Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-28
COMING CONTESTS.
IMPORTANT MEASURES BEFORE
THE LEGISLATURE
The Status of the Glenn County
Fight-Combinatic, ms Entered
Into on Bot n Sides.

More than half OF IN e members of the fscis-
lature disappeared fr ON the city imme,asately
after the adjournrae Mt on Friday, most of them
going on jonkeu'ag trips which were being
made By difers.nt committees to the various
public institutions in the State. 1t is unneces.
sary to say tsat Ell of these had enjoysble times
as the mansgerz of such institutions are always
very Liberal In their entertainment OF legislative
guests when they have bills pending which call
for their support. Of those who remained IN
the city, some put in hard work in trying to ar
rivezat the merits OF various pending measures
and there was some committee work done.
So far, this session, bills that create any de-
gree of excitement have been very rare In the
Senate, up to this time, the only bills which
have created even a ripple on the surface have
been connected with the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistcs, and in those cases the majority has been
so strong that the opposition resulted in moth
ing more than protest. The labor erganiza
lions are making themselvesfe felt in almost every
measure and scarcely any bill ofgeneral i'm
nounces that 1t is favored or opposed by the
Federated Trades. The cracking of this whip
is all that is necessary to decide how large
number of votes will go.
l.
The Glenn county bill is the only one that has
created sufficient excitement to have Its merits
discussed among the members of both houses.
1t is hardly proper to- say that its
merits discussed for the fact is that less at
tenton is given 90 the merits of the bill than to
the probabilities of its passage. The sharp con-
test over the bid on its second reading in the
Assembly on Wednesday last, during which
number of votes were taken which in some
measure indicated the strength of the bill, has
given rise to all sorts OF comments on the mo-
tives of members in the casting of their votes.
Friends of the measureisay that it is somewhat
remarkable that Mt. Briefly, of Los Angeles,
and Mr.. Stor2le, of Santa Barbara should be so
deeply interested in,the welfare of the people OF
Colusa as to he the leaders of the opposition to
the bill. and attempt to defeat it by par lament
airy tactics On the other hand Mr. Mathews,
of Tehama, in his remarks on Wednesday,
broadly iptimated that the sack" has been
used to secSre votes'for the bill. There has been
a good deal'of talk about =" sacks" on both sides
of the question, but the best Informed members
conclusoQ that this fight is being made
on a dbaerent basis they say that if
the fight is 20 be made on a money
basis the opponents of the bill can put up ten
dollars tceue on the part OF its friends. One of
them said last night: 1T is all very well to
talk aboute sack but i would like to see the
man who has got it. 1t was said the other day
that theSsn francisco delegation voted soiidly
for the bill and that there could have been but
one reason for il and that was that they had
been bought up. happen TO know that there
was nothing of the.kind in that case The rep
resentatives from San Francisco are pinned
down good deal closer by certain classes
OF their constituents than the members from the
countrysare. They are pledged before election
TO secure the passage of certain measures and
they know it is political death for them if they
do not do so. AS natural consequence they
are asiready TO trade their votes on measures in
which they are not directly interested as the
country members and it was by several very
skillful combinations that their votes
were secured for the Glenn county bill.
They have no direct interest in the mat
ter, whether the county is divided or not,
but they do want TO secure the passage of the
Labor. Commissioners bill, the austria lian cleo.
ton law, which has the s.nction of the FEEDER
ated Trades, aDd various bills supposed to be i n
the interest of the laboring classes. Kelly and
his Tiends have done some very fine work and
have made friends among the representatives of
the working classes, but they are liable To run
against snag when the bill gets tothe Senate
and Boggs shows his hand. The willy Senator
from ColBsa is not asleep and it it comes to a
question of coin he can beat them out of sight"
Taosewho oppose thedivision of Colusa county
confine their argument principally to the asser
ton that it Is bad policy TO cut up the counties
any more. and claim that majority of the peo-
pie of the county do not favor the division.
