The morning call., 1893-02-03
BRETT SUSPENDED.
Severely Reprimanded by
Speaker Gould.
ANOTHER SCANDAL BREWING.
Attorney General Hart Failed to Turn
Into the Treasury $4,000.
NeaTs Methods.

SACRAMENTO, Feb 2.--In the Assembly
this morning Brelz, the offending Populsr
was called up 10 the bar of the House 10
receive the reprimand that was made part
Of the resolution adopted by the House the
other day. The Speaker bad read his reprl-
mani, and although it was very severe IL
made no visible effect on Brett lie STOOD
erect. taking his sentence with the same
stoicism that frequently marks the de-
meanor of prisoner IN court Inc speak
er'S remarks were as follows:
In accordance with resolution adopted
bv this Assembly on the 30;h day OF Janu-
ary. 1898, it becomes my unpleasant duty to
call YOU before The bar of this House and
reprimand Won for the use Of certain Ian
suage used in the joint convention Of this
body aud the Senate Of this State, convened
on the 18Th day of January of this year.
You were elected upon the Sth day of last
Novem Der as member OF this Assembly
by the Joint votes of the Democrats and
P0DuliSts Of Alameda County. and the 81
day Of January took the oath of Office and
entered upon the discharge Of your duties as
Assemblyman from the FOrty-seventh Dis
trict. Shortly thereafter you, with SIX OF
your associates. of whom Mr.. keTns was
not member, held caucus and selected
as the Peoples party nominee for United
States Senator one Thomas V. Gator, and
under such circumstances entered the joint
convention for the election Of United States
Senator held on the 18th of January.
"At The time you were called upon 10 cast
your vote for such Senator you knew the
following facts: That Mr. Kerns was not
member Of the caucus selecting Mr.. Gator
as Populist candidate for Senator; that he
was under great personal and political OBJ
legations TO Mr.. White, the Democratic
nominee for United States SeDaIor; that
his inclinatons were very strong toward
the support Of Mr. White; that about or
10 o'clock on the morning of the 18th Mr..
Kerns had declared his intention Of sup
porting Mr.. White. and after Tallcall that
BIr. MCGOWAN, Republican Assem- byman
Of San Francisco, was not present, and that
cal Of The House had failed IF adoption;
that The Democratic Senator, Goucher. al
though sick, was present. and that upon
that ballot Mr. White would receive clear
majority of al least two votes. and would
be elected.
You yourself were pledged to vote for a
Democrat in case a Populist could not be
elected, and you knew that Mr.. Kerns was
under similar obligations if not even more
urgent ones TO Mr.. White. After the roll
had been called. and it appeared that Mr.
White had been elected Senator by clear
majority Of 3, you arose in your place, and
as was your right demanded the privilege Of
changing your vote, and explaining your
reasons therefore, presumptiyely for the
purpose Of redeeming your promise given
to the Democrats Of Alameda County. ! GU
did not do so, but avaiiing yourself of a
privilege accorded TO members here for the
purpose of their own protection, you gave
utterance to words, of the truth Of which
you have been put 10 the proof Even if
these words were true, their utterAnee IN
der such a false pretense was such a breach
of the obligations Of a gentleman and Az
officer as invokes the censure Of all honor
aOe men upon your action. But the charge
then made by you was untrue, and an i'm
partial committee, among whom was a
mem Der OF your own party. Joining in the
report, after the fullest Investigation. in
Which you were accorded counsel IF your
own Choice, pronounced the charge so male
by yUuas gr0uudless ana malicious, and we
can out conclude that at tie time you rose
TO your feet you did so in pursuance Of a
plan conceived in your mind before the
convention met gaining your right to be
Iberately conceived and executed in accord
auce with that plan; and taking advantage
OF tie privilege thus obtained. you uttered
a charge against honorable men in the
presence of the multitude then assembled
here. the malignty Of which can only be
measured by tie eG0rmity Of the crime i'm
piled by your accusation.
Under the circumstances, and for this
Cfense the Assembly of this State, by a
vote, las imposed upon me the duty OF
r=pTmandng you. | have no adequate
words al my command TO express the utter
adherence all honorable men must feel
toward person guilty Of the Infamous crime
you 50 lightly charged, and | will only say
that in deliberately and with reconciliation
az such time and place having made such
charge without the highest evidence to sus-
tain it, and having failed to express the
slightest contrItIon or regret for so doing,
though its groundlessness has been abun-
dainty proven. you have shown your self TO
possess either a yindistiveness of nature
that must excite commseratiOD, or a fan
atheism that is positively deploTable. If the
former be the ease, it IS a matter between
You and your God; If the latter, it is i'm
possible for ne TO express the depth Of my
regret at your unfortunate condition. You
stand suspended from all your duties and
privileges as a member of this BODY, from
and including Tuesday. January 81, 1888,
until and including Monday, February 6,
1888 You may be seated"
When Gould had concluded his remarks
Breiz made a sweeping military salute and
walked to his seat smiling. No one seems
10 sy mpathize with him in his humiliation,
however, and even the Populists avoid him
as much as possible.
Something in the nature of a sensation
was sprung In the Assembly this Afternoon
which places Attorney General Hart in a
very peculiar position, 10 say the least.
Mathews Of Tehama, chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee, startled the
members of the House by sending up the
following report, which was read by the
clerk:
Mr.. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways
and Means during an investigation Of some
claims presented for its consideration has
discovered some facts that it is deemed
proper should be in possession Of the House.
During the fOrty-third fiscal year, by the
authority of the Acknowledgement, the firm
of Langhorne 81 Miller were employed to
bring suits against certain HaTbor Commits
sioners and the sureties on their official
bonds to recover sums OF money aggre-
eating S114.596 Y. Upon the trial Lang
horne & Miller successfully established the
liability for the full amount Of the defend.
ants, all Of whom were solvent. Your COM
mttee further fuds that the defendants,
through their agents and attorneys,
secured the enactment Of a law which
releases them from all liability. except in
the sum Of $4,000. The committee holds
that il tie money recovered had been paid
into the Harbor Commissioners fund the
claim Of LanghOrne 81 Miller for lega
services is proper demand against the
fund and should be paid out of the general
fund. Inquiry elected the fact that the
money so recovered was paid TO The AT.