The record-union., 1895-01-21
as the committee should be at work now

as the committee should be at work now
ana Mason is competent man.
referred to Committee on Attaches.
by 1homas-That the Secretary of State
oe requested to have the dome of the
Capltot lighted on the evening of the
inaugural ball, and have the Assem- bly,
Cham Der placed in readiness for the ball
IN the evening, and that the sum of $500
pe appropriated from the contingent fund
OF the Assembly to pay the expenses
thereof
Referred to the Committee on inaugural
Ball.
BY Notwithstanding the Controller
to draw his warrant for the pay of Frank
Hlnters for his services as mail carrier.
Referred to Committee on Attaches.
BY Sanborn-That the name OF San
born be substituted for that Of Holland
on the Committee on Education, and that
of Holland for that of Sanborn on the
Committee on Fish and Game. Adopted.
POSTPONED TILL MONDAY.
The resolution of Ewing for tho ap-
pointment of a special committee to in
yestigate the police department of San
Francisco was taken up.
North moved to postpone the matter
till Monday.
Hatfield called attention to the fact
that special committee could not be ap-
pointed without suspending the rules.
The Speaker said that MIR. Hatfield was
correct. There are forty-two standing
committees of the House, and in all reso-
lutions for special committees he should
appoint members from the appropriate
committee unless the House ordered diff
terently.
The consideration of the resolution was
postponed till Monday.
AT 1915, on motion of Laugenour, the
Assembly adjourned till $3.50 a. NJ. on
Monday.
The Attack on FairchiId.
The following letter has been sent to
various members Of the Assembly, and
mas created considerable Indignation in
that body:
May you prosper in your efforts in
behalf OF honesty and decency. The fell
low, Lee Fairchild, is drunken bum
mer, who is not even a resident of Cali
fornla. lie has registered at the Golden
Eagle Hotel half a dozen times in the
last two weeks as from Seattle, Washing
ton. The law plainly says that none but
citizens shall be employed in the service
~. II. CROSS"
The letter was received by Assembly,
man Walter +. Price, and is q verbatim
copy of many that have been distributed
or laid upon the desks of various men,
bers.
In an interview with Mr.. Fairchild in
connection with the letter the gentlemen
said:
Il do not know Mr.. Cross, and was un-
der the impression he was not as yet
born. AS to my drinking, l wish to say
that when l reached Sacramento l con-
1erred with my physician, and he in
formed me that to drink Sacramento
River water meant sudden death, bat that
L could live OH Sacramento whisky for
space Of three weeks.
Being fond of life I chose the latter
alternative, and as that time has nearly
expired, and L have but a few days more
to live, pd like to be let alone. Though
l am not native som / have been IN
California over a year. l am, however,
native son of both Arkansas and Texas,
having been born while waiting for a
train in the town of Texar-kana."
The letter was the general theme of dis
cusslon yesterday amongst Assembly,
men, and was universally stigmatiZed as
cowardly attack against the popular
humorist.
Mr.. Fairchild is the gentleman who ac-
companied Mr.. Estee in his campaign
throughout the State last fall, and will be
pleasantly remembered by all who
listened to the witty and humorous
speeches with which he enlivened the
meetings. On the contrary, nobody
seemed 10 know who Cross, the author of
the letter, was, and it received about the
same consideration that an anonymous
letter would.