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

More than half of the members of the ieeis.
lature disappeared fr ON the city immesasately
after the adjournEre Mt on Friday, most of them
going on junkets'ag trips which were being
made by diffefs.nt committees to the various
public institutions in the State. 1t is unneces-
sary to say frat f. 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 srying to ar
rivesat the merits OF various pending measures.
and there was some committee work done.
So far, this session, bills that create any &C.
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
tist.cs, and in those cases the majority has been
SO strong that the opposition resulted in moth
tions are making themselvesfelt in almost every
measure and scarcely any bill of general i'm
portance comes up but that some member an
nounces that 1t is favored or opposed by the
Federated Trades. The cracking of this whip
is all that is sary to decide how a large
number of votes Will CO.
GLENN COUNTY.
The Glenn county bill is the only one that has
discussed among the members of both houses.
1t is hardly proper to say that its
merits are discussed for the fact is that less at
tention is given 90 the merits of the bill than to
the probabilities of its passage The sharp con-
test over the bill on its second reading in the
Assembly on Wednesday last, during which a
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 measure say that it is somewhat
rar, rlroIxl 10 kat p nf nc
and Mr.. StoriSe. 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 s" has been
used to secare votes,for the bill. There has been
a good deal.of talk about 4" sacks" ON both sides
of the question, but the best-inf0rmed members
of the third house have about come to the
conclusion that this fight Is being made
on dialerent basis. they Say that if
the fight is 10 be made on a money
basis the opponents of the bill can put up ten
dollars tc.ene on the part OF its friends. One of
them said last night: ''lt 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 the San francisco delegation voted solidly
for the bill and that there could have been bu.
one reason for it and that was that they had
been bought up happen TO know that there
was nothing of thesk 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
10 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 asready to trade their votes on measures in
which they are not directly interested as the
country members and it was by several very
skiliful 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 10 secure the passage of the
Labor, Commissioners bill, the AUSTRIA ian cleo
ton law. which has the sanction of the FEEDER
ated Trades, and various bills supposed to be i 4
the interest of the laboring classes. Kelly and
his 'riends have done some very fine work and
have made friends among the representatives of
the working classes, but they are liable 10 run
against snag when the bill gets to the Senate
and Boggs shows his hand. The willy Senator
from ColBsa is not asleep and IL it comes to Il
question OF coin he can beat them out of sight"
Taosewho oppose thedivhio on of Colusa county
confine their argument principally to the asser-
any more. and claim that majority of the peo-
pie of the county do not favor the division.
They admit that a majority of The residents of
the territory out of which it is, proposed to
division, but say that the county should not
be divided until the majority of the
people of the whole county desire it.
On the other hand, the advocates of the bill
say that the people of the territory affected are
almost unit for division. The main reasons
advanced are that they are compelled to travel
the expenses of The county government is ex-
brilliant, and that 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
greet benefit to the State in general as well as to
tie 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 ly but effectively. W. II. Sturgeon aud Hy.
Mai. of Santa Ana the proposed county seat,
aIe here, explaining the necessity of division.
Aielegram IRON Anaheifl situa.ed u few miles
north of Santa Ana, in Los Angeles county, says
that liJge meeting was held there on Satur-
day night TO protest against TIE division of the
county, the argument being that taxes are
lighter now thsn they wou d be if a new county
WAS organized, and that the bill is solely ia the
interest OF santa-Ana
CHICO NORMAL. SCHOOL.
The Senate and Assembly Committees on
Education and Public Buildings, accompanied
by secretary OF State Hendricks and Ira 81
Holt. state superintendent of Public InstrHc-
ton. visited the Northern Branch State Normal
School at Chico on Saturday. The party
numbering thirty five. arrived on Friday even
ing aud were entertained in royal style by the
citizens of the place. A banquet was rendered
them by Z. G. Lusk. Ca Saturday the party
visited the Normal School and the State Forestry
Station located three miles from Chico An an
preparation of $50 000 is asked for the Normal
School,
arNpoRs LIQUOR LICENSE.
Mr. Regain has introduced in the Assembly bill
TO establish q uniform State, county, city and
county or municipal liquor license tax for the re
tail sale OF lssuors in less quantities than five gal
ions. provides that every dealer selling shall
pay s21 quanerly in advance all such license
money to be paid into the general fund of the
county, OF. vhge consolidated the city and county
treasury, and be apportioned 10 such respective
funds thereofss the local legislative authorities
may designate. No license is to be issued until
the applicant shall file permit from at least
twelve property holders within the locality of
the county or city and county in which the
license is applied FOR. The license may be re-
property holder of the lo csli.y that the liquor
seller conducts his business in a disorderly or
improper manne-. Upon such complaint the
criminal case fora misdem esnor. The penalty
for selling without the spec Tied license is fixed
at not less than $50 nor n tore thar $500. or by
imprisonment in the count Jail not exceeding
six months or by both fine al VI imprisonment.
TO PREVENT GAMBLING AT PAIRS.
Assembly Bill Ne. Sls. ii urodueed by Mr..
Ostrosn, amenda'ory of the Act, 10 foru agricult-
ural districts, TO proyde for tn organization of
agricultural associations ther Ella, fox the man
agement and control ofthe sa me blythe State,
adds two new sections as folio, VS.
Section liza. The moneys VIII ica shall be an
nnaliy Appropriated By the Il yaslatuse OF the
state, for he use OF the several Neleties organ
lied under this Act, shall not bel drawn from
the Treasury of the State until be close of the
annual iasr of the district makh Il application
Tor the money, and then only on e lag with the
Controller Of State an affidavit of SN the Direc-
tors of the association so applying, Sabstarially
in the following form:
State of California, County Of
Here insert the name of .,he Direc tors being
duly sworn. each for himself saws: That he is,
and during the annual fair of the 81 >cult2ral
association organized for No. :, was Director
of said organization.
That no gambling was allowed on ny afsthe
grounds or in any of the buildings u udez,the