The record-union., 1895-11-20
GOVERNOR BUDD Was MUCH VEEED,
And He Sat Down on Attorney Cattern
Hard.
Proceedings Against the Agricultural
Directors VIII Wait on the EX-
pert's Action.

Ine 1nVeStlgatlOn or the charges
against the Directors of Agricultural
District No. 6 of Los Angeles, and the
counter charges, was resumed yester-
day by Governor Budd.
When the session commenced the
Governor, who had been examining the
Journal of the Senate, stated to Mr..
Mitchell that he found out that A. B.
449, the bill which it was charged had
been rushed through without proper
time or notice to those concerned, had
not been passed by either house on the
day on which it was entitled to pass,
it being laid over one day in the Sen
ate.
Mr.. Lynch said that he now remem-
bered that the bill was laid over in Or
der that Senator Langford, who was not
entirely satisfied as to the scope of the
bill, might have a chance to examine it.
The Governor said that Senator
LangfOrd was the Oldest Senator and
had been for years an Agricultural Di-
rector, and perfectly conVersant with
| such matters.
Mr. Mitchell said that he had a high
respect for Senator Langford and his
| experience. The trouble was that the
! bill had been rushed through without
| the people of the district knowing of it.
The Governor said that the affidavit
! is not borne out by the facts. There was
ne undue haste shown, and the bill
! took longer to pass both houses than
many bills do. 1t did not affect the own
ership of the property.
MI Mitchell said that it attempted to
/ do so, but failed. An attempt at murder
! is precisely as reprehensible, even
| though made in such a bungling man
ner that it cannot succeed.
That is like your cane yesterday >
said the Governor. You applied a
! blackthorn to ThOrne yesterday, but
! you could not kill a person with that
! care"
Yes. was the reply, Il am sorry
that 1 did not use my fists instead"
We'll, I tell you now" said the Gov
! ernor, that if you do anything of the
kind to-day, you will be thrown out of
! the window. l will have no more such
work in my office. 1 do not like the
method that has been pursued by you
! people Yesterday you had published
in enc of the papers a letter that was
not presented in the case, but was
! handed to me only. The Governor, leg
! is!ators and lawyers know how bills
are passed in the Legislature and the
| rules followed, but the people do not.
1t looks as if the publication of
these counter-charges is an attempt to
/ besmirch the character of the gentle
men mentioned in them"
Mr. Mitchell denied any intention to
DO anything of the sort. The charges
were made in the shape of legal
| answer
Mr.. Lynch said that the bill was
| submitted to Frank NJ. Stone before
| being introduced, and he examined it
and said it would not affect the prop
/ erty rights, but would preserve the
property in its present status.
| The Governor read from the counter
| charges and asked why it was stated
! that Lynch left the chair at 11:25, after
/ the bill had been passed, and if that
fact made any difference.
! 1T makes no difference" said Cat
! term except in regard to his holding
! stock, and speaking for the bill
/ THAT is not a proper remark, Mr..
! Cattern.'' said the Governor, hOtly.
Yesterday you made several remarks
! that were insulting to witnesses. You
! insulted Mr.. Lynch, the Speaker of the
! House, grossly. l have not allowed
| any improper or insulting questions to
| the directors on your side of this ques-
| ton Mr. Mitchell has had to restrain
/ you several times. / make some al
| lowance for your near relation to one
Of the parties, but 1 will not allow such
| procedure"
Mr. Mitchell said that he wished to
| state that the counter charges had not
| been given to the San Francisco papers
until after a copy had been sent to
| the Governor.
Yes" said the Governor, "but they
were not on file in my office. If they
! had been, the case would have been
! heard Immediately and all sides would
! have had chance to be heard at the
same time"
The Governor then announced that he
wanted all the records of the associa-
! ton turned over to Mr.. Hoskins,
/ who exported the books of the Stock
! ton Asylum and whom he should ap-
! point as expert.
! Director George Kinds testified to the
! early history of the property, in which
! he invested 500 in the beginning. All
/ the proceedings of the association have
/ been managed by directors appointed
! by the Governor. There has not been
much buying and selling of stock till
/ last year.
| He and other directors gave state
ments of the movements of stock and
! said probably fifteen or twenty shares
! had changed hands in the past year or
! So 1t was developed in relation to the
ment was signed by Mr.. Newton and
! Mr. Thorne. but not as President and
! Secretary. The stock gave the hold
ers and their families the privilege of
| free admission to the exhibitions in
! the Park and fair and were valuable
on that account. Mr.. Salisbury OBJ
,ected to this and the stockholders
! were shut out. The resolution allowing
/ themselves so day was passed a
/ couple of weeks after the arrangement
/ with Salisbury.
/ The Governor called attention to the
/ fact that at the meeting on January
Sd the directors received their checks,
( but the minutes do not show that fact,
and they were approved at the next
meeting.
! Mr. Kinds continued that he under
stood at the time that the surplus was
/ to he turned over to the association.
! but nothing was said about it. Nothing
was ever said by the Directors as to di-
viding the surplus. Mr. Thorne
! claimed that there were some bills un-
paid. and several months elapsed on ac-
count of his absence before the resolu-
tion was passed to turn it over to the
! association.