Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-20


INTRODUCTION BILLS.
Bills were introduced read first time at length and
referred as follows:
By Mr. ESos-An Act to authorize the Governor
and Surveyor General to sell and convey certain
lands belonging to the State. Committee on Judi
ciary.
By Mr. HiTTELL-An Act to amend Section 1873
OF the Code of Civil Procedure relating to the time
within which certain actions may be commenced.
Committee on Judiciary.
The Senate took the usual recess
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate reassembled at 1:9o P. NJ, President
Mansfield in the Chair.
Roll called and quorum present.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Mr. BAKER called up the special order for the hour
Senate Bill No. 336-An Act TO provide for the cree
ton OF a building for the use of the Normal School
10y Mr.. Baker,.
Mr.. HITTELL moved to postpone the consideration
OF the bill for one week. There an attempt, in
this haste, to budoze the Senate, and ne op-
posed it.
Mr.. BAKER replied to the arguments and urged
present action on the bill The State Normal
School was now out of doors and depending upon
the hospitality of the city of San JOSE He did not
desire to bulldoze the gentleman or any other Sen
ator.
The motion to post 3one was lost.
On motion of MIR. BAKER the bill was taken up
and considered
Amendments of the Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds adopted.
Mr. SEARS moved to amend by inserting "pro-
vided thai the cost to this State Of the erection Of
said building shall not exceed the amount herein
appropriated, in addition to the insurance money
when completed" Adopted.
Mr. WEST offered substitute Tor the whole bill.
The Secretary read the substitute. 1t provided
for on appropriation of Sl75 600 for the erection OF
Normal School buildings; $4,000 of it, in addition
to the $4,000 of insurance. to be used in erecting
another building on the present site in San Jose
$50 600 to erect branch Normal School building in
Los Angeles county, aud $4,000 more in erecting
another branch building in some county left blank
in the substitute.
Mr.. WEST said that he offered the bill in good
aith desiring to advance the interests of education
in the State and not in opposition to any locality
He gave the reasons why he desired Il branch nor
NAL school in Los Angeles county, and described the
geographical situation OF the southern counties.
While other portions of the State had received large
public benefits, the county of Los Angeles had re-
ceved no expenditure of the State money. Ee pre-
sented the claim of the southern part of the State
| in an eloquent manner. He submitted PROPOSE.
tion offering 100 acres in east Los Angeles i'll fee
simple to the State within three days after the
passage of this substitute and another offer of sc
acres in the same locality.
Mr. JOHNSON d he would vote for the substi ute
if the appropriation for San Jose was raised to
Sl5O,000.
Mr. CHASE said he would vote against the substi
tu;e. The question before the Senate was the re-
building OF the building at San Jose. He favored
branch normal school in Los Angeles, but he wanted
| it provided for in separate bill. He would not
vote for it rider to this bill.
Mr.. PARDEE believed in rebuilding the Normal
School at San Jose. He opposed dividing up the
school into different branches. The efficiency of the
school would be seriously marred, if not destroyed,
by such course. The Senator from Sskiyou (Mr.
Carlock) was ready to out-do Los Angeles and give
10 900 acres for this purpose.
Mr. JOHNSON moved TO amend the substitute by
striking out the words "Sl75, 900" and inserting
"s25OOO0 in the total amount appropriated; and
by striking out the words SIS 000 in the amount
appropriated to San Jose and insert $780, ,000"
Mr.. DICKINSON opposed the substitute and the
amendment. He wanted to let each Of the propos-
tons rest on its own merits. Let the Senate pass
the original bill and then let it consider the question
OF brancn normal schools in another bill.
Mr.. SATTgRwIIrR favored the substitute and
agreed with the remarks of Mr.. West He believed
that southern California had not received her share
of the muncent gifts OF the State. He recited the
various appropriations for other portions Qf the
State and thought it was time that southern Cali
fornia had something.
Mr. WEST accepted the amendment Of Mr.
Johnson.
Mr. NYH opposed the substitute. He favored the
idea of Capitalization in normal schools. central
lied school was stronger, the same as centralized
government was He opposed dissipatng the funds
of the Normal School and dividing the expenses
into a number Of schools.
Mr. JOHNSON moved to amend by adding "pro
vided that no building shall be erected in any
place except San Jose until deed in fec
Trustees OF the State Normal School be made to the
State"
Mr.. WEST accepted the amendment. He then pro
ceedcd to defend the substitute warmly and to reply
to the objections raised to it. He appealed TO the
Senate to spend its money where it wonld do the
most good.
