Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03
ASSEMBLY
VOTES FOR
BERKELEY
Whirlwind Campaign
Won by Coast
City
Law Makers Favor Nov
ing Capital From
Sacramento
Grove L. johnson Wishes He Was as
Large as Jeffries So That He
Could Lick Sixteen
Traitors
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, March 2.-Winding
up in whirlwind campaign in a move
ment started less than three weeks ago,
Berkeley today won the second and
final fight in the Legislature for the re-
moval of the capital of California from
Sacramento to the university town,
when the assembly, by vote of SO to
| IS, passed Senator Lukens' bill submit
ting the question to the people at the
next election.
The original vote was So to 10, but
| OBrien of Sacramento changed his
vote from aye to no in order to give
notice that he would move Monday for
reconsideration.
The bill was passed in the senate yes
terday by a vote of 80 to {; and now
goes to the governor There is diff
ference of opinion in the legislatu as
| to whether or not the measure must
| be signed by the governor before the
question of changing the seat of gov
ernment can be submitted 20 the peo-
pie.
| The governor is reported to have said
that he did not think the bill required
his signature, but if it did that he
would sign the measure and let the
people of the state settle the question
at the polls.
Bill Rushed Through
With the bill introt. iced but few
days ago, 1t was rushed through with
all possible vigor and speed, and the
passage of the measure today followed
hn hnt hot 40 20 10 "a
during this session of the Legislature,
not excepting the bitter fresno Kings
county feud.
Defeated in the senate, the Capital
City and it's adherents rallied in the
assembly and believed that they could
there turn back the bill. Sacramento
pinned it's faith to Grove L. johnson,
but in vain did the eloquence of the
white bearded Demosthenes of the low
er house thunder up and down the as
sembly chamber, in scathing arraign-
ment Of George F. datton, Walter F.
Parker and Jere Burke, as paid tools of
a corporation alleged to be behind the
movement, trying to take the capital
away out of political revenge.
In vain Johnson pleaded for the Cap
ital City and accused the San Francisco
delegation of ingratitude for failing to
come to the assistance of Sacramento,
ance of San Francisco last April, and
when the vote was announced the aged
assemblyman, shaking with indigna-
| ton and disappointment, said that he
wished he was as big as Jim Jeffries
that he might thrash sixteen men who
had broken their solemn promises to
him.
Building Is Packed
With the floor and galleries so packed
with visitors that it became necessary
for the speaker to order a part of the
chamber cleared and the doors closed,
the bill came up for consideration at
IL O'Clock this morning. Half the men,
bers of the upper house were present
and the senate cut short both it's ses-
sions that the senators might witness
the contest in the assembly.
The Berkeley advocates asserted that
they polled 81 votes, three more than
the required two-thirds, and Johnson
claimed he would line up thirty-three
to defeat the measure.
Walsh of Oakland opened the debate
and dwelt at length upon ..e ad-
Yantages of Berkeley yer Sacramento
as the seat of the state government.
He was followed by Forbes. a Demo-
crat from Inyo, who had been regarded
in the last poll for Sacramento. A
pocketful of kilograms from constitu-
him to vote for Berkeley
Cogswell of Los Angeles opposed the
removal and did not believe the people
wanted it,
1t was his opinion that the kilograms
emanated from members of the Berke-
ley alumni scattered all over the state.
Calls 1t Revenge Fight
johnson closed the debate for the OPP
position. He prefaced his speech with
the remark that If he believed per
cent OF the people wanted the capital
moved he would vote for the bill. Il
care not for the fake telegrams sent
at the behest of Hatton, Parker and
Burke" said Johnson
ut is simply campaign made out of
revenge for Sacramento giving ma
jority to the Democratic candidate for
governor.
"Hatton, the Dueal Dalgetty, whose
name does not even appear on the as
sessment rolls OF Alameda county.
Parker and Burke represent po-
litical power, they don't represent the
people, They are the paid tools of a
corporation and have been threatened
with having their bills killed If they
don't vote for this measure. 1 refuse
their mandates, l spit upon their au-
thority 1t is a campaign of villih-
cation started by Louis Titus realty
syndicate"
He dwelt upon the evil effects that
the Emeryville race track would have
upon the legislature and said that
Eshleman's anti-raee track bin was
sleeping the sleep Of death In the sem