The record-union., 1893-03-14

credulous are the ones who suffer
They know not that they can be
elected from trains before they reach
their destination, and consequently
they are subject to great hardships. Mr..
Shanahan cited case in the State of Ne
/ Vada where man commenced a suit for
damages for being put off train. He
was travelling on ''scalped" ticket. He
lost the lawsuit, and was out the cost OF
his ticket and expenses of suit. The
bill provides simply that railroad COM
! panies shall redeem at the purchase price
all unused tickets.
| Simpson hoped the amendment would
be passed because it would kill the bill.
If railroad conductors want protection
they should get it from their employers.
lie argued that a man who buys rail-
road ticket should be allowed to dispose
of it as he desires, and that the ticket, no
matter to whom sold, should be good for
transportation between the points stated
on the face of the ticket.
Bulla said the bill was bad one with
some good features. In order to protect
conductors he said harm would have to
be done to everybody else. He said there
were only four States in the Union where
such law is in existence as the bill pro-
poses. AS an argument he claimed that
similar measures have been defeated by
the National Congress.
OBNOXIOUS TO EACH OTHER.
Bledsoe started in to talk about and
criticise the action of the Assembly Ju-
dietary Committee.
ST object to this talk about the Judi
ciary Committee" interrupted Shanahan.
The member from Humboldt has been
present at but two or three meetings, and
is not competent to criticise the actions OF
the committee
''If that committee had had different
kind of Chairman 1 should have been
there, though" retorted Bledsoe.
Shanahan fired back: SIT is very fortu-
nate for this Assembly that the commit
tee had the kind of Chairman it had in
order to keep Bledsoe away"
The member from Humboldt then
started in to say that the conductors ap-
peared before the Judiciary Committee in
the interests of their employers.
There were just as many scalpers
there" again interrupted Shanahan.
Bledsoe proceeded, but simply reiter-
ated what had been said by the other
speakers, except that he also abused the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
IT IS A CONTRACT.
Mr.. Miller cited decision of the United
States District Court of Appeals, in San
Francisco, showing that when limited
ticket is purchased it is of the nature of a
contract between the purchaser and the
company. If the purchaser sells the
ticket the person who buys it has no claim
on the company, hence the second pur-
chaser is out and injured.
81 was in Denver once" said Boyce,
land bought ticket from one of these
scalpers. The scalper asked me if could
duplicate the signature on the ticket, and
l told him 1 thought I could. When 1
got in Ogden the ticket was taken away
from me, and had to wait there until 1
could get osme money from San Fran
cisco to allow me to get home. For this
reason l hope the amendment will be
voted down.
The amendment was defeated by vote
of 35 ayes to SO noes.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Bulla offered an amendment COM
pelling railroad companies to accept con-
tract tickets, no matter by whom pre-
sented.
Shanahan said this amendment also
would kill the bill, and he hoped it would
be voted down. If the members wanted
to kill the bill they should do it on third
reading.
The amendment was lost.
Still another amendment was offered
by Mr.. Bulla, providing penalty of $500
for refusal to redeem unused tickets.
Adopted.
Further consideration of the bill was
made special order for this morning
after the reading of the journal.
THE WOMEN WIN.
There was also co nsiderable excitement
in the Assembly when Mr.. McElroy
called up his motion to reconsider the
vote on Senate Bill No. 1913, to enfranchise
the women citizens of the State. Mr..
Miller opposed the motion to reconsider.
He said the bill will allow women to vote
only at school elections. In San Fran
cisco women will not be able to vote at
all, because School Directors are elected
at the same time as other officers. But
the situation is different in most places.
Pending the announcement of the vote
McElroy moved call of the House, but
it was refused. The motion to reconsider
was lost by a vote of % ayes to 81 noes.
The bill will now go to the Governor Tor
his signature.