Mr. RowELL believed that the general opinion
that large educational institutions more useful
than smaller ones q mistake. The Senate must
takento consideration the fact that the people of the
different sections of this State were as different from
each other as the people OF California are from those
of the Mississippi Valley. He should support the
substitute.
Mr. BAKER opposed the su' sttute, not because
he opposed to a branch school at Los Angeles,
but because it ought to up 4 separate bill
Mr. JOHNSON favored the substitute, and said it
was simply question whether or not the Senate
would give branch normal school to Los Angeles.
He favored the bill for San Jose, and thought if it
was good for San jose it good for Los Angeles
lie believed in scattering these educational instu-
tons throughout the State
Mr SEARS favored the original hill but believed
that in the present condition Of finances the State
could not afford TO build three normal schools and
expend this large sum of money. He believed that
one normal school was all that was needed now
Mr. CoNGEE, in glowing terms, congratulated Los
Angeles upon the able defender she had upon the
floor OF the Senate, but after hearing all of the re-
| marks he could not favor the substitute. The only
question was will the Senate vote to rebuild the
building at San Jose Ii other normal schools are
needed let that question come up by itself, and he
wanted to see the original bill go through at once
and the erection of the building at San Jose com
menced at once.
Leave of absence was granted Senator Nye for
the balance OF the week.
Mr. WEST again earnestly appealed to the Senate
TO recognize the rights of southern California He
argded that the appropriation OF 900 for branch
normal school at Los Angeles would be repaid to
the State ten fold in that number Of years
Mr. EsOs protested against the adoption of the
substitute. Ii bill were brought in to provide for
q branch normal school at Los Angeles and if he
could DC convinced tina the necessities of the nth
ern part of the State required it, he would vote for
it, But he be ieyed that the result Of the adoption
of The substi ute would be to defeat the bill. One
Of his main ons for supporting the original hi
was that the b1ilding to be erected by days
labor and gave contractor opport nty to take
one dollar unjustly. 1t n Of urgency that
this building az San jose should be erected prompt
Iy. He eulogized the State Normal ,ch0ol as the
p-de of the State, and held that it should be fos
tered.
The subs itu.e was lost by vote OF l2 ayes to %
noes.
The bill was then reported to the Senate from the
Committee Of the Whole.
Mr. WEST again ofered his substitute on which
the ayes and noes were demaude , and the substi-
tute was los: by vote of 13 ayes to "a nee.
Mr. HIrrELL moved to amend by ding at the end
of Section Provided that the title of the real
estate on which sal Normal School building is 10
be erected in the city OF San JOSE be first decided
in fee simple and absolute the State of Califor.
MIA"
Lost by a vote of Il ayes TO 90 nees.
The bi was ordered engrosscd
Mr.. WEST gave notice that during the preseut
week he would introduce bill locating branch
of the State Normal school at Los Angeles.
INSOLVENCY BILL.
The Senate resumed consideration OF Senate Bill
No. 13l, postponed from this morning
Mr.. JOHNSON moved that the bill be indefinitely
postponed
Mr.. DICKINSON opposed the motion, though he did
not think it at all likely that the Senate would in
definitely postpone it, The bill was not in the inter
est either OF the debtor creditor as against each
other. The interest that the San Francisco mer.
chants had In the bill that when 4 country ner
chants credit became doubtful they were always
cut of by an attachment upon that merchant BY
local creditors, and for other reasons
Mr.. Johnson spoke in favor OF the indefinite post
ponement of the bill The title Of the bill ought Ia
be An Act 10 give the Board u Trade of the city o
San Francisco complete control Of the mercantile
business OF the Pacific coast, especially in Cali
fornia. lie denounced the Act as monstrous. The
present law, with two little amendments wa,
good law. This bill was entirely in the interest o
the creditor class and in the interest OF the peo
pie. He argued IN favor Of his position in foreibit
manner.
Mr.. NEUMASS opposed the notion and held tha,
the bill was not only that ought to be passed
but one Of absolate necessity. 1t was their duty
to establish sound credit system, and that could
not be had under the present law. He held tho
present attachment law to be oppressive in the last
extreme. This Act affected the whole business com
munity, and was most equitable one. 1t affected
the creditor in such 4 manner as to make him hesi
tate to close out thc poor debtor. IL affected ths
| debtor IN such manner only as to make him acl
suuarey with bis creditor He s,a ve The history "A