Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-20
THE IEc1sL.ruRs
Street Improvement Bill in the Senate
The Apportionment Bill in the Assem-
hly-Democratic War Paint


bly-Democratic War Paint.
The proceedings in the Legislature yesterday were
mainly confined to the superintendent bill in the
Assembly and the street improvement bill in the
Senate.
The Senate met at 1870 o'clock P NJ lieutenant
Governor Daggstt in the chair.
Ryan introduced a concurrent resolution request
ing our Representatives and instructing our Sena
tors tiA Congress to procure the appointment Of
First Lieutenant W. J. Reed as Captain and Assist
ant Quartermaster in the army Of the United States
the first time vacancy occurs.
The apportionment bills ware passed on file for
one day.
The Senate then took up and read second time
Vroomans s. B. so, TO provide for the improvement
of Streets lanes, alleys, courts, places aud side.
walks and the construction Of sewers within munich
paities The consideration OF the bill occupied the
greater portion Of the afternoon various committee
amendments being adopted. So little interest was
taken in the bill outside of few Senators that ire
quently there was not quorum present. The bill
was finally ordered engrossed.
Vrooman presented minority report from the
Committee on Corporations, signed by himself, OPP
posing the passage OF s. B. 51 relative to unclaimed
bank dividends The report is long and embraces
exhaustive argument upon the policy OF the class
of legislation proposed by the bill. He takes the
ground that the savings banks business is private
enterprise, receiving aid subsidies nor spe-
cal privileges Of any kind whatever from the State
and the Legislature has no right to attempt to IL.
terfere with regulate such pr vate enterprise es
tabshed and supported entirely by private capital
except in where it appears that there great
abuses existing, which cannot be remedied except
., the legislature. No showing was made before
the committee that tere Is any existing evil which
will be remedied by the proposed bill, that there
or is any reason whatever why it should become
law. In other States, where this sort OF NEEDLE.
some legislation concerning savings institutions has
been attempted, such legislation has always
proved detrimental to such institutions and the
patrons thereof and generally unsatisfactory to all
concerned. The very name OF the institution, Saw
lDgs Bank, indicates that such institutions are not
only the repositories of savings but they are the
repositories for savings. Deposits put there to
to be saved not spent" The report argues at
length against the policy Of the class of legislation
which interferes with private enterprises quoting
from various authorities in support of his position.
Gross introduced bill to enable women to vote
at all elections for scho oil officers, and upon all mat
tiers pertaining to schools, and to qualify them to
hold educational Offices.
Kellogg, from the Committee on Elections, re.
ported back to the Senate the original papers and
documents in the contested election of Brooks
vs. Steele, the same having been printed
Kelly of Soano, from the Committee Claims,
presented two reports upon the bill to pay the
claims of the members and attaches OF the Censtitu
tionsl Convention Kelly OF SoaHo and Reddy favor
the passage OF the bill, and Frazer, Harrigan and
Langford oppose it.
Kelly of SolanO also introduced bill for the re-
lief of the fisheries OF the State.
Various committees made reports.
McCures S. B. 22S, to provide for the submission
OF proposed amendments to the Constitution of the
State, was read a second time and ordered en-
crossed.
at SAG P NJ the Senate adjourned.
The Assembly met at 10 A. NJ. Speaker LaRue in
the chair.
The Committees on Ways and Means, Corpora
tons and Education made reports
The following bills were introduced By Murdoch,
TO enable women to vote for school officers and in
matters pertaining solely to the management of
schools and to qualify them to hold all educational
offices by Wharton, to prevent the spreading OF
contagious diseases among sheep, and to enable the
Boards of Supervisors of the various counties of this
State to call special elections and issue bonds to
BULL public bride by Hall, to impose a tax on
the net receipts Of accidental Insurance. companies
not incorporated under the laws of this State by
Townsend, relating to inmates of insane asylums
BY Bowers authorizing the State Treasurer to re-
fund and pay certain moneys received from the
sale of certain State lands; by Pover, appropriat-
ing 900 for repairing the State Capitol by Ker-
rick, relative to reclamation districts and by John.
ston, sppropriatIng money to erect buildings and
improvements for the Napa asylum for the insane
The Assembly then resumed consideration of the
apportionment BILL and Cutter renewed his efforts
to have Suffer county made an Assembly district
by taking from the representation of Sacramento
for that purpose.
Ryan and Do'y both spoke against the reduction
of the representation Of Sacramento county.
