The morning call., 1893-01-04
!. THE ASSEMBLY.
Gould of MERGED Made Speaker by the
Democrats.


SACRAMENTO, Jan. Both houses coll
yened at IL o'clock this morning and pro-
ceeded to organize In the House Chief
: Clerk Mason called the members TO order,
and after rollcall the election of Speaker
was declared tn be in:order.
After a brief interval. during which Mr..
Gould looked somewhat disturbed. Marks
oI:San Francisco rose and placed The MERGED
man in nomination.
Afford of Visalia seconded the nomina-
tion, and in doing SO Landed Gould to the
skies. He spoke of the clear record he had
made during the last session of the Legis-
latnre.. and described him as honest. con-
scientious and capable
Dodge of Alameda nominated BledSOe
(R.), and in descanting upon the virtues of
the man from Humboldt displayed some
ability as an crater. Kahn of San Fran
: cisco. seconded the nomination. and in doing
so made his maiden speech.
- Then BretZ (Pop) was placed in nomina-
ton, and the ballotinr resulted as follows:
:. Gould ~, Bledsoe 81. Bretz Z, Carlson /.
Brett voted for Carlson, but that gentle
man did not return the compliment, for.
much to the surprise of many. he cast his
vote with the Dem
-
OF three be appointed to escort the ne WY
elected Speaker to the chair That duty fell
: 10 Shanahan. Bledsee and Brett.
d: After the oath of Office had been admins
tered Gould made a speech. in which he
:thanke the mem bers for eleeting him TO such
distinguished position. 1t was a place of
great responsibility and he felt the weight.
He c0Djured the members to remain true TO
l. Dr.
: Of two things could happen to them; they
could return 10 their homes either deserv-
..ingthe pect and confidence of the peo-
pile. or wo aid return there in disgrace and
!: contempt.
His speech was warmly applauded.
The work of completing the organizati on
-. was then proceeded with and the following
=. officers were elected: George w. Peckham,
clerk; Thomas j. Healy. sergeant-at-arms;
assistant clerks-Myron Yeager, E. j.
Pringle Jr.; minute clerk, iSador Alex
81. ander.
During the afternoon session Bledsoe OF
Humboldt introduced la resolution provi1-
ing for q committee Of three to ascertain if
liquor and ether refreshments were being
81 sold in the basement of the Capitol build
ing, and if so they were TO report the
TACT 20 tne House. Inc resolution also
provided for the abatement of the nuisance.
Blejsoe's attack was directed toward
what is known as the well" and it is poi :
-ular to open the Legislature each session
with resolution of this character Bledsoe
was the champion of a similar crusade two
years ago.
DR.. Mathews 3D. opposed the resolution,
and finally amended by moving that tie
matter be referred to the Committee on
Public Morals as soon as one had been APP
pointed. Mathews declared afterward that
if the ''welP' was to be closed the Demo-
Gratis should have the credit Of it, They
were in power this time. and he did not
propose that Bledsoe should run the House
right on the start.
=: There was great deal of talk over the
matter, and it was soon made apparent that
there is sprinking of budding young ora
tors in the Assembly. fer they began to bob
up and speak on the slightest proVocation.
Mathews, amendment finally prevailed.
=: During all of this talk the Senate was
waiting for the Assembly 10 announce that
they. were ready TO receive the Governors
. message. Shortly after O'clock Private
Secretary Higgins handed the document to
. The clerk. It WAS referred to the proper
Committee, and the House stood adjourned
until tomorrow morning.