The herald., 1897-01-18
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
Promises to Be Lively From
Now On
ALL THE JUNKETING TRIPS
Remorselessly Sat Upon by the Re.
trenchment Committee
Ill THE JUNKETING TRIPS
A Pace Is Set Which Will Provide the
Economists With Any Amount
of Work.

Special to The Herald.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.-AssenIbly-
man Melick of the Pasadena district in
forms The Herald correspondent that
the committee on retrenchment of which
he is chairman, will tomorrow report a
resolution to cut off all junketing trips
regardless of the purposes for which
they may be ostens9bly proposed.
IT is known that the bills already in
troduced, asking appropriations for new
buildings, aggre gate 80, 169, 00O The tota
contingent expenses of both houses now
are $4620 day If this rate is contir-
ued, the entire contingent fund of $40, O0C
will be exhausted five weeks hence.
The committee of five appointed by
the Republican caucus to investigate
the Ducl1wOrth attaene scandal Will re-
port tomorrow morning that suspicious
circumstances discovered will require
the appointment of ron partisan COM
mittee of both houses. such committee
to be empowered to subpoena witnesses
and administer oatIls.
1t Is expected that the senate will be-
gin the consideration of bills on the gen
eral calendar by Tuesday.
TODAY'S PROGRAM
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 17.-(By Asso
ciated Press.)-There promises to be q
lively debate over a resolution which will
be introduced in the assembly tomor-
row by Mr.. Caminetti. Caminetti wants
to amend the rules so as to give certain
measures the right of way over the reg
ular business of the legislature, WHEN
they come up for final action. The bills
to be thus favored are classified as fol-
lows:
First-Relatfng to state government,
revenues, various departmental commits
sions, etc.
Second-City government, roads and
highways.
Third-Townships city, city and
county governments and municipal af-
fairs.
Fourth-Election laws.
Fifth-Code commissioners report
Caminetti was going to Introduce his
resolution on Friday. At that time only
three classes were to- be considered. but
at the request of Dibble, the assem- bly,
man from Amador, deferred his purpose
until Monday and at a meeting Of the
committee on rules, Dibhle tackled on the
election laws and code commissioners
report.
The object of the resolution, according
to the author, is to clean up the business
of the state and prevent baling of the
character of legislation prescribed, by
members who have\measures, in which
they are interested. 1t is suggested that
in past resolutions the consideration of
measures in which individuals or sec
tionS are concerned, has retarded action
on state appropriations and other bust
ness of interest to the government In
short, legiSla tors who have axes to grind
have failed to see the wisdom of attend
ing to the states business before receiv-
ing consideration of measures of inter-
est to the district they represent They
have heretofore taken the stand that
the states business both had to be trans
acted at all hazards, and that prompt
action must be had on their own meas
ures while those of the state We're pend
ing; while, on the other hand, if the
states business was to be rushed through
shrift would be given their own.
Several members expressed them
selves in this way tonight and tomorrow
developments promise to be interesting
1t is the general opinion that the code
commissioners report will consume most
of the timS of the session and tomorrow
at the request of the commission, about
800 bills amending the codes will be pre-
Sented,