Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-07
CALI oRNIA LEGISLATURE.
xxxvlIIrn sFs:1oN-FEFry-xlNrH DAY.
SENATE.
sAcnA,tFvro. brsrch


The Senate met al I2:l5 A. NJ. President pro
tenn S. NJ White in the chair.
A large numb OF bills were Rad second
time aud placed on the special files
Al il5 A. H. the Senate took q recess Until ii
An.
Senate reasseinbled at II A. NJ, President pro
tenn White il the chair
Prayer by the Chaplain Rev. A. c. Bane-
Bowers introduced resolution approving the
new charter OF the city of San Diego
Sprague moved to refer the resolution 10 the
Judiciary Committee, Claiming that the charter
was unconstitutional.
Bowers denounced the motion as an effort TO
defeat the Constitution by delay. He said that
q certain corporation had two paid attorneys
here for The past two weeks lighting the charter.
The roll was called and The motion was lost by
q vote of 50 ayes to noes.
F!int's bill 10 repeal the Act incorporating the
city of Monterey was declared a case OF urgency,
read three Times and passed un0er suspension
of the constitutional provisions ana of the
rules. IL was ordered Transmitted Immediately
TO the Assembly
Murphy moved t. reconsider the vote by
which the Senate passed s. B. $50 for the relief
OF Peter Connolly Zone OF the street contractors
claims
The motion 10 reconsider was lost by a vote OF
13 ayes TO 90 noes.
The Senate again proceeded with business
out of order aid placed several other bills on
the spec ial file.
Consi6 Grafton of the Assembly messages con-
sumed the time until u clock, when the Sem
ale ook the usual recess
Afternoon Session.
The Senate re-assembled at $50 p NJ, Presi
dent pro TEN. i'll the chair.
GLENN COUNTY.
Al $50 the Senate took up the Glenn county
bill and Goucher moved a call of the Senate
which was ordered
Senator Flint was brought in and excused
when further proceedings under the call were
dispensed with.
The bill was then read third time and dis
ct-Siop of its merits was commenced.
Boggs called on Meany to give some reasons
why the bill should pass
&eany said that this question had been q
bone OF contention in Colusa county for a long
time He said that two years ago Boggs intro
duced bill to divide Colusa county, but before
the session was over changed his mind and op-
posed the measure. He went on to say that
petition had been circulated within the limits
of the proposed county which had received a
thousand signatures within twentv-tour hours.
He then proceeded to advance the arguments
in favor of division, which have already been
published al length Boggs had Teen treated
fairly by the adoption of an amendment set
ting him of into the old county. After that
had been done he did not expect further oppo-
sition from the Colusa Senator
Mr.. Bowers in the chair
boggs replied that at the time the amend
meni was adopted he announced that he would
not cease his opposition TO the bill on account
of il. Two years ago he intro iuced a bill 10 di-
vide the county, at the request or his constitu-
ems He had never seen any petition asking
for division of the county. He understood
there as a petition here but he understood
that il con aimed the names of all classes of
people, and not of voters. The opponents of the
bill mad tried 10 get possession OF that petition
u analyze 1t, but had not been able to do so.
He said that the county of tolusa had only
about II 0CO or 1900 inhabitants, and it was
exceedingly doubtful whether the proposed
new county would have more than 1000 Under
the bill, the county buildings, costing over
Slo00OO, would all go to the Old county. This
was an injustice TO tae people in the proposed
ar toll fhar,, ths,
cost of the erection of new county buildings
which it was claimed would only cost about
$4,000, but which III reality would be
tried to amend the BILL so as TO change
some OF the Commissioners, but he
knew IL was OF no use. 1t was not a fair dis
tributon. as two of the Commissioners were
from Willows and another short distance west.
Because some people were persistent in an I'M
reasonable request, was no reason why it should
be granted He hoped by another session to
have a bill passed to leave the question of the
division of counties TO The people of the county.
