The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-05
ances of hostility to Southern Pacific

During the skirmishing between the two
factions, while the doors were closed
other arguments than those immateria
were brought forward. The sum at which
votes were rated was extremely insignif
cant, however. One member was offered
500. Later 500 was added to this. He re
NAMED obdurate, but the company did not
make any further raise.
The scalpers' bill was the first on the
Senate special file. This brought it uI
Immediately after 2o'elock. Dodge pro-
tested against it on the ground that it was
not needed. at is not called for" said he
1.-The people do not ask for it. Besides,
the only portion of it that is for the people
is the section forcing the railroads to re-
deem unused tickets, and l think that is
unconstitutional"
Wade of Napa pointed to the fact that
the fifth section OF the bill provided for the
imprisonment of a corporation. This, he
thought, showed how utterly useless the
bill would be.
Waymire of Alameda here introduced
an amendment to strike out sections and
6. He was ruled out of order. Then the
House resolved itself into committee of
the whole and the amendment was lost.
call for the previous question shut off
further amendments. The roll was called
and the vote stood So to 35. At once de-
mand went up for call of the House.
There were 40 votes in favor of this to 80
against. Immediately the doors were
closed and the roll called to find the all
sentees. These were O'Day, Dinkelspiel,
Tomblin and Stansell. Warrants were
made out for their arrest and the House
proceeded TO quarrel.
First, dispensing with the call OF the
House was demanded. Then a motion to
adjourn would follow. Brusie. wanted a
recess. Then Bledsoe, not being able to
have the rules of the House dispensed with,
asked that the absentees be excused for the
day. He was ruled out of order. Reid of
Trinity by this time became aware of the
active interest Mrs Cummings was taking
in Assemblyman Hall. He, therefore,
called the attention of the chair to the fact
that the rule allowing only members
wives on the floor was being violated. He
moved that the rule be enforced. The
chair announced that only motions to ad-
journ or to dispense with the call of the
House would be in order. Then they
moved to adjourn some more. Secretary
Brandon of the Senate, who came in on
business, waited with interest for the doors
to open. Then an appeal had to be made
to the House to let him 60 out.
In the meantime Mr.. O'Day and Mr..
Tombln had been rounded up by the ser
geant-at-arms. DinkelspieI had come to
the door of the Assembly, just after the
call of the House had been demanded. Not
being able to get in, he went to the Gov
ernor's office on some business he was in
terested in and did not come back till the
trouble was all over. Mr.. Stansell was
found later. Tomblin and Stansell were
known to be against the bill O'Day was
for it. There was only one man more to
be found. That was Dinkelspiel. Both
Collins and wilkins were excused. 1t was
decided to dispense with the call of the
House, and the roll was called with the
following result:
AyeS-Ash, Bsssford, Berry, Bettman, Brusie,
Butler, Cargill, Coughlin, Gutter, Davis, Devine,
Davitt, Dixon, Freeman, Gay, Guy Healey,
Kelsey, Laugenour, Lewis, Llewellyn, Meads,
Mccarthy, McKelvey, Merrill, o'Day, Pendle-
ton, Powers, Richards, Spencer, Swisler, lib
bits, Thomas, Tomblin, Twigg, Weyse, Wilkin-
son, Zocchi, Mr. Speaker-39
Noes-Bachman, Barker, Belshaw, Bennett,
Bledsoe, Boothby, Bulla, Coleman, Dale, Dodge,
Dunbar, Dwyer, Ewing, Fassett Glass, Hall,
Hatfield, Holland, Huber Hudson, johnson,
Jones, Keen, Kenyon, Laird. Nelson, North,
Osborn, Phelps. Price, Reid, Robinson, Rowell,
Sanford, Staley, Stansell, Wade, Waymire-3s.
Excused and absent-Collins, Dinkelspiel,
Wilkins
This made 80 ayes to IS noes. There was
a pause. Then came the change that de-
cided the bill. Hall and Laird changed
their votes to "aye" and the bill was
passed.
Its future is problematical. 1t will be
sent to the Senate. The Senate will refuse
10 concur in the amendments and the bill
will be sent back to the House The
House, however, will not recede from its
amendments, and conference committees
viii be appointed by both houses. Neither
Speaker Lynch nor Speaker Flint will be
likely to appoint violently anti-railroad
members on their committees, and as re-
suit the various amendments will be
thoroughly toned down and the poison ex-
tracted from their stings. Then a bill sat
isfactory to the railroad company will be
passed, transmitted to the Governor, and
then-Governor Budd snon-committal as
TO how he Will treat the bill. 1t will be
remembered, however, that he was elected
on a violently anti-railroad platform
In the evening the railroad again came up.
This time it was in regard to the street-car
system. The Committee on Corporations
have reported bill that refuses to allow
two lines of street railway, under different
arrangements, to use the same street for
more than five blocks. It's section 3 re-
peals an act of 1873 fixing a penalty OF
$3.50 charging more than the rate fixed by
law for ride.
Reid moved to amend the bill by striking
ont this amendment. He denounced the bill
as an attempt to strengthen the street-ca1
monopolies.
Thomas OF Nevada protested that the
bill was to allow the poor man to get to
work more quickly, since it allowed cars to
run at twelve miles an hour.
Wade of Napa spoke against the bill and
for the amendment, as did a number Of
Others, but the amendment received only
19 votes and was lost. There were 81 noes
IN THE SENATE.
The Ertortion Bin Killed by Good
Majority.
SACRAMENTO, March 4-Senator Toner,