The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
SENATE BILLS ARE
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Upper House Adjourns Af-
ter Getting Into Angry
Mood Against Printer
MCCARTNEY IS HURT
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printer will be requested by the urbane
Secretary TO please do better, and the
attaches viii be saved from the dis
grace Of honest work.
Before the peace OF the attaches
camp was threatened by Belshaw. Nc
Cartneys bill. which would. il is
claimed; block successfully all schemes
for municipal ownership of public
utilities by communities now served by
p corporations, was sacrificed on the
altar OF its sponsors honor. At his
first opportunity this morning. McCart-
ney moved for the privilege of with
drawing his bill from further con-
siderauon by the Senate. Accompany
ing his request was an announcem ent
that at some undesignated time he
would rise TO a question Of privilege
and pay his respects TO those discour-
teous persons and papers that had
impugned his motives touching the in
PRODUCTION OF the much discussed bill
He also promised that he would at that
unfNed date read a letter from ex-As-
eemblyman Treadwell of san Francisco
who induced him TO Introduce the BILL
10 show that x was a perfectly harm
less and together meritorious meas
nre AS conclusive evidence Of the
=
knew nothing OF Its provisions, and
since its Introduction he had said moth
ing about il TO any one.
BELsHAw NOT .BUFFALoEDv
Belshaw was reused to protest. but
finally permitted Senatorial courtesy to
prevail TO the extent Of Withdrawing e
any formal opposition TO another Sena-
tor declining to father suspected bill
. The Contra Costa Senator declared elo-
ouently and with emphasis that the
sopinion Of the press had not "buf-
faloed" him. He believed. he said, that
the bin was a good one. and that It
should pass. He admitted entertaining
q belief that the people should be pro-
tected. but he insisted that corpora
tions too, had rights that should be
cons idered. The bill might need fixing
. be said, but the idea was right, and he
wanted the bin left before the Senate
or course. he said. he really could not
object 10 the author taking out his
own bill.
Mccartney assured the Senate that
he had been Influenced in no way by
the press, bat that he had learned of
conditions in the south that made the
passage Of the bill at this time mad
NiSable- Mccartney lives in the south
y Senator Sandf0rd was nearly so
successful in passing reform legisla-
uQn as he is in devising bills with
good purpose he would soon have a
corner In that sort Of thing His latest
reform measure contemplates making
81 impossible for an elector to vote
the so-called straight ticket by the
use Of single cross in a party de-
vice at the head Of the ballot bill
he introduced today provides for the
grouping Of candidates alphabetically
on the ticket instead Of the present
rlsrr Hfe-ar 81 f..T-
. ouires the voter to make a cross be-
hind the name Of each candidate for
whom he wishes 10 vote
ANTHONY IN HARD LUCK
Senator Bolshaw. is sponsor for the
bin for the tenement house act pre-
pared by the Federation of Women's
Clubs. 1t is a voluminous measure and
while IL is not claimed that II is de-
signed 20 meet any existing evil it is
intended to head of anticipated evils
IN the Greater San Francisco. 1t is in
effect a. separate building code for
tenement houses and provides in detail
Tor adequate sanitation and fire es-
capes.
Senator Savage passed today his bill
eNemptipg orphanages from State taxa
ton. The bill is designed to correct
an ambiguous and apparently sense
less situation These Institutions re-
ceive something more than 5000. 600 a
year from the State and from that
amount return $4,000 in taxes.
Anthony is another hard luck per
former. The San Franciscan has a fine
line Of reforms he is willing to promote
but something happens to all his
schemes After he had succeeded In
getting the Senate TO pass his bill
which contemplated teaching the young
idea to shoot automatic rifles the ad-
infant D.
Assembly. When he wanted a recall
law the Senate committee told him he
occupied warm place In the affec-
tions Of its members. but that his
scheme was punk-the people might
exercise the rein put in their hands.
WALKER AND BLACK HAPPY
When the junket evil poked its hor-
rid head into the Senate, Anthony was
+ Johnny on the Spot with a proposition
for the appointment of a committee Of
three TO do all the Senate's investigat-
ing Of public institutions. The caucus
slipped him bright yellow lemon by
arranging for the same thing in a diff
ferent way and today he asked hurnblv
that he be permitted to withdraw his
. resolution, Anthony has been caught
- red handed with an intent TO hocorna
: a constructive statesman, but a hard
hearted majority declines to permit him
10 construct or legislate
The real happy Senators today were
Walker and Black of Santa. Clara. They
make 8 strong team and get the plurns
individually Walker has rnauaeea tor
get his bill apprepriating sS5oO0o. for
the reconstruction Of the San Jose Nor
NAL School out OF committee intact and
backed by unanimous report, prob
ably exceeding his: own expectations
and those of his constituents by about
half OF the amount carried by the biD
Black is wrapped up in the success of
Stanford University and he today got
the revenue and taxation committed to
indorse his bill that will permit the
university TO charge tuition fees with
out forfeiting its tax exemption.