Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-06
EXTRASEssIONAL NOTES.

on the first day of the Extraordinary Session n
member from san Francisco introduced into the
Assembly the following resolution, which was
adopted unanimously:
ResOlred, That each member be allowed So
for contingent expenses. payable ont of the con-
tingcnt fund OF the Assembly, and that the az
grcgatc amount of the value of stamps and sta
tionery which any member shall draw on requ-
sitiOn from the Secretary of State shall be
charged TO his account part of his allow
ance."
Last Thursday member from the country in
trOduced the following resolution, which was
also unanimously adopted:
RcsOiccd, That the Secretary of State be- and
he is hereby requested, TO furnish no more sta
tionery to members of the Assembly and to de
liver to the Controller a statement of the aggTe-
gate amount furnished each member to date
The next day the same member introduced the
following, which was also adopted:
RcSDircd, That the Controller be and he is
hereby directed to draw his warrants on the
contingent fund of the Assembly in favor of
each member for the balance of the 50 hereto
fore allowed for contingent expenses, remain
ing after deducting stationery furnished by the
Secretary of State
The Secretary of State complied with the re-
quest, and yesterday furnished the Controller
with the desired statement. There being eighty
members it amounts to $1,000. 4 prying re
porter, wishing to see who ii was that wrote the
most letters and kept his constituency the best
posted in regard to the legislation Of the eX-
traOrdinary occasion through the medium of
and examined the statement referred to. The
sum total charged to the Assembly was sos II
leaving Il balance of 81 $50 sc TO be divided ~
pocket change between the SOions. Those whose
names appear on the statement furnished By the
Controller are rs follows Barnes, 81 p: Barry
II 10; Beard, ~ cents Booth 81: Bowers 50 %:
breckenridge, = co. Brown, IS cents; Callaghan
81 As; Carter. - Il; Coleman, 81 cents; CoOmbS
81 u; Doty, 81 cents; Farley, cents: Faw Il
cents; Granger, 81 -; Hamilton, 81 o.: Harvey.
y 20; Healey, 80 cents; Heath 81 80; Hershey
il cents; l1Ollister, - So LeyerSOn, 81; Lewison
~ cents; McClaskey, 81 u: Mcdonald, 8 06
Mckinley, 81; Murdoch, 81; Murphy 81 OF
NicOl, 81: Reeves 81 80: Riehl, 81 %: Ryan
81 30; Stephens s. 30 Storkc, 81 90; Townsend.
- 81; Wallace, 81 81; Wharton, 81 5s Yen, 80
cents; the Speaker, - cents. \ great many of
the constituents Of the following named gentle
men have wondered. no doubt at not hearing
from them. They will understand now how
ever, why such was the case. They did not
draw pencil, an envelope piece of paper
during the session. They therefore entitled
To the full 81, according 10 the resolutions
adopted The names of those thus economic
are: Atwell, Bayley, Bib. Brceland Caminetti
Campbell, Cary, Clark, Clement Crumpton, Cul-
yer, Cutter, Field, Fleming, Flynn, Fortna,
GauSsail, Hall, Head, Hunter, Irwin Johnston,
keeler, kerrick, Martin, Matthews, McIIale,
Mothtt, OConnor, Parker, Peterson, Plover,
Rawle. Simon, Stewart. Sweetland Terry Wal
rath, Weaver Wheat, Wheelan
The lobby brigade came down on the Senate
yesterday ike unto the wolf on the fold Brig
adler GreathouSe, and his orderly Corporal
Deilnas, with their respective clans, made them
selves very numerous about the Railways and
on the floor, and the would-be potency
of their presence and whp-cracking about
the most casual observer The old-timc
Lobbyists that were wont to be seen
about the legislative halls have "paled their in
cdcctuui fires before the new generation of
connubntorS, are conspicuous by their absence
the present session, aud these new whippers-iu
command the entire field. The Examiners re
cent command TO the new element to flock To
the Capitol and lobby in favor of the "einch"
measures Is being obeyed to the letter
For some reason, which doth not yet appear the
radical clement in the Senate yesterday. strpnli-
ously opposed the bill offered by Mr.. Knight
(Which was printed in these columns last Sat
urdayi amending the Constitution and fixing
maximum rates of freights and fares also pre-
scribing the powers and duties of the Railroad
Commissioners in accordance with the letter of
the Constitution This action has given rise to
a great deal of criticism, as here was an oppor-
tunity for the radical members to put themselves
on record, II they chose to do so, as lcgiSlatng
in favor of establishing rates of freightS and
fares and incorporating such enactment into the
fundamental law of the State, 50 that il would
be beyond the power of any Board of Commits
sloners to change the same; but they fought rs
shy OF the bin as though the very paper on
which il was printed were reeking with the
germs of yellow fever or smallpox. This action
OF the So-called reformers of the Senate clearly
indicates TO what extent they are governed by
what they have been hoarsely denouncing as
railroad abuses. Verify, tine cloven foot com
mences TO diSrobe, and the " dear people, be
fore whom these demagogues have been fiaunt
ing their assumed public virtues, viii now be
able TO see the real object by which they are
governed
The FL Dorado Republicans in their County
Convention just held, indicated their estimate
of the present extra session humbug by adop-
ton OF The following resolution:
RCSolrea, That we, as Republicans OF the
county of II Dorado, condemn the action of the
Governor in calling the extra session of the
legislature condemn the only Act passed by
said extra session. to wit: An Act appropriating
the peoples money to pay the expenses of the
extra session; condemn the act of the Governor
in approving said Act and condemn, I'M
necessary, all things done attempted to be
done by said extra session, and Goigisc iBlge-
aiatc adjournment zine dc.
The Legislators aud employees OF the cxtraor-
binary OCCASION" now headquartered at the
State Capitol, with Clarence Greenhouse. Delnas |
and Hearst as inspectors and 0yerseers, have |
not drawn any per diem for the past two or |
.hTce weeks. and ycs.elday il was disclosed that