September 22, 1898 (4 pages)

o} mtr odee rr teh CPS Awe me BAT OE CES OTN eres ea ee Pegi REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The Republican, party of California, in State convention assembled at Sacramento, this 23d day of August, 1898, aa expressive of its views upon the. political questions of the day, and as a platform upon which all the candidates of the Republican party in. California’ shall stand, does hereby: resolve: ! First—That we reaffirm our belief in and ad. herence to the statement of the principles of the Republican party as adopted at the National Convention held in St. Louis, 18%. Time has tested the strength and proved the truth of the doctrines therein enunciated, while the country at large has, under the influence of their en‘ forcement, grown in riches and bappiness. . In behalf of ourselves and of the Republican party of this State we thank those brave Gailors and soldiers of the great Army and Navy of the Republic that have achieved such brilliant victories while marching behind the Star Spangled Banner, and who havem de the American flag respected and honored in every quarter of the wirld. We congratulate the Nation upon the fact that it has produced uch leaders upon the ooean as Dewey, Sampson, Schley and Hobson, and upon the land as Miles, Shafter, Wheeler and Lawton, who have written their numes upon the scroll of the history of the world as leaders excelled by none and equaled by few since the beginning of time. We pledge our Senators and Representatives in Congress and our candidates and our party to work and vote to secure the building of an adequate navy, as recommended by the present Republican Secretary of the Navy, and to request that a proportionate share thereof be constructed on the Pacific. . The wisdom of the people’s choice in 1896 has been more and more apparent as t.me progreases. The patriotic devotion to his country which called our candidate; in that c mpaign tv the ranks of its solders in the hour of rebellion has chara terized his every act since his inauguration as President He has remembered the c.aims of his friends and his party, but never at the expense of the Nation. He has protected the credit and maintained the honor of the United States. His’ firmness prevented the mistake of rec gnizing ‘Cuban belligerency and the plunging ofthé country into-war until prepared, while his untiring activity since the war was declared has made possible the glorious successes we have achieved en land and sea, He has proved himself equal in diplomacy to the astute Ministers of the Old World, and has inaugurated the reign of honesty and fair dealing in the diplomacy of the age. : Each day ads to the glory and deepens the satisfaction we have in the Republican we nominated and elected. in. 1896,-whose official career since March 4, 1897, is approved by all clagses and parties, and whom all delight to honor as President. William McKinley. Their genius, however, would have been unavailing but for the valor and steadfastness to duty displayed by the sailors who, fur many months, were confined to the narrow limits of their ships in the heat of the tropics, and the soldiers who f for opposing the annexation ot. Basel ang multe aiiitly Ws rebrees lela ee ee We approve of the conduet of the Republica» Senator, George C, Porkix c sentatives in 3 Oalif Barham, E. F. Loud and 8. G. Hilborn. They have ever labored for the advantage of our teste and havé secured wise legislation for its iterests, The necessities of war and the demands of peace a‘ike call upon the American people to unite the Atlantic to the Pacific by the constru tion of:a canal across the Isthmus of , Nicaragua. It should be immediately commencéd: and yigurously. prosecuted, so that in the near. future the commerce of the world may seek the Pacific Slope and the Atlantic coast through a/ canal constructei and maintoined by the United States, with the American flag spreading ts protecting fo ds over its entire length. We pledge our every.exertion ‘to securé this re ult; and hope the Pacific Coastbuilt war ship, the Oregon, that made so gallant a sail around ( apé Horn, may be the first to bring the good news through this . great artery of trade. The last Congres having unanimously passed a8 law providing for the co lection of the indebtedness due from the Central and Western Pacific railroads to the Government, the Re . State, and, if possible, put into the hand of . every child in California, free « f cost, the from which the learning may be gained te the youth of our great State to assume the bets of citizenship with all its attendant juties. . The, mining industry, r as it does among the foremost industries of our State, is entitled to the fostering care of both our State and National governments, and we reins, vo late the miners of California that lezislation inaugurated by a Republican Governor and carried to completion by a Republican tegislature arid‘a Republican placed their industry where it rightfully belongs, and surrounded it with such legislative safeguards as has restored confidence among those entaged in the mining industry, and’ caused a large and rapid increase in tne yield of the mineral products of California. We pledge our legislative and Congressional nominees t . continue the work so happily hegun under Republican auspices until all needful tion-in behalf of the mining industry shall have been accomplished. We favor the creation of a national executive department of mites and mining, with a secretary at itshead who shall be a member of the Presid nt’s Cabinet, and we hereby pledge our Congressional nominees to the use of all honorpublication pa‘ty favors the enfor t thereof, and upless.s ch law and all the provisions thereof be promptly accepted and complied with pny such specified railroad companies, that the law be strictly enfor ed and the lien on said roads and proper ies . 6 foreclosed, and said roads and mortgaged property be sold ac ording to law, and that all tunds that now or hereafter either or both of the said Pacific rai r or from the coll. ction of their debt t6 the Government, whether voluntarily or by foreclosure, be-appied to the construction of the Nicaragua canal. ‘ We pledge our candidates fr Railroad Commissions to reduce wherever practicable and needed the rates of freights and fares now charged by the transportation companies of the State, having in so doing »a just 1 egard for the wa esof their employes and the rights of the people. The Republican party commends ‘the appropriation for and. congratulates the people on the /projected improvement of San Pedro harbor, It commends its representatives who have aided in accomplishing the work already done, and pledges them to the fullest support of «ll measures designed to improve our mvers and harb.rs. j 4 q Now. as ever, the Rept.blican party is the champion of the wage-earncr of the Nation. Since its organizution ‘it has ever been active to benefit hip eondition and promote his welfare. It has, by. its tariff legislation, furnished him remunerative employment, and by its home. steadlaws given him free homes: It now deas the product of his labor. Wherefore, we demand, that. the immigration laws be so amended sto absolutely: prohibit the ‘filling of the marts of labor in America with 1 borers from fo e gn lands, ' Wedema d the enactment of such legisla-. tion regarding Hawaii, Porto Rico and such other territory as may be acquired by the United Stutes as will prtoect American work. men against contract Chinese, Japanese and aged death ndt mer ly by the: other contract labor.fonnd therein, and. will p*event any fu) ther influx or extension thereof. bayonet, the rifle or the cannon, but by dread ; We also’ demand that Congress pass an ex.:ludisease in Cuba, and who have p:oved that the 80 act prohib ting further J panese and American makes the first cit zen in peace and . co lie immigratio , and that such exclusion act thie best pe cha in war of any nation upon the shall prohibit bot: the Japanese wud Chinese ciy lized tion'the accusation made by th lobe, and we repudiate.with indigna: now lo ated inthe Hawatian islands from en: 18 eared tering the United States. : b> = yam for Goveruor of this State, at the . Economy in the ¢ :penditures of the revenue encement of the late war, that theseigure of the individual or the State is a! slutely oft.war; by the: Sallant sailors ie _ necessary to the happiness of the man and the pen xare. certain Spanish vessels ppiracy. — @ rejoice in the deeds of these sailors and soldiers, Admirals and Generals, anu -them and their families the undyi g gra’ Was no better security of the community. The Republican i y now, as ever, believes in a rigid economy to county and State. We pledge ali departments of the Government, city, all our candidates to an economical administration of public of the American people, whosespirita have been ffairs. to the end that taxation may be reexalted by the spectacle of the flag of the Uaien duced to the smallest rate commensu: ate with borne in trigmph around the hubitable g.obe ther ds of the public by. the Army. and Navy of the United States, welfare. We oppose the doctrine of the single tax, of The victories won by our sailors and soldiers Whi bh the D mocratic nominee for Governor is at Manila and Santiago, and the consequent” th apo tle, as bein: socialistic and anarchist'c, acquisition of’ new territory, have increased #nd the p acticai workings of which: will be to our national h rizon and imposed new and Telease stocks, bonds, corporations and usurp, great duties upon’ us. To properly care for ¢?s from taxation and place all the burdens on wi we have con,uered, to adequately pro-; the farmers and the owners of homesteads. Americans engaged in travel or business . suse te Gon of the war revenue recently abroad, to appropriately guard our national honorand make our flag the safeguard of al who se.k the ghelter of its folds, demand of as @ navy large enowzh to compel foreign nations, whether savage or civilized, to recognize the claim of American citizenship )herever made, as entitled the claimant to safety and prote :tion for his property, his business and his person, We congratulate the people of the United States upon the fact that the broad American policy of our President, William McKinley, has ' dissipated all sectional issues. His p licy both as to the leaders and the rank and file and in all matters