The morning call., 1895-01-25
Buggy Was BITTER.
Great Need Of Reform in
San Francisco.
ALL THE TALK is LEXOW.
Discussed in Both Branches Of the
Legislature.
NO CONCLUSION REACHED AS YET.
The Latest Scheme Is to Have Stand
ing Committee to Watch for
CrOOkedReSS.
no CONCLUSION REACHED As YET.

been brought to this ShameIuI conulClon.
If the Blind White Devil, whom men call
Chris Buckley, and if Sam Rainey, whom
] saw no later than to-day lobbying on the
floor of the Senate, are to rule the destiny
of San Francisco and California then it is
time.for decent men to get out of politics"
These were the bitter words with which
Senator Biggy closed an address to the
Senate this afternoon, when the subject of
the appointment of Lexow committee
was brought up. Senator Buggy, while de-
claring that the affairs of San Francisco
needed investigation, argued earnestly
against the appointment of Senatorial
Lexow committee as not proper way for
conducting an investigation, and as sure
to end in the accomplishment of little or
nothing.
There were two subjects interjected into
the duh routine of the Senate which
caused spirited discussions. These were
the proposition to allow the Committee on
Reform the amplest latitude in visiting the
various institutions of the State and the
appointment of Senatorial Lexow com
mittee. Senator Holloway delivered a
philippe against the extravaganza of the
Senate and introduced a resolution to stop
that no more attaches should be appointed.
eve have attaches enough. 1t is time to
stop now" said the Senator.
The body which is now paying out
about $500 a day, the highest record for ex-
penditure ever made by a California Sen
ate, seemed to agree with Senator Hollo-
way, for when the resolution was amended
by Senator VOORHEES,, providing that no
attaches should be appointed without a
four-fifths vote of the Senate, it was
promptly sent to the Committee on At
taches DR.. Martin of Nevada waited to
speak to the resolution, but was too late.
The Committee on Attaches promptly re-
ported back the resolution for passage, and
on rollcan the Senator from Nevada was
permitted to explain his vote, which he
did in humorous vein, saying: 81 was
In hopes that when l went over in sort of
a way as missionary in the Republican
party that you would allow US a Demo-
cratic attache. Not Democrat was given
the Craftsmanship of a committee. There
is not an attache appointed by the Demo
Gratis, from the clerk of the Senate to this
little page who stands beside me. You
have destroyed my last hope Of remaining
with you and I note no." The resolution
was adopted, and so if another attache
wants a place he will have to get four
ffths of the Senators to vote for him.
Senator McAllister spoke to his joint
resolution memorializing Congress not to
pass the bill which would allow the Sec
rotary of the Interior to change the
boundaries of the Yosemite park. at viii
open the way for all sorts of timber and
land frauds" he said. 1.-THE Government
at Washington will be imposed upon and
I ask you to pass this resolution, :" he said,
and it was done.
II am opposed to the resolution" said
Senator Seawen when Senator Orr's
measure calling for the appointment of
Lexow committee came up. "There is no
doubt that fraud was committed in San
Francisco. There is no doubt that an in
vestigation ought to be had But there is
a Grand Jury in San Francisco. If those
jurors cannot find the guilty persons with
all the power they possess and all
the means at their command, and
cannot bring them to immediate judg-
ment, what can we do? If the Legislature
creates an investigation committee, it
should be one which should sit after we
adjourn and report at the next session. It
is improbable that committee appointed
to act now could ferret out the frauds. The
result would be the besmirching of the
committee. am willing to do anything l
can to bring the guilty ones to Justice, but
the results brought about by this resolu-
ton would prove next to nothing. The
committee would be taken away from i'm
portant business here in the attempt to
accomplish something which it could not
accomplish in the brief time allotted it.
The expense is not justified. If the signers
to the petition which was sent here can
accomplish nothing, if the Grand Jury can
accomplish nothing, if the good people OF
San Francisco-and there are good people
in San Francisco-can accomplish nothing.
how can a legislative committee do any,
thing in twenty-five or thirty days?"
Z Senator Seymour expressed himself in
accord with Senator Seawen. The matter
had been referred to the Attorney General
to draft bill for a commission to sit dur
ing the recess in legislation. Itwould give
ample time for its work.
my feeling toward San Francisco is the
kindest, said Senator Mathews, who took
the same position as Senator Seawell 81
desire to say that l would go a long way
" W lOl liidG City NldG L may. w lille
representing my district 1 claim to partly
represent the State. l understand that
plans are formed to brush away the cob
webs from the silurian money bankers of
San Francisco. But if they want to re-
move the cobwebs of corruption of San
francisco they must rise up from their
easy chairs and go to the primaries. dis
like very much to say that San Francisco,
the metropolis of California, is the hotbed
OF corruption; that its good people
are under the control of the bad. |
1 am proud of the State of my adoption
and will not admit this, but do not be-
heve that the proposed committee of five
would do good. It would be a waste of
money, and I will never cast vote for
such a useless purpose. 1 will assert that !
the people themselves are responsible by |
their own niggardly policy I would like
to see San Francisco purified and the whole
State, for if the metropolis is controlled by
the bad element the whole State suffers.
These may be harsh words, but the truth
must be candidly spoken