The record-union., 1897-02-12
Assembly SuStainS the Governor $
Veto Of the Printing Bill.
The Senate DisPoSeS Of the Luxury Of a
History Clerk.
Bulla's Jury Bill Defeated MahOney's Prize
Fighting Bill Passes the Senate
Night Sessions.

Yesterday was a working day in the
Senate, and the file, which had grown
bulky during the consideration of the
County Government bill, was brought
down to something near the normal.
Early in the day the old question of
attaches was sprung when an attempt
was made to appoint a History Clerk
to fill the vacancy created by the resig
nation of Lindley. The Committee on
Attaches had declined to make a rec
ommendation, and a point of order was
raised that under the rules no further
attaches could be appointed without
"a four-fifth vote of the Senate. This
could not be secured, and at the pres
ent time the Senate has no History
Clerk, though as the histories were yes
terday morning distributed on time it
would appear that the assistant can
do the work and still find time to swap
gossip.
BY THEIR PEERS.
Bulla's bill providing for summary
trials IN Police and Justices Courts of
vagrancy and other petty offenses,
caused a storm of oratory to be direct
ed at his devoted head. Gillette of
Humboldt, the successor of Frank Nc
Gowan, took the initiative and he was
followed by Morehouse of San Jose, who
waved the English common law, King
John and Magma Charta, the founders
of the Constitution, and many other
things in Bulla's face, with no apparent
effect upon the man from Los Angeles.
The time -honored right of trial by jury
was paraded in much the same manner
as it is at every session of the Legisla-
ture, and ended by giving the ''vag''
and the Chinese lottery boss the right
to be tried by jurtes of their peers.
AS TO JIM AND BOB.
Only a few days ago PedlaTs bill to
prohibit prize fighting, and making the
act a felony, passed the Senate, and
yesterday when a similar bill by Ma
honey, making the matter a misde-
meanor, came up, the mOralists Of the
upper house put it through with a
whoOp. The question naturally arises,
as to which of the two bills will take
precedence, and as to whether another
bill clinching the two already
agreed to viii or viii not be introduced.
FIRE. FIRE!
ing the efficiency of fire departments in
San Francisco came up, and when the
smoke Of the conflict rolled away it was
found 10 be among the slain. There
was no wordy war 1t was merely a
battle Of ballots, but in this case bal
lots were deadly.
WIDOWS AND LAWYERS.
Langford, the Father of the Senate ;
made a great fight for his bill provid-
ing for the inheriting Of community
property by a married woman, upon the
death of the husband intestate. He
sent solid shot into the ranks of the
lawyers of the Senate and Smith also
brought his battery to bear, but the
effort, while game, was unsuccessful.
The lawyers won.
The committee rooms were deserted
last night. There was a smoker on
at the Sutter Club rooms and most of
the members of both houses voted for
the smoker"
DREDGER BILL.
The bill providing for the purchase
and operation of a dreger to be used
in deepening the channel Of the Sacra-
mento River, was reported in the Sen
ate yesterday as having passed the As
sembly.
on the part Of the Senate very little
can be said. For nearly three weeks the
bill had been held in committee, and
those members interested in its pas
sage are beginning to ask awkward
questions. 1t is understood that a
strong appeal Will be made before the
committee for immediate action, and ii
is expected that the bill will take its
place on the second reading file at an
early date.
NIGHT SESSIONS.
Dickinson will to-day move that on
and after Monday next, the Senate
hold night sessions. This means that the
second reading file is growing cumber-
some and that there are many bills
thereon which members wish to have
advanced Nothing but hard work is
to be seen in the Senate horoscope.
ANOTHER FIELD DAY.
Yesterday was another day during
which the thirty-second session of the
Assembly of California was busy max
ing history.
While none of the events of the day
were so intense in dramatic interest as
the closing scene of Wednesday yet the
Assembly Chamber was. II possible,
more crowded during the afternoon, the
crowd. as well as the House. were rest
less. uneasy and noisy, while the issue
involved was one broader in its scope
touching a much greater number OF