The record-union., 1897-02-13

taches, Contingent Expenses and Mile
age, handed in a report which was
! adopted, providing that the bill for fur
niture ordered purchased for use in the
| Senate be paid.
NEW BILLS.
! Bills were introduced, read the first
| time and referred to committees as fol-
/ lows:
By La Rue-Appropriating $3.50 to
pay the claim Of Theodore A. Bell
/ Claims.
! By Seawell-Relative to the matter of
applying for pardons.-Prison and Pris-
| on Buildings.
By Voorheis-To establish school of
| industry ard relating to the discharge
| of minors therefrom.-Ju udiciary.
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
BY Braunhart-Proposing to the peo-
| pie an amendment to Article W, that
| the Legislature of the State at its regu
lar thirty second session, commencing
on the 4th day of January, 1897, two
thirds of all the members voting in
favor thereof, shall add a new section
to be known as Section 61a, to read as
| follows:
Section 615. The Legislature may
provide for electing members of the AS
sembly and of the Senate by the meth
| Cd of proportional representation, with
the preferential and transferable vote,
and for this purpose may make a sim
| gle district of any county, or counties,
or city and county, which, under the
provisions of Section of this article
might be entitled to elect three or more
Senators and six or more Assembly
| men"
RECONSIDERATION
Bert moved to reconsider the vote
whereby A. B. 316, to provide for in
| creasing the efficiency of fire depart
ments in San Francisco, had been re-
| fused passage. He requested that tho
! vote be reconsidered only, and that
I final action be deferred until next Tues
| day. The vote whereby the bill was
! refused passage was ordered reconsid
cred by unanimous vote and placed
at the head of the special file Of Assem-
| bly, bills.
THIRD READING.
| S. 3. tn, by Bulla, authorizing the
Common Council, Board of Trustees, or
other governing body of any incorpor-
ated city or town other than cities of
| the first class, to refund its indebted
ness, to issue bonds therefor, and to
provide for the payment of the same,
was read the third time and passed by
vote of 20 to 0-title approved.
S. B. 1SS by Braunhart, relating to
! relief of insolvent debtors, for the pro-
| lection of creditors, and for the pun
! ishment of fraudulent debtors, was, on
motion of StrattOn, with consent of the
author withdrawn, and S. B. 40, by
| StrattOn, providing for general primary
! elections within the State, and to pro-
mote the purity thereof by regulating
| the conduct thereof, and to support the
I privilege of free suffrage thereat by
| prohibiting certain acts and practices
! in relation thereto, and providing for
| the punishment thereof, and for other
! purposes, substituted, read the third
time, further amended by the Commit
| tee on Elections and ordered re-en-
| crossed to retain it's place on file.
JETER GAINED BY ATTACHES.
Sergeant-a atArms Blackburn came
| down the center aisle and was recog
nized by the President.
| Mr.. President" said the Sergeant
1
taches of the Senate to present you
n.alacca gold headed walking stick)
as a slight token Of their esteem
| The Lieutenant Governor looked
! blank for a moment and then said:
Il had not expected to be caned so
early in the session. (Applause) How
ever, 1 can assure you that 1 appreciate
the favor" (Applause)
Seawell-I wish to state that I lost a
cane which looked a good deal like that
one, and I desire to have the Sergeant
alarms explain where it came from.
! Lieutenant-G Governor Jeter--I wish to
explain that l came from San Francisco
few days ago in company with Sen
ator Seawel, and that upon arriving in
this city l was obliged 10 call in the
services Of the entire police force to
/ recover his cane, which he had left in
/ the car.
! ROCK-CRUSHER BILL.
Then the file work was continued and
Doty's bill, 81 to regulate and govern
| the operation of the rock crushing
plant at the State Prison at Folsom, to
| provide for the sale of crushed rock,
and the disposition of the revenues de-
rived therefrom, was called up and
read the third time.
| BERT'S AMENDMENT.
Bert offered an amendment to raise
the minimum price of crushed rock
| from - to 10 cents per ton.
DOTY'S DEFENSE.
! Doty spoke against the amendment,
stating that its purpose was to defeat
| = y n, - "A ol
low competition by private rock-crush-
! ing plants, benefiting a few private in
! dividuals and initiating against cities
| and counties in the State desiring sys-
! TENS of macadamized roads. To adopt
| the amendment meant to defeat the
purpose of the bill. which was merely
intended to place the plant in the hands
| of the Prison Directors.
BERTS CONTENTION.
Bert said mass meeting had re-
| Gently been held in San Francisco to
protest against the passage of the bill.
| He contended that to fix the minimum
| rate at - cents a ton meant to place
| more tramps on the road He con-
| tended that private businesses should
! be given a chance to compete with State
! institutions.
Holloway, Luchsinger. Langford and
Simpson protested against the adoption
! Of the amendment, contending that it
was intended to wipe the State rock
crushing plant out of existence.
LANGFORD'S POSITION.
| Langford said he was opposed to pro-
tecting free labor in any manner. He
thought all attempts to protect such
| labor really worked a hardship to la
1 borarS II vie aa i,e,