The San Francisco call., 1905-02-17
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AT CAPITAL
Bill Providing for DeStluc-
ton Of Spirits Meets
With Defeat.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


SACRAMENTO, Feb. Ex-senator
Broughton's bill providing that where
in the trial Of any case involving the
sale, keeping or disposition of liquors
the defendant is found guilty Of violat-
ing any State, county or municipal law
it shall be the duty of the court to or
der the destruction of the liquor, was
beaten In the upper house this morning
by a vote of 20 to 9. The vote on the
bill was preceded by a warm debate,
but Senators shortridge and Keane
pointed out so clearly that the bill
might result in the ruin of any saloon
man who should happen to meet with
the displeasure of some official with a
pull that majority stood against the
measure and showed it under. Ander-
son gave notice of reconsideration.
however, and the bill will come UP
again tomorrow, though it is appar-
emily beaten beyond the possibility of
revival
The Senate this morning passed a
resolution introduced by Shortridge
granting to Governor Pardee the right
to absent himself from the State at any
time he desires for a period of more
than sixty days. 1t is understood that
the resolution was introduced TO give
the Governor an opportunity to make
an extended tour of the north during
the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
The Senate also passed a resolution
providing for night sessions during the
rest of the remaining legislative days.
GRANITE Ar EOI SOM
Two bills involving a great problem
were introduced this afternoon by
Senator Coggins. Last evening at the
meeting of the Board of Prison Direc-
tors with the Senate Committee on
Finance and the Assembly Committee
on Ways and Means it was announced
that the road rock at the Folsom pris-
on is about exhausted and that within
a year the convicts at that institution
will be idle unless some provision is
made that will permit of the quarrying
and sale of the granite that is avail
able at the institution. AS the law now
stands the State is prohibited from US
ing the granite except for the erection
of prison buildings and bridges and
culverts of State. county and district
roads. Should the appropriation for
the erection of new cells and walls at
San Quentin and Folsom go through
the convicts can be employed for about
five years, but at the end of this time
the condition that prevails to-day will
again confront the prison officials.
This problem will be solved if the
bills introduced by Coggins pass. One
provides for the repeal of the act pro-
hibiting the dressing by convicts and
the sale of Folsom granite, the other
for the repeal of the act prohibiting the
sale of convict manufactured articles
II is probable that the bills will be op-
posed by labor and other organizations,
but, say the Prison Directors, work
must be found for the convicts or all
efforts to reform them will fail.
Senator Lynch introduced bill this
afternoon providing for the appropria-
tion of $4,000 for the establishment of
a California State irrigation school and
experiment farm in Monterey County.
Senator Markey introduced bill
making it a misdemeanor for any per-
son, firm or corporation engaged in
business as a merchant to falsely ad-
yertise goods for sale or to seek to-
make purchasers accept inferior goods
upon the false statement that they are
superior in quality to those advertised
The agitation against the use of the
repeating or pump gun in the pur- /
suit of game again found expression
this afternoon in a bill introduced by
Nelson of San Francisco making the
use OF this arm a misdemeanor. An
ordinance of similar purport enacted by
an interior county was recently de-
clared unconstitutional
/. PRIZE FIGHT BILL.
Senator Ralston's anti-prizefght bill
was amended in the Senate this after
noon so as to eliminate the objection
able feature, which provided that any
amateur association giving sparring
exhibitions must belong to the Anna
teqr Athletic Union of America. AS
the bill now stands exhibitions may be
given by any person or corporation,
providing that no admission fee is
charged; that the contestants use
eight-ounce gloves and that the. contest
does not extend over a period of fif-
teen minutes II the bill is passed as
amended it will mean death to profess
sional pugilism in California.
Goodrich's Assembly bill, prohibiting
the devise by testator of more than
one-third of his property to any char
liable institution, again came up in the
Senate this afternoon on reconsidera-
ton, and was again defeated.
Lumley's bill to prevent travellers car
rying concealed weapons without per-
NIT of the authorities of each county
in which they may stay was defeated.
The Senate tonight passed a batch
of code revision bills, the revisions
being based on techoical defects in the