The herald., 1897-01-23

ing attention to your reading, nor could
they hear you II they did"
The speaker then addressed the as.
sembly as follows:
Gentlemen of the Assembly: 1 have
not been able to investigate the report
satisfactorily. but / understand tha I
persons mentioned in the report are al
allowed mileage who are not statutory
ofi1cers. and think 1t should be inyesti-
gated before 1t is finally adopted" where
| upon member asked what amount wa c
in excess of the amount allowed for
statutory officers. In answer TO this
1t was given out from the clerks oesl,
that the amount was but $10O4O. These
| proceedings were by the speaker called
to the attention of every member of the
mouse then present, and every such
member or the house had an opportunity
| to investigate the matter then and
| there. During the consideration of the
report Mr.. Treacy, representing the mi
horlty or the committee on mileage
arose IN MS place and strongly advo-
Gated the adoption of the committee
| report, saying, among other things.
that 1T had been thoroughly consid. =.
ered by the committee; that 1t was In
| all particulars correct. and shouId, he
adopted without delay"
The spaker again before putting the
main question said: Gentlemen. 7 do
! not desire to impugn the intentions OF
| the committee, and l do not know
whether the report is correct or not as
1 nave not been able to examine it.
put l 40 not desire it passed until the
house @ mas mad time to consider it."
Inc mousse then, acting upon the faith
1t had In the committee and the stat
ment made upon the floor from members
OF the committee, and informa tion from
tne clerk desk, adopted the report of
the committee. Your committee dnd
tflat the house itself was derelict in
adopting the report of the committee
without further considering it after the
nrtlter had peen SO plainly put before
IL ny the speaker but the dereliction falls
upon all the members of the house of
Whatever political party, and that the
mouse was misled and grossly deceived
IN the matter and ini all things pertain-
ing to said report. The committee offers
the following resolutions:
whereas, In the appointment of eaid
temporary officers sufficient is known to
suDstantiate the charge against the
clerk of the house of gross abuse of
power on his part; therefore, be it,
Resolved, That the committee ON com
missions and retrenchment be required
10 investigate the said charges, and for
such purpose is hereby invested with the
powers to subpoena and compel the at
teihldnce OF witnesses and to administer
oaths.
The minority report reads:
The following report is submitted by
the, minority Of the committee on at
taches:
We concur in all that portion ofthe re-
port of the majority which recommends
that the whole matter be turned over
to the committee on retrenc,hment. and
further demand that said committee
FUZZY investigate such natter andall un-
lawful acts of the senate attaches
(Signed) l.. M. .LANDSBOROUGH.
JOHN w. KEEGAN
Leavitt offered the following resolu-
ton as substitutes:
Whereas, Charges of serious nature
have been made relative to frauds said
to have been practiced during the tenn
porary organization of this assembly;
and,
Whereas, The chief clerk of the assem-
bly,. S. j. Duckworth, is charged with
completely therein and he denies said
charges; therefore, be it
Resolved, That a special committee
of seven be named by this assembly to
investigate all said charges relative to
the temporary organization of this house
and to report its finding to this house.
Said committee shall have full power
to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths,
take testimony and such other power as
shall be necessary for the full perform
ance of their duties.
Amendment by North to third para
graph: Therefore, be it resolved, That q
special committee of seven be named
by the speaker of the assembly to in
vestigate all said charges relative to
the temporary organization of this
house and to report it's findings to this
house.
IN COMMITTEE
The ways and means committee of the
assembly tonight considered the claim
of w. w. Foote, Judge Daily and r. Y
Hayne for $25,000 for services in the suit
of the Southern Pacific company against
the railroad commission. Foote, Hayne
and Railroad Commissioner La Rue were
present and both Hayne and Foote ex-
plained to the committee the law en-
powering the commission to employ
them. Their compensat ton was fixed by
the board of examiners and the commit
tee could not reduce or increase the
amount. The board of examiners. Mr..
Foote said, had fixed the fee of hear
ing the dispositions in San Francisco as
to what the services were worth If the
legislature did rot pay the money It
would be necessary to sue the state. EX-
ceptions were taken on the ground tbas
the work of the attorneys was not com
pleted, and this brought up the matter
of the appropriation of $4,000 to con-
tinue the legal warfare with the South
ern Pacific. The money the attorneys
said was needed right away to pay the
expenses of the suit. Then the matter
was laid over for further consideration.