The morning call., 1891-02-11


han. A. G. Smith. J. j. Smith, Steltz. Ten
mis-, Wentworth. Wiadrow, Young-44.
Noes-Barnard, Baughman, Bledsoe,
Brown, Bruse, Cargill, Clark, Cunning
ham, Doty, Dunn, Burner, Eakle, Fowler,
Carver, Hoey. Kellogg, Lacey, Marion.
Speaker Coombs-24
Absent-Beecher, Daily, Dennis, Estey,
Freeman, Jersey. Lux, Martin, Thurman,
Weston, Wollskill.
A PROTEST.
The bill now goes to the Senate, which
but this morning received memorial from
one of the largest branches of the Farmers
Alliance in the State, protesting against
the appropriation of any money for the
fair at CHICAGO as useless and unnecessary
waste OF the peoples money. The farmers
who entered the protest could have better
employed their time.
DEFEATED SENATE BILLS.
What are called popular questions are
anything but popular in the Senate, a fact
that was demonstrated to-day when Berry'5
bill to compel the railroad and other cor
porations to pay taxes owed by them to the
State was defeated by vote of twenty
seven to ten, anu the County Mutual In
surance Bill, Endorsed by every association
of farmers and workingmen in the State,
was defeated by vote of eighteen to seven
teen.
MCGOWAN championed the bill and when
-
surance associations that had failed be
cause they had no assets to draw upon after
some great conflagration MCGOWAN re-
minded him that the mutual insurance
differed from thoss that had failed, III that
il provided for assets to be drawn on IN
case of emergency. Sprasue minated that
no mutual insurance company had HVeu Ior
any considerable length OF time, anu MI
GOwan asked him whether he had ever
heard of the Hand-in-Hand Mutual lnsur-
ance Association OF England. of winch
large percentage of the farmers oil the king
dom are members and which has been IN
existence 200 years. The Dill was defeated
by the following vote:
Ayes-Bailey, Berry, Campbell CT S0lan0.
Carpenter, Crandall, De Long, Dray, Hea-
cock, Langford, Maher, Mahoney, Nc
COmas, McGowan, Mead, OStrOm, Shippee,
Streeter, Wilson-17.
Noes-Bauks, Britt, Broierlck, Campbell
of Siskiyou, Dargie, Deuison, Everett Fra
ser. Goucher, Hamill, Harper, Ragsdale,
Simpson, Sprague, VOORHEES,, Welch, w. Ii.
Williams &. II. Williams-1S.
Absent-Byrnes, Flint, Preston, Seawell,
MCGOWAN changed his vote and gave no
tice that he would move for a recUnsidera-
ton Tomorrow.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Senator Langford laid the foundation for
a rogueS' gallery to-day in bill introduced
by him requiring every Sheriff 10 take pho
tOgraphs of every prisoner convicted OF TEL
Ony and send one Of such photographs, with
a description OF the convict, to every Sheriff
in the State
FEDERAL AID TO NEGROES.
Benjamin, the colored lawyer. appeared
before a committee of Senators last night to
urge them TO pass n resolution calling upon
Congress to pass the Teller bill for giving
Federal aid to poor negroes to settle in Cal
ifornIa Teller has written to Benjamin to
the effect that the bill is in the hands Of the
Committee on Foreign Relations and that
resolution By the California Legislature
might cause it TO emer2e with a favorable
recommendation. The Senators before
whom Benjamin appeared appointed a sub
committee TO draft such resolution.
sHAG ROCK.
Attorney General Hart was informed last
night that the parties who are trying to
compel San Francisco to pay for Shag Rock
claim that the rock was school land, and,
that being the case, Won Schmidt'S title to
il was good The Attorney-General has
written to Washington to learn the date of
the act passed by Congress reServing all
Islands in the bay for military purposes. If
this act was passed prior TO the grant of
school lands to the State he will rule that
the rock is still reserved for military pur-
poses and that its sale TO Won Schmidt as
school land was illegal.
STATE APPoRrIoNMENT
Following is the appointment of the
State as agreed upon in the Republican
caucus:
Assembly Districts, Del Norte. Siski-
you; and ,, Humboldt: 4, Trinity, Te-
hama; 3, Shasta, ModOc; s. LaSsen, Plu-
mas, Sierra; 7, Butte; 8, Yuba, Suffer; 9,
MendocnO; 10. C0lusa, Lake; II, Yolo
u, Nevada; 13 Placer; IA, Eldorado
10, Amador; 16 and II. SonOma;
IS, Napa; 49, Solano; 20, u and %, Sacra-
mento; % Marin; 81, Contra Costa; % and
San .lpapuin Golayaras and A min
rs to 45, San Francisco; 46 to 81, Alameda
%, San Mateo; S. Santa Cruz; "a, % and
81, Santa Clara; 81, Stansaus; 58, TuOI-
umne, Mariposa and Mono; 50, MERGED and
San Bento; Co. Monterey; 81 and 81, FreS-
no; Go aad I'd, Tulare; Is, Kern and Inyo;
&C. San Luis Obispo; 81, Santa Barbara; IS,
Ventura; SO 10 "A, Los Angeles; TO- Orange
IS and II, San Bernardino; rs, 10 aud 50, san
Diego.
senatorial-1, Del Norte, Humboldt; ?,
Siskivou. Trinity, Shasta; 8. Modoc. Las
sen, Plumas. Sierra; 4, Iehama, Butte; ..
Nevada, Placer; 6, Yuba, Suffer, Yolo; Z,
Lake, Napa; s, MendOcino, Colusa; @ So
lano; TO- Sonoma; II, Contra Costa, Marin
u, StRnisaus, MERGED, Tuolumne, Mari
posa; Is, Sacramento; Il, Ell Dorado, ANA
dor, CalaYeras, Alpine; Is, San Joaquin;
10, Fresno; II to %, San Francisco; % to D.
Alameda; 80 San Mateo, Santa Cruz; 30 and
81, Santa Clara; 80, Mono, Inyo, Tuare; 49,
San Benito, Monterey; 81, san Luis ObiSpo,
Kern; 30, Santa Barbara, Ventura; 3d. San
Bernardino, Orange; 81 to 80, Los Angeles;
40, San Diego.
IhE o'Di-h Chnh'E
ne investigation 81 the charge OIL holding
out LOT poodle on the electric bills made
against tne Assembly VIII be resumed TO-
lobbyist WHO said he could lead w. w.
CamT9h 10 pace where thIrty members OF
me House were waiting TO be Ooug ht IS
pan FRANCISCAN named Cholce. Choice has
Deen summoned TO appear before the COM
mltIee.
BILLS RECOMMENDED.
The Senate Commit.aa on Countv opd Citr
Covarnna1ts 49, ,aaSed Gnu Oit!
80 -. IN 70 .a,I N I'm tile po?e
$50 % e ~, lrquaiIns ..e MateI com pahles
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throTgh citias , r,li VI us
Stationed at eve ,v cto.sing 'n"' 'tiien NC
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