The San Francisco call., 1905-01-08
Legislators Devote
Day to Hunting
on Marshes.
PURSUE MALLARDS
Some Amendments
to Game Laws in
Preparation.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


SACRAMENTO. Jan. 7.-All the
Senatorial candidates who have been
here during the week having changed
their field of battle to San Francisco
until tomorrow, the legislators and
friends of candidates who did not
also go to the bay are finding such
amusement to-day as they can. Duck
hunting is supplying the principal en-
tertainment. The Importance even OF
a candidate for the United States SEN
ate becomes a small thing to a legisla-
tor Of sportsmanlike proclivities in
comparison with the pursuit of mall
lards and canvasbacks and aspirants
for the toga who may fill position of
some magnitude In the minds of those
legislators in the city of Sacramento
are forgotten entirely amid the whirr
of wings and crack of guns in the
tuies. Who Herrin is going to give the
word for, or how many men Prescott
may be able to whip into line for Flint
through committee appointments are
subjects that fly from the legislators
mind when he reaches the hunting
ground.
AS a result, of to-day's shoot and
that of tomorrow morning there will
be many a duck dinner in Sacramento;
after that the Senatorial aspirants
will again assume their position Of
commanding Importance and stheir
chances of election will once more
receive attention.
The game laws will be up again for
revision at this session and several
bills making amendments to those
adopted at the last session and adding
new features are being framed. Few
matters of legislation are more prolific
of wrangling than that pertaining to
wild game. SportSmen in every sec
ton of the State are interested in it
and nearly every section wants some
thing different because of different
conditions. 1t generally. takes days
to effect an adjustment. that is reas-
onably satisfactory to ALL
One of the principal fights this ses
sion is expected on a proposition to
reduce the bag limit. of ducks to twen-
ty-five. The San Francisco sports
men favor this and many of those or
the interior wish it left where it is.
The annual pail of fog that settles
over - Sacramento about the sea-
son thatdnGeta negfslatufea is in ses-
sionais here andl'a glimpse of the sun
would be about as gratifying to the
avera "e citizen as the sight of Sena-,
toria1 sack to the legislator who COM
bifes thrift with craftsmanship.
Housewives who rent rooms in Sacra-
mento are wondering why, with the
several hundred attaches who have
been added to the list of those having
real business in the city during the ses-
sion, there is not waiting line in front
of every door bearing a rooms to LETT
sign. Housewives never did understand
much about the work done for their
country's veal and the guiding of the
glorious ship of state. The shameful
condition of men drawing a per diem
from the State who do not visit Sacra-
mento more than once during the ses-
sion is even worse than it was last
year. Some of the attaches who haven't
any particular duties here, but no bust.
mes elsewhere, are remaininga but the
most of those who were given jobs
merely that they might be paid so
much money from the State treasury
as reward for political fealty to some
candidate do not even pretend to re-
side here. Some who are new at the.
business of taking money from the State
that they do not earn are scurrying
around trying to find out what work
is expected of them, being fearful that
if they don't get connected somewhere
they will be dropped from the roll.
These will soon get wise and go home
to enjoy the fruits of official but none
the less despicable and illegal looting
of the taxpayers funds.
An effort is to be made to increase
the fees of trial jurors from 81 to So
day. Assemblyman Rolley will be the
father of a measure raising the sti
pend. He says that in the interior men
have to leave their homes sometimes to
serve on juries and he believes they
should be paid higher fee.
County school boards will be inter-
ested in a bill to be introduced by SEN