The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
PASSES THE ASSEMBLY,
Persistent Attempts to Block
the Measure in Various
Ways Fail.
THE LEGISLATORS WHO OPPOSE,
Indications That the Senate VIII
Not Hesitate in Passing the Bill
When 1t Comes Up.

SACRAMENTO, March 12.-The bill to per-
NIT the San Joaquin Valley road to lease
terminal facilities in San Francisco from
the State Board of Harbor Commissioners
came TO the Senate this afternoon and was
made a special order for to morrow.
The Southern Pacific, through its lobby
lists, has been doing everything in its power
to defeat the bill with amendments or to
delay its passage.
The Southern Pacific lobby has been per.
sistent and pestiferous in its efforts, but
there is every prospect that the Senate will
vote as the House votes and pass the bill.
last attempt was made to delay the
bill in the Assembly. Reid of Trinity and
Brusie of Sacramento were the leading OBJ
jectors. Reid talked till the House made
him stop. His arguments were based upon
the hypothesis that the State was asked to
give the mud flats to the San Joaquin Val
ley road outright He also began a per-
sonal attack upon the promoters of the
road, which was promptly ruled out OF
order.
1t is said that Reid had this morning
spent half hour in consultation with
Judge G. w. Cross, the attorney for the
Southern Pacific Company, who is now
doing the work formerly performed by the
late W. w Stow, but Reid denies having
had conference with Mr.. Cross.
1t was not till II o'clock that Powers OF
San francisco was able to call up the
motion to reconsider the bill. Brusie of
Sacramento objected.
"Wait till the special file is completed"
he said ''It will only take a short time,
and there is no use neglecting necessary
business.
Then Reid arose and began harangue
intended apparently to insult those urging
the passage of the bill and take up time
He began to ramble into a thesis on the
formation of sugar refineries in PhiladeI-
phia until Powers interrupted with: ''Mr.
Speaker; point of order. The gentleman
is not speaking to the question: The
Speaker cautioned Reid.
81 wanted to show" Reid began again.
'that corporations are sometimes formed
and then absorbed by other corporations.
l wanted to explain that while this new
railroad company is professedly for the
people it is not altogether for the people,
because men don't put $500, 900 and $3.50, 600
into affairs for the good of the people
altogether"
| Dyer of San Francisco asked Mr. Reid
Il want to know if you were not in consul
! tation with the lawyer of the Southern Pa
cific Company and if you did not get your
points from him?"
~ deny it, sir" shouted Reid, "and l
would like to ask if there are not members
! here who have property near these mud
! fats that they would like to sell? No
member on this floor has right to say that
am in league with the Southern Pacific
Company. My record will show that l
have fought against it from the begin
ming"
Brusie of Sacramento then made pecu-
liar plea for delay. 1t was that the minor
ity had not yet been able to bring any new
arguments to bear and the majority by
which the bill had passed was SO enormous
there was no reason yet to expect that the
motion to reconsider would carry.
Then the roll was called. The motion to
reconsider was lost by a vote OF to So.
! This was not remarkable in itself, but the
vote was.
Bulla, Cutter, Hatfield, Wade and
Weyse, who voted against the bill, changed
over. Even Brusie, who fought on the
floor for delay and reconsideration, voted
against reconsideration at last
Coghlin 3D. of San Francisco, Devine
| (D.) of San Francisco, Glass (R.) OF San
Luis Obispo, Osborn (R.) of Santa Cruz and
Sanford (D.) of Mendocino voted against
the bill this morning and for reconsidera-
ton. Bennett of Ventura also voted for
reconsideration, but protested that it was
| a mistake.
Barker of Santa Barbara, Collins of Ala
media and Reid of Trinity were the only
mem bers voting against the bill yesterday
who did so to-day. Speaker Lynch voted
for the first time to-day. He voted in
favor of the San Joaquin Valley road
Among the absentees one voted for the
bill yesterday and two voted against it.
| The vote in full was as follows:
Ayes-Barker, Bennett, Coghlin, Collins,
Devine, Glass, Osborn, Reid, Sanford-9.
Noes-Ash, Bachman, Bassford, Belshaw,
Berry, Bettman, Bledsoe, Boothby, Brusie
Bulla, Butler, Cargill, Cutter, Dale, Davis,
Dewitt, Dinkelspiel, Dixon, Dodge, Dunbar,
Dwyer, Ewing, Fassett Freeman Gay, Guy,
Hall, Hatfield, Holland, Hudson, johnson
Keen, Kelsey, Kenyon, Laugenour Meads, Nc
Carthy, Merrill, Nelson, North, O'Day Phelps
Powers. Price, Richards, Rowell, Spencer,
Staley, Swisler, Thomas Tibbitts, Twigg, Wade
| Waymire, Weyse, Wilkinson, Zocchi, Mr.
| Speaker-5S.
| Absent-Coleman, Healey, Huber, Jones
Laird, Lewis Llewellyn, McKelvey, Pendleton
Robinson, Stansell Tomblin, Wilkins-l3.