The morning call., 1895-02-06
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS.
Attaches Made Sad by the Work Of
the Sharp Ak Of the
RetrencherS.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 5.-The question agi-
tating the Assembly most now is, where
the work of retrenchment is going to cease.
None of the attaches feel safe. Their
friends are equally uneasy and much skir-
mishing is being done to save faVorites
from the AK.
1t was not till after considerable of the
morning work had been done that Timothy
Guy Phelps, the veteran Assemblyman
from San Mateo, who is leading the fight
on unnecessary attaches, read his report.
1t contained surprises for everybody. The
report was as follows:
Resolued That the pay of Lee Fairchild, as
sistant enrolling clerk, be reduced from So per
day to S. per day, and that the services of the
following attaches of the Assembly be dispensed
with, viz: C. A. Tyrel, doorkeeper; j. Curing
ton, assistant journal clerk; Miss C. H. Hayden
assistant journal clerk; John Massie, porter
T. j. Smith, porter; A. S. Vischer, assistant
journal clerk; George Hatton, assistant engross-
ing clerk Thomas Haskins, Waterman; L. W.
Avery, folding clerk; J. B. Horton, assistant
engrossing clerk; G Y. Vandever, assistant
history clerk; w. W. Cohn, Waterman; D.
G. Holt assistant clerk; Miss C. H. Boyden,
assistant journal clerk w. Rice, assistant en-
rolling clerk L. B. Corotto, Waterman; Horace
Howard, page to Sergeant-at-Arms; ]. Brooks,
assistant clerk.
There was some misunderstanding about
the committees action of last night in re-
gard to Lee Fairchild. 1t was at first de-
cided to drop his name from the list of
attaches. Later the action was recon-
sidered and instead it was decided that
drop in his salary from IS day to s. be
recommended.
Then Laugenour of Woodland introduced
a resolution that all committee clerks be
paid their per diem only for the actual
number of days they worked, and that the
chairman of each committee be required
to report the same each week. The reso-
luton is too sweeping an innovation to
have any chance of passing, but it will
come up with the report of the retrench-
ment committee for action in the morning.
Another flood OF bills ensued. That of
Phelps, from the Retrenchment Commit
tee, providing for the repeal of all acts au-
thorizing the appointment of quarantine
officers and for paying the same, aroused
considerable interest among the San Fran
cisco delegation. The bill does away with
the anchorage off Sausalito as a quaran-
tine station, as the United States has a
quarantine station in Raccoon Straits, and
there is no necessity for two. 1t also au-
thorizes the sale of the boarding steamer
Governor Perkins unless some other use is
found for her by. the State.
Brusie introduced measure that will
bring the lobby of telephone companies
down on both houses in a swarm. The bill
fixes So month as the maximum rental
for telephones, and where one party uses
two or more the rental charged is not to
exceed 81 80. In towns of 10000 inhabit-
ants or more the charge for switches is not
to exceed 3 cents each, while in smaller
towns cents may be charged. Telephon-
ing between two cities is not to cost more
than 20 cents for the first five minutes and
cents extra for each additional five min
utes. No variation is made for distance.