The record-union., 1895-02-13

This aroused Brusie, who said that if
the gentleman thought the colnmit;ee, or
Its Chairman, were making a fight against
district fairs he wished to disabuse his
mind on that point. Neither was he adj
vocating the State Fair specially, in pref
erence TO other institutions which he
knew were Important to the State.
Laird said the district fairs were OF
mucn more importance to the people of
Modoc County than the State Fair is, as
they have no means OF transportation for
| theirsex hibits.
/ Phelps said he was in favor of a State
Fair, but did not believe that the State
should be responsible for local fairs The
State had just had a $4,000 claim adjudi-
! Gated against it for an accident al the
State Fair, and he did not want TO have
| IL liable FOR all accidents happening at
! local fairs. The bill now in preparation
for the holding OF district fairs. ne
| thought, would be satisfactory to all, as
1t appropriates the money to the counties
Spencer spoke at length against the
| State FAR. deuounclng "the magnificent
| purses that are put up cut OF the State
treasury TO be competed for" lie called
Tie fair harvest 10 the few and an I'M
! poyerishment to the multitudes who got
nothing from it, and should not be taxed
| for il.
Phelps asked Spencer If his county
lLassen) did not draw Sl3,275 more from
/
into II. He thought the argument APP
| pied as much in one case as the other.
towers wanted to speak for the horny
! handed sons OF toll of San Francisco
she has had no state Fair, 10 State
| prison, no Normal School, but she has
always ielt pride in all State institu-
lions, and has always taken pride in
the State Fair, which has done so much
| Tor the State. He asked the gentlemen
not to be looking out to see how much
they could pull out of the treasury for
any particular locality, but should look
| 10 the best good of the whole State.
Dodge said that while, if the State was
rich enough to maintain all The fairs, he
! would like to see her do it, STILL at time
| when men by thousands are in distress.
| he thought it would be wrong TO appro-
pirate money for either State Or District
! Fairs.
|, Reid said he did not think the gentle
man mad yet spoken on the true point of
| the question. He pointed TO the splendid
! exhibit OF California at the Worlds Fair
! last year which attracted the attention of
| the world, and showed that the District
Fairs had been the means of making a
! nucleus which rendered such an exhibit
possible. Applause.
NIcheIvey was glad that his friend
from trinity had found one subject on
| which they COULD agree. LAUGHTER
All his county had ask ed for was the Dis
/ trlct Far. and he enumerated the adyan-
/ tageS TO accrue from il.
! Cutter wanted to call the attention of
! the Repu bIlcan mem bers, who last night
| were SO careful TO abide by the woman's
! suffrage plank Of the platform 10 the fact
/ that there was another plank. Ii these
! appropriations go on at the present rate,
/ and are made for all these District Fairs
and the State Fair, they will not only ex-
! coed the tifty-cent limit, but the State tax
. -
| ties, as is shown by the Controllers re-
! port, draw back for their District Fairs
/ II per cent. OF the taxes they pay into the
/ State Treasury. lie did not blame them
/ for wanting to get the District Fairs,
/ therefore.
! Belshaw thought the remark of the
/ gentleman from Orange waa a little
facetious when he said, DO not cut down
/ on this appropriation; cut down on some
| thing else" As he looked al the bill he
/ saw there was nothing lett To cut down
on but the orphans and haIf-oTphans, the
| Veterans Home and the school fund.
| For his part, he did not feel like cutting
down on any of these. He did not favor
] the State Fair.
/ Jones said that the reason the State ex-
/ peuditure is so large is that the State is
/ going into too much business that does
/ not belong TO it. He did not think 1t
! should take hand in either State or Dis
/ trict Fairs.
/ Brusie instanced Amador, Placer.
/ Hum bOldt and other counties that have
( carried of valuable prizes at the State
! Fair, and spoke OF the impetus those
! prizes had given TO such counties and the
( investments that had been drawn there.
Other states make large apportionments
/ for their State Fairs, and find 1t pays well.
/ The amendment was lost.
SWIsIer offered an amendment by in
/ serEIng an apportIonment for the various
/ District Agricultural Societies of the
/ State. varying from s., 80 to $3.50
/ each. This appropriation, he said, was
| in the line OF the appropriation of two
/ years ago for these fairs. They should
/ be sustained. It is the one disbursement
/ from the State Treasury which is dis
I tributed directly into the hands of the
/ taxpayers. These taxpayers are stand
ing aghast at the propositions IN this
( Legislature to build magnificent build
iugs for the State. They should have an
/ equal chance in the expenditure of the
States money. Il would be q great bene-
/ lit TO the counties. The approximation he
asked is 81 SOD less than was appro-
priated two years ago.
Powers opposed the amendment as an
unjust one TO san Francisco. which pays
large tax and has nothing in return.
He asked the gentlemen not to be striy-
ing 10 see which could pull the most out
OF the treasury.
BelshaW IN the chair.
LaugenOur said IoIo County paid her
taxes aud only got small return Tor her
agricultural society fair, but she came up
smiling aud asked that appropriations be
made Tor the rest.
Bulla said that the Assembly seemed to
be drifting Into the position that while as
a body they were in favor OF economy,
when il came 70 their little local corner,
they want TO get as much for Il as DOS
Il rFFrav-
economical il would be Of no use for the
Republicans 10 60 before the people with
broken pledges ana nope for reelection
This was the only chance left 20 ecouo-
mizs, and De asked them 70 DO it.
Reid said ne was as nearly disinterested
as any mau IN the House. His county
had never received a dollar for this Ditc-
pose. SISkIyou, which IS IL the same
AGRICULTURAL district Is his county, gets
ali the benefit, bus he had here Z petition
longer than ne could read, which he
would present, asking that an apDro-
prIatIou FOR the district % made. Tina:
showed that the people OF his county
were d!sinterested il favoring this ap-
preparation.
The amendment Of Swisier was carried.
IIRkelspiei had arisen and began TO
SPEAK in defense OF the san Francisco
merchants, IN relation 10 some remarks
BY Laugen0ur, when Belshaw, who was
IN the cEa,r, put the motion without
noticing him. DlnkelspjeI protested, but
B5lsuaT stated that the motion Iad Cseu
put and carried.
CUT OFF THE ORPHANS.
NckeIyey moved 70 strike CUT the tota!
appropriation OF $3.50, 09J for orphans and
ha.E-orpIaas. lie said that his appro-
pTIztl0n had been subject to the greatest
frauds. he believed that right here was
ths place 20 cut OF the appropriations.
Z sf.T-