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trict had been loaded down with bonds
amounting to SS00,OOO there was still
no assurance that water would be had
EASTON ASSERTS.
Attorney c. w. Easton, also of Mo-
desto said he would not care to say that
the Directors of the Modesto District
had robbed the people, but that the re-
suit of its proceedings had been to de-
that the Legislature had taken sugges-
tions from the Board of Directors while
the latter had not represented the ma
jority of the people. Districts, he said,
We're divided into five divisions, and it
so happened that all of those divisions
centered in the town of Modesto. The
vote that the district was formed. In
stances were said to have occurred where
that same floating vote was loaded into
a wagon and voted at the several poll
ing places.
Mr.. Easton did not contend, he said,
that Wright had ruined the people of his
were ruined. A man who owned a brick
business block in the business center of
Modesto recently told him that he should
not pay his taxes on it this year He
could not dispose of the property even
for a trifle, and, the speaker said, the
land in the district could not be sold for
81 an acre.
Mr.. Easton stated that in his opinion
no more districts should be formed
under the Wright Act, for as long as
bonds We're Sold Doodle Boards of Di-
rectors would take advantage of the sit
uation.
No further action was taken and the
evening.
SENATE PER DIEM.
In Sundays edition of the Record
Union the per diem of officials, en-
ployes and clerks of the Senate, as
shown by the payrolls in the office OF
the State Controller at the end of the
the aggregate sum of $51S. The foot
ing of the payroll in the Controllers Of
flee at the close of the second week of the
session of 1895 was also published,
showing the amount paid on that day to
have been $40.
That statement was accurate in every
been found that at the close of the sec
ond week of the session of 1893 the con-
tingent fund of the Senate was so low
that the entire swarm of attaches could
not be paid The fund had been raked
and there still remained unsatisfied
claims of employees aggregating $252 per
diem.
Some time subsequently another ap-
preparation was made for the contin-
gent expenses, and after that impor-
tant piece of legislation had been &C
complished, warrants We're drawn for
that part of the crowd who failed to get
in on the first payday, and their grab
was allowed to extend back to the be-
ginning.
SO it happens that both rolls taken to-
gether show the actual per diem for
Senate officials, employees and clerks at
the close of the second week of the ses-
sion of 1895 to have been 1922 per diem
instead of $40, as shown by the public
record from which the Record Union"
procured it's data. This would show
that the per diem at the end of the sec
ond week of the present session is really
1904 less than for a like date at the
same S54
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
The Capitol building was inspected
to-day by a party of visitors from the
Sunny South, Governor Atkinson of
Georgia, Mrs. Atkinson and their
friends In the Senate Lieutenant-G Gov
tion was held, during which the Lieu
tenant Governor presented the Senators
and others to the party. Mrs. Budd,
wife of CALIFORNIA; Governor, accom-
panied the party, all the members of
which expressed their delight with the
State and their regret that their stay
could not be longer.
DOWN EASY.
In the Assembly yesterday the first
serious business after the converting at
high noon was the presentation and
consideration of the much-talked of
resolution presented last week by Dry
den of the Populst section of the
House, calling for an investigating
committee on the charges against the
Chief Clerk and the Assembly of ex-
cessive expenditure in the organization
of the House. The majority report,
which will be found in another column
IN full. is a model Of circUnlocution
and vague cansure. The minority re-
port was made by one man alore-Kee-
gan. who has dubbed himself the
minority OF the minority"-a soubri-
quet which fitted we'll on this occasion.
His report calls for definite action. Both
were made a special order for this
mornings consideration, so escaping