Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-03
AMENDMENT BY
SAVAGE FAILS TO
DECEIVE SOLONS
MACHINE SCHEME BL0CKED
BY VOTE OF rs TO 13
LOS ANGELES AND SAN PEDRO
WIN LONG FIGHT
Lawmaker from Harbor City Makes
Desperate Attempt to Foil joint
ure of Two Cities, but
People Triumph
Especial to The HeraId.1

| L
ia tempt of Senator Savage 20 nullify
~ the Los Angeles-San Pedro con-
solidation bill was decisively rejected
by the senate this afternoon, and the
bill itself, as urged by the city's inter-
ests. is in line for adoption.
The senate voted IL to % in refusing
the Savage amendments, which would
utterly have frustrated the purpose of
the bill.
Savage made desperate fight, but
lost
The final passage of the bill is re-
garded as extremely favorable. Four
senators from San Francisco voted
against the Savage amendments, and
! the remaining votes rejecting them
came from different parts of the state.
There was little effort to support
Savage on the floor, and he appeared
to be making lone and hopeless hight.
AngeIenos Happy
| Los Angeles business men who are
ton were gratified tonight, believing
the bill will go through as offered IN
| the first place.
Savage evidently has lost his former
prestige, and his retirement from the
senate will be marked, according to the
expressions of many, as the passing OF
| a much weaker politician than before
he vented his spleen on Los Angeles
His amendments are said to be less
| drastic by far than he had contem-
plated before the Los Angeles business
men put up so strong fight.
A. p. Fleming, secretary of the ctty's
harbor commission, members of the
] oI, ho1 nf and other nrOfn-
| inent business men of Los Angeles, and
representative men from San Pedro, as
we'll as petitions from that city and
] Wilmington, made entirely too over
| whelming a showing for Savage to sur
vive.
Presages Victory
The action of the senate is consid-
cred as presaging the certain passage
of the bill in the assembly.
Governor Gillett sent message TO
| the senate today, explaining why he
| vetoed Senator Blacks bill enabling
graduates of the Stanford law school to
gain admission to the bar without ex-
| animation.
The governor said that under the ex-
listing law the supreme court may call
| upon graduates of the Hastings Law
school to take an examination.
| The proposed law, he said, would be
unfair to Hastings.
| senator 11uTQ y Dill dIlleHulHS lIlS law
| regarding dentistry practice making 1t
| less difficult for practitioners without
| diplomas from California colleges to OBJ
| tain licenses, was passed b. the senate.
Anthony's Resolution
Senator Marc Anthony introduced a
resolution today calling for the ap-
| pointment of five senators to be
| known as the committee on correspond
ence to confer with similar bodies rep
resenting states having antitrust laws,
or being supposedly anti-Japanese In
| sentiment, upon the subjects of Japan
ese immigration. importation into one
state of trust-made goods from another
state, and 1.-The notification without due
| process of law of state legislation by
| the federal executive"
| Over the protest of Anthony, who
wanted it sent to the committee on
| labor, capital and immigration, the res
| olution was referred to the committee
on federal relations
The first night session of the senate
was held tonight.
Many Bills Passed
| More than one hundred bills were
| passed through the two branches of the
| legislature today. the senate indorsing
| a score of measures at it's session to-
night and the assembly disposing OF
about fifty in its two day meetings.
the solons are making strenuous efforts
to get pet bills through and have them
filed with the governor.
| Members of the ways and means COM
mittee held conference with the chief
executive this evening upon the gem
eral appropriation bill. This will be in
troduced into the assembly Thursday
| or Friday.
| The senate judiciary committee de-
cided tonight to report favorably on
| the Stetson railroad rate bill, thus
giving the Oakland senator a victory
| over Leroy A. Wright of San Diego,
whose measure providing for maximum
rates only was indorsed by the COM
mittee on corporations. The Stetson
power to fix only an absolute rate.
Full Strength Shown
The full strength of the advocates
of the absolute" as against the max
imum" provision was ten votes as OPP
posed to eight.
The committee lined up as follows
on the motion of Senator Wright to re-
port out his maximum rate bill. when
bill should be reported to the senate:
Ayes-Anthony. Martinelli. McCart-
ney, Wolfe, Wright, Willis, .Surneta
Estudillo-S.
Noes Campbell Cutton, Miller.
Stetson, Thompson, Boynton. Roseber-
ry, Curtin, Cartwright Caminetti-10.
At an executive session of the as
sembly committee on commerce and
navigation the Islais creek bills, ap-
pron-iating 100000 for condemnation
of land for an inland harbor site in
San Francisco caused considerable dis
! cussion. No action was taken. but it
developed that the opposition to the
measures was stronger than had been
anticipated.