The morning call., 1895-03-01


affect San Francisco in the least.
The bill appointing the Surveyor-General
the locating agent in the United States
land offices was also passed.
The bill of John Mccarthy of the Thirty
sixth District for $2259 so, expenses in
CURED in defending his seat from con-
testant, was referred to the Committee on
Contested Elections. This bill included a
fee of $4,000 for E. N. Deuprey. Clement
Bennett also sent in bill for taking and
transcribing the testimony.
Three members of the Ways and Means
Committee, its chairman and clerk were
given permission TO go to San Francisco on
Saturday to get information as to the
assessment of the property Of the Sunset
Telephone Company. There was no ex-
ception to this little junketing party,
which will probably be the last of the
session.
The bill allowing the State Treasurer
an extra clerk for six months was passed
to its second reading to-day.
The bill forbidding colleges of low stand
ing giving degrees was the cause of funny
incident. When the name of Mccarthy of
San Francisco was cailed, he arose and in
quired if he might ask Bledsoe question.
His question was as to how the Humboldt
Assemblyman had voted. When told that
Bledsoe had voted "No," he announced ::
''Then III kill his bill by voting Aye"
The bill was beaten.
The bill fixing the salaries of the Supe-
rior Judges of the various counties was
passed. This bill raises the salaries in a
number of instances but makes no reduc-
tions.
The Contested Ell Ations Committee for
mally announced this afternoon that H.
M. Collins was entitled to the seat occu-
pied by J. J. Mcdonald of Alameda. On
motion of Pendleton of Los Angeles Col
Inns took his oath of office at once, and
though he had no desk he was pressed into
immediate legislative service.
When the bill came up allowing the
State Treasurer an extra watchman, which
had been refused passage by the Senate be-
cause the salary had been amended to read
$50 instead of 500 for each month, Collins
voted to recede from the action by which
the Assembly had adopted the amendment
and the original bill was passed and trans
mitted to the Senate.
The Senate bill appropriating $3o50 80 to
pay Marin County for inquests on the
States dead prisoners was made a matter
of special urgency on request OF Cutter 1t
was read a second and third time and
passed.
The Committee on Contested Elections
presented a resolution to pay its chairman,
O. H. Huber, $104 so to pay the expenses
incurred in recounting the ballots in the
Collins-McDonald case. The bill was al
lowed.
When the Senate bills had been COM
pleted, Powers of San Francisco rose to a
question of privilege. He said he had been
assailed in the Examiner falsely in regard
to accepting fees as an attorney in con-
tested election cases before the Assembly,
in which he had taken absolutely no part,
and he was permitted to make statement
which was entered on the iou.,,ss Il
TsngeDOur L4ttsGucet.@ feas,l dtfon that
all but the lady friends of members or
attaches should be expelled from the floor
of the House during and for half hour
preceding sessions. This went to the
Committee on Rules, though Bettman
wanted it acted on at once.
Waymire asked that the petition of the
Union League Club and the heading of the
petition of the 800 citizens for Lexow
committee be printed in the journal of the
House. This was granted.
Pendleton presented a series of resolu-
tions eulogistic of J. J. Mcdonald, who
| retired to-day to give place to II. NJ. Col
| lins. The resolutions were received with
applause and passed by standing vote.
Funeral Feast of Vitfculturtsts.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 28.-Charles A. Wet
more entertained a great crowd at Turner
Hall in celebrating the death of Viticul-
tural Commission. A barrel of wine cov-
cred with camellias occupied the stage,
while long table was crowded with
glasses, which a negro waiter kept con-
stantly filled with white wine.
AT intervals along the table were plates