The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-06

mittee from the hour of adjournment
on Saturday until the hour of assemb-
ling on Tuesday morning, was read, and
called for some very pertinent and en-
phatic remarks on the part of Senator
cutter in support Of an amendment Of
Tered by him. The amendment fol-
lows:
This permit is granted only upon
condition that no wine, beer or alcoholic
beverage Of any description shall be al
lowed at the banquet incident to said
Dali in any part Of the Capitol premises,
leave to use which for said ball is
given
senator Cutter, in speaking to his
amendment, said that at the inaugural
pall OF four years ago he had stood in
the doorway of the banquet hall and
witnessed scenes which would bring the
blush to any cheek-even his and, he
mterpolated, his cheek was little given
to blushing. The walters who attended
the guests were tipsy, and parties of
men and women were in a similar con-
dition. their actions being disgusting.
Even in the Senate Chamber, he said,
| OF men and women who were intoxi-
Gated. In case his statements were
doubted, he referred to the issue of the
| Sacramento papers the day after the
| ball.
senator Cutter said he had informa-
| ton to the effect that $500 was to be
expended by the citizens committee for
dry and still wines, which meant that
"a 1n1 a..I =
| re-enacted.
Senator Bettn1an explained that the
committee had decided to furnish only
still wines for the occasion.
| so much the worse" retorted Sena-
tor Cutter, $500 worth Of still wines
would intoxicate- every person at the
| ball. Such scenes as that enacted four
years ago, four years before that time
i'm fact ever since the first inaugural
ball held in California, are disgrace
and a shame, and this Senate owes it to
itself to set the seal of it's disapproval
upon such disgraceful and unwarranted
proceedings"
| That settled it. No Senator had the
hardihood in the face of Senator Cut
ter's, scathing denunciation to say a
word lin favor of wines, dry or still, and
the amendment was adopted by a
unanimous vote.
| The adoption of the resolution fol-
lowed, also by unanimous vote of the
Senate, and present indications are that
there will be no alcoholic refreshments
at the banquet tables.
! PRINTING OFFICE WILL OPEN.
Short work was made of Assembly
Bill No. 1, appropriating $4,000 for the
support and operation of the State
| Printing Office A resolution offered
by Senator Cutter that the rules be sus-
pended, the bill read the first, second
and third times, and placed upon its
| final passage, was adopted without a
dissenting voice.
| The bill was accordingly read the
| first and second times, and there being
no amendments went to the third read
ing and was put upon it's final passage,
receiving the vote Of every Senator
PRESENTS, and so the wheels in the
| great workshop, which nearly ever
since the advent of James H. Budd in
to the Governors chair, have lain idle,
were creased, and as soon as the meas
ure is approved by Governor Gage, will
be started with the whirr so familiar
| in years gone by, being at the same
time a fitting farewell to the old and a
substantial welcome to the new admin
istration. The title of the bill was ap-
proved and the action of the Senate
was at once transmitted to the AS
sembly.
! CONTINGENT EXPENSE MONEY.
! A resolution by Senator Smith that
each member of the Senate be allowed
S25 for contingent expenses. as pro-
vided by statute, and that all requisi-
lions made by them on the Secretary of
! State for stamps, stationery, ETC., be
charged to their account, was adopted
| by a unanimous vote.
SACRAMENTO RIVER IMPROVE
MENT.
| Senator Cutter offered joint resolu-
] ton, No. 2, relative to the improve
ment of the Sacramento River by the
Federal Government. The resolution,
drafted by the Sacramento Chamber
| Of Commerce, was as follows:
Whereas, the Sacramento River
Commission, composed of Federal enSi-
neers appointed by the President of the
| United States, have in accordance with
! the duty devolved upon them reported
| to the Congress of the United States a
plan for the improvement of the Sac
ramento River, which plan is now I'M
der consideration by the Committee of
Rivers and Harbors of the House of
Representatives and,
whereas, the State of California has
appropriated the sum of 100000 to be
expended on the improvement and rec
! LITIGATION of the navigable waterways
of this State and has thus shown its
willingness to assist in the work SO i'm
peratively demanded by the needs OF
commerce, and which cannot with safe
ty be longer delayed and which of right
ought to be undertaken and carried
forward to completion by the general
Government; and,
Whereas, the conditions of said
river are such that immediate action is
necessary to preserve it as a navigable
stream for the purpose of commerce:
Resolved, by the Senate and the AS
sembly Of the State of California joint
lily, That our Senators in Con-
gress be instructed, and our
Representatives be requested to
use all honorable means at their dis
posal to secure the execution of the
plans reported by the said Sacramento
River Commission, and to secure the.
appropriation recommended by said
commission for the purpose Of carrying
said plans iptO effect; and be it further
respectfully requested that said Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors of the
House of Representatives to make the
appropriation recommended by said
Sacramento River Commission, con-
formally to their report on file with
the Chief Engineer of the United States
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