The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-30
ALGEBRAIC PROOF.
An Attorneys Method Of SHOW
Ing Voting Frauds.
The Election Committee Will Give Eakle'S
Seat to Campbell.
The Bill 10 Increase Police Forces Passes the
House by Unanimous Vote.
0uStng Commissions.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

H. L. Eakle now occupies IN the House, mas
an attorney who evidently believes that all
the sciences are but adjuncts of the law,
wherefore he has summoned algebra to his
aid in determining who is entitled to the
contested seat The testimony before the
Election Commute closed last night and
Campbelrs attorney had his argument print
ed and placed in the hands OF every member
of the House this morning. He gives the
names of fifty-fve men that. it is alleged,
were fraudulently added to the list after the
polls had closed. According to the record
he declares that eight of these names appear
on the poll-list in the same order as in the
printed Great Register; eighteen names so
appear with only one trans position; twenty
seven names so appear with only two tran s.
positions. Then this mathematical attorney
for the contestant proceeds as follows:
AN ALGEBRAICAL CALCULATION.
"Now, the number of different orders, or
permutations, in which any number of
things may be placed taken altogether in
set, is equal 10 the continued product of the
natural numbers from the total number of
things down to l inclusive. (Sec Robnson's
New University Algebra page 2S0) Thus
tMU LHlUbS may DG dIIduStu III lMO uluti6uI
orders Ghe product of 1 and 2) three
things in six orders (the product OF l, and
81; four things in twenty four orders Ghe
product of l, 2, and A. and so on. Eight
persons may be arranged in 20, 800 different
orders; eighteen persons in 6,402, 3S9 49,
024, 900 different orders; and twenty-seven
persons in 1885. 6l9 959, 332 2S5, 053, 344 000-
900 different orders. That is TO say, there is
M in tlat ai III
come to the polls in alphabetical or numer-
ical order; one chance in g. 402, $50 745, Oh 600
that eighteen persons would do so; and one
chance in SO, s55 GIG, 959, 49, 2Sj G53 344 OOO,-
600 that tweuty-seven persons would do so.
It is a physical impossiblity that these fifty
five names could have been placed on the
poll list in the order in which they appear,
except through collision and fraud"
WILL UNsEAT EAKLE.
1t was supposed to be a secret, but there
were few around the Capitol tonight who
did not know that the Election Committee.
who investigated the Campbell Eak!e case,
would report in the morning in favor of I'M
seating Eakle and giving the chair to his
Republican, opponent. The committee holds
that the official returns gave Eakle
1862 and Campbell 1883. but that ties
tlmony showed eOncluSively that 50
fraudulent votes had been cast in Willows,
where Eakle received 354 and Campbell 374
votes, making. in this place, Eakle'S ma
jority 10. Taking these 10 from the 80 fraud
ulent votes still leaves 40 fraudulent, more
than enough TO cancel the rem aiming 13 of
bis % majority.
AsSemhlyman Shanahan is not alone in
the desire to make the railroad pay the
taxes it owes the State. Biedsoe of Hpm-
hoidt is with him, and when Shanahan's
bill comes UP he has an amendment to add
IL III INT ite wi
,ssNsSSEsTIGATING STATE PRINTING WORK.
Galbraith in the Assembly this morning
introduced his resolution calling for an in
vestigition of the printing Of school books
His resolution declared that books had been
printed In excess of the amount required
and in defiance of resolution passed by the
last Legislature.
Closely following Galbraith's movement
toward reform came the message from the
Governor advocating reform in the matter
OF printing reports.
BALLOT REFORMS DELAYED.
Judge Dibbie of the San Francisco dele
cation is not pining away with anxiety for
ballot reform. Assemblyman j. hnsvn, who
has 4 balot-referm bill, whose features-so
long has il Slumbered with the committee
are almost unknown to him, seized the first
opportunity that presented Itself this morn
ing and made motion that the committee
report it to the House on Monday. Gould
wanted all the ballot-reform bills reported
on Monday. And then Judge Dibble arose,
and in persuasive accents pleaded that the
committee might be permitted to report at
its earliest convenience.
Earliest convenience" pleased but few
of the members. Gould declared that ballot
reform was one of the most important mat
teTs this Legislature had been elected to
consider. Three weeks had passed since the
first ballot-reform bill was introduced, yet
the committee has not found it convenient to
hold a meeting.
Dibble's delay motion was voted down by
an enthusiastic and almost unanimous
MOP and after some debate, motion by
Bledsoe that the committee be required to
report bailot-reform bill on February 9th
was carried.
ALL WANT COIN.
The Senate resolution calling upon Con-
gress to adopt StanfOrd's plans for loaning
money TO farmers had hardly been read
when he tall form of Assemblyman Martin
doomed above his desk.
90 / want to amend these resolutions" he
exclaimed; II want money loaned on
MINES"
And want to amend it," "and l." land
L. land l. resounded through the chamber.
1t was finally decided to POSTPONE consid-
GRAFTON of the resolutions until Friday week,
wien they will be made special order of
business.
ABoLIsHING THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
There was bitter fight In the House this
afternoon on Shanahan's amendment to the
constitution abelishing the Railroad Com
mission. ms Is Shanahan's pet measure
and the way In which it was m ade TO suffer
panied him intensely. Dibble was the first
TO take the field against it by moving to
post one action indefinitely.
Shanahan in fiery speech declared that
the commission had cost the State 500. COO
ana WAS utterly worthless. Gould followed
aud with the report of the commission in
his hand declared that the work of the COM
mission had largely been to cover up tie in
formation 1t should have given to the pub
lie. Its report was the best argument that
could be made for the abolition of the COM
mission. Brusie defended the commission,
saying, The new men are now meeting
weekly"
Martin-Has the Railroad Commission,
among us other privileges, the right to side
track this question?
Inc previous question was called for.
Martln-W6at is the previous question:
Speaker-There are three 10 refer to
Inc COMMITTEES on Commissions; to make it
81 ecial order for Monday afternoon: to
make 1t special order for "Wednesday
BY small majority it was decided to
make the bill special order for Monday.
AGAINST CHINESE LABOR.
Clark's bill to prevent the employment Of
Chinese labor came up in the House, and
was amended until it now reads: mo
person shall be competent or eligible to per-
form any labor for the State, or for any
contractor or sub-contractOT performing any
contract or labor for the State, unless such
person Is citizen of the United States or
has declared his intention of becoming one
Every person who employs any labor, or
pays or causes to be paid any money or
oIher valuable things for labor, in violation
OF THIS act shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
oemeanor, and upon conviction be fined
sum not less than 500, or imprisoned for
not less than fifty days. or both. In the dis
erection OF the court, aud where fine is
imposed, nall OF the same shall be paid to
bill will doubtless pass.
:. Judge Dibble introduced the Approprla.
ZION lii. 1t provides for a total expendi-
ture OF S3,3j9, $50, exclusive of the military
encampment and agricultural funds. which
are ieit blank, and amount to about
$!9O,oOO The last Legislature appropriated
81, 209, 410. '''e0
THE POLICE BILL.
=, Burners bill providing for an increase of
the police force in cities and counties passed
me House by a unanimous vote. 1t pro-
videS that the Eoard of Supervisors or Com