The morning call., 1891-02-14
WILL He sign IT.?
The Police Bill in the Hands
Of the Governor.
Hk Signature Will Give This City Two
Hundred More PatrOlmen.
Truce Declared by the Champions Of
Three Important Measures The Fish
Committees Affairs Ventilated.
Special to THE MoRSINs CALL.

formation whether the duties of the clerks of
the House and the clerks of committees in
cluded lobbying for measures introduced.
The Speaker respectfully, but firmly, in
formed Mr.. Phillips that!nei.her the clerks
eof the House nor the committee clerks were
employed for that purpose and that he would
he duly grateful to anyone who would re-
ported clerk detected in the heinous Of
Tense of lobbying. and the culprit so reported
would be Summarily dealt with.
The bill providing for increasing the po-
lice force in cities, as amended by the SEN
ate, was passed by the Assembly this morn
ing and has been sent to the Governor. The
bill as passed provides:
THE POLICE BILL.
The Board OF Supervisors Board OF Trusteesl,
or Common Council of a city. or city and county
Ger tOwn) of this State (of the first, second or
IOuiih classes are hereby authorized aud EN-
powered TO increase the police force Of their re-
sp-clive cities (and) cities and counties Cor
towns from time 10 time. as may he deemed nee
eSsary by sad Common Council tBoard Of
JTusteesl or Board of Supervisors Crowded, that
The police force in any city. or city and county,
shall not exceed IN the aggi egate, at any time,
one member for every five hundred inhabitants
OF such city, or city and county; provided fur
Their, Ihat Ia cities Of The Third class the police
force shall not exceed In NE aggregate. at any
time, one member for every one thousand in
nabltants OF said clles), according TO The latest
census OF the United States; said additional
police force To be appointed by the Board of
Police Commissioners or other board author
lily now by ,aY empowered TO appoint police off,
GERS In their pectlYe cities, cities and coul
ties Tor towns)
lie salary Of additional police officers hereby
authorized shall be Of the same amounts for
each officer as is now paid by law TO the other
memberS OF such police force iu their respective
Giles, or cities and counties Tor tOwnsl; and said
additional police officers shall be paid at the same
n in 10 au1a inns and FNFr
fund as the other members Of their respective
police forces are now or shall hereafter be paid.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
HunewlPs bill, relating to the freedom Of
the press, was tortured to death by the
Assembly lawyers this morning The bill
provided that in all criminal prosecutions
for libels, the truth might be given in evil
dence 10 the jury; and If it should appear
TO the jury that the matter charged as libel
Gus was true, and was published with good
motives and for justifable ends, the party
should be acquitted. and the jury should
have the right to determine the law and the
fact Indictments found, OF information
laid, for publications in newspapers, should
be tried In the county where such news
papers had their publication Office, or in the
county where the party alleged to be libeled
resided at the time Of the alleged publica-
ton, unless the place of trial should be
changed for good cause.
The Assemblymen were Of the opinion
that in passing the Barry bill they had
given the press all the liberty compatible
that could properly be given it. The vote
On the bill was ayes g. noes 40.
A FLAG OF TRUCE.
Dfbble the champion of the CrImmins-
Rainey- Kelly Fire Department Bill, BIed-
soc, the champion of the bill providing that
at the next election the Fire Commissioners
of San Francisco shall be elected and that
In the Interim they shall be appointed by
the Mayor and Supervisors which is also a
.CTimmlns- Rainsy-helly bill, and Bert the
champion OF the unadulterated and simon
pure administration bill held a friendly con-
ference this morning and decided to post
pone hostilities until Tuesday morning
when the next battle for the control OF the
Fire Department will be fought.
The Committee on Elections reported
their verdict in the Brown-Daly contest.
The ouiy fact shown by the evidence ad-
ducrd was that DAILY held the certificate Of
election and the committee recommended
that he be sustained in his seat and their
recommendation was adopted by unani-
NOUS vote.
HYDRAULIC MINING.
