The record-union., 1899-02-10
Prison Sewage Bill Passes the
Senate.
Wholesale Junketng To-Day-Stll No United
States Senator-Both Houses
Working.

Yesterdays ballot for United States
Senator resulted in the usual failure.
The one ballot taken demonstrated be-
yond doubt that another, or dozen
more. would have resulted in no choice.
Another effort to-day.
FOLSOM SEWAGE BILL.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for the
construction of sewage plant at Fol-
som Prison passed the Senate without
a dissenting voice, and now only needs
the Governors signature to become a
law When the refuse from the prison
is kept out of the American River, the
people of Sacramento, all of whom are
compelled to use the water from the
stream for domestic purposes, will feel
easier.
FARRIER LEGISLATION.
The horseshoeing bill was up in the
Senate for second reading, and gave
rise to considerable rather dry mirth.
The indications are that it will have a
serious time getting votes enough to
place it before the Governor.
WIDE TIRES.
The division in the Senate on the
amended wide-tire bill was nearly an
even thing. So even, in fact, that
those present We're unable either to get
Hwenty-one votes either for or against
it. The vote stood IL ayes, IA noes.
and the bill was declared lost, but this
morning a motion will be made to re-
consider, and whether or not it is des-
tined to pass remains to be seen.
JUNKETS
subcommittee from the Senate Com
mittee or Public Buildings other than
Prison Buildings, Finance, and Hosp1-
tails will junket, beginning at noon to-
day Their destination will be Ukiah;
object of interest, Mendocino Asylum.
The State will pay expenses.
GOVERNORS MANSION.
A committee of Sacramento citizens
consisting of Hon F. R. Dray, Frank
Miller, William Beckman and J. O.
Coleman were before the Senate FL
nance Committee last night, to urge
that the bill appropriating $4,000 for
the construction of a Governors man.
sion be reported back with favorable
recommendation. Each of the gentle
men named addressed the committee,
and each made telling points in favor of
the BILL Senator Doty also strongly
advocated favorable report. The COM
mittee took the bill under advisement
to be considered in executive session.
IN THE LAST HALF.
Next week the Assembly begins its
evening sessions, and the Committee
on Rules and Regulations has already
prepared a program for the first even
ing's entertainment consisting of yard
of bills-more or less-to which special
attention will be given on Monday
might In the meantime the Assembly
hammers away at the second reading
file, which has become plethoric by
reason of the voluminous contributions
from various committees.
NO FIFTY-FIvE CENTS.
Among the committee reports of yes
terday morning was that from the Ju-
dietary concerning A B. Gil, the dis
cussion of which by Sacramento citi-
zens caused such a very hot time in
stated in yesterdays "Record-Union. :"
the committee reported an amendment
to the bill, providing that it shan not
take effect until January 1, 1900 This
leaves the Sacramento Funded Debt
Commission intact until that date, but
by an explicit agreement between the
friends and the opponents of the bill,
made in the presence of the commit
tee, the city government will not be
asked, at the August tax levy, to in
clude in it the 55 cents which has
hitherto gone into the sinking fund
for the payment of the indebtedness.
NEW RoCK-CRUSHER BILL.
The COMMITTEES on Labor and Capital
has been laboring for some days with
Anderson's A. B. 70 the measure which
put the friends and foes of the Folsom
Prison rock-crusher plant so at log
gerheads, The result is a substitute.
out of which the enemies of the crusher
will hardly get great deal of comfort.
It provides as follows:
It shall be unlawful for the Board OF
State Prison Directors, or the State
Prison authorities at Folsom or any
other State penal institutions. to engage
or employ any person confined or en-
pleyed in any penal institution, in the
quarrying Of raw material. or in the
manufacture of anything whatever that
is an article Of commerce in this State,