As a general rule, questions of a strictly local
importance were left to the representatives. of
the district affected. and il ought to be so in
this case The sssemblyman from Cousa
county bad refnse TO 1 troduce the bill there
ana he had refused to introduce it in the Senate.
because he knew the wishes of the people of
that couaty. The men who had made I'D their
minds to vote ior this bill did not know the
needs of the county or wishes of the people
there. II this was TO be the rule it menaces the
VT 4dIt Vi cNCil NJQDtN III Tue state. NndI Ql0
the members from San Francsco know about
this Question? BE declared that three-quarters
OF the people of the county were opposed TO
division. A retition containing the names of
So voters had been presented to the senate
against the passage of the bill. He pronounced
the petition which he anticipated would be
pre- eated. bogus petition. containing the
names Of msny whu were NOT voters.
Goneher spoke in favor OF the passage of the
bill II heC been said that he took an unac-
countaDie interest IN the passage of The bill,
and he had been asked why the p ople of Mari
J. "a touk nu interest IL II. he reason was
THAI the people OF that county were
Opposed 10 titiing the right of petition.
They nae hearts big enough TO consider
they feuna that 1909 people living in Colusa
coenty were denied. so fer as their representa-
tive u he senate was concerned, the right 10
have any hing 10 say about their own govern
meui they were reaoy TO help those people TO
secure Their just rights. Hisconstiluen would
ble>s him for standing up fol the rights OF those
people When he came to the Senate two Yeas
ago ne found that the senator from COliisa and
the Assembyman from that county had
introduced bills 20 divide the co Intv. re
did not propose 10 go into the causes
OF the Grange OF mina in the Senator frosa
Co-lSa, but he had become satisfied
al that session thai there was something WRONG
about The opposition TO the till. Answering
bocps stsiemen that no petition had been pre-
seDied, ne said that two large petitions
together with volume of the journal
of the last ses ion OF the Leg stature
had been stoleu. or disappeared from his
desk he az once Gelegraphed the .oss 4, Mr. X
+ Kelly az willows, aud announced it TO the
President pro tenn. OF the Senate ana several
SeIsiOrs- hey had advised him to say nothing
about II ruiess he was compelled TO by the
eoi.sse ekeu by the opponents or the bill. Ire
people 81 willows har at once started out to get
upA new petition, aud in "A hours had 900
sigratu;e rs 70 il. he claimed that every one
Whose name Was GA the petition was entitled to
the consideration of the Senate, much as a
man VINO had lived there long enough TO acquire
thousands OF acres of land
Soocher had the petition unrol ed. and il
reached across the chamber. lie said that If
there was no otter reason why a Senator from
another county should take an interest in the
bill such petition as the one shown ought to
create that Interest. If there had been any
DOUBT IN the minds of the friends OF the hill
that there were over5f 90 people in the proposed
new county they would not have accepted the
amendment adopted yesterday. taking out of
the new county the town OF Princeton. There
were 500 votcs cast in that territory at the
lasl election. and there was population of be-
tween ,0oy and 600. The new county would
be thirty mics north and south by forty miles
in width TIE present county seat of Colnsa
was N the SOU beast corner of the county. The
peop,e who lived a long distance from the
county eat wanted a new county, so that they
wou not have 10 travel so far to the county
seat. ii was true that some of the people
farthest away fIom the county seat were OPP
posed to the oil, but that was because the peo-
pie OF that section expected 10 have a new
Coiusa county and the southern portion of Te
hama cout -. with 0rland as the county seat.
The non-ies dent landowners were for the most
part opposed TO the bill. The speaker exhib-
lied map showing the lands owned by non
resi- onts, and said that the mea on these
leased lands had signed petitions against di-
VISION. As rule these lands were owned in
blocks OF thousands OF acres and were mostly
nnimpnoved. Those who resided upon and
irp'oygc their lands were in favor of division.
Iwenty-one citizens of Orland had sign q the
pet3ion on sunday last. He stood on the top of
the highest building in Willows last Sunday
and looked over the level country surrounding.
u was rich. productive and glorious country.
he then took up the question of The value of
the property III the county and said that the
assessed valuation was about S24,0o0,0s The
new county would exceed in wealth twenty
three counties III the STATE according 10 the
last report OF The State Board of Equalization.
while in population 1t exceeded still greater
number.
Goreher then took up Senator Boggs' lsgislat-
i've record, and cited the journal of the
Twentieth session. at which time Boggs
was Chairman OF the Committee on Counties
aud County Boundaries, and reported III