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AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE.

Senate Constitutional Amendment No:
20.
An Act to submit to the people of the
State of California an amendment To
section twenty-three of article four OF
the Constitution Of the State of Cali
fornia.
Section %. The members of the Lsgis.
tature shall receive, In full payment for
their services, the sum of one thousand
$1,000 dollars. and mileage not to exceed
ten cents per mile, and for contingent OK
penses not to exceed twenty five dollars,
tor each session, to be paid out OF the
pensatlon or mileage shall take effect
during the term for which the mem bers
of either house shall have been elected,
and the pay of no attache shall be in
creased after he is elected or appointed.
NOW THEREFORE, Pursuant to the
provisions of the Constitution, and an
Act of the Legislature entitled IAN Act
to provide for the submission of proposed
amendments TO the Constitution of the
State of California to the qualified elect
ors for their approval" approved March
:, a. D. 1883, viz:
Section l. Whenever the Legislature
shall propose any amendment or amend
ments to the Constitution of this State
which amendment or amendments shall
have been passed in the manner and form
required by section one of article eighteen
of the Constitution, and no other mode is
provided by law for the submission of
such amendment or amendments to the
people for their approval, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to advertise such
proposed amendment or amendments in
at least four newspapers of general circu-
latiOn in this State, for three months next
preceding the next general election. One
of said newspapers must be published at
Sacramento
city OF San Francisco; and in issuing his
proclamation for an election at which any
amendment or amendments to the Con-
stitutiOn are to be voted upon, he shall
include such amendment or amendments
therein, and he shall designate them by
numbers, in the order in which they have
been proposed"
The said amendments are submitted to
be separately voted upon by ballot by the
qualified electors of the State, on
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A resolution to propose to the people of
the State of California an amendment
to the Constitution of the State, amend
ing section nine of article thirteen
thereof, relative to the election of a
State Board of Equalization.
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Section LIS. Fruit and nut bearing trees
under the age of four years from the time
Of planting IN orchard form, and grape
vines under the age of three years from
the time OF planting in vineyard form,
shall be exempt from taxation, and moth
ing in this article shall be construed as
subjecting such trees and grapevines to
taxation.
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RoAED AND ROOM. 81 25 TO SO FER
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, A. D. 1894

Each ballot used at such election must
contain, printed thereon, the words:
Assembly Constitutional Amend Y es.
ment Number Eight. No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Fourteen. No.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Seven. No.
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Twelve. No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Seventeen. No.
Senate Go. Constitutional stot Amendment Yes.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes,
Number Sixteen. No,
Assembly Constitutional Amend Yes.
ment Number Thirty-one No.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Yes.
Number Twenty. No,
Witness my hand and the Great Seal Of
the State, affixed at Sacramento. the day
and year first above written.
lsEAL.l H. II. MARKHAM,
Governor.
Attest: i. 6. WAITE,
Secretary of State.
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OFFICIAL.
Election Proclamation

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO,
October IL. 1894.
yI,HE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
f,nnnfv of Sacramento hereby give notice
that a General Election viii be held through
out the STATE OF California on
Tuesday, the Sixth Day Of November, 1874
and the following officers will be elected
namely:
Governor.
acknowledgements.
Secretary of State.
Controller.
Treasurer.
Acknowledgement.
Surveyor-General.
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Superintendent of State Printing.
One Representative to the Congress OF the
United States, for the Second Congressional
District
One Railroad Commissioner, for the First
District.
One member of the State Board of Equaliza-
ton, for the Second District
Also two Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court, full term.
Court, for the unexpired term ending January,
1899.
one member of the Assembly from the
Twentieth Assembly District, which COM
prises the First and Third Wards OF Sacra-
mento City.
one member of the Assembly from the
Twenty-fr Assembly District, which COM
prizes the Second and Fourth Wards of Sac
ramento City.
One member of the Assembly from the
Twenty-second Assembly District, which
comprises that portion of Sacramento County
not included in the Twentieth and Twenty
first Assembly Districts.
And notice is hereby given that there will
be voted upon by ballot by the qualified elec-
tors of Sacramento County, within their re-
spective districts the following officers, viz:
!. Three Members of Assembly.
2. Sheriff and Tax Collector.
5. County Clerk.
4. Auditor and Recorder.
3. Assessor.
8. Treasurer.
z. District Attorney.
s. Public Administrator.
9. Coroner.
10. Superintendent of Schools.
II. County Surveyor.
12. Supervisor for First Supervisor District.
13. Supervisor for Fifth Supervisor District.
Ia One Justice of the Peace for Sacramento
City.
Is. One Township Justice in Sacramento
City.
16. Two Constables for Township of Sacra-
mento.
II. Two Justices of the Peace for each
Township outside the City of Sacramento.
1S. Two ConstableS for each Township out
side the City of Sacramento.
The following are the Precincts, Polling
places, Inspectors. Judges and Clerks OF said
election:
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AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.
Assembly Constitutional Amendmens
No. 81.