Tie hydraulic miners won a substantial
victory thi morning in the passage by the
Assembly of Halls bill, providing:
An action against county, or city and county,
may be commenced aud tried in such county or
ely aud county. unless such action is brought
BY county, OF city aud county, In which case IL
may be commenced aud TILED in any county, or
city aud county, not parry Thereto; provided
luther, That whenever an action Is brought by
county or ciiy against citizens OF another county.
or a corporation doing BUSINESS IN the latter the
action must be commenced and Tried in county
other than tue plAintln, IL tie plaintiff be
county. aud other than that In which the plain
tin is situated, If he plaintiff be city.
Should this act become a law, the n.y.
dTaullckers will no longer be tried for vio-
latiOns Of the law in counties that have been
Injured by the debris in the rivers and
streams.
MORE NoTARIEs WANTED.
The Governor sent the following message
10 the Legislature to-day:
Tie office OF notary public In this State was
undoubtedly created for the accommodation OF
the people, and was not Intended TO benefit few
people TO the detrimenJ OF the many. In 1889
the Legislature enacted law limiting the num-
Der OF nOtaries that conId be commissioned 10
the counties OF Los Angeles, SOlano aud San
Francisco. No special benefit has resulted to
the general public from the provisions OF this
law. Parties having business TO transact which
requires Tie services OF a notary in these
counties are caused, in many instances great
Inconvenience and delay. II the chief char
aeterlsics required OF applicants for these posi-
tons are good character and ability, there is no
sound argument in favor of tue present iimlta-
tfon In these counties, and believe IL TO be the
universal desire on the part OF attorneys, bank
ers and their cuStOmrrs and clients that the
Limitation now In exis ence should be removed
therefore recommend that The law as to the
number OF nOtaries who may be commissioned
IN The counties of SOanO, Los Angeles and San
francisco be removed. II. IL. MARKHAM.
Governor.
.. THE BILL HAD "BUGs" IN IT.
A bill was slaughtered in the Senate to-
. day which, one OF the members declared,
was full of bugs" 1t was bill providing
Tor the registering of all births, marriages
and deaths at the close of every month. One
of the bug" in the bill was located in
clause providing that every person register
ing birth, marriage or death should be en-
titled to receive fee OF % cents for each
birth, marriage or death he caused to be re-
corded. Some OF The Senators, upon hear
ing the clause read, began to estimate the
number oil births, marriages and deaths that
occur annually IN population OF LOCO, 900
souls and came to the conclusion that the
payment OF % cents for each would amount
TO no ine0nsiderable sum. The next clause
read !" Upon the iresentation of the Re-
eorder eertlhcate OF fees paid to the County
Auditor lie must deliver at once, without any
order OF the Board of Supervisors, warrant
Tor the sum due, payable out of the general
fund of the county Treasury. and the
County treasurer Is directed to pay the
same. and the Auditor must report the
amount OF warrants so drawn each month to
the Board OF Supervisors" The Senate
failed to understand why the bills should not
be seen by the Supervisors before instead of
after their payment, and the vote by which
they defeated the bill showed that they
were still solid for economy and reform.
PROTEST OVER CONTEST BILLS.
There was an acrimonious debate over a
resolution 10 pay Senator Mahoney S34GO
and r. j. Murphy S1497 30 for their ex-
.penses in contesting the seat now held by
the former. Ostrom and Goucher strenu-
ously opposed the resolution. They though /
the amount asked for by Mahoney was too
= large. They never knew of a contested
case In which any amount so largo had bsen
charged. The sum OF $3.50 would cover ali
Mahpney's expenses, and they thought that
the amount spent by p. ]. Murphy should
De paid him. Some OF the Republican Sena-
tors were OF the opinion that Murphy had
Instituted the contest in bad faith, and as a
means of making political capital. They
held that the payment of all the expenses
incurred by every defeated candidate who
sees mt TO contest the seat wrested from him
would be dangerous precedent to establish,
and they would therefore pay only the bill
OF Murphy's stenographer, Clement Ben
matt am0Uufing tn SHAT ard the hIll nf the