The morning call., 1891-02-25
THE LEGISLATURE.
Action on the Ballot Bill Again
Deferred.
Report Of the Committee Investigating The
Electric Read Scandal.
The Federated Trades and The Anti Boycott
Bill Governor Markham Signs the
Police Measure.


II bore the name of the President and Sec
tretary of one of the strongest branches of
he Farmers Alliance in the State, and was
added to the tons of waste paper that have
accumulated since the session commenced.
Waste paper it was, because no attention
Was paid TO it. Tie Ballot Bill, which was
to come up for final action at $3.50 O'clock,
was no. heard of until o'clock. when
OsirOm demanded that it be taken UP.
De Long OF Marin, who has not hitherto
appeared among the enemies of the Dill,
placed himself at their head. The bill was
introduced early in the session, and was re-
ported back by the Committee on Elections
weeks ago, yet De Long said he had not
read it, and did not want to have it taken
up until he had baen given time to consider
it. He moved that it be made special or
der for Friday morning. Then with daz-
cling Inconsistency he declared that he was
a friend of this bill, which he had not read,
and was going to vote for it-on Friday
morning.
osTROM INDIGNANT.
Ostrom Indignantly opposed this palpabie
attempt to kill the bill. He knew very well
that if consideration OF the bill was post
poned until Friday morning it would
not reach the Assembly until the last week
in the session when it would be crowded 10
the wall by the Apportionmeut and Appro-
priation bills and the few remaining meas
ures that the corporations want paSsed. OS-
from in very plain language informed De
LoHG that all the time that would be desired
by him or any other member of the Senate
to consider the bill had been given them. A
great amount of labor had been layished
upon the measure, it had been compared
with the election laws of many States and
he believed that no bill introduced daring
the session had been better understood than
il. The Legislature OF Oregon passed a SIM
liar bill in fourteen days. He did not know
what motive aetuated the members who
were laboring to delay consideration of the
bill, but lie knew that delay would KILT and
the people of the State without regard TO
party would visit with vengeance those who
Were responsible for its defeat.
FRIENDS AND ENEMIES.
He moved to make the bill a special order
for Wednesday morning, believing that by
that tine DE Long would lave had time
enough 10 read it. The vote on this motion
put the friends and enemies of the bill on
record.
Ayes - Banks, Berry, Britt Goucher,
Hamill, Harp, Mahoney. McComas, Me
GUwan, Mead. OstrUm. WEIGH, w. II. WILL
iams-13
Noes-Bailey. Broderict, Byrnes. Camp
BELL OF Si,kiyOu, Carpenter, Crandall, De
Long. Denison, Everett, Fraser, Heac0ck,
Mayher, Preston, R1gS1ale, Shippee, Simp-
son, StTee:er and G. L. Williams-1s.
Maher and SimpSon stated that they were
In favor of the bill and voted against post
poning consideration of it until tomorrow
because they were in favor Of acting upon
II at once. De Long then moved that the con-
sderation of the bill be a special order for
Thursday afternoon and the notion was
carried
THE ANTI-BoYCoTT BILL.
The Federated Trades of Sacram ento pro-
duced proof TODAY that the Anti-Boycott
Bill introduced 10y Senator Campbell Of So
lanO Is in the interest Of the owners of the
Sacramento Bee, which is under a boycott
Every meuOe received a circular protesting
against the passage OF CdmDbelPs bill Of
which the following IS statement: " The
author OF the bill, Senator Campbell If So
lam, denies that tie Bee has anything TODD
with the Introduction of the bill but that
the propietors OF the Bee are using every
exerIiOn lis their power to have the measure
enacted mo law, and thus crush the life out
of every mblnatiup of labOriDg men Tor
their stli-d-iense, the following circular
letter viii show. 1t has been scattered broad
cast throughout I'll e State but as been kept
so secret that is has only come TO light in
laboriuE circles within the: last forty-eight
hours.
Persona')
SACRAMENTO tCal.), Feb. IL, 1891.
