The record-union., 1893-01-05
Interesting Tales About the
Senatorial Fight
MALLISTER MAKESASPEECH.
Economy Talks From the Minorities
Of Both Houses More Lob
by Gossip.

It was expected that both branches of
the Legislature would get down to bust
ness yesterday, but it appears that there
was some more caucusing to be done by
the majorities in each house, and it was
mutually agreed that nothing should be
done until both were thoroughly organ
lied and ready to go ahead with the con-
sderation of bills and other legislation.
This arrangement was all right enough
for the Assembly, but worked consider
able of a hardship on the Senate, as the
latter body is all ready to go ahead with
business. But the Assembly has lot of
supernumeraries to appoint yet and may
delay matters another day.
M'ALLISTER TALKS.
Senator Elliott McAllister rose in a
dignified manner just before the Senate
adjourned yesterday, and announced that
hedesired to speak to question of privi-
lege.
Lieutenant-G Reddick told him
to go ahead, and the young Senator said
he wanted to reply to certain attacks that
had been made upon him by San Fran
cisco newspaper. He said he considered
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and his constituents. He was unknown
to most of the Legislators, and as he con
sidered that he was threatened with con-
tinued attacks because of the independ-
ence he had asserted, it was time for him
TO speak. The Senator said he had al
ready made statement in defense OF
himself to a REcoRD-UNIoN reporter,
but he did not think he had made it full
enough to stop the attacks of the San
Francisco paper. All he wanted, he said
was for the members of the Senate, par
ticularly those of his party, to under
stand his position.
And this was all the good-Iooking
young Senator said.
STILL ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE.
Everybody expected that he would go
into a detailed explanation of his posi-
ton, and some looked for some pyrotech-
nical oratory, but they were all disap-
pointed. McAllister evidently thought
that he had said enough for the present
and would reserve further remarks for
some future occasion.
McAllister has been accused by few
who preferred W. w. Foote for the
United States Senate Of having promised
his vote to that gentleman and then
Hopping over to stephen NJ. White, and
declaring that he had always been for
White. They called this treachery-not
politics.
McAllister, however, is still persistent
in his statement that he has been falsely
and maliciously accused, and there are
many who believe that he has. He insists
that he did not promise his vote to Foote
at all. He was emphatic, he says, in his
preference for White, and his constituents
so understood him. No amount of talk
or coaxing, he says, could have swerved
him from the Los Angeles statesman. He
says further that he positively refused to
pledge himself to Foote when approached
by some of the latter's friends early in
the campaign. After that he was ap-
preached by many more of Foote'S work
ers, but he declares that he gave them all
the same answer he gave the first.
McAllister considers that an attempt is
being made on the part of some of Foote'S
cohorts to make scapegoat of him. They
found that they couldn't use him, he
says, so they proceeded to abuse him.
ANENT ECONOMY.
"Big talks" are being made by the
minorities on both sides in favor of econ
omy, as regards the appointment of at
taches.
But as in many other cases, it makes
all the difference in the world whose OK
is being gored. For instance, in the Sem
ate, where the Democrats don't run
things, Senator Ostrom, the leader of the
minority, makes great howl about the
appointment by the majority of "everv-
body who comes TO Sacramento-millio
OF 'em." He goes further, and says that
he has been to many Legislatures and
"never saw the beat Of it''; that the Re-
publicans want to present positions to
people who were never heard of before
when there are lots of good Democrats
around who would willingly accept Jobs
without being asked twice.
Now, just step over to the other house.
Assemblyman Anderson, Sacramento's
genial "Majah," will roll his eyes, and.
holding up his hands in holy horror.
tell you that the way the Democrats over
there are acting beats the d.
why" he will say, ''those fellows are
creating the gum-dastedest lot of places
ever heard of in my life. When they get
through, if they ever do, we won't be
able TO walk two yards without falling
over an employe. L don't know where
they are going to put them all. Think of
1t! -Four Assistant Sergeants-at-A Arms.
and one used to be enough! Pages till
you can't rest! And seventeen more
committee-clerks than any Assembly
ever hadr'
Here the Major will stop and mop his
feverish brow, and then wind up as fol-
lows: "Why, demmit, they're going
to appoint fiy-eatchers, eloek-winders,
breath-drawers. snorers and the I.awd
knows what else. Talk about the Re-
publieans. Bah They were never in
1t with these chaps"