Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-15

appointing Board of Commission
ers for the purpose of gaining in
formation. L purposely left thai
out.
Mr.. Satterwhite favored the
adoption of the resolutions.
Mr.. Brown, of Amador, moved tc
make them the special order for
Saturday.
Mr.. Lewis offered an amend.
ment.
Mr.. Norton explained his reasons
for moving the reference.
Mr.. Smith-The Senator asks me
why it is that 1 seek to bind this
Senate, in advance, upon this prop.
osition. again answer that the
only reason why / seek to get al
the wishes and opinions of this
Senate is this: That the people are
anxious to know if we will
act. The people through
out The State are commenc.
ing to believe that nothing
will be done upon the subject, and
it has been asserted that nothing
would be done; and to relieve the
minds of the people, those vino are
for the railroad and those who are
against it, upon this question and
at once, and settle this matter one
way or the other. We can all come
to conclusion upon the geDer.
al principles governing this ques
tion, and / have introduced these
resolutions that we may know
where we stand.
Mr.. Lambert-I desire to ask the
Senator this questions: How long
has it been that he has been the
apostle of the people? 1 under
stand that there has been another
man going around on tho outside,
but did not know that they had
any particular apostle here or that
the Senator was the apostle. i'm this
Senate, of the people. How long
has 1t been?
Mr.. Smith-From my earliest
breath, have been such.
Mr.. Montgomery favored the
adoption of the resolutions
Mr.. Hilborn opposed it, and fa-
vored reference.
Mr.. Goodwin wanted time, and
suggested that the resolution be
printed and made the special order
for some set time.
Mr.. Smith-The suggestion made
by the Senator from Yuba appears
to me to be reasonable. have no
desire in the world to hurry the
Senate in voting upon this ques-
tion. simply wished to see wheth-
er this question was going to be-
neglected or not. The motion of
the Senator is entirely in accord
ance with my views, and l am
perfectly willing that the resolu-
tions shall be printed and made
the special order. l would say to
Senators that it Is with no hostile
motives that l introduce these res
olutions. l came here pledged to
secure this legislation, or to use all
my efforts to secure it, and that be-
ing 50, without reference 10 the po-
sition of other Senators, 1 feel
bound by my pledges to do every
thing that | can to have the Senate
act upon 1t.
In relation to the remarks of the
Senator from Salano, and also of
the Senator from Tehama, that tho
Com mmissioners had fouud there
was no legislation necessary, L will
say to this Senate that am pre-
pared, when this thing comes up
for discussion, to show that there
is not one single feature in the
three bills reported by that Com
sion that is not plainly indicated
and recommended in their report.
l am prepared, just taking the nee
essary time to refer to the pages
am prepared to show that for
each provision in each bill there is
a corresponding paragraph in the
report recommending that legisla-
ton. There is no question of it.
The Senator could not have care
fully read the report of the Trans
portation Commissioners or he
would not have made the state
ment he did.
Right here, Mr.. President,
wish to say, once for all, that, ow-
ing to my relations with one of the
Commissioners, l feel somewhat
embarrassed In speaking with rof-
erence to them. On that account,
when 1 came here to this legisla-
ture I came prepared to oppose
their bills, if L thought that they
did not embody the wishes of my
constituents. L am here to repre-
sent them and am prepared to act
with majority of this Senate in
assisting the passage Of any reas-
enable bill, and in opposing the la
bors of this Commission, if /
thought that they did not meet the
wishes of my constituents. l lam
here to defend them, and am not
here to defend myself. l say that
these considerations which have
been thrown out are Irrelevant and
that it is for this Senate to consider
only the merits of the bills before
it, and not to indulge, in any way,
in reflections upon the motives of
those who think it best to pursue a
certain course upon the floor of
this Senate.
Resolutions made the special Or
der for Saturday and ordered
printed.