They admit that majority OF the residents of
the territory out of which it is proposed to
erect the new county of Glenn are in favor of
division, but say that the county should not
be divided until the majority of the
On the other hand, the advocates of the bill
say that the people of the territory affected are
almost a unit for division. The main reasons
advanced are that they are compelled to travel
too far TO the county seat; that their snare of
the expenses of the county government is ex-
orbitant, and that q division of the county
would result in the cutting up of large tracts of
land, enhance the value of property and stimu-
late improvements that it would result in
great benefit to the State in general as well to
toe territory affected. The citizens of Colusa
county have been granted the use of the Assem-
bly, chamber for tomorrow evening, when it is
understood the arguments for and against the
propose d division will be set forth in full.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The bill for the division of Los Angeles county
and the organization of the county of Orange out
of it's southern portion, is being worked very
quie ~ but effectively. ". ii. Surgeon aud Hy.
Nsai. of Santa Aua the proposed county seat,
are here, explaining the necessity of division
Atelegram from Anahe;m. situas ed few miles
north of Santa Ana, in Los Angeles county, SAYS
that liJge meeting was held there on Satur-
day night TO protest against tee division of the
county, the argument being that taxes are
lighter now thsn they wou d be if new county
was organized, and that the bill is solely ia the
interest OF canta-Ana-
CHICO NORMAL SCHOOL
The Senate and Assembly Committees on
Education and Public Buildings. accompanied
by secretary of State Hendricks and Ira C.
Hoitt. State superintendent of Public Instrac-
ton. visited the Northern Branch State Normal
School at Chico on Saturday. The party
numbering thirty-tive. arrived on Friday even
ing aud were entertained in royal style by the
them by Z. c. Lusk. Ga Saturday the party
visited the Nounai School and the State Forestry
Station located three miles from Chico. An APP
preparation of $50 0O0 is asked for the Normal
School.
srNfYoRM LIQUOR LICENSE.
Nj. Regain has introduced in the Assembly bill
10 establish a uniform State. county, city and
county, municipal liquor license tax for the re-
tail sale OF liquors in less quantities than five gal
Ions. II provides that every dealer so selling shall
pay 81 quanerly in advance, all such license
money to be paid into the general fund of the
county, or. whFe consolidated the city and county
treasury, and be apportioned TO such respective
funds thereofss the local legislative authorities
may designate No license Is to be issued until
the applicant shall file a PERM. from at least
twelve properly holders within the locality of
the county OF city and county in which the
voked upon. complaint, in writing, of any
property holder of the 10 cali.y, that the liquor
seller conducts ibis busin ess in & disorderly or
dmepr9per name. upoh such complaint the
criminal case for misdem earaor. The penalty
for selling without the spec tied license is fixed
at not less than $50 nor sose thai $500. or by
imprisonment in the count iail not exceeding
SIX months. or By both fine alA imprisonment.
TO PREVENT GAMBLING Al El1ss.
Assembly Bill No. 3l3. II ttrodueed by Mr.
Ostrom, amenda DRY of the Act; 10 forlr sgricult-
urai districts. to provide for tn organization of
agrlcuitural ASSOCIATIONS tber e11. f0- the man
sgement and control ofthe sa yae blythe State,
ADDS two new sections. as folio, va
SECTION liza. The moneys VIII tc1s shall be an
nually appropriated by the L. yaslatnie of the
state, for he use OF the several he eties organ
lied under this Act, shall not bel drawn from
the Treasury of the State untilt be close of the
annual fair of the district maki II application
for the money, and then only on O Lag with the
Controller of State an affidavit of Ill the Direc-
tors OF ths association so applying, svahstsr.ially
In the following FORM
State of California, County Of
Here insert the name of The Direc tors, .being
duly sworn. each for himself saws: Tiaathe is.
and during the annual fair of the sr.cuitsral
association organized for No. =, was Dtector
OF said organization.
That no gambling was allowed on ny atthe
grounds or in any of the buildings udar the
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