Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-09
EXTRAsEssIoNAL NOTES.

Among those Senators who voted yesterday to
table CrosS'S resolution thanking Minister Sar-
gent for his course at the German court were
several Republicans. These gentlemen after
ward explained that they 50 voted because they
did not regard the subject rs one legitimt. elv
before the Senate Having opposed other It So
lutiOns equally foreign TO the business Of lhc
extra session, they could not consistently otc
for any other
Mr.. Harrison was not remarkably happy in
his argument before the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee Yesterday on the subject Of railroad dis
elimination. At one time he said that he had
no difficulty in securing some forty importing
merchants of san Francisco then having special
contracts with the Central Pacific Company,
who were ready to give their freight 10 the
Northern Pacific to the amount of 100000 tons
per year. and subsequently he declared
that the special contract system utterly pre-
Guided the possibility of there ever being com
peting lines of railroad, because they were 50
firmly bounden to the combination of roads
which practice the special contract system.
When Mr.. Harrison was asked yesterday by
the Chairman OF the senate Judiciary Commit
tee whether the merchants of San Francisco
would respond to an invitation to favor the com
mittee with their views ON the So-called special
contract system concerning overland freightSl,
that gentleman went out of his way 10 insult
those merchants. He said they could not be re-
lied upon to tell the truth in the matter and he
put il So tOrcibly that the Chairman of the com
mittec was forced TO remark that if the mer-
chants of SAN Francisco were all liars il would
subject.
The Barry (or Doyle bill received some rather
rough handling in the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee Yesterday AsSemblyman Barry the os-
tcnSibe author fthiS much-dscuSSed " cinch -
bill, made Il long argument in its favor, and cX-
planned its provisions and their possible effect.
should the bill become a law He then submit
ted to Il severe crosse Examination blt fDilpl
when under fire, to hold his position at many
points He had to admit that, under the pro
visions of his Tor Mr.. Doyle s. bill if the Central
Pacific Railroad Company were to remove their
track from street. in this city il would have 10
forfeit its charter and go ont of business Ii was
also shown that the bill did not include in its
provisions railroads owned by private persons
lof which there are several IN this State. but
applied only 10 Incorporated companies. The
private roads might. therefore. for all of NessrS
Doyle and Barry, discriminate To their hearts
content Many other weak and vicious features
of the bill were brought to light and at the close
OF the dlscuSSiQn OF It's merits 1t had, metaphor
cdlly. all the characteristics of Il chan that had
just emerged from Il scrirInage at a Dounybrook
fair.
After an hours haraugue yesterday against
the Central Pacific Railroad Company Mr. Har-
riSon wound up by admitting that he saved
about one-half the expense of freight on Eastern
goods through the operation OF the special con
tract system. His disagreement with the com
pany had induced him TO ship his goods
81 around the Horn. and he is thereby gamer
by one-half' ind sdill.' in the language of
the immigrant youth ''he dond vas haIpy"
bad case of dyspepsia.
During HarTison's appearance before the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee. some rather indiaesti-
BILE questions were nut to him and in renlv To
them he at one time forgot his Surroundings
resolved himSelfintO his natural atmOSphere mud
began Singing extraordinary occasion oathS
indiscriminateiy. After indulging in this pleas
ant paStime a moment he recalled his vbnrn
abouts, and turned to the Chairman of the com
mlttee To apologize, when Chairman Cross olIieE-
~ repled; That : all right-nO apology neces-
sary; tins Is Democratic committee
X. J. Harrison. who issued manifesto callinor
upon all the anti-mouopolists in the State 10 an,
pear here on Tuesday, with ribbon attached TO
thelr Suhday-go- go-tO-neeting-coat lapel with the
inscription emblazoned thereon, Purify or
Petrity. is in town. Those he exhorted to come
hither failed to arrive. and X. J. is disconsolote
something desperate may be expected at anv
moment. 1t was stated last evening that this
new-iangled patent-applied-for, anti-monopoly
lobbyist Is having some presentation cards
struck of. preparatory to entering upon the
business OF paralyzing the senate The card. il
Is said represents a case of Milwaukee beer iuyt
- coming around the Horn because it couldn't
get overland on account of determinations and
because a . horn " is striking emblem OF the
" family necCsSaries in which this new de-
paTture lobbyist is a dispenser In the MINER
leit.hand corner the lobbyist is represented as
prylng up and destroying railroad tracks with
whisky bottle for Il lever while near bv stands
a badly-wrecked train. On the right-hand cor
ner Is representation OF a Detriiied sausage
whlcn Is supposed to be timely and striking
warning OF the early condition Of the - dog
goned Senator that fails to vote for the einch
bills.
At 7:a last evening the House Judiciary Com
mittee met in the Assembly Chamherto consider
resolutions regarding the Legality of the cOmpru
mise made by the Attorney-General in the tax 1
cases. Terry. the Chairman, being absent, Vice /
Chairman Johnston presided. Judge Waymirp {
A. l.. Hart D. NJ. Deimas. Attorney General I
Marshal and W. T. Bagectt had been slbpenaed 4
20 appear before the committee ana give testi-
mony on that subject Vs. T. Baggett did not I
appear, but sent communication explaining
his absence, which was accepted. Judge Way
miro was sworn and gave history Of the 10l /
eases so far rs he was acquainted with them
tie had been employed by the Controller and (
and acted in the capaeity Of
In attorney for the state. He said over 90 ofthe
cases had been tried. The evidence in one esel