The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-21
AN EARLY CLOSE OF THE
LEGISLATURE AUGURED

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 20.-Assemblyman Valen-
tine of Los Angeles, who is chairman Of
the Ways and Means Committee. expects
10 nave the general appropriation bill on
the floor OF the Assembly Tomorrow IF
he carries out his intention it augl1rs an
early finish to this session. As a general
thing the PRONUNCIATION of the general ap-
prfation bill is the last and most important
task that falls to the lot of the Ways and
Means Committee and it is invariably the
precursor of adjournment sine die
Apropos of adjournment to-day was the
last day of the session on which bills
might be introduced. but even so thera
was scarcely more than a dozen and few
of them such one experienced of
Legislatures expects to see rushed in at
the eleventh hour. The "cinch biIT' Of
dishonored history was not numerously
among them.
Crowder of San Diego was the author of
two OF them. one of them establishes the
maximum rate for railroad transportation
at cents per mile first-class and 21z cents
per mile second-class. 1t also makes the
rate Tor children under II years of age
II cent per mile, and requires that first
and second class tickets shall be sold at
every station and for all trains.
His other bill provides a whole section
for the traveller who has bought but one
81 80 berth in a sleeper. 1t requires that
when only the lower berth of a section
is sold the upper berth must not be let
down until il, too, Is disposed of AS il
is, 1t is the delight of the ubiquitous por-
ter to rush frantically down the car and
with rattle of chains let down the up
per berth just after the man who has not
left up the usual dollar has gotten COM
fortably asleep. Mr.. Crowder proposes to
sleep without paying an aggregate of So so
for his bed when he goes back to San
Diego from this Legislature, and he as
signs no other reason for his proposed en-
Mr.. CaminettPs anti-treat bill passed
with little in the way of opposition. 1t
rlnf. I1OII
liquefy his campaign with any intoXicat-
ing or temperance drinks. He shall not
buy for nor give to any one, whether for
his vote or not, any beverage of any de-
It was strongly backed by Grove L.
Johnson. who told the history of his life
and his record on prohibition. 1t was also
backed by Judge Dibble, who said he had
not spent a cent in riotous living during
the last election because he had been sick
in bed.
Lawrence Hoey of San Francisco op-
posed the measure on the broad principle
that 1T was so general and withal vague
evaded. He said, too. that he thought it
was his good American privilege to treat
when he could afford 1t and he denied any
mans right to curtail 1t.
Assemblyman Raw of Ell Dorado fought
the bill when 1t came up in 1893 and he
fought it again to-day. He ridiculed what
he called an attempt to infringe upon the
personal rights of an American citizen
and spoke forcefully against the meas
ure anu It's general tenor. Brown OF San
Mateo added his voice to the chorus
against the measure, but it was all of no
avail. the vote showed few supporters
for, the opposition and the measure car
ried.
Senator Dickinson's Senate bill 50.
which provides for the inspection of
dairies and factories for the making of
dairy products and of dairy products as
to the sanitary condition and as to the
health of stock and to prevent the sale OF
milk drawn from diseased animals was
passed after several speeches of indorse-
ment had been made in its favor
Atherton of Marin spoke strongly for it.
lie Barron of Sonoma said his people
strongly indorsed it. and all of the other
Cow County Representatives swelled the
chorus.
The claim of Lawrence Dunnigan for
$4,000 gave rise to q good bit of what As
semblyman Charlie Kenneally calls per
siiag.' During the strike of 's4 Mr.. Dun
nigan was shot through both knees and
the ball that did the work killed man
who was standing near him; Dunnigan
was left crippled for life and the widow
of the man who was killed got 5000 by
the generosity of the last Legislature.
Rickard argued that Dunngan. who also
has a family, should in justice be given