Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-25
EXTRAsEssIoNAL Norrs-

Yesterday was a field day in the Senate. 20,
wei as i'm the Assembly. Al one time ;, was
really cNciting-when the Chair ordered ~,nator
Reddy under arrest for refusing tp obey an order
20 be seated. Motions upon motions 90 81 iuurn
10 take recess ana for calls of the house were
piled one upon another. Uutl Il became very
evident that the members Were iu no hunor nor
condition OF mind for work. Finally adjourn
mCnt was secured and the result is lhgi both
the Railroad CummiSSiunUraud income taN bills
20 over rs unfinished business, which brings the
Barry bill 70 the front as the special order for
/ to-day. For. some reason it appears as ii the
friends of this bin do not want 10 come to d, vote
! upon 1t mtl they get a count of noses ON the
coming Railroad Commissioner and other bills
! but they have been clearly out-gcucralcd and
out-voted by the conservatives.
The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday
I took up Breckinudge'S Assembly concurrent
resolution requesting the Governor 90 telegraph
the United States Attorney General 10 have the
Marin county aud other railroad tax cases ON
appeal to the Supreme Court advanced on the
calendar. Although the committee did not
come to Il vote ON the resolution Il large major
ity of the members seemed To be Of the opinion
that II was defective in some particulars and
should either be amended or laid aside The
supreme Court viii adjourn on the last of this
month. and the committee was evidently of th,.
impression that any such request would be use
less. 1t was finally determined to lay the reso-
luton over until the next session of the com
mittee.
The result Of the vote in the Assembly yester.
day upon the bill TO oust Carpenter and Hum
phreys of the Railroad Commission was geu-
orally regarded last evening aS deciding the
question of legislation during the extraordinary
session. Several very prominent Democrats.
who have also been quartered with the cinch-
ers, said the failure To get the necessary two
thirds vote upon the measure. even in the As
sembly, was conclusive of results There would
be less votes in that way from day TO day, aud
they might as well adjourn first as last.
Desperate efforts were being made last night
to lind three more votes in the Assembly that
could be relied on when the bill for ouSting the
Railroad Commissioners is reconSidered Il is
not probable any converts III this direction viii
be secured, hut ON the contrary. it is well known
that several who have heretofore voted in favor
OF the bill have done 50 against their judgment.
simply because of promises to do So hut who
viii now probably feel that such promises have
now been fulfilled, and they are now at liberty
to vote as their own sense of right and Justice
dictates.
Hearst, DemaS and GreathOuse were sent for
last night in great haste to come and nurse their
Extraordinary Occasion baby rs from ap-
pearanceS il was sick nigh unto death" The
message read The members of both houses
have got permanently by the ears among them
selves; the city police department has about
half of the Assembly and its attaches under
arrest in LeversonS behalf LeversOn has wiped
the Legislative dust from off his brOgans and
gone on French leave of absence 10 consult
his constituency while the best LAWYERS of the
Legislature claim that his resignation is II fixed
TACT, ana ne therefore has no constituency. The
doors of the Legislative halls leak so they have
to be kept locked in order that members shall
not wander away and get lost at time of roll
call. Senator Reddy has got the lockiaW in his
knees SO that he can't sit down when ordered 70
by the President of the Senate, and he's under
arrest for this iniirmity. For Gods sake come