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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Herrin S Machine Plans
Primary Bills Defeat
Senator Wolfe Labors in Painful Hours of
Illness in Speech Against Reform
By George A. Van Smith
Especial Dispatch to The Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. I'm spite of the
desperate efforts of Herrins men, Wal
ter Parker, Jere Burke and John c.
Lynch, San Francisco's latest political
Plate to break down the forces of the
independents, the senate will decide
between honest and dishonest direct
primaries Wednesday.
The issue will be joined on the pro-
visions of the Wright Stanton bill for
the nomination of United States SEN
ators and for plurality nominations.
That issue will be presented TO the sem
ate In the form of minority and ma
Jorlty committee reports on the
Wright-Stanton bill.
MINORITY SUPPORTS BILL
The minority report will support the
Dill as originally drawn. The majority
report will recommend that the people
be denied the right to nominate their
partisan candidates for United States
senator and provide for the defeat of
the very purpose of an honest direct
primary law by the clause requiring
that If no candidate for direct nomi-
nation receives clear majority of all
made by a convention
The majority nomination scheme was
presented for Herrin by Wolfe and
strenuously advocated by the majority
OF the packed elections committee as
well as by Herrin's chief strikers. who
have worked day and night for week
10 pull down the senators who were
known to be on the side of the peaple
and to defeat the purposes of the di-
q fly4f
ROUGH WORK APPARENT
The inhibition of plurality nomina-
tions would open the way for the ma
chine or any special interest to load
up the ballot with frivolous or mis-
chievous candidates in a sufficient
number to prevent any candidate from
receiving clear majority and throw
the nomination into a convention The
net result would be only an aggrava-
ton of the trading convention evils
from WHICH the people have demanded
relief.
The job was so shamelessly appar-
ent that the efforts of the machine
strikers to pull senators down have
apparently served only to stiffen some
>of those who were properly enough
considered doubtful Parker and his
allies have made little or no attempt
to conceal their rough work and the
independents have known almost from
hour to hour which of their colleagues
was last on the Herrin rack.
VOTE TO REVEAL PRINCIPLES
The machine has accepted the re-
sponsibility it could not escape and
the senators have taken cognizance of
the fact that their votes on the com
mittee reports mean an absolute dec
laration for or against honest prima-
ries.
A single roll call will show the people
of California which senators are for
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
CALLS THREE MEN
SALARY GRABBERS
Charges Entered by Caminetti
Against the Railroad Com
missiOners
Resolution Declares That Mem-
bers Fail to Perform Any
of Specified Duties

CALL HEADQUARTERS CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE. BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO. Feb. 12.-Charging each and
every member Of the state railroad
commission with gross neglect of the
duties imposed upon them by the con-
stitution, Senator Caminetti introduced
a concurrent resolution this afternoon
declaring the Offices vacant, The demo-
cratic warhorse declares the present
grabbing organization which has for its
object the carrying out of the wishes of
the Southern Pacific. In order to see
that any committee which may be ap-
pointed or elected in the future will act
in the interest of the people Caminetti
provides in another resolution that the
railway board shall. upon petition of
any aggrieved citizen of the state, file
proceedings before the interstate COM
merce commission to secure redress or
prevent increases in rates or unlawful
combinations by transcontinental lines.
Caminetti's resolution of impeachment
charges t0aI A. y. lTW1ll, IA6OQOIS
merland and H. D. Loveland, members
of the present commission, have neglect
ed to establish any rates, to examine
the books of the transportation COM
panies; to enforce their decisions; to
prevent Discrimination; in short, to keep
any check on the railroads whatever.
The second resolution provides for
contingencies like that which arose last
November when the transportation COM
panies announced an arbitrary raise in
rates, which will cost the shippers of
California more than $10,000,000. On
petition of any citizen of the state, ac-
cording TO the provisions OF the Cami-
netti resolution, the commission must
file a protest with the interstate COM
merce commission regarding that por-
tion of the raise which may affect in
terstate business, and the attorney gen
eral will be required to prosecute the
proceedings.
BLOW AT STEAMSHIP LINES
The resolution also imposes on the
railroad commission the duty of inves-
tigating and penalizing any combina-
tion in restraint of trade on the part
of the transcontinetai lines and the
steamship companies. This provision is
aimed directly at the Pacific Mail
steamship line, which was charged by
United States Senator Bristow with hav-
ing entered into an illegal trade agree
ment with the common carriers.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
FALLS FROM BRIDGE
AND BROWNS IN STREAM
Charles E. Robins Perishes in
Swollen Horse Creek
| TSpecial Dispotch 10 The Coul

