The herald., 1897-01-27
W|1H|NCION APOLOG|ZED
For His Hasty and Inconsiderate
Language
ALL THE WOMEN MAY VOTE
II the Amendment Is Carried rs Now
Proposed
The State Legislature Passes Some Bills
and Declines to Authorize Some
Expenditures.
Associated Press Special Wire

for his hasty and intemperate language
yesterday in regard to Bulla's amend
ment to Withingtons resolution debar-
ring the press from getting copies of bills.
Bulla accepted the apology.
The committee on constitutional
amendments reported in favor of the
constitutional amendment for woman
suffrage.
In the senate this afternoon the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the state print
ing office was passed, wilmington and
Pedlar voting no.
Androus bill providing for the destruc-
ton of municipal bonds of cities of the
fifth class where the same have been ex-
ecuted and remain unsold, was passed
without a dissenting vote.
The bill introduced by Senator Dwyer
comforting power upon the governing
body OF cities of the first class to provide
for the erection of a municipal hospital,
and to levy a tax for that purpose, was
passed and ordered Immediately sent to
the assembly.
Senator Holloway's bill authorizing
the governing body of cities of the sixth
| class to levy an additional tax of 80 cents
on the 500 of assessable property, passed
| to the third reading file.
Bert's bill authorizing the appoint
ment of a Japanese interpreter for the
! courts of San Francisco, came up for
| second reading. The bill fixed the COM
| pensation of that official at $3.50 per
| month. Braunhart offered an amend
| ment fixing the salary at $100 month.
| Braunhart, in short but vigorous
| speech, declared that San Francisco did
not need japanese interpreter, and he
would not vote to saddle the people of
San Francisco with an additional Off
cial with a high salary.
After considerable discussion, in which
| the proposition to refer the matter to
| the San Francisco delegation was de-
bated, a solution of the difficulty. which
| threatened to block legislation for the
remainder of the day, was found in
Smiths withdrawal of his motion to re-
| fer the bill to the San Francisco delega-
| tion. On a viva voce vote, Braunharts
| amendment was lost and the bill went
on the third reading file
Doty's bill appropriating $4,000 for the
| erection of a monument upon the plat
| of ground belonging to the Sacramento
Association of the Veterans of the Mex
| lean war in the city cemetery of Sacra-
| mento. was denied a third reading on
motion of Senator Smith, who stated
that it had come out of the finance COM
| mittee with an unfavorable recommen-
| dation He eulogized the heroes of the
establishing a dangerous precedent to
make the appropriation asked for, as
| other organiza tions of a like character
would be clamoring for state money with
which to erect monuments to the men,
ory of departed heroes.
Senator Doty. the author of the bill,
said he would not urge its passage. for
he felt he could only do so by appealing
to the pa triotism of his associates. He
| hoped al some time in the future they
| would awaken to a sense of the graft
tude they owed to- the war veterans and
| would erect a monument of which they
and the people of the state might be
proud.
IN COMMITTEE
| The committee of seven appointed to
investigate the organization of the house
was in session this afternoon, Judge
Waymire in the chair Chynoweth, act
ing as attorney for the assembly, pre-
sented the temporary roll Clerk Duck
| worth was not present on account of i'll
ness. His brother said that he would
rot be able to attend for several days.
North of Alameda was asked to pro-
duce certain papers in his possession.
| Mr.. North replied that he had not the
papers with him and that he would not
produce them unless subpoenaed.
Attorney Chynoweth was empowered
to subpoena any witnesses he desired.
terey which charged that three of Duck
worth's political allies had been placed
on the temporary roll, and although they
| had never been near Sacramento, had
drawn their salaries.
Breilng chairman of the mileage COM
| mittee was put on the stand and he tes-
| titled that he was ignorant of the ways
of the legislature and that he had gone
to Duckworth for assistance in making
| I'D his report.
Duckworth. he said. had delegated
| his brother Robert and Z. j. Smith to
assist him. After the report was made out
and printed in the journal, Breiling said
| that a number of people came to him and
| demanded to know why their names
were not on the roll.
| II went to DuckWorth" said the wit
| ness. land told him that there were a lot
of people kicking and that he must have
| omitted to put down their names. He
said that the names must nave been left
out by the printer. Then he made out
a new list. On the second day twelve
rames were added.
The names submitted by Breiling We're
as follows: Il. W. Measure, electrician,
$35; r. A. White, gate keeper. $2S; w. S.
Reyner. gate keeper, 81; w. Howard w.
| c. Dorsey. F. McLane. pages, $21 each;
| Delos Curtis. doorkeeper, s21: f. S. King,
porter, S2S: Miss NJ Bertala, assistant
clerk, $35 w. Hopkins, page, $21; J. c.
Williams, file clerk. $780, -. Ashley, por-
ter. $2S.
Breillng was asked if there was not a
clerk named Ella Bateman on the roll.
| He said that there was that he did not
| know who she was at the time, but sub
! sequently learned that was the wife of
| Andy Branch.
Emmons asked the witness if the
| names were not added after the election
of Speaker Coombs. He at first said
that he did not know. but subsequently
admitted that it must have been. as he
(Breiling) had been appointed by
! Coombs The investigation will be re-
sumed tomorrow.
The assembly committee on claims
decided today to report favorably on
Canavans bill providing for the payment
of costs of trials and inquests on in
mates of San Quentin prison. Items
amounting to $500 We're cut out Of the
bill. as they dated back beyond 1880
This leaves the amount of the appropria-
ton $4302. 60. with which Mr. Canavan
author of the bill, expresses saeisfac-
| tion.
IN CAUCUS
joint caucus was helj this afternoon
to select five trustees for the state Ii
brary to be voted for on February Cd.
No ticket was agreed upon and after an
hours discussion committee was ap-
pointed to secure pledges from the va
| rious candidates. II had been generally
conceded that q ticke. which has been
in general circulation and which if