The morning call., 1895-02-21


the bill accompanying our report"
"Do YOU think the Senate will reduce the |
number?n was asked. An emphatic "No" |
was the response. Long before submitting |
his report Senator Wilmington declared |
there would be no reduction of attaches,
because the Senate was not disposed to act |
Members would admit the extravaganza, |
but there were too many influences at
work to keep useless attaches at the ex-
pense of the State.
Because there are such number of at
taches doing nothing for which they are
paid literally it does not follow that there
are none who work. The secretary of the
Senate and some of the clerks are kept
continuously busy. The clerks of finance,
judiciary and claims committees naturally
have an abundance of work to occupy their
time, and there are numbers of others who
could be singled out who are honestly
earning their salaries. But there is a
greater number who are practically use
less"
The Assembly differs from the Senate
only in degree. at has less number of
useless attaches, and its weekly payroll is
not quite so large. The Assembly prefers
to pass the anti-high hat absurdity to the
business-like proposition of cutting down
its expenses.
DR.. Cargill, the Assent blyman from San
Benito, was one of committee which rec
commended wholesale decapitations of use
less attaches. But the Assembly would
not adopt the report There are too
many political debts to be paid said Dr.
Cargill. 1.-The Assembly attaches have to
big pull to be removed. That is the
situation. The attaches should be reduced
in number. but if an Assemblyman favors
a reduction he is met with a storm of pro-
tests. Each Assemblyman might be will
ing that the attaches appointed by another
should be removed, but not his own, and
so none are dismissed"
~ am afraid that nothing can be done
now" said Wade of Napa. 1.-The CALLS
article this morning told nothing but the
truth"
Dodge of Alameda said: GA number of
our committees will be through in few
days. Mine will be through by Monday or
Tuesday. will then discharge my clerk.
There are others who will do the same
thing. l hardly think the number of at
taches will be reduced, however"
Dale of Kern County added: "But it is
not the fault of the Republicans. The
ma aiority of the Republicans are in favor of
retrenchment. There are enough against
it, however, with the Democrats to beat US.
"At the vote to reconsider the matter of
dropping the nineteen attaches the follow
ing voted aye: Bachman, Barker, Bel
shaw, Bennett, Berry, B1edsoe, Butler,
Coleman, Coughlin, Cutter, Dale, DAVIS,
Dodge, Dunbar, Ewing, Fassett, Glass, Guy,
Hall, Holland, Huber, Johnson, Jones,
Keen, Kenyon, Laird, Phelps, Richards,
Robinson, Rowell, Stanford, Staley,
Spencer, Swisler, Wade, Waymire and
Wilkins.
Some of our friends were absent. Among
these were Bulla, Cargill, Freeman, Hat
field, McKelvev, Meads, Nelson, Osborn,
Price, Stansel and Weyse. A number of
these feel that the time spent in fighting
over attaches is foolishly expended and
give way. There are others who will fight
and vote for economy because it is right,
but they cannot muster majority of the
House"
Boothby, chairman of the Committee on
| Crimes and Penalties, said: 'The trouble
is they tried to cut off too many men in a
bunch. Each man was appointed through
pull. His friends, of course, tried to
have his man left off, and was willing to
combine with the others"
Pendleton of the Municipal Corporations
Committee was sure nothing would be done
in the removal of the unnecessary at
taches.
''The Calls just right" said Laugenour,
head of the Democratic minority. "Half
the attaches and clerks should be dis
L.. l,,+ |.
though. Our minority has a clerk. I ad-
nit that he does very little, and if the
others go will consent that his head be
Topped off, too."
Il don't want to venture an opinion" )"
said Osborn of Santa Cruz, chairman OF the
Military Committee. "My clerk has not
had much to do, but we will be very busy
from now on"
1--WE are employing more men than we
have had at other sessions" Brusie of
the Ways and Means Committee said /,
'and it is the logical conclusion of our
heavy majority. There are sixty-two mem
| bers in the house. Each has man who
must be cared for. If the majority were
| lighter the demand for patronage would
have been less and the number of attaches
| fewer. 1t is too late now to hope for any
reduction in number, think,
| Dixon of the Commerce and Navigation
| Committee said: There will be no reduc-
tlon of attaches till week after Monday.
THE end of the sixty days, during which
the members are paid. Then am going
to give warning of resolution that every
member be empowered to appoint clerk
at SIS day."
McKelvey of Orange said: 'There is no
hope now of lessening the number of en-
ployes. The whole trouble arises from the
fact that many of the men who are so
anxious to cut a laborer down $40 are will
ing to grant 1000 appropriation with
out second thought"
"The whole thing is wrong" said Barker
OF Santa Barbara. II voted against every
appointment l thought unnecessary from
the first. But now / will not vote to re-
move these men. They have come here on
an implied promise of the State that they
would get two months job. The State
did wrong to promise, but should keep its
agreements"
Bulla of Los Angeles feared that the indi-