Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-02

buried all their previous bills and
passed bill giving them three hundred
and twenty acres in Mission bay. The
house bill went to the senate and the
senate bill came into the house the
same day. 1t was nearing the close of
the session and we were limited to two
speeches on the subject of five minutes
each.
Taking advantage of the opposition
| / moved, as soon as the senate bill
came in, that it be considered in COM
| mittee of the whole, for under our
rule it took g. two-thirds vote to take
it out, and we could do all the talking
| we, wanted.
sc. A. Tuttle, from Placer Re-
publican, led in the fight against 1t,
and General Frisbie of Solano led the
railroad forces
"In honest legislation have learned
there are no party lines. Charles AL
bion Tuttle was very strong partisan.
as was I; but we never divided except
on party questions. He was an able
man and could have had any position
ID wanted had he worn a collar.
Talk, Talk, Talk
"We opened the ball on the railroad
bill Immediately after luncheon and
talked on 1t until 0 o'clock at night.
The senate late at night amended the
Southern Pacific thirty acres each in
Mission bay, they to choose it where
they pleased. When we learned of the
action of the senate the house ad-
journed.
'I called on the governor and told
him that when the Parish bill was re-
turned to the house 1 should move a
concurrence In all amendments, and
when he asked why took that position
I told him that unless some disposition
WAS made of the lands in San Fran
cisco at the next session the railroads
would get them all, for with the amount
of money 1 could have had to give
them 800 acres they could elect legis-
lature that would pass any railroad bill
over his veto, and that / thought by
giving them thirty acres apiece the ad-
jacent land would sell for more money
so that the state would be the winner.
The state realized from sale of these
lands about $1,600,000.
DwIneIIe's Harmless" Bill
''At this session q very harmless
looking bill was introduced by John w.
Dwinelle of Oakland.
''It was a long bill, and being assured
that 1t was intended only to allow the
city of Oakland to settle its lawsuits
and in no way confiicted with San
Francisco it passed without objection.
In the senate Judge Hager found that
1t annexed to Oakland all the bay OF
San Francisco, including Goat island
and ships channel. The bill was re-
called by the house, amended and
passed both houses.
1.-THE city of Oakland settled with HI.
w. Carpenter. who was litigating over
her water front, by giving Carpenter
five-tenths. the railroads four-tenths,
John B. FELTON,, the attorney for the
railroads, one-tenth. The city of Oak
land got a big speech from FELTON,, in
which he eUlogized both the railroad
and the city.
"There was also introduced in the
house a bill to give the Terminal PAY
cific railroad Goat island for terminal
purposes. This bill came in late in the
session.
ST received letters from some of the
leading merchants In San Francisco
| urging me to support 1t, they assuring
me that II was intended for an op-
position railroad. They even pursuaded
my father to wire me not to oppose It.
I declined to vote for the bill, but
made no opposition to 1t and it passed.
Uncle Sam lnterferes
"Afterward it turned out that the
railroad gang had the states title TO
the land, and they were prevented from
seizing 1t only because Uncle Sam
wanted it for military purposes.
This will give you some idea how
persistent was the fight on the part OF
the Southern Pacific to control the
water front of San Francisco.
Had Gorham been elected they would
| have had their own way and it would
have been impossible for any other rail-
road ever to have entered the city.
"They were trying to do in San Fran
cisco what they tried In vain very
lately to do In Los Angeles-hold al
the water front of San Pedro and VIII
mington and thereby control the COM
merce of your city that comes from this
! ocean.
"And yet you find in Los Angeles
men OF character and standing ready t.