pertuining to the late war has been of the broadest and most p triotic character, so. that side by side for a-common fiag and-a common cause have marched and fought the . soa ef our depurted hero and patriot, U. 8. . Grant, Fitzhugh Lee, shatter and JoeWheeler, . and the boys wao wore the blue aud the boys i by Congress as being in the line with the above sentiments, as it compels the luxuries and the orporations and aggregated wealth of the Nation to pay a greater. yet not improper, share of the taxation made necessar : by the war than any revenue measure heret f re adopted. Its provisions for the issuance of bonds wisely extended the payment of, thee. penses of the war to include the generation who will receive grea‘ er benefit from its results than the présent, while it enables the people of America to show their patriotic faith in the country by purchasing the amount of bonds requi ed, a st iking contrast in financial and statesman ike po icy to the selling of bonds to a greedy syndicate . y the last Democratic national Administration. This isa law-abiding cointry and we are a jaw-abiding people. Unde our system of. government there is no danger of ay one of its departments as uming power to the detriment whg wore the g-ay. All under thd old Hag and ! of the others’ or the injury of. the Nati n. The for patriotic love of country, so that to day we are in truth and in fact, in peace and in war, one united people. We affirm our belief in the financial plank of the Republican national p.atform of 186 as being a sound aid correct exposition of the Republican. party upon the finances:of the couatry. We commond the efforts of the national—administratton--tosecure an intéernational tary agr t, and urg>» that the attempt be renewed whenever an Oppourtunity to do shall be presentwd. We eaill attention to the since the return of the Republican party to power the balance of trade his changed f:om wore than four hunired millions against the United States to about eight hundred and fact that eighty millions in our favor, and all of this is @ue to the wise and conservative financial policy adopted and adhered to by the Republican Camemsane and President. We commend President McKinley for his refusal to consider any proposition looking to the tion of ths Spanish-Cuban dubt. Whereas the United States, in the pursuit ot ita purpose of freeing the people of Cuba from Spanish mierule, has taken possession of that island an also of Porto Rico and other West India islands and of the Philippines, the Re publican party of California is in hea. ty sympathy with the declared policy of the Pr si dent to aceord to the people of Cuba an opportunity to form a stable govergment, thus red the promise made to the world. The national welfare demands the retention of the.island of Porto Rico and the other West Indian islands cOming under our control, and of the Philipines, in order to permit t.e eapansion of American trade and iu case of the latter to safeguard thecommerce already secured in the Orient. In the event of the’ retention of this foreign tefritory it should bathe policy of the United States to extend to it the benefit of free. commercial intercourse witlt all sections ofthe American Union, and to that end the provision of the Constitution requiring “that all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States” should be rigidly enforced. We pledge the nominees of the Repu'ilican party in the various Congressional districte in the State to use their ut:nost efforts, if elected, to secure the speedy extension of the revenue system of the United States to the islands of Porto Rico and the Philippines, that all parts of our country may enjoy the benofits of trade intercourse with our new acquisitions on the same terms that now prevail throughout the entire Union. All legislative candifaten of the Republica: y are hereby pledged tates Senator, who, indealing with the ques a United tion of the retention of the Philippines an¢ Porte Rico, will devote ‘his energies to retain ing in ite integrity the protective policy of thé United States. / We rejoice in the acquisition of Hawa‘i and Porto Rico and favor the retention by ou country of every fo.t of soil that has been con \quered by the victorious hosts of our grea: , Republic. ’ Wecondemn the action of the Democrati Senator of this State and the present Dem eratic pomines for Governor, then in Congres voters have always a remedy for the i!ls that they think afflict them by a change of officials in the manner provided by the organic law.of the land. We deprecate the attempt by the Democratic-Popu istic-fusion party of Califor. nia to stir up hatred of the judiciary and con. temp of law as calculated, if not designed, to sap the foundations of our Republic and bring anarchy upon our country, Those who abuse the laws and the judge; there f are : sually those who need the restraint and have felt the deserved punish nent. of the law. There is no document so wicked as th t which seeks to override the courts because of faucied errors, and no man so0.criminal.as he whd .enunciates such a doctrine. In our country the law must ever be a ruler, or socialism and @ archy and their attendant, horrors. wi.l destroy the om monwealth. We appeal to all goo: cit zen and to all true Americans to rebuke this unholy assault pon the courts, that have ever been in America the bulwark of the people and the shield of the innocent, The veterans of the army and Navy of the United States deserve and shouli receive fair treatment and, go. erous reco nition Whenéver practicabl they should be given prefer. ence in the matter of employment and appointive offices, and they are entitied to th: enact secure'to them the fulfillment of the pledge made.to them in the dark days of the ¢ ountry’s peril. Parthermore,.we ask our State leg’slators tu work to thé end that the act of the Legislature approved March 31, 1801 relative to the em ployment of Union veterans, may be made more effective and binding upon the. various St: te and county officials. The University of al fornia has in the past been the recipent of the care of the Republicai party, under whose libers! su po t it has beer enabled. to reach its present high standard We plédge ourselve: to conti:ue that suppor and make the University worthy in every re spect of the most enthusiastic hopes of th of our State. The common schools have éver been jealously guarded. and. gene ously supported by the Re books by the 4 tate red the expense of furnishi-g ‘thein to the im dot ; nimum ¢ stf manu: of knowledge, while it increases tke attend. ance in the schools. We condemn the eff of the present Governor to destruy the ability of the State to econ mically preduce schoo books as certain California into the hands of au Eastern school ly, whose exaction wil. be all the ve because of our exemption ‘oy the past six years. beok mono; more opp schools themselves. We pledge. our-elves. t: pass such laws as will preventanch action i the future, will maintain the common school Dr. N. E. Chapman, Dr. C. W. Chapman, DENTISTS. Office at residence, Sacramento st Nevad City, Cal. clares th .t them: n must be protected as well : ment of such laws as are be-t calculatei t) people. It fitly crowns the educational system. publican party. The publication of schoo: facture, thus saving large sums to parents and proving a valuable aid in the’general diffusion to again deliver the People of abem in their power for the creation of such a department. i We look forward with pardonable pride to the early construction already assured of the restraining barriers, for which a half million of, dollars has been appropriated by our State and national Gove nmenta. f The mineral lands of California should be ‘preserved for occupation and development by the miner, and we pledge our nominees for Cong. es; to labor for such national legislation as will fully occomplish this. as they do.an effectiveme ns of regulating the rates of transportation throughout a large portion of our State, are entitled to proper improvement and protection, and, in ‘this connection we denounce the action of the p' esent Democratic Governor in preventing the dredging and other contemplated improvement of our navigable rivers after an appropriation ete been made therefor by a Republican Legiaure, / The present year has demonstrated again the nec ssity for a complete system of’ irrigati n which shall enable the land-owner to use, in dry and rainless summers, the water that is so pl n iful in the winters, and, by its means, secure faithful crops from what is ow worse than waisted svil. ‘he redemption of the many million acres of the present arid lade of America is a task that should engage the attention of the authorities, both State and Federal, for its success will add prom ptly and immeasuably to our taxable wealth and population. The conserving of the flood waters of winter will require the investment of many millions of , dollats, which, if invested by private capital, {would subject ;the-settler and land-owner to imposition . and: extortion, -We, therefore, pledge our representatives.