The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-05
Supporters Of All Candidates
Firm and Grim.
Vaurancy Thunder and Other Things in the
Senate-A New Libel Law
Proposed.

The election of a Senator in Con-
gress to succeed Stephen M. White
seems to be as vague and distant as at
any time since the Legislature assem-
bIed. The daily joint sessions have
come to be void of all interest, and loom
up as kind of disagreeable duty when
must be performed. Even the members
OF the third house shun the sessions, or
If they attend do SO only to pour INTO
the ears of members flood of words
relating to the alleged virtues OF pllis
they, desire passed. Nobody seems TO
knew when or where a break VIII take
place, but every member is standing
doggedly by the candidate whose cause
they first espoused. The Democrats
are the only cheerful ones. They have
nothing at stake and they sit serenely
and don't care whether school keeps or
not.
RESPECTING MIGRANTS.
In the Senate yesterday morning the
sinterest conferred on Senator Davis
tmotion to deny Senator Nuts bill, 10,
a third reading. The motion was
child Of Fridays session which had
been foisted upon that of Saturday be-
cause the shadows had heightened ana
the Senate was hungry. The proviso
in the bill which caused the trouble.
{. was to the effect that Justices of the
! Peace might summarily dispose of va
grancy, disturbing the peace and other
minor offences, and the idea of de-
priving even a vagrant of trial by
caused rising of the gorge among
some, and a flow of fervid eloquence
among others of the Senators.
While a majority of the members
voted for the motion to deny, the Stat
ute provides that 81 votes shall be nee
essary for such action, and the bin was
ordered to engrossment and third read
{ ing The opponents of the measure feel
certain that it will be defeated when
it comes up for final passage.
+. LIBEL AND RETRACTION.
Senator Shortridge yesterday intro
duced a bill which will be scanned with
interest by the editors and proprietors
: OF newspapers. 1t adds two new sec
tons to the Penal Code. relating to
the law of libel, and provides that re-
traction or correction of any libel shall
be in mitigation of the offence, and that
only actual damages shall be awarded
in libel cases. The full text of the bill
appears in another column.
SHORT SESSION.
The Saturday morning session of the
Assembly was sparsely attended and
afforded no salient point on which to
hang so much as a paragraph. Ad-
journment was taken directly after the
adjournment of the joint session.
ANNUITANTS.
: The Teachers Annuity Act which be-
came a law in '95, and was amended
in 81, is under still further amendment
in a bill introduced yesterday. The
annuity law is claimed by its friends
to be working satisfactorily save for
some minor details which have devel-
oped as time went on and which are
now sought to be remedied. There are
but two organizations under this law in
: the State as yet. One in San Francisco
has 1000 contributors and one in Ala
media County of go. The bill now in
troduced defines clearly the classes of
'.annuitants" or those who will receive
the benefits of the law. 1t also makes
the annuity $50 per month for all
classes. There are fifteen teachers now
retired on the annuity in San Fran
cisco. In Oakland there are some 1000
in the fund, but as yet no beneficiaries.
There is some talk of introducing
clause which shall leave it optional with
Boards of Education to make it op-
ligatory upon all new teachers en-
ployed to contribute to the fund, as is
done in the case of paid firemen.
MIR. GREEN'S CASE.
1t is learned that the reports very
generally circulated that Milton J.
Green had been on the street during the
past week We're unfounded Mr.. Green
is reported by his physician, DR.. Hatch,
to be still a very sick man.