The San Francisco call., 1906-05-03
OF PARDEE
READ IN THE SENATE
Perkins Presents Petition Relating to This
States Claims.
Question of Aiding San Francisco Is
5rought Up by NeWlands.


ginning of today's session of the Sen
ate Perkins presented a telegraphic pc
tition from Governor Pardee of Cali
fornia for the payment of claims Of
that State against the Government. for
the settlement Of which bills are now
pending. The text of the petition was
as follows:
'Will Congress, in California's pres
ent great need, pass our per cent
public lands claim, amounting to about
81, 600, 600? Also our war of rebellion
claims, aggregating 100000; also our
Indian war claims, originally $3.50, 600.
on account OF the destruction Of $780,
e00, ,0co OF San Francisco property,
which represents one-fifth Of the as
sessed valuation OF the entire State?
Our State funds, including mainten-
ance of asylums, penitentiaries and re-
pairs OF public buildings injured and
destroyed by earthquake, will all be
greatly hampered unless Congress can
see it's way clear to pass these claims.
the justice of which has never been Sc
riously questioned. We are under great
obligation to Congress already. but We
venture to ask for this further aid."
The petition was referred to the COM
mittee on claims.
NEwLANDS' RESOLUTION.
Newlands presented join. resolution
directing the Senate committee on
finance and the House committee on
ways and means to investigate the
feasibility OF the Governments guar
Santeeing bonds to assist in the rebuild
ing Of San Francisco.
The resolution recites the recent dis
aster and says that, under the powers
of the general welfare clause OF the
constitution, Congress should come to
the aid of San Francisco. The resolu-
tion follows:
Resolved, BY the Senate and House
OF Representatives OF Congress assem-
bled, that the committee on ways and
means of the House of Representatives
and the committee on finance of the
Senate consider jointly the various
plans for financial restoration of San
Francisco. and they report to Congress
whether or not it is advisable or prac-
tical for the national Government to
aid in the restoration of San Francisco.
either by guarantee of credit to the
city of San Francisco, which will en-
able the city to secure at low rates Of
interest the money necessary for pub
lie works, as well as the money neces-
sary for the restoration OF the COM
mercial, residential and manufacturing
buildings OF San Francisco, to be loaned
at fair rates of interest to property
owners upon note and mortgage, such
guarantee of credit to be conditioned
upon the approval by a cenission to be
appointed by the President of the
United States OF the plans proposed
and the expenditures made hereunder;
or whether 1t is practicable or advis-
able to promote the organization OF a
great financial corporation, national or
State, half Of whose stock shall be
taken by subscribers for cash and
half of which stock may be
taken by San Francisco property own
ers for property conveyed to such cor
poration at an appraised valuation, the
cash subscribed to be used either for
loans to individual owners Of San
Francisco property or to be expended
in improving property SO conveyed to
such corporation. with provisions for
the gradual sale of such property after
the successful completion Of the work
Of restoration, such plan to involve
profit to the stockholders thus cooper
ating; and whether or not II Is prac-
tical or advisable for the United States
to invest in the stock of such corpora
tion or TO make a loan to such a cor
poration upon the lines heretofore pur-
sued by the national Government in
aid of national expositions for the pro-
motion of commerce between the States
and with foreign nations. or whether
any other plan is advisable or practi-
cal for national aid in the restoration
OF San Francisco
That, whatever plan OF aid be ad-
vised. board of national commission
ers experienced in exposition building,
to be appointed by the President by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. shall be included, with such
powers Of control over both plans and
expenditure as may be deemed advis-
able
Newlands had read a newspaper clip
ping which was an extract from the