The morning call., 1895-01-31
0AE TOR Thu STATE.
CALIFORNIA; Legislature on
the Funding Bill.
NR. BLEDSOE HIS HIS SAY.
s TtGOWan Of Humboldt Rode for
a Fall.
RslLFOiD SENATOR'S In 4 BAD BOX.
Forced to Go on Record Before The People
md Squirming BreadfulIy at
the Necessity.
RslLROiD SENATOR'S IN A BAD BOX.

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to be a concurrent resolution about tle
funding bill, but which was in fact 9slde-
track ny of the Assembly concurreEe reso-
luton to give place to Senate SUBSTITUTE,
when the MCGOWAN substitute, supposed
% ne 4lready in Washington by Wlre' came
tardlv before the bar of the Assembly
askin- approval and it was, after rather
ca1e-e discussion. laid on the table. by an
emph ltic viva vOca vote. Ihls mode OF
disp.sing of it was doubtless very comfort
ing 10 a great many gentlemen who must
fret and chafe under the necessity of vot-
ing on railroad measures when their vote
is to 5e published for the reading of both
the railroad and the people.
II the midst OF the discussion, in which
the MCGOWAN substitute for Bledsoe's reso-
luton was getting much the worst of it
ard ID became apparent that it would be
turned down, Belshaw of Contra Costa
offered a substitute which Speaker Lynch
rulel put of order ON the ground that the
res0 ion under discussion was a Senate
subs ute for an Assembly substitute,
BE Ce's being a substitute for one offered
hv he committee. So it began to look as
ough the Senatorial juggling to present
the appearance in Washington of irrecOn-
Gilable division in the State Legislature on
the raiIroad question would be partly sue
Scessful. The Belshaw substitute had been
declared out of order, the Senate resolu-
ton bad been defeated and the Assembly
lad turned its attention to other things
and vas going quietly on its way listening
f-a third reading of bills.
The rapid motion of the clerks voice
of the discussion, and many had
nselves in their newspapers when
# Oakland revived the whole bust
moving that the Assembly return
to ne consideration of Belshaw's resolu- |
son. Belshaw took the cue and asked
lea re to present it now as a new concur
rent resolution. 1t would require two
tHlIds vote to take the matter up at this
time out Of order, and a rapid skirmish on
parliamentary lines followed.
Thomas raised the point of order that
the subiect-matter had already been dis
7 sed OF, but the Speaker ruled that the
BeIShaw resolution introduced new matter.
bettman of San Francisco moved that
tn whole matter be laid the table
bod se's motion to suspend the rules Sc
cured he two-thirds necessary to carry it.
the vote being so ayes to 10 noes. The
-Finete IN were Bettman, Boothby, Brusie,
q 1gil, Dunbar, Ewing, Freeman, Hat
FED, Huber, Mccarthy, McKelvey, Mer--
iii, osborn, Pendleton, Powers, Tomblin,
Wilkinson, Dwyer and Lewis. The reso-
luton was then adopted by a viva voce
vote, and Belshaw moved that it be i'm
mediately sent to the Senate, but the rule
requiring it to go to the printer interfered.
The resolution is the Joint product of
Senator Earl and Assemblymen Dodge
ano 8elshaw, and was prepared last even
IN with the design of meeting and over
coming all the objections as to literary
style, legal irregularity and ultra radical
ism which had been urged against the As
HeInbly committee, the Bledsoe and the
MCGOWAN resolutions, and many of these
irregui arities occurring in the previous
resolutions are suspected of being admitted
there lor the purpose of killing them of
their Eject in Washington. Following is
the text of the resolution:
WHEEEAs, There is now pending before the
Congress of the United States measure known
ss the Reilly funding bill, which said bill has
for its object the extension of payment of the
debts of the Central Pacific, Union Pacific and
Western Pacific Railroad companies to the
Government of the United States which debts
Will SON mature; and whereas, the said rail-
Eoed companies received from the United
sta1os Government through the issuance of
bond lid and assistance which made possible
-ta s;ruction of said roads; and whereas,
ension of the payment of said debts
)ose further and oppressive debt and
cations of paying the same on the peo-
his State Though an unjust and in
le rate OF freiOhts and fares and afford
7e+,s airoad companies an opportunity to
eyade their contracts with the Government;
thert iore, be it
Cd, By the Assembly of the State of
IA, the senate concurring, that we are
ably opposed to any and all extensions
eyment OF said debt and to the Reilly
iuh bin and any other bill of like import.
and IL : we hereby request our Representa-.
tiTes N Congress and instruct our Senators to
use al honorable means to defeat aid funding
Dill Of ny slhila ar measure; and be it further
cd, That ve demand the immediate COL
lection on maturity of said debts from said
railroad companies and the stockholders
thereon, and call upon the Federal Government
20 make every endeavor to recover the legal
end equitable assets of said roads wherever
such assets may be found, whether
the sams be in the possession of
prlFaie INDIVIDUALS or in the possession of
lncoFpe ,ated or.other estates of deceased stock
holders In said roads, or whether the same be
in the possession OF corporations, either rail-
ROADS or otherwise; provided, however, that
nothlnS contained herein shall be construed as
legisi alive declaration OF a waiver of rights
under state laws upon the subject Of share.
holdeTs liability, and il the event that said
debts cannot be collected, then thar the United
States Government assume controI
and operation of said roadS and wo horaI1
mellori alize Congress to thisefect. ana be :,
further
Resolted, That the Governor be nd is horo,,,
requested to transmitimmediately DTtalagreTb
a COY Of these resolutions to each oso,,r p On
resent ives and Senators in Congress.
It " S to have been expected when sena.
tor NcGowau's resolution came up for an.
sidera ion in the Assembly that Bledge
would take the occasion to get back at th
Senator for his not very deeply yelled at
tack on the author of the Assembly resolu
ion yesterday. And but for objections tn
expectations would have been fully met
Tor Bledsoe was loaded. He secured tn
Roor Immediately upon the reading of tn
resolution and began by claiming for him
self vast quantities of magnanimity. II,
announced that he could forget party lines
He could also forget his personal interest