The record-union., 1893-01-31
ONLY A REPRIMAND.
POpulSt Bretz Will Not Have
to Leave the Assembly.
DEMOCRATIC ARDOR COOLS.
IntinatiOnS That Bretz viii Not
Accept Even This Verdict
NAY Be ANOTHER SENSATION.
The Reassessment Bill Sill On Hearing
The Hawaiian SituatiOn-Keeping
Peace Among the Doctors.
The suspense is over.

Bretz will not be expelled from the
Assembly which he grossly insulted by
charging that he believed money had
been used to elect the Hon. Stephen NJ.
White to the highest Office within the
gift of the people of California--to the
United States Senate.
Bretz will be northumberland Sc
verely, however and suspended from
participation in the doings of the Lower
House for the period of one week.
VIII he accept a gentle rebuRe? He has
sworn by all that is holy on more than one
occasion that he will not thus be humli-
ated
THE will of the House is my pleasure,
with one exception-I do not propose to
be brought before the bar of this House
and reprimanded," were words he used
in the Assembly no later than yesterday
in an almost inaudible tone, however
Bretz wanted to be a martyr. He
courted expulsion.
HE MUST BE THERE.
This morning Bretz will have to sit
meekly in his seat and accept, though
with pain, such words of censure as
Speaker Gould may direct to him. If he
carries out what he has proclaimed are
his intentions, "the political lion of the
American Republic, the biggest man in
the United States, the naughty and happy
product of a clumsy conspiracy to de-
fraud the people of their vested rights
as he styles himself-he will endeavor to
prevent himself being placed on so low a
plane. He cannot absent himself from
the Assembly. The muscular Sergeant
alarms, with his corps of assistants.
will be powerful enough to bring the
long and gaunt Populist before the bar
of the House. The outcome will be
watched with intense interest
Ever since the committee appointed to
investigate the charges made by Bratz
found findings that there was not one
iota Of truth in the charges it has been
supposed that Bretz would be summarily
expelled and his seat be declared vacant.
At first the Democrats stood solid for ex-
pulsion. Enough Republicans were with
them to allow Mr.. Brett to ride in a Pull
man or to go less expensively counting
railroad ties, with his head bent in shame.
TO his Alameda home. But a change
came about. The Democrats weakened
and Republicans faltered. They looked
upon expulsion as though Bretz would
have been glorifed and his own words
become verify. They also feared their
own acts would be subject to censure.
and in the Assembly yesterday motion
to expel was gracefully withdrawn by
Shanahan to give place for substitute
offered by Anderson that Bretz be repri-
manded and subsequently suspended for
the period of one week.
A SPECIAL ORDER.
The consideration of the Bretz matter
was made a special order for Yesterday
morning at IL o'clock, but the Judiciary
Committee, to whom was referred reso-
luton that Bretz be allowed to have
counsel on the floor of the House, was
not ready to report, and the matter went
over for the afternoon session. A major
ity of the committee reported in favor Of
the resolution, but limiting the counsel
to one hours time for argument. The
minority opposed the adoption of the
resolution.
Shanahan moved the adoption of the
minority report.
Speaker Gould made a ruling that
BretZ was entitled to counsel, if the coun-
sci be should choose be a member of the
House, but if not, then outside counsel
could not be heard except by unanimous
consent Mr.. Gator, whom Bretz de-
sired to represent him, was seated next
TO Assemblyman Barlow and was watch
ing the proceedings with great interest.
Barlow Immediately got up in behalf of
the Populists. He said they were in
predicament, having no lawyers amongst
them entitled 10 speak on the floor of the
House, under Speaker Gould's rulings.
'bnt we want some one with your gift of
gab,' he said, referring to the Speaker.
The question of the adoption of the mi
ncrity report was put and lost by the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes-Alford, Brownie, Buckley.
Burke, Conway, Curtis, Drees, Duffy,
Emeric, Finlayson, Gately, Godchaux,
Hamilton, Hendrickson, Hurley. Hut
son, Jacobs, Kahn, Luttringer, McCau-
ley, McElroy, Mack, Marks, Marston
Mathews OF Tehama, Matthews OF San
Benito, Mordicai, o'Neill, Price, Pues-
chel, Sargent, Schroebel, Shanahan, Sims.
Tindall, Gould-36.
Noes-AGams, Anderson, Androus.
Barlow, Bennett of Santa Clara, Blakelev.
Bledsoe, Bulla, Carlson, Casterline. Chip
man. Cusick, Dodge, Duckworth burst.
Gallagher, Jacobsen, Johnson of Hum
boldt, johnson of Santa Clara, Kennedy.
Lynch, McGowan, Miller, O'Keefe.
owen, Pendleton, Perkins, Raw, Schles-
niger, Simpson, STANDARD, Taggart, Tai
potf, Taylor, Thomas of Nevada, Thomas
OF santa Clara, Vann, Wade-3S.
MATTHEW'S IRONY.
With a spirit of sarcasm Mathews of
Iehama offered motion that Mr.. Kerns,
whom Bretz accused of selling his vote.
oe entitled to counsel also. Shanahan
followed with motion that Hon. Stephen
NJ. White and Hon. Marion Cannon be
entitled TO representation on the floor of
the House.
Shanahan contended there was never
an instance known where man who
had so unwarrantably abused the privi-
leges accorded him by virtue of his Office