The herald., 1897-02-25
Pending Action of Board of
Examiners
MATTERS WILL BE SETTLED
But Meastime Legislative Work Comes
to q StandstiII
Ths office VIII Be Investigated and the Com.
nittee VIII Embraced Expert Exami-
ners-Work Done Yesterday
Special to The Herald.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24.-Today at
noon the printers in the state printing
office walked out and the printing office
closed up. The state printer sent noti-
fcation to the senate and assembly that
he would refuse to accept any more bills
because he could not return them in
forty-eight hours as prescribed by stat
ute. Consequently there will be neither
journal, history nor file tomorrow and
all bills that have been amended will
be delayed.
The printers are not blamed by SEN
ators or assemblymen for walking out.
Senator Simpson said: II do not blame
the men. They have not been paid for
a month and they need their money"
Other members of the legislature CO.
incide with that view. Senator Gillette,
chairman of the joint committee having
charge Of bills for state printing, said
to the Herald correspondents THE bills
are ready and have been for several DAYS
hut the board of examiners must first
meet and allow the deficiency. They
have not met and consequently we have
not been ablo to report bills. The gov
ernor and secretary Of state met Tues
day, but the attorney general was de-
tanned by railroad cases In San Fran
cisco, and in consequence no meeting
could be held, as the law Of 1891 pro-
vides that deficiency shall only be al
lowed by the governor. attorneygen-
eral and secretary of state personally,
and their deputies cannot act for them.
kilograms were sent to the attorney
general, and he and the governor, who
went to the McKenna banquet, returned
tonight ana the board of examiners held
a meeting. Bills will probably be passed
tomorrow and printing resumed. But
two days have been lost and cannot be
recalled. so the session will hardly ad-
journ by the 18th Of March now.
I talked with several of the printers
employed In the state printing office.
They said they had no desire to embarass
the state, but the union would not allow
them to work any longer without pay,
and consequently they left their Jobs.
The state printer seems to be making
an effort to throw the responsibility on
other officials for stoppage OF work, es-
pecially the attorney-general, and the
consequence Is much bad feeling against
him
To-day the committee on conference
in relation to the joint resolution favor
ing two experts in printing and two in
bookkeeping to examine the state print
ing office reported to the senate favor
ing that the senate recede from its
amendment in favor Of only one expert
appointed by the Republicans. An ami
mated debate took place over the re-
port. Bulla favored having two ex-
perts in order that the report would be
unquestioned. Morehouse made a pow
erful argument along the same lines.
What have we to fear as Republi-
cans?" he said; II believe Johnston to
be honest, but I desire his honesty to
be proven so clearly that no one can
doubt It,"
Dickinson said the whole state be-
lieved there was something crooked in
the printing office. Smith and Withing-
ton opposed two experts, but the motion
prevailed by vote of 81 to IA great
victory for clean and thorough invest
igation. The state printing Office will
now be examined and the report will be
such that the whole state will be forced
to accept 1t as true and honest. John
ston's best friends can ask no more.
BY unanimous vote the assembly
passed the bill removing the girls from
Whittier to Santa Clara, and it has gone
to the senate, where it will pass tomor-
row or next day. A very strong lobby
was here against it, but they could not
get one vote in the assembly and will do
no better in the senate.
Melick offered a resolution against
binding bills in volumes of 200 each as
Is done in all legislatures, but the mo-
ton was lost.
Valentine presided during the discus
sion over the contested election cases
In the assembly today, a very trying po-
sitfon, but he made a success of it and
was generally complimented for the way
he handled the gavel.
Mrs. Senator Simpson appeared as
Martha Washington at tea party on
Washington's birthday and attracted
general attention for her elegant ap-
pearance. She receives tomorrow and
is expected to have very elaborate re.
seption. The ladies of the Los Angeles
delegation are kept busy attending par
ties and receptions, and while their hus-
bands make laws they are having a
thoroughly good time.
Senator AndrOuS passed his pawn
broker bill this evening.
Senator Bulla's Torrens land law bill
comes up as special order tomorrow in
the assembly. 1t will be championed by
Assemblyman Valentine.
The senate committee on irriga tion
has reported back the Bridgeport bill
somewhat amended, and it will come up
for discussion next week. Rule 4S. be-
fore referred to in these dispatches
which declares that no bills except ap-
preparation bills should go to the gov
ernor In the last twelve days of the
session has already created so much op-
position that 1t is to be abrogated. and
bills will be sent to the governor when
passed. regardless Of it, FRASIER.
ON THE FLOOR