The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-08
NO LEXOW THIS TINE.
Death Of the Scheme Of
Investigation.
San FRANCISCO LET ALONE.
To Manage Her Own Affairs in Her
Own Way.
DEATH OF THE BILL IN CAUCUS.
Even the Democrats Supposed to Be
Enthusiastic Deserted the Sinking
Ship at the Last.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. THE Republican
Senators in CAUCUS this afternoon buried the
corpse of the Lexow commission. There
was not voice raised against the inter
ment, and this is the last that will be heard
of the inquisition bill at this session I'M
less some jealous student seeks to resur-
rect it as a sort of Frankenstein, in which
event it will turn on its creator. The Re-
publicans say that if any further propo-
sition is made to bring up the bill they will
SO amend it that the appointing power will
rest with the Legislature and the duties OF
the commission will be to recount the
gubernatorial vote in San Francisco.
At the Assembly caucus this evening the
Lexow proposition was not even accorded
a discussion. There was quite wrangle
over the question of reducing the number of
attaches, but no definite result was reached.
There was to have been joint Republican
caucus at o'clock tonight, but as only
! five Senators appeared the meeting ad-
| iourned about two minutes after it was
called to order. The Lexow proposition
now has scarcely a dozen supporters. The
Democrats even denounce it.
81 would not vote for such bill. 1t is
un-Democratic, said Senator Gesford of
Napa,a Democrat. THE CALL in its editorials
expresses my views of the bill. | do not
want to see any inquisition commission APP
pointed and vested with such autocratic
powers
Governor Budd signed the contingent ex-
pense bill to-day, and so the friction be-
!
ments has been finally removed with no re-
sultant ill-feeIing.
Grove P. Ayers of the Board of Super
visors arrived from San Francisco tonight.
He is indignant~at the mention of the pro-
posal to Lexow San Francisco. 1.-The
proposition is an outrage said he at is
deliberate insult to San Francisco. We
are able to manage our own affairs, and we
will suffer dictation from TO outsiders.
There will be no State inquisition board to
car it over San Francisco"
Senator Orr's resolution for the appoint-
ment of a committee to investigate the
election frauds in San Francisco was on
the Senate calendar as special order this
morning. On motion of Orr the special
order went over until tomorrow morning
Smith caused connection by offering
resolution that the Judiciary Committee
be requested to hold but three sessions a
week. He explained that the Judiciary
Committee seemed to be the only one
which was doing any work, and that so
many members of the judiciary were
chairmen and members of other commit
tees that it was impossible to get these
committees together. He said they inva-
riably pleaded a press of work in the Jul
dietary Committee. Senator MCGOWAN,
chairman of the Judiciary Committee, de-
sired to explain, and said he could prove
an alibi for several members of the Judi
ciary Committee, WHO were being accused
of doing too much work in his committee
He said there were several of them who
seldom came into the committeeman.
and if they claimed to Senator Smith to
the contrary their statements were far
from being truthful. He declared that
Senators Earl, Simpson, Aram and himself
were the only members of the Judiciary
Committee who attended its meetings with
any regularity.
Gesford rose to a question of privilege,
declaring he had attended every meeting
of the Judiciary Committee except on sew
eral days when he had been absent from
the city on other legislative business.
Smiths resolution was finally adopted.
McGowan's bill providing that all prac-
ticing attorneys must be admitted before
the State Supreme Court was passed.
The uniform liquor license bill, which
was introduced at the instance of the San
Francisco Liquor-dealers' Association, was
withdrawn upon the request of Mahoney.
The Judiciary Committee was to have
given a hearing tomorrow night to the
various parties interested in this measure.
The liquor men are said to have given up
the fight.
The Committee on Public Buildings re-
ported adversely on the bills for the pur-
chase of a Governors mansion in Sacra-
mento and for the establishing of State
Normal School at San Diego on site do
mated by the citizens. The committee also
recommended appropriations of $92 900 for
the maintenance and improvement of the
normal school at Los Angeles and S105, 400
for Improvements at Highlands Insane
Asylum near San Bernardino.
Quite a batch of new bills appeared.
Senator Hoyt asked for an appropriation
Ol 90UOO W pay lue CldliH OI 1nlIlp Bauer,
whose right foot was injured while serving
in the National Guard last July. Senator
Gleaves sent up bill which provides for
the licensing of public accountants and
authorizes the Governor to appoint a com
mittee of seven to examine and license ap-
plicants.
Senator Langford seeks to amend the code
by providing that on the decease of a man
intestate his wife shall inherit all of the
community property. Senator Earl asks
for an appropriation of $4,000 to be held
in trust by the State University and to be
applied to the assistance of such High
schools as maintain a years laboratory
course in physics and the same in chem
istry.
Senator Toner offered bill providing
that no child under IA years of age shall
be employed in any factory, workshop or
mercantile institution, and that a record
of all youths between the ages of IA and IS
employed in such institutions must be filed
with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
bill by Senator Whitehurst provides for the
formation Of protection districts for the
improvement and rectifcation of unnav;-
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