The morning call., 1893-03-12
No Temporizing With the
Railroad.
TAX BILL IN THE ASSEMBLY
The Reassessment Measure Passed in
the House by a Vote of More
Than Two to One.
Special to THE MoEN1Ne CALL

pElauOn DlllS are tuo ouIJ HNttolo 1haS
stand in the way of an adjournment on
Tuesday evening.
The Ways and Means Committee of the
Assembly had confidently believed that the
general appropriation bill as they had ar
ranged it would glide smoothly through the
Senate. But there was a hitch when 1t
came up for discussion before that body
this morning, when ft was decided 10 kuock
out the S175, 900 appropriation for the agri-
cultural fairs. The Assembly will never
submit to this. and unless the Senate rein
states the amount there will be trouble.
The resolution which Speaker Gould put
through yesterday forbldding any one from
sitting with the members while the Assem-
bly, is in session has created quite a number
of full-grown sensations. A number of
Senators were shown the door by the
serGeant-at-arms. Ed Leake, clerk of the
Ways ana Means Committee, was also for
bidden to pass the gate, but this morning
Speaker Gould took the floor on a question
of privilege and set Leake right by saying
that owing to a misunderstanding one of
the most useful and capable gentlemen who
ever held position in the Legislature was
unjustly Treated. This smoothed Mr..
Leake's rufled plumage and all is now
serene.
The Assembly this morning passed the
constitutional amendment which provides
that there shall be member OF the State
Board of Equalization from each Congress
sional district
At . o'clock this afternoon the railroad
reassessment bill came up on third reading.
When the rollcall was started there were
but few members present, and a call of the
House was demanded. Quite a number of
the members could not be found. The bill
was passed by a vote of Al to %. Curtis Of
San Francisco, who took the Traffic Asso-
citation pledge, voted no. When the bill
was voted on the other day Curtis lodged.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Alford, BledsOe. Boyee, Brownie,
Buckley, Burke, Casterline. Conway, Gu
sick, Dodge, Drees. Finlayson, Gallagher.
Gateley, GodchauX, Hendrickson, Hurley,
Hutson, Jacobs. Jacobsen, johnson of
Humboldt, Johnson of Santa Clara, Ken
nedy. Kahn, Kerns. Larue. Luttringer,
McCauley, McEIroy, MCGOWAN, Mack,
Marks, Marston, Matthews of San Benito,
Mordecai. O'Neill, Owen, Pueschel. Sches-
niger, Schroebel, Shanahan, Sims. Taylor,
Tindall, Vann. Wade, Mr. Speaker.
Noes-Anderson. Androus, Bennett of
Santa Clara, Blakeey. Bulla, Carlson, Chip
man, Curtis, DuckwoTth, burst, Hamilton.
Lynch. Mathews Of Tehama. Miller,
O'Keefe. PeDdleton, Raw, Sargent, Simpson.
STANDARD. Taggart, Talbot.
The bill was Immediately transmitted TO
the Senate. 1t is likely that a conference
committee composed of members of both
houses Nili have TO disappointed before any
understanding can be arrived at, and even
then there is little or no hope that any
measure can be agreed upon.
Senator Mart this afternoon succeeded
in introducing bill which was given a first
reading, that provides that B ards of Super
visOrs of all counties in the State may set
tie with the railroad company in their own
way.
Senator McAllister told Martin that he
thought the bill was unconstitutional.
''Oh. it is nor" replied Martin. at is all
right, for 1 submitted the proposition to
two of the best constitutional lawyers in
the State"
"Who are they?" asked McAllister.
Senator Carpenter and C.. W. Cross
Southern Pacific attorneys" said Martin
without a smile.
The Golden Gate Park bill, which has
passed both houses. but is hanging in the
Assembly on a motion to reconsider. has
been protested against by C. D. SalfeId Of
San Francisco Bis protest has been filed
with the Senate. 1t is ms follows:
To the Senate and assembly Of the State of
California, in legislative session assembled,
Sacramento. Cal.-G ENTLEMEN: There Is at
present proposed bill before your honorable
body. which, should 1t pass and become law.
will be as bad piece OF legislation as ever ap-
peared upon the statutes. 1 refer to the new
park bill. This new measure has absolutely
nothing in IL TO recommend 1t, but everything 10
condemn 1t. II places in the hands OF an ire
sponsble Board Of Park Commissioners entirely
too many valuable privileges and a great power
for evil.
The bill provides that said Board Of Park
Commissioners shall be empowered to lease por-
lions OF the Golden Gate Park in plats not ex-
credIng one acre 10 individuals or corporations
for a trrm not TO exceed ten years.
What tile future effect OF this powerful priv.
lege will be Is hard to tell. 1t may, In time.
transfer our beautiful park into pandemouium
Of saloons, bowling alleys. barber-shops, pea
nut-stands. sodawater-stS-fs bootblack- stands
livery stables, dlsrepu iable resorts merry-go.
rounds, bicycle tracks, private menageries,
dine museums, prizenghing arenas, shooting
galleries, and what not else. on The order OF
Coney Island.
Although this Board OF Park Commissioners
may have no such intentions at present when
boards to be controlled? One effect this new
bill VIII surely have, and that is that it will per-
petuate for term OF ten long years the valuable
leases now held by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, for which It pays little or nothing 1t
VIII besides give TO this sOulless corporation an
almost complete monopoly OF all travel to the
ocean beach via Golden Gate Park at an extra
expense Of 10 cents for every passenger carried
there and back. The bill will also deprive the
Richmond and south side districts OF This city
OF 5-cent fare 10 and from this city, for no
other street railway VIII care. nor can afford TO
build out to the ocean beach for years to come
knowing that II is in the power OF the Park Com
mssioners to deprive 1t of park traffic whereas
the Southern Pacific Company will continue to
enjoy its valuable privileges of having not one
but several depots right in the park and Its
tracks crossing this popular pleasure resort at
Its eastern as well as western extremtles.
For these reasons alone. gentlemen, l pray
and hope that this new park bill be defeated
at your hands and not become law. Respect
fully submitted. T. d. SALFIELD.
At $3.50 o'clock this afternoon both houses
took short recess in order to listen to the
remarks OF w. Ii. Harvey of Ogden, who
represented the Trans Mississippi Con-
gress, the next session of which is to be held
at Ogden. The address, which was brief,
was made in the Assembly chamber. Mr..
Harvey spoke Of the advantages that Cali
fornia could derive from the congress, and
extended to the members of the Legislature
a cordial invitation TO attend the next meet
ing of the congress.
When the Senate again convened the
S175,000 appropriation for agricultural fairs,
which was knocked out of the bill, was re-
instated.
The legislators will not carry away the
dome of the Capitol this time. but they
apparently intend to take the Capitol away
from Sacramento altogether. There was
lots of fun over the subject Tonight, but as
result Sacramento Will feel very sore to-
morrow.
The secretary Of the Senate. f. r. Bran
don, two years ago had constitutional
amendment introduced to move the capital
from Sacramento TO San Jose, but /. died 10