The morning call., 1893-01-22
HOT AFTER BRETT.
Democrats Angry at the
Alan1edan.
BOLD SENATOR CARPENTER.
The Man to Whose Mercy the Anti
Railroad Legislation Must Be Left.
The Funeral Bill.
Special to TIE MORNING CALL.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2t-TheTe have been
30 new developments in the Brett scandal
today and probably will be none until the
investigating committee completes its work,
which will be done on Monday evening
That it will exonerate kerns from any
wrongful act or intention Is certain; that II
will condemn Brelz is equally certain, ana
the career Of that statesman Is likely 20 DC
nipped by the frost OF public condemnation
i wiI be a more difficult matter, however,
to rid the Assembly chamber of him than
it was Of his friend and negotiation" W. A.
Chamberlain. for he holds his seat there by
virtue If a certificate Of election, and is Is
far more serious matter TO eNpel duly
elected Assemblyman than it is TO eject
common. ordinary ack-hunter of the stand
ing Of Chamberlain.
The feeling of bitterness and scOrn that
exists among the Democrats has not abated,
aud there are quite q number Of Repubi-
cans who will Join with them to throw the
hiamedan ont when the proper time comes.
Bretz has absolutely failed TO establish
even the faintest suspicion of the truth Of
TIE charges be preferred. and the enormity
Of his offense grows, as the charges are
known to be gr0undless. Brett had strong
ambition when he came here, as bis testl-
moug before the committee Yesterday shows.
lie admitted on the stand that he had sent
word TO the three candidates for Speaker
that he would hot vote for them unless Trey
would guarantee to give him the chairman
ship Of the Committee on Corporations.
Ihisis. oil course, one Of the most important
committees in either house, and is the one
10 which is referred all bills affecting the
great corporations of the State. But the
candidates for Speaker all decided that Mr..
= Brett was asking too much for his vote
and concluded to get along without his
Support
Speaking Of The Corporation Committee,
81 might be said right here that Senator
Carpenter who IS at the head OF that com
mittee IN the Senate, has at last got hold Of
tie railroad Tesssessment bill, and just
what be proposes TO do with it has not yet
been made apparent. But If it ever gets
back to the senate in its proper shape it
VIII not be the Chairnan's fault. Carpen-
ter said openly al the beginning Of the ses-
SION that no anti-railr0ad legislation should
80 through the Senate this session. and
since that time he has stood uron the floor
Of that body and declared that he was the
paid attorney Of the Southern Pacific Com
pauy. de supplemented this remark By
saving that no money could purchase his
Ienrer shows the same zeal for the railroad
. Company that he has thus far. 1t would
seem that the company have never owned
better champion among all their purchases
Of the past.
Classed with The men who viii vote with
the railroad this session is Senator Streeter
IF Riverside. Ii is understood that his sup
Hort has been obtained upon the promise
made 10 him by the Southern Pacific that
iAey would assist him in passing the RIVER
SIDE County division bill, which is the pet
hobby Of his life
The Riverside County division fight prom
Uses TO be an interesting one. and great
deal IF autagOnism is sure to develop. The
dlyisI0aists are said to be working in the in
teCests Of the orange-gr0wers, who now
claim TO be INSTRUCTED, owing to the dis
lance they have to travel to get to the
county seat. They want a courthouse at
Riverside. There is a strong opposition 10
the division in San BernardinO County,
owing to the fact that the new county will
LIP of the most fruitful portion Of San BeT-
nardiuo. The San Jacinto County scheme
is said to have been got up simply to an
tagonize the Riverside project bat the peo-
pie Of the orange section are very much In
earnest and Will make a hard fight to sue
ceed
County-division schemes ere coming in
from all sections of the State, and If they
were all 10 pass there would be seventy-fve
or eighty counties In the State and each
would have a new Sheriff and a new court
house ring. There is no doubt that the
great number Of c0u1ty-division bills that
have been introduced are hurtful to the
chances Of the riverside bill, but the peo-
pie who are at the back Of the project have
got money and will make strong fight.
The bin will be again discussed in commit
tee Oh Monday evening.
Aside from railroad legislation, however,
the Senate is inclined to pass some gOod
measures and TO disappTOve bad ones.
This was illustrated yesterday when the
funeral bin came up for discussion. It had
been favorably considered by the commit
tee to which it had been referred. and there
was an inclination to pass it until Senator
McGowan arose and made stirring speech
against it, and in doing so showed quite
coDclusiveIy that the measure If passed
would inaugrate a funeral trust. When
MCGOWAN had concluded there was an in
slant Revision of sentiment and there is
now but little hope that it will ever pass.
There was no business of Importance
transacted in either house to-day. The
Senate adjourned at O'clock till Monday
at2
Aside from a discussion on Barlow's bill
80 pay jurors in criminal cases there was
nothing Of any consequence done in the
House. The country members were in
favor Of the passage Of the measure on the
ground that 1t vas hardship for farmers
10 be brought into town from twenty and
thirty miles away to serve on iures with
out compensation. But the city delegation
objected, for the reason that il such law
We're to 60 into effect professional jurymen
would crop up in San Francisco who would
do nothing else for livelihood. a motion
to strike out the enacting clause of the bill
was finally carried.
Conway of San Francisco introduced a
bill to-day which takes from the
the Sheriff all fees for caring for the prop
erty Of insolvent debtors and allows them
TO go to receivers appointed by the Superior
Judges.
On Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock Bled-
secs substitute to declare the Offices of the