REDDING, Feb. 12.-Charles r
Robins was drowned in Horse creek
20 miles northeast of here, at 4 o'clock
this morning. He and Elmer stine
were returning to Copper CITY from
the Anchor mine. where they were
working, and at Horse creek they at
fell into the swollen stream. =
Slime saved himself by graspine .
bush. but Robins drifted down The
creek and sperished. His body was re-
covered at daybreak. Robins was aaea
70 and had lived near Copper civ IN
years. He formerly resided in Sante
Clara county, where he was a member
of the knights Templar of San Jose.
The body will be shipped there sat
urday for burial. ="
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
TUOLUMNE WATER RIGHTS
MORTGAGED FOR S5SO,OOO
KnickerbOcker Trust Company
Records Deed of Company

The mortgage Of the Tuolumne power
company covering loan of s350.000
and embracing all its lands. water
rights dams, dam sites, etc, was re-
corded here yesterday. It was drawn
ia favor Of the Knickerbocker trust COM
pany Of New York and was originally
executed July %, 1908, being filed ia
Tuolumne county August is, 1903 The
loan was at per cent and matured
January % OF this year. The mort
gage was filed yesterday at the request
of the knickerbocker company. The
reservoir and dam known as the ssbje-
dam on the upper Stanisiaus, the tp-
per strawberry dam and the Herring
dam We're the principal properties
enumerated.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13

them and which are for the machine al
the expense of the people.
The majority report will provide for
the complete emasculation of the bill
and a perpetuation of the convention
system. The minority reportt will pro-
vide for the Wright Stanton bill as
originally drawn, save for sc few me-
ehaaical amendments sugges ted by the
department Of elections Of San Fran
cisco, and the saving of contentious to
make platforms and appoint governing
committees.
DIRECT PRIMARY AS STAKE
All the amendments except the two
elimination OF the vote for United
States senators and majority nomina-
tions, which will constitute the major
portion of the majority report-will be
in both reports. The adop dion of the
majority report means tho death OF
the direct primary movement The sub
stitution Of the minority report means
a decent and honest direct primary law.
The issue will be plain and simple. The
senators who vote for the majority re-
port will vote against direct primaries.
The senator's who vote for tt e substitu-
ton OF the minority report will vote
for the people and for the redemption
of the direct primary pledges made to
the people.
INDEPENDENTS DODGE STRAPS
The Independents who ,saucused and
demanded the enactment of the bill as
originally drawn have dec tined to walk
into any of the several traps laid for
them. They have insisted that the one
way to get a vote on the question OF
direct primaries was to get that vote
on the Wright-Stanton bilItitself and not
on hypothetical questions; which would
enable weak kneed senators to knife
the measure without going on record
on the bill itself.
Senator Wright refuse 3 yesterday to
consider any plan exec pt that which
involved committee repo rts on the bill
and taking the issue sluarely before
the senate Leayitt. ons behalf of the
committee majority, agreed to that pro-
cedure today. Leavitt md Wright dis
cussed the contents of the two reports,
which will be signed ons Monday with
out the formality of committee meet
ing.
SIGNERs OF REPORTS
The majority report will be signed
by Wolfe, Leavitt. Hartman. Hare,
Kennedy and Savage. The minority re-
port will be signed by Chairman Estu-
dillo, Stetson and Wright
The consideration of the reports and
the fight for the substitution of the mi
nority of the majority report will be a
special order for Wednesday, Wolfe.
who has been confined 20 his room for a
week, will be the principal orator for
the Herrin job, and from the bedside
have been received ass urances that the
handy senator from San Francisco, who
so eloquently opposed the passage of
the Otis-Walker antilracetrack gam
bling bill. has labored in the painful
hours Of his illness upon the prepara-
tion of q speech whiehkwiIl once for all
silence the reformerS and bury the
cause of reform.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Rains Cause Damage

REDWOOD CITY. Feb. 12.-Fron all
portions of the county reports have
reached here OF damage caused by the
rains of last night and today The
United Railroads service between San
Francisco and San MateO was demor-
allied for the greater portion OF the
day due to the amount of water and
sand covering the tracks at the ceme-
teries and TanfOran- At Burlingame
Redwood and San MateO a number OF
cellars were flooded, the Burlingarne
creek overf1Owing It's banks and the
San MateO creek being at the highest
point known for 20 years. Continued
1andSlldeS have occurred on the noun
tain roads and on the Ocean Shore
line during the past week.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
PetaIun.a Honors Centenary

