The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-21

AS if he had been waiting behind the
lobby screen for the most effective
moment to make his appearance, the
Governors Private Secretary, McCabe,
came up the main aisle with message
which he read with good rhetorical
effect. The Assembly chamber was well
filled, many ladies being present, and
1t was with quite breathless attention
that the throng listened to the Gov
errors edict concerning the bill.
THE GOVERNORS REASONS.
Governor Budd opens with the propo-
sition that every dollar of taxation i'm
posed upon the people in excess of the
amount provided for in A. B. 900 will
in his judgment, be an unnecessary
burden. He claims that, with the sur
plus in the treasury 40.5 cents on every
500 would have been more than suffi-
cient for the forty-ninth fiscal year and
sufficient for the fiftieth, and that if
his ideas regarding income tax had
been needed 80 cents on the 500 would
have sufficed.
The extracts following show what the
determination of the Governor is re-
garding the amendment offered by the
Senate Finance Committee:
You are on the eve of adjournment
and leave in my hands the general and
other appropriation bills. Any item or
bill may be absolutely defeated now
by my veto, and I assume. the respon-
sibility of so reducing the amount. as,
with the funds available on July /,
1897, and the amount to be raised by
Assembly bill No. 900, to be sufficient
for the needs Of this government for
the next two fiscal years, excepting
extraordinary unforeseen demands; and
should the majority of the Board Of
Examiners deem it necessary to create
deficiencies in excess of this amount to
be paid in the future, 1 assure you it
will be more satisfactory to the tax
payers than to have the burdens i'm
posed during these hard times, and
money needlessly locked up in the
treasury, as it now is.
If the bill for the amount desired to
be raised by the Chairman of the FL
nance Committee Of the Senate be sent
me 1 will be unable to approve it, and
I desire in advance to inform your hon
orable bodies of this fact in order that
any responsibility for your not trans
hitting to me a bill for no more than
the amount necessary to run the Gov
eminent for the next two years, may
not rest upon me-"
ACTION ON THE AMENDMENT.
The Assembly voted not to concur in
the Senate amendment and asked the
Senate to recede. This was refused.
and the Senate and House appointed
Conference Committee. This commit
tee failed to agree and reported ac-
cordingly. There was wrangling over
the appointment of free conference
committee, the minority opposing the
fuller powers of such committee The
committee. however, was appointed as
follows: Senators Wilmington, Gillette
and Langford. Assemblymen Guy.
Houghton and Leavitt.
AGREED AT LAST.
This committee was in conference
several hours and reported at Z o. m.
The decision of the committee was that
the Senate should recede from it's
amendment and the rate should be re-
duced to 43s4 cents, making a saving of
about 100000.
LOST BY A FLUKE.
S. B. 314, providing for the reports of
railroad companies to the Commission
ers, which has proved so serious an OBJ
stacle to legislation and to the ameni-
ties of legislative courtesy, thrust itself
up for the last time. The amendment
had passed and the bill was on final
passage when Leavitt discovered that
the amendment had either been tam