The record-union., 1899-01-28
Wright Investigators Hand in
Their Report.
A Clear Statement and No Observation-Disclosures
Improvement Bonds Bill-Mansion for
the Governor.

The committee appointed to investi-
gate the newspaper charges brought
against the Speaker Of the Assembly,
Howard E. Wright, yesterday handed
in it's report, and the wise ones are
wondering when the much talked-about
break of the lineup for United States
Senator will materialize. Not until at
ter the report has been either approved
or rejected by the Assembly, they say,
and as that body will not begin consid-
ering the document until IL o'clock to-
day, the prospects are that the break"
will be deferred until next week.
AS matters now stand, the friends OF
all the candidates are looking cheerful
some of them wise. but they are not
doing much talking.
DENNERY- CONTEST.
The Dennery-Ashe contest still drags
its weary lengths along before the Sen
ate Committee on Elections. Attorney
Eugene F. Bert, for the contestant, has
for the past two days been reading tes-
timony and interfering argument be-
fore the committee, and he seemed as
fresh last night as he did at the start.
After Attorney Bert gets through, Al
torney McPilze, who looks after the in
terests of Senator Ashe, will have an
inning, and Bert will close, and Just
when the end will be not even the most
hardened prophet dares predict.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT BONDS.
In the, Senate yesterday, interest CEN
tered on the bill to provide for the is
suance of 81, 100000 of State bonds for
the Improvement Of the seawal and
harbor at San Francisco. The oppo-
nents of the bill brought much argu-
ment to bear, but judging from the
present outlook, it will pass the Upper
House by a staunch majority. An
amendment adopted yesterday makes
the State a preferred purchaser of any
or all of the bonds, which will draw
interest at the rate of 31la per cent. per
annum. OF course, If the bill passes
both houses, the issue of bonds will still
depend upon the popular vote at the
next general election.
In the House yesterday the expecta-
ton of the report of the Investigation
Committee had more or less paralyz-
ing effect on business. Committee
meetings were sparsely attended or not
held at ali, and had it not been for the
efforts of some of the old hands Like
Johnson. Dibble, Valentine and Bel
shaw, who kept the file machine grind
ing, very little would have been done.
AS it was, however, very respect
able number of bills were passed and
the debates had no special tinge of the
acrid Indeed, some of the grey haired
legislators waxed funny over measures
like the golden poppy" bill, the 4'preda-
ceous insect bill, the anti have-your
picture taken bill, and others.
The reading of the report of the Com
mittee on Investigation was received in
perfect silence and nothing even ap-
preaching a scene occurred. What may
happen to-day at IL o'clock when the
Assembly takes the report under con-
sideration, no man can say.
OPPOSITION MEASURES.
The Sabbath Observance bill, which
is quite sweeping in its terms and the
Introduction of which has been backed
up by numerous petitions, was met yes
terday by square and outspoken oppo-
sition in Feliz' Assembly Constitutional
Amendment No. Is. which seeks to
make constitutional provision against
anything like Sunday legislation" The
wording Of the amendment is as fol-
lows:
The free exercise and enjoyment Of