Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-12
FIRST JOINT BALLOT.
The Senatorial Contest at
Sacramento.
No Material Change in the
Situation.
Estee and De Young in the Lead but
FELTON, Will Crowd Them.
The Governor Signs the Glenn County
Bill-Col. Stevenson's Claim
Passed Over His Veto.
Associated Press Dispatches.

ASSoclateu Press dispatches.
SACRAMENTO, March 11.--The legisla.
ture being in joint session at IL :25 p: m
Speaker Coombs announced that nomi-
nations for U. s. Senator were in order
An effort was made to shut off nominat-
ing speeches, and Matlock moved te
limit the speeches to five minutes.
There was no second and the president
declined to entertain the motion.
Coombs then took the floor to nominate
Estee. He said Estee came from nc
particular section OF California, but rep
resented all the people OF this great com.
monwealth. His interest was equally
divided between the citrus lands OF the
south, the agricultural lands OF the
north, the mines of the east and the
great commerce of the west.
Bledsoe nominated Nestor A. Young
of San Diego.
Senator Fraser nominated Blanchard
of Eldorado.
Dibble nominated M. II. De Young.
He said he had voted for Senator Stan
ford because he believed in him, but
now he believed in electing man who
did not agree with Stanford in every
particular. ode Young is not railroad
man, " he said, "and believe in electing
him for that reason"
Galbraith nominated Charles N. Eel
ton. He reviewed Felton's career, told
OF his official life in Washington and his
high character as man.
Bruner nominated William Johnston,
formerly senator from Sacramento
county. He was desirable as a farmer
of forty years experience, and high in
the councils of the national grange.
Fowler nominated Charles A. Wet
more, the viticulturist.
Gould nominated Senator Goucher of
Fresno.
Matlock nominated General Chip.
man. He declared his candidate to be
true and tried.
BALLOT TAKEN.
The president then ordered the roll
called. The senate was called first.
Senator Berry was not present, conse-
quently there were but 80 votes cast by
the senators. The ballot resulted:
For Estee-Bailey, Byrnes, Campbell
of Solano, Campbell of Siskiyou, Car
penter, Flint, Heacock, McComas, Nc
Gowan, Ragsdale, Shippee, .Sprague--12.
TOI lc Ddfklc,
Maher, George II. Williams.
For Felton--Banks, Crandall, Delong,
Everett, Mahoney, Simpson, Streeter-7.
For Blanchard-Fraser,P Preston, Voor-
hies-3.
For Coleman w. III. Williams-l
For Goucher-Brjtt, Hammill, Harp,
Langford, Meade, Ostrom, Seawell,
Welch, Wilson-9.
For William Johnston = Denison,
Dray-2.
The roll call of the assembly resulted:
For Estee-Ames, Barnett OF Sonoma,
Bert, Bryant, Cargill. Culver, Burner,
Harloe, Hawley. Lewis, Murphy, Smith
of Butte, Smith OF Orange, Sturtevant,
Weston, Coombs, Estee-i7.
For De eYoung-Alexander Barnett of
San Francisco, Coffey, Daley Dennis,
Dibble, Dow, Glynn, Hayes, Hoey,
Johnson, Jones, Lowe, Lux, Marion,
Phillips, Steltz, Tennis, Tulley, Windrow
20.
For Felton--Carter, Galbraith, Gard,
Hersey, Lacey, Young-6.
For Chipman-Hail, Matlock-2.
For Johnston = Bruner, Mccall,
Beech--3.
For Nestor A. Young -Bledsoe, Kel-
logg-2.
For Blanchard Barnard, Baughman,
Brown, Freeman, Hooking, Hunewell,
LYNCH.
For Wetmore-Fowler-1.
For Gouchet Arms, Cunningham,
Doty, Eakle, Carver, Gould, jackson,
Martin, Mathews, Mordecai, Murnan,
Renfroe, Rice, Robertson, Shanahan,
Stabler-16.
For Wentworth, Clark.
For Perkins-Cram-1.
For Coleman-Dunn-1.
The senate did not change its vote
from yesterday. In the assembly Estee
gained four votes and DeYoung two.
Two of Estees votes were cast by Bry-
ant and Cargill, who were absent yester
day, and Arms and Culver deserted Pei
kins and voted for Estee. Johnston and
Alexander voted for Blanchard yester-
day. Today they went to DeYoung.
These were the only changes. The joint
convention adjourned until tomorrow
noon.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
In the senate, today, the bill regulat-
ing the paid fire departments in cities,
was passed. Everett gave notice of re-
consideration.
The bill preventing dealing in options
was called up and killed by vote OF II
to 18.
The senate concurred in the assem-
bly, amendments to the ballot reform
bill, and it now goes to the governor.
In the assembly the claim Of Colonel
Stevenson for $2670, was passed over the
governors veto.
The assembly held night session and
read great number Of bills on file the
fru< ord cncoud tirnp
The bill permitting appropriation of
money for the worlds fair exhibition,
from the general fund Of each county,
was passed. Counties of the first class
can appropriate $4,000; counties of the
second, third, fourth and fifth, not to
exceed $4,000, and all others not to ex-
ceed $1,000.
The bill creating the Office of attorney
for the state board of health, was read
the second time
The majority Of the bills read on the
urgency file tonight are for the relief OF
some person or to pay claims against the
state.