Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-26

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said officers shall be fixed by law.
Heacock made an eloquent appeal to the
Senate to adopt the proposed amendment and
let 1t go TO the people. He contrasted the small
yention and in the session of the Legislature in
1850, with the great number employed at this
session: The Senate had SO employees, of which
are ~ clerks OF as many committees besides the
10 officers allowed by law. One session of the
Legislature of California had been known as
" The Legislature of thousand drinks" This
session would be entitled to the soubriquet of
:" The Legislature of a thousand attaches.'' He
said that with six watchmen for the Senate
Chamber, his set of the Codes. plainly marked
with his name, had been stolen from his desk to-
day. He excepted Mr.. Dashiel from his criticism
OF the watchmen.
pie did not object to the Legislature having all
the employees necessary. If this session was
criticised as having many employees, it would
also be said of it that it had done an immense
amount of work.
Conklin spoke briefly in favor of the amend
ment.
Heacock replied warmly to Goucher's argu-
by the clerk of the Committee on Apportion-
ment. Who had ever seen anything done by
the Bill Clerk or the File Clerk? What need was
there for eleven Pages. stumbling over each
other upon the floor, when i've were all that
were needed?
Jones said he was heartily in favor of the
amendment. There was no more unpleasant
and dlsgraceful thing than the manner in which
members had been importuned and button
holed for positions.
Preston spoke in the same strain. He ex-
pected that two years hence his party would be
10 the majority, and he wanted to be protected
from such importantly.
The amendment was lost by vote of % ayes
70 10 noes-27 votes being required.
: MCGOWAN explained that he voted "no" be-
cause ne believed 1t was matter that should be
leit 10 the Legislature
White, in voting aye" said that he did so
because he wanted to protect the people from
the next Legislature.
in the doctrine, that to the victors belong the
spoils.''
Heacock gave notice of motion to recon-
slider.
BILL APPROVED.
A message was received from the Governor
announcing his approval of s. B. SO, to
amend Section 3,0S4 of the Political Code, rela-
tive to the interment or cremation of human
bodies.
MORE BILLS.
Bills were introduced and referred as fol-
By Wilson-To establish a State Naval Mill
tia Committee on Military Affairs.
By Moftitt-To provide toi the deficiency in
perintendent OF Public Instruction. Committee
on Finance.
THE STREET CONTRACTORS BILL.
s. B. 46, to provide for the payment by muni-
clpailtles of claims arising out of the improve
ment OF streets, sidewalks and sewers therein,
came up as special order and was read a third
time.
Murphy sent to the Secretary's desk and had
read a letter from Mayor Pond of San Francisco,
protesting in vigorous language against the pas
Murphy denounced the bill in round terms, as.
serting that he was defending 81 600 honest
property owners against dishonest ones.
Meany earnestly urged the passage of the bill,
of this ancient claim, from printed pamphlet
covering the whole subject.
Murphy said that he had known many of the
claimants from boyhood, and believed that
many of them had equitable claims, but he
wanted to prevent the plundering of the treas
ury of the city of San Francisco.
The bill failed to pass by vote of ayes to 2s
noes.
oPIUM-saoKING.
Conklin introduced a bill to add a new sec.
tion to the Penal Code. relative TO The sale OF
opium prepared for smoking.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSANE ASYLUM
A. B. 62, to provide for the erection and mar.
agement of State Hospital for the Insane, to
be located in Southern Cajifornis, was taken up
as special order, read second time and or.
dered engrossed
THE sTATUARY BILL.
g. B. 3s1, to provide for the purchase of stat
uary to be placed in the inches OF the rotunda
of the State Capitol, on the first floor, and to ap-
propriate money therefor, was read a third
time and failed to pass by vote of 13 ayes to II
noes.
bIoffitt gave notice of motion to reconsider
Roth, by request, introduced bill TO provide
for the disincorporation of municipalities in
corporated under the Act OF March 13, 1888. II
was referred 10 the Committee on City, City and
County and Town Governments.
STATE ENGINEER INVESTIGATION.
The Chair appointed as the special committee
to investigate the affairs of the State Engineers
Office Senators Goucher, Moffitt, Wilson, Pinder
and McComas On motion of Goucher the
committee was authorized to send for persons
and papers, and employ stenographer if nee,
essary.
Dargie introduced out of order an amend
ment 10 the game laws, which was referred to
the Committee on Fish and Game.
PASSED.
S. B. l29, an Act for the relief of Gregory Va.
lerro, was passed by vote of 25 ayes to 5 noes
S. B. 2S4, an Act TO authorize the State Board
of Harbor commissioners to pay the claim OF
Michael Creed, was passed By vote of % ayes
to noes.
S. B. 80, to pay the claim of Enech Street,
was read a third time.
the ground that the State should not be called
upon to pay claim against reclamation dis
trict.
The bill was passed by vote of 81 ayes to Z
noes.
A. B. l59, making an appropriation to pay the
salary of an additional clerk to the Superin-
tendent of Public instruction for the fortieth
fiscal year, was passed by a vote of so ayes to l
no.
Leave of absence for two days was granted
Assistant Journal Clerk E. II. Clough on ac-
count of sickness in his family
S. b. 459, TO provide for the Improvement oil
the State Capital grounds located at Sacramen-
to, and to appropriate money therefor, was read
third time and roll-call on its passage COM
merced.
When Boggs name was called he explained
his tfnn'' hpcauSp q thOuo bt ayrar IN,
should be obtained from Folsom.
When Campbell voted mo- Dray asked that
the order for the roli-call be set aside to allow
him to explain the bill more fully.
The order was vacated and Dray spoke in IA
yor OF his bill. 1t did not prevent the Capital
Commissioners from getting granite from the
Folsom quarries if they wished it,
Goucher was surprised that Boggs and Camp
bell should abandon the free laborers of the
State and vote for convict labor on State work.
Boggs said that work for the State had always
been excepted from the inhibition against con
vict labor. The taxpayers demanded that State
work should be done as cheaply as possible.
The proposition to have stone from the Folsom
quarry used in State work was not at all new.
The work on the granite for the fence around
the State Capitol Park and the elegant gateways
was done at the Folsom prison and no COM
plant had ever been made. He said he had
been induced to vote TO locate the Reform
School at Folsom on Drays argument that The
stone could be gotten out by the conyicts and
cost the State practically nothing. twas neces-
sary to keep the convicts employed, and they
would compete with free labor less in this direc-
tion than in any other. Let them get out the
stone, have it shipped here, and then let free
labor do the work of preparing it and putting
1t in place.
Campbell defended himself against the charge
of fayoring convict labor. The objec ion he had
to convict labor was that its products were sold
cheaper than those of free labor. The getting
out OF granite at the State quarry at Folsom did
not interfere with free labor.
Camluetti insisted that the granite ehnuld