Irwin and Hamilton took sides with Gutter and
argued that each county should have an Assembly
man
La Rue called he Speaker pro TEN to the chair.
and took the floor against Cutters amendment He
urged that Yuba and Suffer counties had identical
interests, and their county seats were only sepa.
rated by the Feather river. Those two counties
ought to be conso idated and run under one county
government, thus saving great deal of expense.
He was not opposed to Suffer county having rep.
esentatv5, but he objected to its being taken from
Sacramento county.
Cutter urged the reduction of the representation
from Sacramento county on the ground that the To-
cation of the State Capitol here gave Sacramento a
great advantage. She really did not need any rep
resentative at all.
Ryan reviewed the whole sui ect and insisted
that Yuba and Suffer counties were fairly dealt
with by the BILL which gave them an Assembyman
jointly. That was all their population entitled
them to.
Granger said that as Yuba and Suffer were grad
ually losing their populstion, it would be unjust to
give Suffer a separate representative.
Camineiti favored Cutters amendment.
Flynn advocated the passage of the bill without
amendment, believing that it would meet the ap-
proval OF the people OF the State without reference
to party.
The amendment was lost by vote of 30 ayes to
80 noes.
Cutter then moved that Yuba county constitute an
Assembly District.
The motion was lost by vote of 90 ayes TO sc
noes.
That portion Of the bill giving Suffer and Yuba a
JOINT Assemblyman was adopted by vote of 30
ayes to % noes
Cutter then moved to amend so as to make the
Assem- bly, Districts of Sacramento county identical
with the Senatorial Districts. In excited speech
he assailed the Democratic members for giving Sac
ramento county two Senators and three Assembly
men, and cutting of Suffer county The former
was Republican county, and the latter DEM
Ocratic county He was opposed to cutting off
Democratic county aud giving Republican county
more than it was entitled TO.
Nicol and Farley poke in favor of giving Suffer
a representative.
LaRue spoke again in behalf Of Sacramento
county, not as Democrat, but as citizen of Sac
county.
Caminetti hoped that the Democrats had back
bone enough TO stand up and reduce the representa-
ton of Sacramento county.
Flynn said he was here az a representative Of the
people He was in favo of doing justice to ALL ir-
OF pc iii al ends Give Republican ois-
trcts what justly belongs 10 them. Was not in
favor Of taking member from Republican
county. No man who stands on this floor and says
he votes and acts in the interest of tie Democratic
party properly represents his district and certainly
cannot make good legislator
Bib said he Democrat, and wanted this
House to stand up for Democratic principles He
wanted to take from Republican districts aud give
to Democratic districts. At the close of his remarks
he propcuuded conundrum which is rot suscept-
ible of answer" What are We here for, Mr..
Speaker %
Yeh offered an amendmnt making the First and
Third Wards of Sacramento Assembly District,
the Second and Fourth Wards another, and the
county outside of Sacramento city another.
In support of his motion he made very eloquent
and interesting speech. he was surprised at the
spirit manifested by members CT the Democratic
party in the Assembly. They seemed to represent
political interests more than the interests of the
State lie claimed to be as loyal to the Democratic
party any member upon the floor, but he did not
here to spportion the State in the interest of
the Democratic party. II his amendment was re- |
jected 5000 of the people Of Sacramento county |
would be denied representation. He washed his |
hands of any such injustice He wanted to do |
equal justice to all, irrespective of party. The
action which was urged by some Of the members |
would cut both ways and would cast stigma upon |
the Democratic party.
Pending consideration of the amendment the AS |
sembly took a recess.
After recess Yelps amendment was adopted
The apportionme- bill considered without |
further opposition until the county OF Alameda
reached. The Alameda delegation (RepnblicaD) |
not allowed to have anything to say about the
division of their county.
Flynn Informed the representatives from Ala |
media that the redistrictng of their county made
in accordance with the views of Congressman-e
Glascock and the Chairman of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee of Alameda county.
Cutter endeavored to have the delegation from
Alameda county reduced one, in order, he said, to
his Democratic friends were very solicitous about
counties they should be allowed large
delegations, while poor and always Democratic
Yuba cannot have a representative
When the county OF Los Angeles was under con-
sideraton Cutter moved that the further cOnsidara
ton of the bill be indefinitely postponed. Lost.
Ayes %, noes AZ.
The second reading of the bill was completed
Flynn moved that it be ordered printed and
placed upon the desks of the members before it
Carried.
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