The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-30


| United States Government; 1T should be
made legally so. He asked that Congress
be urged to take action at once. 81 am
| informed" said Senator Burke, "that
Bledsoe is not the author of the bill which
bears his name and passed the Assembly.
His personal unpopularity should not be
allowed to interfere with so important a
question. I am told that the bill was
drafted by stalwart Republican"
care you trying to prove an alibi for Mr..
Bledsoe?" asked Senator MCGOWAN.
Senator Burke replied at some length
and suggested that the Bledsoe resolution
be adopted. He said it would take two
days to telegraph the MCGOWAN resolution
to Washington; that it would take $4,000
to do this, and that the Bledsoe resolution
was crisp, short and to the point. To this
Senator MCGOWAN replied that the cost
would be but $S5.
Senator Sewell did not care who the
author of the bill was. He wanted it indi-
Gated to the people of the East how the
people of the West felt upon this subject
and declared that he would like to see the
Bledsoe resolution go through. He also
said that he understood there was opposi-
ton to the MCGOWAN resolution in the
Assembly.
Senator Smith declared that it was a
waste of time to discuss these resolutions,
which were so antagonistic. He wanted to
shift the burden of sandlotism from the
shoulders of California, and therefore
favored the MCGOWAN resolution.
A vote was taken on the resolution which
was introduced by Senator MCGOWAN and
it was carried as follows:
Ayes-Aram, Arms, Androus, Bert, Denison
Dunn, Flint, Ford, Franck, Gleaves, Hart,
Henderson, Holloway, Hoyt, Linder, Mahoney,
MCGOWAN, Mitchell, Orr, Seymour, Shine,
Simpson, Smith, Toner, Voorheis-25.
Noes-Beard, Biggy, Burke, Fay, Langford,
Martin, Matthews, McAllister, Pedlar, Seawell,
Whitehurst, Withington-12.
/. Absent-Earl, Gesford, Shippee-3.
AS soon as this resolution had been car
ried Senator MCGOWAN introduced Sec
ond, that the first resolution be imme-
diately telegraphed to Washington, with
the record of the vote. Those who had
voted against McGowan's anti-funding res
olution saw that they had been trapped,
and they resorted to every device to escape
from their predicament. They had thought
that the resolution would go to the Assem-
bly,, that the Assembly would not concur,
and that they would have an opportunity
to vote on the Bledsoe proposition. The
proposal to send the expression of single
house to Washington came as surprise
and was bitterly fought. Senator Burke
thought that such a course was not
courteous act to the Assembly. "If we send
the expression of single branch of the
Legislature to Washington" said Senator
Wilmington, sit will prove Ineffective"
Senator VOORHEES, declared that it would
only be fair play to allow those who voted
in the negative to express their real senti-
ments on the Reilly bill.
Senator MCGOWAN offered to withdraw
the part of the essecond resolution which
gave the record of the vote on the first
resolution, and it was passed much to the
discontinue of those who had voted in the
negative. Later in the day the minority
was given an opportunity to express its
anti-funding sentiments on a resolution
introduced by Senator Earl. The resolu-
ton was also adopted without dissenting
vote. 1t is as follows:
RESOLVED, By the Senate of the State of Cali
fornia that our Senators be instructed and our
oppose and use all honorable means to defeat
the passing of the Reilly refunding bill, or any
bill of a similar nature.
RESOLVED, That upon default in the payment
of the Pacific railroad debts that the Govern
ment foreclose its lien on said roads,
RESOLVED, That the Federal Government ex-
haust every endeavor to recover the legal and
equitable assets of the said roads, wherever
such assets may be found, whether the same be
ofv o1c
session of incorporate or other estates of de-
ceased stockholders in said roads, or whether
the same be in possession of other corporations,
either railroad or otherwise, provided how
ever, that nothing contained herein shall be
construed as a legislative declaration of a
waiver of rights under State laws upon the
subject of shareholders liabilities.
Resolued, That the Governor be requested to
Immediately forward to each of our Senators
and Representatives in Congress copy of this
resolution.
Senator Earl succeeded this afternoon in
quietly introducing a concurrent resolu-
ton, having it adopted and sent to the AS
sembly. 1t ratifies the amendments to the
Oakland charter voted upon at the election
in that city on Saturday last when the
proposition to abolish the Board of Public
Works, which practically controlled the
fire and police departments, was carried by
good majority. A lobby will come up to-
morrow to try to defeat the resolution. but
lobby cannot affect the resolution now.
If the resolution passes the Assembly
the amendments to the Oakland charter be-
come valid without further action, and
the work heretofore done by the Board of
Public Works will be done under the di-
rection of a board composed of the Mayor,
the City Attorney and the City Surveyor.
The city will save $72O0 a year, and several
men will be legislated out of four-year po-
sitions.
Port Warden Dillingham; of San Diego,
who was appointed to the Office on the day
preceding that on which Governor Budd
came into power, is dead. Strong pressure
is being exerted upon the Governor to ap-
point successor to Dillingham;, but Gov
ernor Budd says he will not make an ap-
pointment at present.
AFTER THE BALL.
Assenblynsest Labor Under q Mighty Fit
0f DiS0MRf.