The record-union., 1895-02-09

SPECIAL, EII.E

SPECIAL FILE.
4 ne speclal ille was taken up and the
following bills read the second time and
ordered engrossed for the third reading:
senator Orr in the chair.
.. b. lZ9, to appropriate $l59, $50 for the
erection OF an administration building
Ior the use and occupancy of the officers,
employees and patients of the Mendocino
Asylum.
.. Is. IS4, 10 appropriate money for the
efectlon and equipment of additional
buildings for the accommodation and care
OF the inmates of the Preston School of
industry at lone. Amador County.
>. b. 1913, to appropriate money for the
construction of settling and distribut-
ing reservoir at the Preston School of In
duStry at lone.
,. d. Ia, making an appropriation to
pay the deficiency in the appropriation
for support of the Mendocino Asylum.
lSenator Flint in the chair.
;. B. Az, appropriating the sum of
$4,000 for tiling the first floor of the State
Capitol.
s. B. 325. to provide for the appointment
and salary of an elevator attendant, and
TO make an appropriation therefor
On the third reading file, s. B. 169 re-
lating to time allowed for commencing
work and completing the same under
rights OF way granted by municipal cor
poratlons, and providing for a forfeiture
IN case OF failure to commence work or
TO complete it within the time fixed, was
Withdrawn and a. b. 26 substituted
). Is. 49, by Gesford, relating to salaries
OF Judges of Superior Courts, was read
the third time and passed by a vote of
Is to p
QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT.
Senator Orr moved that the Senate ad-
Journ until to-day at 10 o'clock. The mo-
ton caused quite commotiou. and cries
OF NO! no!' came from alllparts of the
chamber.
Senator Arms demanded a rolI-call,
and Senator MCGOWAN said he under
stood that there was to be horse-racing in
the city, and that the fastest horses in the
world would start out at the Park. But
last horses did not count here. and the
best OF them could not compare with the
speed OF the average California legislator
ana he wanted to stay where he was and
see some Senators make or break rec
ord.
The clamor once more broke out, but
Senator Wilmington by persistent efforts
at length got the floor, and said that one
OF the committees of which he was a
member was overstocked with business,
and wished to put in the afternoon in
cleaning its file Of bills.
The roll was called, and the motion to
adjourn was lost by vote oils to Il
LSenator Orr in the chair.
Senator Wilmington then asked for
leave OF absence for the afternoon for
himself, Senators Pedlar and Simpson, to
attend to committee business, There be-
ing no objection the leave was granted.
Senator Hart asked Tor q leave of ab-
sence until Monday next, which was also
granted.
Then Senator Flint moved an adjourn
ment until 1915 o'clock this morning.
lhe question was put, and while there
was vigorous response w hen the noes
were called for, the Chairman, Sena tor
Orr, declared the Senate adjourned.
GENERAL STONE SPEAKS.
Immediately after adjournment General
Roy Stone assembled 10 the Presidents
desk and was introduced to the Senate bv
Senator Orr. He delivered d short ad-
dress, of which the following is a SYNOPSIS:
he thanked the Senate for the courtesy
they had extended to him. and was
proud to speak to them. The Good Roads
Convention which was now considering
the question OF bettering the system Of
highways throughout the State, was COM
posed Of gentlemen of uncommon intelli-
gence and nigh character, and the report
OF that convention together with the
legislative commission would come with
the weight and force OF the whole people
OF the State. The Legislature had or
would have an opportunity to do more
in the direction of securing uniform good
roads than upon any other proposition
before It, as the convention would repre-
sent the wishes OF the people of the entire
State.
California was already great State,
and containing the area of France, there
was nothing to prevent its becoming far
greater than at present, if its facilities for
transportation and communication were
made easier by the construction and
improvement Of its highways.
he was not asking for the levy ola
heavy tax for the purpose, as he favored
retrenchment and reform in everything,
but asked that the taxes now paid be ex-
pended judIciously in the proper con-
strucIiOn Of roads.
The laws as they now stood were
temptation to dishonest men to get posi-
tions upon county boards, and threw less
safeguards around the highways than
any other State institution.
California had been the first State to
appoint & legislative commission to re-
port upon the best manner OF securing
needed legislation for the construction of
good roads, and he hoped it would be
the first to reap advantage from such ac-
ton.