Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-21
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
xxyIrl4n sEssIoN-FoRry-rIFrH DAY.
SENATE.


& N v hite IN the chair.
Roll called and quorum present.
Prayer by The Chaplain, Rev. A. Z. Bane
McCoInes presented petition from lawyers IN
Los Angeles, asking tor additional Judges Tor
thai county. 1t was ordered filed.
the Chair appointed Heacock, Jones and VIII
sou as a special committee 70 investigate and
see whether bills msy not be engrossed by type
writer instead of ionghand writing. ,oo
Murphy presented d petition signed by $50
policemen Of San Francisco asking for the pas
sage OF the police pension bill.
Campbell moved to strike the enacting clause
out Of A. B. SO. appropriating s. % tor de,
sciencv il the appropriation for postage and
expenses OF the Supreme Court. AID that the
Chair appoint a committee to take up collec-
The motion gaS WI was lost the bill read first time
ana ordered on the nile.
GoyERGoR's MESSAGES.
A message was received from the Governor
announcing his approyalo OF 5 b. $50, 70 es apllsn
branch insane asylum at Ukiah, Mendocino
AisS s message requesting the Legislature to
provide fund for paying the expense Of tei ,e
graphing certain concurrent resolutions 10 our
Representatives, at Washington.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Bills were introduced and disposed of as fol-
Nv Greely-ApprorIiating ST.. sss IS. to pay
salary OF the Commissioners OF immigration.
Rea 6ist time and placed on HE.
BY wilson-To provide for the maintenance
and srppoIt of the public parks heretofore ere,
ated within the various cities ana cities aau
doubles the tax for the support of Golden Gate
Park.
tional asylum for the insane. judiciary Com
mite.
BY Murphy-Appropriatin $4,000 to pur-
chase the copyrigh t OF the late Matthew COOK
work or insects injurious and beneficial; their
natural history and classification, now known
as Cooks school Entomology" Committee
on Education.
By Heacock-Appropriatin $500 to pay ex-
penses OF telegfap hing by the Governor
The rules Of the Senate and the constitutional
provision we c suspended and the bill read first
sud second times and ordered engrossed.
rs Bowers-An Act to add thirty-two new
sections to ne Political Code, relating to the
establishment of a Board of state Haroor COM
missioners for the bay OF San Diego JUDICIARY
By -- Pinder-fo repeal The Act egulating the
vocation Of fishing ete. Committee on Fish and
Game.
Also. to regulate the vocation of fishing, etc.
Committee on Fish aud Game.
BY coucEer-To regulate the use oil meters
used IN the sale. rental aud OF water
supplied to CT es and counties, cities and tow MS
Committee on Corporations.
also. appropriating $4,000 for the pure oil
certaiI roads within the limits of the Yosemite
grant Committee on Forestry, Yosemite Valley
and AaripoSa Big Trees.
On motion of sprague, the commit; ees were
instructed 10 repo back on Monday next ali
bills that have been in their hands for ten days
SACRAMENTO POLICE FORCE,
: r. 6I2, to amend an Act entitled AN Act
amendary of and supplementary to an Act APP
proved april .. 1853 entitled An Act 70 lncor,
March 6. 1875 iauthorizing an increase in the
police fJrcel was taken up from The special file,
ON motion u Dray. and passed under suspeR-
sion OF the rules and The constitutional pro-
vision
MIR Jones in the chair.l
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills were read third time and
passed:
S. B. 1873. relating TO the powers aud duties of
the Board Of Directors of the Insane Asylum at
s. 267, 10 confer futher powers upon the
Bosrd Of State Harbor Commissioners, approved
March II, 1sS0.
s b 700, relating to the number and desigpa-
ticn Of the ciyil executive officers OF the state.
Recess.
Afternoon Sc ssion.
The Senate reaseembled at 80 r. NJ, President
pro TEN. in the chair.
Mos Of the bills on the third reading file had
TO be corrected III various particulars and or
dered reprinted.
Heacock. fsom the special appointed this
morning reported that under the present law it
would not be proper to use the type writer in
tie tngTos<ment of bills, bur recommended the
passage OF a blu defining the word writing TO
include type writing.
