Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-02-19

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The Lessssasare.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1S.-SENATE
The Committee on Federal Re1a.
tons reported in favor OF . reselu
ton asking Congress to stop by.
draulic mining.
The Senate by a vote of ayes 20
noes Is, declined to take up out Of
order bill S47, to allow farmers tC
proceed In Court against hydraulic
miners.
Conger, from the Committee on
Labor and Capital, reported back
favorably the bill to abolish the
contract system on public work
and require everything to be done
by day labor.
The revenue bill was made the
| special order for Monday at 2 p. n.
Special order, legislative appor.
| tioDment-Wendell moved its post
ponement to Immediately after the
| reading of the journal on Monday.
Grove johnson vigorously op.
posed tho motion, saying that, az
Chairman of the Committee, he
would wash his hands of all re-.
sponsibility II the Senate long
dilly dallied.
AssEMBLY.-Reynolds moved to
reconsider the vote by which the
Senate resolution calling q joint
session at twelve O'Clock to-day, to
elect a Librarian and Trustees wss
yesterday passed.
Mcclure moved to lay the mo-
ton on the table. Carried; ayes 43,
noes 35.
Daggett then moved to take up
the general appropriation bill out
of order.
Pending decision of the ques.
tion. recess to prepare the cham.
her for the joint convention was
taken.
Afternoon-Murphy moved to
suspend the rules and take up
Senate bill 81, the Debris Repeal
Act.
Long nj de speech against the
motion, pitching into the anti
debris newspapers and the con.
temptible hirelings, as be called
them, who got up the public meet
ings to demand the repeal of the
drainage act, which was so neces-
sary to preserve the property and
lives Of the people Of Yu0a, Suffer
and Sacramento counties.
Cunningham moved the previous
question and the House so ordered.
Long moved a call Of the House.
On roll call Murphy's motion was
lost, ayes 43, noes 80. not two
thirds.
Consideration of the file being
resumed, Assembly bill POP. to
provide State hospital and asy-
lum for disabled miners, was final
ly passed.
Baker obtained consent and in
troduced q bill to amend the drain.
age act, 30 that the money derived
from the State tax shall he used
only on outlets and cuts of rivers.
Hartson's election bill came
up at the head of the Sec
ond reading file, the question be.
ing on Cunningham's amendment
to shorten the terms Of officials
from four to two years. After two
hours debate, the roll was called
and Cunningham's amendment
carried. Ayes 43, noes 80.
Stall offered an amendment pro.
viding that the successors of all
dcials elected in 1879 shall b re.
elected in 1881 and again in 1885,
and every two years thereafter.
Pending action, the House ad.
journsd.
rhe fsrs'xsn Job Accom- piishs6
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 18.-At noon
both Houses met in joint conven.
ton to elect Trustees of the State
Library. After considerable pleas.
antry . vote was taken, resulting
In the election of the Republican
caucus nominees, a. follows: I. s.
BeIcher. Henry Edgerton, w. w,
Crane, J. J. Owens and A. G. Free
man. Adjourned.
The Eieosios Of Jass,ces Of sha
Pence Declared LsxaI.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18th.-Th,
Supreme Court to-day confirm &c
the decision of the lower Court de-
oloring tho justices Of the Psac,
voted for at the late election en-
titled to their offices.
Another Peais,on 20 sne Psesidsn
i SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1Sth.-Th,
second installment of petitions
containing five thousand names
asking the President to pardon th,
convicted Mussel Slough settlers
has gone to Washington, yet tn
stream pouring In here Is as larg,
as ever.
4 4 Barb.soas Bsuse.
Il BAKERsFIELD,. Feb. 16.-Fran
cisco Cuneo, helpless old man, u
Iyears of age, was shot in the fore
head this morning at sumner b.
Cruz Dominic, rival barber
Dominic escaped, but was after
wards captured and Is now in Jail
Cuneo cannot live. The shootinf
was entirely unjustifable.
! Dvswaea.
MERGED, Feb. 18th.-News hal
just reached here Of the drowning
of Charles Bioed and Charlel
Witham while fording the Tuol
umne river at Lagrange yesterday
Bloed was resident OF this county
and keeper of Bloed's Hotel u
Merced Falls. Witham was an ON
Iployes OF the Oliver mine, neal
Lagrange.