The herald., 1897-01-05
lon. no chaplain having been at that

Senator Dickinson introduced reso
luton providing for the appointment o
standing committees and the senat
them proceeded to elect statutory offic
ers as follows: President pro tenn
Thomas 81. Flint; secretary, Frank J
Brandon; assistant secretaries. Georg
B w. Mcintyre and y. e. Mckinley; jour
nal clerk, Theodore Simpson; engross
z ing clerk, c. r. Mayhem; enrolling clerk
J. W. Gleaves, jr.; sergeant-at-arms
Leslie F. Blackburn; assistant sergeant
alarms, NJ. w. Coffey; minute clerk
John L. Childs; postmistress. Miss Edn,
Cowan; assistant postmistress, Miss l
; Erzgraber.
The officers were all sworn in.
The chair appointed Senators Aram
La Rue and Morehouse a committee ol
notification to inform Governor Budc
that the senate was organized ana READY
to receive any message or recommends
tion that the chief executive might nave
to offer. Senator Mahoney moved &c
adjourn but Senator Dickinson suggest,
ed that the body remain convened until
the notification committee returned its
report
Senator Stratton of Alameda offered
resolution to the effect that the Rev. Z.
l.. Mel be appointed chaplain OF the
senate at remuneration of 80 per diem.
The resolution was carried. The noti-
fication committee reported its inapil-
ity to find the governor and was gwen
further time. till tomorrow at 10 o'clock,
to which hour the senate adjourned.
IN THE ASSEMBLY.
Duckworth called the assembly
to order explaining that it was his du,E
to do SO by virtue of his pos1tion as
chief clerk of the last assembly. Chap"
lain Summers, he said. had died since
the adjournment of the thirty-frst as :
sembly, and he invited Rev. Josiah Sims
a former member OF the assembly, 10
make the opening prayer.
Frank L. Coombs of Napa was elected
chairman, and Mr. Duckworth admin
istered to him the oath of office. Brew
ster c. Kenyon was elected speaker pro
tenn, and was sworn in by Speaker
Coombs.
Mr.. Coombs made a speech, in which
he said that the appropriation Dill should
be passed ten days before the adjourn
ment Of the legislature, in order that the
tax levy should be properly made. EV-
cry appropriation, he said. should be
made by the rule of public necessity.
S. J. Duckworth was elected chief
clerk and w. O. Banks sergeant-at-
arms, after which adjournment was
taken to o'clock.
When the assembly again convened
the remainder of the statutory officers
were elected, as follows: First assistant
clerk, W. G. Hawkett; second assistant
clerk, Clark Alberti: assistant sergeant
at-arms, w. n. Lamphrey; minute
clerk. r. O. Wickham; journal clerk. e.
8. Gridley; enrolling clerk, Frank Bar
nett; postmistress. Miss Lizzie NJ BaX-
ter; assistant postmistress, Miss n. Pat
ton.
On resolution of Assemblyman Guy,
Charles E. Oehler was made chaplain of
the assembly.
The officers were then sworn in The
speaker said that in order to complete
the organization Of the house, he would
name four porterS and four pages tenn
porarly. The porters were E. M. Brock
A. ID. Jones, c. II. Jones and H. Shaw.
Pages-T. j. Donahue, Walter Bench
ley. p. W. Bullock and Clare Moore. J.
s. Kinney was appointed messenger to
the speaker of the house by the chair.
Ex-Judges Dibble, Waymire and
Bridgford were appointed a committee
to notify the governor that the house had
been organized.
The following concurrent resolution
was introduced by Be!shaw:
Whereas, There is now pending in
congress a bill known as the Power bill
which has for its object the refunding
of the debts of certain government-aid- |
ed railroads, and
Whereas, Any scheme of refunding
the lPacific. railroads., Indebtedness to
the rgovefnihe Mt hurst result in maintain
ing an excessive capitalization of these
roads, thus requiring high rates of fares !
and freights to meet the interest pay |
ments thereon. to the great burden and !
disaCyaptage- of the people of the state |
of California: and
Whereas, A lsale Hof these roads on |
to any corporation or private |
person must result in the loss of most |
of said government indebtedness, be- |
sides perpetuating the evils of private !
ownership and management; therefore, |
Resolved, By the assembly of the state
of California. the senate concurring,
that our senators be instructed and our
representatives be requested to oppose
the refundIing of said Indebtedness in
any form, and in lieu thereof to favor
legislation providing for the foreclosure
and sale of said roads. upon condition
that the government shall bid in sucn
roads and operate them as a national
enterprise, in the interest and for the
benefit of the whole people, and espe-
cially of California, who have contrib
uted more for the support of said
roads than the people of any other sec
tion, the result of which will much
sooner reimburse the government for the
advances made by it in aid of those
roads than by any other method; and
be it further
Resolved, That the governor be re-
quested to Immediately transmit by tel
egraph a copy of these resolutions to
our congressional delegation at WASH
ington.
Caminetti introduced the following
resolution as a substitute:
whereas, There is now pentling before |
the congress of the United States a
measure known as the Powers-Gear
funding bill, which has for it's object the
extension of payment of debts of the |
Pacific railroads to the government of |
the United States; and
Whersas, Said railroads received from |
the United States government through |
the issuance of bonds and grants of land |
aid and assistance which made possible |
the contraction Of said roads; and
Whereas, Said railroads received from |
ment of said debts will impose a further
and oppressive debt and the obligation !
of paying the same on the people of this |
state through an unjust and inequita- |
BILE rate of fares and freights and afford |
said railroads an opportunity to further |
evade their contracts with the govern |
ment; be it therefore
Resolved, By the assembly of the state
Of California, the senate concurring, |
that we are unalterably opposed to any |
and all extensions of the payment of ,
said debts and to the so-called Powers
Gear funding bill and any other bill of
like import, and that we hereby request |
our senators and instruct our represent
atlves in congress to use all honorable
means to defeat said funding bill or any
similar measure; and be it further
Resolved, That we favor the immedi-
ate collection on maturity of said debts
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