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printing of books and documents for their
several departments. The expense of
such printing, which should properly be
charged against the account OF the Off
GERS II the departments and institutions
ordering the printing, is unjustly arrayed
against the State Printers account. Some
proper check should be imposed upon the
expense Of printing incurred by the vari-
Gus officers, boards and departments.
Each public institution and office should
be charged for it's printing out of its
separate appropriation or fund on hand.
The door of the State Printing Office is
too ready of access 10 public officers. 1t
should be remembered that public money
is a trust fund which public officers are
obligated by their oaths to protect against
waste.
Again, too many copies of public books
and documents are printed, many of
which are distributed throughout the
State to persons who neither read nor use
them Added 10 this is the unnecessarily
voluminous character of the reports pre-
sented by public officers. | find that CON
ciseness is a rare rhetorical beauty in Of
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the wife of the executive secretary, ana
Miss Rowena Burns, came down from the
Governors apartments in the hotel and
were driven rapidly to the Capitol in two
carriages.
Governor Budd, GovernOr-elect Gage,
Supreme Justice Henshaw and MAYOR
Frank Mclaughlin followed and entered
the carriage drawn by six horses. The
procession then formed and within ten
minutes thereafter was in motion, en-
route to the Capitol. The order OF the line
was as follows
Artillery band of Sacramento; COMPANY
A, n. G.. c.. of Oakland, Captain Poulter
commanding.
First and second divisions Naval Bat
talon of San Francisco, with two rapid
- Signal 5i CORPS Second Brigade. of San
Francisco Captain C. L. Hewes com
handing.
, Carriage containing Governor 1 Bnd o.
Henshaw and Major Frank McLaughlln.
Carriage containing General A W. bar,
rett, Adjutant General r. l.. Peeier ana
Colonel w d. Sanborn.
Carriage containing Colonels Young
Vail, Puppy and ChOynski.
Carriage containing General Dickinson
staff-ColOnelS ClOugh, Miles ana HUBER,
and Majors Fitzgerald and Schmitt
Carriages containing General w arllelu 5
staff-ColOnels GeSting and Hanson; ana
Majors Jansen, Hosmer, Mango Evans
and Wegener and Sergeant Major CROSBY.
Carriage containing Speaker Wright
Lieutenant Governor Jeter and Lleuten-
ant GOVernor-elect Nen.
Carriages containing Mayor Land and
city officials of Sacramento.
Carriage containing Private secretary
Foley. Executive Secretary Davis ana
Private Secretary Shields. -,,-
Carriage containing State Controller
Colgan, Surveyor General Wright, Alex
ander Brown Member State Board OF
EQUALIZATION. and State Treasurer Reeves
Carriage containing Secretary of State
Curry. Member State Board of Equaliza-
ton Toland, Building and Loan Commls-
sioner McCabe.
Carriage containing Attorney General
Ford, Dan T. Cole and ]. S. WardaI.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Stale Claims
and
heir Payment.

preceding session of the Legislature. The
spirit of obbying is too prevalent and
should be checked.
It fosters corrupt sentiment that it
is lawful to rob the State.
Some people who are scrupulously con-
scientious in their private dealings with
one another, actuated by this spirit. do
not hesitate to demand improper or
excessive appropriations or to attempt
to secure the approval of dishonest
claims. The interest of the State should
be the interest of every citizen. The
money of the State is as sacred in owner
ship as the money of the individual.
ties for coyote scaIps has long since been
repealed claims aggregating $2S7,615 are
likely again to be presented at this SEES
sion of the Legislature. In the second BIZ
ennial message Of Governor Markham,
January Z, 1895 attention was called to the
fact that the State had been shamefully
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
THE INAUGURAL PARADE.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. At was almost / D. m.
when the inaugural parade formed in
front of the Golden Eagle Hotel. vast
throng of people cohgregated there to
witness the start of the procession. First,
Mrs Gage, accompanied by little Lucille.
Miss Maggie Eastman, Mrs. w. H. Davis,
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Importance to the State. and should re-
ceive the fullest support of our Senators
and Representatives in Congress, who
should be requested to use all lawful eff
forts for the passage of measures favor
ing its completion. as well as to give their
fullest support to all measures designed
to improve our rivers and harbOrs"
Notwithstanding the great ability and
untiring energy of the learned Justices
Of our Supreme Court and Of the Supreme
Court Commissioners, experience has
demonstrated that it is impossible for
them TO dispose of the fast accommodating
legal business coming before them.
therefore recommend that an amendment
to the constitution be adopted for sub
mission to the electors, establishing an
intermediate appellate court. having final
jurisdiction of a large class of cases which
now comes within the jurisdiction of the
present Supreme Court. 1t is not only
essential that the cases submitted to our
courts should be decided justly. but it is
also Indispensable that they be disposed
of promptly, otherwise great injustice will
be done to the people
While rigid economy should be practiced
in all matters of State yet useful public
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Irrigation and
the
Wright Act.

