The San Francisco call., 1909-03-06
Stanton "BottIes" HimseIf

Stanton Bottles" Himself
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO. March Speaker Stanton's
peculiar attempt to bottle anti-Jap-
anese legislation today got aim into a
sorry predicament- When Senator
Burnett's joint resolution urging con-
gress 10 maintain intact the present
Chinese exclusion law and 10 extend
the provisions thereof to apply to and
tnclude all Asiatics was received from
the upper house, where II was passed
with a large vote. J. p. Transue, bosom
friend Of the speaker moved that the
resolution be referred 10 the speaker
IS a committed Of one.
Grove /. Johnson and tae others who
had fought unsuccessfully to get anti
japanese bills and resolutions through
the assembly did mot hear what was
being done Later. when they learned
how Stanton 8Sad ignored his own COM
mittees by having the Burnett resolu-
tion referred to himself. they were up
IN arms.
In the afternoon while J. W. Preston.
the Ukiah democrat. was in the chair
and Stanton was in the rear OF the
hsll, Johnson sent up resolution
which was IDENTICAL with the Burnett
resolution L ". Juilliard, the Santa
Rosa DEMOCRAT had carried out his
: Transue. Preston promptly referred
the resolution to the committee on
federal relations, of which john Mott
IS chairman
The clever scheme TO kin the Bur
nett resolution In tae lower house has
been frustrated and either the speaker
or the federal relations committee viii
have TO bring ii out for consideration
on the floor.
Change in Railway Board
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO. March 5.-By a vote Of Is to 2
the senate Judiciary committee today
approved Campbelfs constitutional
amendment covering the appointment
and duties of the board of railroad
commissioners. The amendment is sun
Elementary to the Stetson railroad rate
The amendment after providing that
the commissioners shall be appointed by
the governor and shall serve for six
years. reads as follows:
The Legislature shall fix the salary
OF the commissioners. The legislature
shall have power by tWO-thirds vote
of sll the members elected to each
house to remove any one or more of
said commissioners from office for
oereicuon OF duty or corruption or in
competency.
"Al Of said commissioners shall be
qualified electors OF this state and no
person in the employ Of or holding
any Official relation TO any common
carrier subject 10 the laws of this
state or owning stock or bonds thereof
or VINO Is in any manner pecunfarily
interested therein shall be appointed
10 or hold such Office. No more than
TWO Of said commissioners shall belong
10 the same political party No va
cancy in the commission shall impair
The right Of the remaining commits
sioners 70 exercise all the powers of
the commission. The act of the ma
3ority Of said commissioners shall be
the act Of said commission. The COM
mission and each of its members shall
have such powers and perform such
duties as are now or may hereafter be
provided by law"
The vote was as follows: For the
mendment-Anthony. Boynton. Can't
netti Campbell. Curtin. Cutten. Mar
fipeli. Miller, Mccartney, Savage, Stet-
son Thompson-I2.
Against-Willis. WOLFE
Nye's Bill Killed
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE. BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO. March 5.-"They don't care
very much for the speaker. but they
have some respect for the house." re-
torted Nat CoghlaD OF San Francisco
today when Speaker Stanton demanded
OF him where the many absent men,
bers Of the san Francisco delegation
were, as a vote was being taken on
Senator Stetson's bill for an inheritance
tax deputy for the state controllers
office. Coghlan and stanton frequent
ly. clash.
The Stetson bill creates new Office
at $500 per year for a man 10 visit
urers throughout the state and advise
with them relative to the collection Of
inheritance taxes.
A call OF the house was resorted to-
but when II was dispensed with sew
eral organization men changed their
votes from aye TO no, thus insuring the
defeat Of the bill. State Controller
Nye is none too popular with the ma
chine
Fail to Knife Lacquer
CALL HEADQUARTERS CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO March 5.-The attempt to pun
Ssh State Treasurer Williams because
he was lined up with the Lincoln
Roosevelt league has come TO naughf
Grove L. Johnson's remarks on the
floor that the ways and means COM
mittee was holding up his bill TO in
crease the salaries of the four watch
men in the state tTeasurer's Office so
that they would correspond with the
salaries paid similar employees in other
ofilces because Of Williams Lincoln
Roosevelt league tendencies caused a
small sensation. with the result that
returned the bin with favorable re-
port
Chauffeur's Age Limit
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
or COMMERCE BUILDING, SAcRA-
MENTO. March 5.-~The state senate
enough 10 he a chauffeur. Curtin of
Sonora tried to pass bill putting an