The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-05

trOduced tomorrow morning. The work
has inst begun and many more heads will
fall tomorrow night. The great question
will be as to whose friends will be chosen.
The last appointed and those who are non
resident salary-drawers will fall first.
TOO MANY PRINTERS.
That Is the Gist of the Charge Made
AgGinst johnson.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 4.-There is a def
cheney of about $4,000 in the State Print
ers office, out of which the Democrats
are seeking to make capital, as bill for
the relief of the Office has been introduced.
Governor Budd in his statement does not
attach any blame to the Office. State
Printer Johnston went before the Governor
and explained the situation. It seems that
the expenses of his office have been about
$4,000 in excess of the appropriation.
In speaking of the matter tonight Gov
ernor Budd declared that he knew that it
was difficult to keep within the appropria-
ton, as much work, which had not been
anticipated, had been thrown upon the
Office.
The Legislature has had a vast amount
of printing done, and the nature of its
work has been such that the State Printer
has been forced to keep a large army of
men on the payroll. AT times the work
would slacken, but the men had to be re-
tanned, it is argued, to meet emergencies,
as at any moment the Office would be
deluged with orders for bills.
The State Controller called the attention
of the Senate Finance Committee tonight
to serious defects in the general appropri-
alton bill. In some instances salaries fixed
by statute have been decreased or abolished
in the bill. Unless supplementary acts are
passed these officers will present deficiency
claims, which viii have to be paid. The
only remedy is the passage of bills abolish
ing the Offices or fixing the salaries at the
reduced figures.
In its estimate of the saving to the State
the Assembly Committee on Ways and
Means forgot to figure in the $3.50, 900 which
the State University will get by virtue of the
tax levy provided for by the laws. The
cutting out of the appropriation for State
and county fairs will be bitterly fought, and
probably appropriations for these purposes
will be inserted in the bill.
1t is thought that it will take the Assem-
bly, two weeks to act finally upon this bill
By striking out the appropriations for fairs
about 100000 is saved to the State. The
sum of $3.50, 0O0 is saved to the State by cut
ting off the appropriations in aid of the aged
INDECENT. In 1884, when the first appropria-
ton was made, it was $4,000. 1t has steadily
increased, until now the amount about
equals the deficiency on the coyote boun-
ties.
The bill cuts out 100000 from the $685.
600 heretofore appropriated to the National
Guard. 1t is claimed that armory rents
and other expenses have been excessive,
that several companies have large funds in
their treasures, and that the reduction can
be easily made. The Adjutant- Generals
office has asked for an appropriation of
$lS3,0O0 to pay the expenses Of the strike.
The Senate Finance Committee has
asked for an itemized statement, as it is
claimed that excessive bills have been
sent in. 1t is cited that one grocer charges
cents pound for sugar, and $500 for a
butchers bill in Alameda is given as an
other instance, together with heavy
charges for hauling supplies from steamers
in Sacramento to the militia camp.
A bill which will probably cause spirited
opposition has been introduced by Senator
Henderson. 1t affects the Odd Fellows,
Masonic, Laurel Hill and Calvary GENE
teries. This is the text of the bill:
Any person who, from and after the first day
of January 1900, shall bury or inter or order or
assist to bury or inter, the body of any de-
ceased person within the limits of any in
corporated city, or city and county in this
State having a population exceeding loo. 900
holl NV +1,o
preceding national census, is guilty OF a mis-
demeanor and shall be punished by fine of
not less than one hundred dollars or more than
FIVE hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment in
the county jail Cor period not less than thirty
days nor more than ninety days, at the discre-
ton OF the court, or by both said fine and i'm
prisonment, as the court shall adjudge.
Crittenden Robinson and Assem- blyman
]. NJ. Bassford of Solano, members of the
State Sportsmen's Association, appeared
before the Senate Committee on Fish and
Game to-day. 1t was decided to substitute
the Assembly bill, to which the Sports
mems Association does not object, for the
Senate bills. There is one clause in this
bill which will provoke opposition; it pro-
vides that the posting of notices prohibit
ing hunting on any premises shall not
apply to saltwater marsh lands. If the
bill is passed it will enable hunters to kill
game on the preserves rented by the vari-
Gus gun clubs-such, for instance, as the
big reservation on the marshes between
Benicia and Suisun.
Senator Langford has bill before the
committee which repeats the act creating
the Fish Commissioners. The bill was laid
over for future consideration.
The Senate Judiciary Committee de-
cided tonight to report back without
recommendation the bill reducing notaries