Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-20
STATE LEGISLATION.
Bowers Scores on the Mort
gage Tax Bill.
DISTRICT FAIR POOL-SELLING
The Viticultural Co mmissiOn Run
ming Cafe and Hiring
Kate Field.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALl

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SACRAMENTO, February 19.-In the
Senate consideration of the Governors
reappointment as Prison Director oi
Depue was postponed till Thursday.
The special committee to investigate
commissions reported a bill establishing
one Commissioner of Agriculture and
abolishing all other commissions under
that head. Jones moved that one thous-
and dollars be appropriated to send Rail-
road Commissioners to the meeting Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
at Washington. Lost.
Senate bill 102, an act to amend the
Political code relating to place where
taxes may be paid, passed.
The Committee on Hospitals reported
favorably the Feeble Minded bill, with
Santa Clara stricken out.
A long debate occurred this afternoon
over the motion by Moffitt, of Alameda,
to push the bill upon the file. The Chair
man wanted the question settled for
future guidance. After the matter was
discussed pro and con for an hour, vote
was taken, and the motion lost.
Bowers, of San Diego, called up his
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Senate refused to adopt the amend.
ment to the Constitution sabolishing the
mortgage tax, and made long speech in
support of his motion. Some discussion
followed, and vote was finally taken.
The motion carried. Further considera-
ton of the matter was postponed until
Monday.
The second reading of bills was then
taken up. A heated debate occurred on
the Senate Bill providing that agricul-
tural district fairs cannot draw their ap-
preparations if pool-selling is allowed on
the grounds. 1t was contended that pool
selling corrupted the morals of youth
and degraded the fairs. Sprague, Boggs
and Moffitt opposed the bill on the
ground that the bill would not stop the
pools, and that its only effect would be
to ruin the district and State fairs. Va
rious amendments were offered but all
were voted down.
THE ASSEMBLY.
SACRAMENTO, February 19.-At the
James, of San Luis Obispo, introduced a
IcSOLublOu, WulCu was duOplCu, dutuOTlZ-
ing the Committee on Viticulture and
Viniculture to investigate the charges
that the Viticultural Committee has,
contrary to law and public policy,
opened 2 sort of cafe in Platt's Hall, in
San, Francisco, anu engaged Kate Field
to lecture in the East.
The following bills were introduced:
By Storke, relative to the duties OF the
State Treasurer; by Solomon. an act to
money in aid of building and
furnishing a home for soldiers, widows
and orphans, and army nurses, and for
the support of INDECENT persons in the
home OF the Womans' Relief Corps AS
sociation.
Several deficiency and claims bills
were passed when the bill to appropriate
$50, 1000 to pay the claim of Dennis
Jordan for work done and material fur
nished at Folsom State Prison was
reached. A long discussion ensued re-
garding the merits of the claim and con-
tinued up to the hour of adjournment.
SACRAMENTO, February 19.-There
were several speeches made this after
noon against the bill to establish an
industrial school at Los Angeles, wave
of economy having struck the House.