The morning call., 1893-01-21
LEGISLATORS IN COMMITTEE.
Bitter Fight Over the Division of San
Bernardino.

Bernardino.
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 20. "A large number
Of residents of San Bernardino County ap-
peared this evening before the Senate
County Boundary Committee in advocacy
of the Streeter Riverside county division
bill. Both sides Of the controversy, which
is an old one. the same bill having been de-
feated in the Assembly the last session,
were numerousy represented. w. J. Nc
Intyre gave the committee enough statistics
to keep its members thinking for year.
He said 1t was useless 10 attempt prevent
the ultimate division of San Bernardino
The people of Riverside and San Bernardino
hate each other so cordially that they will
never be contented to dwell in peace. he
thought the bill might as we'll be passed
first as last.
DR.. Lyman Gregory, W. S. Wise of Per-
ris. Harry Patton Of Banning and Assembly
man Barker all spoke in favor Of division.
The opposition to division took up an
hours time. A. ". Atherton was the chief
spokesman for them. He read petitions
from San Diego and San Bernardno pro-
testing against taking portions of each
county to make Riverside County. He read
extracts from a San Diego newspaper op-
posing division as a selfish scheme designed
to secure portion of the trade of that city.
The committee will hear evidence upon the
San Jacinto ard San Antonio schemes before
reporting on the bill.
The Assembly Committee on Apportion-
ment and Election Laws has decided to
recommend fayorably Finlayson's primary
election bill. providing that electors may
make nominations by certificate, signed by
per cent OF the electors within any district
in the city or county. bnt il nominations are
not so made they may be made by the
members of political party without the
intervention of a convention.
The Assembly Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds has decided to re-
port favorably Burke's bill appropriating
100000 for the selection of site and the
erection of State building at San Fran
cisco, with an amendment fixing the CON-
mission of the architect employed at not to
exceed 3R per cent on the contract prices.
1t was also decided to report favorably four
bills by Price of Butte appropriating an
aggregate Of $4,000 for additional build
ings and improvements 10 the Chico Nor
nal School and bills by Bennett of Santa
Clara appro priating an aggregate of $500
for improvements to the San Jose Normal
School,
The joint Committee ON Claims took up
the old claim of Dennis Jordan for $40, 900
for work done on the Folsom prison in
1879. Jordan explained his story of the
claim at length. A bill for Its payment
passed the Legislature at the last session,
but the Governor vetoed it on the ground
Of economy.
Ex-Secretary OF State Beck and ex-Leu-
Governor johnson, the Prison d.
rectOrs, State Superintendent Duncan and
others testified. Ii was shown that Jordan
was worth about 100000 when he began
the work. but lost all he had through no
fault of his own. The bill will be taken
up again Monday night.
The Senate Committee on Irrigation dis
cussed the JOINT resolution asking the Gov
ernor to call convention of twenty dele
gates from each State or Territory west of
the Missouri River not later than Septem-
Der next. On motion of Assemblyman
Mordecai the char was requested to ask the
Assembly Committee on Irrigation to fix a
date for o joint meeting of committees on
the subject