Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-14
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

TUESDAY, May Is. 1884.
The Senate met at 10 A. NJ, Lieutenant-Gov-
| ernor Daggett in the chair. Roll called, and
quorum present. Journal of Monday read and
Reddy's resolution, allowing 81 per day extra
| to the pages of the Senate, came up for consider
alton. Perry moved to amend by including
Hank Jones, the gallery, porter, and Langford
moved to amend by including W. E Mcclure,
rear porter. The resolution, as amended, was
! adopted by vote of - ayes to 10 noes.
Reuter- offered a resolution allowing Lem
Wilson and j. d. Farrell, Senate porters, 81 per
! day extra. Wallace moved to include the COM
mittee-room porters. Taylor desired to know if
the resolution included Joseph Van Praag
Cross replied that it did: and that as Mr.. Van
Praag had been sitting up till midnight with
| the caucus, he certainly ought to be paid for
that extra labor, The resolution was adopted
English moved to take up Assembly Bill No
! %, on its third reading. Carried-ayes Is;
| noes 6.
The roll was then called on the passage of
bill, with the following result: Ayes 81; noes l.
Those voting in the negative We're Harrigan
Perry Spencer of StaniSlaus, and Wallis
| Gross moved that the rules be suspended and
| the bill at once transmitted to the Assembly
| Carried.
| Wallis offered a resolution out of order, pro-
viding that the following named attaches of the
| Senate be allowed mileage to and from their
| homes.
Langford moved to indefinitely postpone
| Carried.
Cross offered resolution allowing L. W. Mas
|
Committee. Adopted.
Langford moved to take up the Barry bill.
! Carried.
Langford moved that the Senate recede from
| the first amendment made to the bill.
Cross objected TO any such proceeding. He
! did not want to be forced into considering an
| important measure of this kind with but an
hour in which to act The Assembly had con-
CURED in but few unimportant amendments
| to the bill and this was done by some sort of
understanding between II certain element in
each House, in which he had not been consult
| ed He had on the preceding day urged the
| Senate to remain in session for a few days and
| finish up all important work including the
| Barry bill but it decided to do otherwise and
/ now he wanted the other side to act fairly.
! Mcclure said he was not present the pre-
! ceding day, or he would have urged the taking
| up of the Barry bill then. If the Senator from
| san Joaquin would give any satisfactory reason
| why the Senate should recede from its
amendments, he would support his motion. But
none had been given. 1t was well understood
that there will be two or three hours debate on
Section of the bill, should that be reached,
and why undertake to act on such a bill in the
forty minutes remaining before the hour for
| final adjournment
Spencer of Napa thought there was no reason
why the bill should not be taken up He made
some alluSion to " solid Arguments that were
furnished some Senators by c. p Huntington.
Knight criticised the action of the radical"
element in trying to press the bill upon the at
tention of the Senate at that late hour There
was neither sense nor reason in such PROPOSE
tlOn 1Or IL could not be discussed to the extent
which its Importance demanded
y call of the Senate demanded by several
Senators. Lost
At halfpast II Vrooman got the floor and
proceeded TO discuss the relative merits of the
bill and the Senate amendments thereto. He
also replied TO some of Spencers remarks, and
declared that he (Nrooman) had been actuated
in his course by knowledge of the wants and
sentiments of his constituents. Because some
men saw fit 10 pursue an extreme course in OBJ
position TO all that concerns the railroad indus
try of the State, that was no reason why those
who differed from them might not be actuated
by the best and most honorable motives. How
to deal properly with railroad matters was some
thing that had engaged the attention of the
ablcSt men of America and Europe for years
past, and it had been found TO be no such simple
matter as the Senator from Napa and a few
other gentlemen in the Senate seemed to regard
it,. For himself he had made a study of the
subject in its many phases, and had become i'm
pressed with deep sense of its difficulties and
its importance
AT ll:l0 Maddox moved that the further con-
sideration of the bill be Indefinitely postponed.
\ call of the Senate was demanded and lost.
Cox. from the Committee on Revenue and
Taxation, reported back Assembly Bill No. -,
without recommendation.
The roll was called on the motion TO indef-
ni,ely pOstpone-ayeS :. noes %.
Assembly concurrent resolution, recommend
ing the prohibition OF large land-holdings by
aliens, was taken up, read and adopted.
Del Vale offered q resolution providing that
a committee of three be appointed to wait upon
the Governor, inform him that the Senate is
about to adjourn and ascertain if he has any
message TO present Adopted.
The Chair appointed Senators Del Vale.
Knight and Reynolds The committee waited
upon the Governor, and returned with the an
nOunccment that the Executive had no message
to transmit 10 the Senate.
On motion Of Cross, Il like committee was APP
pointed to wait upon the Assembly on Il similar
duty.
The Chair appointed Senators Cross, Filcher
and NrOOman as such committee.
On motion of English, the further conSidera-
ton of Assembly Bill No 10 was indefinitely
postponed.
The committee returned from the Assembly
and stated that that body had no further COM
municatiOn to make.
President Daggett then spoke from the chair
as follows:
The hour having arrived set by the resolution
which this Senate does now adjourn, take this
occasion to state that ii does not come within
my province TO make any remarks in regard to
the legislation that has been enacted, or that
which has not. | simply desire to say that, so
far as the Chair is concerned, and my duties as
your presiding officer | hope that all acts of
mine will be treated with that consideration
which is due TO one who desires to perform his
duties fairly and impartially. | shall go to my
home, as | trust all the other members of this
body will, feeling that if there have been any
aspcrities any friction, the modifying in
fiuences of time and subsequent events will
entirely eradicate them. If ! have committed
any errors during the time that we have been
convened, ! trust that the Senators will chart
tably deem them faults of the judgment and \
not arising from any feelings that within
me. The hour having now arrived, it becomes
my constitutional duty TO declare this Senate
adjourned sine die