The morning call., 1895-01-17
No CHANGE SHOWN.
Continued from First Page.

presentation of bills. A great number of
the bills presented were duplicates OF those
presented in the Senate yesterday, offered
here for the purpose of expedltlng their
passage. Judge Waymire led the process
sion with six. One of these was woman
suffrage bill, of which, however, there are
quite number in the two houses pre-
scented in different forms. The Waymire
bill not only gives the franchise to women
who can read and write, but takes 1t away
from men who cannot. In other words 1T
requires an educational qualification. He
hopes to make it a law. Waymlre pre-
sented bill also appropriatlng $250,OoO for
the erection of a building for the affiliated
colleges in connection with the University
of California Another of his bills is for
the creation of a commission to serve with
out pay in the matter of bringing about
uniformity of legislation In the United
States. The bill follows the lines taken by
New York and some sixteen other States,
looking to uniform laws in all the States IN
such matters as marriage, divorce and in
solvency.
Bulla introduced several bills of general
Importance. Chief Of these was one IN
tended to abolish the abuses now practlced
under the law regulating the sale OF land
for taxes. The bill provides that the State
shall itself purchase or take land upon
which taxes are in default, and instead OF
the penalty of so per cent, as now attach
ing at once to the cost of redemption,
sliding scale is provided, beginning at 10
per cent. Instead of years time being
given in which to redeem the time is ex-
tended and five years is allowed IN which
this sliding scale operates. Another OF
Bulla's bills is especially provided for this
land, where the invalid comes seeking
health and not always finding it. A man
having small bank account dies, and un-
der the law, as at present, the money cam
not be withdrawn by his wife, daughter or
other heirs, however they may need it.
The estate must be administered upon and
the little stock eaten up by the expense
thereof. The bill is intended to do away
with this administering business with re-
gard to deposits in banks as it is now done
with savings banks.
Assemblyman Dodge of Alameda intro
duced bill similar to that which Governor
Flower of New York recently vetoed to
the startled edification of the whole
country. 1t makes it misdemeanor to
raise foreign flag on any public building.
Another bill by Dodge is wholly original
with him, though he does not claim the
first suggestion of the idea as such. 1t is
to prevent the trading of votes in political
and nominating conventions. The nomi-
mating of candidate by jobbing of this
kind will be made a misdemeanor, and
every person pledging his vote for con-
sideration of any kind, including return
pledge for candidate for another office,
will be guilty and liable to arrest and con-
viction. He says the idea was suggested
to him by General Chapman, that he ex-
plotted it during his (Dodge's) campaign,
and that it everywhere met with favor.
When this jobbery is limited from convic-
tons, Mr.. Dodge believes the nominees will
be recognized as the real choice and will
go befoye the people to receive their hearty
support as such, and will stand much
better chance of election on their merits.
He thinks it was this feeling of dissatisfac-
ton with the methods employed in the
Republican convention that caused Mr..
Estee's defeat at the polls, and so prepared
this bill to correct the trouble.
Bulla will introduce tomorrow another
bill on the same lines providing for the in
PRODUCTION of the Australian ballot system
into the nominating convention. This will
be complete novelty-out-A
Australia.
Another of Dodge's bills provides that
all county officials who are paid lump
sum for their services shall file monthly
account of their expenses, so that the peo-
pie may know just how much they are re-
alizing as a net profit out of their job.
Dodge had bill also for the appropriation
of $33 900 for the completing and finishing
of the deaf and dumb asylum, and another
appropriation of $1700 to pay Butcher Fred
Becker for the meat he furnished the sol
diers at West Oakland during the war last
summer.
Kelsey introduced a couple of bills ap-
propriating altogether $1,000 for fixing up
the State Normal School at San Jose.
McKelvey had bill making it lawful for
sparcely populated counties to organize
for mutual fire insurance. The scheme is
operated in some Eastern States. Assess
ments are not made upon policies, but
when fire occurs the loss is estimated
and assessment made to meet it, as is done
in some mutual benefit orders in case of
death. Another of his bills is intended to
repeal that section of the code that pre-
vents appeal in cases of contempt. Nc
Kelvey has an idea that the act of fixing
an official stamp to a document is worth
no more money in one county than an
other, and he has incorporated bill to
make fees of county officers uniform from
Modoc to San Diego. Not only that, but
he thinks the fees are much too high, and
his bill provides for slicing large chunks off
them. He says they were established
in most of the counties in good old mining
days when nickels were unheard of,
whereas the nickel is now an important
factor in the purchase of potatoes. He
would cut them all down. He has also an
extra law fitted for all new counties, as
they cannot be reached by the special laws
that provide for other counties in such
cases.
Cutter introduced bill in behalf of the
BARRIERS of the State making the Sunday
shave unlawful. The barber is clamoring
for day of rest and should have it.
Dinkenspiel introduced a changing
bill to-day. 1t provides that all persons
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