The herald., 1897-02-12
IN THE SENATE
Bills Passed -Bulla and Withlngton Again
Lock Horns

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.-(By the As
ISOLATED Press).-In the senate today
the following bills were passed:
BY Bert-Amending an act to create
a police relief fund.
Health-LifeA insurance and pension
fund.
Aram-Providing for superior judges
in Yuba and Sutter.
Mahoney-An act prohibiting prize
fights, glove contests, etc.
MISUNDERSTANDING to public schools
and employment of teachers.
Morehouse-To erect a High school at
San Jose.
Bulla's bill relating to trials without
jury was killed.
Senators Bulla and Wilmington again
crossed swords over question of pat
ronage. The senator from Los Angeles
introduced resolution providing that
Albert Searle be appointed history clerk.
vice AL Lindley, who has been named
as George McCalvy's successor in the
secretary of states office.
Wilmington declared that this would
be violation of the joint rules, as the
position Is not a statutory one.
Bulla said that it would be merely fill
ing a vacancy, and the senator from
San Diego replied that the senator from
Los Angeles was attempting to encroach
on the limits of patronage. Bulla re-
sponded with some warmth.
Senator Bert moved a suspension of
the rules, but Wilmington objected.
stating that two-thirds of each house
is required to do so. The matter will
come up again in the morning.
Senator Bulla introduced a concur
rent resolution to submit to the people
at the next general election a PROPOSE
tion to hold a convention for the purpose
Of revising the constitution of the state,
the convention to be held within three
months after the election calling for it,
Among the bills introduced were the
following:
Providing for the appointment of a
mining inspector in each congressional
district in the state; amending various
sections of the political code relating
to the salaries of public administrator:
empowering the governor to appoint
agents to recover money due the state
by the federal government; relating to
the time in which actions may be brought
to recover moneys owned by corpora
tions.
IN ASSEMBLY.
Sims debris bill occupied the entire
morning session of the assembly The
bill provides for the appointment of an
auditing board to the commissioner of
public works, authorizing and directing
him and them to improve and rectify
water channels, to erect works neces-
sary and incident to drainage and car
rying with 1t an appropriation if $500, O0O
Several assemblymen were opposed to
the measure, saying the amount of the
appropriation was inadequate to the i'm
mensity of the task, which would require
at least 81 100000
The governors veto of the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the state printing
Office was sustained this afternoon by
a strictly party vote. The consideration
of the vote was fixed for 2 o'clock and
Speaker Coombs asked the assembly its
pleasure on the matter. Assemblyman
Leavitt took the initiative and made a
ten-minute speech against the COVER
nor's message. Dennery. Dibble, Price
and Melick followed on the same lines,
each urging the necessity of the appro-
priation to properly conduct the print
ing office. 1t was argued that it was
necessary IL the business of the legisla.
ture Is to be finished. Bridgford, Can't
netti, ,Shanahan and Dryden espoused the
cause of the governor, Caminetti speak
ing for three-quarters of an hour All
kinds of extravaganza in the printing
office was charged. Belshaw of the ma
jority and Moultrie Of the minority wers
absent. The vote was as follows:
Noes-Aldridge. Allen, Boone, Bridg-
ford, Burnett, Caminetti, Cartwright,
Dolan, Dryden, Elliott, Emmons, Fore
man. Gately, Godfrey, Houghton, Kee-
gan, Lacy, Mahoney, Mead, Mulcrevy.
McCandlish, Mcclellan, McGrath, Nc
Lauren. Power of San Francisco, Rubell.
Ryan. Sanford, Shanahan. Toland,
Treacy-31.
Ayes--Anderson. Arnerich, Austin.
6ettman. brSiling. Burnham. Canavan.