Assembly Constitutional Amendments
No. 81.
A resolution to propose to the people
OF the State of California an amend
ment TO section seven (7) of article nine
(1A( OF the Constitution of the State of
California, by increasing the number of
members constituting the State Board
OF Education, by adding thereto the
President and Professor of Pedagogics
OF the University of California.
Section. I. The Governor, the Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction, the Presia
dent OF the University of California, and
the Professor of Pedagogy therein, and
the Principals Of the State Normal
SCHOOLS, shall constitute the State Board
OF Educauon, and shall compile, or cause
to be compiled, and adopt, a uniform
series OF textbooks for use in the COM
mon schools throughout the State. The
state Board may cause such ext-books,
when adopted, TO be printed and pub
llShed by the superintendent of State
Printing, at the State Printing Office, and
when so printed and published to be dis
trlbuted and sold at the cost price Of
printing, publishing and distributing the
same. The textbooks so adopted shall
continue III use not less than four wears,
and said State Board shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by law.
The Legislature shall provide for a Board
OF Education III each county III the State.
The County Superintendents aud the
County Boards of Education shall have
control OF the examination of teachers
and the granting of teachers certificates
within their respective jurisdictions.
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A resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Cali
tornia, by adding new section to ar
TO be numbered section twelve and
three-fourths (l24), relating to revenue
and taxation.
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OFFICIAL.

west by the Sacramento River. Polling place.
kenps Stable, Third street. between p and c.
Inspectors, G. Root, w. Mclaughlin; Judges,
r. 5. Hotchkiss, NJ. White Ballot Clerks, n.
Nichols, i'll. Kilgariff: Clerks, Ed. Nathan, w.
:. Shields.
TENTH PRECINCT-Bound north by
the center OF n street, east by the center Of
Seventh street, south by Y street, west by the
center OF Fifth street. Polling place, Sixth
ana streets Inspectors, W. W Bassett.
William Ryan; Judges, r. IL. Petit, Charles
Fehl; Ballot Clerks, II. Stegeman. s. Hurl-
burt, Clerks e N Monhsnn Erdrunrd rri,1
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AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX.

Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. z.
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@g-Acccommodations FIRST-CLAss. Fres
Bus to and from hotel
w. J. ELDER. Nfanagsr-
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Assembly Constitutional Amendment I h"o'
No. .. hight OF 'uilrage')'.,',.''''',,,,'. NO.
Senate Constitutional Amendment CYES.
No. ID. (Manner OF forming new -
Countes.l. NO.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 171,e,
NO. I. (EXemptipg from Taxation 10
Young Fruit ana Nut Bearing TREES ! No
and Grapcvines. ............ .......... We
Assembly Constitutional Amendment (YES.
No. Il. Right OF Acquiring Property -
IN ths State NO.
Senate Constitutional Amendment (YES.
County Governments,J.,.. NO.
Senate Constitutional Amendment x-,7r,
NO. I. increasing Number of Mem i>o'
bers of the state Board of Equaliza- No
tion w.
Senate Constitutional Amendment Cx,,,e,
No. 16. lEXempJIng from Taxation LID
Property Used Tor Free Public Lii ~
braries and Free Museums. )............... NJ
Assembly Constitutional Amendment CYES.
No. 81. increasing Number OF Men, -
bers OF the State Board OF Educaton.) NO
Senate Constitutional Amendment CYES.
No. 20. increasing Pay of Members -
OF Legislature. NO.
Attest: ]. N. MORRISON,
Chairman Board of Supervisors
[Seal.l w. B. HAMILTON.
County Clerk and cX-Officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of said County and
State. o25-lOt
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AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
Senate Constitutional Amendment No.
IA.