-in Congress to the policy of the location and construction of a system of storage reservoirs by the general government. The interests of the farmer, m ner and lumberman are involved in the preservation and reproduction of our forests. We pledge our representatives to the enactme::t and en-. ergetic enforcement of such laws as will protect and preserve our forests as one of our greatest natu: al resources. The tree isthe mother of the fountain, and the widespread destruction of our forests by fire threat: ns to diminish the supply of water for mining and irrigation, and to entirely destroy the lumber industry of the State ata time when the demand for lumber abroad promises great prosperity to that tride. The Republican party of California is pledged to su:h legislation as will thoroughly protect the dairy interests and the public form impositions in the sale of dairy products, and. the nominees of the party ill carefully and thoroughly enforce this pledge. The necessities of the people and the require ments of trade alike demand good roads. in every Pgh of the State. We favor the passage of such laws as will, through a proper and judicious system, secure to California the highways and roads needed for the pleasure and business of the community. graded and maintained in su-h a »anner as to be in good order at all seasons of the year and ready at all times for the traveler, trade or carrier. The adulteration of food is a crime against the present and future welfare of the whole people. It has no excuse for its commission, and its perpetrators should be punished and the practice forever prevented We demand the vigorous enforcement of the laws already passed against the infamous traffic, and the passage and strong enforcement of su:-h other measures as are needed to give the officials full power to eradicate this blot upon civilization and properly punish those engaged in this nefarious business. We believe that a judicious appropriation should be made and ma‘ntained whereby the State and district fairs shall be p-operly aided, and thus awaken a new interest in agricultural, horticultural and stock-breeding pursuits. The Republican party has ever been the fearless champion of the down-trodden and oppressed, and has always stood sponsor for the maintenance of fair w ges under just conditions: theref re we place ovr party, our candidates and ourselves unreservedly on re-ord as favoring legislation teneficial to the industrial classes of this State, and we favor ona recommend the use of the Allied Trades printing label on all printing: as a guarantee that such work was executed byseompetent craftsmen under fair conditions. The free labor and the indu tries of California are constantly snffering from the evils of convict labor, and large quantities of goods, the product of prison labor in other States are being imported and sold in California. This unjust and-most vicious competition can only be met by judicious legislation on the part of our State and National represenctives, The Republican party of the State of Califorhia, in State Convention a%sembled, hereby decla es itself unalterably opposed ‘to convict labor being brought into competition with free labor. and hereby pledges itself in support of any measure designed to protect and foster free labor and the industries of our State against the evil effects of convict labor, And we are in favor of the passage such laws as will cause such convicts: to be employed upon the ublic highways of this State, the eby withrawing them from competition with free labor in all branches of industries, We favor the passage of a law by the Congress of the Unite . States confining the sale of goods, wares and merchandise manufactured by convict labor to the state or territory in which they are produced. ‘ Where municipal charters have been adopted by the vo es of the citizens of municipalitias under constitutional provision we request our Legislature candidates to. vote to approve the same in the Legislature, The purity of the elections is the salvation of the country. All parties willingly submit to an election fairly conducted and in which the election should be tolerated or < ermitted. The foundation of a’l selections is the primary of a political party. Such primaries should be as honestly conducted as general elections. ‘No partisan is bound .-y.the-decision of a-dig: selves unreservedly in favor of a law regulatin the primary elections of all political hale ay ed the end that he.:ame protection that was extended by the Australian system to general ele ‘tions be now extended to primary elections, We heartily indorse the work of. the State League of Republican Clabs, and recognize the great importance of club organization, The apportionment of the interest arising from the irreducible school fund has been made by the Oregon State Board of School Land Commise sioners. It amounts to $156, 993.60, and is distributed among 180,753 children of school age, or $1.2) per capita! Travelers on the Mojave desert report that a noticeable feature of that region this year is the disappearance of the snakes, horn toads and _iizards, that are usually to be seen by the hundreds. 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D. 1897, ‘two-thirds of all the members elec to each of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, proposed the follow. ing described amendments to the Constitu tion of the State of California, to-wit: PROCLAMATION. "STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, See eeinluvire of tho State ; re o Agfa te telens ome its thirty-second session AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. Senate’ Constitutional Amendment (Being Senate A nig tion to propuse to the people of as ake. of California an amendment to section eighteen of. article eleven of she Constitution, in relation to sevenue — taxation, by whlch it is proposed to amen said section to read as follows: ; Section 18, ‘No county, city, town, tahoe ship, board of education, or school distric shallincur any indebtedness or liability ye any manner or for any purpose exceeding . any year the income and revenue phd for it for such year, without the assent " two-thirds of the qualitied electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose, nor unless before, or at the time o er eurring such indebtedness, abate shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtadness as it falls due, aad_also provision to coustitute a sinking fund for the payment, ofthe principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same; provided, however, that’the City and County of Sai Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon for materia s furnished to and work done for said city and county during the forty-third and fortyfourth fiscal years, out of the income and revenue of any succee ing year or years; »rovided, that any and all claims for makng, repairing, altering or for any work done upon or for any material furnished for any street,.lane, alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the construction of any sewer or sewers in said City and County are hereby excepted from the provisions of this section ;. and in détermining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any manner; and provided further, that the City of Vallejo, In Solano county, may pay its existing indebtedness incurred in the construction of its water works, whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose. shall so decide. Any indebtedness or liability incurred contrary to this proyislon, with the exception hereinbefore recited, shall be void. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No.’ 10.) A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding a new section, to be known and designated as section seven and one-half, article eleven thereof, providing for the framing by the inhabitants of counties, of local county goyernment acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to read as follows: ‘ z ‘ Section 744. The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for their own government, relating to the matters hereinafter specified, and consistent with, and. subject to, the Constitution and laws of this State, by.causing a board of fifteen freeholders, who have been, for at least five years, qualitied electors of such . {eounty, at any general or special election, whose duty it shall be within ninety days after such e ection, to prepare and propose a county government act for such county, which shall be signed in duplicate by the members of such board, or a majority of the , and returned, one ete thereof to the Board of Supervisors or other legislative body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Such proposed county government act shall then beftrblished in two papers of general circulation ‘in such county, or if there be not two such papers, then in one only, for at least twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualitied electors of suchcounty, ata general or special election, and if a majority of such qualitied electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, it shall thereafter be submitted to the Legislature for its rejection or approval, as a whole, without power of alteration or amendment, nnd if approved by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county government act of such eounty, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and supersede any existing county ent act,and allamendments thereof, and all special laws: inconsistent with such county government act. A copy of such county government act, certified by the President of the Board of Supervisors or other legis ative body of such county, aud authenticated by the seai of such county government act to the electors, and its ratification by them, shall be made in. duplicate and deposited, one in the office éf the Secretary of State, the other, after being recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county, among the archives of the county. ate Ail courts shall take judicial notice thereof. The county government act so ratified may be amended. at intervals of not less than two years by proposals therefor, submitted by the legislative authority of tha county, to the qualified electers thereof, at a general or spe ‘ial election held at least forty days after tne publication of such . ge see for twenty days in a newspaper of general circulation in such county, and ratitied by at least threc-tifths of the qualified electors voting thereon, and apygroved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approval of the county government aet. In submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be presented for the choice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others. It shall be competent in all county government acts framed under theauthority given by this section to provide for the manner in which, the times at which, the terms for which the several tawnships and county officers other than Judges, of the Superior Court, shall be elected or appointed ; for their compensation ; for the number of such officers, for the cousolidation or segregation of offices, for the. number of deputies that each officer shall have, and for the compensation payabletoeaeh of such deptties, for the manner in which, thetimes at which, and the terms for which the members of all boards:of election shall be elected or appointed, and for the constitution, regulation,compensation and government of such boards, and of their clerks and attaches ; also, to prescribe the manner and method by which all elections by the people shall be conducted ; and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors, political parties aud organizations may participate in. any primary election. Whenever any