Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-13

tory of &C ion upon the subject at length.
On motion of Mofnt., the message was made
the special order for this evening al S:''o r. NJ
Bills PASSED.
A. B. 1872, to amend Section $50 OF the Civil
Code of the State of California relating TO benev
client and religious corporations, was declared
case Of urgency and passed
The following bills were passed.
S. B. 447, relating TO the contents OF q lu1g.
ment roll, and providing that the same shall
contain a copy OF the notice of intention 70
move for new trial and any order made
thereon.
A. B. Us, providing for the payment to D:
Jordan for work and labor performed upon and
materis, furnished in the construction OF the
State Prison at Folsom
Campbell gave notice OF motion 70 recon-
slider.
A. B. IA, making appropriations ior the. pur>
chase of additional jute machinery, and the
erection of additional buildings for the MANI
fsc.ure of jute goods for the State Prison at san
Qventin and other expenses incidental and re-
ia.ing thereto, and providing for liking the
Price at which iute goods shall be sold by the
ctate, came up on Its passage
Dargie moved TO recemmit the bill with in
structions to amend SO as TO restrict the ptoduc-
ton at the State Prison to grain bags thus cut
ting off the manufacture OF twlne.
Campbell, Yell, Canninetti and Roth opposed
the amendment and Dargie Dray, De Long and
Moffitt favored it.
De Long moved that the bill be indefinitely
Boggs and Britt favored the motion and Muir
ply opposed it.
The motion prevailed By a vote OF &c ayes to
Is noes.
Camirietti gave notice Of a motion to recon-
slider.
APpRevED.
A message was received from the Governor
announcing his approval of S B. SIS, to amend
an Act to protect public health from infection
by the elimination of deceased persons.
On motion of Senator Jones, A. S 6l2, 4S5
and 62s, the election bills, were ordered on the
file
recess was taken until SIP. n.
Night Session.
The Senate reassembled at s P. NJ, President
pro tern. in the chair.
A. B. 452, was taken up and the Senate refused
to recede from the amendments thereto. The
bill provides for the survey OF certain state
The special order was s. B SS, now widely
known as the Police Bill" 1t had been
amended four times ard still Senator Wilson
had another amendment to offer.
Yell addressed the Senate earnestly in explain
alton of his bill. When he first introduced it
own county, but it was soon discovered that it
would give chance to get nd OF the Police
Commissioners in San Francisco. He had per
mitted it to be amended so as to take San Fran
cisco out of the provisions of the bill, and still
j! it was not satisfactory, and he now proposed to
let the bill take its course, whatever its fate
might be. While the bill had not been originally
| intended to reach the Police Commissioners,
still he thought it would be a good thing if it
did. They had been appointed for four ears.
but by the change in the Constitution they had
been able to maintain themselves in office TOR
twelve years, and there was no way OF getting
rid of them. They bad the absolute control OF
] the San Francisco police force, and constituted
| the most powerful political machine in the
| State. If any member OF the police force vio'
lated any OF their wishes, he was given his dis
| charge at once Mr.. Yell said that he had been
abused by The press for introducing the BILL ana
4 had received anonymous communications,
1 81 ho11 nf
not desist from his efforts to pass the bill. Those
| who voted for the bill would vote to continue
| the San francisco Police Commission in Office
| Wilson spoke against the BILL and said that il
4 was not to get rid of political machine but to
| create political machine in that city. He de
| Tended the Police Commission of San Francisco
earnestly, and declared that it was absolutely
1 non-political man once put on the police
| force, was there for life if he behaved himself
1 He could not be put out at the dictatlon OF any
i man.
| Caminetti favored the passage of the bill.
| Wilson's motion to recommit. with instruc
lions to amend the title so as to strike out the
| city and county of San Francisco, was lost by 6
vote of 10 ayes to 20 noes-a strict party vote
| except that Hamill voted with the Republicans
| Wilson moved to strike out the enactine
4 clause.
| The motion was lost by a vote of 10 ayes to q
/ noes.
After two hours of debate. the bill was al
| lowed to go over until tomorrow morning.
THE GOVERNORS vEroEs.
| 1t was nearly 10 O'Clock when the specia
| order for $50 was taken up. 1t was the Gov
ernors veto of S. B. 2ll, known as the lnsur
ance bill, the question being whether, noswith
standing the disapproval of the Governor, the
bill should become law.
MCGOWAN took the floor in favor of passing
/ the bill over the Governors veto. He made ar
| able and eloquent speech, which was listened t.
| with marked attention. He commenced by en-
| logiZing the Governor, but insisted that wrong
had been done by good man whose judgment
fol hi Ia x-3afn I0 enc
| ingly used under any circumstances. and he dis
approved of one department of government
seeking to nsurp the powers, duties and respon
| sibDities of another. In this case it was-6mply
a question of standing by the legislative record
| The journals of the Assembly showed that the
bill had received constitutional majority, anc
this record was attempted to be upset by the
mere statement of one member of the Assem-
| bly,. What use was there in a record If 1t coulC
| be upset in this way. The principle was wrong
and he felt it his duty to oppose it, assuring the
| Senate that he did not take that position on &C
| count OF any personal feeling. as his relation:
with the Governor were of the most friendly
character.
Preston opposed the passage of the bill ovel
the veto on the ground that the Senate had al
| ready repassed the same bill. Mofiitt, Yell and
| Murphy gave the same reason IN casting theil
votes mo-"
The bill failed to pass over the veto by vote
| OF % ayes to IL noes.
White explained that he voted aye because
to vote otherwise would be to sanction the ides
| LnaI the CertlDcdte OF OF OulCel
could overturn the record of a legislative body
Wilson explained that he voted no because he
| believed the protest of Assemblvman Sims wa.
as much part of the record as the vote.
Dray said he voted aye because he had once
voted for the bill and could not now consist
| emily vote against 1t.
The Senate then took up the Governors veto
| of S. B. 5S4, closing the door, sash and blind
factory of the State Prison at San Quentin.
| After some discussion consideration of the
message was postponed uutil tomorrow even
| ing at $50.
Heacock moved to take up the Assembly mes
sages containing the general appropriation bill
and the concurrent resolution relative to ad
| journment sine die.
The motion met with strenuous objection from
| those who were not anxious for an early ad
iournment, and for the next half-hour every
| thing was chaos. Motions of all kinds wert
made and everything was confusion.
The action of the Assembly in not acting or
Senate bills was bitterly denounced by severa
| Senators.
Amid the confusion. at Hos p n. the Senat,
| adjourned