A resolution proposing tothe people of the
State of California az amendment to
section three of article eleven OF the
Constitution of the state of California,
relating to the formation of new cOun-
ties.
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL
Corner Tenth and Sts., Sacramento.
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AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. z.
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TNHE LEADING HOUSE OF SACRA.
mento, Cal Meals, 2 cents. VIM. LAND.
Proprietor. Free bus to and from hotel A' -
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Senate Constitutional Amendment No:
20.
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An Act to submit to the people of the
State of California an amendment to
section twenty-three of article four OF
the Constitution of the State of Cali
fornia.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-11
ALL ARE READY TO GO OUT.
Jersey knights Say They Will Obey
SOyereiRns Order.

The executive officers of District AS
sembly No 1877 which takes in nearly
all Of Bergen County and all Of Hudson
County, New Jersey. which includes
Jersey City, Hoboken. Weehawken
Union Hill and Union Township. declare
this morning that they thought that the
members of that Assembly would re.
spond unanimously to General Master
Workman Sovereign's appeal to the
Knights to strike.
There are 5000 members In d. A. No
1877. about $500 Of which are in Jersey
City. They comprise all branches oil
trade, but there are very few of them
railroad employees.
Secretary A. j. Zoller, after reading
Mr.. Sovereign's appeal this morning
said:
''Of course, this is not an order from
the General Master Workman, but he
evidently hopes that 1t will be taken a.
such by the various assemblies through
out the country, and l think it will be
1T is possible that he may issue ar
order to-day after a conference with the
Executive Board of the knights. He
would have to have its support and
consent before he could issue a general
the Knights will be laid before the men
At their lodges, and i think, will be
promptly responded to-"
Have the men of ID. A. 1877 taken any
action as YETI" he was asked
mo. We have scarcely had time to do
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-11

ANYTHING yet. There will be meetings
of this Assembly Mt various places to-
night, and I think the result will be
that the men will 40 out Although
bles in tn" West. our men are among
the most loyal IN the order. and have
ever been among the first to respond
heart and hand in aid OF distressed la
Dor men,
From another source It was learned
that three delegates each from the
as, many. more from the lodges IN Ho,
boken. Weehawkeu, Union Hin and
Union Township, would hold an execu-
iys me e,th tonight II sohnt5en IS
take some definite action in response to
George w storey. one OF the most
popular among the labor leaders ny
Assembly. No. 3.O33. said to an Even
ing World" reporter:
suit of to-night's meeting will be. The
men Will vote to strike. OF that l am
assured.
Last night. for instance, three local
indorsng the attitude OF the strikers.
and offering to aid them In any way
they could. Those locals were Raleigh,
No. 3032, which met at Nasser's Hall on
Third street; Local Assembly No. 6,Cll
which was in session at Humboldt
Hail on Newark avenue, and Local No.
1882, iron workers. which assembled at
Bergen Hall, corner of Grand and IVY
streets. They are among the strongest
as well az the most conservative OF the
local assemblies in D. A. 1877"
"Have any men gone out as yet7' he
was asked.
Not one OF course, they Will walt
for the, action Of the body. However
! when they are called upon. ] am sure
| they will respond instantly
! \ number OF the rank and file OF tho
knights In Jersey city unf ioboker
were seen, and to the reporters inquiries
they all made the same answer:
IF we are ordered out We will go, oil
course"
In spite of these assertion IN the
part Of the labor men. the chiefs OF
police of Weehawkar, Hoboken and
Jersey city are confident, OF seem IL
be, that the men will not go out, order
or no order, and that there VIII be no
trouble.
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SOVERElGN'S CAREER.
Cow boy, NnrbIr-t utter. GrcenbacL
cr nn,I stump SurRl,cr

