The record-union., 1899-01-27

/ whom intoxicating liquor shall not be
sold ANY idiot, or any insane or in
competent person Belshaw will in
troduce this bill to-day.
ALL KEEP YOUR SEATS.
The count in the contested election
case of Brophy VS.. O'Brien of the
Thirty first Assembly. District, San
Francisco was finished yesterday, and
O'Brien had a majority of forty-six
votes. This was ten less than he start
ed with. as the ballots of the Twelfth
Precinct were counted out. but O'Brien
had them to spare, and he keeps his
seat
The case of McIvor VS.. Mack of Inyo
was also decided, the contestee keeping
his seat This finishes the contests in
the Assembly-none having been won
by the contestants.
FOR PURE FOOD.
The Dockery bill, for the inspection
of food, drinks and drugs, was before
the Assembly Committee on Public
it was unanimously agreed by the COM
mittee to report it to the House with
recommendation that it do pass.
Inspector Dockery of San Francisco
and Oscar Lewis IF the Manufacturers
and Producers Association were before
the committee, and were backed by
strong resolutions coming from the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce, State
Board of Trade, State Board CT Health,
Mechanics Institute, State Board of
Horticulture, California Good Roads
| League, California Miners Association,
San Francisco Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers' Association and the Builders
Exchange, and by the presence of
delegation from the Grocers' Union.
The bill, as it will be recommended
to the House, is substitute for the
original one. That called for a Board
of Commissioners and an appropriation
of $4,000. The substitute places the
inspection in the hands of the State
Board of Health, and calls for only
So, GOO appropriation.
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
This committee has at least a score
of bills before it relating to the matter
of California roads. A joint meeting of
the Senate and House committees was
held yesterday. and it was agreed to
appoint subcommittee of three Sen
ators and three Assemblymen, to whom
should be intrusted the labor of re-
ducing the contents of all the bills to
shape which it should be possible to
handle intelligently and with celebrity
The subcommittee IS to report first
time on Tuesday next.
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY.
The Sacramento County Humane So
ciety. of which Isidor Schad is Secre-
tary, sent delegation of members be-
fore the House Committee on Judiciary
| last night to intercede for some amend
ments to the Act for the prevention
of cruelty to animals. AS the law
stands no money is available to the
society for the expenses attendant up
on looking after the safety and comfort
| of animals throughout the county, ex-
cept that coming from infrequent fines
and the dues paid by members. Off
GERS of the society who go out into the
highways and byways to see that
brutal masters do not maltreat their
helpless charges must work for love
and pay their own expenses. The new
bill-Johnson's A. B. 5-provides that
Boards of Supervisors may. at their
option, set aside $3.50 per month of the
funds of the county, or the city and
county, for the expenses of the society.
| Assemblyman Conrey of Los Angeles,
who is member of the Humane So
ciety there, stated that they receive
$50 from the county and $40 from the
city monthly.
Another amendment provides that the
society or it's officers may seize a sad
die horse or a stray horse If the owner
| is found abusing or neglecting it. The
judiciary Committee were favorably
inclined to the bill, and will probably
SO report to the House.
THE YOUNG LEGISLATORS.
This ambitious name is claimed by a
| joint organization of the Senate and
Assembly pages, who held meeting
in the Capitol Wednesday evening for
the formation of a club.
There are good and well-known
names among them. and it is. quite
among the possibilities that some of
them should tread the legislative halls
wearing the toga instead of the pages
badge on some future day
Here are the officers and members:
President. Dom ]. Shields; Vice
President, William R. Saunders; Sec
rotary, Frank DibbIe; Treasurer, Frank
Book; Minute Clerk, James L. Gilman;
Sergeant at Arms, Sam Wacholder;
other members-W.yW.s Benchley, c. H.
Brennan. Earl Byron, Gus Carroll.