Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-12
TIE LEalsLaTU
The Congressional Appor,ionmentxcounty
Government Bill-Long and Lively Ses-

TIE LEGIsL AZURE.
The Congressional Apporiionmentzcounty
Government Bill-Long and Lively Ses-
sions.
Both houses Of the Legislature held busy sessions
on Saturday, the Senate remaining in session until
midnight.
The Senate met at 10 A. NJ, President Daggett in
| the chair.
Kelloge introduced resolution, which was
adopted, providing for the consideration OF bills on
the third reading special and general files before
taking up the Congressional appOrtionment bill.
Cross presented the following report, which was
| adopted:
| Mr. Speaker: Your Conference Committee, ap.
pointed to consider and report upon the sine die adj
journmert OF this Legislature, respectfully report
they have met and conferred upon this matter, and
have decided TO recommend that this Legislature
adjourn sine die Tuesday, the 18th day of March, at
| II o'clock midnight; provided, at that time the
county government bill shall have passed both
| houses. CROSS. Chairman Conference Com.
ST0RKE Chairman Assembly Com.
Lynch moved to reconsider the vote by which the
| report adopted. stating that he wanted to in.
clude in the last clause the so-called pilot BILL
| The motion was lost.
| The following bills were read a third time and
passed S. B. 3T2, to establish State Board of
Silk Culture, and to provide moneys for the
penses thereof; s. B. 2S5, in relation to the in
speetlon Of steam boilers in the State Of California
S. B. 1859, to amend Section 2lS7 OF the Political
Code, relating to insane ssylums and A. B. 80, TO
repeal Section sos Of the Civil Code, relating to
street railroad corporations.
Dougherty made strong effort to get a recon-
sderation Of the vote by which the Senate Fri
day passed the bill to repeal the pharmacy law, and
was supported by Buck, Perry, Nrooman and Sulli-
van.
Brooks, Cross, Mcclure and Lynch opposed the
| motion to reconsider.
The Senate refused TO reconsider
IN "a u1Or f0r tnac
port Of aged persons in INDECENT circumstances
read third time and passed; also, Johnson's bill
to amend Section of Article Al. Of the Constitu.
| ton.
After recess Johnsons proposed amendment to
Sections % % and "a of Article XII Of the Const-
tuition, refused passage by vote of Is ayes to
90 noes. johnson gave notice OF motion to recon-
| sider The proposed amendment was to have the
Railroad Commissioners elected by the State at
| large instead Of by districts.
On motion of Wolfskil the Senate took up out Of
| order and read first time Reeves A. B. $50, to
authorize the Boards Of Supervisors OF the several
counties Of the State to appoint inspectors of
apiares and provide for their compensation and de-
fine their duties and for the further protection OF
bee culture. On motion of Mcclure it was declared
| q case of urgency and passed
On motion of YroomaD A. B. 1874, authorizing the
Regents OF the State University to convey to the
United States certain lands, taken from the
Assembly messages, declared case OF urgency and
passed.
Suliivan's s. B 39l providing for submitting to
vote of the qualified electors Of county, city
and county, proposal to issue bonds, declared
a case of urgency and passed
Lynch gave notice of motion to reconsider.
A. b. sos, TO authorize the Common Council, Board
OF Trustees, or other governing body OF any ncorpor
ated city town, To refund its indebtedness to is
sue bonds therefor and provide for payment OF the
and A. B. 462, to authorize cities to erect and
maintain drawbfidges across navgable streams that
flow through or penetrate the boundaries OF such
cities, were read second time and ordered to a
| thirS reading,
a message was received from the Governor an
| nouucing his approval Of the bill appropriatipg
$1,000 for the contingent expenses OF the Senate
:. B. 32l 10 appropriate the SUN OF S. 600 for the
purpose Of paying the rent OF the Hastings College
| Of Law, San Francisco A. b. 1s3 to make an APP
preparation to pay deficiency in the appropriation
for the thirtvthird and thirty-fourth fiscal years
and A. B. AT, to provide for the erection OF wall
at the State Prison at Folsom, were read first
| tins.
