The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
Primary Mutual Pan Spur Bill House
Senate Will Pass
Direct Primary
Measure
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Continued From rage Il, SOluulA a
islator who will not agree to deliver
his vote to the Fresno crowd has the
intimation that his bills are In pad
way conveyed to him. 1t isn't pleasant,
but it has resulted in a most decided
and general interest in the measure, by
which Kings County, aided and apetleo
by Assemblyman Mcclure, Senator Mill
Ter and a goodly proportion OF the citi-
zenry of the Coalinga district means TO
slice off a third of the area and ABOUT
a tenth of the assessed valuation OF
Fresno County.
joint meeting of the city ana
county boundaries committees IN the
Senate chamber this afternoon SO taxed
the seating capacity that hall OF the
Fresno boomers had to stand. Oratory'
charges and countercharges nlleo tne
air for two hours. Fresno went 20 tne
bat first, captained by H. H. Welcn.
His team included John A Neu, presi-
dent of the Fresno Chamber OF Com
merce; Judge A. G. Smith or Laton'
Judge w H Kerr of Coalinga, Thomas
O'Donnell. who. came within forty-six
votes of initiating Chandler into the
Downs and Outs; George K. Anderson
of Coalinga and Miles Wallace, attor-
ney and orator, of Fresno, whose speech
was so entertaining that Senator Mil
Ter dSheQ d SSCOHu SASOhoAOAA
for him and an entertained Legislature
requested that he return tomorrow ana
finish when adjournment for the day
could no longer be deferred.
INQUIRIES BOOSTERS
Tomorrow McGuire's boosters will
have their chance. The Coalinga con-
tingent includes w. R. Odom, T. j.
Turner, Scott Blair, D. NJ Delong
Charles Kinney. n. L. Palmer and
B. W. Charlesworth Just as an evil
dence of good faith, each has calling
card of the proportions of the accepted
form of campaign literature, bearing
in anticipation of their hopes for an
nexation, "Coalinga, Kings County,
California"
Senator Gus Hartman's feelings have
been lacerated, and by The Call. The
Senator admits that The Calls poll of
the Senate committee on public health
and morals against his anti prize fight
bill is correct; that in any event it
agrees with such information as to the
attitude of the members Of the COM
mittee as he has been able to secure
personally. But Hartman feels the
news as published by The Call was
premature and that it's effect on the
public mind will be to call his motives
iato question. He says, and says most
empbatically, that he has managed to
secure an agreement upon an adverse
report for his bill. That adverse re-
port will, of course, bring it out Of
committee, and then the fireworks. He
purposes to make a fight on the floor
for his bill and to put every manjack
in the Senate on the record. that his
motives may stand out clean, spotless.
before the people of California, and
more particularly of San Francisco.
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Hartman likes the mitt game-says
he loves 1t in fact but he thoroughly
dislikes the methods of the men in
control of it in San Francisco. He does
not hesitate to assert that they have
charged two prices for bum exhibit
tions by tramp fighters and have been
ever ready to Ak a go for the sole pur-
pose of separating the enthusiast from
his money at the pool box.
Senator Edward l. Wolfe came
through today with an attache con-
stitutional amendment which the peo-
pie can support If they get a chance.
1t conforms strictly to the recommen-
dations of Governor Gillett, who fought
as best he could against the record
breaking attache graft indulged in by
the sitting Legislature. The Governor
believes the amendment designed to
cover the same subject matter that
was rejected at the last elections went
down because. besides limiting the
amount that might be expended for
attaches. 1t also provided for an in
crease of salary for Senators and Rep
resentatives. The Governor realizes
that, while by adopting that amend
ment the people would have saved
something like $4,000 in salaries on
the present session, it should have been
submitted entirely free from any prop
osition to increase legislators cempen-
sation, and that on principle the people
will vote against an amendment con-
tanning such a provision with entire
disregard of the amount that might
be saved by protecting Senators and
Assemblymen from their own cow
ardice.