Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-31

1sltcee some such resolution must be passed.
He said that nine-tenths of the people of the
State were in favor of the reorganization OF the
Supreme Court.
Jordan said he hoped that the House would
not undertake to railroad the Supreme Court out
of Office. He hoped when they started III 10 re-
move the Chief Justice and one OF MS assoel-
ates they would act at least with common de-
cency II was easy enough to pass resolutions,
but he thought they should be tempered with
Justice the matter should, at least, have little
consideration. He hoped this would not be a
case like he had heard of, where the defendant
was first executed and then tried
McJuukn, another membero OF the com DmIttee
was very anxious to have the resolution passed
He was ready to proceed with the case and so
were the other members of the committee. He
did not think the Assembly should pay any at
tention 70 what the Senate had done or proposed
to do in the case.
ment against the resolution. He thought 1t was
wrong, and wo1ld be the establishment OF
very bad precedent
Firebaugh said he had been told that there
was no politics in it. He thought there was
and il WAS all Democracy. The charges are
made by Democrat against Judges who are
Democrats, elected by the Democratic party
! The Governor. who is a Democrat, called the
Legislature for the purpose of ousting these
Democrats the Senate is Democratic, and he
thought the Republican Assembly should not
only allow but insist upon it, that this Demo
cratic tempest in a teapot should be settled in
the Democratic branch of the Legislature. He
regarded it strictly a family quarrel, and
thought there should be no Republican inter
ference.
Gregory was in favor of the resolution He
hoped it would pass so the committee could
complete its labors and return to their homes.
He did not believe in awaiting the action of the
Senate.
Hazard said if we go into that investigation
as proposed by that resolution we will remain
in session until January next, and we will not
have completed our labors before the assem-
bling of the next Legislature He was not ready
to sacrifice the best interests of the citizens of
this state. and go into an investigation of the
Chief Justice and one of his associates simply
because citizen has filed with us an unsworn
statement. in which he charges them with in
trinity. Table that resolution, get rid of it in
some way, or make up your minds 10 remain in
session for the next five months.
Yule moved that the resolution be indefinitely
postponed. The motion was lost, by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Britt, Clark, Cook. Daley. Dorling. Eli
son, Firebaugh, Franklin, Goucher, Hazard
Heath, Hollister, Jones' Jordan, Laughlin
Loud, Lowell. May, McMurray, Mears Moffitt
Munday' Patterson Pellet, Pyle, Reeves, Rose
berry Swayne. TORY. Watson of Alameda Wat.
son of FL Dorado, Woodward Yue-33.
Noes-Ashe, Banbury, Barnes, Buhlert, Carter
of Contra Costa, Carter of Solano, Colby Culver
Davis, Deveny, Dewitt Douglas Edwards,
French Gregory, Henley, Henry Haywood
Hunt, Hussey, johnson, Kalben, Long Nc
Donald McGlashan, McJunkin Mclean Morris
Sullivan. Van Noorhies, Walrath, Ward of Butte
NdE'l OI san frdnclscO, weaver, Nnltcomb,
WOOd-36.
Speaker Parks did not vote
Ellison then moved to make il a special order
for Monday next, at 2 O'Clock. This was lost
29 ayes, 10 noes
Edmonds moved that that portion relative to
going to San Francisco" be stricken out. Car
ried.
Weaver moved to insert Friday instead of
Wednesday. Carried
Ellison moved to strike out all the rest of the
resolution, but was ruled out of order
The resolution as amended was then passed by
a vote of ~ ayes to II noes.
Ellison moved to reconsider but this motion
was laid upon the table.
Jordan presented petition from the Oakland
Bar Association, protesting strongly against the
attack of the Governor on the Supreme Court
and urging that there should be no interference
with that body.
Assembly concurrent resolution No. l. rela-
tive to the sale of public lands in California was
taken up under special order, and Firebaugh,
the author, discussed it at length No other
speeches were made, and when a vote was taken
Firebaugh alone voted for it.
Henley moved to take from the table the reso-
luton upholding the Governor in calling the
extra session.
By unanimous consent it was agreed that the
resolution be taken from the table and printed.
A message from the Governor announced the
fact that he had approved and signed the appro-
priatlOn bill.
AT 1920 the House adjourned to , P. NJ. Mon
day