and the advantages are so great to the
Federal Government for the irrigation
reclamation and sale of it's public arid
lands within the State that the monev to
be raised for such purposes properly falls
within the domain of Congress.
The construction of storage reservoirs
would induce settlers TO take UP loca-
tons upon the public arid lands, enhanc-
ing, through settlement and cultivation,
the value of such land and adding largely
to the population and wealth of the State
and nation.
Our Senators and Representatives in
Congress should be requested to introduce
direction. Our State has not been mate
rally benefited through the laws enacted
in respect to irrigation districts under the
followed the so-called Wright act, burden
ing the land owners, imposing additional
taxes and causing perplexing litigation.
While some portions of the State have
been favored through it other parts have
been injured. Bonds aggregating a large
sum of money have been issued upon the
doubtful securities afforded by several ir-
rigation districts, and in many cases even
the interest on these bonds has not been
paid, SO that the bonds themselves are
practically unstable.
Some measures should be adopted which
will prevent the continuance of such I'M
desirable conditions and put an end to the
litigation and loss consequent upon this
class of legislation.
The completion of the work already be-
gun upon San Pedro harbor is of great
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defrauded by the payment for scalps that
had been. shipped into the State. from
Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and Mexico,
Governor Budd, in his first biennial mes
sage. January 4. 1897, recommended that
in any appropriation made for the pay
ment of these coyote scalp claims,
amounting to S2s7 ,615 provision should
be made that the Board of Examiners
should take evidence as to the validity OF
the claims before allowing them. In that
connection he said: Il am convinced that
frauds have been perpetrated on the peo-
pie in the presentation and manipulation
of these claims in several of the counties
Of the State, and while the claims from
many of the counties of the State are UNI
doubtedly just, If the Board of Examiners
be given the above power, and false
swearing hereunder be made perjury, l
am confident that there will be effected
large saving of money TO the State
In the last report of the Controller for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1897, and
June 80, 1898. attention is again called TO
these claims in the following language:
Il have again included in my estimate the
amount due to creditors of the State for
bounty on coyote scalps. The greater part
of these are legitimate claims and the
State is legally responsible for their pay
ment. | have no doubt there are among
them many that are fraudulent, but these
may be segregated from the honest
claims, and the latter should be PAID
without further delay"
From the foregoing reports It will be
observed that these claims. amounting TO
$2S7 ,6l5 are as a whole tainted with the
fraud and the honest claims. if any, are
not segregated from the dishonest de-
mands and should be segregated before
any appropriations therefor be made.
The holders of these claims must not eX
pect from me more leniency than they
have received from my predecessors. Il
trust that you will closely scrutinize these
claims before allowing any appropriations
whatsoever.
1t is my inflexible resolve to oppose all
unjust and excessive appropriations as
well as all other improper measures with
a firm veto.
1t may not be out of place here to call
attention to the eXorbitant cost OF our
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

full settlement of CALIFORNIA; claims, has
been included in the Senate amendment
California cheerfully furnished to the
Federal Government soldiers in defense
of the Union, and while the nation had
the right to this support it had no right
to the money, amounting to over $4,000 ,000
which the State advanced for the equip
ment of its volunteers, and this money
should be now restored to the State with
interest.
Congress should be requested to use every
lawful effort for the passage of a bill al
lowing these war claims for at least
SO ,951 ,915 AZ, the amount allowed in the
Congressional bill, to which reference has
just been made.
These war claims are both just and
equitable, and the State has long and
The drought of last year again illus
trated the great necessity of the storage
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

of telephone matters and he-safeguarding
of patrons.
pacher and Shaen-are credited by report
with having the management of TINS cell
so far in their plans that the influence of
the telephone company is being actively
employed in Burns behalf.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Waste and
Over
Legislation.

