The record-union., 1897-01-16

various institutions. This was the re
port which precipatated a lively debate
on Thursday. Malcolm's request was
cheerfully granted.
MORE INVESTIGATION WANTED
Emmors offered the following resolu-
tion
Resolved, That this House instruct
the Controller to withhold all warrants
for furniture purchased during this
thirty-second session of the Legislature,
oStensibly for the use of the various
committees of said Assembly until the
said purchases can be investigated by
committee appointed for that pur-
pose. Referred to Committee on Rules.
Mr.. Bridgford offered a resolution
providing that only the Chairmen of
committees and-in case of apprOpria-
tions asked-an expert should be sent
TO visit public buildings and instttu-
tions.
Mr.. Wright, as Chairman OF the Pub
lie Buildings Committee, objected to as
Stunning SO much responsibility. The
Speaker referred the resolution to the
Committee on Public Buildings.
THOSE ATTACHES AGAIN.
mfttee on Attaches, to whom had been
referred Mr.. Dryden's resolution TO ap-
point a committee of three to investi-
gate the list of temporary attaches.
should be instructed to report at once.
The Speaker announced that he
should call the attention of the Grand
Jury, which convenes on Monday, TO
the charges made with regard to the
excessive cost of organizing the Legisla-
ture and invite investigation. He then
caller Mr.. Dibble to the chair and took
a seat on the floor of the House
The question being ON Mr. Shanahan's
motion, Shanahan said that it was with
sorrow rather than gladneSS that he
brought UP this matter. 1t was at tie
order of the minority that he did so. H
should try to get before the House the
law of the State regarding the organiza-
tion of the Legislature and to show how
it had been violated by this Assembly
II was all very we'll to put the matter
in the hands of the Grand Jury, but
that was not sufficient. The Assembly.
as a legislative body. was supposed to
take care of itself. During the past
week charges had been rife of extrav-
with the list of temporary attaches
These charges had been made alike
against Democrats, Republicans and
Populists of the House. and they Were
companions in misery. They must
purge themselves of the wrong or prove
that no wrong had been done, and the
minority was just as much interested
in having this done as the majority.
For himself, Shanahan said, he had
been five terms in the Legislature, and
he was free to say that the expendi-
lures of the opening of this session had
been unwarranted, excessive and unnec-
essary. They We're not gal and were
wholly unprecedented.
Shanahan then read the statutes per-
tanning to organization wherein it is
specified that the Secretary of the Sem
ate, the Chief Clerk of the House, the
Minute Clerks and the Sergeants- at
Arms of both houses of the previous
session shall return and serve at the
beginning of the new session until their
successors are chosen. This was alb
solutely all, he said, mentioned in the
statute. OF the Ill employees on the
temporary list of this House all but
three were employed without necessity
or precedent. 1t may be said that there
is no law against it, but so there is no
law against the Clerk hiring 5000
woodchoppers. The law limits, in that
it specifies these officers, and these
only.
Mr.. Shanahan called attention to the
fact that in default of the presence of
the Chief Clerk, the senior member of
the House presides. If anything had
happened to Chief Clerk Duckworth, he
(Shanahan) would have presided as
senior member. Would the State -
would anybody-have justified him in
appointing 10S attaches to assist in or
ganizing the House, even though he