The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-07
COUNTING NOSES.
Harris Friends Working in
His Behalf.
TAX BILL IN THE HOUSE.
Carpenters Amended Measure Almost
Certain to Pass the Assembly.
e.. Fay's Fee Act Passed.
NOSES.
TAX BILL IN THE HOUSE.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

SACRAMENTO, March 6-For reasons
not easily ascertainable the action of the
y. House upon the report Of the Hart investi-
eating committee is being delayed. At pres
ent the fault seems to lie in the State Print
ing Office for not having the testimony
printed and ready for distribution. 1t was
announced to-day that it would not be- ready
until Wednesday. This will bring the
= matter mp so near the close of the session
. that it is doubtful if the House will vote for
= impeachment, for that would mean stay
: in Sacramento without pay for two weeks,
land perhaps longer. The members are al
: ready working without remuneration, and
tits not at all pleasant or an agreeable
occupation.
The lobby of The Assembly is we'll
sprinked with friends of Hart, who are
wUrking industriously to secure sufficient
number of votes to defeat the suggestions of
The report
Fay's fee bill, which is destined to crop
OF the fat fees of the SherifT's Office In San
Francisco was finally passed in the Assem-
bly, this afternoon. It has already been
through the Senate and will now go to the
Governor for his signature. This is the bill
that Sheriff McDade of San Francisco made
such battle to defeat here while ago. 1t
would never have become a law had not it
been so amended as not to affect Mr.. Nc
Dade during his term of office. 1t will not
be operative until January l, 1895.
There was considerable discussion in the
Assembly to-day over another one of Fay's
bills, which empowers the State Board of
uarbor Commissioners of San Francisco to
complete the seawall south of Market
street. There was no particular opposition
to 1t, however, and it was finally passed.
At $50 this afternoon. Mordecat, chair
man Of the johnson investigating commit
tee, called up the majority report of that
committee and discussed It, His speech
was con fined to the evidence brought out in
the inquiry. He declared that the testimony
did not show that Johnson had been guilty
Of a wrongful act in calling upon Jim Rea
IN San Jose, mainly because at that time he
. had not been sworn in as Assemblyman.
Bledsoe, who wrote a report which Sc
verely censured both Rea and johnson, was
anxious to have his scathing document
printed in the journal. and so as soon as
Aordecai sat down the Humboldt man
Jumped to his feet and asked to have the
minority report substituted for the majority,
Before the motion was put he called for the
reading or it. As the report covers over
tweuty-eight written pages there was some
CONSERVATION manifested among the mem
Bers. Consent was finally given for the
clerk TO read it, and that pleasant clerical
task lasted for more than an hour.
T. When it was finally finished, however, its
substitution for the majority report was
vigorously voted down, Bledsoe and Vann
being the only two voices that favored it. 1t
-: was not even permitted to grace the pages
OF the journal. ModecaPs majority report
was then adopted.
Now all that remains for the State to do
in this matter is to pay off the bill which
has been incurred In finding out whether OF
not johnson tried to sell his vote to Jim
Rea. Ii does not fall far short of $780,
$50 Of which is to 90 to Attorney Henry
T.. .McPike Tor defending the Assemblyman
=: -.before the investigating committee. John
son has proved a costly luxury in the lesis-
p. lative bills of California.
The railroad Teassessment bill, which
PASSED the Senate on Saturday, viii most
likely come up 10 the Assembly tomorrow,
and that it Will pass that body there is now
no doubt
Mathews Of Tehams, whose integrity
O.: has never been questioned during his long
Legislative experience, will favor it, for the
reason that he believes that it is full time
that the awful back-tax bugbear was
settled once and forever. He considers that
. This bill, as amended by Carpenter, comes
as near reaching the full amount that the
railroad company owes as that corporation
viii ever submit to.
There is no way OF aseertaining just what
amount Of money will revert to the State
treasury in the event of the passage of this
blll, but Cross, the railroad attorney, places
the figure at between 1000, 600 and s., $50
COO. He says that the State will receive all
that is due it.
Mathews says that he believes that if the
bin passes the Southern Pacific will hand
over the money without further legislation,
and he is Of the opinion that the measure
will receive at least sixty votes In the
House.
At the opening Of the session OF the Sem
ate this afternoon Burke sent up a written
request to have himself set right on the
record as having voted against the reassess-
ment bill. 1t was expected that he would
lie called upon to apologize for the language
lie used to Carpenter on Saturday, when he
. called that gentleman a railroad hi7ellng,
but the matter was not referred to.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee to-
night adopted an unfavorable report on
q" Wilson's anti-scalper bill, which has al
" ready passed the Senate.