The record-union., 1893-01-14
CONFIDENT DEMOCRATS.
They are Expecting an Easy
Time Next Wednesday.
THESTATE LIBRARY ELECTION
Is Said to Look All Right for Dana
Perkins.
THE CALLS" ATTACK ON GOULD
PrOTOkes Some Warm Speeches in the As
sembly-A Correspondent Denounced
Bills introduced.
THE CALLS" ATTACK ON GOULD

The Republican majority in the Senate
carried its point yesterday against the
Democratic majority of Assemblymen,
and the election of State Library Trus-
tees will not take place until next We'd
nesday in consequence.
The Senate refused to concur with the
Assembly in the resolution to have
the election at noon yesterday, and
the only thing left for the Dem
ocrats to do-especially after the
meeting hour had passed-was to submit
to Senator Carpenters amendment and
agree to Wednesday next for the election,
the day when the big Senatorial fight
comes of.
DOCILE DEMOCR ATS.
The Democrats appeared to be in a
great hurry to have the election over
with, and the Republican majority in the
Senate STAYED them off in the desperate
hope that something might happen" to
upset the slate which was to replace Dana
Perkins as State Librarian.
1t was naturally expected that there
would be some heavy Kicking" on the
part of the Democratic Assemblymen
over this delay, but to the surprise OF
many they talked just the other way yes
terday about it. For instance, one prom
inent Assemblyman belonging to the
Bourbon majority, and warm supporter
of Perkins, said to a reporter: Its the
best thing that could have happened tc
us, and to tell you the truth the other
fellows, while thinking that they were
bothering us, were really playing into
our hands,"
"How do you figure that out ?" he was
asked.
"Well, you see, had the joint meeting
taken place according to the first Demo-
cratic programme, there was a possibility
of having trouble. as several of our men
were absent and others wanted to start
for home before the hour of the joint
meeting. The result might have been
that we would have had to call out for
help from some Of our reserve votes,
OR ELSE GET LEFT
Altogether. But mark the difference on
the day the Republicans set for us-the
day of the Senatorial joint meeting. On
that day every one of our men-the en-
tire fifty-nine votes-will be there, and
there will be no danger whatever of an
accident, which, you say. happens in the
best regulated families.'
1t was suggested to the gentleman that
fifty-nine votes would not be sufficient tc
carry anything in a joint meeting of both
houses-that it would be just two votes
short of the majority. But he only smiled
ann aS he tt1rnad tn leave said.
"Never mind; they will be the biggest
fifty-nine votes you ever saw when you
come to count them."
1t was learned from another source that
the Perkins supporters are more than
confident that their Trustees will be
elected with seven votes to spare. They
count on this number over and above the
necessary sixty-one. The extras are Re
publicans, who say that, caucus or NJ
caucus, they will stand in for the presen
Librarian.
Many statements are being circulated
that Perkins slate has been broken, bu
those who claim to know what they are
talking about say it is all bosh.
THE CALLS" METHODS.
The San Francisco Cali is always itch
ing for an opportunity to ''roast" til,
railroad, without perceptible cause. 1t il
no less eager to distort and malign any
body's intentions whom it believes will
administer jutice to all parties. Thes
points are well illustrated in its legis
lative reports. In yesterday morning
issue of that unreliable sheet the Sacra
mento correspondent placed Speake
Gould in a very unfavorable light.
Schlesinger of San Francisco is Chair
man of the Committee on Constitutions
Amendments, and he had hoped that tn
Speaker would refer his (Schlesinger's
Railroad Commission impeachment reso
luton to his own committee, so that b
could try to rush the resolution through
the committee at a break-neck spec,
without due consideration, and re
port it back to the Assembly with favor
able recommendation for its passage.
The wish was father to the thought
The Speaker referred the resolution to th
Committee on Corporations.
Schlesinger later on told the CAL CORE
spondent, according to his account, ''tha
the Speaker had promised to so refer il
but that when the resolution had bee
read by the Clerk Mathews of Teham
rushed up to the Speakers desk and in
structed Gould 10 send it to the Commit
tee on Corporations. This request wa
instantly obeyed."
Early in yesterday mornings session
Schlesinger apologized for misrepresent
ing the Speaker. Later on Mr.. Mathew
of Tehama, who was not present at tn
time Schlesinger apologized, r. to
question of privilege.
'GLARTNG AND UNJUST ATTACK. y
Mr.. Mathews said he has long kno
the lnutility of speaking to questions {
personal privilege, but in the CdU
glaring and unjust attack had been mad
on him, which was not true in any sense
and he thought it incumbent on him
make an explanation. He said he depre
Gated the fact that newspapers would S
far depart from the truth.
Mr.. Lynch was called to the chair, an
Speaker Gould then told in full why th
Call reporter was so willing to jump 8
conclusions. He said he "wished to stat
one or two things in explanation of tn
charges made in the Call. From the ton
of the articles which had appeared in ths