to have a perfect measure to
start with. and are prepared to wait until
the Legislature enacts one. They object
to the hot haste of the gallant General, and
conceive that hurried legislation is apt to
be unwise legislation. This is how we I'M
derstand their position, and we think it is
discreet one. To impute dishonesty, or
railroad influence" as has been done in
the case of the majority, is an unfair and
unmanly method of coercion. 1t is an at
tempt to influence their judgment at the
risk Of their reputation. We protest against
such treatment of men intrusted by the
people with most important executive func-
tions, and we trust that General Stoneman
will act in full harmony with his brother
Commissioners San Francisco Post.
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A NEW KIND OF MIsDEMEANcR.

They have been experimenting at Los
1t appears that the Los Angeles munich.
pality undertook to make the Southern
Pacific Railroad pay city license for the
privilege of running through Los Angeles.
Payment of this impost was refused by
the local agents of the corporation, where
upon the Superintendent of the division
was arrested, and on declining to pay a
fine of $50 was clapped in jail on SEN
tence of $50 days. A writ of ha5eds corpus
was at once sued out, and the case was car.
ried before the Superior Court. Judge
Sepulveda promptly declared the impris-
onment OF the petitioner illegal, and or
dered his release from custody. In his
written opinion of this singular case the
Judge says: az am of opinion that
"no offense punishable by law is
"charged in the complaint, and
THAT consequently the order OF
commitment under which he is held is
"illegal and void" The commitment is
remarkable document. It states that
the Superintendent, Hewitt, having been
convicted of conducting the business of
"a steam railroad, having depot in the
"city of Los Angeles, he being Superin-
" tendent thereof, the same being n3isds-
"meanor under tie ordinances of tie said
"ciy," the Sheriff is commanded to keep
him in custody. 1t is certainly new to
the rest of the world that in the city of
Los Angeles the ordinances declare it a
misdemeanor to conduct the business of
"a steam railroad" We suppose that
running stages at Los Angeles is petty
larceny, and sailing steamships felony
without benefit of clergy The anti
railroad fanatics have long labored
to persuade the public that railroading
and total depravity were synonymous, but
this is the first step taken toward the sup
preston of the business by penal enact
ments. 1t is in order to inquire whether
there IS any one in Los Angeles who desires
the prosperity of the town, or whether the
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CAPITOL NOTES.-The State Prison Com.
missioners held meeting at the Capitol
wednesday evening, and passed i'll review
before the Board several of the candidates for
the position of Warden. The process was so
conducted that but one candidate was adj
mitted in the room at a time. and as one
came in his predecessor was retired. The OBJ
iect was to elicit from each applicant express
sion of his ideas concerning prison manage
ment and reform and the internal economy
Of the State penal institutions. The plan
was success in one respect-it prevented
any of the initiates from awaiting OF or i'm
proving upon the ideas of the others, by
reason of foreknowledge of the system of re-
form each proposed to inaugurate. 1t is not.
however, made public whether any one of
the applicants deeply impressed the Commits.
sioners with a sense of his fitness for the po-
sitiou. The Commissioners yesterday de-
parted for San Francisco, with the object, as
rumur has it. of examining still other per-
sons and ascertaiping if the State affords the
right kind of Warden. The action of the
Commission is very generally approved, and
is accepted as an earnest of an effort to secure
for the State Prisons the most efficient man
agemens The members of the new State
Beard of Equalization held meeting last
night and considered matters necessary to be
arranged preparatory to the organization of
the Board. A bill viii to-day be introduced
in the nature Of an Enabling Act, under
which the Board may be organized at an early
date and prepare for the work which subse.
qusnt measures affecting the revenue system
Of the State viii bring on. The Senate
Committee on Elections met last evening at
thereon Of Senator Neumann. the Chairman,
and regularly organized. To day it will re.
port to the Senate its readiness for references.
{. DR. Grover, of San Francisco, is in the
city, urging his claims candidate for the
position of Physician at the State Prison.
Charles H. Putnam and Mr.. Zuck are the
only candidates of which rumor makes men
ton thus far for the Secretaryship Of the
State Board OF Equalization.
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SPARRING FOR WIND.