James Il Sovereign, General Master
Workman nf the Nniehta Of Labor is
about forty Years oil. From 2".0oJ to
3Oo,0U worknGmcn stand ready to-day to
obey the wave of h5 hand
Sovereign was born IN Cassvlle. wis,
May 50, lS5i. His parents died while he
was a bah. and he was reared in the
home Of his grandfather.
He joined the Knights of Labor in 1852
AZ a member of marble cutters union
in Iowa. In November last Sovereign
was elected General Master Workman
of the knights Of Labor, II succeed II.
V. puwderly.
General Master Workman Sovereign, S
boNhood DAYS were spent on his grand
fathers farm.
II 1861 after the old gentleman
died young Sovereign went ranching III
Texas an | Kansas. In 1874 he was app
prtnticcd to the marble-cutters' trade.
and worked ut " nine years. He was
made secretary of the Iowa Marble-Cut-
ters' Union and also identified himself
with the Gre"nhaCk movement, when 1t
was rife. IA dozen years ago lie received
the Greenhack nomination for Congress
In the Ninth Iowa District. in 1882, but
was not elected.
In 1883 he started the Cherokee ia
Weekly Free Press, and later started
buluc Industrial. and labor and Green
back organs.
In 1857 Sovereign was nominated by the
GrcenhaCkerS for Governor OF Iowa, and
In lSSS he was nominated hy the same
party fof Congress. He was not elected
either time.
In 1889 Sovereign stumped the state
for Gov. Boies. and upon the latter )
election he made Sovereign State Labor
STATISTICAL
Before his election as General Master
Workman Sovereign was Master Work
man of Iowa for six years.
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WESTERN TRAFFIC DULL.
The strike Keeps Many People from
Going ON Journeys.

This is the duh season of Il Particular
ly dull year for through Western travel.
and. with the strike thrown In for dis
enlargement. the local agents OF the big
roads leading to the sunset are in de-
SPAR.
They all assert that they are doing
pretty well, all things considered. and
better than their ncighDors, anyhow: but
they swear prOfusey in taking about
II, and that may be accepted as fair
REJECTION Of their feelings
me New York Central is no better
hiSn' the slightest advantage over the
baltimore and Ohio, and so II is with
the others that have Western connec-
tons
That people are afraid to make un-
imperative Journeys into or beyond the
by the meagre volume of traffic. but
by the Inquiries for absent ones made
by their friends at the agencies.
Every hour of the day there are de-
mands at these Offices to learn the
fate of certain trains.
Through trains to the West seem TO be
moving on time and in good order, but
the local and tourist travel to the East
"ln seaside ana mountain resort is all
the business they have.
Freight business continues badly tangled
and very largely suspended The Penn.
sylvania announces to-day that II will
receive all kinds Of freight for all points
except Chicago and Cleveland
Shippers who are not In a hurry are
awaiting. themselves Of the Erie Canal
and lake route, but even that ave-
nue. OF traffic is affected by the fear
and Milwaukee will not be able to rass
those points
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STREET.CAR MEN REFUSE.
Brooklyn Men Say Sovereign Can
not Order q Strike.

At noon to-day the statement was
made by Secretary Dennis Donovan, OF
District Assembly No. rs, to the effect
that there would be no strike among the
street-car men In Brooklyn. A meeting
Of the Executive Board was called for 10
o'clock. and at P. NJ. ii was still in
session behind closed doors.
Mr.. Donovan left the meeting to
make this statement to the reporters.
|. He said that no official request had been
received from General Master Workman
Sovereign for astrike.
Mr.. Donovan said also that It was not
within Mr.. Sovereign's power to order n
strike. He might make a request, but
the question OF calling out the street-car
lines would have to be passed upon by
the local assemblies and majority
vote was ne 'essary to declare strike:
THE motormen and conductors Of the
various railroads have entered into an
agreement with their employers which
does not expire until December" said
their agreement there viii Sc no street
up to the present the corpora tons
have kept their promises: therefore the
men have no reason to strike. or course
all laboring men sympathize with their
brothers in the West, but II is doubtful
whether a strike here will help them.,'
Tns %h R Sas sSsa s s'fe%
Assembly, No. 52l, expressing sympathy
for the Pullman strikers. and Offering
them financial aid; President Cleve-
for some OF their actions since the
strike was begun.
Thomas j, OReilly. Chairman OF Dis
trict Assembly 20. which has jurisdic-
ton over all the X, OF l.. organiza lions
in Brooklyn except the railroad men,
was seen while at work in NJ. g. f. Con
ley's cooperage, at Conover street, near
Hamilton avenue.
II have not been ofiicially notified OF
General Master Workman Sovereign
appeal to labor organizat ions," said he,
but of course j know that II has been
issued. and we propose to take some
"The Executive Board of District As
sembly No. 20 will meet at S5s Fulton
street tonight. They will take the mat
sub-committee to hire hall for gem
eral meeting of all the delegates In the
District Assembly.
o.p Ihnt mee s', E. held 1h Fridsy night
Where it viii be held cannot tell
I'm reference to the prospects of q
general strike In Brooklyn. ! cannot
would benefit us any.
mir. Sovereign cannot order us out.
He may appeal to us and then we may
| determine whether we are to go out
"If there is to be a general strike de-
clared throughout the country, then d.
! A. 20 win call Its 5000 or 5000 members
However, that matter will be deter
mined at the meeting Friday night The
whole matter will be thoroughly dis
cussed and the decision reached viii be
"if we decide we can better help. the
Chicago strikers financially. then there
will he no strike In BROOKLYN.
"Whils We srs al against Pullman
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STEAMSHIP FiREMEN LAUGH,
They scout the Suggestion that
Their body Might strike.