DeGr Sir-1be lnclosed DILL to amend Section
1S2 OF The Penal Code 10 relation 10 coDspiracies
has been introduced by Senator Campbell of
SolanO, Trend Of labOT, boilermaker by trade
and now foreman In The Mare Island Navy
yard. The Dill Is now in the hands OF the judi
eiary Committee OF tie Senate. The same bill
has been Introduced in the Assembly and VIII
doubtless be referred TO the Assembly Judiciary
COmmitlee. Tie bill Is stated by its author as
intended 10 offer protection against the
system of boycotting, which, IL carried 10
lis inevitable conclusion, will result In
paial yZhg Tie Industries and manufactures
OF the country ana prevent capital investing
In enlerprlses that Will be OF benefit to the COM
nluHty. lie bill Is so framed rs TO protect the
worNIhgman as well az inst Illegal combna-
tous aud Is similar 10 the law to be found ON the
statute books of most OF the Eastern States. We
respectfully suggest that II the objects OF the
Dill appear 10 you proper yOn VIII write per-
Sonally aud at once 10 such members OF either
House of the Legislature as you may know or
have influence with urging The passage of he bill
In tie Interest OF the community and that You
induce others who Will have most influence 10 do
the same. SUCH letters should be sent particularly
to The members OF the judiciary Committee,
~bo VIII act first on the bill. In addition, con-
eeiled action on the part OF Boards OF Trade,
business interests, etc. Is advisable TO counter
act The efforts OF the Federated Trades, which,
at meeting In San Francisco on the 9Th inst,
ANNOUNCED its determination To kill any bill that
will Interfere in any way with tie use OF the
coWaTdly and uu-American boycott. AS the ses-
sion Is last drawing 10 close any action 10 be
effective must be taken al once Respectfully
JAMES MCCLATCHY & Co.
The author of the bill is foreman in
Mare Island Maynard, ana, while he
boasts that he is q friend of labor he openly
admits that he would press the bill to
It's final passage though every union man on
the Coast opposes 1t. God protect the Ia
boring man from such friends. Every
Wage-earner must do his duty. Let your
representatives know that you are i'll deep
earnest and that their action will not soon
be forgotten. This bill must be defeated or
your organizations viii be destroyed"
THE ELECTRIC-RoAD SCANDAL.
Gould's committee appointed to investi-
gate charges made in the press that MEM
hers Of the Assembly had held out Tor a
bribe on the electric bills reported tonight,
The report gives the names of all the wit
nesses and states that the committee have
been unable to find any one to whom w. W.
Camron made any statement such as was
attributed 10 hun in the press. His testi-
mony relative to Choices offer to Introduce
p. him 10 thirty marketable Assemblymen is
reproduced with Choices denial, and
the committee state that they are
satisfied from the tone of Choices de-
NAL that he did make the offer
TO sell the AsSembymen and they Conclude
that Mr.. Choice was an irresponsible per-
sen who was endeavoring to extort money
from MT. Cameron and his friends by
p pretense Of knowledge and influence that lie
never had and that his denials are abso-
luteiy false, and we would respectfully
recommend that he be excluded from ali
parts OF the Capitol within the jurisdiction
OF the Assembly as disreputable person
whose presence is a diScredit 10 any
sssemblage Of reputable men,"
1T WAS A HOAX.
With reference to the Posts interview
With Mayor Glascock, in which the Mayor
was quoted as saying that he did not believe
me electric bills would be passed if tie
AsSemDlymen were not paid for passing
thein, and concerning which the correspond
egt OF the Post testified that he had gained
ms Impression of the Mayors idea on the
Dill from a conversation with a newspaper
man, the committee declared: I'VE onsiier
that the correspondent of the Post was en-
trely unjustified in atlributing these words
to MT. Glascock upon such a foundation.
and IL the purpose of his informant was to
perpetrate hoax on the Post reporter his
effort was eminently successful"
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
The railroad company has many true and
tried friends In the Assembly, more, in fact,
than the people of the State who ara nav