The morning call., 1893-03-02
BURST ON DEBRIS.
Mining Question in the
Assembly.
HART KEPT NO. ACCOUNTS.
HoefIer Unable to Furnish the Inves-
tigatihg Committee With Any In
forlnatioa-T Teachers Pensions.
speciar to THE MoaN1Sa. Cali.

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men, 1t was .precipitated upon the second
reading of Senator Ford,s bill, which was
introduced in the interests of the hydraulek-
lers.. ;;Assemblyman burst Of Yuba has
taken the: lead against this measure, aud
tO-day:whenitcam up he introduced an
amendment which, II adopted, will remove
the objections the farmers have to it,. The
amendment. is:as follows: .::.'....-.
ftshalEbe lawful to carry on within ths State
quartz. placer drift and hydraulic mining, pro
,Sldlhg However, That hydraulic mining shall not
:: be conducted at any point where the same viii
directly or iudrecily occasion damage to the
iaYigable tIyers of this ST or. the tributaries
thereof. or the farming lands or cities there
?: adjoining thereto; and provided also that such
= lydr&ulte mining shall not be carried on at amy
point or place by any perscu, company or cor.
5peratiou:untilit shall have been determined that
mining blythe hydraulic method may be carried
on.at SAID points or place without damage to.
r: saidriyers and lands by the D brls Commission,
= appointed. and acting under authority OF The
Congress of The United S ates, and permission
therefor given by: said commission, as provided
by act Of C6ngIess. : =. :. =. ,..'
;Mr.. Ddrstm made a vigorous speech against
the meQsure:in its original form and in favor
Of the. amendment: He urged upon the
members the necessity of reading the
measure catefully before voting upon it,
ana lil6Q went lukO dulsCusSluu Ol lnc lU-
jurythat- woud. accrue to the farmers of
The Sacramento Valley il unrestricted hy-
draulic c.+miuDg were 10 be allowed. The
Sacramento River. which was worth
=. millions Of dollars year to the valley men,
would soon be- ruined, and with it would
dropthe Yalae Of. the adjacent lands. He
referred to the. President haying signed the
Caminetti iii To-day, and again adiured
the mem bers to be careful how they voted
upon measure of such.vast importance.
Insthe midst of Mr.. bursts argument the
Time. arrived for the hearing of special
o. derS and the matter. went over until to-
p morrow. at 2 o'clOek, when the fight will be
continued.::s ''.:...':': .-
=. Duck worth of Monterey seems to delight
In championing the Ca uses of all of the
corporations in the State. Whenever the
Southern. Pacific Company has a fight on
hand DUckworrh is. not only willing but
eager'to raise his.YOice in its Interests To-
9, day, however. he .diverged somewhat and
declared hiufself for the insurance combine
lie made long and tires ONE speeches against;
McGowan's mutual. insurance bin, which
hadthe effect of sending it 10 third reading,
aud. the Bretz bill which is similar in. pur-
pert, was finallH passed. e:.......
The HaEt Investigating committee was
Superior Court room at O clock this after
noon toTesbme the hearing of testimony.
3. - L. NJ. HoeAer,* clerk Of the firm Of Gar.
ber, Boalt d Bishop. was placed on the
stand and asked if the firm had advanced
any money to Hart or to any one for
his use. He stated that he was familiar
with all the business of the firm and thatn
money had been drawn for such a purpose.
HaTrs coIn ssl Stone, made statement
that he had examined the dockets of the At;
torney-GeneraPs Office and had found that
record of collection was attached to the
docket of each case. :.
Deylin asked if. there. were any memo
rauda whereby the money cauld be col
Iected by the State III case of Harris death.
The answer was that the dockets were only
records. % e"
The committee spent some time trying to
ascertain If any cash account or book was
kept in. which the receipts and expendi-
lures of Harris office. were entered but
failed to get any satisfactory information
on The subject.
Chairman Mathews said that every bust
ness man lie had eyer heard of kept some
sort Of recOra Of his business.
Ex-senator John Bnggs of Colusa. a
member of the State Agricultural Society,
took. the stand. He stated that he
lad interviewed Hart regarding the acci-
dent at Agricultural Park last year, In
which Hart stated that he had looked up
the case and would attend to it. Afierward
1aysoD, Harris; deputy. took charge of the
case. At the last meeting of the board a
bill-of $500 was brought by Layson and
Brusie for attorneys. lees in this caseand
was paid.
The State Controller. Colgan, again took
tire stand and was asked what system of
bookkeeping he had, which would show
the payment Of. claims approved by the At
torney General; He stated that an itemized
account was kept, showing the money paid
out Of the contingent fund. lie did not
think. Hart kept any account which would
Show like record Of warrants he had
drawn in his favor. -.
This ended the testimony and the COM
mittee adjourned % go into executive ses-
sion. :
Chairman Mathews Will prepare the re-
port of the committee tomorrow morning
and it will be introduced some time to-mor-
row. None OF the. members of the COM
mittee are willing 10 state what conclusion
they have arrived at, but there is reason 10
believe that the majority of the members
Will sign report recommending impeach-
ment. 1t Is possible, however, that they
may agree upon severe censure of the At
torney-General and his subordinate. Law
son, as being sufficiently strong to meet the
case. Hart and Layson are both con sidsra
bly, worried over the matter. although Hart
declared himself in the Golden Eagle Hotel
last evening as being the most popular man
in California. He said that If he was
brought before. the bar Of the Senate for
Impeachment it would cost the State S1OO, 900
and ruin the Democratic party.
In the Senate to-day Ostrom made an
effort to get reconsideration. on the vote
killing the resolution 6usting the Railroad
commissioners he had. no hope of chang
ing the vote already announced, but there
sre number OF Senators who would like to
see Senator Ford. go upon. record one wav
or the other. as the gentleman ouietIy
lodged the issue on the day the vote was
taken. Ford is understood to be a railroad
man and If forced to vote. on the resolution.
will, no doubt, vote to retain the Commis-
sioners.
The bill pensiouing the schoolteachers of
California came up in the Senate this after
noon, and, from the vote that was taken
upon some Of the amendments. 1t would
seem that the sehoolteachers have done
some very effective lobbying. Burke, who
Is opposed TO the measure, introduced an
amendment granting pensions to all people
who worked for living. and in a brief
speech contended that blacksmith was
just as much entitled to pension as
schoolteacher was.
When the roll was called on the amend
ment nearly every Senator arose to explain
MS vote. Gesford said he was an old school
teacher, put he was opposed 10 the bilr.
wilson said the schoolteachers were the
Dest PAID people In California, and he could
see no reason why they shonid he nen-
stoned. Mathews was of the same oninion
The amendment. which was only offered
as bit Of satire; was killed, and the I'M
went 20 engrossng and third reading.
The Rev. Father Montgomery and c