The record-union., 1897-02-11


Dryden added his voice to that of his
colleague in support of the measure,
and the Committee of the Whole re
ported favorably to the House on the
bill as amended by Guy. 1t was made
a special order for Tuesday, after the
reading of the journal.
OTHER BUSINESS.
Keables gave notice of a motion to
! reconsider the vote by which MeHcks
I \. c. A. ,, relating to Yosemite Valley,
| was lost
Canavan introduced a resolution out
| Of order. giving the expenses Of the
| Committee on State Prisons which yis-
ited San Quentin and Folsom TO inves-
tigate the feasibility of consolidating
| the two prisons. as $103 40. The re-
port was adopted. The committee con-
sisted Of Canavan, Kelly, Ruber Breil-
| ing. McGrath, Fontana, Treacy. Ken
yon, Ennis and Clerk of the Commit
tee Boyd.
| Recess was taken until p. m.
AN EXCITED AFTERNOON.
The second session of yesterday was
the longer of the two. the Assembly
| chamber. lobby, galleries and audito-
rium being crowded for four hours.
| The special order for > o'clock was
the consideration of the report of the
| Investigating Committee on Temporary
! Attaches. together with two resolutions
Of Chairman Waymire. all of which
were handed in last Friday and printed
in full in the Record Union of Sat
urday morning.
y PRELIMINARY SKIRMISH.
An Intellectual effort to choke off de-
bate was the first move of Dibbe, who
hardly waited for the gavel TO fall at
= o'clock until he was on his feet for Il
question of information. Asking if the
adoption of the report was the question,
and receiving an affirmative reply, Dib-
Bile, without taking his seat or again
addressing the Speaker. moved the pre-
Yious question.
Caminetti vigorously protested
against what he claimed was an irreL-
ularity Of procedure. and declared his
desire TO offer an amendment. Dibbje
yielded long enough for that, though
adhering to the previous question as Il
check to debate
Caminetti yielded his privilege II
Meade, who offered a sweeping amend
ment cutting out the names of the
members credited with names of alta
| ches and also the censure of those
members.
THE OBJECTIONABLE SECTION.
The portion Meade moved 70 strike
out was as follows:
The testimony shows that a portion
of the attaches We're appointed with the
knowledge and at the request of the
members, as follows: Frank Barnett,
by Mr.. Leavitt; J. L. Oliver, by Mr..
Wright; II. A. Jackson and I. Erb by
Air. Kelly; Ben Martin, by Mr. Cant
aetti; James Dewitt, NJ. Aronson,
= Wintringer and c. Ewing, by Mr..
| Henry; J. c. Gross cat request of Mr..
| Cross), by Mr.. Vosburg; James Bowen
and s. I'll. Wilson, by Mr. Breiling;
| Donald Bruce. by Mr.. Dibble; w j.
keating, by II. II. North; John Wise.
| by j. W. Power; X. NJ. Richardson
and Mrs. w. Sampson, by Mr.. Valen-
tine: W. II. Rice cat request Of Mr..
3ettman). by Mr.. Harris; T. Smith. by
Mr.. Dolan; w. S. Kingsbury, by Mr..
Kenyon; F. c. Smyth. by Mr. Chyno-
Weth A H. Smith, by Mr. Belshaw: A.
s. Fischer, by Mr.. Jones; n. G. Duck
worth, by Mr.. Treacy; George North.
by \. w North; w. Levinson and T..
Sheridan, by Mr.. Dennery: w Bullock,
w. Hopkins and W. S. Staley, by Mr.
Price; j. Brooks, by Mr.. Bettman;
Charles Forbes, by Senator VOORHEES,;
Ray Byron, by Mr.. Arnerich
Mr.. Jones admitted that in the case
Of J. p. Devine, A. A. Friedlander 5.
NoOrsanger and K. Blakeston he au-
thorized them to use his name
We think the members who request
ed appointments or lent their names to
justify them are specially deserving Of
censure. Yet it is to be said in their
defense that they had a right to make
requests for appointments, knowing
that some should be made and that
they had a right to presume the Chief
Clerk would do his duty and make no
more appointments than were actually
necessary for the public service. With
much more force it may be said in de-
Tense of all the members that they were
occupied largely in the consideration of
the Senatorial contest, and in the ex-
animation of the numerous voluminous
printed reports Of public officers prepar-
atory to the commencement of their
legislative labors. While thus occupied
they had a right to trust the Chief Clerk
to attend to the details of the Organiza-
ton. He had nothing to do but to or
ganiZe the House. His mind was free
from ether cares. He had been a mem
Der of the Legislature, and had served
as Chief Clerk at the last session. 1t
was fair to presume that he was famil-
lar with the duties of his office and
would honestly perform Them
Cutter offered an amendment to
Meads amendment. eXempting from the
censure Of the Committee on Mileage
those members absent or not Joining
in the report.
| Waymire desired the two amendments
segregated and a. vote taken on each.
EVADING THE PREVIOUS CUES
TION.
| Dibbles Strategem to cut off debate
by the motion for the previous question
was foiled by several adroit maneuvers,
which began with Caminetti's rising to
a question of personal privilege and
making a lengthy explanation which in
cluded denunciatiOns of the committee
which, by it's report. held him up to
censure without having, he claimed,
given him the right of a trial.
This gave Waymire an opportunity to
reply to Caminetti's structures and to
justify the course of the committee and
| of himself
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
Finding the Speaker somewhat Hber-