The record-union., 1897-03-12
Joint Resolution Offered Requesting an
Increased Tariff on Citrus Fruit.
Governor Approves The Bill TO Regulate and
Govern The ROckCrushing Plant
at Folsom.

The Governor yesterday approved
Doty's bill, to regulate and govern the
rock-crushing plant at the Folsom
State Prison and to provide for the
sale of the rock and the disposition of
the revenues derived therefrom. The
cars, is, by the provisions of the bill,
fixed at SO cents per ton, instead of %
cents as heretofore.
Simpson offered a joint resolution,
drafted by the Southern California
Citrus Fruit Growers Convention, petit
tioning Congress, through the States
representatives to materially increase
the import duties on all citrus fruits.
The preamble explains that Langford' S
resolution, adopted and forwarded the
first week of the session, was drawn
without the sanction of the citrus fruit
growers, and that the minimum, in
stead Of the maximum duty. was
named therein. The resolution will be
brought up this morning, at which time
Smith will append a schedule demanded
by the raisin growers of Fresno, who
are also dissatisfied with the requests
conveyed in Langford's resolution
By resolution, the Senate requested
the Attorney General to act as its rep
resentative in the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings held in Judge Hughes court
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
that the States attorney was not pres
ent, was not the fault of the upper
house which was not officially notified
of the proceedings until nearly 3
o'clock
Throughout the day the Senate
the second reading files, and it was not
until evening that the more serious
business of final passage was gone
deeply into.
At the evening session the bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for exporting the
books of the railroad companies. was
amended, on motion of Bulla, fixing the
sum at $4,000 The bills to pay the
NieiAAAiS VI bliC DuIlGlll ana the EA-
aminer'' for advertising the Constitu-
tional amendments were also passed
as was that appropriating S63 ,663 33
to pay the claim of Dennis Jordan for
work done on the State Prison at Fol-
som.
THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE.
Before the Assembly Committee of
Investigation of the bribery charges of
the Examiner" held yesterday after
noon, George w. Baker, the Oakland
attorney, and w. F. Herrin of San
Francisco We're examined.
Baker identified the kilograms be-
tween himself and Frick, which were
printed in the Record Union; said
he had framed the \. b. 213 at the
request of the Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation, whose attorney he was. 1t is
an association of fifty wholesale deal
ers in liquor; witness takes his orders
from the President; he came to Sacra-
mento at request of President. Baker
went TO see Hayward and found Herrin
there; read the bill TO Hayward to see
if 1t met his approval and also sub
1nitted a brief of it to Herrin, but
never heard anything from either OF
them: did not know that Herrin OPP
posed It. or he would not have put the
bill in. When in Sacramento witness
said he talked with Lane. Hayward.
Langford. Morehouse, Caminetti. Voor-
heis, Dibble, Dargie and Leavitt Asked
Dargie to talk to Leavitt.
Question-When did Hayward as
sure you he would support the bill?
Don't remember that he ever did.
Sent kilograms to Hayward and to
Cross, agent of the Hobart estate
will produce them if the Examiner
will produce all it has sent up here;
substance Of kilograms was to have