The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-25
The Spirit of the House
Against Expulsion.
THE RAILROAD TAX BILL.
It's Discussed Before the Senate Com
n1ittee on Corporations Bledsoe's
Suffrage Law Passed.
sreelaI to THE MORNING CALL.


Assembly his morning. As stated in The
TArI. six of the seven members were IN
favor of expulsion aud the seventh, Nann
# Colusa, a Populist, eoneurred IN every
thing except the clause eXpelhng BretZ.
lie was in favor of severe ceBsure, but de-
clined to 90 further than that
Barlow H0p) moved that all action upon
the report be deferred until the evidence
had been printed aud placed before the
members.
The carrying of this motion. which was
seconded by ShanRhan, makes it extremely
doubtful if the requisite twO-thirds vote can
be secured 10 eXpel Bretz from the Legisla-
iure. II the report had been presented and
voted upon two or three days ago it would
have been adoptsd; but delay strengthens
Bretzs chances of holding bis seat, and as
sixty-fouT votes are required TO Gust him 1t
is not at ali probable that bis removal viii
be accomplished.
The Democrats. now that they have
cooled of, are looking al the policy Of such
an arbitrary action They are Of the opin-
ion that II the PopuHsts remain IN the
field they viii make 1t possible for the
Democrats TO elect a Governor two years
from now So to destroy the new party by
expelng Bre,z would not be good politics.
There are others, however. who argue
that il Brett were thrown out he would be
lion zed les his party and wo1ld excite suffi-
Gent sympathy to elect him to some higher
office in The future.
sizing the entire fight up at the present
time. it does not look as if the report will
receive the required two-thirds vote. The
report - presented by Shanahan was as
follows.
71.ar fta otarges n,sfa are oroun5lass and
malicious. iuasmuch as we fad no probable
cause for The uIterance OF the words used 10
said Joint assembly By said Aaron Brett. We
fuc usre WAS DOT the slightest evidence ad-
duced before said committee that money or any
corrupt means whatever or that any means
other Thln those The most honorable were used
10 procure Tie election Of Stephen ~ White as
United States Senator We iiud that not the
slightest faint OF corruption OF wrOngdOiug 10
any respect attaches 10 either Hon. Marion
Cannon or Hoa. ]. J. herns IN the matter OF
said election Of said U0ited States Senator.
Wherefore, 10 view Of SAID facts, and IN view
Of th- circumstances surrounding the making or
said charge, your committee respectfully
recommends that said Assenblyman Aaron
Bretz should receive the seYeTest censure OF The
Assembly and that lie should be expelled there
from, and Bis seat declared vacant
T. ~. H. Shanahan (ChaiFman). " h Afford.
D. Z Perkins, julius Kahn, E. a. Pueschel, ".
r. Mathews.
] concur in the report. except as TO that part
which recommends expulsion: ". 4. Vann
On motion Of Barlow, seconded by Shana-
han, further proceedings were dispensed
with until the report of the committee Is
printed
The Republicans or the Assembly held a
caucus this evening for the purpose Of
sgreeug if such a thing were possible,
upon the Brett matter. The majority Of
them were il favor Of voting for expulsion.
The minority were in perfect accord with
tie report Of The committee excepting as TO
the expulsion. Since the caucus adjourned
It's definitely understood that the report
will not be adopted.
Assemblyman Bretz is essentially an
eccentric man, and enc Of his strongest
characteristics is his desire never to get the
worst Of it. A story is told Of him which
brings out this peculiar trait Of his nature
with striking force.
When Breu came TO California some
twenty years ago be journeyed via the
Union and Central Pacific roads. Before
leaving Chicago he purchased a through
Pullman ticket to San Francisco. Accord
ingy be arranged himself comfortably in
lis section IN the palace car and gave him.
sef up to meditation upon the opening Of
flower
Al Ogden, when the conductor sang out
''change cars for San Francisco" every one
but Breiz hustled ont with their luggage
and took a Central Pacific sleeper That
gentleman. however. was not at al dis
turbed by the exodus. but calmly gazed out
Of the window and viewed the beauties of
the Mormon town. The conductor came to
him.
M Brett" he said, change cars for
San Francisco"
The man addressed turned with sur
prised look and replied This is a matter
that does rot interest me. l have through
Pullman-car ticket for California. am IN
the car and l am going to stay here"
The conductor went of ana hunted uD
tie division superintendent and told that
officer about the queer passenger he had.
Tie superintendent called upon Brett
what is the matter with you?" he ex-
claimed.
There is nothing at all the matter with
NE. am On my way to San Francisco and
/ have a through ticket. l am very COM
Portable where l am. Go away and don't
bother me-"
But this car goes back to Chicago You
don't want to return TO where you came
from. 90 you2"
y on can take me where you Ike" said
the calm Bretz, as lie adjusted his glasses to
get 4 better view Of Mormon girl who
stood upon the platform. 81 paid my fare
TO San Francisco, but II you prefer to carry
lie back to Chicago you can do so"
The superintendent was in despair, but
he went cut and ordered q locomotive
hitehed to the Pullman and had it wbisked
up the track at brisk speed in the direc-
ton Of Chicago. Brelz instead of being dis
turbed by this action sank into pleasant
doZs amid the rich cushions Of the palace
car. The agent Of the company then gave
up the jo0, had the car placed in the west
bound train and brought Bretz to Oakland,
where he has been ever since.
This is the sort Of man that the Populists
are heroizng and the Democrats are en-.
deaYoring to oust from the halls of the
Legislature.
The Assembly found another subject
upon which to waste another day. This
time ii was Bledsoe's constitutional amend
ment providing for an educational qualifica-
ton for electors. When 1t came up for dis
cussion Bledsoe stated that in voting for
the amendment the members were merely
carrying out the wishes OF their constituents.
for at The last election more than 100, 600
votes were polled in favor Of it.
Notwithstanding this strong argument in
favor of the amendment. Afford Of Tulare
sent up a substitute. which merely provides
that an eector should be able to mark his
own ticket at the polls.
Bledsoe not only attacked this amendment
but went after the author Of it rather
sharply. lie said Afford was opposing his
scheme right in the face of the fact that the
people Of Tulare County had instructed him
to do otherwise.
Afford undertook to defend bis action By
asserting that all the people wanted was a