The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-13
SHANAHAN ANGRY.
His Resolution Causes a
Run7puS.
WHISKY WAS IN THE "WELL."
Scent of 'sCinch' Bills at the Capitol.
A Caucus of Republican
Senators.
Special to THE MoRsrNe CALI

over the referring OF SchleSlngeFs hall
road Commission impeachment resolution
% the Committee on Corporations. OF which
Afford of Tulare is chairman. This meas
IRE provides for the appointment of a conn.,
mittee Of Eve by the Speaker, whose duty it
shall be to Investigate the commission, and
if a proper showing of derelictiOn is made
then Impeachment proceedings are to be
commenced. Schlesinger is the chairman
Of the Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments. and he had hoped that the Speaker
would refer the resolution TO his committee
SO that il could be acted upon al once and
reported back to the House.
Schlesinger told THE CALL correspond
ent Yesterday that the Speaker had prom
ised to SO refer it, but that when the reso-
luton had been read by the clerk Mathews
Of Tehama rushed up to the Speakers desk
and instructed Gould to send it TO the COM
mittee on CORPORATIONS. This request was
instantly obeyed. Gould now denies that
he ever made any such promise to Schles-
niger and they had some very warm words
over it to-day.
Shortly after The Assembly convened this
morning Shanahan introduced a. TeSOlu-
ti0n calling upon the Committee on Corpora
tiOns TO report back the Schlessinger TesOlu-
tIon forthwith, without recommendation.
Price made motion TO lay the matter on
the table During the reading Of the Shan
ahan resolution the S. eaker had worked
himself into quite a passion, aud
before Prices motion was acted upon Gould
saic that it was highly improper to east re-
Elections upon the integrity of the Com
mittee On Corporations. He looked upon
Sbanahau's resolution as an aGront 10
those men. lie showed considerable tenn
per, and when Shanahan attempted to
speak he called him to order By rapping
with bis gavel till the chandeliers danced.
Beds0e then rose to a question of privi-
lego and said that he thought .ShaRaban
had meant to cast no reflection on the COM
mittee. He suggested that a motion be made
To have the committee report the resolution
back at once with whatever recommends
ton it saw e..
BY this time Shanahan had got himself into
fighting trim, and he arose aud attacked tie
Speaker vic.ously. Re declared that when
the resolution had been read the day before,
tie chair, instead Of saving. Gentlemen.
you have heard the resolution read, what is
your peasure" had al once referred 1t to
committee. Shanahan was becoming more
word fell from his lips, when Bledsoe rose
to point of order and rebuked Shanahan
for thus attacking the Speaker The man
from Shasta continued to talk. however,
until Gould ordered the Sergeant-at-Arms
te seat him. The orator did not wait for
any assistance, but sat down and concealed
his rising wrath beneath a placid eoun-
tenance.
Wien quiet had been restored Shanahan
appealed from the decision of the chair, but
lie mad no following and the squabble ended
there. The matter was finally partly set
tied by he chairman Of the Committee oE
Corporations stating that his committee
would meet this evening and report the
resolution back in the morning.
Even those members who are with Schles-
niger Ia the fight do not question the
Speakers honesty, bu. they do object TO his
receiving his instructions from Dr.
Mathews. whom they declare to be friendly
with the railroad company.
WheG quiet Teigned again, Hurley, chair
man Of the Committee on Attaches and
Employees, sent up his report Among
other places that we're filed was that Of
historian, which was given to q man named
Norton.
Owen OF Sacramento moved to amend by
changing the name of Norton to E. J.
Smith BE backed up his motion with more
eulogistic words concerning Smiths supe-
ri1r capabilities. Finlayson spoke very
highly Of Smiths ability, but he believed
that 10 one bat Democrat should have
position. The whole matter finally went
back to the Committee on Attaches, aud
shortly afterward resolution was sent up
giving Smith position as an assistant desk
clerk. The probability IS that both Norton
and Smith viii be provided far, enc because
be has ability and the other because he is a
Democrat
Tie junketing party that Is to travel
down to Oakland to investigate the
asylum for adult blind was made I'D.
Dudge, Mathews Of Te5ama and MoTdeeai
viii 90 from tie Assembly and Senators
Seawell, Mah0ney and Orr will join them
from tie Senate. Bledsoe is having a gay
tine trying to suppress the veil" the
place where liquor is sold. Bledsoe is the
chairman OF the Committee on Public
Morals and was placed there no doubt owing
to the zeal he displayed early in the session
70 abolish the ginmill in the basement. The
HUMBOLDT man called his committee to-
gether this morning and started his investi-
cation. He subpenaed about twenty
witnesses, including the men who
conducted the well. but Bledsoe
failed to entice any one Of them to admit
that be had ever seen the color OF whisky
st the bar in the we'll Il was all cold tea
Bledsoe finally adjourned his committee
until this afternoon. when he succeeded in
discovering one newspaper man who was
frank enough to admit that he had Quaffed
both beer and whisky in the well. This
was the only witness discovered, however,
VINO was favorable, and Bledsoe again ad-
louraed until tomorrow. In the meantime
the chairman will go on a still hunt for men
with tinted noses.
The Republicans still have the shadow of
a hope left that they can win the Senatorial
fight The fact that they have not given up
entirely is verified by the presence in this
city OF John I. Dare and John C. Quinn,
who are here in the interests of Senator
FELTON,. They have with them petitions aud
they are impoTtHniDg Republicans to give
their complimentary vote to FELTON,. None
Of them would perhaps have any objection
10 signing If they Gid not have faint sus-
plclon that there is a movement on foot TO
try and elect FELTON,. There is q belief that
FELTON, Is secretly at work trying 30 build
up a boom which at the last moment will
bring him the Populists and Carlson and
Burke. That would eject him. Whether
this quiet work is being done is not definitely
known but the Republicans are wary Of the
petition aud thus far but a few signatures
have been obtained.
1t has been the general belief here that
AFTER the awful scandal Of two years ago,
the new Legislature would be shy OF having
anything to do with 'cinch bills" or any
thing else that would tend to bring upon
them the disgrace that came to some OF the
leaders Of two years ago. Notwithstanding
the danger that exists in a repetition OF this
kind Of work, com bine IN the Senate is
already in process of formation. Six men
have held meeting, and a seventh mas
partly agreed to join them, but he is said 20
be weak as yet They are classed as four
Democrats and three Republicans. One Of
them has made exceptions, and will net