The record-union., 1897-02-12

mento. Ihey constitute the great heart
of California. In acting for their good
are we mfsrepresenting the interests of
our own districts or of the whole State?
l say. nay.
These two great waterways are not
the property of private syndicates
They belong TO the whole State. In the
fifties the father of a member who sits
within reach of my hand came to Sac
ramento, landing at X street from an
ocean steamer. Could any man do that
NOW? If the present conditions con-
tinue these two great valleys Will in a
| comparatively short time be inundated
and virtually blOtted from the map of
the State as far as productiveness is
| concerned. If we do not take this up
now and act upon it We shall be COM
PEELED ITO do SO in few years, when the
conditions will have become worse
Bridgford answered Shanahan's $
| charge that no facts or plans had been
given in support of the proposed work
with plenty of both. He also showed
that the bestway to regulate traffic and
keep freights equable was to keep nav
igation open wherever possible as a
check on railways and a competitor.
the proposition itself so he claimed, but
dealt with the matter from the tax
levy standpoint. He claimed there was
danger of going beyond the pledges
given to constituents.
WayTmfre also claimed to be a friend
to river Improvement, but found fault
with the structure of the bill.
DENNERY'S ARGUMENTS.
Dennery made a rafting little speech
on the statement made by some enemies
of the bill that San Francisco did not
want the Improvement He said first
he should vote for the measure for the
simple reason that the farmers of the
great Sacramento and San Joaquin VAL
leys wanted it. They believe in 1T as a
protection for their homes, their farms
and their property, and he was willing
to trust their Judgment Dennery then
cited letters and documents from the
Merchants Exchange, the Produce Ex-
change and numerous other commercial
organizations of San Francisco, all
hoping that the bill would pass.
Another thing that convinced Den
merry Of the integrity of the bill was the
fact that all the private dredger people
'SAN NON IL OAA IL anu IiictIIS Idu written
him asking him to work against it.
Bettman supported it; Boone opposed
it.
The morning had been all spent and
the hour for recess drew on apace when
Cutter said he had the privilege of clos
ing and would do so in a short and well
come speech-he moved the previous
question.
But Toland wished to be heard and
was permitted to put himself on record
against the bill.
Then Mcclellan and others demanded
the previous question, and the roll was
called. 1t showed a vote of 40 ayes to
80 noes, when Cutter demanded a call
of the house. Gately changed from ave
to no, which gave the majority two
more to get. The absentees being call
ed Austin voted aye, but Mahoney
changed to no. Cutter demanded an
other roll call when Dibble interposed
a point OF order that no business had
been transacted since the last call and
another dilatory motion could not pre-
vail. Gutter was greatly excited but
not IN despair, and managed to get in
motion or two when he demanded
another call and the Speaker ruled
against Dibble and for Cutter. The
doors We're once more closed, when Ken
yon and Cross changed their votes to
aye; Arnerich had arrived and voted
right, and the river bill won out by the
following vote:
Ayes-Anderson. Arnerich, Austin.
Belshaw, Bettman, Breiling. Bridgford
Burnett Burnham, Caminetti. Clark.
Cross
Fontana. Foreman, Golf, Goodhue, Guy.
Harris, Hill, Keables, Kenyon, Lands
borough, Leavitt, Malcolm. Mead
North of Alameda, North of Yolo. Pow
er of Placer, Price, Robinson, Sanford,
Sims, Seward, Stansell, Strain, VaIen-
tine, Wright-41
Noes-Aldridge, Allen, Boone. Cana
van, Cartwright. Chynoweth. Dibble.
Dolan, Dryden. Elliott, Emmons, Gate
ly, Godfrey, Houghton, Hudson, Kee-
gan, Kelly, Lacy, Lindenberger, Maho-
ney, Melick, Mulcrevy, McCandlish. Nc
Clellan, McGrath, McLaurin, Pohlman.
Power of San Francisco, Rubell, Ryan.
Shanahan, Toland, Treacy. Vosburg,
Waymire, Speaker Coombs-36
The House took a recess until .
o'clock
RECESS.
After the gavel fell at . o'clock. Dfb-
bic moved that the special order for
that hour be extended to make way for
special orders continued from morning.
Carried
With the spur of the coming fight on
the Governors veto message Soward's
bill reappropriating $3.50, 900 for re-
Strainfng barriers and providing for a
Debris Commissioner, was put through
rapidly. Seward read the letter from
Controller Colgan which was printed in
yesterdays Record Union,' showing
that the $3.50, 600 formerly appropriat-
ed remains intact in the treasury, but
needs an Act Of the Legislature to
make it available. The bill was passed
by vote of % ayes TO II noes.
Hart North's bill for bridge across
the estuary at Alameda was passed,
and Bridgford allowed his bill, 73O. to
he passed on file.
RETRENCHMENT REPORT.
The Speaker announced that the
question now was, Shall Assembly bill
263 become law without the Govern
or's approval?"
The reading off the message, except
ing the first paragraph, had been dis
pensed with, and Leavitt, Chairman of
the Committee on Printing, had arisen
to speak, when Caminetti suggested
that the Retrenchment Committees re-
port on their investiga ton of printing
office matters should be first introduced
and read. This was acceded to, and
the following report was read:
Mr.. Speaker: Your Committee on
Commissions, Retrenchment and Pub
lie Expenditures. to whom was referred
the following resolution, viz:
RESOLVED That a snecial CON, r,,ht