The record-union., 1897-01-15
A WORKING DAY.
Assembly RroVns UponPro-
posed Excursions.
Minority Proposes to Deal With
Superauous Employees.
Senate Committee Handles Gov. Budds
Message Without Gloves
Joint Caucus Decides TO Request Major Mckinley
to Appoint Some Californian TO a
Cabinet Position.

Another flood of bills. That was what
the Senate experienced yesterday
morning, and aside from that interest
ing feature, very little of Importance
vas accomplished.
THAT CABINET POSITION.
Other matters of decided interest
claimed the attention of the members
of the upper house the greater portion
of the day, not least among which was
the joint caucus of the two houses,
called for the purpose of considering
the question of petitioning President t
elect Mckinley to select one member or
his Cabinet from amongst the Republi-
cans of California.
Two weeks earlier it looked as though
Judge Waymire might receive the in
dorsernent of the Republican members
of the Legislature for a portfolio, but
accidents will happen in the best regu-
lated family. Waymire had evidently
forgotten the proverb, Make haste to
go slow, that you may thereby go fast,
and at the caucus of his party called to
select a nominee for United States Sen
ator pressed his claim for preferment
upon his colleagues. His time for ac-
ton was i'll chosen, and since that even
ing his star has been on the wane- HIS
party would have none of him then,
and taking the cue from the telegram
forwarded TO President elect Mckinley
by Chairman of the Executive Conn
mittee of the State Central Committee
Frank Mclaughlin, and which was
published in full in the 'Record-Union"
yesterdays caucus decided to merely
request of Major Mckinley that Cali
fornian be honored with a position in
his Cabinet, which will soon be chosen.
caucus neither the name nor claim Of
the Alameda man received mention.
Speaker Coombs of the Assembly mere
ly offered a resolution, which was
unanimously adopted, embodying the
proposition already stated, and 1t is I'm
derstood that a concurrent resolution
embracing the caucus agreement, will
be offered in and adopted by both
houses during to-day's session
TO RECLAIM SWAMP LANDS.
Aram in the Senate and Sims in the
Assembly yesterday introduced the bill
drawn by the committee appointed by
the convention of swamp and overflow
ed land owners, which recently met in
this city. The bill, which carries an ap-
preparation of 100000, to be expended
in the purchase of one or more dred-
gers and in operating the same in
deepening the channels of the Sacra-
mento River, thereby giving a greater
carrying and securing capacity to the
water is constructed after the plans
submitted by the Commissioner of Pub
lie Works and his engineers, is alleged
TO be the most feasible of any of the
many plans heretofore presented for re-
claiming the overfiowed lands and car
ing for the navigable rivers of the
State and appeared in full in yester-
days issue of the Record Union
Lfeutenant-G Governor Jeter, who has
been absent since Friday of last week
will probably occupy the chair in the
Senate chamber to-day. Jeter's action
in remaining away has not been ques-
toned, and, it is understood, was tacit-
ly agreed to when the matter of organi-
zation was settled. Flint was appointed
to complete the organization of the
body, and during his reign Jeter con-
siderately kept in the background. Now
that matters have been satisfactorily
settled, the Lieutenant-G Governor may
again take up the the gavel and pre-
side over the deliberations of the body
without fear or favor.
THE SENATE'S LAWYERS.
The Senate Judiciary Committee met
yesterday afternoon for the first time
since the standing committees were
announced and plunged headlong into
those portions of the Governors mes
sage which had been referred for It's
recommendation.
CHARITIES AND MOB LAW.
The suggestion that certain charita-
bic institutions. and endowmnets fol
the same be by legislative enactment