county has in the manner and method herein poin ed out, adopted any county government act, and the same shail have been approved by the Legistature as aforesaid, the directions of sections four and five of this article providing for the uniformity of a system of county governments throughout the State, and likewise providing for the election and appointment of offlcers, and the reguiation oF. their compensation, shall not apply. Said county government act shall, as toany of the matters hereinabove providedfor and declared by such county government act, et be subject to any law or amendment enact by the Legistafirst. submitted in the manner ture, except by amendment to the electors and ratitied hereinabove set forth. AMENDMENT NUMBER THRER. (Being Senate Honesptional Amendment No. A resolution proposing to the people f the State of California an ‘anendineys a the Constitution of the State,-by~-adding-a new section, to be known and deniguated: as section five and one-half, article six, therehy prevaming: for the organization of a court to known as the Court of Claims, The said proposed new section to read as follows : Sect)on 544. The Court of Claims shajtconsist of any Judges of the Superior Court, who may be requested by the Governor to hold court at the regular terms thereof, The Court of Claims shail have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State under such laws as may be passed by the Legislature, and its judgment thereon shall be final. Le me pe ies . pots: n the City-o: ngeles, com the seeond Monday of Mareh, mrepeted on In the City and County of San Franeiseo commencing on the second Monday in July, and In the City of Sacramento, commencing o the second Monday of November of rahe year. The Judges: holding such term of court shall receive no ext:a compensation therefor, but shall receive their actual expenses. to be paid out of the general fund of the State Treasury. The Legislatureshall enact all laws necessary to or anize sucheourt, to provide the procedure thereof and to carry out the provisious of this’sectiou, AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, (Being Assenibly Ognatitutional Amendment oO. * A resolution to propose to. t the State of California an aneotno tie Constitution of the State, amending article eleven, by ing a new section thereto, to . : known as section number five and one-’ all cery store, Nevada City. : J. M. WALLING, / ae nope Attorney: at: Law, . ,. atenncy ane Seemselet # Law, oes SRS ob Wes Fale te ae Me Conn . (TPF aE SER ITING, con. ney half, relating to consolidated ¢eity and county = se ie id "ign to read ag follows: eee RE See on 5'4, The provisions o: n 3 aes ade yong strap shall not nor shal np u pply to any consolidated cits prea yy eal and county ernment, no SA Shick thelr 4 ection seven, or seeure a . sebtidn eight of this article, : (Being Assembly Constitutional . A resolution to proneer the State of California an i ture shall then : wenty-~______ five days, after which it must adjourn to The terms of the Court of Claims . " have. AMENDMENT NUMBER FIvE. No. 36.) section fifteen and sixteen of by" which it fb propesed €0. y whic. is prop tions to read as follows: Section 15. A Liewtenant be elected at the same time the same manner as the term of office and Qi thesame,. He shall be; ate, but shal] only have aca may inne Dy ‘ Ae section 16. In case of the in of the Governor, or h y is removal fr at death, inability to discharge it oan and duties of his office, resignation, nigh hae from the State the rapa wten gO oftice shall devolve upon the’ Governor for the residue 6f thie t ‘Un. til the disability shall cease. Ands Satemees an ate be etre ‘d, dis ed, resign, die. or become: % forming the duties of his Gilde Orbe tine, from the State, the president pro tem: the Senate shall act as nor the va. cancy in the offlee of Gayernor halt be filled atthe next general election when rs of the Legislature shall be chosen, or until sueh disability of the rg os Governor shall cease. In case of a yi office of Governor for any of: the fad above named, and neither the Lieutenant Governor nor the President pro temp the Senate shall su: to. the Hove: os dol . en t duties of Governor, then ne wers duties of such office shall dlve upon ood Speaker of the Assembly, until the office Governor shall be filled at suc ne , “pd tion. a gee as x AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment : No, 3°.) eat A resolution. to Pi gg to the le of the State of California an. ame: nt. to section six article nine of the Constitution of the State of California, relat to m.mar schools by which is pr ‘to amend said section to. read lows: asf Section6. The publie school system shall include primary snd: grammar schools, and such high schools, evening schools, normal schools, and technical schools as’ eos an established by the Legislature or municipal or district authority, but the entire revenue derived from the State school fund and the State school tax shall’ be applied exclusively to the support of privacy a mmar schools. Grammar.schools. shall include schools organized in.a school district, or union of sehool districts, Laving more than, one thousand inbabitants, in which a course, of study shall be taught which will preparepupils to enter the agricultural, mining or scientific department of the University. of: California. : AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment. f No. 34.) A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment. to section. two ofarticle four of the Constitution, in. relation to sessions of the Legislature, by: which it is proposed to amend said section to read as follows: * Section 2.° The sessions. of the Legislature, shall commence at twelve o’el meridian on the first Monday after the first wm f of January next snoceene TS election its members.and_shall-_be--biennial unless the Governor shall in the interim conyene the Legislature by proclamation. The Legislaremain some date not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the time of urnment. Ifthe two houses fail to agree upon a time at which they will resume their séssion, the Governor shall, by proclamation fix a date for such reconvening, which & hall be within the limits above prescribed. -Upon reassembling, the Legislature shall complete its session. No pay shall be allowed to. members for a longer period than headbies f five days, and no bill shall be introduced in either house except at the first twenty-five days of th» session, without the consent of three-fourths of the members thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to 338 provisions of the Constitution, nd an act of the Legislature of the State of California, en« titled, *‘An act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to the qualified electors for their approval,” approved March 7, A. D., 1888, the above-described Lg amendments hereby published and advyertised to be voted upon, by. baHot, by the qualified electors of the State. at the election to be held throughout this State on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D., 1898, ~The said proposed amendments are to be. separately voted upon in. manner and form, as follows: Each ballot used at such election must con-. tain written or printed thereon the follow-. ing words, whereupon the voter ‘may express his choice as provided by law: Amendment Number One, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No, 41 (exempting certain claims against the City and County of San Francis o, and the existing indebtedness of the City of Vallejo for the eonstruction of its water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims to be paid from the ipcome and revenues of the year in which they were incurred). For the Amendment ? Amendment Number Two, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10 (providing for framing local county government acts by inhabitants of counties for their government). fy For the Amendment ? Amendment Number Three, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 44 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine claims against the State, and to consist of thre: Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation), For the Amendment? i Amendment Number Four, being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No, 37 [exempting consolidated eities and counties, organized or to . . be organized, or holding a char. ter under, the Constitution, from certain legislation in relation to counties _ For the Amendment? Amendment Number Five, bein Assembly Constitutional Amendment No, 36 [relating to office of GoverROK providing for succession thereto in certain eases and removing disability of Lieutenant Governor doi holding other office during For the Amendment ? Amendment Number Six i = sembly Constitutional y Berns a No. 38 [relating to redial Grammar Seoools], a ts aie _¥orthe Amendment? Amendment Number Seven be Assembly Constitutional “hiteut ment No, 34 [providing for adjournment of Legislature for not less . ———than thirty nor more than sixty days du‘ ing each session. For the Amendment ? No No Yes No Wituess my hand and the Great Seal of the State of California, th fi first above written. : se at optim Attest: JAMES H, neh BROWN C. H. HARRISON, f DEALER IN All Kinds of Cigars and Tobacco The Finest 5-Cent Cigar in Town. _—— C. H. HARRISON, Empire. Stable, a Rroad Street, opp. National Ex oP Revada Clty. wnanee Hotel HORSES, CARRIAGES “AND BUGGIES To he found in this part of the State. . THOS. S. FORD, Attorney and Counselor at Law, FFICE—LONRS LDING. » COMO mereial andPine wees = pene , BROAD STREET, ~ Opp. Rosenberg Broa, JANES HENSESSY, ~ Prop’r. The & oo -,, onthe eee. THE T BROWN & C SUBS! 