my distinguished predecessors in office
have often but Vainly called attention.
In my opinion, among other things, We
suffer much from over-legislation. The
best laws are not usually the most COM
pick. The aim and art Of government is
to attain simplicity. The best governed
State has the fewest laws, and the wis
dom Of legislators may sometimes be
shown to take advantage of the public
veal by refraining from legislation. If
our constitution were amended so that
our legislative sessions should be held
every four instead Of two years the peO-
pie would derive much benefit and a more
stable and economic government would
follow.
Scarcely have our courts, after expen-
sive legislation, construed and interpreted
the acts of a preceding legislative. ses-
sion when the same laws are amended or
changed by a subsequent Legislature.
Were our lawmakers to spend more time
in repeating than in enacting surplus stat
utes the public interest would be better
subserved Already we have too many
State boards and commissions, with eX-
tensive lists Of subordinate employees,
drawing larger pay than could be earned
by them for similar services within the
lines Of private business, and this should
be corrected.
1t has sometimes happened in previous
Legislatures, and I trust no such in
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gances This misuse of the public money
Should not be tolerated: but only reason
able buildings. additions and repairs al
lowed The money of the State should
be limited to the States necessities and
splendor is never a State necessity.
Legislation should be directed to the
end that all money received by all pub
lie officers boards and commissions
should be deposited in the State treasury,
which, in some instances, 1 understand. is
not now the case.
All claims and demands should be
audited by the State Board Of Examiners
and drawn ont on warrants of the Con-
troller. as is usual in other public ac-
counts Such a method would be a check
upon wantOn expenditures and a vast
benefit to the State. This matter has been
referred TO in the last report of the Con-
troller, and is worthy of your considera-
ton.
With each new administration there is
a revival of stale claims which former
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
War Claims
of
California.

they have been either Abandoned after in
PRODUCTION or referred to committees
without final action taken thereon
On June g. 1898, the United States Senate
adopted a resolution in the matter of II.
r. 1896 respecting these claims, and APP
pointed three Senator's viz, Teller, Pas
cOe and Stewart, to confer with the House
Of Representatives. A provision for the
payment to this State of 1881 ,915 ~, in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

furnish the State Treasurer with a list of
warrants drawn upon the treasury. The
language of the section is certainly am
btguous as to the time when this list
should be furnished to the Treasurer and
] am informed that it has not been Gus
tomary to issue such lists in advance of
the presentation Of the warrants. This
is a very serious matter for the State
Treasurer, asst would not be a difficult
task for a forger to alter the face amount
Of these warrants, which are frequently
assigned by the holders and pass from
hand to hand.
The subdivision referred to should be
amended so as to require the Controller
TO furnish the Treasurer with a list of the
warrants and their amounts as soon as
drawn, and in advance Of their possible
presentation. This will enable the State
Treasurer to compare the warrants pre-
scented with the list furnished by the
Controller and avoid all possible criminal
frauds and impositions.
The claims of California against the
General Government for furnishing, equip
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Closing of the
State
Printing Office.
- -

partment of the government, through
some unfortunate circumstance it has
been a source of much waste.
In thus expressing my views l do not
here intend to reflect upon the ability and
integrity of the distinguished incumbent.
The fault lies elsewhere and will require
legislative remedy. Chief among the
causes of this extravaganza is the unlim-
State officers of ordering at will the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

ping and paying
volunteers during
the Civil War, ag-
gregating over $4,-
600. 900, are still un-
settled. Various
bills have been
time to time intro
duced in both the
Tinted States SEN
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

NONernOTS nave We
tOed or former
Legislatures disap-
proved. Strenuous
efforts have been
made to | o b b V
through each new
Legislature t h e
bills which have
Fas1Ll -, ,..1 ...l
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Crushed Under the Wheels.

SANTA ROSA, Jan. 4-Bud Mould a.
fireman on the California Northwestern
Railroad, was crushed near Hopland to-
day falling beneath the cars of a moving
stock train. His left arm was crushed
and he sustained other injuries
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

elections by refer
ring. among other
matters, to the
single item of ad-
vertising constitu-
ton a | a m e n d.
ments. Although
the newspapers of
the State, as pub
lie cppSOrS have
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
To Cure a Cold in One Daz

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money If 1t fails to cure.
Csc. The genuine has L, B. O. each tablet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

SldllOGu Ut OF the
particular public
institutions under
their charge, have
gratifed their de-
siTes by erecting
unnecessary pala-
tial structures and
INDUCED in accom-
DapVlOg pXtTaNa-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Condemns the
Bartering
of Mea SureS.

investigation of the
such institutions. In
tive business, agreem,
with fellow Legislators
ures 10 be passed, b
been exchanged. anC
appropriations have
On account of this
in votes, and the facil
appropriations have
officers of these pub.
become reckless and
penditure of public mi
Another mistake on
tors has been TO max
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

pTlatlOnS, has been
closed. and the ad-
dltiOnal expense
consequent upon
reopening it will be
shifted from the
outgoing to the
present admins
tratiOn. While this
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

institutions should
never be crippled
by denying them
reason a b | e and
necessary apprO-
pria lions, as seems
to have been the
case with the State
printing office. 1t
is ranlirad hN- Spc-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Aimee Eduoard Herve Dead.

