The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-13
THE SENATE
Amendment Of the Insurance Bill - Other
State 1atters

Amendment OF the insurance Bill - Other
State 1atters
Sacramento, March 12.-The bill de.
signed to compel all foreign insurance
companies to make deposit of 5000, 600
with the State Treasurer was ameuded in
the Senate so as to only affect fire insur-
ance companies. When it came up fol
the Assembly to concur in the amend.
ment, Bledsoe of Humboldt and Dinkel.
spiel of San Francisco spoke against the
amendment. The latter said the foreign
marine companies now take over $500, OOC
annually from the state and have to paw
only $500 license. He contended it is un-
republican to protect foreign against
home companies, which now have to
make large deposits. By viva voce vote
the Assembly refused to concur in the
Senate amendment.
One of the sensations of the session oc-
Cured during the debate over substitute
bill reported from the Assembly commit
tee on corporations. amending the law re-
lating to street railroads. The bill amends
Sections 499 and sol of the Civil Code, and
repeals the act of 1873 known as the Nc
Coppin act fixing rates of fare on the
street railroads of San Francisco AS
amended the law would provide that a
fare must not exceed five cents for one
fare for any distance under three miles,
and shall not exceed five cents for one
fare for any distance in one general direc-
ton along the whole length of road or
connections operated by one corporation.
Biggy of San Francisco started the ex-
element by denouncing the bill as
vicious, backed by the street railroad
combine of San Francisco, and said that
under it all the transfer system would be
abolished, as the present Market street
system unites many different companies
or corporations.
Seymour of San Bernardino, who has
brought the bill up as case of urgency,
said the word railroad reused some of the
Senators to great excitement. He was
satisfied that the bill was good one.
Wilmington Of San Diego said the bill
had gone through Transformation pro-
cess in committee. 1t was a good bill
once, but is bad one now.
McAllister of Marin asked how the Sec
tion repeating the McCoppin act came
into the bill, to which Biggy replied that
it was put in by Southern Pacific infiu-
ence.
Biggy offered series of amendments
designed to kill the BILL and as each was
voted down by a large majority he became
more excited. Similar amendments by
McAllister were also voted down by a
large majority. Biggy's last amendment
was TO strike out the section repeating the
McCoppin act, and he said that any one
who would repeal the McCoppin act was a
'hireling of the Southern Pacific" With
ington added to the excitement by de-
nouncing the large number of corporation
lobbyists.
After Gesford of Napa had made a
strong plea against the repeal OF the act of
1873, Arms of San Francisco said that
Biggys charge OF being a hireling was a
deliberate insult to all the Senators, and
an apology was in order. This reused
Biggy, and he replied quietly, asking that
his language be taken down. He went on
to say, with intense feeling, that two
years ago he had been offered $1,000 to vote
for certain bills and that this week he had
been offered $4,000 to stand in with the
combination on water, gas, telephone and
other bills, and that railroad money was
promised him when he reached San Fran
cisco. AS to who were in the combine he
did not know.
II don't want to know" said he. "'I
accuse no man on the floor of the house