The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-28
AT SACRAMENTO.
4 Days DoingS in the State
Legislature.
Proposed Law TO Remove the PardOnins
Power From the Governor.
Five Separate Ballot Reform Bills to Be Con-
sldered In Committee Naval
Battalion.
Special 10 THE MORNING CALI

through the cOrTluDrS OIL Tue OdpItOl ~
night-say at the time when the industrious
representative of the press is frantically
striving TO be present at sixteen ''importan"
committee meetings-would draw together
characters as strange as were the creatures
that Peter saw in the great sheet knit at the
four corners and lit down from heaven
Women there are who fit TO and fro, and mp
and down the broad staircases until after
midnight. Lobbyists are there equally mys-
terious, many of them wolves in Sleeps
clothing. Then there is the old familiar
face of him who wants little Office in re-
turn q" for value received" His face is
liable to undergo as many changes as that of
the moon before the session is over. As his
heart sickens with deferred hope his jaunty
gait and hopeful eye take a back seat until
the great man who has promised him some
thing comes. Last of all may be mentioned
the man that has some unique measure to
propose.
OBJECTS TO A SALARY.
Such a one met your respondent under
the dome last night His name is w. A
Cuddy and he had been candidate for
chaplain of the present House. Two years
Iature of Arizona and stupefed its members
by refusing to accept 4 salary for his
services. saying that his conscience would
not permit him to be paid at so much
prayer and that he did not believe
preacher Of the gospel could consistently
accept a salary.
He said to your correspondent: en-
deavored TO obtain the position of chaplain
of this House in order that might do as l
did in the House of Arizona, and was
promised the position although some of the
members did not like my ideas on preaching
for payment. | then found that Rev. Mr..
Hench (the present chaplain) was can
ddate, and l went to him and offered to
withdraw if he would do as l intended to
do; but he would not consent. and the
caucus committee recommended him in
stead Of me-"
What, do ministers appear at the doors
of caucuses?'
MINISTER'S AT CAUCUSES.
well, have been informed that some of
them do and my authority was good. so l
thought l would bring this salary business
10 the attention of the ministers meeting
and went there for that purpose, hoping
that they would appeal 10 the Legislature to
put an end to it. told them that PRAYER
at the rate Of So a minute went no higher
than the ceiling. They were offended at
this and ordered all reference to the matter
exDunged from the minutes"
MIR. Cuddy says he has not yet done with
the matter, but will in some way get the
Legislature OF this State to understand that
the non-ChriStian people should not be
taxed for paying for prayers.
g To prove TO you that paid for prayers
are no good, he concluded, think of the
number Of them that were presented before
the last Legislature and look at the results"
THE OTHER SIDE HEARD FROM.
Chaplain Henich WAS asked concerning
the above matter this morning, aud stated
that he had been asked by Mr.. Cuddy to de-
cline or return his salary for praying in the
House, but as he believed he had perfect
right to it he did not accept the proposition.
He stated that Mr.. Cuddy's account of what
TRANSFERRED at the ministers meeting was
substantially correct.
The tuilers OF the State have no reason to
feel that the present Legislature is neglect
full Of their interests. Ballot reform laws
prepared by their council; bills for creating
standard OF wages and the number of
hours az which men or women can be EN-
plOyed have been introduced. In the House
to-day Mr.. Gould introduced the bill which
the employees of certain corporations who
pay their hands whenever they feel like it,
have long looked for.
FIXING woRKINGMEN's PAYDAY.
The bill was entitled ian act to provide
when the wages OF persons employed by
corporations shall become due; to provide
for the payment of such wages and fixing
penalties upon corporations and upon their
officers and agents for neglecting or refus-
ing TO pay such wages within a certain
time after they become due" The act pro-
Vldes that the wages of mechanics, labOrers
or OF every person or persons employed for
hire by any corporation shall become due
on the last day of the month wherein the
services for which the wages are to be paid
were rendered, unless otherwise expressly
contracted and agreed.
p. III the wages Of any person or persons en-
ployed by any corporation are not paid in
ten days from the time they become due,
the person or persons prosecuting an action
therefor and recovering thereon shall upon
suit therefor recover judgment for the
amount of the wages found 10 be due him or
them for more than ten days before the
time of commencing the action, and also rea-
sOnable attorneys fees for prosecuting such
action and costs incurred.
PAY TAXES IN CASH.
The Committee on Roads of the House
has bill ready to introduce tomorrow
which will cause much mental perturbation
TO road overSeers throughout the State AMI
to the good citizens OF the rural districts
who work out their road tax. Tie bill will
doubtless pass. 1t provides for the aboli-
ton OF the office of road GVerseer and places
the. duties Of this officer upon the Board of
supervisors. Then 1t provideS-and here's
Inc rub against the rural citizens grain
mat all road poil-taX must be collected by
the Assessor.
WHERE DID THE MONEY 60?
Governor Markham's statement that ont
of $1,000 appropriated in the.matter of the
investigation of the State Prison manage
ment by Governor Waterman, there are sew
eral- thousand dollars unacc0unted for BY
vouchers in the Controllers Office was
brought I'D in the House by Shanahan, who
moved that the committee now investi-
eating State commissions shall investigate
this matter and learn how this money was
exl ended. A unanimous and enthusiastic
AYE" followed the reading of the resolu-
tlOn.
Assemblyman Shanahan this afternoon
tripped up bill on Its second reading that
Mouln nave made merriment for the lawyers
ahu endless grief for their clients. The bill
was 10 nx the permanent channels of the
rivers IN the State and to provide for retain
ing them In their true channels aud for re-
turning them, when they changed. into their
true Channels The bill would have caused
great unsettling of titles in many localities.
THE NAVAL BATTALION.
An act TO establish a naval battalion to
be attached to the National Guard, intro
duced by Dargie in the Senate, provides
that besides the companies of organized,
uniformed militia, known as the National
Guard of California, four companies of naval
militia, TO be known as the Naval Battalion
oil tue National Guard, shall be commanded
by Lieutenant Commander. A Lieu
tenant will command each company, which
shall contain one Lieutenant, junior grade,
TWO enSgns and eighty petty officers and
men. The staff officers of the battalion will
consist of an Adjutant, Ordinance Officer
ana Paymaster, selected from the Junior
grace Lleutenants, and one Surgeon, with
Inc rank OF Junior Lieutenant The organi-
zatlen of the naval militia shall conform tn
the provisions of laws of the United States.
ana the discipline and exercise shall con,
form as far as possible to tina. of the navy.
The provisions of this act are to be carried
INTO eject as soon as arms, equipment and
material are received from the United
States Government. The Governor is
authorized to apply for these and for in
structions from the navy.
REFORMING CoNvICTs
righteous measure introduced in the
Senate by Preston gives power TO the state
Board OF Prison Directors to appoint State
Agent for discharged convicts, whose duty
II shall be to once month visit all con yicts