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o} mtr odee rr teh CPS Awe me BAT OE CES OTN eres ea ee Pegi REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The Republican, party of California, in State convention assembled at Sacramento, this 23d day of August, 1898, aa expressive of its views upon the. political questions of the day, and as a platform upon which all the candidates of the Republican party in. California’ shall stand, does hereby: resolve: ! First—That we reaffirm our belief in and ad. herence to the statement of the principles of the Republican party as adopted at the National Convention held in St. Louis, 18%. Time has tested the strength and proved the truth of the doctrines therein enunciated, while the country at large has, under the influence of their en‘ forcement, grown in riches and bappiness. . In behalf of ourselves and of the Republican party of this State we thank those brave Gailors and soldiers of the great Army and Navy of the Republic that have achieved such brilliant victories while marching behind the Star Spangled Banner, and who havem de the American flag respected and honored in every quarter of the wirld. We congratulate the Nation upon the fact that it has produced uch leaders upon the ooean as Dewey, Sampson, Schley and Hobson, and upon the land as Miles, Shafter, Wheeler and Lawton, who have written their numes upon the scroll of the history of the world as leaders excelled by none and equaled by few since the beginning of time. We pledge our Senators and Representatives in Congress and our candidates and our party to work and vote to secure the building of an adequate navy, as recommended by the present Republican Secretary of the Navy, and to request that a proportionate share thereof be constructed on the Pacific. . The wisdom of the people’s choice in 1896 has been more and more apparent as t.me progreases. The patriotic devotion to his country which called our candidate; in that c mpaign tv the ranks of its solders in the hour of rebellion has chara terized his every act since his inauguration as President He has remembered the c.aims of his friends and his party, but never at the expense of the Nation. He has protected the credit and maintained the honor of the United States. His’ firmness prevented the mistake of rec gnizing ‘Cuban belligerency and the plunging ofthé country into-war until prepared, while his untiring activity since the war was declared has made possible the glorious successes we have achieved en land and sea, He has proved himself equal in diplomacy to the astute Ministers of the Old World, and has inaugurated the reign of honesty and fair dealing in the diplomacy of the age. : Each day ads to the glory and deepens the satisfaction we have in the Republican we nominated and elected. in. 1896,-whose official career since March 4, 1897, is approved by all clagses and parties, and whom all delight to honor as President. William McKinley. Their genius, however, would have been unavailing but for the valor and steadfastness to duty displayed by the sailors who, fur many months, were confined to the narrow limits of their ships in the heat of the tropics, and the soldiers who f for opposing the annexation ot. Basel ang multe aiiitly Ws rebrees lela ee ee We approve of the conduet of the Republica» Senator, George C, Porkix c sentatives in 3 Oalif Barham, E. F. Loud and 8. G. Hilborn. They have ever labored for the advantage of our teste and havé secured wise legislation for its iterests, The necessities of war and the demands of peace a‘ike call upon the American people to unite the Atlantic to the Pacific by the constru tion of:a canal across the Isthmus of , Nicaragua. It should be immediately commencéd: and yigurously. prosecuted, so that in the near. future the commerce of the world may seek the Pacific Slope and the Atlantic coast through a/ canal constructei and maintoined by the United States, with the American flag spreading ts protecting fo ds over its entire length. We pledge our every.exertion ‘to securé this re ult; and hope the Pacific Coastbuilt war ship, the Oregon, that made so gallant a sail around ( apé Horn, may be the first to bring the good news through this . great artery of trade. The last Congres having unanimously passed a8 law providing for the co lection of the indebtedness due from the Central and Western Pacific railroads to the Government, the Re . State, and, if possible, put into the hand of . every child in California, free « f cost, the from which the learning may be gained te the youth of our great State to assume the bets of citizenship with all its attendant juties. . The, mining industry, r as it does among the foremost industries of our State, is entitled to the fostering care of both our State and National governments, and we reins, vo late the miners of California that lezislation inaugurated by a Republican Governor and carried to completion by a Republican tegislature arid‘a Republican placed their industry where it rightfully belongs, and surrounded it with such legislative safeguards as has restored confidence among those entaged in the mining industry, and’ caused a large and rapid increase in tne yield of the mineral products of California. We pledge our legislative and Congressional nominees t . continue the work so happily hegun under Republican auspices until all needful tion-in behalf of the mining industry shall have been accomplished. We favor the creation of a national executive department of mites and mining, with a secretary at itshead who shall be a member of the Presid nt’s Cabinet, and we hereby pledge our Congressional nominees to the use of all honorpublication pa‘ty favors the enfor t thereof, and upless.s ch law and all the provisions thereof be promptly accepted and complied with pny such specified railroad companies, that the law be strictly enfor ed and the lien on said roads and proper ies . 6 foreclosed, and said roads and mortgaged property be sold ac ording to law, and that all tunds that now or hereafter either or both of the said Pacific rai r or from the coll. ction of their debt t6 the Government, whether voluntarily or by foreclosure, be-appied to the construction of the Nicaragua canal. ‘ We pledge our candidates fr Railroad Commissions to reduce wherever practicable and needed the rates of freights and fares now charged by the transportation companies of the State, having in so doing »a just 1 egard for the wa esof their employes and the rights of the people. The Republican party commends ‘the appropriation for and. congratulates the people on the /projected improvement of San Pedro harbor, It commends its representatives who have aided in accomplishing the work already done, and pledges them to the fullest support of «ll measures designed to improve our mvers and harb.rs. j 4 q Now. as ever, the Rept.blican party is the champion of the wage-earncr of the Nation. Since its organizution ‘it has ever been active to benefit hip eondition and promote his welfare. It has, by. its tariff legislation, furnished him remunerative employment, and by its home. steadlaws given him free homes: It now deas the product of his labor.. Wherefore, we demand, that. the immigration laws be so amended sto absolutely: prohibit the ‘filling of the marts of labor in America with 1 borers from fo e gn lands, ' Wedema d the enactment of such legisla-. tion regarding Hawaii, Porto Rico and such other territory as may be acquired by the United Stutes as will prtoect American work. men against contract Chinese, Japanese and aged death ndt mer ly by the: other contract labor.fonnd therein, and. will p*event any fu) ther influx or extension thereof. bayonet, the rifle or the cannon, but by dread ; We also’ demand that Congress pass an ex.:ludisease in Cuba, and who have p:oved that the 80 act prohib ting further J panese and American makes the first cit zen in peace and . co lie immigratio , and that such exclusion act thie best pe cha in war of any nation upon the shall prohibit bot: the Japanese wud Chinese ciy lized tion'the accusation made by th lobe, and we repudiate.with indigna: now lo ated inthe Hawatian islands from en: 18 eared tering the United States. : b> = yam for Goveruor of this State, at the . Economy in the ¢ :penditures of the revenue encement of the late war, that theseigure of the individual or the State is a! slutely oft.war; by the: Sallant sailors ie _ necessary to the happiness of the man and the pen xare. certain Spanish vessels ppiracy. — @ rejoice in the deeds of these sailors and soldiers, Admirals and Generals, anu -them and their families the undyi g gra’ Was no better security of the community. The Republican i y now, as ever, believes in a rigid economy to county and State. We pledge ali departments of the Government, city, all our candidates to an economical administration of public of the American people, whosespirita have been ffairs. to the end that taxation may be reexalted by the spectacle of the flag of the Uaien duced to the smallest rate commensu: ate with borne in trigmph around the hubitable g.obe ther ds of the public by. the Army. and Navy of the United States, welfare. We oppose the doctrine of the single tax, of The victories won by our sailors and soldiers Whi bh the D mocratic nominee for Governor is at Manila and Santiago, and the consequent” th apo tle, as bein: socialistic and anarchist'c, acquisition of’ new territory, have increased #nd the p acticai workings of which: will be to our national h rizon and imposed new and Telease stocks, bonds, corporations and usurp, great duties upon’ us. To properly care for ¢?s from taxation and place all the burdens on wi we have con,uered, to adequately pro-; the farmers and the owners of homesteads. Americans engaged in travel or business . suse te Gon of the war revenue recently abroad, to appropriately guard our national honorand make our flag the safeguard of al who se.k the ghelter of its folds, demand of as @ navy large enowzh to compel foreign nations, whether savage or civilized, to recognize the claim of American citizenship )herever made, as entitled the claimant to safety and prote :tion for his property, his business and his person, We congratulate the people of the United States upon the fact that the broad American policy of our President, William McKinley, has ' dissipated all sectional issues. His p licy both as to the leaders and the rank and file and in all matters pertuining to the late war has been of the broadest and most p triotic character, so. that side by side for a-common fiag and-a common cause have marched and fought the . soa ef our depurted hero and patriot, U. 8. . Grant, Fitzhugh Lee, shatter and JoeWheeler, . and the boys wao wore the blue aud the boys i by Congress as being in the line with the above sentiments, as it compels the luxuries and the orporations and aggregated wealth of the Nation to pay a greater. yet not improper, share of the taxation made necessar : by the war than any revenue measure heret f re adopted. Its provisions for the issuance of bonds wisely extended the payment of, thee. penses of the war to include the generation