| rumor was started this morning, TO
the effect that the iiremen un ocean
going steamships would probably be
called out. In sympathy with the A X.
4. strike. 1t was alleged that the mem
bers of the New York Branch of Attain
tic Coast Seamen had expressed n will
ingness to obey such an order. which, II
| was expected, would be issued by Frank
Waterhouse, of San Francisco, Presi-
| dent of the National Seamen's Union.
Not an item of the story could be
verified, after most diligent investiga-
! ton along the river front. CHIEF engi-
ncors derided the possibility of such
action, and the fremen VINO were talked
with displayed entire ignorance that
such n contingency was considered.
chief Engineer Walls, of the Amer
lean liner New York. which sailed this
morning, said to an Evening World"
The idea of strike such as men.
toned Is absolutely absurd and far from
the thoughts Of our men. My fremen
went directly to work. This line makes
no inquiry regarding atiiliation of any
OF the crew with unions. and hires them
| Irrespective of such connections"
There WAS no sign OF unusual hustle
on the Red Star steamer Westernland,
| which also sailed this morning. Chief
Engineer Woolley laughed at the sug
| gestion OF trouble.
mo such thing as a strike could hap
pen among our tiremen. In the first
place. they have no grievance, and
poss "a too much sense to leave their
work from sympathy with any Western
disturbance, Besides. they are shipped
for the voyage In Belgium, and their
contracts call for a round trip"
MY iiremen are all on duty" said
! chief Engineer |. &. Smith of the Sa-
| Nannah line steamer Kansas CITY.
There liz no trouble or sign OF any.
We don't discriminate regarding union
or non-union men,
! Nowhere could any trace OF Impending
| trouble be found A number of firemen
were talked with. and to n man. they
derdcd the story. most of them seeming
contented to hold their jobs regardless
OF the labor sit uation I'm the West.
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Brig. Gen. Louis Fitzgerald In answer
to IA card seat to him by an Evening
World'' reporter this morning. returned
| this answer by his messenger:
Il have no news. no Information. moth
ing to say"
| 1.-The public would like to know
whether any orders have been received
from Albany, calling out the First Bri-
gade or warning IT to prepare for SER
| vice, or to any other purport' tn" re-
porter returned, and heard tn" General
say forcefully 20 the attendant:
| II have said all that have TO say
| Mayor Gilroy did not answer the ques-
| ton any more directly.
| The Mayor received calls from Supt.
| Byrncs. Gen Horace Porter. no is Vice
President of the Pullman Palace Car
Company, and committee OF railway
men during the forenoon.
| Afterwards he said:
| Byrnes, Gen, Fitzgerald ard other Off
| Gals, there Is not necessarily any Sig
niticance to be attached. We are simply
keeping en- rapport with each other"
! for help from the militia. in view of the
proposed strike in this city, Mayor GIL
roy replied:
II anticipate no necessity for calling
out the militia J aprrrhend no trouble
officials should always be prepared;
| lou nave seen SUpi. bNTntS mere.
We talked Of the police investigation.
| Gen. Horace Porter came to talk with
me about the law recently enacted APP
prourirting $50. e0 year FOR tn. erection
OF statues to distinguished New York
ers. me "omimttev OF railway men
came to invite me To be present at the
opening OF the Convention of Railway
| Men. Sept. H. | told them that ! would
be away on vacation at that time. So
| you see, these calls had no significance.
| 81 do not believe New York IS "oing
to have any strike or any trouble. l
| hshey, thar the newspapers should do
| all In their power to convince the peo-
| pie thai there is to u. no trouble. That
| wo aid go long way towards avertlng
| trouble"
Supt. Byrncs was hailed as he emerged
| from the MAYORS office.
what are doing in preparation for
possible trouble" he was asked.
| 1T l. very fine day. and | am feeling
very well. indeed was his only reply, as
| he hurried away.