The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-24
HOMESICK SOLONS.
Legislators Anxious to Take a
Holiday.
JUDGE Skaters Speech Against The carry
Court Contempt Bill,
Spirited Debate in the Senate Over the Eight
Hour Question Citizens Protest
Against POOl-RO0ms'
Special to THE MORNING CALI

SACRAMENTO, Jan 23-The Legislature
evinced a decided preference for getting
home to-day, and it took the most deter
mined efforts of the "whippers in" to keep
them in line long enough 10 agree to meet
tomorrow morning and read bills for the
first time" The listening to the reading Of
the bills will undoubtedly prove hardship
upon some OF the statesmen whose ony
self-imposed duties thus far nave OeeH 10
find emf TO what particular committees their
respective bills have been referred. The
fear Of the power Of the House as repre-
scented by tie Serseaut-at-Arms has been
sufficient to curb some Of the members look
ing for adventure, but when the roll Of the
Assembly is called tomorrow there will, / t
Is said. be some OF the bJldest members alb
seat.
THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
In the Senate this morning there was
splritrd debate on the eight-aour question.
and on Makers bin providing that eight
hours shall constitute days work, where
the work is performed under the direction
Of the State. Cauiall and OStrom said
there is A clause in the bill that they feared
would force contractors to make and record
every contract which would have 10 be made
with every lah0rer Who worked even few
hours. Craudau claimed that unless these
petty contracts were made the laborer could
not recover his wages. OstrOm remarked
tina; he belonged 10 a class-Jhe farmers
who had to work from sixteen to twenty
hours every day. Campbell of Solano then
replied TO Crandall aud O-tr0m, whom he
a.. rel 80
political partjrs-the Republican and Demo-
cratic-both Of which bugged the working
men t. their b0soms during political cam
pagns, but turned from him the moment
measure for his Oene fit was proposed in the
Legislature. He sal these friends of labor
mig ut propose to eypunge the eight-hour
law from the statute books, so that a record
might be made and the laborer know his
srne friends
Mahar, who introduced the bill, said that
the measure did not deny the privilege
asked by De Long, its only object was TO
make the eight-hOuU law good.
1t was finally agreed to refer the bill with
ls amendments, aud the bill to retain its
place on tie nile.
AGAINST THE PoOL-ROosGs.
The following copy of the petition signed
Oy San FRANCISCO rltZens asking that the bl, l
to close the ool-rooms be passed was pre-
scented to the Senate this afternoon BY Sepa-
tor Campbell:
THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY," FOR THE .,
SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
Goa Mei ehaut 81. SaU Francisco. Jan. 10
To the senators and Members Of the LegisIG-
ttue ot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: We the I'M.
deisleued, respectfully represent thar a great
ana growing evil throughout our State more
e>ptciHY ia the large cill-s. Is the existence OF
public pool ana betting rooms
CoIntlalnts OF these establishments are being
constantly made 10 this society and We consider
ehuItS 70 restrict ms evil as one OF the duties of
This society, aud it is urged upon "a tbat nor univ
90 Young men and Others Yield 10 the TEMPTATION
Il wager ileir own money, but IN many cases the
money OF thelr parents and employers
there Is no doubt that these institutions lea(
with unerrlng Certainty hundreds of our youu.
men 10 the commission of crime and 10 ruin
Being advised that there Is 10 existing law un
der which they can be SUPPRESSED we most earn
eSily ask your honorable BODY TO pass some acl
that VIII ehectually abate this pernlciOus and
growing evil: And your petitioners will ever