Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-19
ASSEMBLY WILL
ADJOURN MARCH
% AT IL NOON
CONTEST OVER PRIMARY BILL
is UNDECIDED
SEVERAL OTHER MEASURES OF
IMPORTANCE ON FILE
Many Members of the Lower House
Wanted Session to Go on Until
Latter Part of Next
Week
Especial to The Herald


lNACRAMENTO, March 1S.-A joint
~ resolution to adjourn the legisla-
NJ ture sine die at IL o'clock noon
Monday, March %. was adopted by the
assembly tonight.
one big contest, that over the direct
primary, is undecided and there are
many bills of particular interest 10
their authors and the counties still on
the files.
A large faction of the lower house
was in favor of continuing until
Wednesday or Thursday, but Chairman
Beardslee and LeaVitt of the ways ana
means committee and the nnance COM
mittee respectively, decided on MONDAY
at a conference held this evening.
The fight over the direct primary
measure introduced by Senator Wright
Of San Diego is adding spice TO the
last days of the session. Consideration
of an assembly amendment to the pm,
providing for the election of united
States senators by vote by legislative
districts instead of by a statewide
vote, was postponed again today.
The senate has been deadlocked on
this measure for three days on account
of absentees. Senator Stetson OF OAK
land. whose absence blocked consld-
GRAFTON OF the amendment oil uCoooJ,
because of the fact that the vote STOOD
10 to 20, needing but the one vote 10
place the situation in the hands OF the
lieutenant governor returned TO-DAY eX-
hausted from a weeks siege OF malaria
The primary bill was to have been
taken up tonight and plans were iaid
for q speedy disposition OF the Dill
when George S. Walker of Santa Clara
read a telegram from DR.. III. b. Rey-
nolds Of PaIo Alto stating that Senator
Marshall Black of that city was too Ill
TO attend. This left the situation as 1t
was before Stetson returned, and SER
geant at Arms Martin was sent to the
university city to determine whether
or not it would be possible to cause
the return of Black without enoanser-
ing the latter's life.
Consideration of Bill Delayed
Awaiting further developments the
senate postponed consideration OF the
bill until tomorrow afternoon.
The amendment to the Fresno Kings
county division bill. agreed upon as
compromise by Senators Cartwright
and Miller was accepted by the as
sembly this afternoon by decided
vote, although Mr.. Drew of Fresno
made a last determined fight against
the bill itself by objecting to an amend
ment.
Weber of Kings and as originally in
troduced and passed by the assembly,
gave Kings county about 100 square
miles of Fresno territory, including the
town of Laton. The compromise agree
ment cuts this amount in two.
Senator Stetson introduced today a
joint resolution asking the California
delegation to oppose the inheritance
income tax measure pending in con.
gress Stetson's contention is that the
national tax would be unfair to those
states which, like California, have their
own inheritance taxes, because 1t
would place a double burden upon the
people
The so-called anti-land grab bill was
passed by the assembly this afternoon.
A sally was made against 1t by Grove
l.. johnson of Sacramento, but he re-
ceived little support upon the floor.
The bill is designed to protect the gov
eminent reserves from spectators by
providing for the sale of school lands
at public auction and throwing other
safeguards of publicity about transact
tons which are preliminary to the &C
QUESTION of valuable lien lands.
The senate committee on public
health and quarantine rendered an I'M
favorable report on Grove l.. Johnson's
bill providing that condemned murder
ers may escape hanging by allowing
themselves to be inoculated with tuber-
culosis germs for the purpose of maxi
ing scientific tests.