who will receive grea‘ er benefit from its results than the présent, while it enables the people of America to show their patriotic faith in the country by purchasing the amount of bonds requi ed, a st iking contrast in financial and statesman ike po icy to the selling of bonds to a greedy syndicate . y the last Democratic national Administration. This isa law-abiding cointry and we are a jaw-abiding people. Unde our system of. government there is no danger of ay one of its departments as uming power to the detriment whg wore the g-ay. All under thd old Hag and ! of the others’ or the injury of. the Nati n. The for patriotic love of country, so that to day we are in truth and in fact, in peace and in war, one united people. We affirm our belief in the financial plank of the Republican national p.atform of 186 as being a sound aid correct exposition of the Republican. party upon the finances:of the couatry. We commond the efforts of the national—administratton--tosecure an intéernational tary agr t, and urg>» that the attempt be renewed whenever an Oppourtunity to do shall be presentwd. We eaill attention to the since the return of the Republican party to power the balance of trade his changed f:om wore than four hunired millions against the United States to about eight hundred and fact that eighty millions in our favor, and all of this is @ue to the wise and conservative financial policy adopted and adhered to by the Republican Camemsane and President. We commend President McKinley for his refusal to consider any proposition looking to the tion of ths Spanish-Cuban dubt. Whereas the United States, in the pursuit ot ita purpose of freeing the people of Cuba from Spanish mierule, has taken possession of that island an also of Porto Rico and other West India islands and of the Philippines, the Re publican party of California is in hea. ty sympathy with the declared policy of the Pr si dent to aceord to the people of Cuba an opportunity to form a stable govergment, thus red the promise made to the world. The national welfare demands the retention of the.island of Porto Rico and the other West Indian islands cOming under our control, and of the Philipines, in order to permit t.e eapansion of American trade and iu case of the latter to safeguard thecommerce already secured in the Orient. In the event of the’ retention of this foreign tefritory it should bathe policy of the United States to extend to it the benefit of free. commercial intercourse witlt all sections ofthe American Union, and to that end the provision of the Constitution requiring “that all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States” should be rigidly enforced. We pledge the nominees of the Repu'ilican party in the various Congressional districte in the State to use their ut:nost efforts, if elected, to secure the speedy extension of the revenue system of the United States to the islands of Porto Rico and the Philippines, that all parts of our country may enjoy the benofits of trade intercourse with our new acquisitions on the same terms that now prevail throughout the entire Union. All legislative candifaten of the Republica: y are hereby pledged tates Senator, who, indealing with the ques a United tion of the retention of the Philippines an¢ Porte Rico, will devote ‘his energies to retain ing in ite integrity the protective policy of thé United States. / We rejoice in the acquisition of Hawa‘i and Porto Rico and favor the retention by ou country of every fo.t of soil that has been con \quered by the victorious hosts of our grea: , Republic. ’ Wecondemn the action of the Democrati Senator of this State and the present Dem eratic pomines for Governor, then in Congres voters have always a remedy for the i!ls that they think afflict them by a change of officials in the manner provided by the organic law.of the land. We deprecate the attempt by the Democratic-Popu istic-fusion party of Califor. nia to stir up hatred of the judiciary and con. temp of law as calculated, if not designed, to sap the foundations of our Republic and bring anarchy upon our country, Those who abuse the laws and the judge; there f are : sually those who need the restraint and have felt the deserved punish nent. of the law. There is no document so wicked as th t which seeks to override the courts because of faucied errors, and no man so0.criminal.as he whd .enunciates such a doctrine. In our country the law must ever be a ruler, or socialism and @ archy and their attendant, horrors. wi.l destroy the om monwealth. We appeal to all goo: cit zen and to all true Americans to rebuke this unholy assault pon the courts, that have ever been in America the bulwark of the people and the shield of the innocent, The veterans of the army and Navy of the United States deserve and shouli receive fair treatment and, go. erous reco nition Whenéver practicabl they should be given prefer. ence in the matter of employment and appointive offices, and they are entitied to th: enact secure'to them the fulfillment of the pledge made.to them in the dark days of the ¢ ountry’s peril. Parthermore,.we ask our State leg’slators tu work to thé end that the act of the Legislature approved March 31, 1801 relative to the em ployment of Union veterans, may be made more effective and binding upon the. various St: te and county officials. The University of al fornia has in the past been the recipent of the care of the Republicai party, under whose libers! su po t it has beer enabled. to reach its present high standard We plédge ourselve: to conti:ue that suppor and make the University worthy in every re spect of the most enthusiastic hopes of th of our State. The common schools have éver been jealously guarded. and. gene ously supported by the Re books by the 4 tate red the expense of furnishi-g ‘thein to the im dot ; nimum ¢ stf manu: of knowledge, while it increases tke attend. ance in the schools. We condemn the eff of the present Governor to destruy the ability of the State to econ mically preduce schoo books as certain California into the hands of au Eastern school ly, whose exaction wil. be all the ve because of our exemption ‘oy the past six years. beok mono; more opp schools themselves. We pledge. our-elves. t: pass such laws as will preventanch action i the future, will maintain the common school Dr. N. E. Chapman, Dr. C. W. Chapman, DENTISTS. Office at residence, Sacramento st Nevad City, Cal. clares th .t them: n must be protected as well : ment of such laws as are be-t calculatei t) people. It fitly crowns the educational system. publican party. The publication of schoo: facture, thus saving large sums to parents and proving a valuable aid in the’general diffusion to again deliver the People of abem in their power for the creation of such a department. i We look forward with pardonable pride to the early construction already assured of the restraining barriers, for which a half million of, dollars has been appropriated by our State and national Gove nmenta. f The mineral lands of California should be ‘preserved for occupation and development by the miner, and we pledge our nominees for Cong. es; to labor for such national legislation as will fully occomplish this. as they do.an effectiveme ns of regulating the rates of transportation throughout a large portion of our State, are entitled to proper improvement and protection, and, in ‘this connection we denounce the action of the p' esent Democratic Governor in preventing the dredging and other contemplated improvement of our navigable rivers after an appropriation ete been made therefor by a Republican Legiaure, / The present year has demonstrated again the nec ssity for a complete system of’ irrigati n which shall enable the land-owner to use, in dry and rainless summers, the water that is so pl n iful in the winters, and, by its means, secure faithful crops from what is ow worse than waisted svil. ‘he redemption of the many million acres of the present arid lade of America is a task that should engage the attention of the authorities, both State and Federal, for its success will add prom ptly and immeasuably to our taxable wealth and population. The conserving of the flood waters of winter will require the investment of many millions of , dollats, which, if invested by private capital, {would subject ;the-settler and land-owner to imposition . and: extortion, -We, therefore, pledge our representatives.-in Congress to the policy of the location and construction of a system of storage reservoirs by the general government. The interests of the farmer, m ner and lumberman are involved in the preservation and reproduction of our forests. We pledge our representatives to the enactme::t and en-. ergetic enforcement of such laws as will protect and preserve our forests as one of our greatest natu: al resources. The tree isthe mother of the fountain, and the widespread destruction of our forests by fire threat: ns to diminish the supply of water for mining and irrigation, and to entirely destroy the lumber industry of the State ata time when the demand for lumber abroad promises great prosperity to that tride. The Republican party of California is pledged to su:h legislation as will thoroughly protect the dairy interests and the public form impositions in the sale of dairy products, and. the nominees of the party ill carefully and thoroughly enforce this pledge. The necessities of the people and the require ments of trade alike demand good roads. in every Pgh of the State. We favor the passage of such laws as will, through a proper and judicious system, secure to California the highways and roads needed for the pleasure and business of the community. graded and maintained in su-h a »anner as to be in good order at all seasons of the year and ready at all times for the traveler, trade or carrier. The adulteration of food is a crime against the present and future welfare of the whole people. It has no excuse for its commission, and its perpetrators should be punished and the practice forever prevented We demand the vigorous enforcement of the laws already passed against the infamous traffic, and the passage and strong enforcement of su:-h other measures as are needed to give the officials full power to eradicate this blot upon civilization and properly punish those engaged in this nefarious business. We believe that a judicious appropriation should be made and ma‘ntained whereby the State and district fairs