Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-10

| bling on the turf, several members OF
the committee will be southern mem
| berS
Walter Leeds of Los Angeles is be-
/ ing urged by his friends for the chair
manship of the committee on cleo
lions, to which will be referred the
direct primary, initiative and referen-
dunn bills.
Most of the members left the city
yesterday, and today the capitol and
the hotel Hobbies have been deserted.
Tomorrow night, however, the in
coming trains will be laden with re-
turning legislators and hundreds OF
lobbyists, who will besiege the legis-
lature Monday morning.
Suffragettes to Be There
| Among those who will arrive Sun
day night will be several delegations
of womans suffragists from various
parts of the state.
Mrs. Lillian Harris Coffin and the
other members of the state central
committee who were here during the
| in San Francisco and Oakland now
will bring with them a dozen other fail
lobbyists, who will reinforce the Sar
Francisco delegates.
Others will arrive from Los Angeles
and Santa Clara, and Monday will see
at least fifty women buttonholing the
legislators and demanding the enact
ment of their bill, introduced by AS
| semblyman Johnson.
| One more effort will be made by the
suffragists to get some one in the
senate to stand sponsor for the meas
ure, but if that fails the bill will be
| allowed to take its course from the
/ assembly to the upper house
Will Print These Bills
The 800 bills introduced yesterday
will be printed and ready for distribu-
ton Monday and with the announce
ment of committees all the machinery
of the legislature will be in thorough
working order.
Senator E. o. Miller of Visalia
/ whose illness prevented his attending
/ the opening of the legislature, is here
preparing to make a fight for the
Texas car law he introduced at the
last session and which was defeated
The railroads are bitterly opposed
to the enactment Of such a measure
and will use all their influence against
it, Senator Miller also will introduce
bills regulating rates to be charged by
the electric light and power and the
telephone COMPANIES.
Senator Miguel Estudillo- of River
side. who will make a strong fight fol
1
! staunchest supporters of the Wright
direct primary bill and as chairman
| Of the committee on elections and cleo
ton laws he will be in a position tc
do much for the measure.
Senator Estudillo had tried to gel
| the craftsmanship of the committee or
education, but Lieutenant Governor
| Porter was induced to give that tC
| Senator Black.
The committee having charge Of the
direct primary, initiative and referen-
| dunn will be in the limelight through
out the session, as it will require much
hard work on the floor to prevent fatal
amendments.
Bills in the Assembly
The following bills, with the names
of their authors, of general interest
| to the state have been INTRODUCED in
the assembly, the most important OF
them, including those providing for ap-
propriations for various institutions
being presented also in the senate:
| BY Griffith-An act authorizing and
directing the board of managers of the
Napa State hospital to erect and fur
nish cottages for the accommodation
of male patients at the Napa State
hospital.
| BY Hewitt-To repeal an act entitled
"An act to create the office of COM
missioner of transportation and to
define its powers and duties: to fix
the maximum charges for transport
| ing passengers and freight on certain
railroads and to prevent extortion and
unjust discrimination thereon" ap-
proved April 1, 1878, and also to repeal
an act entitued "An act to organize
and define the powers of the board of
railroad commissioners" approved
April Is, 1880, and to provide for the
organization of the board Of railroad
commissioners, define it's powers and
duties and the powers and duties of
railroad transportation companies
their officers, agents, and to define
offenses by shippers and railroad and
transportation companies, their Off
GERS, agents and employees and other
persons. and providing penalties for
such offenses.
To provide for the survey, location
and construction of a state highway
from Sattley, Sierra county, to Marys-
vile, Yuba county.
Lotteries and Drawings
BY Johnson of Sacramento-To amend
the penal code by adding a new
section thereto making it a INSIDE
meanor to print, publish or advertise
lotteries or lottery drawings
Providing for the registration of the
firearms at and providing for the pun
ishment of dealers neglecting to regis
ter such purchasers.
To prevent any minor under the age
of Is years to visit any race, race
track, race course, prize fight, cock
fight, or place where any race, prize
| fight or cock fight is advertised or re-
ported to take place, and to provide a
punishment therefor.
Providing for the purchase of a site
for an arnory and state arsenal for the
National Guard at the city of Sacra-
mento.
Providing for the purchase of a site
for a state printing Office at Sacra-
mento.
To pay the claim Of James Touhey
against the state, and making an an
preparation therefor
To amend the penal code bv adding a
new chapter to title TX of part l there
of; to preserve one day in the week
as a day of rest, and to promote health,
morals and the public welfare.
To provide for the relief of INDECENT
Union, Spanish-American, Philippine
instruction and Mexican war soldiers.
sailors and marines, and the families
of those deceased or INDECENT, and to
defray funeral expenses.
To add two new sections to the penal
code providing for indeterminate SEN
fences of persons convicted of criminal
offenses for the first time, and to pro-
vide for the release of such persons
within the time for which thew are
sentenced to imprisonment
To add a new section to the penal
code to prevent the sale or exchange