Year: 1874

lndt Governor BOOtn would resign Marcn
3lst, and go East to speak and pave the
way to the White House. A gentleman
asked Albert Hart why he wanted the
Office of State Librarian, when he had
good thing as Secretary to the Governor,
whoreat Albert told him as much, that
the Governor would want no Secretary
talked about and is now accepted as fact.
Hail President Booth. Assembyman
Tinnin has had bout with the 'Union"
on his vote for Senator, but | am not in
formed as to the justice of the case or the
facts of the issue sufficiently to speak,
while you, on the contrary, know all
about it. The Assembly is now fairly al
work, which it should have been long
ago. Looking at this body Of men daily,
one is impressed with a decided want Of
talent in the body, but l must confess
there is a deal Of earnestness. The SEN
ate is a body of much intelligence and is
practical, though slow. The fight be-
tween the Superintendent of City Schools
and the Board of Education has resulted
in Sacramento in the retention of Nc
Donald as Principal Of the Grammar
School as against the act Of suspension
by the Superintendent, and the colored
children go to the school still. The Su-
perintendcnt keeps his gronnd and refus-
es to recognize Mcdonald. Thus stand
matters at this date. Judge McKinstry
took his seat on the Supreme Bench on
Monday. l believe he will make a good
judge, and if any radical acts are eX-
pected of him the expectation will not be
realized. l have known him Is years,
and being in political opposition to him,
think | can measure him.


OTHER MATTERS.


The Temperance people are moving
for a local option law, and | have every
reason to believe some such law will be
passed. A meeting Of Temperance lead
ers was held this afternoon, and public
meeting is called for Friday night at
which several Legislators will speak. The

sole issues are, have the people right to
regulate the liquor traffic in the various
communities Of the State if so, is it pol
itic to exercise it On these issues, an
swcring both in the affirmative, the tenn
perance element will make the fight, most
sensibly resolving to treat it solely rs a
legal matter, passing as granted the re-
sulting evils Of intemperance. say this
is wise, tor thereby it cannot be succcss-
fully resisted. The anti-temporanle eIc-
ement dares not to say, "we can't trust
the people," while as TO the right to con-
troll our Supreme Court had long since
settled that matter.


The following measures have been in
troduced III the legislature since | began
this letter: Changing the terms Of the
District Court in 1st District. ProVid-
ing in the exercise Of the right Of eminent
domain, that payment shall be made in
advance Of transfer of the condemned
property. To abolish the printing OF the
proceedings of the State Agricultural So
cicty. To amend the Political Code rel
ative to the assessment and collection of
taxes. To provide for wagon road be-
tween the osemite Valley and the Mar
iposa Big Tree Grove. To create the
2lst Judicial District. y concurrent res
olution condemning Sargent's Mineral
and Swamp Land Bills. Sargent's bills
| have examined very recently, and both
are in the true interest of California
The opposition to them here is n selfish
one, and comes from Dolly Kercheval,
who represents a swamp land interest in
the Assembly, and nothing else. You
well know how, after the donation to the
State Of the swamp lands, the word
" Swamp" was tortured out Of all mean
ing, and claims foated to the tops OF
mountains and you remember the Sier-
IN Valley outrages. Now Sargent's bill
simply defines the word swamp" so as
to fix the character Of swamp land beyond
all question. AS to the mineral bill, il
relieves from the difficult work of PROV
ing lands are not mineral, the establish
ing indeed of a negative alfirmativcly.-
Sargen's bill changes this system by re-
versing it, and makes it burden on the
otjectOr to land entry, TO prove it is min
eral. All land is in law presumably ag-
ricultural, and no law should by new
presumption overthrow the old presump-
ton. If land is mineral let it be so PROV
en-. This matter brought on long de-
bate in the Assembly and it is not yet
ended. SCHNEIDER.