The report was adopted.
STATE IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Cam nett moved to reconsider the vote by
OF :. Z. POI, 10 create Board OF Water Commits
sioners.
The motion prevailed by vote OF 20 ayes to
nees and The bill was then passed on the file,
together with 80 and 300, on the same subject.
PASSED.
; B. 266, relating TO the San Francisco Hafbor
and State hsrbor Commissioners, was read
thid time ana psssed.
BowrEs on THE WAR FAITH
Senator Bosers, OF San Diego, gained the floor
ana sale
lsgs. ! tind il q newspaper, published in this
CITY a little article which ] viii read. sup
pose that most OF she Senators have read il, but
II i very good reading, aud il Will bear reading
again Il says.
The concurrent resolution requesting Cos
gresk 10 appropriate 8 go GOO for the improve
Inert Of the Sacramento and Feather rivers
cam up too. tut 40 nj g definite could be done
with it, owing to the thick Medicines and
dan rhooii -huess OF southern Senators. Thee
Senators have besSuie a great nuts nee IL
Ses ion. Just 30 sure as any bili comes mp which
TENS 10 beneiit eny portion of the state outside
OF lie boom district-whether al urgency 81
no--ihese crznks VIII go into hysteri and
eitaer kin the bill or else amend il so that il
will include Southern California This is what
happened TO this resolution. First, somebody
wanted the keadwatefs of the San joaquin in
cludee among those 70 be improved
Right here M. President, ! think it would be
in usfisr 10 congratulate the Senator from ANA
dor ina; he has been designated as some
this pg er.
echeis-what paper is that you are cad
Jig rom
say Then The boss boom idiot Bowers OF san
Diego, wanted Sweetwater creek included, also
the san Gabriel river This had the efec; of
Disgusting the proit ctoTs OF the resolution and
Causing them TO drop it. such contemplate,
envions proceedings via disgust anybody
he chasr-I th.nk there IS another item in
BowersTYes; found that, too. want to
answer one al time. Now, Mr.. President, il
strikes me thstif were resident of village
ike this, as being interest ed in NJ village. thai
lwuufd be slaw to let loo ihe village ours
TO snap aud s-ali al the heels of th0s who
gave Il 1lms-at least would not turn them
loose nntil snew that they had dropped the
last icEel. Now yea want TO be sure that you
hsve got she last nickel before you turn your
dogs loose. i-au2hter.
common man, having the ordinary attributes of
nan. OF co9rse, il is IN my power. presume,
like al men. 20 make an iri0t of myself If
choose TO. Well. sir. this is power that is de-
nied 70 certain persons because the Almighty
created them thus in the beginning. and the
creatures never changed. The consequence is,
thet man who has been so fortunate as to be
q man. with The ordinary powers of man. can
have no quarrel with these unfortunaies. tBrice-
land (sottn vocei -AbnormRls.l Now, Mr. Pres
.dent, there is one othei very choice little bit
here
Bowers, The San Diego Senator. ought to be
wholly suppressed or limited 70 five minutes a
day IN which to deliver bis spiteful nasty
speeches tLaughter.]
The Chaif-That was the extract had refer
enee TO.
Bowefs-Tes, found that, too. Now. Mr.
President. fafentheticaiiy speaking. il strikes
ne hat this is a very large contract for very
small insect TO take upon himself That is a
very b--g-> contract. l do not think any small
insect pest can suppress one OF these Southern
Senators. Now, want 10 give you a little bit
OF an idea of what they have got TO do to fulfill
this contract. At the last Presidential election
there were cast in the State of Oregon 81 $50
votes Jn the State of Vermont there were cast
5s.T5 votes In the SIKH Congressional Dis
fTici OF the State of California peculiarly known
here, as elsewhere, as the boom district g. SIS
votes were rast. Gentlemen, this Is an awful
big contract Cor small insect 10 take upon itself
But Mr.. President, want TO tell You, joking
aside, that would not have fisen In my place
to-day simply to ansSer personal fling In a