shall be p-operly aided, and thus awaken a new interest in agricultural, horticultural and stock-breeding pursuits. The Republican party has ever been the fearless champion of the down-trodden and oppressed, and has always stood sponsor for the maintenance of fair w ges under just conditions: theref re we place ovr party, our candidates and ourselves unreservedly on re-ord as favoring legislation teneficial to the industrial classes of this State, and we favor ona recommend the use of the Allied Trades printing label on all printing: as a guarantee that such work was executed byseompetent craftsmen under fair conditions. The free labor and the indu tries of California are constantly snffering from the evils of convict labor, and large quantities of goods, the product of prison labor in other States are being imported and sold in California. This unjust and-most vicious competition can only be met by judicious legislation on the part of our State and National represenctives, The Republican party of the State of Califorhia, in State Convention a%sembled, hereby decla es itself unalterably opposed ‘to convict labor being brought into competition with free labor. and hereby pledges itself in support of any measure designed to protect and foster free labor and the industries of our State against the evil effects of convict labor, And we are in favor of the passage such laws as will cause such convicts: to be employed upon the ublic highways of this State, the eby withrawing them from competition with free labor in all branches of industries, We favor the passage of a law by the Congress of the Unite . States confining the sale of goods, wares and merchandise manufactured by convict labor to the state or territory in which they are produced. ‘ Where municipal charters have been adopted by the vo es of the citizens of municipalitias under constitutional provision we request our Legislature candidates to. vote to approve the same in the Legislature, The purity of the elections is the salvation of the country. All parties willingly submit to an election fairly conducted and in which the election should be tolerated or < ermitted. The foundation of a’l selections is the primary of a political party. Such primaries should be as honestly conducted as general elections. ‘No partisan is bound .-y.the-decision of a-dig: selves unreservedly in favor of a law regulatin the primary elections of all political hale ay ed the end that he.:ame protection that was extended by the Australian system to general ele ‘tions be now extended to primary elections, We heartily indorse the work of. the State League of Republican Clabs, and recognize the great importance of club organization, The apportionment of the interest arising from the irreducible school fund has been made by the Oregon State Board of School Land Commise sioners. It amounts to $156, 993.60, and is distributed among 180,753 children of school age, or $1.2) per capita! Travelers on the Mojave desert report that a noticeable feature of that region this year is the disappearance of the snakes, horn toads and _iizards, that are usually to be seen by the hundreds. 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IMPROVE THIS OPPORTUNITY to enlargey our ideas, and invéstigate the THE AIM OF THE STATE FAIR MANAGEMENT is to make the products TO STIMULATE ashealthy rivalry-and beget a friendly. com WE DESIRE TO AU L a*healthy 'y ot Fer wre tahuites State. : TO THIS END WE INVITE exhibits of every kind and character that. will provide an unexcelled RACING PROGRAND MUSICAL CONCERTS and other light attractions that are popu AS ITEMS OF AMUSEMENT, wé FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR EXHIBITS, and. liberal ‘excursion rates REMEMBER THE DATES and arrange your business soas tospend a few f “* . A. B. SPRECKELS, President. Edwin F. Smith, Secretary. You naturally want to get the best for your money. Tha quality of Paper, fyps and [nk all cut a% igure in determining the merit of the-production. We use only the best of these. But no matter how superior they may be, still the Printing may prove inferior if proper regard is not paid to the Composition and the Presswork, Weclaim to excel in these respects also. 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D. 1897, ‘two-thirds of all the members elec to each of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, proposed the follow. ing described amendments to the Constitu tion of the State of California, to-wit: PROCLAMATION. "STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, See eeinluvire of tho State ; re o Agfa te telens ome its thirty-second session AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. Senate’ Constitutional Amendment (Being Senate A nig tion to propuse to the people of as ake. of California an amendment to section eighteen of. article eleven of she Constitution, in relation to sevenue — taxation, by whlch it is proposed to amen said section to read as follows: ; Section 18, ‘No county, city, town, tahoe ship, board of education, or school distric shallincur any indebtedness or liability ye any manner or for any purpose exceeding . any year the income and revenue phd for it for such year, without the assent " two-thirds of the qualitied electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose, nor unless before, or at the time o er eurring such indebtedness, abate shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtadness as it falls due, aad_also provision to coustitute a sinking fund for the payment, ofthe principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same; provided, however, that’the City and County of Sai Francisco may at any time pay the unpaid claims with interest thereon for materia s furnished to and work done for said city and county during the forty-third and fortyfourth fiscal years, out of the income and revenue of any succee ing year or years; »rovided, that any and all claims for makng, repairing, altering or for any work done upon or for any material furnished for any street,.lane, alley, court, place or sidewalk, or for the construction of any sewer or sewers in said City and County are hereby excepted from the provisions of this section ;. and in détermining any claim permitted to be paid by this section, no statute of limitations shall apply in any manner; and provided further, that the City of Vallejo, In Solano county, may pay its existing indebtedness incurred in the construction of its water works, whenever two-thirds of the electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose. shall so decide. Any indebtedness or liability incurred contrary to this proyislon, with the exception hereinbefore recited, shall be void. AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. (Being Senate Constitutional Amendment No.’ 10.) A resolution proposing to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding a new section, to be known and designated as section seven and one-half, article eleven thereof, providing for the framing by the inhabitants of counties, of local county goyernment acts for their own government. The said proposed new section to read as follows: ‘ z ‘ Section 744. The inhabitants of any county may frame a county government act for their own government, relating to the matters hereinafter specified, and consistent with, and. subject to, the Constitution and laws of this State, by.causing a board of fifteen freeholders, who have been, for at least five years, qualitied electors of such . {eounty, at any general or special election, whose duty it shall be within ninety days after such e ection, to prepare and propose a county government act for such county, which shall be signed in duplicate by the members of such board, or a majority of the , and returned, one ete thereof to the Board of Supervisors or other legislative body of such county, and the other copy to be sent to the Recorder of Deeds of the county. Such proposed county government act shall then beftrblished in two papers of general circulation ‘in such county, or if there be not two such papers, then in one only, for at least twenty days, and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be submitted to the qualitied electors of suchcounty, ata general or special election, and if a majority of such qualitied electors voting thereon shall ratify the same, it shall thereafter be submitted to the Legislature for its rejection or approval, as a whole, without power of alteration or amendment, nnd if approved by a majority of the members elected to each house, it shall be the county government act of such eounty, and shall in such case become the organic law thereof and supersede any existing county ent act,and allamendments thereof, and all special laws: inconsistent with such county government act. A copy of such county government act, certified by the President of the Board of Supervisors or other legis ative body of such county, aud authenticated by the seai of such county government act to the electors, and its ratification by them, shall be made in. duplicate and deposited, one in the office éf the Secretary of State, the other, after being recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county, among the archives of the county. ate Ail courts shall take judicial notice thereof. The county government act so ratified may be amended. at intervals of not less than two years by proposals therefor, submitted by the legislative authority of tha county, to the qualified electers thereof, at a general or spe ‘ial election held at least forty days after tne publication of such . ge see for twenty days in a newspaper of general circulation in such county, and ratitied by at least threc-tifths of the qualified electors voting thereon, and apygroved by the Legislature as herein provided for the approval of the county government aet. In submitting any such county government act any alternative article or proposition may be presented for the choice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others. It shall be competent in all county government acts framed under theauthority given by this section to provide for the manner in which, the times at which, the terms for which the several tawnships and county officers other than Judges, of the Superior Court, shall be elected or appointed ; for their compensation ; for the number of such officers, for the cousolidation or segregation of offices, for