The movements OF Germany and Russia
are not of a character to allay appreben-
sions of an impending war, and the excuses
which both these Powers are making for
their energetic military preparations are
somewhat diaphanous. Russia endeavors
to account for the massing of troops in Po-
land by innocently observing that she is
Withdrawing her forces from Bulgaria, and
must put them somewhere Germany re-
plies to this movement by calling out her
reserves, and putting Krupp's great works
to their utmost speed to turn out new
cannon and when asked what all this
preparation means, she smilingly observes
that it has been rendered necessary by the
arming of France and Russia, but that
nothing is further from her thoughts than
war. We seem to have heard these
explanations before. They have a
familiar sound. In fact, they were
made in 1866, and again in
1870. The diplomatic traditions make
it incumbent upon Governments TO dissem-
bic their real purposes to the last moment,
and these formulas are religiously observed
Notwithstanding the obvious fact that the
telegraph, the press, and the railroad,
have rendered them obsolete. A couple of
centuries ago it was possible for prince to
muster his armies in comparative secrecy,
and he might almost surprise his enemy by
keeping up the pretense of peaceful inten-
tons until he was ready to make his at
tack But nowadays all that has become
impossible. Germany cannot order a
score of guns from Krupp without letting
all the world know of it, and while the
diplomatists are exchanging their mean
ingless platitudes, which deceive no.
body, the press is coolly publishing
every hostile preparation made on either
side At present the outlook for war is
quite as probable as it has been before
any of the great struggles of the last half
century. Germany fears an alliance be-
tween France and Russia, and this fear is
capable of leading Bismarck to precipitate
a conflict by which he might hope to crush
the latter before the former could come to
her assistance. Austria could be trusted
to hold France in check while the German
armies paid their attention to Russia. In
such war the tendency would be for Italy
to ally herself with France and Russia,
and it is scarcely possible that England
could avoid an alliance with the Austro-
German Confederation. That is the pros.
pect now, and the probability of a peace
full adjustment is weakened seriously by
the facts, first, that all the continental Pow
ers are armed to the teeth, and, second,
that three of them at least have special
motives for fighting,
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whole population are bent on suicide?
When cities undertake to legislate against
the most improved means of communica-
ton, and seek to shut railroads out from
their corporate limits by hostile ordi-
nances, the very worst that could be
wished them would be that they might
have their own way. The success Of such
schemes would very soon be followed by a
plentiful growth of grass in the principal
streets of the retrogressive city, and by
the exodus of all among its inhabitants
who possessed either common sense or
desire for progress.
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the House of Representatives and took and sub
scribed to the oath required by the Constitution and
shutting quorum OF the whole number Of which
said House is composed, then and there
organized said House. And you are further
notified that the Office Of Governor being vacl mt,
said James d. Lamson in compliance with the re-
quirements OF the Constitution on the 10th day Of
January, instant, entered upon the duties Of the Of
flee OF Governor. 1t is therefore deemed proper to
notify you officially of the foregoing facts that you
may not in ignorance give countenance to revo!u-
tonary proceedings.
JAMES D. LAMSON, Acting Governor
Z. \. SAWYER, Deputy Secretary of State.
STAFF APPOINTED.
AUGUSTA, January 15th.-Acting Governor Lam
to-day appointed his staff
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DIED

Sacramento, January Cat the County Hospital
John o'Neil, 20 years, a native of Ireland
(brother OF he late Arthur O'NeiD.
Neir Yuba City. January l3- John z. Ma non. a
native of Germany So years.
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully invited
TO attend the funeral, which will take place from
Odd Fellows Temple, corner Ninth and X streets.
this afternoon at o'clock
Dry Creek, Placer county, January 13-Mary Viz
GINA daughter of John and Julia Dyer, u wears
and months. missouri papers please copy)
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MARRIED..

