The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-19
Call an Extra Session.
(From the Marysville Appeal

(F'rom the Marysville AppeaI.)
The Fifty-sixth Congress has ac-
complished one good result already-it
has brought home to the people of Cal
ifornia a realization of the fact that
the States interests are seriously
jeopardized by the failure of the last
Legislature to elect United States
Senator to succeed Stephen M. White.
the late Democratic incumbent. 1t is
not yet too late to rectify the mis-
take. Two ways may be open. Should
the Senate vote to seat Mr.. Quay, as
per the appointment issued by Gov
ernor Stone OF Pennsylvania, then Gov
ernor Gage could likewise appoint
some gentleman to represent with Sen
ator Perkins California, in the upper
house of Congress.
But such a course would prove far
from satisfactory. The appointment
necessarily would hold good only until
our State Legislature again convenes
when Senator would be balloted for
to complete the term. It is far pre-
ferable to settle the matter at once and
for good. And that can only be done
by the issuing of a call for an extra
session of the Legislature. And the
sooner it is done the better for the
State and consequently for the Repub-
lican party, into whose hands the vot-
ers have intrusted their affairs.
There are other important matters
worthy of special legislative attention.
These could also be attended to-but
only after the main business of the
Legislature has been concluded, the
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Senator. That is the important thing
and it must be consummated.
The Republican papers of the State
are nearly unit on the proposition.
With few exceptions every journal Of
prominence favors the call OF course
the Democratic publications, headed by
the Examiner" violently oppose such
a step. Why should they not? They
see in the failure of the Republican
party to discharge this great obligation
an unexcelled opportunity to regain
control of the States political affairs
and naturally they are straining every
nerve to defeat the proposed call for
an extra session, regardless of the evil
effects which lack of full representa-
ton in the Senate will have upon Cal
ifornia's varied interests.
Intelligent readers of newspapers are
fully conversant with the vast posi-
bilities opened up to the Pacific Coast
through the acquisition of the Hawaii
an and Philippine Islands. They know
that the possession of this new terri
tory will give the United States the
open sesame to the trade of the Orient.
They are aware of the imperative need
of Pacific cable and the construction
Of the Nicaraguan canal; also that
there are other matters almost as i'm
portant bearing directly upon the flu
ture development of this great coast.
If it is ever necessary for State to
be fully represented in the United
States Senate surely it would be hard
to imagine an occasion where two SEN
ators could do their constituents more
good than could be afforded the people
Of California just now by having a COL
league in the Senate to work with
Senator Perkins in their interests.
The extra session should be called at
once. Too much time has been lost
already. The issues involved are too
important to be trihed with.