Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-27
MESSAGE PROM TIE SENATE.
message was received from the Senate annouac
ing the passage of Senate Bill No. Sc.
SECOND READING OF BILLS

| Assembly Bills Nos. 126, l5s and IS were read a
| second time.
MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. MHRRY offered resolution to the effect that
the Controller be requested to furnish list OF the
| officers and employees on the payroll of the State
excepting certain Snte officers and the Senate the
same to be referred to the Committee on Retreneh-
ment, with instructions to report bill fixing the
salaries ef all such officers ana employees at such
figure can be adopted without imparing the eff
cheney OF the various departments. Adopted
By Mr. CoofER-o Ordering $50 copies of each bill
to be printed. Referred TO Committee on Rules.
A POLITICAL BREEZE
Mr.. MAYBELL-l move IN pursuance Of notice.
that the vote by which Senate Concurrent Resolu-
ton No. l3, in relation TO the joint meeting Of
certain committees, was adopted, be reconsidered.
Mr.. McCoHAs-I move to indefinitely postpone
The SPEAKBE-The motion to reconsider takes
precedence.
Mr.. MAYBELL-I would like some light thrown
on that resolution.
The SPEAKER-The resolution is wrong in the
journal, but it will be found correctly printed in
Wednesdays RECORD UNION.
Mr.. TYLER-Mr Speaker, / wish to inform
the gentleman from San Francisco that
the Republicans have majority in both
houses and held responsible for the
legislation which takes pace-for seeing that the
required legislation takes place within the 100 days.
There is disposition manifested on the part of
some people to take great deal of time unneces
sarily. That being SO, the Republicans, who
responsible for this legislation have got together in
caucus and have come to the conclusion that it is
the duty of that party, party, to see that the
several codes # the State shall be amended that
before the 100 days have expired no trouble
may occur in running the Government, and that
the provisions Of the Constitution may be faith
fully carried out. trust that my friend from San
Francisco will join with us in the accomplishment
Of these objects.
Mr.. MAYBELL-Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from
Alameda calls upon me to help him and the Repub-
lican members to facilitate business. Certainly
will, first, last and all the time. | win help the
members of any party this floor to facilitate busi
ness But | think there is Niger in the
fence somewhere-a pig in the poke. Laugh
teri The great Republican party in the
Senate and Assembly have gone and put
| their heads together TO facilitate business
How strange that this Republican party OF the
Senate ana Assembly last Friday voted to adjourn
for Almost two days, and obstructed business 80,
consistency, thou art jewell How you place
these two votes together and reconcile them? No,
sir; this has been party caucus, which has pro-
posed to take certain measures into consideration
to the exclusion OF others and | have offered this
resolution for the purpose OF seeing what was be
hind the thing.
Mr. M,THEws-Mr Speaker, the Republican party
have a majority in both houses therefore, | do
not see any necessity for this new departure Why
cannot proceed to transact the business OF this
session according to the customary rules? What
protection have the minority against such star
chamber proceedings! When bill is brought for
ward they going to put it through in cut-and-
dry faSnlo1I no legislation mere except
such as they propose? Are we to be governed by a
set of iron bound rules? for viii never assent
to it.
Mr. MAY-Mr. Speaker the fears OF the gentleman
who Just spoke worthy of consideration, and to
disabuse his mind / have to say but few words
In the first place, the Committee Finance in the
Senate and he Committee on Ways and Means in
the Assembly are composed liberaiy OF what the
gentleman is pleased to term the minority. They
are not committees made up OF side, but Of all
shades Of opinion And all this resolution seeks to
do is to save time. For example, some gentleman
introduces revenue bill III this house, which is
ferred 10 the Committee on Ways and Means. Now.
the committee may spend two or three weeks yo K
on that bill Now, when We get through, we pass
the BILL and it goes to the Senate, and their co n
mittee will sit it two or hree weeks. New, what
we want is to save those two three weeks. Bring
the two committees together and save that time.
That is all there is in it-nothing and nothing
less. At the same moment we report the
bill back to the House the committee OF the Senate
would be ready report it at back to the Sem
ate to be adopted There is nothing partisan in the
measure except this much: that in the providence
i may say in the good providence of God-the
Republican party have control OF California; and so
far as am concerned there is no intention of over
riding the minority. l intend myself to work for
the best interests Of the people of the State.
