The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-14

mountains where the feed is green near
ly all the year round
The mountain jewellers claim that the
sheep not only cut their roads to pieces,
but also restrict the number of cattle
they may raise themselves, as it is
well-known natural fact that not even a
ground hog will range after sheep.
OF a consequence the valley men and
their sheep are within the jurisdiction of
the mountain counties for from tour 10
nine months of each year, and all the
mountain counties get out of it is the tax
allowed them under the constitution. in
every Legislature convened in twenty
years past the sheepmen have attempted
to set maximum of or cents upon the
tax Supervisors may impose. They at
tempted it again this year. Chair
man Huber, of the Committee on County
Government, offered bill fixing the max
imum to 2 cents. Mr.. Raub affixed an
other but both the Senate and Assembly
committees struck the clause out OF each
bill, leaving the law as 1t was, with no
limit A committee substitute was Of
fered-A. B. No. 1000-which did not re-
fer to the tax in any way.
This afternoon, however, Dill NO. Zo5
was suddenly reported back by Chairman
Huber with the recommendation that II
do pass and investigation developed that
it carried the very clause that had peen
twice stricken out by committee except
that the maximum was raised from Z
cents to cents.
The report. which purported to be
majority recommendation, was signed by
only four of the thirteen members, and
those
signed jumped to their feet and demanded
to know when the committee had met
and made any such recommendations
Huber said that they had met this after
noon. and it transpired upon further
questioning that the only meeting held
was held by the committee clerk, r h
TYLER who made up the report and then
circulated it round the floor and got four
members of the committee who were raw
orable to the mutton end OF the PROPOSE
'i0 W. ~ nf InTo condemned the action of
Huber and Tyler severely. He reheafsed
the history of the bill since it's introduce
ton and demanded that 1t pc reconIliitte 5a
and every member of the committee
given a chance to sign a new report.
Judge Clough wanted it beat on the
spot. In a red hot speech he sald ne
had been Informed by a sheepman before
this Legislature convened that s5o oOU
had been raised by sheep owners to get
the clause in question through IN one or
| the other of the county government acts.
! He said the bill was not square and he
would fight it TO a standstill.
Valentine of Los Angeles moved That
the bill be taken up at once ana p liiu it
| on the second reading file. He spoke IN
1 favor of the measure and put up the
! sheepmen's argument in its support
/ Kenneally, who was against the meas
ure hunted up Clerk Tyler and accused
/ him pointedly of having Jockeyed the
records and Assemblyman Mack also IN
| formed the energetic clerk that crooked
work of the part he had been guilty OF
would not be tolerated.
Dibble attempted to smooth things over
| and save the measure from recommit-
/ ment but a motion of Melick and de-
mand by Mack that it be sent back to the
committee prevailed, and after dinner this
evening the thirteen members met to give
the meeting a majority report, signed
bv eight members. was offered against
the bill and a minority report, signed by
three members, recommended IT'S passage.
Now the fight has transferred itself to the
floor of the House.