The morning call., 1895-02-15
COUNTRY DELEGATES ANXIOUS TO
TRADE THEIR OWN ADVAN-
TAGE.
RECONSIDERATION REFUSED
APPROPRIATIONS REJECTED FOR
BOTH STATE AND DISTRICT
FAIRS.

Means Committee had reported in favor OF
a $4,000 appropriation for the State FAR,
but made no allowance for the State dis
trict fairs. Swisler of Eel Dorado added an
appropriation of nearly $4,000 for this
purpose, and the House in committee OF
the whole approved it. This morning,
however, on the second reading of the bill
they voted down the entire appropriation.
Then an attempt was made to return to
the original position, giving the State Fair
$4,000. This, too, was lost by vote of 48
to "a.
The fight of the day was led by Bulla of
Los Angeles and Powers of the San Fran
cisco delegation. They both opposed the
district fairs, although ten of the San
Francisco Assemblymen voted for the fair
for Sacramento. The country delegates, on
the other hand, led by Laugenour of YOlo
and Brusie of Sacramento, did their best to
get the appropriation for the district fairs,
and were willing to allow the State Fair
$40, GOO to carry their point, although when
the question was narrowed down to giving
the State Fair its money they helped to
vote it down.
During the discussion much feeling was
6AnIDll6u DN ICulUGIS 1IOII OlC OOuilblI
who had been doing very lively button
holing to bring about the adoption of the
amendment helping the minor fairs They
said that if the San Francisco members
opposed them, they would refuse to vote
for any appropriation for San Francisco no
matter what its merits These men were
many of them Republicans. They quoted
the eloquent speeches of the youthful but
generous gentleman from Yolo, whose de-
light at their earnest attempt to assist him
in rolling up the tax levy to be charged
against the Republican Legislature was,
of course, carefully concealed.
An attempt that was made after recess
to have a reconsideration of that portion
of the bill relating to the fairs failed, but
the Democratic members renewed the
fight, Reid of Trinity introducing an
amendment to give the appropriation to
all the State fair districts except No. 1,
which includes San Francisco and Ala
media.
Reid announced that he had also left out
Santa Cruz and Los Angeles because they
did not want it. Bulla of Los Angeles
protested that he did not oppose the ap-
preparation because his people did not
want fair, but because it would cost the
State and the party too much. Laugenour,
Reid, Wade Bledsoe, North and Laird all
began talking at once, and when the
Speaker finally obtained order Laugenour
retained the floor. The speeches of the
gentlemen availed nothing, however, for
when Reid's amendment was voted on it
received but % ayes while there were 30
noes.
Laird of Modoc tried to introduce rider
cutting down the appropriations to the
Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big
Tree Grove still further, but was ruled out
of order and the bill was ordered to the
engrossing clerk.
Bulla of Los Angeles resumed his argu-
ment where it had been broken off yester-
day by the arrival of the delegation from
the Civic Federation. He showed that the
appropriation bill would require SO, ,844, 900.
There was due for coyote scalps, to the
National Guard and the newspapers $685.
600, leaving only 1874, 100 for outside ap-
propriations. The special appropriations
always far exceeded $1,O00,00O. For San
Francisco a 100000 State building was
asked and another $250,000 building for the
affiliated colleges. These two would
nearly exhaust the available funds.
Reid of Trinity asked if Bulla would adj
wise the House to refuse to grant money
for necessary purposes because the tax
levy would exceed so cents. Bulla replied
that the gentleman from Trinity need not
be anxious on that ground, as the 50-cent
limit was already passed. He would grant
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priations that could be dispensed with
without bringing hardship upon any class
of people.
Brusie argued that the gentleman from
Los Angeles was hardly consistent. He
had added $50, 500 to the sums appropriated
originally for institutions south of Te-
hachapi, and now that he had obtained all
his district wanted he began calling for
economy.
North of Alameda at this juncture sub
mitted a substitute to Reid's amendment.
The substitute did away with all appro-
priations for fairs.
Powers of San Francisco then came for
ward with a formidable list of statistics.
He argued that the smaller counties had
no right to demand the district fair appro-
priations as something due them. Alpine
County received $1300 more from the State
than was paid into the State treasury.
"Amador receives $35,0O0 more than she
pays in" continued the speaker; "yet the
gentleman from Amador had the pre-
sumption to come to me this morning and
say that if the members of the San Fran
cisco delegation should vote against the
appropriation for the district fairs they
need not hope to- get the country members
to vote for anything that would be to the
advantage of San Francisco"
81 deny the allegation" shouted Tib-
bits of Amador, without waiting for the
recognition of the chair. 81 never said
anything of the sort. l demand that"
BY this time the Speaker gavel drowned
the voice of the gentleman from Amador.
EkExplanations ensued. 1t was explained
that Mr. Tibbitts had gone to Powers with
Mr.. Holland of Mariposa, and it was the
latter who had used the language alluded
to, When quiet had been restored Powers
again returned to the attack. He said
there were ten of the agricultural counties
receiving from $1,000 to $685. 900 more than
they paid into the treasury, and argued
that they had no right to make a demand
for State funds.