PARIS Jan. Aimee Edouard Herve.
editor of Soliel and member of the French
Academy, died to-day in his siIty-fourth
year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Appropriations
Payable
Immediately.

enue receipts. Such mistaken policy de
pletes the treasury by adding to the exist
propriations This is a grave financial
wrong BY this improper practice the
money in the general fund, which ought
justly accrued demands. is diverted from
its purpose. so that transfer Of money
from special funds is required to make
up the deficit. it being necessary after
ward to reimburse such special funds
from the tax receipts of the next fiscal
year.
This system is not only unwise but not
warranted by good governmental policy.
Each fund should remain intact. to be
devoted TO the special purposes author
lied by law. The State as well as each
department of 1t should live within its
actual means.
The State Printing Office. having been
by my predecessor denied certain apprO-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

erS and winter
rains for irriga ton
purposes to meet
the contingency of
dry seasons. The
expense of such an
undertaking is so
far beyond the
M nnnS nf tlnn Gtntn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

fetal reports Another source of great
expense which may be corrected by prop
books 1t should be the aim OF our gov
eminent to assist free education by sup
plying, if possible. free school books TO
the children of the public schools. Until
such object can be economically attained
the printing of school books under the
present system of selling them at cost
price should be made self-sustaining, in
stead of requiring new appropriations
therefor TO be made at every session Of
the Legislature. This was the theory of
the present law and seems not to have
been accomplished.
1t has sometimes happened that certain
public officers, DESTROYS Of increasing the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

payable immedi-
ately out of the
general fund in
stead Of authOriz-
ing such payments
to be made. as
they should be, at
least six or ten
months thereafter
+ - r..
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departments a II d
the important pro-
visions in our con-
stitution and laws
have heretofore af-
forded opportunity
for W a $ I e and
prodigality in the
conduct of the gov
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

public business Of
the State, and COM
parison is some
times made with
our own as to the
cost of conducting
the governments of
other States. While
these complaints
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

Of salaried attendants. whose travelling
and other expenses would squander tho
public money
If you should determine in favor of an
appropriation for the payment of the eX-
penses of a commission TO represent Cali
fornia at the exposition ii will certainly
be necessary to practice economy in
other directions, 50 as to reduce the
States expenses elsewhere IN an amount
equal to the sum so appropriated, if any,
because the general rate of taxation
must not be raised liz consequence OF such
an expenditure
Complaints have not been infrequent re-
specting the cost of administering the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
NINETY-NINE PRICES.
SI2 KlOEdike Err Robes. . 5

These are good anywhere, of angora skins
lined with heavy duck, to sleep or in
doors or out Price good only for stock
on hand. See the window.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
NINETY AND NINE,

We the century
opportunity, and you'll ~
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
The Cost. of
State
Government.

unfounded, yet the comparison itself is
-nfair This State, territorially speaking
is of vast proportions, being in width 800
miles, in length over 500 miles, and skirt
ing almost the entire western boundary
OF the United States. Having so extern
sive an area, so diverse climate and so
tural and mineral resources. we should
not expect TO find the expense of govern
Ing this State no greater than that of
other States of less territorial extent and
fewer resources.
The great extent of our State, its Won
derful resources, the number of official
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
lnpened in previous

u Us 10 : lIII III
stance Will here oc-
cur that Senators
and Assem- blymen
have pledged them
selves to secure ap-
prOpriatiOns for the
public institutions
situated in their
particular districts,
without a thorough
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OF IIIt IUIIUS Ut dWII
upon and to report
these payments to
the Controller at
the last Of the
month.
Section 493, sub
division IS, of the
Political c o d e,
specifying the du-
r, requires him to
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2 2
without a thorough
immediate needs of
the heat of legisla-
.nts have been made
having other meas
Y which votes have
thereby excessive
been obtained, the
system of bartering
ity with which large
been obtained. the
iC institutions have
prodigal in the eX-
the part of legisla-
e all appropriations
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yes OF the Controller, requires him
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-03-29

ALLEGED PREHISTORIC RUINS. -
y special from Jackson, Tenn. saws
that Major Lamar Fontane. ii civil
engineer of Lyons, Mass. tells rr
markable story of discovery IN Ar
kansas of what be declares Was once
the metropolis of the prehistoric
mound builders aud the largest cItv
IN the world. He found these ruins
while making recent survey. ION
direct line east and west. for s.
miles. the Major Is quoted as say
ing, land as far as my eye could
reach, the ruins continued. Conn
putting the area surveyed bv me. Is
timatinS that each dwelling contain
ed five inhabitants. | found that II.
100000 people had their homes in
this great city. The city is spread
over three counties. DeSha. Drew and
Ashley"