The Congressional apportionment bill was then
| taken up for second reading
After the first section read, Filcher moved as
substitute for the whole bill the provisions Of his
| S. B 292. The substitute makes up the districts
| according to their interests, putting the mining
counties together and the agricultural counties to
| gether.
johnson spoke agsinst the substitute 1t was un-
| fair to the county Of Sonoma. If adopted by the
Senate it would not be passed by the Assembly at
| this late hour.
Kelly of Solano spoke 10 favor of the substitute
the ground that it to the interest of the DEM
ocratc party to make fair spporti5nment.
Kellogg favored the substitute. The idea of the
people OF California in adopting the new Constitu-
ton was that the Senatorial Assembly anu Con-
gressiOnal apportOnment should be according to
| population, as near as practicable. Tne Senate
should not take into consideration the ambition of
any candidate for Congress, but should apportion
the State upon a fair basis. In the bill, it
| from the Assembly, there difference of more
than 25 600 in the districts, while in the FilcheE
substitute there was not over 5000 difference The
latter not only spportioned according TO population,
but according TO community of interests. The
Democratic party could not afford to gerrymander
the State. In Ohio, Massachusetts, and New York,
and other States where it had been DONE the party
committing the wrong had been repudiated at the
next election. Let all stand upon fair and equal
foundation, and if the Democratic party could not
win under fair apportionment, then let it lose.
Sullivan spoke at length against the amendment,
because it put part OF San Francisco with Ala
media.
Cox and Cross spoke in favor of the substitute
on the ground that the Assembly bill did not ap-
portion according 10 population. One district con-
;ained 129, 900 population and another 154. 0sl
Del Vale stoutly defended his bill.
long debate ensued, and the substitute was
adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Chandler, Cox, Cronan, Cross, Filcher,
Fraser Kelly of Solano, Kellogg Knight. Mccarthy,
Mcclure, Perry, Reynolds, Rou icr, Ryan, Taylor,
Wallis, Wolfski-1s.
Noes-Buck, Del Vale, Dougherty, English, Fos-
| ter, Harrigan, johnson, Kelly of San Francisco,
Lynch, Maddox, Murphy, Nelson, Spencer Of
SJiulslau5,
Del Vale changed from aye to no. and moved to
reconsider.
Kellogg moved to indefinitely postpone the mo.
ton. Lost by II to Is.
The motion to reconsider was carried by the fol-
lowing vote
Ayes-Brooks Buck, Del Vale. Dougherty, Eng
lish, Foster Harrgan, Johnson, Kelly of San Fran
cisco, Lynch, Maddox, Murphy, Nelson, Spencer Of
Napa, Spencer of StanIssus Sullivan, Whitney,
Wolfskill-19.
NOes-Chandler, Cox, Cronan, Cross, Filcher,
Fraser, Kelly of Solano, Kellogg, knight, McCN-
thy, Mcclure, Perry, Reynolds, koutier, Ryan, Tay
lor, Wallis-17.
Pending consideration the Senate took recess
until 7:30 o'clock.
At the evening session the Filcher substitute
adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Chander, Cross, English, Filcher, Fraser,
Kelly of Solano Knight, Mccarthy, Mcclure, Perry
Reynolds, Ryan, Taylor Wallis-l4.
Noes-Buck, Del Vale, Dougherty, Harrigan,
johnson, Kelly of San Francisco. Lynch, Reynolds,
Spencer OF Stanislaus Sullivan Whitney-11
Keatiag, who would have voted no, paired with
Vrooman.
The county government bill was placed on third
reading, and finished at 10:40 o'clock.
Taylor offered several amendments, and the bill
was recommitted to the committee with special in
structions.
Whitney and Lynch made several Intellectual at
tempts to have Assembly messages taken up for ac-
ton on the Pilot Commission bill.
At l1:30 o'clock a call of the Senate was ordered
and the Sergeant-at-Arms furnished with list of
absentess. The call was finally dispensed with.
At midnight the Senate adjourned.
The Assembly convened at 10 A. NJ, the Speaker
in the chair.
BY resdkr.ion introduced by Campbell, all COM
mittee clerks, except that of the Committee on En-
rollment were discharged.
YelIs motion to reconsider the vote whereby the
bill transferring S57 600 from the General to the
Drainage Fund was passed, was laid upon the table
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