Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-01
have been constructed at Santa Margar-
ita, and depot, warehouse and section
houses will be built there.
STATE LEGISLATION.
A Lively Scene Between Two Irate
SOlOns In the Assembly.

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STATE LEGISLATION.
A Lively Scene Between Two Irat
SOlOns I'm the Assembly.
SACRAMENTO, January 31.-In the Ser
ate, to-day, the Committee on FEEDERS
Relations reported against the concurren
resolution which requests Congress nc
to admit Utah to the Union as long a
polygamy is practiced.
The Senate refused to adopt the Com
,nittee on Attaches report, recommend
ing the appointment of an assistant Jour
nal Clerk and another page.
A message was received from tn
Governor announcing his approval of th
bill authorizing payment of the funera
expenses of Governor Bartlett.
Another message from the Executive
announced that he refused to confirm
the appointment of five State Library
Trustees by the Assembly and Senate
the reason given being that the mode O
appointment was unconstitutional.
Caminetti's resolution for the Senate
to convene hereafter at 10 A. NJ. was
amended so as not to take effect unit
February 18th.
Consideration of the Governors ap
pointments during the last two years was
postponed for two weeks. The Chairman
appointed Murphy, McGowen and
Goucher to confer with the Assembly
committee relating to the resolution to
send special counsel to Washington t
defend the Chinese Exclusion bill.
The Assembly bill to amend the act to
create and establish a State Board OF
Horticulture and appropriate money for
| the uses of the Board, was read the third
time, and passed.
The Senate bill to amend the political
code, relating to the Office of State
Librarian, was read third time and
passed.
The following bills we're also read a
third time and passed: The Senate bill
to amend the Political Code, Section II,
increasing the number of notaries public
in the several counties of the State; the
Senate bill to amend the Political Code
relating to the duties of clerks of the
Superior Court, with relation to the testi-
mony taken and filed in divorce
cases; the Senate bill to amend
the Political Code relating to
the National Guard of California !;
the Senate bill to provide for the
deficiency in the appropriation for the
payment of armory rents, the purchase
of uniforms and other expenses Of the
National Guard for the thirty-ninth and
fortieth years the Senate bill to provide
for the purchase of portrait of the late
Examiners; bill introduced by
Pinder of San Francisco, prohibit.
ing selling pools on horse races !;
bill by Campbell, of Solano, increasing
the fees and salaries of officers of coun-
ties of the tenth claes by Conklin, bill
to appropriate money for the deficiency
in the appropriation for the Home for the
Feeble Minded; by Boggs, bill provid-
ing for the settlement of accounts of
trustees after settlement of estates; by
Dray, defining the duties and powers of
grand juries; by Meade, to prevent
abuses in tbs courts of justice.
THE ASSEMBLY.
SACRAMENTO, January 31.-The bill
creating the county of Glenn was taken
up in the Assembly, and there was a
wordy warfare between Shanahan,
Briefly, Coombs, Matthews, Hyde and
Storke. Amendment after amendment
was voted down, and the second reading
was completed and the bill ordered to
engTosSuaeHt.
This afternoon, Sorke, of Santa Bar
bara, had declared that Shanahan,
OF Shasta, and Coombs, of Napa, had
threatened that, unless he withdrew his
opposition to the Glenn County bill, they
would use their influence against bills
in which he (Storke) is interested.
Briefly called attention tothese charges
ovd roo1 1ou 1nn1or.,,r~ S11o -
attempt to secure the vote of member
Of the Legislature by bribery or coercion.
Coombs declared that he had only said
to Storke that unless he ceased filibuster-
ing he (Coombs) would enlighten the
Governor regarding the bill introduced
by Storke, and which has passed the
Assembly, appropriating money to pay
the claim of N. P. Perine. Shanahan
also made speech, in which he asserted
that all the intimidation aud coercion
are on the side of those opposing o
division. Briefly arose to reply
and Shanahan interrupted him q
number of times. Briefly then
went over to Shanahan and shouted: !:
"Will you keep still? If you don't I'll
cram you words down your throat"
"You just start in," yelled Shanahan.
Go ahead and cram my words down my
throat" Members then interfered.
The Glenn county bill will now take
its place on the third reading file.
Three Assembly bills, all re-
lating to Irrigation, were read
the second time. The Committee
on Judiciary made two reports on bill
to provide for the payment by municipal
tiles of claims arising out of the improve
ment of streets, sidewalks and sewers
therein. The majority reported favor
ably. The minority report says: "Should
contractors have an equitable claim in
the premises, if it be legalized, it should
be against the parties originally liable.
and should not be transferred against the
city.
The Assembly adjourned.
SACRAMENTO, January 31.-The Senate
Committee on Public Buildings resolved
tonight to report in favor of expendiDg
500 900 for statuary for the Capitol, and
also in favor of an appropriation to build
Governors Mansion.
Shall POol-Rooms be Closed?
SACRAMENTO, January 31.-The Com.
mittee on Public Morals, of the Assem-.
bly,, met to consider the pool-room bill
A petition from citizens, generally, was
presented, praying for the passage
of the bill. Addresees in support