The record-union., 1895-01-23

preparation OF Sl ,0O0, 600 for the opepinp
e! 20 navigation of the headwaters of the
p aesiainento and San Joaquin Rivers.
eeierred to the Committee on Federal
Relations.
coz a resolution by Simpson appropriating
S9o rom the contingent fund OF the Sem
ave ave ior tne purchase of nineteen copies of
flnlayson's annotated street laws, was
referred to the Committee on Attaches,
contingent Expenses and Mileage.
Az u:4o A. NJ. the Senate took a recess
until II NJ.
REAssENfBLED.
AT II NJ. the Senate reassembled.
Senator VOORHEES, offered a resolution.
winch was adopted, providing that the
Senate proceed to ballot for United
States Senator. He then demanded a
call OF the Senate. which showed that
Senator Androus Of Los Angeles, who is
| Ill, was absent.
The Secretary then read the Act OF
| congress relating to the election of a
United States Senator.
| NOMINATIONS FOR UNITED STATES
SENATOR.
The President pro tenn. stated that
nominations for United States Senator
were in order. For several moments
quiet relgned until Senator Bert OF San
Francisco rose in his place.
1T seems" said Senator Bert, ''that
Senators are backward in presenting the
names of their candidates. l will pre-
sent the name of man | have known for
ttteeu years. He is in every way compe-
tent to I'LL the Office of Senator and it
gives me great pleasure To name Andrew
George Booth as candidate for the
United States Senate"
FORD NOMINATES PERKINS,.
Senator Ford having secured the floor.
spoke as follows:
Nh. President: 1t is my pleasing priv
llege on this occasion to present to my
tellow-SenatorS for their consideration
the name OF one Of California's distin-
gulshed citizens, concerning whom no
eu!ogIes are needed at my hands.
Before doing SO, however, | desire to
say at this time and in this presence, that
L do not abate one jot or title of nv high
admiration for other honorable gentle
men VINO are seeking at tue hands OF this
Legislature the proud privilege of repre-
senting the great State OF California in
| the Senate OF the United States; but the
| oft-repeated wishes OF my constituents.
coupled with the clearly expressed prefer
ence OF the people of this State, have
made my duty plain.
ana can assure you, sir, it is most
pleasing duty. 1t needed no words of
commendatlon from those who honored
me with a seat in this body to endear me
~ OA4C W ~ SOIAILildIiUS lu0 respect, Ll6
confidence, aye, the admiration OF all who
! know him.
Ills popularity is not bounded by
local lines nor circumscribed by geo.
graphical divisions of our State, and if
you ask whence comes our candidate. /
answer from the hearts of the people of
| California. With that frankness which
has been ever characteristic of his public
lie, he went before the people of this
State In the recent campaign the ac-
knowledged candidate of his party for
the high Office which ne now seeks,
Look about you here and note the result.
OF the twenty Senators newly elected to
this body seventeen are Republican, and
an expected Democratic majority has be-
come an unexpected Republican major
lty. Extend your vision 10 the cham Der
where our brothers of the Assembly
meet, and OF eighty members elected to
that body siXty-two are Republican
And. sir. whatever other causes may
have contributed to that desirable result
no one will have the hardihood to deny
that the most potent and effective cause
OF all was the popular belief that Re-
publican Legislature meant the return to
the United States Senate OF George c.
| Perkins. To-day the eyes of California
are turned upon US here to ascertain ii
her wishes so Enthusiastically expressed
at the polls will find further expression
in her Legislative halls.
If you ask me for the record of our
candidate, point you to the history OF
California Ii you ask me of his fitness
1 answer that the man who raised him
self from obscurity to the proudest posi-
Jion within the gift OF a single State; who
left upon the records of our State Legis-
lature the inlprints of 4 statesman; who,
as Governor OF this great State, faithfully
discharged the trying duties of that eX-
alteu office; who, more recently, in the
halls OF our National Congress- stood for
the rights of California and OF the whole
of California; who broke the chains of
poverty, and with tireless energy carved
out a fortune from which flow abundant
streams OF silent charity. and who
through it all carried himself with such
rectitude and purity Of purpose that even
his political foes have been unable TO
point 10 a single stain or blemish upon
his character; that man, l say, has taken
il out of our poor hands to question his
fitness for the proud position 10 which he
now aSpIreS.
Sir, it IS with no little degree of pleas
ure that / present to Senators here the
honored name of George c. Perkins,"
Senator Simpson seconded the nomina-
ton of George c. Perkins.
SEYMOUR NoMINATEs DE YOUNG.
Senator Seymour said he felt all the re-
sponSlbility OF his position as a Senator.
and 1t seemed that the lessons of his
childhood broke through the mists of
years and through the smoke of battle
"Old GIoryn shone and was triumphant
He has been a citizen OF the State for
many years, and had gone 10 the tops of
the mountains and viewed the sluggish
rivers; had gone up the canyons and
viewed the scenes OF deSoIatiOn so
vividly pictured by Senator Martin. who
had not drawn the picture half strong
enough, and 1t was his wish to name a
candidate who could and would remedy
those evils.
Ills candidate had started in life as 4
barefoot newspoy, and had climbed the
ladder from the bottom to the top, and
justly deserved the confidence OF his peo-
pie. No Republican who holds an office
in the State but had received the aid of
his newspaper, and his valuable time,
and the time mad now arrived TO recop-
nize his past services. ItgaYe him pleas
ure 10 present the name of NJ Ii. de
Young.
PERKINS NOMINATION SECONDED.
Senators Earl and Gleaves each turned
pretty compliments in seconding the
nomination of Perkins.
MCGOWAN NAMES FELTON,,
Senator McGowan, in a most mastery
effort, placed III nomination Charles y.
Felton,. his remarks, IN part, were as
follows:
M. President: AS l was elected to the
Office which l now hold upon pledge to
elect to the position OF Unites States SEN
ator a citizen foremost in the affairs of
politics and business, / deem it but allie
glance 10 his interest and fidelity to nv
pledge to present at this time his name in
nomination for the Office OF I United States
Senator.
II nominate for that position man
whose Republicanism is OF the stanchest