Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-12
ASSEMBLY.

WEDNESDAY, august II, 1886.
The House was called to order at 10 A. NJ
Speaker Parks presiding.
Walrath, Chairman of the Committee on IrTi-
CATION, who has been unable 10 secure quo
rum Notwithstanding his frequent calls, asked
for twenty days to report. Refused.
The Mofiitt bill was read the third time
Davis offered some sarcastic references to the
majority, stating that the contest was one be-
tween private corporations, and maryeling
att the force and suddenness OF g the thunder
tones Of the people, which in one day had
changed the strength of the appropriations from
IS to SO.
Doolng offered an amendment to the bill. by
adding " Providing that this repeal shall not
affect rights already existing He said that if
the appropriations were honest IN their ex-
pressed intentions to take no unjust advantage
of the riparianists, they would support the
amendment Lost, by vote of 46 to p.
The bill was then passed by the following
vote
Ayes-Ashe. Banburg, Barnes Beard, Britt,
Buhlert Carter of Contra Costa, Clark, Cook,
Culver, Daley, Dewitt, Dooling, Douglas, Ed
wards, Franklin, French, Gregory. Hazard,
Heath, Henley, Haywood, Hunt, Hussey, Jor-
dan, Kalben,, Laughlin Long, Loud, Lowell,
May, Mcdonald McMurray Mears, Moflitt, Nor
! ris, Munday Patterson, Pellet, Pyle, Reeves.
| sullivan. Swayne. Terry, Van VOORHEES,, Wilson
of FL Dorado, Ward of Butte, Ward of San
Francisco, Weaver, Whitcomb, Yule, MT.
Speakers.
Noes-Carter of solano, Colby, Davis, Deveny,
Ellison, Flrebaugh, HOLSTER, Jones, MeGlashan,
| Alameda, Wood, Woodward-17.
Goucher's bill, No. s, was taken up. and Fire
baugh offered an amendment to strike out the
word prior before appropriations"
Jordan supported the amendment He said
that he had voted for the repeal of Section
1422 but now felt that it was time to call halt
on extreme measures. He urged the doctrine
! of State ownership, control and distribution of
the waters.
Firebaugh observed that God only knows how
the majority secured its strength.
Weaver and Loud seconded Jordan's efforts
TO prevent the passage of further extreme meas
ures. The latter said that thus far he had voted
with the so-called irrigatOrs, and had assisted
to bury the riparianist but he would not vote
TO drive aay more nails 20 his coffin.
Long argued his amendment until recess
The Assembly in the afternoon devoted lis
attention to the discussion Of the Goueher bill
and the proposed Firebaugh aneIdEent Co t..
Speaker Parks vacated the chair and cham
pioned the bill. Munday also delivered an
elaborate effort in the same vein. Jordan and
McGlashan violently opposed the measure. uTg-
ing that il was directed solely in the interests of
Haggin and Carr, The mining men, through
Walrath, voiced opposition to the bill, and
stated that while the mining men willingly
would vote for any measure tending to promote
| the interests Of the irrigators proper, they were
opposed to corporate appropriation. The amend
ment of Firebaugh was finally defeated by a
vote of As to q, and the bill passed by the fol
| lowing vote
Ayes-Ashe, Banbury, Barnes, Beard, Britt,
Buhlert, Clark, Cook, Culver, Daley, Deveny,
De Witt, Douglas Edwards, Franklin, French,
Gregory, Henley, Haywood Hunt, Hussey,
Johnson, Kalben, Long, Lowell, May, Mcdonald,
McMurrsy, Mears, Moffitt Morris, Munday Pat
terson, Pyle, Reeves, Sullivan, Swayne, TORY,
Watson of FL Dorado, Ward of San Francisco,
Whitcomb, Yule, Mr.. Speaker@A
Noes-Allen, Carter of Contra Costa Carter of
Solano, Colby, Davis. Dooling, Firebaugh, Haz-
ard, HOLSTER, Jones, Jordan, Laughlin, Loud,
| McGlashan Mclean Pellet, Porter Roseberry,
| Walrath Watson of Alameda, Ward of Butte,
Weaver Wood, Woodward-23.
Hazard, who has an amendment to the bill,
changed his vote from no to aye, in order TO
move reconsideration.
Morris, Chairman of the Committee on Inves-
| tgation of Terrys charges against Supreme
| Justices Morrison and Sharpstefn, reported the
expenses of the investigation as follows Fees
mileage of witnesses. S525 co; clerks salary,
$50 shorthand reporters salary and compensa-
ton for transcribing, 1892; fees of Sergeant
| Arms, 1927 60; clerks hire for copying, tele-
| graphing, etc, SIS; total, 81 100 90
motion was made to refer the bill TO the
| Committee on Expenditures, but McGlashan, q
member of the special committee arose and
| stated that the bill had not enanated from the
committee. He had never seen it. Il must
| have been submitted by Chairman Morris alone.
The bill was thereupon referred back to the
| committee.
An adjournment was then taken until F. NJ
when the Assembly would proceed in body to
| the 6. A. r. banquet.
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