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Volumes 1 & 2: Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Co. 1885;
Volumes 3 & 4: N. J. Stone & Company, 1897.
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1898
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N. J. Stone
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Table of Contents
CONTKNTS BOOK XL EARLV STATE ADNIINISTRATIONS CHAPTER I BURNETT Pagb Peter H Burnett, »:ovemor when state admitted into Union
Page 43
Sketch of his earlier life in Tennessee and Missouri ^
Page 43
How he emigrated to Oregon, and his settlement there
Page 45
His part in forming provisional government for Oregon; specimens of its laws
Page 45
Legislation, advocated by him, against slaves, free negroes and mulat- toes
Page 46
How he became converted to Catholicism
Page 47
Judge of Oregon territory supreme court; his organization of company for California gold mines
Page 48
How he emigrated to California, and his first occupations there
Page 49
Agitation of question of government for California
Page 49
Judge of superior tribunal of California; candidate for governor
Page 50
First Democratic mass-meeting in California ^
Page 51
Question of how candidates should be nominated ^
Page 52
Democratic primaries; election of November 13, 1849; Burnett governor
Page 53
His residence at San Francisco and San Jos^; how he approved bills
Page 54
Second Democratic mass-meeting; disorderly proceedings
Page 55
Spoils system of 1850 in San Francisco; rising of citizens, and result
Page 56
Character of life in California in 1850
Page 57
yBurnett*s integrity; his weaknesses
Page 57
^Legislature of 1851; Burnett's annual message; views on Indian affairs
Page 58
yHis ideas about negroes, and subsequently about Chinamen
Page 59
His recommendations of legislation
Page 59
^ Resignation of office as governor; newspaper comment
Page 60
Burnett's personality; his subsequent career
Page 61
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CHAPTER II m'dougal Pack John McDougal's early life; member of constitutional convention of 1849 ^ Election as lieutenant-governor; popularity •«•
Page 63
Characteristics; dress; why called **I, John" «
Page 63
Inauguration as governor; first veto message »
Page 64
Second veto message; misconstruction of constitution
Page 64
Veto that evoked anti-squatter rancor; resignation of state printer, McDougal's action
Page 65
State-printing extravagance; Alonzo W Adams' exposures ^
Page 66
Adams' tribulations; result of his exposures to himself
Page 66
Legislation of 185 1 ; d vil and criminal procedure; question of divorces
Page 67
Elcan Heydenfeldt's opposition; passage of divorce law ^
Page 68
Homestead and anti-lottery laws ^
Page 69
Law to license gambling; punishment of robbery, grand and petty larceny
Page 70
San Francisco beach-and-water-lot act; discussions ^
Page 71
Charges of corruption; investigations
Page 71
Question of removal of capital; Mariano G Vallejo's grand scheme
Page 72
Election of 1850 as to removal; reports in favor of Vallejo
Page 73
George B Tingley's opposition to removaL
Page 74
Vallejo's pledges and promises; removal-contest ^
Page 75
Extraordinary bond; selection of building-sites
Page 76
Choice of Vallejo as capital; charges of corruption
Page 77
Attempts to impeach Judges Levi Parsons and William R Turner
Page 78
David C Broderick and John Bigleras legislative officers; smoking and chewing in legislature
Page 78
Bigler's valedictory as speaker of assembly
Page 79
Political parties of California in 1851
Page 80
Democratic and Whig conventions; election of John Bigler and Samuel Purdy governor and lieutenant-governor
Page 81
Meeting of legislature of 1852 at Vallejo; protests against capital-removal
Page 82
McDougal's annual message; views on slavery and unequal taxation
Page 82
What he had to say about education and public lands
Page 84
Recommendations of various reforms and improvements
Page 85
State debts; removal of Indians; state-prison convicts
Page 86
Question as to printing of message; McDougal's attempted resignation
Page 87
McDougal's subsequent career, and death
Page 87
CHAPTER III.
BIGLER« John Bigler's birth, occupation and immigration; how he became a politician
Page 89
Legislative career in 1850 and 1851; political partnership with Broderick; election as governor
Page 89
Edition Notes
Vols. 1-2: Pacific press publishing house and Occidental publishing co., 1885; v. 3-4: N. J. Stone & company, 1897.
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