The record-union., 1893-03-14

| Litely postpone.
The point was ruled well taken.
Shanahan then moved to make the mat
ter a special order for this afternoon at 2
| o'clock. There was objection and An
derson moved as substitute to make it a
special order for last night at 9 o'clock.
1he motion was refused adoption.
Cries Of Question ~ Question i'' went
up.
Mordecai got the floor and said he con-
sidered it a direct affront on the part of
any man to call up a motion to recon-
slider. and an instant later for the same
person to move to lay the motion on the
table. For the second time he was de-
| clared out of order.
Gately was very impatient and moved
to call the roll and settle the question
right here"
Again cries of question" were heard,
the motion to lay on the table the motion
TO reconsider was put, and the vote an
nounced as being 5S ayes to 16 noes.
There were number of changes from
no to aye. before the result was an
nounced.
A wild howl of cheering went up from
the San Jose delegation in the lobby and
gallery, The lobby was cleared and out
in the corridor cheer after cheer rent the
air in honor of the claimed victory.
Business then proceeded in the usual
way.
STAYED ON THE TABLE.
During the evening session, however,
Mr.. Mordecai endeavored to take from
the table the motion to reconsider, but it
was of no avail.
AS soon as he had taken his seat Lynch
raised the point of order that the motion
to take from the table could not be enter
tanned without a suspension of the
rules.
The motion was not sustained, how
ever.
Bledsoe wanted to speak on the motion,
but Lynch cut him off by raising the
point of order that the motion is not de-
batable. Finding nothing could be done,
MIR. Bledsoe had to content himself by
entering protest in the name of the
small majority against the unjust and
hlgh-handed way in which the amend
ment was legislated through the House.
Lynch arose for information as to
whether the amendment was in the pos
session of the Assembly. When he as
certained he had made mistake he re-
ceded from his point of order, but Math-
ews OF Tehama prosecuted the inquiry.
Mathews said if it was not in the pos
session Of the House it should be. If it
had been transmitted to the Senate by
the Clerk, he wanted to know what au-
thority there was for such action. The
Clerk, If he had transmitted the amend
ment to the Senate, had transcribed his
duty when there was a motion to recon-
slider before the House.
Speaker Gould ruled that it was imma-
teriaI whether the bill was in thea ssem-
bly, or not.
Anderson also contended that the
amendment should be in the House,
but he was not recognized.
The motion to take from the table was
then put and lost by a vote of eighteen
ayes to fitty-two noes.
SENATOR HART's APPEAL.
In the Senate fully half of the day was
taken up at different times in discussion
german to the Capital moving PROPOSE
ton. And the same stubborn and relent-
Assembly displayed.
Immediately after the journal was read
Senator VOORHEES, rose and said that
mistake had been in the record. The
journal showed that he voted for the pro-
posed amendment removing the Capital,
whereas he had voted against. He asked
that the record be corrected, and his re-
quest was granted.
Senator Hart then took the floor. He.
too, appeared on record as having voted
10 remove the Capital from his own city.
The reason for this, he said, was that he
had first voted against the amendment.
but atterward changed his vote under the
belief that constitutional majority had
been received so as to give notice of a
motion to reconsider. The Senate, how
ever, adjourned before the notice could
be given. He desired that he be set right
on the journal, and hoped nobody would
object to having his vote changed back to
mo"
Senator Ostrom spoke III favor of grant
ing the request. The Senate owed Mr..
Hart the courtesy he asked for. 1t would
not be just to leave him on record as vot-
ing against himself.
President Reddick said he guessed it
would be all right as Senator Burke was
granted similar privilege recently when
he changed his vote on the reassessment
bill.
But Senator Carpenter objected to
changing the record, and caused
lengthy debate. He said he would not
oppose an explanation by Senator Hart
being placed in the journal, but he would
never consent TO having the record falsi-
fed.
Senator Wilson said that every Senator
on the floor knew that Mr.. Hart did not
favor the amendment, therefore it would
be an injustice to leave him on record as
voting for it.
The next person to get the floor was
Mr.. Mahoney. He was also in favor of
giving Mr.. Hart a show, and reminded
the Senate that it had granted similar re-
quests several times during the session,
particularly in the case OF Mr.. Burke.
Mr.. Hart was in the lobby when the res
olution was presented Saturday night.
and, when he came in, did not realize
that anybody was in earnest. He did not
get in his reconsideration notice as
quickly as he would otherwise.
WAS BUT JOKE.
VOORHEES, agreed with Mahoney. The
whole thing originated as joke, he said.
and now that it had terminated so seri-
ously, Senator Hart should be allowed to
set himself right on record.
Carpenter still insisted that this would
be falsifying the record, and declared that
he would vote against it. Berry agreed
with him and threatened to vote SINH