The record-union., 1897-01-15

quite capable of reporting fully and
fairly upon their needs to these com
mittees"
Mr.. Wright would object to the
whole committees making these visits,
but thought the Chairman and one or
two members to whom the whole mat
ter could be intrusted should go
Mr.. Jones of San Francisco disa greed
with Mr.. Melick. He frankly said that
he believed representatives could not
be wholly impartial. Every member
wanted as big an appropriation as he
could get for his district He was OPP
posed to extravagant appropriations
for public buildings. Times" he said,
are hard, and we should limit ex-
pendftures to the lowest terms l be-
lieve the committees should go and sat
isfy themselves whether the money
asked for is needed
Mr.. Chynoweth put himself squarely
on record as opposed TO these visits
and the expenditure they involved He
said he had made an effort to get the
floor before the resolution was adopted,
but had failed. He protested against
this form of eXtravagance.
Judge Bridgman said he thought the
discussion was unreasonable. Gentle
men seemed to have reached two ex-
tremes-one. that all the members of
large committee should go, and the
other that nobody ait all should be sent.
Let us be reasonable, he said. If any
man on this floor was asked, person.
ally, to expend such large sums he
would never be so imprudent as to do
it without thoroughly understanding
the matter. His suggestion would be
that the Chairman of the committee,
with some proper person, who was
posted on the business in hand,
should be sent.
Mr.. Belshaw wished to be understood
as solidly opposed to junketing at the
expense of the State.
At this point Mr. Stansel brought
everybody up standing by asking in
quiet voice:
Haven't we already voted to send
this committee on it's travels to-mor-
row."
The gentlemen of the House gazed at
each other with that historical conun-
drum in their countenances:
Where are we att"
the question before the House-whether
the Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee should accompany the Hos
pitfalls and ASylumS Committee.
Mr.. Guy, the Chairman of Ways and
Means, rose for the first time and said:
Il believe the question is to send me
| to the asylum
He looked wholly innocent as he said
it, and not a muscle of his face
moved, while shout after shout of
laughter went up toward the galleries.
| Mr.. Guy then stated that he didn't
want to go. He could find plenty of
work ait the Capitol.
| Mr.. Hall here desired to offer a sub
stitute" resolution that no committees
should be sent on expeditions during
this term of the Legislature.
The Speaker here explained that no
| substitute could be offered to a resolu-
ton already adopted unless through a
| motion to reconsider.
| Emmons spoke to the question of
| sending Guy. He said SO long as this
| house, without a dissenting vote, had
adopted the resolution to send the whole
committee hethought 1t very wise thing
/
| committee which has to pay the bills.
IF the first resolution stands" said he,
Il hope this one will carry"
| Mr.. Valentine hoped it would not
carry. He saw no reason for making
any addition to an already large and ca
pable committee. He agreed with Mr..
Bridgman that the Chairman and an
expert would be all sufficient.
Here ensued a tangle of motions,
amendments and substitutes which the
! Speaker quietly united until at last
| Shanahan gave a proper notice of a mo-
tion to reconsider the vote by which
Malcolm's resolution was adopted, and
the Hospital and Asylum Committee is
still guessing as to whether it will go
a-junketing or not.
FOR A LEGAL HOLIDAY.
Mr. Sanford offered A. j. r. II.
| and moved that the rules be
suspended and the resolution
adopted. Following is the text of the
resolution:
Whereas, the people of the State of
California have been watching with un-
abated interest the determined purpose
of the Pacific Railroads to evade the
payment of its just debts due the
United States Government; and
| Whereas, The earnest petitions of
this State ito the Congress of the United
States, as formally expressed by the
signatures of 200, 900 of her electors,
and more recently by resolution of the
Legislature of California, have been so
generously granted by the overwhelm-
| J1fa Of Ea nd
Whereas, There is still pending an
other such bill in the Senate of the
United States which will yet be pushed
by the untiring efforts of those in
| charge, now, therefore, be it
Resolved, First, that we express our
gratitude TO Congress for the good work
it has already done; and, second, as an
| earnest of the sincere wishes of the peo-
pie of the State that all such measures
be ultimately defeated, be it
Resolved, That when we adjourn next
| Friday. January 10, 1897, we do so un-
TIL the Monday following, as an express
sion of our thanks and thus further en-
| phasiZa our wishes concerning any fur
| ther legislation upon this subject; be 1T
further
Resolved, That the Governor be re-
quested to declare Saturday, January
10th, a legal holiday for thanksgiving
and a day of general rejoicing.
| Cutter moved that the resolution be
referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations.
The previous question of suspension
of rules and immediate adoption was
moved and lost, and the resolution was
| raferred TO the Commi't-tee on E'aderal
Relations. Sanford moved to make it a
| special order for Tomorrow. Cutter
moved to lay Sanford's motion on the