Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-08
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PACIFIC COAST.
Passengers south and East

f'~sss" $500 .<s"'''
MopEsro, Cal, May The follow
ing is list of south bound passengers
passing here this evening:
Mrs Ramboy, Miss Platt, Miss l. Hop
kins, II j lnbcss, Mrs G NJ Dillon, Miss
MillssV w WINS. Truslow, A Nitle,
Pedro Fossas and wife, p Ballesteros, q
II Lpp and family, l. llarkins, Thomas
Pollard, II Wetaell aud wife, II + Sulli-
van, San Francisco; NJ X Crasty, wife
and child, Gala; Mrs Hatch, Master
Snow, Name; Mrs Brittou and nurse,
Washington, d c; Miss Reed, st Louis;
J B Bird aud wife, San Belnardino; II
Thread, New York; + = Howard, A
Rosenheim, j Rosenheim, Los Angeles;
A Z Bills, Oakland; Chas Bennett, Mon
tana; w + Case, New Jersey; l. Smith,
Kansas; G. A Pringle, Peru; Jas Brown,
Sacramento.
The Legisinture-The Auti-RatI-
road Commissioners Hill Killed.
SACRAMENTO, May SENATE: An
amendment was introduced to the Rail
road Commissioners bill that they be not
ousted from office. A vote taken was as
follows; Ayes Brooks, Cronan. Cross,
Dougherty, Fra ser, Harrigan, Heating,
Kelly OF San Francisco, Kelly of Solano,
Kellogg, Knight. Mccarthy. Mcclure,
Nelson, Perry, Ryan, Vrooman, Wallis,
Whitney; 10 Noes Baldwin, Back,
Cox, Del ValIe, English, tilche-, Foster,
johnson, Langford, Lynch, Maddox,
Murphy, Reddy, keynolds, Spencer Of
Napa, Spencer of SIauislaus, Sullivan,
Taylo WolfslSill; 10. Lieut.. Governor
Uaggett then voted in favor OF the
amendment. Chandler was paired with
Rontier, who was absent.
Another vote on another amendment
was taken witt, like result. Then the
question came on ordering the bill to
third reading.
Del Vale said that the two amend
ments which had passed had killed the
spirit of the bill and that he for his part
was in favor of hurryiug it out OF sight,
lest it should stink in the sight of God
and men. Similar sentiment was ex-
pressed by Reddy. A vote was then
taken on the question and the bill was
killed by a vote of u to IL.
THE MINORITY REPORT OF THE JUDI
cIARy COMMITTEE ADOPTED.
This afternoon Farley moved to sus
pend the rules 50 as to reconsider the
vote by which the Wallace mortgage
amendment was lost yesterday Nun
dock raised the point OF order that, un-
Ter the rules, no question could be con.
Sidered the second time unless il had
been so altered as to make it an entirely
different one.
The motion to adopt the minority
Judiciary report coming up afterwards,
Cutter moved to lay the whole matter
on the table. This motion was lost;
ayes 27, noes a.
Debate was renewed and Johnston and
Caminetti spoke in defense OF Marshall
Granger argued against the adoption
of the minority report and spoke in
complimentary terms OF Marshall, but
did not defeud his conduct of the suits.
He believed the Attorney General had
been guilty of gross errors in the man
agement OF the cases.
Yell. in support Of the minority ro-
port, argued that the very fact that
the assisting counsel were paid their
fees by defending the railroad, was cvi.
dencc that the judgments were intended
such circumstances, he characterized as
unprofessonal.
The Speaker ruled that, having been
amended after the first recansidera lou,
it was new subject, and it was in order
to reconsider the bill second time.
The vote was recousidered, ayes As,
nays %, and the bill was made the spe-
cial order for Friday.
Terry, whose father was one of the
counsel who took $500 fee, warmly
replied that Yell was either ignorant Of
the facts or was misstating them. The
fees must come out OF the defendant any
how.
The Governor aud Marshall both occu.
pied seats ON the floor during the discus.
sion. At times the allus'ons to them
were pointed After the debate lasting
until well nigh q o'clock, conclusion
was reached by the adoption Of the mi