The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-14

nations. The major Is wounded, and 1t is
but proper that the State of California should
pay him what he asks for in his old age for his
honorable services rendered for the Union and
the STATE of California. Your most obedient
servant, NEWTON BOOTH.
Assem- blvman Treacy of San Francisco
has put in bill that will cause no end oil
talk, not only in the Legislature but
throughout the State. 1t provides that
the minimum wages for labor on public
work, whether the work be done directly
by the State or the municipalities or let
out by them on contract, shall be ~ per
day. Treacy argues that should the bill
become law contractors will put in their
bids on public work on the basis of 81 per
day for common Iaborers and that no one
will be Injured thereby. The money will
be expended in the community, as labor
ers' and mechanics wages always are, with
the result that trade will be livelier and
the money will be put at once into general
circulation.
Treacy says that laborers on certain pub
lie work in San Francisco are paid by the
contractors 90 cents per day or $5 40 per
week and out of this miserable pittance
earned by the sweat of his brow the poor
slave of the sewer must pay for his board
and lodging, and if he be married must
support his family.
A five-dollar- and -forty-cent family is a
terrible thing to contemplate in these
J days of civilization in California. 1t is
more terrible than pitiable when one looks
into the future and speculates upon the
destiny of the children belonging to that
family. There will be an opportunity for
many eloquent arguments when the bill
shall come up for passage and the speeches
will no doubt be eloquent, even though
( they may be homaly, rugged and uncouth.
Why? Because the voice of charity, the
voice that speaks on behalf OF down.
trodden humanity, will sound in the ears
of the hopeless gutter. slave as sweetly
and as blessedly as an angels song.
S, K. Thornton, well-known mining
man of Sierra County, came up from San
Francisco this evening. He will look after
several mining bills in the committees.
Senator Braunhart Of San Francisco has
in pre- paration bill to fix the salaries of
county officers in San Francisco. He says
that since the decision of the Supreme
Court to the effect that the officials men
toned are county officers, it will be neces-
sary for the Legislature to fix their sal
aries, the consolidation act not being
applicable. His bill proposes to cut down
expenses of the County Clerk to $1,000 per
month. The following IS digest of his
bill: County Clerk, $4,000 per annum;
| chief deputy, $4,000 per annum. For all
departme nts of the Superior Court. depu-
ties as follows: One register clerk for
~ n RI nF JUa
of the Superior Court, salary $50
per month instead OF $175; for each Judge
or department o. the Superior Court one
courtroom clerk at $125 instead OF $3.50 /;
one additional register clerk for each de-
partment of the Superior Court, salary
SIPS per month; one copyist for each
Judge and one additional register clerk
for every two Judges, salary 500 per
month. When not employed at their
duties to do other work in the Office. Nc
changes in the Sheriff's office except thar
the bookkeeper receives 5000 instead oil
/ $3.50 per month, and assistant book
keeper $3.50 instead of 500 per month.
No changes in District Attorneys Office.
| No changes in Assessors office.
! No changes in Coroner's Office.
No changes in the salaries of the Recorder
or his deputies; 10 cents instead of Il
cents per folio, and provides against the
disparity in the payments allowed to copy
lists, who shall average about $100 per
month. At present some copyists are
making $500 month, and others are max
! ing about $50 or $40 per month.
A separate bill has been introduced In
reference to the Public Administrators, re.
ducing fees. which is to take effect two
years hence. No changes in Superintend-
ent of Schools. Supervisors are prohibited
from allowing additional or creating addi-
tional compensation for their offices.
County Clerk Curry and Alexander