The morning call., 1893-03-05
Carpenters Bill Passes
the Senate.
DoUGHERTYS ANCIENT STEAL
A Vicious Piece of Legislation Snug
gled Through the AssembIy-Hot
Words Between SOIons.
Special to THE MoRSINa CALL.


and forever, but to do so, however. on the
cheapest basis that can be agreed upon.
The friends of the railroad declare that
huntington is anxious to take the back-tax
:: bugaboo out of politics.
-. The color of truth is given to this rumor
::4<by theamendment that Carpenter made to
::.:the bill yesterday, which went back to 1882.
:.1:llis change was voted on Yesterday. and
to-day the bill as amended came up for final
passage. Carpenter made a very pointed
speech, in which he declared that he pro-
posed to put those who had been opposed
to:the measure on record as being the ones
who were ping this money out of the
tTeas1lry.
Earl then offered an amendment which
provided that the tax levy for the back
years should be the same that had prevailed
lpring:those unpaid years. This amend
ment was voted upon and lost by vote OF
2Lto15
Burke then offered a substitute bill, which
Wls:in line with the Seawell bill and goes
back<to 1879. Burke made long talk on
his.measure, but it was lost by vote of p
10 Is.
Tie .anti-railrOad men then pursued
taeiics-f for delay by demanding a call Of the
House. but everything OF thar character
wGs<yoted down and the previous question
vas -OftlHu0tNs 1uIIIE tlic IpilNaliB u num-
ber of the anti-ralrOad men rose to explain
tler.yotes.
.: Arms in voting against the bill declared
that he*was not in favor of any compro-
Mise. The railroad company either owed
All.6fi's taxes or none
Burke said that the passage of the Car
Re'nter bill as amended meant the loss to
the.State Of large sum of money.
Earl voted in favor of the bill as amended
and. in doing so said. II wish to explain
my vote. i have rendered amendments to
this. bill which would require the reassess-
ments. to be made at the rate of the tax
levy. Of each particular year as to which re-
assessment is made. Now, sir, have failed
.fn&my attempt 1 believe that the people
r::denand that reassessment bill pass this
=, Legislature. This bill reassesses since
& 1852; Iteontains no waiver as to previous
r years. The next Legislature may pass an
:. act to reassess for any previous year. I am
;: eat isfed the bill before the Senate is the
:. sonly~bifl possible TO be passed by this Sem
: ATE. I bow to the majority and not without
T. :pfotest; vote aye"
= Gesford said that he did not believe in
= tie creature being above the creator. The
: :passa ge:Of the bill meant the surrender of
i s0FeTejgnty of the State. He considered the
:: bill 10 be Ubiquitous and unconstitutional.
=. =. Martin: of Placer also voted in favor of
: tile blk, He sail that he believed his con-
..slitNents would approve of his course, for
.~5the*reas0n that if the State entered into
. =filrtiier obligation with the railroad COM
: >pany-the- Stale would never get anything
r.: Fire: bill was carried by vote OF % to u
:.It%Mas asfollows:
+: -.:Ay es-Bailey. Berry, Broderlck, Camp
@*bels Carpenter. 'DenisOu. Earl, Everett
N Fi{Ifts :. Ford, Goucher, Harp. Hart HOyt
:. :: N1Istler, MahOney. Martin, Orr, Ragsdale.
= ::Seyin0nT,. Shippee Simpson, Streeter, Voor-
- :hies .Winiams-25.
= :. Noes-Arms, Biggy, Burke, Dunn, Grs-
1*10Edi- McAlllster, MCGOWAN mitchell, Os-
!. from @Seawell, Whitehurst WiIson-I2.
:: ! The George Dougherty claim for SlG7. 600
:# has bysome hook or crook passed the AS
RI semblyi and was last evening transmitted
+: TO the. Senate. This claim is one of
8number of old mossbaek steals that has
- been in the courts of San Francisco for q
@:decada past. Many years ago Dougherty
had "a contract for filling a number of
sGwaier .:lots over in the neighborhood of
NORTH Beach, and instead Of the property
which was benefited by the work paying
for it an effort was made to saddle the ex-
pense upon the entire city. The courts
have rel eatedly knocked out the claim, and
SO two years ago DOugherty came to the
Legislature with 1t. But 1t went the way
of the Connolly steal aud others of like
ilk. No one except those interested knows
what promises. in the way of contingent
. fees. have been made, but some hidden in
fuence is at work to get the matter through
- both Houses. The Senate now has it 10 its
power to kill this iniQutous scheme and
Just what they Will do is awaited with
interest.
In The Assembly this morning Bledsoe
undertook to have his bill. when provides
: for ten hours work In logging-camps,
- passed over the Governors veto. He de-
bated the matter at some length, and when
itcaRe to a vote he received % votes: but
OF them fell away beioIe the result
: had been announced. He demanded a call
- Of the House, and again the sergsant-at-
: arms was compelled TO give chase to the
ever-abssnt Hamilton. Before the truant
was found, however, Bledsoe gave the task
uD, and allowed his pet measure to die.
Governor Markham's reason for yetoing
tile bill was that it was class legislation, and
was therefore unconstitutional.
During the afternoon session many of
the members who are inVeterate smokers
made effort to have rule "a, which for
bids the indulging of that habit during
meeting hours, repealed They were tenn
porarily successful, and in a very brief
space OF time great wreaths of smoke were
. rolling up toward The chandeliers, and
Hurley of San Francisco was putting away
MOST comfortably on an old eOrncob pipe.
Suddenly BledsOe grew dizzy and whisked
up a window. Then the south wind came
= whirling in and blew the bills from the
members desks and they went flying in
every direction. While this was going on
Adams. the Populist preacher, was on hrs
feet ith both his hands thrown high IN the
. air, and with nothing but the whites Of his
eyes visible. He called upon the Deity to
o. look down upon the terrible scene. The
trouble was finally obviated by the rule
being reinforced. and Hurley reluctantly
and sghingly laid the corncob away.
= There was a joint resolution introduced
fin the Senate to-day providing for an sd-
. journment sine die on Saturday, March IL.
This was amended by Voorhies making it
March a. Tie discussion over 1t was in-
: teIrupted by the noon recess, and nothing
was done with either proposition.
A.fter:the vote mad been taken in the Sem
ate.On the railroad reassessment, Carpenter
and. Burke had some hot words in the lobby.
= Burke accused Carpenter of being railroad
Iireling. Carpenter resented this, and the
. two men came very near coming to blows.
Burke said that Carpenters gray hairs
:. saved him from personal ehastsement
GoucheF stepped in and headed off the
trouble.
-: THE SENATE.
. A IoI, I of of Measures passed In the