Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-20
THE MATTER OF ADJOURNMENT.

Concerning the question of the adjournment
| of the Legislature, this is its present status
| The Assembly, at the forenoon session of yester
/ day, passed and sent to the Senate a concurrent
/ resolution providing for the adjournment of the
! Legislature until the eth of September At the
afternoon session of the Senate the message OF
! the Assembly was taken up, and substitute for
/ its concurrent resolution was passed providing
for an adjournment of the Legislature sine die at
| noon to-day. at its second afternoon session
/ the Assembly received this message of the SEN
ate and refused to concur in the substitute No
| committee of conference was appointed \
| motion to reconsider was noticed.
! Section II OF Art V. of the Constitution reads
In case OF a disagreement between the two
/ houses with respect to the time OF adjournment,
/ the Governor shall have power to adjourn the
/ Legislature to such time as he may think
( proper; provided, it be not beyond the time
| fixed for the meeting of the next Legislature -
| Evidently the words with respect to the time
/ of adjournment relates to any disagreement of
! the houses relative to Il time Of final adjourn
nent. In this case one house proposes Il recess
! and the other adjournment sine die Each disa.
grees with the other on the several propositions.
| 1t is therefore a disagreement as to the time
when the Legislature viii finally adjourn. But
tnequestion viii not probably reach finality,
so as 70 authorize action by the Governor until
! all legislative methods to agree have been OK
hausted. This is not yet the case: that is n
motion TO reconsider the Assembly uonconcur-
renee is pending, and when that is disposed of
there Will probably be named committees of
conference. II the conference shall fail then il
may be said that legislative expedients have
been exhausted TO secure agreement W ereupon
The Governor may adjourn the Legislature TO a
time certain, as is stated in the section quoted.
but not sine dc
At a late hour last night it was generally
asserted, aud with positiyeuess, that the Gov
ernOr has his message prepared to adjourn the
Legislature until September 7th. II is held, by
the Democrats mainly, that there is at present a
disagreement, and that the prerogatiye of the
Governor Immediately applies, 50 that he may
at once dismiss the Houses. On the other hand
and with the force of reason. the Republicans
claim that the notice of motion to reconsider
suspends the disagreement, and that the cues.
ton on concurrence with the Senate, is, there
fore, still an open one. 1t is believed that re
consideration win be had, and that concurrence
to adjourn sine die at noon to-day Will follow
that the increased expense of longer sitting
may not be used as political capital against the
Republicans. For it is understood that this is
especially the scheme of the Democrats and
hence their anxiety TO bring about perm anent
disagreement between the Houses. But Repub-
licans were very outspoken last night in their
declaration that they do not propose 10 have the
odium OF the expense Of the extra session
saddled on them, OF any further expen.e by adj
jeurnment to September 7th used as a ca1npaign
argument against the party.