Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-17
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
[coyrlyuED PROM FIRsr rAeE.l

the names on that committee some very emlnen'
gentlemen who are perfectly qualified to take charSe
OF any bill relating that question that may DC re-
ferred to them. There is provision IN the 0ohs'l-
tuition which says that the Legislature silai pIss
laws to discourage Chinese emigration by all the
means within their power. Now let US go on WIN
our duty and let these bills go where they belong
to the Committee on Chinese.
Mr. BRAUNHART-Mr. Speaker, they say tha ,T
these bills in which tie Chinese mentioned VIII
be class legislation If that is the case the Const-
tuition is unconstitutional, because 1t IS IulI oil
Chinese legislation.
Mr. DowSs-AIr Speaker am in favor OF the
right kind of LEGISLATION upon every subJSct. We
are losing valuable time We have consumed ten
days doigg work which ought to have been done IN
much less time. 1t is certainly not necessary ior Us
to make a record every day As far as am con.
cerued have been OF the strongest opponent oil
Chinese in the State Long before many Of these
members were born was an opponent OF Chinese
emigration. | am still of the some opinion, out
believe in every question being referred to Inc
proper committee. Whenever a bill comes INTO thlS
body shall vote to have it referred to the proper
committee.
On motion of Mr.. MULnoLLASp, the previous
ouestio was ordered. The ayes and noes were de-
manded and the bill referred to the Committee on
chinese immigration and Emigration by the follow
ing vote: D.,
of Sonoma Barns Carr OF Sacramento, Carr OF Huba,
Coffman Cuthbert Fraser Frink, Garihaidi, Galley,
Green Hardy. Hershy, Hynes, Josselyn, Lane,
Ieadbetter. levee, Mcguire, Mathews, Maybel,
Medallion, Mccarthy of San Francisco, McC0naS,
NcDade Mcintosh Messenger, Morse, Muihoiu1hu,
Picket, Sayle, Simon, Sherburn, spencer, Stanley,
Stoddard Sveetland Walker, Watson, YORK, Young
Is. VI, p
Noes-Adams, Brooks, Brown OF iuoa, bruher'
Bruse, Cameron Chamberlain, Chandler' ooleI nan
Cooper Corcoran Del Vale, Dimond, DOWNS puL-
ham Estee, Fox, Leach, May, NeisOh, S'ieS''i'
TYLER, Ward-23.
THE GHOST AGAIN.
MIR. TYLER-Mr. Speaker, wish to offer \ resolu
ton. believe we have now had a good deal Of ey-
perience in relation to this Question of referring
bills. L believe this house is satisfied that if
this matter goes will take up great deal OF
time in useless discussion and offer the following:
Resolved, That there be new rule adopted, to be
known as Rule -. No debate shall be allowed on
any motion to refer bill to committee. The
Speaker shall first indicate to what committee bill
ought to be referred and it shall be SO referred I'M
less upon motion without debate the House by a
majority vote refer it to some other committee.
Mr.. MAYBELL moved to indefinitely postpone.
Lost-ayes p, noes 80.
Mr.. Burns moved to lay the. resolution on the ia
Bile. Lost
On motion of Mr.. BRuNER the previous question
was ordered The ayes and noes were called for and
the resolution was adopted. Ayes A, noes %.
THE SAN FRANCISCO WATER WAR
Mr. HARDY called up his notice of a motion to re-
consider Assembly Bill No. g. and moved that the
vote uy when the OIL was passed be reconstructed
Mr.. Fox moved that the motion be indefinitely
postponed. THE debate on this proposition was
very lengthy, the same ground being fought over
that has already been gone over. The country
members seemed to fear that the provisions would
work injury to other portions of The State, and
Braunhart, Hardy and others fought the bill at every
point, until finally the friends of the bill conceded
that it should go back to the committee with special
instructions, and it SO ordered by vote OF Al
to 29.l
On motion of Mr.. WALKER, at o'clock, the AS
sembly adjourned.