Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-26
FROM THE CAPITAL.
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Special correspondence to the HERALD
SACRAMENTO, January %, 1880.
The volume of business transacted by
both Houses of the Legislature during
the last three legislative days is declared
by all lawmakers and lobbyists to have
been greater than that accomplished in
any previous session during twice that
length of time. This is attributable to a
desire on the part of the msjorities to
make amends for the valuable time
davs of the session.
all the committees have been duly
organized to suit all parties, and they
are now busily engaged in grinding out
bodies. Dozens of constitutional amend.
ments, scores of concurrent resolutions
and hundreds of bills, many Of them
innocent looking enough on their
face, but under close scrutiny yield
ing evidences of special legislation and
"cinchism" of the most appalling charac-
ter, each struggling through its special
champion for prior consideration, COM
bine to create chaotic tumble that is
little less than mystifying.
PRESIDENT WHITES POPULARITY.
President Stephen M. White is the
life as we'll as the strength of the Sen.
ate. Indeed, it would not be far from
the truth to say that he is also the
strongest man the Democrats have in
the Assembly, for "the fine Italian
hand" of the Los Angeles Senator is seen
in the most important operations of the
lower House. An interesting instance of
this was seen only this morning. Ger.
tain vague rumors reached the Senator
last night to the effect that his Los An
geles Charter bill had been placed in a
perilous position in the Assembly through
he schemes and man9uvers of the sack
handlers and lobbyists. Early this
morning he proceeded to the Assembly
Chamber where he instituted an investi.
cation, the result of which, in
degree, confirmed the reports. A less
intrepid worker than White would here
have abandoned the field; indeed, if I
am correctly informed, number OF the
leading friends of the charter in the As.
sembly had abandoned it. Not so, how
ever, with Stephen M. AS the reported
recalcitrants presented themselves he
circulated among them, and in less than
half an hour had lashed every mothers
son of them into line. The stampede
thus created among the opponents of the
bill had the very desirable effect of send
ing the charter through the House by
unanimous vote, which action was an
nounced by messenger to the Senate at
noon to-day, and wired to the HERALD
five minutes later.
Senator White has grown 80 rapidly in
favor with all cliques and classes here
that even the Buckley contingent, which
have all along been known to be await
ing favorable opportunity to
knife him on account of the various
aud sundry ''trouncings" he has
admins cred to them, collectively and
individually, since the session opened,
have fallen into line-forced, perhaps
much against their will, to recognize su-
periority, even in an enemy.
White is tactician /; he is parliament
tartan; he is lawyer; he is an orator.
Added to all these and many more quail
ifications which combine to make him
great power in politics, he is "mixer."
mean by this that he "circulates." He
knows everybody and everybody's busi-
ness. In one and the same hour he hob
nobs among the highest in power and
communes with the vulgar herd. Fur
ther than this, he is posted on every
body's nearest and dearest interests,
from the boy pages in the Senate to Sec
retary Boruck in the Executive office,
and shows the closest acquaintanceship
with dark and vain political tricks and
combines, to the terror and mystifica-
ton of schemers and jobbers generally.
Thus the solon from the southern citrus
belt "mixes" and "circulates," and gets
there on every proposition.
SENATE COMBINATIONS,
The time for the confirmation by the
Senate of the appointments made by
Governors Bartlett and Waterman has
been postponed until the 31st. 1t is
barely possible that, through courtesy,
those Of Ex-Governor Bartlett will be
taken up and acted upon an earlier day,
a majority of the Senate, independent Of
politics, being in favor of such action.
Within the past few days strong op-
position to the confirmation of Colonel
Fl. II. Boyce's appointment has shown
itself. l judge, from interviews with
several of Colonel Boyce's strongest
enemies, that the fight against him is to
be conducted quietly until within a day
or two of the day when the matter will
come up for consideration in the Senate.
A prominent Los Angeles Democrat said
to me the other night, in reply to ques-
tion as to the nature of his business in
Sacramento: "I'm here to down Boyce,
and, don't you forget it, I'll down him. l
| saw this to Won confidentially. and do not
want my name mentioned at this time.
In due season 1 will show my hand in
the matter, and will be prepared to ad-
vance reasons why this appointment
should not be confirmed" An infuen-