The record-union., 1897-03-09

! Assembly for concurrence in the Sen
ate amendments After all this comes
the framing, Introduction and passage
, Of the tax levy bill-a thing absolutely
| impossible until action upon the appro-
| p1iation bill is concluded.
| Meade claimed that the duty of post
| ponement lies with the Senate and that
! the Assembly should adopt the report.
! Dlbble moved that message be sent
to the Senate approving the report but
| declining to be bound as to the time for
| adjournment.
| The Speaker, who was one of the con-
! ference committee, declared the motion
| out of order and suggested that COM
mon courtesy to the Senate demanded
| some action on the report by the House.
Pohlman moved to lay the report on
the tabl.. Dibble objected to the cut
! ting Of of debate, but the Speaker de-
| clare8 that something must be done and
| entertained the motion, which was car
| ried.
| RECONSIDERED AND PASSED.
| Shanahan moved to reconsider the
| vote by which a. b. 800 was refused
! passage. This is the measure appro-
| priating S30,0 for the employment of
| experts in the suit brought by the
| southern Pacific Company against the
| Board of Railroad Commissioners and
was, on reconsideration, passed.
| Motion to reconsider S. B. IA, validat-
| ing corporations; S. B. s, relating to
witnesses, and Cartwright's A. B. 522
prohibiting the making of contracts for
!. Enanitin Ii Ie. e l<.-
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The crowd which had gathered in the
Senate to listen to the proceedings in
! contempt wandered over to the Assem-
bly, in time to be present when work was
begun on the long file of constitutional
! amendments and the House was like a
first night at the theater with its little
throng Of ladies Frightening up the place
with their pretty gowns and bonnets
ne night for Woman Suffrage was due
ana there were to be seen many ladies
interested in one side or the other of
that question. Madame Sorbier, Mrs
John F. Swift, Mrs. Austin Sperry. Mrs
Lloyd Baldwin, Rev. Eliza Tupper
| Wilkes and others of the leaders in the
suffrage movement were there.
TAX REFORM.
| a. c. A. 10 was first considered. 1t
provides for "a reformed method of
taxation, which, While it is not by any
| means a single tax, opens the paddock
| ed doors OF the Constitution SO that re-
! form may be accomplished.
The measure was ably supported by
Messrs. keegan, Shanahan and Dibble,
and was adopted.
Dryden's A. c. A. 1, proposing to
submit to the people a sort of initiative
and referendum, was not so fortunate
and did not get the required two-thirds
vote. Emmons gave notice of motion
to reconsider.
NOT ENOUGH VOTES.
Dryden gallantly waived his right to
the next place on the file in favor OF
| the ladies, and substituted Waymire's
A. c. a. 70, relative TO the right of suf-
frage. Dryden made an Grafton on the
| subject, after which the previous ques-
ton was demanded. Before the vote
was announced several members ex-
planned their votes, with the apparent
idea that an apology of some sort to
somebody was demanded. Toland wish
ed to submit a substitute providing a
| period of years as a trial, after which
another vote should be taken.
Captain Cross came out boldly and
said he had voted no" because he
believed they had no right to enfran-
| chise class Of people who did not wish
it for themselves and he was convinced
that not 10 per cent. of the women of
California desired suffrage.
The announcement of the vote show
ed 43 ayes and ~ noes-not enough to
carry the amendment Emmons gave
notice of motion to reconsider and in
| tends to bring it up this evening.
Cutters a. c. A. IA, relating to spe-
cial and local legislation, was adopted.
The rest of the file went over.
A FREE CONFERENCE.
n message from the Senate announc-
ed that the Joint Conference Committee
had failed to agree concerning the
amendment to North's a B. 372, relat-
ing to officers of the Supreme Court
and their salaries, and that a Free Con-
ference Committee consisting of Sen
ators Stratton, Gnlett and Dryden had
/ been appointed. During the afternoon
/ North of Alameda being in the chair,
/ had appointed as the Assembly half of
! the committee Wright, Sims and EN-
mons
/ The House adjourned at II p m.
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