Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-15
GROVE JOHNSON
PLANS TO START
ANOTHER FIGHT
HOT BATTLE IN LEGISLATURE
DUE THIS WEEK
SUNDAY REST BILL TO COME UP
FOR ADOPTION
Amendments by Selected Committee
Eliminate All Provisions Except
That Closing SaIoons-Other
Measures Pending
IBy Associated Press.l

G GACRAMENTO, Feb. 14.-Grove Il.
~ Johnson Of Sacramento will hold
the center Of the stage again in
the assembly during the coming week,
When his constitutional amendment
making Sunday a day of rest comes
up for final consideration.
1t is predicted there will be an un-
usually interesting debate upon the
SUBJECT and the parliamentary proceed
lnSs Will be complicated owing to the
present status of the measure.
Two weeks ago, after a stormy meet
Ing, the committee on constitutional
amendments decided to report it out
With a recommendation that it be not
adopted, whereupon Johnson sent in a
minority report recommending it's
adoption without amendment. But if
was then amended by a select com
mlttee, eliminating all of the provisions
except that which proposed to close the
saloons on Sunday.
The sponsor for the measure will
make an effort to have the minority
report adopted on the ground that no
harm could be done by submitting the
question to vote Of the people. 1t
will be a special order Of business for
Thursday.
The Leavitt- Stanton banking bill.
which was drawn by a joint committee
appointed at the last session Of the
legislature, also will be called up as
a special order of business on that day.
The bill, which establishes a state
department of banking with a super
Intendent at a salary of $4,000 a wear
and an assistant at $4,000, and which is
designed to protect depositors in the
event of failures, passed the senate on
February ), was transmitted at once
to the assembly and referred to the
committee on banks and banking.
Recommend Adoption
That body recommended it do pass
and it was made a special order for
Wednesday.
Three times since then action upon
it has been postponed, considerable op>
position arising on last Friday when
1T was called up for consideration.
r. l.. BeardSlee of Stockton. speaker
at the last session and who appointed
Philip "A. Stanton of Los Angeles, the
present speaker, on the joint committee.
raised the question of the kind of Sc
curities to be given by depositaries,
and hIr. Stanton was compelled to take
the#hOor in defense of the bin.
emblyman Johnson Of Sacramento
also~Objected to several minor pro-
visions Of a legal character and the
matter will be threshed out in debate
Thursday.
In the senate there are several special
orders for Tuesday The motion by
Senator Wolfe to reconsider the vote
by which the sO-called tuberculosis bill
was passed, probably will be the sub
Ject of long debate, with Senator
Wolfe leading the fight against the bill.
Senator Willis motion to reconsider
the vote by which a constitutional
amendment was adopted increasing
the powers of county boards of equali-
zation is also expected to take up some
time in discussion.
Another important measure to be
called up is that by Senator Stetson
of Oakland to reconsider the vote by
which the senate passed AsSemblyman
Johnson's bill providing for the regis
tration Of the purchasers of guns, pis-
tolls and other firearms and the punish
ment Of dealers neglecting to register
such purchasers.
Governor Gillett probably will sign
the Walker-O Otis anti-race track gam
bling bill tomorrow or Tuesday.