Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-12

SPECIAL FILE.
Senate Bill No S1-The Perry education bill
read third time, amendment offered and ordered
printed.
Mcclure wanted to know what the "revolv
ing" fund, provided for in the bill, was.
DAYS said that idea was taken from Wiscon-
sin Act. 1t provides that the county shall nave
a fund from which the County Superintendent
shall draw when ordering books from the super
intendent of Public Instruction, and as soon as
he receives the money from the persons Pui-
chasing the books he shall return 1t to the same
Wallis offered resolution out of order, as
follows:
WHEREAS, The public press Of this State has
openly charged that collision and fraud nave
been Derpetrated in the office OF the secretary OF
state; and whereas the State Controller has
failed to investigate and report upon said
charges, although cosnizant that sUch charges
have been made therefore, be 1t
Pesorred That a committee of three be ap-
pointed BY the President of the Senate, with m
structons to investigate the books ana papers OF
the Secretary of state and report whether or moi
such charges are true" and moved its adoption.
INnch-It seems 20 me that reflects indirectly
on the Controller. If the part containing tie
structures on the Controller are Withdrawn VIII
| vote for it, Otherwise / VIII not | therefore
| move that the second subdivision of the resoiu-
| ton be stricken out.
Lowe-Will you state why you move to strike
! it out?
| Lynch-Because it contains structures on the
\ Controller that are not warranted. object 10
| having attached to that resolution a preamble
\ censuring the Controller for acts which ne mao
\ no means to prevent.
\ Cross-I do not believe in throwing mud at
\ everybody who appears TO be Democrat, put
| Senator lynch stated this resolution Is rehec-
l ton on the Controller. If II Is true u ooes not
4 reflect on ANYBODY II the Controller is kept
50 busy that he needs extra help to carry on his
4 Investigations, why is II that nearly an me
\ time there is gentlemen from that Office IN the
l Senate helping the Senate to conduct Its DuSl-
. ness If * n wonderful thing to look around and
II not find him here now.
\ Spencer of Napa said ii did not seem to him
I that they ought to assume by innuendo that the
/ Controller is cogniZdnt OF certain facts when
/ are alleged to have been committed by the Sec
| retary OF State The resolution states this to be
\ ;he fact, that he is cOgniZant of it, and has
\ failed 10 investigate: therefore this Senate must
1. do something. which. it is said, the Controller
should have done, virtually making charge
4 against that officer ! want TO kn0W II the SEN
ate is willing to place Itself in that attitude?
WalliS-I desire to say that the controller has
assumed, on his own responsibility, to lnyeStl-
gate every person connected with any Office in
4 this State aud the public press has time and
again called Alteration 10 the TACT that there Is 1;
derelictiOn OF duty on the part Of the Secretary
4 of State, that frauds have been committed, de-
iraudlng the State out OF large sums OF money,
and when this matter Is brought before tins
senate there appears to be disposition 10 cover
it up and let no investigation be had. II Is due
the people of this State that an investigation
should he had, and no person should seek to
/ shelter themselves from the cSpOnSlDEIN,
| whether a Democrat or Republican, or read
| out or anybody else. think the resolution
| ought to pass aS whole.
/ Cross-It would be reflection an the intelli-
| geuce of the Controller and on the newspapers
| of this State 10 strike uut that portion of the
| preamble which says that the Controller is cog
1 infant that those charges have been made.
hThev have been published broadcast, and does
Eany one say the Controller has not read those
tciaTgcs2 1t is sometimes charged that Demo-
HcTats cannot read, and this would have ten
tlency To prove the charge, but do not believe
ID. He must be very stupid man II he has not
Seen the charges. because they have appeared
t5n the pubiic papers. say he is cOgnizant that
ahe charges have been made, and it does not
Reflect on him. 1t IS simply the reason why the
Senate should act in the matter.
n Filcher-lf I understand correctly, there is no
opposition to the general proposition that there
ought to be an investigation The Vi hole State
Is cognizant OF the fact that charges have been
shade by the press, indicating that all things are
liOt exactly right in the Secretary Of states
ptice; but I think unWi.tingly an inSiEnation
has been cast on one of Gods nOblest works
an honest man, and an honest official, and one
i5pf the best i'll the employ of the State-intimat-
ling by iusimlation that he has purposely
neglected his duty am not here to speak for
| the Controller, and yet propose to say that his
whole force is at work now, night and day, in
following up the work which they undertook
Some time ago ON their own motion.
Il LoWe-Wherc is lie investigating now?
II Filchcr-These things all come to the public
In dee time. do not believe it is true that
representative from the Controller Office is here
most of the time. but if he is
Z CrOSS-iIc is here now. Laughter
Z Filchcr-I am glad OF it: he ought to be here,
and the Controller ought to hear himself ma
hgned by men who ought to stand by him.
Z Routier-It IS Il well-knOwn fact that the in
yestigGtiOnS made by the Controller of State
have been very thorough-that is TO say, in 50
far as they applied TO Republicans. When
Democrat is to be Investigated there is always
Something in the way.
ris ir,er of
this resolution on the face of it. The first one
Sand submit il to the author in good faith
and in all candOr-is il the duty of the Con
toller to investigate the affairs OF the Secretary
OF State?
Waliis-I would like to ask the senatora ques-
ton. Is it not his duty 10 investigate if he has
already Investigated every single Republican
officer ana has failed to investigate any Demo-
crat?
Reddy-The gentleman has made an answer
10 my question which is said to be peculiar 10
a certain section of this country, that Is TO say
he has asked another. When man charges
another with an official delinquency, he ought
to be able to point his finger directly 10 the de-
liuquency, and state what the charge Is, and on
the face of this resolution it is wrong ! can
readily understand that Senator Wallis
might imagine that because the Controller
has not reported to him, therefore
it follows that he has not Investigated
this matter, but ] find nothing ii the statutes
which requires the Controller 10 report to sen
ator Wallis, nor any law which requires him 70
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