Sacramento January 14-By Rev. J. A. Bruner.
assisted by Rev. DR.. Bentley, DR.. n. Williams, Of
Riehiand TO Mrs. SUI an E. Hunt, of this city,
Maxwell Cal, January 14-By Rev III NJ
Mcknight, William j. McGrath to Maggie Christie.
Santa Cruz, January John P. Houck to Eva L.
Richards
santa Cruz, January Joseph Lane 10 Ella Bennett
eh1eo, January s-Jonathan L. Toll to Mrs. Myra
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It is on record that last week, in New
York club where poker runs high, just as
lucky player was leaving he was ad-
dressed by religiouslooking stranger,
who said 'Sir, have noticed your game,
and have seen that you cheat most skill
fully. That accounts for your success"
'Sir, you shall answer = Hush not
a word won't expose you. merely
wish to suggest that tomorrow we play
partners. I'll furnish the stakes"
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New Radical Newspaper in Paris-Gam.
hpff.'S GauGucs- Eraa Tra.Ia


betta's COnduct-Free Trade.
PARIS, January 15th.-lhe first number of
La Justice, new Radical newspaper, start,
by Clemenceau, member of the Chamber Of
Deputies, made its appearance to-day. 1t
demands the adoption by the Government of
frankly popular policy and the application
of principle of equality in all matters, in
Guiding amnesty. 1t is thought La Justice
will be for Gambetta what the RepuJlique
Francois was for Theirs and MacMahon-
make him unpopular with the democracy be-
fore he has onsliidated his power over the
move moderate element of the electorate.
1t is again said that Gambetta, since in
stalling himself in the Palais Bourbon, has
offended almost everybody by his pom pous
manners. He influences Ministerial de-
cisions, and if Minister ventures to resist
his orders he pursues him with implacable re-
sentiment until he overthrows him.
At meeting of the Committee on General
Tariff, Tirard Minister of Agriculture and
Commerce, declared himself unreservedly for
free trade, and stated that it is the policy of
the Government.
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BORN.

Sacramento. January s-wife of Isaac s. Barrett, a
daughter.
Hungry Hollow, Yolo county, January 4-Wife of
Theodore Fshback a daughter
Sonoma, January Wife OF Jacob Meyer daugh-
ter.
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Riot in Hungary.

vienna. January 15th.-Special dispatches
from Pesth state that serious disturbance
occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday in con-
sequence OF a duel between Baron Maithenyi
and Herr Yer Horay, Members of Parlia-
ment, the latter of whom was fatally wounded,
and that further trouble is feared. Herr Yer
Horay was editor of the Hungarian, radical
newspaper, and attacked Count Festeties. a
fellow member with Baron Maithenyi of the
aristocratic National Casino Club. and Baron
Maithenyi interviewed in the matter Last
night great crowd of students and workmen
filled the streets in the neighborhood of the
Casino Club, uttering hostile cries. and were
finally stoned from the windows. The police
were repeatedly repulsed by the rioters, and
finally two battalions of infantry charged
with fixed bayonets. Many persons were
slightly hurt by stones and bayenets. About
thirty rioters were arrested.
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The Outlook in Regard to the Ute
Indian Question.
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COUNTY SETTLEMENT. = Fred NJ. West,
Treasurer of San Joaquin county, yesterday
paid into the State Treasury the sum Of
BIB, 129 IS,
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TELEGRAPHIC.

LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION.
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FusIoNIsr CAUCUS.

