The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-03-26

session, and suggested that the resolution
introduced on the subject might be
adopted pending his decision.
ton was called up.
Mr.. Heacock said he felt that he had
earned his per diem for every day of the
session, and in the event that it might be
determined that the members of the
Legislature were legally entitled to pay
for the time they were compelled to sit in
eiecting q Senator, he would favor the
resolution.
The resolution was adopted-ayes %,
noes II.
Mr.. Harp, the Bill Nye of the Senate,
sent to the desk report reciting that at a
meeting of the female clerks, held in the
dome, it was resolved that the action of
Senator Campbell on certain occasion
was a deliberate affront TO their sex, and
that he be shorn Of his whis<ers while
living, and enrolled in the County Gov
ernment bill when he died Adopted.
Mr.. Mahoney offered q resolution de-
claring that Senator Dargie's seat i'll the
gallery be declared vacant. Adopted
unanimously.
Mr.. w. H. Williams offered resoiu-
ton providing that Senators belong,
Dargie, Ragsdale and Flint be required
to pay for the wear and tear OF the fu :!
niture in the Postoliice. Adopted.
Mr.. Mead offered the following resolu-
ton:
.'WHEREAs, The actions of this Legis-
lature have dispensed with the necessity
OF tho retention Of the officer hereinafter
mentioned, be it resolved, that the office
of State Treasurer be abolished"
Adopted
in the meantime q call of the Senate
was demanded, and Senator SprGgue be-
ing absent was arrested, brought before
the bar auG asked to explain his absence.
y lao isnI pl hot
Senator Heacock and Mr.. Sconchin Ma
| loney had been seen to leave the State
Library, and he tSpragne} had gone there
to see what he could fiEd in the waste
| basket. Laughter.
! The following, sent in from the lobby
and designated, president Reddick S
Nightmare was read;
There's Carpenter stealing up 10 the ceiling,
has Shafts OF invectiN e % launch.
| Will Cai;lpbel Stakes his triGzicd ui;sno and
groTlS from the depths of lis paunch.
There's McGowan, the young man obluen,,
whom 'twerc vain to iuiplore for rest,
! And OstrOrn, The terrific iaWsmiUh, who never
7ctH pull Gown his vest.
Yonder's Mahoncy, the Frenchman, of an
economical strain,
And Wilson, tEe quCereSt old crank OF them
all, with land loans" a-puzzling mis-
brain.
Over there is the ponderous Berry, whom the
Democracy owns,
With Plyston's shrill piping forever arising in
querulOus tones.
And there is Dargie, smiling in glee, on very
good terms with himself;
! And IritI, the warrior Statesman. .anding up
like a wOrlIinGmanS elf.
From So;loma's wales comes RagsjlaIe that's
he With tie dropping !nuStache,
AND sores ,hc aisle SITS Daiiey-tIGy say he
Is On the nasn.
Hari: That's Hea2ocll's startled voice, for
ever raised i'll warning,
! While Fraser uDbcadS himself and sings, "We
won't go home til morning."
BLACK BART, TIE Pc 8.
Mr.. Carpenter in the chair.l
4 yoice-"I move that we take UP the
common carrier bill"
| The Chair-'Can't do it; the thing is
paid for and can't be taken up" Laugh
| ter.
| Assemblyman Shanahan showed up in
the main aisle at this moment and was
| invited TO address the Senate. After the
applause had subsidized, the Shasta syca-
more started in to make a speech " hen
an explosion occurred at his feet and u
| bunch of tire-crackers proceeded to ex-
piode, while the back woods statesman
| became envel2ped in cloud OF smoke.
Mr.. VOORHEES, moved that the Sergeant
alarms remove the Storage incubus in
stead of having it fired out. Laugh
| ter.
| At this point Mr.. Dargie was brought
in under arrest, and asked why he had
absented himself.
Mr. Dargie said he was sick
The Chair-'"Fhat won't do-you was
sick night before last
| Mr.. Dargie-'Mr. President, 1 invite
you down 10 the well with me, and you
| should let me off,
The Chair-"I give the Senator to under
stand that l cannot be influenced by such
a contemplate bribe-and besides, / can't
leave the chair just now. LLaughter.l
1t was now 10 o'clock, and recess was
taken for half hour.
On reaSsembling several messages were
received from the Assembly, including
one relating to the government OF the
Southern California Hospital for tho In
sane, with an amendment providing that
| the Act Shall not be ED to appropriate
and money.
The amendment was concurred in and
the bill returned 10 the printer.
Mr.. Carpenter offered resolution pro-
viding that the Chair appoint committee
of three TO inquire into the condition of
the various charitable institutions receiy-
| ing aid from the State, and to report at
the next session of the Legislature. The
Legislature had no knowledge on the
| subject except such as their managers
saw fit to report.
Mr.. Heacock moved to amend by add
ing that no charge Shall be made to the
State for any services performed under
the resolution, except their actual ex-
penses.
Mr.. Carpenter accepted the amend
ment.
After some discussion Mr.. Carpenter
asked to withdraw the resolution. as all
the Senators from San Francisco, where
most of the institutions were located, eX-
cept one, were opposed to it.
Mr.. Campbell of Solano said that every
county had institutions receiving public
aid. The managers of the Good Tenn
plars' Orphan Home in his county was
opposed to carrying politics into the
management of that institution. The
proposed manner of investigation would
be too expensive.
Mr.. Carpenter said it was not bust
ness proposition to pay out a half-million
dollars Ut every session without knowing
how and for what it was expended
Mr.. Mead opposed the resolution on the
ground of the great expense that would
be entailed by long-drawn-out junketing
expeditions. The work should be done
by the Lieutenant Governor.
Mr.. Dray said the proposition was an
old one, but he was in favor OF it, and he
was surprised that there could be any OPP
position to it.
Mr.. Campbell said that two years ago
the Senator from Sacramento voted
against the appointment of State board
to regularly examine these institutions,
because it was proposed by the Demo-
cratic majority of that session.
The resolution was lost.
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. Seaweil arose to a question of
privilege and read from a San Francisco
evening paper statement quoting him
as saying that the investigation concern
ing matters that occurred in the library
had not implicated anyone. He wished
to saY-and he left it to any and all ner.