wish more emphatically to repeat there is nothing
partisan in this question. The Republicans here
do not desire to have this made the special order
for any day within the next thre months, for they
do not desire to spend day wrangling over it We
here to lne DesV interests OF people
of the State, and to secure to the Courts of the
State the proper authority to go on with their bust
ness and to place i'll the hands OF Assessors law
which shall govern them IN making assessments
under the new Constitution. That the revenues OF
| the State shall be properly lesislated upon
between and the first Monday in March
and then during the last twenty days OF
the session we can talk bunc0rbe until
everybody cries out in disgust But before the
eigntieth day is reached, in Heavens nare, 1t Us
legslate upon every point that is OF vital i'm ort nee
to the people of the State. If we fail to do it, my
ord fUr 1t, the RepubliCiu party VIII be held re-
sponsible for that failure. | hope the gentlemen
that represent the noble and ancient Democratic
party, vigorous in its old age it in its YOUTH
and the gentlemen who represent the Working me 3
party will be among the first to voteLere in the
interest OF The people. They are accustomed to
vote with both hands up i'll another place, and
hope they will vote with single voice, and if nee
essary with both hands.
Mr.. SPENCER-Mr. Speaker, as representative Of
one of the minority divisions Of this House, and 4
member of that very ancient party which the gen
tleman alluded to, feel II my duty &c make lew
remarks. ! heartily concur with the gentlemen on
the other side and really glad to see that they
are so earnest about getting to work will meet
them half way. The division Of the parry which
| rcpTes- mt here certainly has not consumed on
this floor twenty minutes OF the time Of this body,
and nevertheless, Mr.. Speaker, it represents a
tremendous vote Of the people OF this State. 90
not believe it the will Of divinity that my Re-
publican friends are in the ascendancy here. Nwas
by shrewd manipulation rather than by the will OF
Providence. They represent only minority OF the
people of this State. am no; in favor OF this new
deDlrture proposed in the concurrent resolution.
say it is r new departure in legislation. il is King
Caucus aud the party whip in legislation. You will
see that you VII, before the close of this session,
place yourselves in the power OF the corporations
That is one reason shall oppose it.
Mr.. T. X-Mr. Speaker, it seems 10 me that the
action proposed by this resolution should suggest
itself the good sense Of every man charged with
the irnportant dutv OF making laws for the State in
with he Constitution Uitluut O.
gard to party whatever. | am not disposed to ad-
vocate that resolution because it is Republican
measure. When come into this Assembly Cham
Der legislator forget that there is any party
| remember that we-the 50 men upon this floor
are chosen by the peop, OF California to legisatc
for their idterests and are charged at this partcu-
| lar session with the important ami overwhelming
duty of making new code OF laws for the State, to
| conform the Constitution. Now, what is the
fact The entire revenue system of the State has tO
be framed within forty days to be Of any use Bills
| locking to that end before the House
now Now, which is wiser ? That each house
shall act upon system introduced there
| without regard to the other, pass bills, have
them amended so as to conform to the will OF the
| House, and send them to the other house, and Is
we send ours to them have them send theirs to us
two sets OF laws looking to the accomplishment of
the end and designed fer the purpose; they
| spending weeks over theirs and spending weeks
over ours with the result which cannot be evaded-
conference committee Of the two houses to decide
as to which shall be finally adopted Is it not better
that the conference should take place first
| SO that there shall be no conflict of ac
ton? Let confer together before either
house takes any action, and thus save
| all this valuable time.
| Mr.. CoRCoRAS-Mr. Speaker, the gentleman
| whp has Just sat dowD has spoken wisely and we'll
| | agree with bim in this that upon the floor OF
| this house members should know no party. We
| are not here legislate i'll the interest OF any
party or any particular faction. Isay it Is in ex
treme bad taste for any gentleman to rise here and
say that the Republican party, or any other part y,
is especially held responsible for our legislation
| here | for one elected upon the basis of the
new Constitution. The people whom l have the
honor to represent, in part voted by very large
| majority for the Constitu ion and it was with
| a desire to that instrument carried out in the
| letter and in the spirit that l and my colleagues
| were elected to represent them here. | believe
| their intention that every upon the floor o
| this House should have equal voice in all legsla
| ton. Now let me ask you, does this resolution
| sive every member an equal chancef submit that
| it does MT. 1t gives to the joint commit
| tee the power to pass upon system
revenue and taxation, d system o4'odes. Nei
| tier house has any right TO interftle with th'
business of the other until il comes to it in III,
| regular urse Of legislative business We have NJ
right TO intrust TO any committee the matter o
| framing a revenue law for this State. IL was tn.
most important article in the Constitution. Tht
adoption OF that instrument hinged upon it. wan
| it to have fair test. Now can 1t get such tria
| by referring il to such committee! This com
mi.tee has power to say, This shall b
your system Of taxation, and ii i o
| any other gentleman should introduce
system of taxation, this committee can recommen'
that it do pass for the reason that somebody il
the Senate h d introduced another one, that the,
in their wisdom have devised better system. Tn
proper to carry out the Constitution is to 20 oi