Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-27
The Early Struggles for
State Division.
A Bill Passed by the State
Legislature.
The Year 1859 q Successful One
for the DivisiOnists.
The Details OF the Votes ON the Bill
In the Senate and ASSEM-
biy-An Election
Held.
Icy D. A. CECIL srEpHENs-ARrrcLn vnr.I

IBY d. A. CECIL STEPHENS-ARTlCLh VuA.I J
The year 1859 was peculiarly success
full one for the state divisionists. The
Northern Calfornians opened the cam
paign by introducing bill in the tenth
session of the state Legislature, which
sat that year at Sacramento. 1t was
assembly bill No. liza, and authorized
the citizens north of the 40th parallel
of latitude, in the counties of Siskiyou,
Del Norte. Klamath, Humbolt. Trinity,
Shasta, Plumas and Tehama, to with
draw from the state, and organize
separate government. The bill was re-
ferred to special committee, which
recon mended that it be referred to the
delegates from the counties wishing to
withdraw. 1t seems to have died there.
as nothing more was ever heard from it.
The Southern Californians came to
the front with bill, which went
through all right. The Hon. Andre,
Pico. on February -. 1859, introduced
into the state assembly a joint resou-
ton relative to the formation OF sepa-
rate government for the southern coun-
ties, namely. San Luis Obispo. Buena
Vista (now Kern), Santa Barbara, Los
Angeles. San RernardiDo and San Diego,
to be known as the territory OF Colo
RADIO. :,
The resolution was read the first and
second times, and referred to special
committee, consisting OF Andres Pico, OF
Los Angeles; Eugene Lies, OF Santa
Barbara; Jacob B. Moore, of San Fran
cisco: Francis L. Aud. of Yuba; Will
liam f. Watkins, OF Siskiyou; Fordyce
Bates, of Trinity, and G. N. Douglas. Of
Ell Dorado, and the resolution was or
dered printed.
Only the minority report of this COM
mittee is to be found in the published
proceedings OF the state Legislature. With
the characteristic unfairness OF Northern
California towards the south, the major
ity report was suppressed in the pub
lished proceedings OF the legislature.
The mai ,rity favored the bill. me
dissenting members OF the committee
were Aud of Yuba and Moore OF San
Francisco. They sneer'ngly referred TO
the movement as "this measure OF seces-
sion." and further say:
iThe twelfth article of our constitu-
t;on describes what shall be the bound
aries of the state of California, and this
makes the designated limits OF the same
as much a part of said constitution as
anv other portion of the same. This be-
ing the deliberate opinion of the under
signed"
They then suggest that the separation
NAV be accomplished only in two ways !:
1. By an act of the Legislature amend
ing the constitution OF lS49.
2 BY a new constitution.
They further reported:
"The present constitution OF this state
was framed by delegates freely chosen
from all parts Of the state, including the
yery territory proposed to be cut of,
and then after the same had been
passed or agreed to, the constitution was
in due form OF law submitted as an en-
tirety to the entire people OF the state
for their ratification or rejection, and
the same was adopted by an overwhelm-
On March 25th the bill was passed by
the assembly by 81 ayes against 70 noes,
and went to the senate.
Frank M. Pixley Of SaE Francisco
gave notice in the assembly OF reconsld-
Grafton. The senate asked for concur
renee of certain amendments, which the
assembly granted by vote OF 81 ayes
against II noes.
On April 9th, the vote passing. the
bill came up in the assembly for consld'
Grafton, which was refused by the fol-
lowing vote:
FOES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Ayes: Francis L. Aud of Yuba, James
A. Banks OF San Francisco, William r.
Barclay OF Calaveras, Chris W. Callahan
of Nevada, F. E. Cannon of Butte, John
w. Cherry OF San Francisco, Nathan
Cutler of Solano, John Eaggett OF Hum.
boldt and Del Norte, Charles E. De Long
of Yuba, William Dow OF Tuolumne, III.
w. Dunlap OF Colusa and rehama, 4.
r Ellis of Sacramento, A. s. Ellsworth
of San Diegot y, Mortimer Fuller OF Yubaa,
A. y. Gregory OF Mariposa and Merced,
Albert A. Hill OF San Francisco, Thomas
I,aspeyre of San Joaquin, Luis X. Lull
.of San Francisco, Walter Murray OF San
Iuis Obispo, Frank M. Pixley OF San
Francisco, William p. Rogers OF Ala
media. Thomas B. Shannon OF Plumas,
William w, Shepard of San Francisco,
lanes p. Springer of Santa Clara, Og-
den Souires of FL Dorado, w. r. Wing
Of Placer and D. L. Whitney OF Sierra
27.
FRIENDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Noes-Willam r. Armstrong OF Ne
vada, Fordyce Bates of Trinity, Aldred
Briggs Of FL Dorado, S. M. Buck OF Tu-
olumne, George H. Crenshaw of Mari
posa and Merced, John Caldwell OF Ne
vada, William Coleman of FL Dorado,
G. A. Douglas and G. N. Douglas OF III
Dorado, John A.. Eagon of Amador and
Alpine, Harrison Gwin of Yolo, Henry
Hancock of Los Angeles, Benjamin s.
Hines OF Contra Costa, Robert Howe oi
Tuolumne, A.. r. jackson of Sacra-
mento, James A. johnson of Sierra,
Joseph B. Lamar Of Sonoma and Men
docino, Eugene Lies Of Santa Barbara,
Marion Malarin Of Monterey, Philip
Moore of Nevada, Charles E. Mount Of
Calaveras, Andres Pico of Los Angeles,
James Nj. Roane of Fresno, John 8.
Robertson OF Sonome and Mendoctno,
James E. Sheridan OF Sacramento, n.
g. ,Sloas OF Ell dorado, Charles B.. Street
of Shasta. G. L. N. Vaughn Of Sutter,