The record-union., 1897-02-25

| Dibble declared it the political duty
| of the majority TO stand by the report
of the committee.
| After much obStructionist tactics the
! previous question was demanded on
Caminettfs amendment and the amend
ment was lost. Caminetri gave notice
/ of motion tomorrow to reconsider, but
was ruled out of order. as no motion TO
reconsider an amendment was in order
! except an immediate one. Caminetti
then moved an immediate reconsidera-
ti0n, when Cutter made a point of or
der that the previous question extended
to the report of the committee, which
was now the question before the House.
! The Speaker so ruled and Caminetti
appealed from the Chair. upon which
there broke out an insurrection unpar-
alleled in the history of this unquiet
and stormy session.
Assemblyman Valentine was in the
chair. The minority was determined to
rule both House and Chair. and a per-
feet storm of points of order, questions
! of information, of personal privilege,
attempts TO introduce motions and
every other obstacle known to the par
| liamentary obstructionist came about
Valentines ears. This sort of warfare
has usually been confined to a few, but
when the dignified Bridgford of Colusa
insisted upon getting in a resolution out
of order, and held his ground despite
the ruling of the Speaker until he was
at a white heat of anger, affairs took
a more serious aspect.
Toland, too, made a personal matter
of Valentines rulings, while the every
day malcontents, led by Shanahan and
Caminetti, kept up a bombardment
from small guns.
Valentine gave the attacking party a
good deal of leeway in the matter of
allowances, but kept cool, and on a
roll-call on the appeal was enthusias-
tically sustained by the House He
then held the House down TO the pre-
vious question, though Bridgford
shook his resolution in the air, demand
ed his privilege to introduce it, shouted
an appeal to the House. and altogether
went wild. The only thing he succeed
ed in was the introduction of a protest
which Valentine suavely assured him
should be printed in the journal when
ever that document should arrive at
the point of being printed.
On roll-call Caminetti's amendment
was lost.
Another storm ratified down when
Speaker Valentine ruled that the pre-
vious question carried with it the
report of the, committee. and the reso-
luton to seat Kelsey, but he kept firm
ly to his point, and ON roll-call the
House adopted both. Caminetti gave
notice of motion to reconsider, but, un-
less that should result differently
from yesterdays action, Kelsey will
take the oath and the seat to-day.
GONE TO THE GOVERNOR.
The Committee on Enrolment re-
ported the following bills enrolled and
transmitted to the Governor: A. B.
$40, for 10000 additional to the AS
sembly contingent fund; AIS, prohibit
ing the sale of liquor to habitual
drunkards and Indians; 496, giving to
bicycles the right of eminent domain;
40. a code bill; rs, the age of con-
sent" bill.
OTHER COMMITTEES.
Labor and Capital: 926, relating to
liens ON vehicles and machines by
blacksmiths and other artisans, favor
ably.
Federal Relations: 900, regulating the
importation of diseased cattle.
Revision of Codes: S. B. s, favora-
bly,.
Counties and County Boundaries:
A. B. 716, relating to the boundaries of
MADEIRA County, adversely; withdrawn
by Cartwright; 696, providing for the
I ,1i,- af cd
versely.
Military Affairs-Resolution to pay
expenses of committee to San Fran
cisco on the odd SO, adopted.
Attaches: Resolution of Sims to ap-
point B. D. Martin porter for the lobby
-unfavorably.
Ways and Means: $50, providing for
the dredging of Humboldt Bay, ad-
versely; 800 to pay litigation expenses
of the Southern Pacific VS.. Board of
Railroad Commissioners without rec
ommendation; 692, for the appoint
ment of a State Food Commissioner,
adversely.
Constitutional Amendments-A c. A.
;, relative to revenue and taxation, IA
vorably.
State Hospitals and Asylums-Ex-
pense account OF sub committee visit
to Santa Clara, SIG. Adopted.
A JOINT RULE.
1t being found that joint rule No. IS
is in conflict with the Constitution,
Dibble moved that a joint conference
committee of three Senators and three
Assemblymen be appointed to rectify
the rule. Carried, and later in the
day the Senate announced the names
Of Wolfe, Wilmington and Seawell
for that body, upon which Speaker
Coombs appointed Dibble, Chynoweth
and Caminetti for the House.
Recess.