The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-10
HIS RESOLUTION DEFEATED.
lie Asked for Half an Hours Grace
for the Pets.
THE LAST PROTEST. FROM SPENCER.
Any Member Calling for Further Reduc.
lions in the Force May Be Booked
One Days Pay.

SACRAMENTO, Feb 9.-Another row over
attaches was precipitated in the Assembly
to-day by BoOthby of San Francisco, who
introduced a resolution providing that the
employees of the House be excused from at
tending rollcall at o'clock every morning.
McKelvey of Los Angeles, who occupied
the chair, at once referred the resolution
to the Committee on Attaches, thus rem
dering out of order Dixon of San Fran
cisco, who was trying to move that the
resolution be laid on the table.
eve are losing more time over these
attaches than they are worth, Dixon
shouted as soon as he could be heard.
1.-The only thing this resolution was intro
duced for was to allow certain men from
San Francisco to draw their salaries with
out doing anything, and [ move that the
bill be laid on the table.
Boothby urged that he was moved solely
by desire to do justice to the attaches.
They worked hard, and there was no rea-
son in demanding that they be present at
O'Clock when there was nothing for them
to do. He moved that his resolution be
adopted.
At this iuncture calling of the roll was
demanded. Wade of Napa arose to say
that lie was of the opinion that it was not
necessary for attaches to be on hand at 9
o'clock If the call for the roll was with
drawn he would move to amend Boothby's
resolution by changing the time to $50
o'clock Price favored the resolution as 1t
was. There had been several rollcalls, he
said, and the chair had excused the abb
sentees, so he saw no necessity of continu-
ing what seemed to him a mere form.
81 have excused only five" protested
Speaker Lynch, who was on the floor at the
time, "and those men all had good ex-
cuses."
Spencer of Lassen then arose. He looked
dispirited and spoke as a man without
hope.
This is the last time am going to raise
my voice on the matter of attaches" he
announced. 81 am convinced that the ma
iority of the members don't want the at
taches to do any work. It's easy to see
why they want these men excused from
rollcau. It's because they want to enable
them to get their money without doing
any more than drawing their breath and
salaries l did intend to protest, but L m
convinced it is no use. Go Oh" he added,
y
but I shall take no part in it.
Dixon said he knew of one man who had
only been in the Capitol once or twice. He
thought that man and others like him
should not receive any pay. Cutter urged
that it was unfair to punish fifty or sixty
faithful attaches because a few were not
working. ''Let these men be named" he
said. when you know who they are then
drop them"
Bledsoe wanted Cutter to name the
workers, and Dixon proceeded to enume-
rate some of the men who labored far into
the night.
Buila thought that the attaches worked
no harder than the members, and thought
they might as well answer the rollcall.
At this Belshaw of Antioch applauded,
but did not speak, and Ewing of San Fran
cisco arose to agree; but he tried to read
list of committee clerks who had done no
work and had to be choked off when the
matter of adopting the resolution was put
to vote. It was beaten by Al noes, only
Is members voting aye.
The Speaker had hardly announced the
result when a resolution was sent up by Nc
Carthy that the Rev. Mr.. Somers, chaplain
VI bHe ASSeLl ny NC lCquA4eu W Oo present.
at the rollcall of the attaches and to offer
up a prayer for the same. The fitness of
the thing caused a general laugh, but the
resolution was adiudged out of order.
Hatfield of Sacramento then offered
resolution providing that any member
who presented any measure looking to the
reducing of the wages or dropping from
the payroll any considerable number of
attaches should be locked one days sal
airy. This met with the approval of the
House, but, under the rules, was laid over
a day.