The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-25
Investigating Committee Will
Finish It's Labors
And Report This Evening or To-Morrow-To
Exempt Churches From Taxation
The First Junket

irving NJ. Scott of San Francisco.
who has at last come out in the open as
q candidate for United States Senator.
arrived here last evening and opened
headquarters at the Golden Eagle Ho-
tel, where all the other candidates are
located. Ex-Mayor L. r. Ellert OF San
Francisco appears in the role OF Mr..
SCOTS political manager, and claims to
represent the commercial and lndus-
trial interests of that city.
The arrival of Mr.. Scott did not Gre
ate any stir whatever, and everything
was as dull in the Senatorial contest
last night as it has been for the last
ten days.
The friends of Mr.. Grant held a eau
Gus in his rooms, and after adjourn
anent seemed very anxious to let every
body know that they had agreed TO
stand by their candidate to the last
One of them remarked after leaving
the room: Now they can come to US,
or there will be no United States Sen
ator elected at this session of the Leg
islature.''
The friends of General Barnes also
held consultation last night. and
agreed to stand pat" They do not
like. the appearance Of Mr.. Scott in the
field, and say that it is not fair to their
candidate for another San Francisco
man to come into the fight after he
has been here in the thick of it for
three weeks.
1t is not likely that any change will
be made in the vote to-day, but it is
confidently predicted that something
will happen very soon after the report
of the Investigating Committee is filed.
Burns friends seem more confident
than ever that he will be elected, while
Bulla's hackers also maintain a bold
front
THREE BILLS
The Senate, while making no very
rapid strides in file work, succeeded in
passing three bills at yesterdays ses-
sion- The first was the reiuyenated
Republican caucus bill providing for
additional attaches. It has become the
fad to pass that measure at least once
every day, but it is to be hoped that
the last has been heard Of it for some
time. The bill, it will be remembered
was passed, then taken up again.
amended and repassed; but yesterday
again it was resurrected as something
new and foisted upon an unsuspecting
public. The only excuse for yester-
days action was that doubt had
arisen as to whether bill, having been
passed, could be recalled, amended and
passed again. The Republican mem
bers looked wise while voting.
The second bill passed permits Ala
media to take into the city limits bit
of uninhabited swamp land and the
dark side Of a street, also uninhabited:
and the third bill, by Farmer Dick
inson, makes the selling of short weight
butter misdemeanor, and punishable
as such.
ABOUT TO CLOSE.
The labors Of the Special Investiga-
ton Committee of the Assembly draws
toward a close.
At an executive session of the COM
mittee, held yesterday afternoon, the
members conferred together as to the
time and the matter of the report to
be submitted to the Assembly.
1t was agreed that the taking of EVIL
dence should close at the o'clock sit
ting this morning unless something
new and unexpected should crop UP.
1t was found that there is no great
diversity of opinion among the mem
bers of the committee and no minority
report will be submitted The report
will be ready for presentation this aft
ernoon or tomorrow.
With regard to the charges against
the Speaker. Howard T. Wright, it is
outlined that the committee will say
that, as Speaker, he is the creature of
the Assembly and should be dealt with
by that body. The committee will.
therefore. lay before the Assembly the
evidence and their findings thereon,
without recommendation.
With regard to other charges of cor
ruption the indications are that the re-
port will find that the evidence before
the committee was not sufficiently
strong to be regarded as proof. AS for
the matter of the refusal of Milton ].