Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-24
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The Legislature.

SACRAMENTO, April % -Senate--A
sharp contest occurred on the amend
ment placing the matter Of the prosecu.
tion OF tar cases In the hands Of the At
torney General instead Of the Controller.
Spencer, Of Hapa, delivered smart
speech in which he did not spare Mar
shall, and insisted on the States interests
being confided to an officer in whose
hands they would be safe. Cross re.
piled, scoring the Controller and charg-
ing him with having already had an nm
derstanding with certain attorneys for
the conduct Of the suits. This charge
was denied point blank by Reddy. On
this question the vote was Is to Is aud
was carried by the casting vote Of Dag
gett.
In the House an amendment was
adopted making the terms of the Rail-
way Commissioners six years, one Com
missioner to go out of office every two
years. Another amendment provided
that the Commissioners hereafter should
not be removed without investigation.
A large number Of other amendments
were moved by Granger, Cutter and 9th.
crs and lost. 1t was decided that the
bill should be submitted to the people of
the State ut q special election to bc held
thirty days after its signature by The
Governor. The bill was then ordered
engrossed and to third reading.
Amendment to the wallace Bill.
SACRAMENTO, April 30. The Wallace
bill, to impose an income tax upon rail
roads delinquent for taxes as amended
by the Committee, was taken up. Muir
ply, Chairman of the Committee, offered
an amendment to apply the bill only to
railroads as 1t passed the assembly. The
vote recurred on the Committees amend.
ment, and ii was adopted. Cross sup.
ported it IN brief speech and ii was
carried, 20 TO II. The special order of
the bill to amend the Constitution to re-
move the railroad commissioners, was
postponed until tomorrow morning.
Tne RaiIrOnd Com missioners BiIi.
SACRAMENTO, April 23--The Assem-
bly, adopted an amendment to elect the
railroad commissioners for two
years, one for four years, aid one for six
years
Minute Clerk Conway Arrested.
SACRAMENTO, April 23.-Assembly-
man Leverson this afternoon swore to
complaint in the Police Court charging
Il. +. Conway with wilfully and unlaw.
fully emitting to peif rm his duty as
public officer. Conway is Minute Clerk
Of the Assembly an refused to enter on
the minutes the protest entered by Lev
.rson. A warrant was issued for the
arrest Of Conway.
in Favor of Blaine.
SACRAMENTO, April 23.-The Rspubli-
can County Convention met here to-day.
Resolutions endorsing Blaine for Prc4i-
dent were adopted; also resolutions ex-
dressing confidence in President Arthur.
Some effort was made by friends of Ar
thur and Edmunds to prevent the adop
tion of the Blaine resolutions. Dele
gates were choltn to the State Conven.
tion.
The uill-sharOn scandal.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.--ln the
Sharon divorce case to-day Hi, Sharon's
Chinese servant, testified that Miss Hill
frequently visited the Senator'S rooms
at the Palace Hotel during the absence
of the latter. On one occasion she gave
XII So for the privilege Of putting some
black powder in Sharon's wine. What
the powder wa he did not know. He
told Sharon about it when he returned.
Sharon told him to throw the wine out.
Witness repeated his testimony that the
plaintiff offered him $500 to kill Miss
Dietz's baby.
Rain Up North.
San FRANCISCO, April 23.-The Sig
nal Service reports that the rainfall here
to-day amounted to ID hundredths of
an inch. The rain ceased about p. NJ.
The weather is now clear. Rain also
fell at Sacramento, Red Bluff, Napa and
along the northern coast.
Died From His Wounds
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23--Tsaac Alb
bott, the unfortunate member Of the
Dashaway Association who was acci-
dentally shot by Amasa Thayer, when he
drew revolver to shoot another mem.
ber, Edward Frodsl am, with whom he
had an alteration, died this afternoon.
rhayer will be charged with murder
although he did not kill the man he in
tended.
Wheat and Barley Mnrket.
SAN FRANCISCO, April %. - Wheat,
steady but dull, seller, season, 81 400
81 .40l. Barley, steady but dull; seller,
1901; buyer, season, .7S4@.7Sa.
Tba Sto.pY nn.,.s
SAN Francisco, April %. - Best &
Belcher, sl.35; Chollar, 5000; Con.
'olidated Virginia. -; Crown Point,
81. Is; Eureka Con-, $40; Gould 4
Curry, Sl.l5; Hale h Norcross, Sl.lO;
Sl,00; Northern Belle, -;Ophir,
-; Potosi, As; Savage, .25; Sierra
Nevada, SLIGO; Union Consolidated,