The San Francisco call., 1905-01-27
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
60 BEFORE THE SENATE.
Duplicates of the Sherman
Antitrust Law Are
introduced.
Shorter Hours for Fwen1em
Hours for Fwemem
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispat
! SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26.-Duplicates
! of the Sherman antitrust law were IN
troduced to-day by Greenwell in the
Senate and Perkins in the Assembly
The purpose of including this provi-
sion, that has SO we'll demonstrated It's
efficiency, in the California statutes is
to more easily insure the prosecution or
the smaller fry of offenders the Gov
ernment cannot afford TO proceed
against and to insure their punishment
under the general laws defining mlsoe-
meanOrS.
The bills introduced to-day make 1t
+ unlawful for persons or corporations TO
enter into combinations OF any klno
| that will operate in restraint OF trade,
| violations of which are declared In the
proposed act to be misdemeanors ana
punishable as such by fine and impr1s-
onmeht in county jails. 1t is expected
! that the passage OF this act will better
J enable California to exercise what may
| be termed it's police powers in this re-
gard and relieve the Federal Govern
| ment of this burden, that 1t may turn
| its attention to districts where more
| tiagrant violations of the Sherman act
are known to exist.
| IL was given Out lIlS SNcAlAk bAos
! Greenwells measure is aimed directly
at the Wholesale Grocers' Association
of California, the southern section OF
! the com mbination in particular. 1t is
| said that the wholesalers of the north
and the wholesalers of the south have
an agreement not to infringe upon each
others territory and to stand together
to prevent outsiders or others that may
want to come into the State to engage
/ In 81 h 10 h,1si from infarfQrinR The
! hardware dealers also have a combina-
ton, it Is said by the proponents of the
bill, that can be reached IL the measure
becomes a law of the State.
|. A series of equally interesting bills
were introduced in the Senate this
morning by Nelson OF San FRANCISCO
relating to lotteries. The bills are
amendatory of the present statutes re-
garding the conduct Of lotteries and the
aiding and abetting thereof, the only
change being that they increase the
penalty for violations Of the statutes.
making such felonies instead Of misde-
meanors.
SHORTER HOURS FOR FIREsMEN.
Wolfe's bill reducing to twelve day
! the hours of regular service OF the
members of the San Francisco hremen,
amended by Savage so as to inciuoe
the Los Angeles department, was hna1-
! lY DaSSGQ ny Tic OSAdtC SO-Ae~yS 49, AANs
until after Carter of Los Angeles hao
protested on the ground that he had
received a letter from one OF the 800
members of the department or the
southern city requesting that he oppose
the amendment. Carter further SAID
that he had not been consulted regard
ing the measure by Senator Savage,
who comes from San Pedro, but savage
firmly maintained that his colleague
was mistaken; that he had consulted
with him and that Savage had said: Il
am with you on this question" Carter
had nothing further to say against the
bill, but asked that it go over for a
week to enable him to investigate the
matter. He was defeated in his effort
to delay matters, however. the bill be-
| ing put to vote and carried.
While, as Senator Wolfe explained,
the bill may be in opposition to the
provisions of the charter Of San Fran
cisco the same is true Of the bill re-
ducing the hours Of policemen to eight
hours a day, but no one has protested.
being willing to overlook the conflict
between charter and legislative act in
orller that the policemen may enjoy
life as much as the most favored citi-
zen, instead Of being slaves Of the
Government. 1t Is said that the Board
Of Fire Commissioners OF San Francis
co favors the act and will Immediately
put it into force unless some citizen,
being more fully alive to his duty to
the State than in his sympathy for his
fellow man, carries the question to the
courts and secures decision declaring
the bill unconstitutional
SALARIES OF JUSTICES.
Assemblyman McGowan's bill in
creasing the salaries Of the Justices of
the Peace of San Francisco from $2400
10 taken hv the
Senate and finally passed. 1t only
awaits the Governors signature before
| it will become law. Wolfe explained
the bill in the Senate this morning, say
ing it only affected San Francisco and
that the men in San Francisco were en-
titled to the increase as they were over
burdened with work and had proved
/ themselves most efficient. The present
Justices of the Peace will not enjoy
i the increase, the constitutional provi-
/ sion preventing the increase Of off,
/ Gals salaries during their terms Of Of
/ flee operating against them.
Senator Hahn's bill relating to ver-
| diets of juries was finally passed by the
| Senate this morning. This bill provides
that in an action for the recovery of
money only or specific real property,
1 the jury, unless instructed by the court
/ to render a special verdict, may at their
/ discretion render a general or special
! verdict. Upon the request of any of
the parties in writing, however, the
court must direct the jury to find a
| special verdict upon all or any of the
| issues. The purpose of the bill is to
| take from the courts the matter of dis
cretion in relation to special verdicts
! and makes it mandatory upon them to
/, order. special verdicts if so directed by
counsel.
! PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
| The Senate also finally passed
Hahn's bill relating to the protection
from immoral influences of children
/ under Is years of age; Simpsons bills
! relating to pleadings in Justices
courts, to notice Of trial before Jus
tices of the Peace and to the defend
ants pleadings in Justices courts, all
regulating the manner of practice;
Sanford's bill relating to the DISPOSE
| ton Of lands decided to the State for
non-payment of State and county
taxes; Selvage's act relating to ap-
1 peals; Sanford's act prohibiting the
/ sale of intoxicating liquors within a
certain distance of the Mendocino
| State Hospital for the Insane, and
Wards bill providing for the work on
streets, sidewalks and sewers within
| municipalities.
Wards bill appropriating $43s3 75.
| for the payment of the claim against
J the State for official duties performed