Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-29
EXTRAsEssIoNAL NOTES.

The ASsemblymen who are in favor of the pas
sage of Assembly Bill No. la constitutional
amendment for the purpose of ouSting Railroad
Commissioners Carpenter and Humphreys-met
i'll the Supreme Courtroom at the State Capitol
last evening. Reporters were excluded. n Ser
geant-at- Arms stationed ut the door and another
at the windows, to see that 40 pcncil-Sharp OBJ
tanned any information of what tranSpired The
caucus was called to order by Speaker LaRue,
who stated its object \ roll was called and
some forty-iiVe members answered to their
names. An open discussion, as to who would
vote for the bill and who would not give it
their support, ensued. They claim the fiftytwo
that supported it the other day, and say that
Callaghan. Simon, WheClan and Wharton will
give it their support, thus giving them fifty-six
votes, or two more than necessary. Wharton,
Callaghan and Simon were present and took part
in the proceedings.
Afterward, Wallace's mortgage tax bill (No.
2S) was considered, and the general opinion was
that 1t could never pass i'll its present shape.
The sense of the caucus seemed to be that the
author had better withdraw it for the present,
which will likely be done to-day.
Assemblyman Johnston of Napa, in his speech
yesterday demanded roll call using the fol-
lowing language Mr.. Speaker | want the
members of this House who do not believe in
property being assessed at its cash value, to go
record. The roll was called and they answered
to their names as follows; Atwell, Barry, Beard,
Bibb, Breckinrdge. Briceland Brown. Calla-
CHAN. Caminetti Campbell, Carter Coombs,
Crumpton, Doty, Farley, Field, Fleming, Fort
Irwin, Kerriek, Matthews, McClaskey, McDon-
aid, MeHale, Parker, Peterson. Plover Reeves,
Riehl Ryan, Simon, Storke Townsend Wallace,
Wheat, Mr.. Speaker-l1.
The people about the Capitol yesterday conf
mented freely about the lack of respect shown
by San Francisco radical anti-railroad journal,
which, in its Saturday issue, was so plain-
spoken about George Hearst one of the 1" four
fathers of the present extraordinary session
(Hearst, Delmas, Wallace and Greathouse being
responsible for the strange producton) as to
say this of him. In common with everybody
else, we had heard of Uncle George Hearst but
never had the honor of bcholding him until
last Saturday night at the wretched failure of Il
mass meeting at Union Hall After Mr. Delmas
had ended IL twO-hOur speech on the question of
the relations of corporations to the State, Mr..
Hearst came forward to show himself 1t was Il
ridiculous exhibition. The old gentleman hum
gering 10 be a Senator finds it necessary to
demonstrate that he is interested in public af-
fairs. SO he stood up in the place vacated by
the trained lawyer. whose business it is to think
and talk, and the background of Mr.. Delmas'
speech emphasized the fact that Mr.. Hearst can
neither think nor talk. 1t was painful as well
aS funny, to see this Hmiable old man founder
ing about helplessly, all tangled in his broken
sentences and little scraps of ideas. A sterile
mind, a squeaky voice and awkward manners
are surely poor equipment for Il United States
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