The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-03
The POpuHst Leaves the House for
a Weeks Vacation.
THE NEW COUNTY OF MADEIRA.
Lengthy Irrigation Arguments Before Joint
Committee The Proposed Pension
ing Of Teachers.

Perfectly unconcerned and oblivious
OF all surroundings. Aaron Brett, Assem-
blyman from Alameda County, stood at
the bar of the Assembly yesterday and
received severe reprimand from Speaker
Gould. He seemed incapable of appreci-
ating what such a censure meant, smiling
at times, and when the Speaker finished
his scoring Bretz simply waved his hand
and bowed as if to say, thank you. He
took his seat for moment or two, az
ranged his books and papers and then
left the Assembly chamber. Speaker
Gould said:
''In accordance with resolution
adopted by this Assembly it becomes my
unpleasant duty to call you before the
bar of this House and reprimand you for
the use of certain language used in the
joint convention of this body and the
Senate of this State, convened on the 18th
day of January of this year. You were
elected on the Sth of last November
member of this Assembly by the joint
votes of the
DEMOCRATS AND PoPULISTS
OF Alameda County and on the I'd day of
January took the oath of Office and en-
tered upon the discharge OF your duties
AS Assemblyman. Shortly thereafter
you, with six of your associates, of whom
Mr.. Kerns was not member, held eau
Gus and selected as the Peoples party
nominee for United States Senator one
Thomas V. Gator, and under such cir
cumstances entered the joint convention
for the election of United States Senator,
held on the 18th of January. At the time
you were called upon to cast your vote
for such Senator you knew the following
facts: That Mr.. Kerns was not a member
of the caucus selecting Mr.. Gator as the
Populist candidate for Senator; that he
was under great personal and political
obligations to Mr.. White, the Democrat
nominee for United States Senator; that
his inclinations were very strong toward
the support of Mr.. White; that about or
10 o'clock on the morning of the 18th Mr..
kerns had declared his intention of
SUPPORTING MR.. WHITE,
And that after roll-call that Mr.. Meow
an, a Republican Assemblyman from
San Francisco, was not present, and that
a call of the House had failed of adoption:
that the Democratic Senator, Goucher, al
though sick, was present, and that upon
that ballot Mr.. White would receive
clear majority of at least two votes. and
would be elected. You, yourself, were
pledged to vote for a Democrat in case a
Populist could not be elected, and you
know that Mr.. kerns was under similar
oh
to Mr.. White. After the roll had been
called, and itappeared that Mr.. White had
been elected Senator by clear majority of
three, you arose in your place, and, as
was your right, demanded the privilege
of changing your vote, and explaining
your reasons therefor, presumptively for
the purpose of redeeming your promise
given to the Democrats of Alameda
County. You did not do so, but, avail
ing yourself of a privilege accorded to
members here for the purpose of their
own protection, you gave utterance to the
words the truth of which you have been
put to the proof. Even if these words
were true their utterance under such
false pretense was such breach of the
obligations of gentleman and an officer
as invokes the censure OF all honorable
men upon your action. But the charge
then made by you was untrue, and an
impartial committee, among whom was
a member of your own party, joining in
the report, after the fullest investigation,
in which you were accorded counsel of
your own choice. pronounced the charge
so made by you as
n IL
And we can but conclude that at the time
you rose to your feet you did so in pursu-
ance of a plan conceived in your mind
before the convention met. Gaining your
right to be heard by taking advantage of
the privilege previously referred to. and
taking advantage of the privilege thus
obtained, you uttered a charge against
honorable men in the presence of the
multitude then assembled here, the ma
lightly of which can only be measured
by the enormity of the crime implied by
your accusation. Under these circum-
stances and for this offense the Assembly
OF this State. by a vote, has imposed upon
me the duty of reprimanding you. I
have not adequate words at my command
to express the utter adherence all honor
able men must feel toward a person
guilty OF the
INFAMOUS CRIME
You so lightly charged, and will only
say that in deliberately and with pre-
meditation, at such time and place,
having made such charge. without the
slightest evidence to sustain it, and hav-
ing failed to express the slightest contri-
ton or regret tor so doing, though its
groundlessness has been abundantly
proven, you have shown yourself to pos
sess either vindictiveness of nature that
must excite commiseration or a fanat-
ieism that is positively deplorable. If
the former be the case, it is a matter be-
tween you and your God; if the latter, it
is impossible for me to express the depth
of my regret at your unfortunate condi-
ton. You stand suspended from all your
duties and privileges as a member of this
body, from and including Tuesday, Jan
day, January 81, 1898. until and including
Monday, February 6, 1898. You may be
seated"
CATTLE STEALING.
Capotar Martin of P1ooar-ft,o uo1d