The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-08
MUCH ORATORY
But NO WORK.
Hhat The Legislature Has Not
Done to Date.
Single Measure Of Importance Fails to
Pass Either House.
SOlOnS Shake the Dust CT the Capital From
Their Feet-A Struggle Expected
Over Many Bills.
special to THE MORNING CALL

o." SACRAMENTO, Feb. THE 100 wise men
sent here by the people of California to
make laws and draw SIS per diem for their
real or Imaginary labor have gone home to
rest, leaving some 1900 bills behind them.
They will be back GU Monday with minds
refreshed, with more bills in their pockets.
and, in some cases, with very accurate
idea of the way the bosses who rule their
districts would have them vote on certain
measures. Assemblyman Dibble, who has
been dubbed 1.-The Honorable Bill Dibble'
by certain irreverent members, is reposlng
in the bosom Of his constituency; and
Colonel Dan Burns, after matchmaking
the foul-smelling and drafty corridors of the
Capitol. in which he gathered unto himself
a goodly supply Of malaria, sped away to
San Francisco this afternoon.
The session is half over, and no measure
OF Importance has been passed by either
house, unless MahOney's resolution for sub
Uniting to the people an amendment to the
Constitution providing for To-day sessions
+ the Legislature be deemed important
Tue resolution was signed by the Governor
this morning, and not only provides that
members Of the Legislature may draw SIS
per DAY for 100 days every other year, but
that after the Legislature has been in ses-
sion sixty days no new bills shall be intro
duced without the consent Of two-thirds Of
the members. 1t would not be difficult to
bass a worse rule than that, for while the
HES of both houses are loaded with bills.
new bills ara pouring in at an alarming
rate.
BUSY TIMES AHEAD.
Next week will probably be the busiest
aud II the orators and o0structionists of the
Assembly will 1.-THE most fruitful week of
. the session. Among the bills that are to be
discussed are the Appointment, Appro-
priation, Electric Motor, Ballot Reform,
Worlds Fair and Fire Department bills.
Not one Of these will 90 through without a
hard struggle. The Democratic members
il order TO show what great economists they
are while in the minority will attack the
Appropriations Bill and seek to cut down
expenditures that in Republican eyes are
perfectly rational.
The Republicans are divided on the ap-
pOrtionment question as shown bv the fac.
fla fcur bills providing for divisions of the
State upon different lines have been brought
forward, and upon the question the San
Francisco delegation is hopelessly divided.
The Australian Ballot Bill will pass the
Senate, if for no other reason than that
given by Senator CARPENTER OF Los Angeles
We'll pass the Australian Bal OF Law if it
ware emily to show the gang Of Democratic
hypucrits who at San jose howled for Buck
ley and Ballet Reform, that we keep the
pledges We make to the people" But the
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oppression in the lower house. Its friends
moreoyer are hopeful of its passage.
SEE VICTORY AHEAD.
The electric moter people see victory just
ahead of them. They are very grateful to
ehe Of tae street railway companies of Sac
Iamento. who to-day began TO run their cars
by the overhead electric system, thus giving
an object lesson TO the members who did not
know whether they would vote for the cleo
trc bills or not; but rather thought they
world not. because some sinful newspaper
correspondent had boldly declared that
theie were bugs" in the bills. The ears.
guided by the living wire overhead, moved
rapidly aud without jar along the track.
No one was killed, maugled or manned, and
rre poor horses had a rest. Could better
Teasons than these be given in favor of the
system.
WORLDS FAIR APPROPRIATION.
The bill appropriatiBg $685. 600 for the
Chicago show will hardly connect with the
Governors pen next week. Coombs and
other influential members of the Assembly
will oppose consideration of it until the APP
preparation Bill has been passed and the
exact amount of taxes to be levied has been
ascertained. Mr. Coombs sfears that the
passage of the bill would cauSe a violation
of the 30 cent limit pledge and while the
people might be disposed to forgive such
violation, the Democrats would not forget
II, but would make good use of it on the
stump two years hence.
Mr.. Coombs does not coincide with Cover
nor Markham in his opinion that the money
voted out of the State Treasury for the
Worlds Fair would be an extraordinary
appropriation, justified by the wishes of
tile people and the circumstances of the
case.
. Sonoma County has brought forth phil
anthropist who is not SO anxious to let his
right hand know what his left hand doeth as
are some other citizens of this gOodly State
whO lay claim to the title. He has set aside
from his estate large tract of land which
he is going to donate TO the State for a
botanic garden. In order that he may dc this
properly and lawfully an enabling act WAS
introduced by Mr.. McGowan in the Senate
this morning. There was not member OF
the Senate, including MCGOWAN. who was
able 10 give this public benefactor's name.
The Senate COmmitte on Printing this
morning recommended the passage of a bill
limiting the NUN Der and extent OF the re-
ports OF commissions and bureaus to be
printed by the State.
The Assembly Committee on Judiciary
will on Monday recommend that the bill pro-
viding for the election of the State Printer
do not pass, thus blighting the hopes of some
hundred typos, more or less, throughout the
State who are sure they could fill the bill
II is reported that the heads of Demo-
cratic printers in the State Office are falling
at a lively rate and it is a fact that there are
very few members in either house who are
not striving to obtain frame" for some of
their supporters who are welded to the art
preseryative.
The Senate.
SACRAMENT. Feb. THE Senate met
this morning at IL O'clock.
Senator Heacoek offered a resolution to
the effect that the Senate do no other bust
ness to-day except the first reading Of bills
and resolutions. Carried.
A message was received from the Assem-
bly, announcing that the House had refused
TO concur in the amendment to the bill pro-
Yiding for increase in the police force.
Senator Goucher introduced bill amend
ing that section Of the County and Town
ship Government Act relating to salaries of
officers of the thirty-fifth class.
The first reading of bills was then taken
up.