Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-07
TIE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

Il j.,
r, TUESDAY,. May ., ~ 81
me Senate met at ~ A: ~; Lieuten IIh,
eIIloI Dasse.. III Ille cnsiiI; nol calIeu; aii9 u
quorum present 'o"rhal Vi Monuay leau anu
approved :.
Cross salu theEe seemed 70 pc an linpress4 u
some quarters that tnere was a deSlre 10 choke
Oh iIf a ~ of .lle piii
rDls pm w. ~ pSiUIS tlo SeHate nHion 90 90
not MS purpose. he would, therefore, ASK 70
Withdraw the SUBSTITUTE oHered D! MN on liie
pI ne o uayi 1IaIiteu. , =. ,o,,.;,or,
ne oease tile p.o0eSueo ~ tn ne GS
tl0ii ol Mc1artny aInenument 70 inc VStin l
pIli, Ply, iuiiis IND. tn1 Successols VI .iie PS
ell si'ii DC eiee'eu ut 'ne gen
ei ai eieetLoi ~ io ~ -, r. -; oa
Mcctuths salu sll'ie the opJect VI ms eilSnu
nels was 10 retain the present eohllilssioiiel l
III UCe ultil tle SAphstlo VI tnc 'oi 10 %
mllien tles WEI electeu' ne WIZ Dpposeu ~
any tai,u i sit;,
out OF once without Irial ana conNictlol a., as
PtoNiueu pS the CONSTITUTION; what tight nag nag
tllls pouy 10 ieslsiate theSe commissioners pt
Vi 1iiieS wnnoul d sn4Mils 9l cause W Ina,
"ouiu .ic 'eAaVois Vi tils oOus liIiih II tii.!
couiu pc treated III that manner! toIli m
sioIcI InulnpILess - clllZeh % hls lNIicSei
my 81 ulstrlcti ne Is democrat VINO was elScteu
as surveyor OF the cry ana county OF san rIu1
CISCO "neh no otleE heniocIat coulu pe electyu.
lie mas ine respect Vi men OF al parties III me-
dlstrlct. lhese commissioners nave reauceol
lrelghl rates soe - per cent, anu are me OH!
ones VINO nave ever YET reduced raliroaa cnarS r.
| III inns otate, II they are 10 De remover, let
thelr removal pe prousnl ABOUT IN TN it
way. ne, lor Que, Wo.lu pe III laeor oi ti t, up
polntment OF committee 10 inquire INTO tilelr
Official conduct, ana, II proven guilty OF corrup-
ton, Incompetence or derenctlon OF duly' ne
Woud vote LOT thelr reIaoVaIi Dut ne couIu no.
give ms consent 10 turning these Dellocrats o.i'
OF ONCE MitIout cause peIs SHOWN ior SUI! ! &c 20
| noVal. me u9lllahu tnefeior was Plece VI
demaSogy that ne would not ana couid hot III
uorse'
Johnson spoke AT considerable iength aSanlSS,,
the amendment, and wrung the changes on /. an
/ the Worl-out sopllstiles Oh the seh-st!leu lc-
formers OF the Gay ~,
Cross spoke against the PROVISION IN lLe Oil
when makes the election OF Connlls S y ;
take place at ffeSlaeitiiil eiectlonS ne iiioGs
II was an eslaolsheu iact thal at tese
all STATE interests are Dorhe GOWN ana lost sIii1
OF Dy lne oNersLauoWlnS questions VI iiat
convention mao aiter que ~ " ny ~
matter, refused 70 ProVldG iof te gieCtI p ~
6entioT FHactnrS Chosen FverThody knows
that, as a rule, the whole State ticket is elected
or defeated just according to the vote for the
| head of the ticket. Mr.. Cross then considered
some of the arguments offered by Mr.. Johnson
| and exposed their fallacy. He called attention
! to the significant fact that the leaders of the
opposition to Messrs Carpenter and humphreys
are the very men who We're their rivals Tor
nomination to the position the latter now mold,
and are now lobbying about the Senate to have
these Commissioners put out OF office so that
| they may be appointed to places Tor when they
were once defeated. 1t has been said that Messrs;
| Carpenter and Humphreys should be tried
| before the people OF the State :" but
if the Senator from Sonoma were to be tried
fer his life would he call that fair trial? What
opportunity would he have to put i'll evidence
! in his defense? Now the present Commissioners
were not expected 10 effect everything in few
days or months; but they have, within one
year, made great reductions in the rates OF
| fares and freights. This Board has been en-
! dowed with judicial functions; 1t has formally
heard and determined the question of special
contracts 1t found that this system involved
questions OF interstate commerce, and its final
action thereon was determined by the law OF
rhe State and of the land and yet Senators
arise here and denomce these officials because
they do not violate or ignore the law.
Sullivan next spoke against the amendment
and went over the old ground rehearsng the
usual criticisms made by a few biased journals
and aspiring politicians on the history of the