The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-16
CUTTING EXPENSES.
A Desire to Economic in the
Legislature.
Fourteen Committees and Many Employees
to Be Dispensed With.
No More Junketi1g TFipS-The Bill to In
crease San FranCiSCO'S Police Force
FaVOrably Reported On.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

brought forth the desired results. This IS
not Doodle Legislature. The saloon-Reep-
ers of the town are growing because their
receipts are far below the receipts of that
glorious Buckley year, when Sacramento
everfowed with Doodle and whisky; and.
in stead Of schemes TO drain tile public purse,
measures for retrenchment and economy are
coming to the front.
Speaker Coombs has cut off fourteen COM
mittees, and be informs your representative
that tLis will result in a saving to the State
of SjCOO,
A caucus was held this morning for the
purpose Of determining what employees can
be dispensed with. No definite conclusion
YVES reached, and another meeting will be
held tC-uight.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH FAVORED.
Measures for reform still crop up. Sena-
tor Meow an this morning introduced
resolution providing that CALIFORNIA; Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress use all
honorable means 10 establish postal tele-
graph aud an express department in connec-
zion with the osial service of the United
States. The resolution was passed unani-
mous!y, and will be forwarded TO the PIesl-
dent Of the United States and CaifOrnia's
representatives.
This is what Postmaster Wanamaker has
been praying Tor and what the managers OF
the telegraph and express companies do not
very arGentlY desire.
Aprupus If the employment Of women in
the STAKE offices it will be remembered that
Campbell Of SOlanO set his face against 1t.
He Is aged and Is lrasclble at times. There
Is another Campbell in the Senate who halls
from SiskIyOu and who IS said 10 have
caused tie employment Of Miss Agnes
Vance as assistant postmistress at salary
Of 81 per day. That is one dollar per day
moIe than The POstmistreSs receives. and
the matter has been brought to the attention
of the Acknowledgement, who decides that
the employment Of Miss Vance IS legal, but
that she cannot receive higher salary than
her superior Your correspondent IS in
formed that bill TO increase the salary Of
the PostmiStress TO 81 a day Will he intro
duced at once.
CHARGING Up sTREET-CAR FARES.
Tie Committee on Mileage of the House
has asked Acknowledgement Hart Just
what is meant by The following section of
the Political Code: Members of the Leg
islature shall receive SIS per diem, payable
weekly, during the session of the Leglsla-
ture, AMI 10 cents per mile for each mile Of
travel to and fTom their residences and the
place Of holding the session"
The question which the Attorney General
had to answer included The right of a mem
Der to charge the State at the rate of 10
cents per mile for his street-car fare to the
railroad depot from his home,
The Atorney-General answers: at Is
quite evident that member of the Assem-
bly, is entitled to mileage from his house to
Sacramento, and that the distance will be
governed aud measured from the residence
to the capital by the most ordinary and ex-
peditious route" Whence 1t appears that a
member Of the Legislature residing near
Golden Gate Park can charge the State 10
cents Tor every mile he traverses on his
way to the ferry.
CLERKS FOR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.
Senator Seawell who will have his little
joke at tile expense of his Republican oppo-
nents, introduced the following resolution,
which was adopted with general enthusi-
asm: InaSlnuch as it appears that each of
the tWenty-seYen Republican Senators has
a clerk at q per diem Of So, and the twelve
Democratic Senators are denied the conve-
nieuce OF a clerk, and iuasmuch as The Dem
Ocratic Senators are not presumed to have
the scholarly attaiumeuts and culture of the
Republican Senators, and inasmuch as they
may be compelled 10 submit many minority
reports, III the preparation OF which tue serY-
ices OF a clerk are essential.
Therefore, be it res lived, that each of the
Democratic Senators be allowed a clerk at
per diem of So to be paid out of the Con-
Assemblyman Young has introduced a
comprehensive anu-samlng law against
pool, chance OF wager on the result of the
trial OF speed, skill or power between
horses or men, or in any pastime by lot or
hazard outside of race track or hall
wherein tTlal OF speed, etc, takes place.
Fol violation Of the law the penalty is jail
for six months or tue OF $500.
In the bill offered by Young S195, 900 has
been appropriated for sea-wall at San
Diego.
woMAN's SUFFRAGE.
Mauock evidently believes in woman
suffrage il he is the author of the bill to be
presented proyiaing that women shall vote
at any election for officers In incorporated
towns and that their votes shall be put in
separate ballot-bOXes and separately counted.
i. X Clark presented bill providing that
in publishing legal advertisement the Pre-
siding Judge or Clerk of the Court ordering
the advertisement shall have the advertise
ment printed In such daily or weekly paper
as the person interested designates.
Bert II San francisco introduced a bill
making the salary Of each Justice of the
Supreme Court $4,000, and the salary OF
the Judge Of the Superior Court in counties
of first class $1,000, and second class $500.
An incompetent person" is defined in the
chill by Senator HeacOck as one who though
not insane IS by reason Of age, disease,
weakness OF mind or ignorance, unable
unaSsisted TO manage his property or him.
self.
BAD FOR CORPORATIONS
Farmers will be interested in an act pre-
scented by Senator McGowan that corpora
tons furnishing water to irrigate land can
collect rates permitting them TO receive only
l per cent on the investment MCGOWAN
also presented bill dissOlying corporations
for specializing in land and annuiling their
charters.
In a bill by Everett Camping for Police
Court is inqlgue1 in tl4 list of ofFaDOau
punishable for vagrancy.
NEW OFFICES.
MANY new Offices are provided for in a
Dill by Mahoney of San Francisco. They
are State seaers of weights and measures
There is 10 be sealer in every county, by
whom all balances and measures in general
Use mist lie stamped once per year. and for
which the sealer shall receive 81 Tor every
beam; Tor each extension measure so cents
per yard; every weight % cents, and liouid
measure, 70 cents, if less that one gallon II
more, 90 cents. All these sealers to be ap-
pointed by the Governor for four years.
POLICE COURTS.
Everett introduced bill providing for the
creation of a Police Court in San Francisco.
three Judges, elected for two years. to have
Jurisdiction over all cases now In tho iuris-
diction of the Justices of the Peace. The
act provides for all necessary offices at good
salaries, and provides that the Judges now
In Office shall not be removed
McGowan has introduced bill making
women eligible as noIaries public.
The Senate, after a spirited debate, pro-
vided that copy of the codes be given to
each member at an expense of $40 each.
NO MORE JUSKETING.
The Republican caucus has decided
against junketing trips hereafter, When a
fair or other affairs must be visited, but two
members OF committee Can 20 at the
state expense, and No expense can be in
Cured without the consent OF two-thirds OF
the members and the members of the Honse
Berry OF the Senate has introduced n hill
that no limit can be made TO the time when
Prosecutions for murder, ENLIGHTENMENT of
pubic funds or the changing of public docu-
nlents begins
The Assembly Committee on Municipal
Corporations met tonight and reported fay-
orably upon the bill introduced tile other
day by Naher in the Senate and by Bruner
In the Assembly, granting power to cities
and towns to increase the police force. 1t has
direct bearing upon San Francisco, and il
Is intended that tho force there will be in
creased ~ 600 men.