Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-14
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
xxvnIrH sEssIoN-THIRrY-EIGHrH DAY,
SENATE.

SACRAMENTO. February 49, 1859,
in the chair.
Roll called and quorum present.
Prayer by Rev. NJ. B. Sharbrough.
journal of yesterday read and approved.
APPOINTMENT wITHDRAwN
A message was received from the Governor
Withdrawing the name of H. II. Boyce, as Brig
adler-General, First District, " G. c.
PETITIONS.
McComas presented a petition signed by S,67S
residents of Southern California asking for mu-
nicipal suffrage for women. Referred to the
Committee on Elections.
GLENN COUNTY BILL.
Hinshaw, from the Committee on Counties
and County Governments, presented majority
report against the passage of A. b. g. creating
the county of Glenn.
Moffitt presented q minority report favoring
the passage of the bill
Goucher from the Committee on Corporations,
reported back favorably the so called Clunie
anti-compact bill and the anti-opium bill.
Assembly messages were taken up and bills
referred TO appropriate committees.
among the other bills in the Assembly mes
sage was :. B. 332, appropriatirg St, 500 to send
counsel to Washington to maintain the Scott Ex-
clusiOn Act.
ON motion of Murphy the Assembly amend.
ments were concurred in and the bill ordered
enrolled.
Greely presented a resolution adopted by the
Board of Trustees of the county of Sutter
against the bill to appropriate S259,000 for the
London EXnlDt.
FEEBLE-siINDED CHILDREN.
S. B. 194, to provide for a permanent site for
the California Home for the Care and Training
OF Feeble-minded Children. and to erect stits-
BILE buildings thereon, came up as a special Or
der and the debate was renewed
Heacoek withdrew his substitute, and the
question arose on the amendment offered by the
Committee on Finance that the Home be located
somewhere in Santa Cara county.
Mead made loglca! argument to show that
no to Il a..
site, and that there ought to be more land con-
nected with the institution. He said no one
proposed TO go into farming with the feeble
minded children, as sugg ested by Senator Bow
land enough connected with such an institu-
ton to raise the necessary fruit and vegetables
and TO pasture the COWS which it was necessary
10 Beep 10 furnish milk for the Institution
here were some fifty inmates who were eapa-
bic OF doing considerable work and it was Tor
their benefit that they be allowed to do some
out door work.
Bowers again argued against the proposition
OF the State doing a farming business. He said
he could lay out the present grounds in way
thar would give employment the wear round to
800 able bodied men. Planted to berries, small
fruits and vegetables there would e plenty to
keep all of the children to work He did rot
believe that over five per eent. of the children
were fit to do any work. To move the institu-
tion mes mt an additional expense OF S40O,0G0
Murphy offered an amendment to add to the
first section the following: provided as good
the Board to select the site) all things being
tonsldere can be obtained there else
where"
Boggs had heard witnesses before the Com
mitiee on Finance on this subject. He took the
ground that the present number of acres was
too small, and the land surrounding it was too
high 10 purchase more there. He believed
enough suitable ground could be found in some
other portion OF santa Cara unity. He did
not comp ain of the present site because it was
not healthy, but because more land was needed.
fhaa fsnpt- t-tr,.s
ing ii III the same county. There was much
| work that the children could do, and the out
| door exercises were necessary TO the develop
ment OF their msiud
McComas said it were possible for men TO be
| perfectly honest and yet differ in opinion He
| agreed entirely with the Senator from San
| Diego. He was opposed TO removing the Home
on account of the expense
| Conklin offered a substitute for he entire bill,
which ptov ded for an appropriation of SIS 600
! for the erection OF new buildings on the present
| size, and TO furnish The same.
Conklln moved the adoption OF his substitute,
| and spoke in favor of It's adoption. He said he
! did so for the purpose OF bringing the main
question fairly before the SeUate. The necessity
| Ior such a. institution arose from the vices Of
the times, and he deeply reg retted that the Leg
| islature moved so slowly in the passage OF laws
| for the suppression of vice In votiug upon this
| question he should be governed entirely by the
b 81 interests OF the institution OF the State
| He should not allow any local feeling govern
him in his action upod the bill. He claimed
| best interests of the whole State He said that
| the motives of The minority of the Board of
Trustees of the Home had been impugned, and
| they had been Charged with being governed by
| local interest. He ulogiZed Messrs Book and
| Widney in the most liberal manner These men
| had been regarded as selfish and mercenary
men Nothing was more unfounded. Il was
| Ignorance and prejudice which csused this idea.
