Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-18

ana sci with damonos. INSIDE OF one OF the
| cases was the following inscription 4" Pre-
sented to Hon. Robert Howe, Speaker by the
members of the Assembly of the California
Legislature, twenty-eighth session"
| The chain was a substantial one of gold, the
! links being inlaid with fine specimens of Cali.
| fornia gold quartz. Attached, as a charm. was
a beautiful emblem of the Order of Odd Fellows
As soon as he could sufficiently control his enc
| tions Speaker Howe replied as follows
Gentlemen of the Assembly: After the fat
teripg and complimentary address made by your
Chairman find words inadequate 10 express
my feelings. Since taking this chair l have
| tiled to be consistent. and l am gratifed TO
know that my efforts have been appreciated.
| While in the chair have known neither Demo-
| Gratis nor Republicans. This beautiful gift will
aid me TO keep green the memory of the gentle
men who elevated me to the highest Office
within their gift. AS time goes on ! shall look
| back with pleasure to this OCCASION and I shall
be happy to see you al at any time at my home
| in Sonom6."
ANOTHER SURPRISE
The applause had hardly ceased when VIII.
| Acton clerk of the Committee on Corporations,
| stepped forward, and spoke as follows:
- Mr.. speaker: The twenty eighth session of
the California Legislature is rapidly nearing its
close and its acts will soon be part of the his
| tory of our State. The session, amid its anxi-
| cites and Its turmoil, has been a pre-eminently
successful one: its members determined in
keeping step with the progress of our own, our
| glorious California. Soon will rise the spires
| Of the splendid Institutions at Ukish in
| Southern California. at Agnews, at lone,
| splendid buildings, all eleemosynafy insti-
| tutions, which will be its permanent and
| everlasting monument You, Mr.. Speaker, have
taken no unimportant part in this work, which
will reflect only credit upon the deliberations
| of the body over which you have been called
upon to preside, and as you retire TO Eden Dale,
| amid the yine-clad hills of Old Sonoma,' let
me assure you that you bear with you the sin
1 cere and heartfelt wishes of everyone who has
| been within the walls of the Assembly Cham
ber There is not one who does not unite in the
/ 10 IN NJ ha
/ pages, attaches and employees, in cordial ex-
pressions of good will May your future be as
your past has teen full OF all that reflects honor
| upon manhood. You were fttingly called to
| the honorable position you held-one of that
| grand army of argonauts that carved from the
| Wilderness of California the grand common
| wealth, now the noblest in the sisterhood of
States. Accept from the pages, attaches and
| employees this slight token of our esteem and as
| you bear it through life, remember that a warm
! spot in the heart of each donor is reserved for
| Robert Howe, and that the earnest wish of all
is that heavens choicest blessings may be your
| portion forever
The token OF esteem, a substantial ebony
cane with gold mead, suitably inscribed, was
| borne to the desk and received by the Speaker
| with gratifed surprise.
| To the donors ne returned thanks, and re-
| marked that he dic not expect their pleasant
| association would wind up with Gazing the
| speaker. he thanked them for their prompt
and faithful services, and gave them some
| kindly advice for the future
| Assemblyman Seawel, of Mendocino, then
rose at his desk and addressed the Chair as fol-
| lows:
"for seventy days we have been ass 'ciated
| us representatives of the most promising COM
| monwealth OF our country. They have no.
been days of innocuous desuetude but of ar
\ tiyity, and believe on the part OF the member
ship of this body of devotion TO the public vel
| fare.
