The record-union., 1893-02-21
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.
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bly, Yesterday by Speaker Gould and re-
ierred to- the Committee on Printing.
Before that committee last evening the
Dill was argued by j. A. Eilcher and \.
Il. Lemon for the Executive Committee
OF the Press Association, and Mr..
ferguson, Mr.. McMurray, j. d. Phelah
and a. II. Hatch of the Worlds Fair
commission, and the committee unani-
Inously agreed to recommend the bill for
passage.
The Senate Finance Committee was
then visited and addressed by Mr.. Fer
glson and Mr.. tiicher and others of the
visitors. 1t was stated that not a dollar
would be asked to be expended for com
pllation; that the matter would be freely
provided, to be approved by the Gov
ernor if he desired. The handbook of
the State Board OF Trade was shown, its
eXcellencles pointed out and the good
service it had done dwelt upon in the
light OF the experience had in its distribu-
tlon among the members of the National
Editorial Association last spring. The
press men expressly assumed the re-
sponslbllity OF promoting the bill and
stated that the Worlds Fair Commission
had come reluctantly at the request of
the editors.
Mr.. Ferguson, for the commission, ex-
pialned why 1t had prepared no volume.
being advised that it could not, and for
Dldden by the national management to
issue one on the basis OF advertising. He
dwelt upon the need of a volume, but
said the commission asked no appropria-
ton.
Mr.. FlIcher explained how it was sug-
gested TO discreetly distr. butte 100000 or
-OO,UUO OF the volumes, If possible, though
the whole power in the matter is by the
Dill committed to the Governor.
Inc Senate committee not having the
bill officially before it took no action, but
manifested much interest in the matter
and asked many questions, which were
repHed to by MIR. Fllcher, Mr.. Lennon,
MIR. Craig, Mr.. Phelan, MIR. Hatch, Mr..
Ferguson, Mr.. Montgomery and Mr..
McMurray.
The Ways and Means Committee of the
Assembly was next visited and the bill
argued at length and in detail and the
reason given why to the Governor was
committed the matter, that the volume
might be given official importance and
| not be received as were boom literature.
The speakers especially dwelt upon the
importance of this method of advertising
and the need to improve this year 10 well
advertise California, and cited what
Western States are doing in a like direc.
ton and have done in the past.
1t was distinctly and with a great deal
of iteration presented that it was purely
a public-spirited movement; that no sell
fish interest was involved in it; that the
! Press Committee had taken it up because
convinced of the absolute necessity of
some such reliable literature being pre-
pared for the occasion, and of it's convic-
tion by evidence in its possession of the
great good the State Board of Trades
book of like character had done and is
doing still, large number of copies OF
| which the Press Association had been the
medium for properly distributing.
The arguments being concluded, the
| Ways and Means Committee unani-
mously indorsed the bill, and ordered
the sum inserted in its schedule, the
Chairman remarking in reply to ques-
ton, that it was the only application for
means that had been made TO it that took
in the whole State as its scope, and not
for expenditure for specific locality OF
! institution.
Messrs. McMurray, Filcher, Phelan,
Lennon, Montgomery, Craig, and per-
haps others, will remain here to-day to
respond to inquiries concerning the pur-
pose of the bill referred to.