The record-union., 1897-02-14

The breezes that passed across the
placid body of the Senate yesterday
scarcely raised a ripple, and while
Traunhart read long petition from the
San Francisco Board of Health protest
ing against the abolition of the office OF
Quarantine Officer of the Port OF San
Francisco, nobody seemed to pay any at
tention to it, and serenely voted for
Dickinson's amendment striking the Sec
ton relating to the appointment from
the bill.
FOOT OF THE FILE.
Aram made an uphill fight to have his
bin providing for the appointment OF
an auditing board for the Commissioner
of Public Works retain its file, ana a
battle as to the definition of the rules
followed. The bill, it seems, carried an
appropriation, and one of the rules pro-
vides that such bills must be passed on
by the Finance Committee. After hav-
ing been returned from the Committee
on Swamp and Overlooked Lands with
a recommendation favoring its passage,
the bill, instead of being referred to the
Finance Committee, was in the absence
of the author, placed on the second read
ing file. Aram requested that the bill
be referred to the committee to retain It's
place on the file, and the point was
raised and sustained by the Lieutenant
Governor that the bill, having never
been referred to the committee, properly
had no place on the file SO it happened
that Aram saw his bill referred to the
Finance Committee with the prospect
upon its return of being placed at the
foot of the file.
SMITHS BLUFF.
Smith made a bluff, which was
promptly called by Bulla, to have sub
committees from the Committees on
Finance and Public Buildings other
than Prison Buildings visit San Luis
Obispo and report upon the feasibility
of establishing at that point a school of
mechanical training. Bulla grew sar-
castle and handled the question without
gloves He thought the Senate might
draw its conclusions concerning the il
lteracy of San Luis Obispo without
sending down delegation. The Senate
thought so too, and the delegation will
not junket.
IN THE COMMITTEES.
The Judiciary Committees of the two
houses met in joint session yesterday
afternoon for the purpose of considering
the bills drafted by the Code Commis-
sioners and the Bar Association, which
had not heretogore been disposed of.
But the joint committee was not salts
fed with the manner in which the bills
had been presented, and it was finally
agreed that they ought to be punched
and embodied in one general bill cover
ing all the points in question.
After the aforementioned agreement
had been made, it was decided that each
committee should wrestle with the bills
in question. in the attempt TO envolve
one general bill out of the whole, and
with this understanding and at the re-
quest of the visiting Justices. the COM
7nittee arose to meet next Tuesday night.
The Senate Finance Committee met
Yesterday afternoon for the purpose Of
considering the bills making appropria-
tions for the use OF the State University.
and that commonly known as the
.dredger bill" There was. however.
only a slim attendance. and owing to the
further fact that eX-Commissioner of
Public Works Rose, who recently pro-
tested against the passage of the
-dredger BILL" and who desired to be
heard in defense of his statement, was
not in the city, the consideration went
over until Monday. \ similar course was
adopted in regard to the university bills.
A bin introduced last week in the Sem
ate bv Prisk. in the Assembly by Robin
son. is deserving of notice inasmuch as
II was drafted by the Miners Unions of
Grass Valley 1t provides for the ap-
7,ointment OF a Mining Inspector for
each of the Congressional Districts of
sbe state. who shall be practical miner
and shall receive 81 a day for his serv-
ices The duties OF such Inspector shall
he n see that present laws governing
the working of mines shall be enforced.
and to report recommending any other
changes that may be deemed necessary.
one Of the principal complaints made
by the miners is that the statute pro-
viding that for each mine there shall
DE at least two shafts for egress, had. in
a number of instances, been entirely ig-
nored by mine-owners, and that many of
the drifts are ill-ventilated.
It is believed that coming from the
Miners Union, there will be but little
opposition to the measure from sources
outside of the Legislature
THE PRINTING SITUATION.
This vexed question assumes new
phase daily, but nothing suggestive of