Whatever we have accomplished beneficial
to our constituency will no doubt receive the
commendation of u at pubic judgment, which,
| while critical, is always Just. II, on the other
| hand, we have been remlss, condemnation is
sure to follow, for be it remembered that the
! impartial arbiter is cold and implacable. Let
| us hope that there will be accorded to each at
least sincere purpose 10 do right, and an hon
est effort TO retain the eonsiderate regard of
| those who directly conferred the distinction of
official position and in whose service we have
spent these days. While our association has been
brief and full OF antagonisms, it has inspired an
enchanting interest. When we shall have scat
tered over the large area represented by the
eighty members upon this floor, the impressions
OF this presence will abide as bright dream in
our contemplations at the workshop or Office
and at the tireside. In a half somnambulistic
| dream last night was borne on the wings of
time eleven years in the future. The bells were
tolling out the nineteenth century. Among the
| throng gathered to witness the ceremonies of
the event there appeared one who, slightly
| changed by the impress of years, did not at
first recognize but a nearer and more minute
view disclosed the yeritatle person of Burwell
OF Butte. He informedime THAT he had come
nearer keeping track OF the members of the Leg
isiature OF the twenty-eignth session than any
one else; and these are his observations as
remember them:
Dad Briefly has been a member of the Sem
ate for eight years. having served in the House
one year after you was there in 1889 He ascends
to the senate chamber and descends to the
well in an elevator costing only $4,000, first
suggested AMI still enjoyed by him. Shanahan
OF Shasta has been IN Congress five times, but
failed of d denomination for the sixth term,
though the Colusa delegation supported him
with marked enthusiasm. Dr. Mathews, after
CArx &C a ma h.ar fha Rnar dr.f t,n1r
ton for some years, has been returned TO the
Legislature from Glenn county. NcKeown
stalks amidst the blue cranes OF Alameda, the
survivors of mis- handi~ ork, happy IN his
achievements and the appreciation of mis- con-
stituency. McMullen rose rapidly to prom
inence. He is now q Senator-still opposes
last laid down with the railroad. He was the
last of his race to yield. But the DRIFT was too
strong, and he yielded from an utter sense of
loneliness Judge Dibble is on the Supreme
Bench, and most critical examiner OF legal
briefs. General Solomon is the Governor of the
only Territory left, and is also an able rep
Hall, wearied with futile efforts at reform,
has az last been swept by the current
of popular thought, that apparently sweeps
around the world, into position where he
| achieved distinction. Coombs and Howe have
| both been Governors of our State, and each re-
tired with profound sense OF official obligation.
The watchful Regan having filed the position
OF Legislator from san Francisco for many
terms, Is now. as a reward OF merit the Mayor
of the metropolis OF the Pacific Coast. Berry of
Tulare is in the field of invention. and his
| famed steam plow turns the soil in every valley
OF our State. Dobbins and Reynolds have
reached positions of great prominence, End are
among tue recognized exponents of labor SEN
tlment. DsmrOn ana LaGrave are the acknowl-
edged hu.nanitarians TO whose memory there
will be inscribed the 70 lowing their Reform
Schools They traded everything for us
Tucker and Bangs are among the fathers of
irrigation measures whose names carry terror to
the rparianist. Adams is still the farmers
| friend and pays taxes on only $1,000 acres of
land in the prosperous county of Yolo. Con-
stitutional Storke, one of the most distinguished
attorneys of the bar, can still say no. even when
obligations of friendship would prompt a
weaker man to say yes And thus had scrap
from the history OF each, al of which cannot
pause to relate amidst the closing scenes of this
body and foreign 10 the objects of this address.
! have only made this brief relation to re-
mind you of the possibilities of the future.
and also OF the fact that there win be
lingering Interest on the part of each.
But whether the members Of tnis Legisa-
ture have discharged their duties TO the salts
faction of the people or not, am sure and
know bespeak the conviction of every member
that the efficient and clerical Chief Clerk has
dence of the esteem in which Mr. Leake is held
the members of this honorable body have con-
Guided not to make him the usual presentation
at the close of the legislative sesSion-but to
bestow valuable and regard token upon one
who shares with him the burdens of life. 1t is
given as the reward of merit. May your lives
De ever as Drlgnt as the luSter OF these diamonds
and in the hereafter may they remind you of
this presence. With profound sense of obliga-
ton to our Chief Clerk, MI. Leake, for the
ability and uniform courtesy with which he has
discharged the duties of his trying position I
have the honor and DO now make this presenta-
tion-diamond earrings and pin-in the name
OF those present and with invocation for
your happiness, perform this service, believ-
ing that the present u your wife, whose honor
you hold above everything else, would be more
acceptable than to yourself
t.aol tbeara
elegant diamond SET amidst the heartfelt ap-
plause of those assembled
Mr.. Leake being called upon, said that there
sometimes comes day in a mans life when
the power of speech fails him. The ftlicitous
language and highly complimentary way in
which the member from Mendocino had
spoken filed his heart with satisfaction and
gratitude, and he thoroughly reciprocated every
expression of regard and esteem which had
been so delicetely rendered. He referred to
Speaker Howe, of his zeal and energy, and paid
high compliment to the faithfulness and in-
dustry of his clerical assistants and of the Pages
OF the Assembly He also said ne could not re-
frain from recognizing the courtesy and kind
ness of the newspaper rep arters, aud returned
TO them his sincere thanks. He closed by ex-
horting his hearers to be Americans first-Demo-
Gratis and Republicans afterward- and first. last
and all the time enthusiastic champions of this
matchless, sunny California On behalf of his
wife he assured the kind donors that their beau
tiful gift would ever be happy reminder of a