PETALUMA. Feb 12.-Antietam post
G.. A. r. and Antietam Relief Corps
held exercises In Hill opera house to-
night in honor of IincOln's centennial
anniversary. Mayor II. p. Brainerd. an
old G. A. r. man. was president OF the
evening. The address was rendered by
Rev. z. r. Ollie, ID. D.. OF San Fran
cisco. A feature of the evening was
the presentation OF a flag to Company
D. First Corps Cadets
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
DESPOILER OF GIRLS
GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE
Grand Jury Investigates Chinese
District in Stockton
[Speeidl Dispatch 10 The Cali

F.
STOCKTON. Feb. 12.-within two
hours Of the time that. the stockton
grand jury visited the Chinatown dis
tricts this afternoon with view Of
inspecting conditions there, Williams
Edwards, 49 years of age and a mar
ried man. was found in a box of the
Chinese noodle restaurant with Hazel
Chidister, aged 13 years, and GLADYS
Crabb. aged Is years. They were feast
ing on noodles and drinking beer
The Chidister girlNis pretty blue
eyed girl Of babylike appearance while
the Crabb girl is more mature in ap-
pearance. Edwards is said to have
been out with each of the girls sepa
rately at late hours and In places We're
privacy was assured
Edwards, when arrested. was hurried
TO the afternoon session of the police
court and was sentenced to $50 days
in the city prison Efforts will be
made TO send the girls to reforma-
tory.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Satisfaction in Japan
Waters Invade Towns

OAKLAND. Feb. 12-Outlyinu< dis
tricts east of the city were laid under
water today when Elmhurst creek
overfOWed. Stores along the San Lean
dro road in the business district OF
Elmhurst were surrounded with water
in some places a foot and a. half deep.
The traction company's power plant
was isolated for time BY the rising
waters. Fitchburg, Highland and Mel
rose also suffered, as Fitchburg creek
overflowed early today. For blocks
the districts were inundated and access
to the streets in many cases shut on
A Magnasson of Elmhurst caught two
large salmon in the water@Which swept
over a vacant lot
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
CITIZENS MEET TO NAME
HARPER'S OPPONENT
Committee Appointed to Select
Peoples Candidate

Los ANGELES. Feb. 12.-The ad-
iourned session Of the citizens mass
meeting originally called to select a
mayoralty candidate to oppose Mayor
Harper in the recall election was
called 10 order this afternoon. The
decision OF ". u. stevens, declining
tile nomination made at the previous
meeting. was officially announced, and
The meeting authorized its chairman
Judge John j.. Works TO appoint a
committee Of Is TO suggest a candidate
for MAYOR. This committee will report
next Wednesday night. at which time
the candidate VIII be named.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
RUSSIA'S FINANCIAL
PROPOSAL ACCEPTED
The Porte Agrees to Settlement
of Turk0=BuIgarian Dispute

coNsTANTNoPLE. Feb. 12.-The
porte has notified Russia of its accept
ance in principle of Russia's latest
financial proposal for settlement of
the Turko- Bulgarian dispute.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
MAY REVIVE SCHOOL
SEGREGATION PLAN
Amendment to Thompson's Bill
Likely to Renew Anti
japanese Talk
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

| CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 12.-Although innocent in
| of school trustees, introduced by Sem
ator Thompson this afternoon, may be
the opening wedge for another extended
discussion of the anti-Japanese school
segregation question. The author of
the measure has admitted tendency to
provide for separate schools by means
of an amendment to the bill as intro
duced. The desired result will not be
attained by means of the bludgeonlike
| tactics which minority of the assem-
| bly, attempted to employ, but a harm
| less appearing clause may be tackled
on which will be very effective in bar
ring the subjects of the mikado from
the public schools attended by white
/ children.
There will be no amendment intro
duced by me which will be aimed di
rectly at Japanese" said Senator
| Thompson this afternoon in answer to
! questions. However, it is possible
that an amendment msy be proposed
which will attain the desired effect.
! have not formulated the amendment
yet but as this was the last day for
! the Introduction of bills 1 was obliged
| to put the measure in in It's present
FORM
will the object of the amendment
be to- bar Japanese from the public
schools? the senator was asked.
| We'll, 1T probably will attain the de-
sired result" he replied.
Bill Proposes Dismissal
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SAC
RAMENTO. Feb 12.-Pernicious activ-
| ity in partisan politics on the part of
any holder of an appointive office of
| the state, or of any county city or
| town will earn for the enthusiastic
| one prompt dismissal from office If a
/ bill introduced by Senator Charles w.
Bell is enacted. The measure has for
| its object the elimination from active
/ politics of the small army of appointees
who hold various offices throughout the
| state by virtue of one party or the
| other being in power. and which con-
| stituteS a strong machine
To Check Watering of Stock
CALL. HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
| OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
| MENTO Feb. PA bill that is sure to
draw strong opposition from those cor
porations that water stock was intro
/ duced in the assembly today by e. j.
Callan of San Francisco. 1t provides
that a corporation desiring to increase
| its capital stock must petition to the
state board of examiners for authority
| and must show good reason for the de-
sired increase. For violation of the
act fine not to exceed $1,000 or i'm
prisonment not to- exceed one year is
/ proposed.
Bill Against Tipsters
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
| OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-.
| NENTO, Feb. 12.=To publish tips on
horse races is prohibited in a bill in
| troduced by Assemblyman Callan of
San Francisco today. He purposes TO
make it unlawful for a newspaper to
publish selections or for anv one to
distribute handbills containing advance
information on races. The bill was
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Ignatian Councils Ball

Ignatian council No. 35 Of the Young.
Mems Institute gave reception
and ball last night at the st. Fran
els hotel in honor of the centenary
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
and their ladies attended. The hall
was given in the colonial room and
the supper was served in the white
and gold room.
The reception committee consisted
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
FISH COMMISSIONS
ACTS ARE GRILLED
Neglect, Waste and PerniCiOnS
Political Activity Are
Charged
Resolution to Investigate and
Then Abolish Body Is
introduced

CALL HEADQUARTERS CHAMBENf
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRAS
MENTO, Feb. 12.-War has been de-
clared on the fish commission. Assem-
blyman Harry Polsley introduced a res
olution today charging dereliction on
the part OF the commission and asking
that it be abolished in the event OF a.
committee to be named by the speaker
nnding that the gross abuses alleged to-
exist. 1t is charged in the preamblet
that 1t is matter OF common report
that the fish commission OF California;
has been derelict in its Oficia1 duties
and ,wastefuI of public moneys that it
has neglected the development OF the
state fisheries. devOting its time large
ly to pernicious political activities"
It also Is charged that the commits
sion evaded the law requiring the sub
mission of a report. 1t is proposed to-
nave committee OF seven appointed
by the speaker.
An effort to quash the resolution re-
suited in an exciting tilt. in which the
hsh and game committee. of which
waiter Leeds is chairman. was attacked
by w. W. Greer As soon as the reso-
luton had been read Polsley moved
that II be adopted. Leeds was on the
alert and asked that the resolution be
feIerred to his committee. John Mott.
moved that the resolution be laid on
the table, but he was voted down.
1 don't want to see this resolution
go to the fish and game committee
said Greer, but am willing It should
go to any other committee so that it
could receive fair treatment"
Leeds resented Greer's remarks.
Greer retorted that he knew the SEN
t1ment OF the committee.
You can't talk that way about any
committee Of this house." shouted
Speaker Stanton as he swung his gavel
l.. w Juilliard thought the resolution
should go to the committee on COM
missions and public expenditures. but
stanton referred the resolution to the
fish and game committee.
Waiter Leeds today introduced a bill
to raise the bag limit OF ducks from
35 to so. and prohibit the sale OF the3
birds E. 3. Collier presented a bilIi
making it a misdemeanor to kill al
mourning dove.
Satisfaction in Japan
TOXIC. Feb. 12..Long cables. con-
vey1ng from correspondents in America
news OF the rejection of anti-Japanese
DlllS Dy the California Legislature have
been received here with intense salts
faction In official and business circles.
and publication OF this information. to-
gether with expressions OF favorable
opinion by President Roosevelt and the
governors OF several states has greatly
improved the situation
Resolutions adopted in New York and
othSS parts Of the United States were
received with similar appreciation.
The leading Japanese papers today
print editorial congratulations at the
outcome OF the affair. and all Ameri-
relieved.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Higher Pay for Teachers