II had been objected to the present site that the
| climate was unhealthy the water supply Insult
| clent, the drainage poor and impossible. the
q phad nm Nv ff,sa
| city of santa Clara. He pToposed to show that
| these charges wee unioanded This Home was
! at first a private institution, and Santa Clara
| county mad once given t2.0l0 towards its sup
| port. 1t was first located at Warm Springs near
| Vallejo, thence it went TO Alameda, and thence
| 10 santa Z ara county whtre 1t was located by
\ the Commissioners of the State by vote of four
TO one. TIE place had been found to be re-
| marsably healthy. There had been 10 sickness
| there, snd only few deaths, which were
caused by cons ifutional Gis.ases He Quoted
| tha' sac was most accommodating and parti-
san wit ess. 1Lst lady had quoted Dr. Thorne
| q mot slingnshed physician, aS being in
| favor Of the removal OF the Home from its
| pres 1T site. He then read a certificate from
| DR. SAKE, Of san JcSe. which was indoISr q by
Drs. 1horne and Wa burton, stating that the
present location was ht a.thy and as .eafiy per-
| feet as could be selected.
Caminetti asked il AIRY OF these physicians
mad been instrumental in locating the institu
/ ton at Agnew.
Conkin relied that he would discuss thai
| cues ion when it came mp. He then read Ger
| tificat from DR. A, L. Osborne, which spoke
! highly of the institution and its management
! and letter from Chancellor Harrison com
4 mendng he location.
Recess.
Afternoon Session.
The Senate reassembled at 1:S0 p. NJ, Presi
/ cent pro TEN. i'll the chair
| Conklln resumed his argument in favor of hi.
| substitute. He next took the question of the
sewerage OF the home. and read report or
! that subject prepared by Herman Bros, survey
or and civil engineers, of San Jose, which be
| said WIS su IS antially indorsed by two Other
| engineers. He proposed to contra-t these re
ports with that of Professor Waring lie wa.
| authorized to say that the city of Santa Glars
| would build a sewer up TO the grounds of the
| Home, which would give perfect drainage The
| Home was twenty feet higher than SanIs
Clara, which had the best sewerage of any city
| IN the valley. He read a letter from Thomas
II. Laine, of san ose, claiming that there wa.
| no question about the right 10 have the sewer
| empty into the ocean. He then read ssoal
portion OF the rel ort of Professor W. +. Waring
| us published in the report OF the Trustees Of tht
| BONE, in which the D esert site was d clare(
| to be totally unit for tanitary reasons He de
| nouneed the report as unworthy yofeops;derstion
| Notwithstanding the eniinence of the author
The sewerage had not been improved with the
money appropriated, because if it had beer
| there would have been no argument in favor o
| removing tge Home. lie then took up III,
| question of water, admitting that there was no
sufficient supply nov, but that it could be oh
| pumping. Any other mode woul cost an i'm
| mense sum One man had told him that i
| would cost $4,000 10 water one road. If NOR,
land was necessary il could be had for $3.50 pc
| acre. or cheaper If detached. The highest prict
! laud was lhe cheapest. He favored havin,
! pleuty OF land for the benefit OF the health snC
mental Condition of the inmates He paid
high tribute TO the zeal and philanthropy of tn,
| ladies of the institution.
The speaker went into the whole subject a
great length, going over all the arguments il
favor of the present site III detail, and picturinj
It as the very best location that could be sci
ecied anywhere. His speech occupied owe
three hours. He told the Senate that it Nigh
IS Vel talk OF moving the State Capitol or tn
city of san francisco.
| Mr.. MCGOWAN in the chair
Murphy moved a call of the Senate, whici
| was ordered.
Senator MOfiitt wss brought in and excused.
senstor Wilson was brought in, and Mofiit
recited the circumstances under which he wa
fined 80 week ago. through trick which b.
alleged to have been played upon him by VII
son. He therefore moved that the senator b
iined s.
The Senate, however, by vote Of 81 to 10 dis
pensed with further proceedings under the Call
THE OTHER SIDE.
Murphy, the author of the original bill spok
briefly against the suostiiut', reading the fol
owing from the biennial message of Goyerno
! Waterman as a sufficient answer 10 Corklini
long spec ch:
Your attention is specially called to thi
work. that immediate steps may be taken 4
place Ii urGn The same sllbs antini basis a. on