The record-union., 1897-03-14

way measures holding the place of hon
or were taken up.
| HIGHWAY MEASURES.
Bulla briefly explained the intention
of the bills, and answered several ques-
tons propounded by Gillette and Smith.
| LaRue submitted that the amount to
be set aside for payment of the salaries
of the members and the clerks of the
| commission, and to maintain State
highways was only about 1000, and
that as the salaries would aggregate
$4,000 a year. but $4,000 would be
left to maintain and support the high
ways of the State, and out of this sum
would be drawn the contingent ex-
penses of the commission. He thought
| the amount for maintenance would be
| inadequate.
| Gillette and Smith raised the question
Of rights of way, the former contending
that under the provisions of the bill the
| commission would be empowered to
ride rough shod over the wishes of the
citizens of any county, and put a road
| through regardless of the will of a
majority of the population Of any To-
cality.
Braunhart said the bills were intend
ed to create a Board of Commissioners,
and to provide for the payment of their
salaries, and not to construct and main
tain State highways.
| Bulla made a logical argument in
support of the measures, and answered
ell questions propounded clearly and
succinctly.
Braunhart opposed the measures,
contending that the amount demanded
was but drop in the bucket compared
with what would follow, and that mill
| lions of dollars would be spent before
| the matter ended. San Francisco, he
said, had many sins to answer for, but
| ii was we'll known that that city paid
more than one-third of the taxes of the
entire State, and got less returns from
the same than it was entitled to. This
was true in regard to school taxes, and
others, and the present bill, if passed,
would heap further taxes upon the
city which would not be benefited by it
| to the amount of one dollar.
Jones submitted that the more inhab-
itants the State could number, the bet
ter off it would be. Attractiveness
was necessary to secure immigration,
and nothing could so attract visitors as
| good roads. San Francisco, he said,
reminded him of an alligator which
swallowed everything in sight. That
| city, he said, was widely advertised,
but it's population would dwindle and
! its buildings be inhabited by owls, were
| it not for the prosperity of other sec
| tions of the State. The city was by
10 means independent of the agricul-
tural sections, and the prosperity of the
State at learge meant the prosperity Of
| San Francisco.
| Beard made a strong effort for the
| measures, submitting that while the
| bills We're possibly not without fault, it
was a step in the right direction, and
| should amendments be necessary they
might easily be made two years hence.
| Smith took the stand that the pro-
| posed funds would be spread too thin
| to begin a permanent system of State
roads. He would feel more inclined to
! support the measures We're the funds
| to be raised larger sums. He thought
| the State was too big and the taxable
property not valuable enough to I'M
Gertake so gigantic proceeding. 4
| Wilmington, Gleaves and Boyce spoke
to the question, and the first of the
Roads and Highways, to create a de-
Tartment of highways, to define its
duties and powers, to provide for the
appointment of officers and employees
thereof, and to provide for the compen-
| sation of said officers and employees,
and for the additional expenses of said
! department and to make an appropri-
alton therefor, for the remainder of the
| forty-eighth fiscal year, was placed
upon its final passage, and but eigh-
| teen votes being at first recorded for it,
call of the Senate was ordered.
| Dickinson. Aram and Seawen were
| brought in, voted aye, and the bill was
passed by a vote of % to II. Before
the vote was announced, Braunhart
changed his vote and gave notice Of
| motion to reconsider.
| Wilmington moved that the consider
alton of the Assembly file be continued
until the other three highway bills had
been disposed of. Smith requested
| that they go over until Monday, ex-
planning that if at that time, the mo-
ton to reconsider the bill just passed,
was lost, he would stand in and vote
FOR the remaining three. Shippee and
| Gillette also consented to such an ar
rangement. Wilmington withdrew his
motion and the other bills were passed
on the file.
| HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
| A communication from Sheriff John
| son was read, embodying a telegram
| received from Clerk of the Supreme
| Court Ward, announcing that Acting
Chief Justice T. B. Mcfarland had set
| the hearing of the habeas corpus pro-
| ceedings, to determine the legality of
| the Imprisonment of the Examiner
employees, A. NJ. Lawrence and l.. l..
Levings. for Tuesday next, in bank, in
San Francisco, and that pending the
hearing they would be admitted to bail
in the sum of 81 900 each. The Sher-
ifs communication further announced
that the necessary bonds had been pro-
vided.
FITZGERALD AND MOREHOUSE.
Boyce thereupon offered a resolution
which was unanimously adopted. pro-
viding that Attorney General Fitzger-
aid be requested to appear on behalf of
the Senate, and resist the discharge of
the prisoners, and that Senator H. V.
Morehouse be also requested to appear
on behalf of the Senate as associate
counsel
! s. ]. f. IA, by Doty, relating to first
and second class Postmasters, and to
tie classification of employees, was
adopted unanimously.
S. ]. r. Is, by Doty, requesting the
adoption by Congress of House reso-
luton 260, relating to the salaries of
letter carriers, be adopted, was adopt
ed by a vote of 81 to 0.
i At 4:3O o'clock. on motion of Simn-