The record-union., 1897-04-02
He Also Vetoes the Appropriation for
State Printers Salary.
And That Of $4,000 for Printing the New
State Textbooks Other Amounts
Cut Out
The agony is over.

The agony is over.
Not only is the thirty-second session
of the California Legislature among the
things of the past, but a large number
of bills passed by it, good, bad and
Indifferent have been relegated to the
tomb of oblivion, some of them, per-
haps, to crop up again at the next ses-
sion, and some, perhaps, to veX legls-
lators for many succeeding sessions and
afford embryo statesmen and aspiring
politicians a chance to saw the air with
their arms, point the finger of scorn
at their opponents, make the halls or
legislation re-echo with their thunder
tones and air their elOQuence in more
or less well-rounded periods for the ed
ification of the lady visitors and the
gallery and their glorification among
their constituents.
Many hours OF the peoples time,
which in the case of the Legislature is
money, and a large amount of money,
too, will yet be consumed in presenting
some of the bills that have become gray
with age and threadbare with the re-
ports of the committees of many ses-
sions.
Governor Budd's office was besieged
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whose anxious faces have been seen
for years in the same room, waiting
while the bills, upon which so much
depended for them, were hanging in
the balance, and they were hoping, al
most against hope, that the Governors s
signature would be appended to them.
One man, whose claim has been be-
fore the Legislature for years and has
several times been passed, but has
failed to secure the Gubernatorial sig
nature, had his suspense ended, and
Dennis Jordan will now have an op-
portunity to try TO get the money
from the State Controller, for which
he has waited so long.
Others were not so fortunate. Cap
tain John Mullan, who for many years
has pressed his claim against the State
for services rendered long years ago, and
who has grown white-haired and patri-
archai while waiting to see it acknowl-
edged had to return to his home with
the answer from the Governor that he
would not sign the bill.
The bill that created so much excite
rnent over charges of bribery is locked
up in the Governors safe, and the men
who hold warrants for coyote scalps
will have to wait two years more be-
fore they can draw their money out
of the State Treasury. Governor Budd
did not give any lengthy reasons for
letting it die; he just didn't sign it,
that's all. A number Of poor men with
small claims will have to wait for a
more favorable day, and some specu-
lators and others who have bought up
large numbers of claims will wish they
had their money back in their pockets.
The first item he vetoed in the appro-
priation bill was that for boring, lay
ing pipes and erecting water tanks in
the Capitol grounds. He said this was
a permanent Improvement and should
not be in the appropriation bill.
The next item was the appropriation
for an electric plant for the Capitol,
which was vetoed on the same ground
Next was the appropriation for extra
help for caring for the Capitol building.
This, he says, was unnecessary, unau-
thoriZed and indefinite, and heretofore
had been paid for out of the legislative
contingent fund.
Next comes the salary Of the State
Librarian, $4,000. and two deputies, ST.
200. The support Of the State Library,