The record-union., 1897-02-19

| the Senate messages received late on
Wednesday evening should be consid-
| cred before the special order was ta-
ken up. So ordered.
| THE JOINT COMMITTEE.
1t will be remembered that Dibble
on Wednesday amended A. c. r. 6,
creating the Joint Investi igatiom Conn
nrittee SO that there should be added
| two expert accountants and two ex-
pert printers, ONE of each to be ap-
pointed by the majority and one of
each by the minority. This being sent
ITO tfIe Senate, THAT body rejected Dib-
ble's amendment and so reported to the
Assembly late on Wednesday evening
The Assembly took up, under Senate
messa ges, the resolution, as it stood
shorn of Dibble's amendment, and, by
a unanimous vote refused to concur in
the Senate's action.
| This was not dome, however, without
| the regular daily difficulty which, on
| this occasion, took a personal aspect
| Dibble hoped the House would not
concur in the Senate's amendment.
charges had been made by the minority
against the State Printer and he desir-
/ ed to see this investigation made full
and fair beyond the possibility of ques-
| tion. If the State Printer was found
to have done anything illegal Dibble
would not stand by him nor coadone
| him. If he had done no wrong then he
| (Dibble) wished to see him vindcated.
Price hoped the House would concur
On the Senate's amendment in striking
out the experts. He considered that
| the body of the resolution provided ann
ply for the employment of expert as
sistance and thought Dibble's amend
ment only surpluSage.
| The sentiment of the speakers of the
minority was that the adoption of Dib-
| ble's amendment had been a ma g7nani-
NOUS action ON the part of the ajority
and afforded the minority a fair chance
in the investigation. Mcclellan, Br7dg-
ford and Emmons spoke we'll on the
matter and urged the house to refuse
concurrence.
On the majority side Malcolm, VAL
entine and Melick joined Dibble in dis
senting from the action of the Senate;
North, Dennery and Price spoke in ia
vor of concurrence with the Senate.
| Shanahan, in speaking for the minor
| ity, made a vicious attack on the ma
/ jorfty mem bers of the committee, Den
merry and Price, claiming that they had
been the friends and champions of the
! State Printer through all the charges
made against him on the floor and THAT
their appointment on the committee
was am offense. He intimated very
plainly that they We're capable only of
partisan judgment and it was their
| place to get off Shanahan was ex-
| ceedingly personal in his talk and Dem
merry was very hot when he rose to
reply. He declared that what Shana-
/ han had said was false as he'll" Here
| the gavel fell and the Speaker declared
! the thing must stop. CoombS sharply
rebulsed Shanahan saying that while
he had a parliamentary right to de
nounce individuals within certain linn
its, he had no right to attack a com
mittee and one that had as yet done
nothing at all 1t was unprecedented
and he would noI allow it. Dennery
/ tried hard to get a chance to finish his
reply to Shanahan, but the Speaker
peremptorily ordered him to sit down.
Shanahan, who had not caught Dem
nery's exact words, was promptly in
formed by Caminetti of them and rose
! full of wrath to demand that they be
! taken down. AS other business had in
tervened the Speaker refused the de-
mand, and the storm passed with re-
current mutteringS from Shanahan.
On the roll-call as to concurrence, the
| House unanimously refused to concur
and. on motion of Dibble, the resolution
was retransmitted to the Senate with
| the request that it recede from its ac-
! ton in striking out Dibble's amend
ment.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
The special order for the morning
began with Dryden's three constftu
tional amendments providing for a
modified form of the Populist princi-
pies of the initiative and referendum.
In support of the amendments Dryden
made a powerful and wel-considered
speech of some length, presenting his
arguments for that form of legislation
and his position in opposition to a
purely representative form of govern
ment in moderate and clearly defined
style. 1t is doubtful If any orator
among the Populists of the State has
made a more statesmanlike presenta
ton of the case. He won applause from
! the House.