the. number of deputies that each officer shall have, and for the compensation payabletoeaeh of such deptties, for the manner in which, thetimes at which, and the terms for which the members of all boards:of election shall be elected or appointed, and for the constitution, regulation,compensation and government of such boards, and of their clerks and attaches ; also, to prescribe the manner and method by which all elections by the people shall be conducted ; and may in addition determine the tests and conditions upon which electors, political parties aud organizations may participate in. any primary election. Whenever any county has in the manner and method herein poin ed out, adopted any county government act, and the same shail have been approved by the Legistature as aforesaid, the directions of sections four and five of this article providing for the uniformity of a system of county governments throughout the State, and likewise providing for the election and appointment of offlcers, and the reguiation oF. their compensation, shall not apply. Said county government act shall, as toany of the matters hereinabove providedfor and declared by such county government act, et be subject to any law or amendment enact by the Legistafirst. submitted in the manner ture, except by amendment to the electors and ratitied hereinabove set forth. AMENDMENT NUMBER THRER. (Being Senate Honesptional Amendment No. A resolution proposing to the people f the State of California an ‘anendineys a the Constitution of the State,-by~-adding-a new section, to be known and deniguated: as section five and one-half, article six, therehy prevaming: for the organization of a court to known as the Court of Claims, The said proposed new section to read as follows : Sect)on 544. The Court of Claims shajtconsist of any Judges of the Superior Court, who may be requested by the Governor to hold court at the regular terms thereof, The Court of Claims shail have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State under such laws as may be passed by the Legislature, and its judgment thereon shall be final. Le me pe ies . pots: n the City-o: ngeles, com the seeond Monday of Mareh, mrepeted on In the City and County of San Franeiseo commencing on the second Monday in July, and In the City of Sacramento, commencing o the second Monday of November of rahe year. The Judges: holding such term of court shall receive no ext:a compensation therefor, but shall receive their actual expenses. to be paid out of the general fund of the State Treasury. The Legislatureshall enact all laws necessary to or anize sucheourt, to provide the procedure thereof and to carry out the provisious of this’sectiou, AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, (Being Assenibly Ognatitutional Amendment oO. * A resolution to propose to. t the State of California an aneotno tie Constitution of the State, amending article eleven, by ing a new section thereto, to . : known as section number five and one-’ all cery store, Nevada City. : J. M. WALLING, / ae nope Attorney: at: Law, . ,. atenncy ane Seemselet # Law, oes SRS ob Wes Fale te ae Me Conn . (TPF aE SER ITING, con. ney half, relating to consolidated ¢eity and county = se ie id "ign to read ag follows: eee RE See on 5'4, The provisions o: n 3 aes ade yong strap shall not nor shal np u pply to any consolidated cits prea yy eal and county ernment, no SA Shick thelr 4 ection seven, or seeure a . sebtidn eight of this article, : (Being Assembly Constitutional . A resolution to proneer the State of California an i ture shall then : wenty-~______ five days, after which it must adjourn to The terms of the Court of Claims . " have. AMENDMENT NUMBER FIvE. No. 36.) section fifteen and sixteen of by" which it fb propesed €0. y whic. is prop tions to read as follows: Section 15. A Liewtenant be elected at the same time the same manner as the term of office and Qi thesame,. He shall be; ate, but shal] only have aca may inne Dy ‘ Ae section 16. In case of the in of the Governor, or h y is removal fr at death, inability to discharge it oan and duties of his office, resignation, nigh hae from the State the rapa wten gO oftice shall devolve upon the’ Governor for the residue 6f thie t ‘Un. til the disability shall cease. Ands Satemees an ate be etre ‘d, dis ed, resign, die. or become: % forming the duties of his Gilde Orbe tine, from the State, the president pro tem: the Senate shall act as nor the va. cancy in the offlee of Gayernor halt be filled atthe next general election when rs of the Legislature shall be chosen, or until sueh disability of the rg os Governor shall cease. In case of a yi office of Governor for any of: the fad above named, and neither the Lieutenant Governor nor the President pro temp the Senate shall su: to. the Hove: os dol . en t duties of Governor, then ne wers duties of such office shall dlve upon ood Speaker of the Assembly, until the office Governor shall be filled at suc ne , “pd tion. a gee as x AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment : No, 3°.) eat A resolution. to Pi gg to the le of the State of California an. ame: nt. to section six article nine of the Constitution of the State of California, relat to m.mar schools by which is pr ‘to amend said section to. read lows: asf Section6. The publie school system shall include primary snd: grammar schools, and such high schools, evening schools, normal schools, and technical schools as’ eos an established by the Legislature or municipal or district authority, but the entire revenue derived from the State school fund and the State school tax shall’ be applied exclusively to the support of privacy a mmar schools. Grammar.schools. shall include schools organized in.a school district, or union of sehool districts, Laving more than, one thousand inbabitants, in which a course, of study shall be taught which will preparepupils to enter the agricultural, mining or scientific department of the University. of: California. : AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN. (Being Assembly Constitutional Amendment. f No. 34.) A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment. to section. two ofarticle four of the Constitution, in. relation to sessions of the Legislature, by: which it is proposed to amend said section to read as follows: * Section 2.° The sessions. of the Legislature, shall commence at twelve o’el meridian on the first Monday after the first wm f of January next snoceene TS election its members.and_shall-_be--biennial unless the Governor shall in the interim conyene the Legislature by proclamation. The Legislaremain some date not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the time of urnment. Ifthe two houses fail to agree upon a time at which they will resume their séssion, the Governor shall, by proclamation fix a date for such reconvening, which & hall be within the limits above prescribed. -Upon reassembling, the Legislature shall complete its session. No pay shall be allowed to. members for a longer period than headbies f five days, and no bill shall be introduced in either house except at the first twenty-five days of th» session, without the consent of three-fourths of the members thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Pursuant to 338 provisions of the Constitution, nd an act of the Legislature of the State of California, en« titled, *‘An act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of California, to the qualified electors for their approval,” approved March 7, A. D., 1888, the above-described Lg amendments hereby published and advyertised to be voted upon, by. baHot, by the qualified electors of the State. at the election to be held throughout this State on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, A. D., 1898, ~The said proposed amendments are to be. separately voted upon in. manner and form, as follows: Each ballot used at such election must con-. tain written or printed thereon the follow-. ing words, whereupon the voter ‘may express his choice as provided by law: Amendment Number One, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No, 41 (exempting certain claims against the City and County of San Francis o, and the existing indebtedness of the City of Vallejo for the eonstruction of its water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims to be paid from the ipcome and revenues of the year in which they were incurred). For the Amendment ? Amendment Number Two, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10 (providing for framing local county government acts by inhabitants of counties for their government). fy For the Amendment ? Amendment Number Three, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 44 (providing for the creation of a Court of Claims to determine claims against the State, and to consist of thre: Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation), For the Amendment? i Amendment Number Four, being Assembly Constitutional Amendment No, 37 [exempting consolidated eities and counties, organized or to . . be organized, or holding a char. ter under, the Constitution, from certain legislation in relation to counties _ For the Amendment? Amendment Number Five, bein Assembly Constitutional Amendment No, 36 [relating to office of GoverROK providing for succession thereto in certain eases and removing disability of Lieutenant Governor doi holding other office during For the Amendment ? Amendment Number Six i = sembly Constitutional y Berns a No. 38 [relating to redial Grammar Seoools], a ts aie _¥orthe Amendment? Amendment Number Seven be Assembly Constitutional “hiteut ment No, 34 [providing for adjournment of Legislature for not less . ———than thirty nor more than sixty days du‘ ing each session. For the Amendment ? No No Yes No Wituess my hand and the Great Seal of the State of California, th fi first above written. : se at optim Attest: JAMES H, neh BROWN C. H. HARRISON, f DEALER IN All Kinds of Cigars and Tobacco The Finest 5-Cent Cigar in Town. _—— C. H. HARRISON, Empire. Stable, a Rroad Street, opp. National Ex oP Revada Clty. wnanee Hotel HORSES, CARRIAGES “AND BUGGIES To he found in this part of the State. . THOS. S. FORD, Attorney and Counselor at Law, FFICE—LONRS LDING. » COMO mereial andPine wees = pene , BROAD STREET, ~ Opp. Rosenberg Broa, JANES HENSESSY, ~ Prop’r. The & oo -,, onthe eee. THE T BROWN & C SUBS! 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