The record-union., 1899-02-01
MORE. ATTACHES
FOR BOTH HOUSES.
Additional Legislative Wards at
the Crib.
Three Ballots and No Senator-To Exempt
Farms From Taxauon-Senator Boggs'
Funeral To-Day

Yesterdays attempt by the Legis-
lature to elect a United States. Senator
ended in failure. 1t was neither better
nor worse than the efforts which had
preceded it, and was just as monoton-
Gus and tiresome. 1t is true that three
ballots were taken, but it is also true
that if by thus crowding matters any
candidate expected to see his ranks
strengthened by assertions from others,
he was mistaken.
Nobody seems to claim to know just
when a Senator will be elected, just
who he will be, or just how many votes
he will get on the final ballot. Nobody
seems to know just when a break in
the vote willstake Place, and about the
only thing that seems to be certain is
that another ballot will be taken at
noon to-day.
SENATORIAL HELP.
The Senate. so far as clerks. porters.
rear and otherwise, Sergeants- at-Arms
for committee-rooms and elsewhere,
and the numerous other positions ex-
pected by the constituents who fought,
bled and-lived for those who were
elected, are concerned, is .heeled-"
Sixty-nine Of those constituents, male
and female, were provided for yester-
day, owing to the fact that the bars
had been let downsby the repeal of the
Belshaw Act, which the Legislature of
1897 in its wisdom, and regardless of
1t takes a three-fifths vote-2i-to take
in any more seekers after snaps. It re-
mains to be seem who is next
A petition which fairly bristIed with
grim humor was filed in the upper
house yesterday by Senator Sims. The
petition was from that portion of the
Senator'S constituency who belong to
the Sonoma County Pomona Grange,
and consisted of preamble setting
forth that agriculture, the greatest in
terest in the State, is pining, and that
petitions for exempting other property
from taxation, thereby increasing that
on agricultural property, and a resolu-
ton petitioning the Legislature to
adopt constitutional amendment pro-
posing to the people new section ex-
empting all farms and farm products
from taxation.
ADMINISTRATORS FEES.
A number of attorneys, among whom
We're Colonel Choynski and A. Reuf of
San Francisco and Elwood Bruner OF
this city, were before the Senate Judi
ciary Committee last night to present
arguments, if necessary, against Braun
hart's bills, so and Lib, the first reduc-
ing the fees of Public Administrators:
the second abolishing the position of
attorney for Public Administrators.
The committee, however, needed but
little enlightenment and while it list
ened to Braunhart read from the plat
forms of the conventions, both Repub..
1ican and Democratic, instructing cam
didates for the Legislature TO vote for
some such measures. it looked with
friendly eyes upoa the bills themselves
Senator Simpson lntimated that the
planks referred to were probably good
things to get in on. Both bills will be
reported back adversely.
A QUIET MORNING.
The Assembly enjoyed peaceful ses-
sion yesterday morning, and had no
session at all In the afternoon.
The proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution providing exemption from tax
alton to churches and the lots of ground
on which they stand was adopted after
discussion in which everybody ex-
cept Feliz of, Monterey was en- the af-
firmative side This being the case,
the adoption of the measure was rapid
and easy
O'Brien's joint resolution calling on
the Federal Government for a national
exhibit and other assistance for the
Paris Exposition of 1901 also went
through smoothly. Sa.f
IN THE CAUCUS.
But If the morning was quiet the
afternoon was not. although the storm
center was transferred to the Supreme
Gus met to decide upon the division Of
patronage under the rectifed Belshaw
Act It seemed to be a case where
those first at the lunch counter got the
biggest piece of pie The pie having
limits, good many got little more
than a taste of the crust, with not even
a plum sticking thereto. The lucky
fellows who traded and bartered and
voted themselves into twelv and