BosToN, January 15th.-The HeraldS Augusta
special says The Fusionists held caucus to.
night presumably to determine upon the course to
be pursued hereafter. The meeting was secret, but
it is reported that they intend to proceed to the
election Of Governor and State officers tomorrow
regardless of what may be the nature of the Supreme
Courts decision of the questions submitted by the
Republicans. 1t is also said that they will await un
til the decision is rendered before taking this STEP
SUPREME CoURT-DoCUMEST PRESENTED.
BANGOR, January 15th.-The Justices of the Su.
premc Judicial Court are now in session at the
Court house in this city A special messenger from
Augusta brought the following document TO the
Justices
STATE OF MAINE. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
AuGusTA. January 13, 1850.
To the Honorable Justices Of the supreme Court !:
1t having been publicly announced that Illegal rev.
dictionary persons calling themselves the Legis a.
ture OF Maine have, without authority, presumed
to ask your opinion upon sunary interiogations hy
than prepared, it is deemed proper to apprise
you OF the facts that the first Wednes-
day of January, instant, thirty-one Senators
elect, being the whole number Of which that body
is composed, each having been summoned by the
Governor and Council TO attend ard take their seats
as Senator's at ended in the Senate Chamber at Au-
gusta IN obedience ~ said summons and to X their
seats that they proceehs1 10 organize the Senate
according the roll in due form of law furnished
BY the Secretary Of State under his hand and seal
of State aud according the report OF the Governor
and Council and did organize it according to law ;
that each took and subscribed to the oath re-
quired by the Constitution IN the manner prescribed;
that A q. andrews was legal y elected Secretary
and James D. Lamson was legally elected President
of the Senate, quorum Of Senators being present
and voting at said election that on the same day
IS Representatives, who had been duly summoned
by the Governor and Council to attend and take
their seats Representatives attended the bail of
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BOARD OF EQUALIzATIoN.-The City Board
of Equalization yesterday heard the last APP
plicasion for the reduction of taxes and adj
journed sine die.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

A meeting OF the Ladies' Physiological
Institute will be held THIS (friday) AFTERNOON,
January 10TH at $50 O'Clock, at Room T. Lull House.
All members please attend BY order OF the
ial6-ItA PRESIDENT.
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The Vallejo Chronicles weekly issue has
been enlarged to six pages.
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ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.

Inls evening NlldulDtrIaln issued the 1Ol-
lowing address to the people of the State
AUGUSTA, January Is, 1880
To the People of Maine: Believing that / ought
to do everything to aay the agitation in the minds
Of the citizens Of this State do hereby give assllr
ance that up to this moment calm councils have pre-
vailed, and That see ne present occasion for alarm.
regret that messages should he sent from any
quarter which bring crowds OF men of both political
parties into this city. This is great embarrass-
.nent in preserving the peace and in reaching
y p;oper solution Of the difficulties before u.s.
Whatever threats are made, | have no fears
for my personal safety Ii people feel confident
that the disposition made for their protection are
sufficient, although not obtruded on the public
sight, and would all keep and counsel patience so
that the political aud legal questions could be calm
ly considered, our trouble would soon be in a way
for settlement. Ny attitude to the Hon. Mr. Lam.
SON, matter OF duty, has been IN ade known in
my reply TO his inquiry, addressed to me the 18th
day OF January. AT the same time / regard him as
in position to contribute IN high degree to- the
efforts to us from anarchy and ruin, and justice
requires to say that he has by all the means in
his power, aided in keeping the field clear for law
ful and peaceful solution ot the matters at issue
JDSHTIA CHAMBERLAIN
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.. o. d. r. Members OF SWELL
Schiller Lodge No. 5, meet at tie -s,4<s$s&S :
Lodge-room, THIS (Friday) AFTER - -
H0JN, at O'Clock. for the purpose of INNS
attending the funeral of our late brother, JOHN B.
NANN0N. Members of sister Lodges requested
10 attend. b. WILSON, N. G.
J. J. TRaRBAcH, Secretary ia16-1t
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Another snag in the Way of Edison's
Success.
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THE PURSUIT OF THE APACHEs.
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Morrow.s Fight with the Apacbes.
VIM. d. WHIPPLE, A. A. G.
The Pay of Deputy Marshais.

New York. January 15th.-The Herald's
Washington special says: Mcmahon, Chair
man of the subcommittee on appropriations,
to whom was referred the bill making an ap.
preparation to pay the deficiency known as
the Marshals bill, called upon the Attorney
General to-day, and was informed that 81, 800
was expended in the First and Second Cali
fornia Districts during the last Congressional
election for the pay of Deputy Marshals. 1t
was understood that the amount so'expended
was not over 500, and no provision will be
made, it is said, in the appropriation bill to
nav the indebtedness
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MATTERS AT WASHINGTON