CALI. HEADQUARTERS CHAMBER
VI. LOAaM ERCE BUILDING. eSACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 12-Assemblvman Cseorea
Hans introduced a bin today proviIine
that the minimum salary for a teachs1
in an, elementary school shall be NOT
less than $3.50 and in a secondarv
school not less than $1,000 per year.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Wheeler Answers Criticism

BERKELEY, Feb. 12.-'I have no de-
sire TO criticise.'' said President Wheeler
tnis AFTERNOON in reply to Cogswells
criticism, but ask the farmers of the
state what the college of agricultIlre
mas done sfor them. Our demonstration
train is the greatest success, and we
the state.
Any and all errors we are willing to
correct, and the attention of the de-
partment has been concerned In max
We are not perfect and are wflline
TO correct mistakes IL they are pointed
out to u.s. The faculty OF the depart
ment mas paid particular attention 10
the needs OF the farmers of C.aIffornfa
and all operations are conducted on
practical lines: We have aided farmers
everywhere, and they can best answer
the question Of the efficiency of the de-
partment of aprie1llt,,ra -
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Bill Favors Blue Laws

CALL HFsADOUARTERS CHAMRER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 12.-Any body who pro-
abets in any manner OF even thinlSs
about the production of any TRAGEDY
comedy. circus. picture show. prize
Sunday will in the future be wfthoS,f
the pale OF society If a measure intro
duced by Senator d. ]. Reilly OF san
offered freely az 10 to 1 that theS hii1
will take the count before ii reaches
the second round on the reading ME
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-08
WOOD PULP AND PRINT PAPER.
Interested Parties Given Hearing by
Senate Committee on Finance.

Washington, April Paper manu-
facturers and newspaper publishers
We're given hearing tonight by Sen
ator Aldrich, chairman, and Senator
Smoot of the Senate committee on IL
name" in relation to their differences
over the wood pulp and print paper
schedule in the proposed tariff bill.
The manufacturers were represented
by c. w. Lyman of the international
Paper Co; Arthur G. Hardings of the
American Paper and Pulp Association;
G.. +. steele of the Grand Rapids anG
Michigan Mills; and w. b. Dillon OF
the Great Northern Paper Co. The
publishers wcr" represented by John
Norris, chairman of the committee on
paper of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Mr. Dillon made the interesting state
ment that for an annual output of 5000
tons the Great Northern Paper Co of
Maine charged AN average price of two
cents per pound, or $40 per ton delivered.
MI Dillon said that on May | his COM
pauy would begin II daily shipment of 800
tons to the New York City market.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-08
Wharf and Buildings al
| South Aarpswe|| Burned,
Store, Stable, Freight Shed
! Are Totally Destroyed,
|'l,,sndiarism Is Suspected. Par.
TALLY Covered by Insurance.

South Harpswell, Me, April THE
uharf Of the Casco Bay a. Harpswell
S,.amboat Lines and the cluster of five
email buildings near the wharf were
Ihurned today, causing a total loss of
u30Co Arthur Palmer lost his general
.,ore stable and freight shed, suffer
;rr a loss OF $4,000, on which there is
i. martial insurance The other build
ms destroyed were the stable of S. l..
pinkhain and the quarters of the South
u,rnsWell Yacht Club. There were no
other buildings in the immediate vicin-
ity.
The fire was discovered at A. NJ.
and burned for four hours. The pumps
m the steamer AucociSco, which was
tied up for the night, were used in
throwing salt water onto the flames.
/ When the fire was discovered it Was
burning on the outside of the Palmer
sstors and there was no fire inside the
building according to those first on the
gene 1t was suspected that the blaze
was started by an incendiary and an
Investigation was begun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-08
CAPITAL JOTTiNGS.

The condition Of former secretary OF
the interior Hitchcock. who is c"iti-
ally i'll was reported as unchanged
Wednesday.
The Massachu.f"ttS Senate late Wednes-
day adopted resolutions to memorabilia
Congress against the taking of the in
helitanCe tax from the states.
Judge Meyer Sulzberser of the court OF
common pleas of Philadelphia, an emf
nent Oriental scholar, has been offered
and declined the enthusiastically to Tur-
KEY, prefclring to remain on the bench
President Taft Wednesday rendered &c
former Senator Fulton of Oregon the post
of minister to China to succeed NJ w
RoCkhill. Senator Fulton requested Il
DAYS in which to consider whether or not
he could accept.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has ap-
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