The record-union., 1899-02-23

NCOnt1nueQ from tOuTLu 4 o6S'S.
3ects the Assembly to well-founded crit
tcism; therefore, be it
Resolved That this Assembly repuol-
ates all such appointments, ana hereby
notifies all such persons now employeu
that no payment for services rendered.
this Assembly will be made after TINS
date except to attaches appointed ac-
coIding to law
Miller of San Francisco, Chairman OF
the Committee on Public Morals. OF
fered a resolution calling for the pay
ment of $15S40 to the committee, mile
age for it's late trip to San Francisco
Adopted.
Under Unfinished Business the report
of the Committee on Attaches concern
ing the payment of numerous
persons employed in legislative
work without having been reg
ularly appointed, came up just
before the noon recess The particular
case under consideration was the reso-
luton of Mcdonald of Alameda, calling
for the payment of 500 to M. E. Hor-
ton for services as clerk to the Com
mittee on Claims. Caminetti moved
resolution be made a special order for
4:30 D. m.
Melick moved that the motion be laid
on the table. Carried and so ordered.
Caminetti raised the point of order
that the whole matter had been laid
on the table by the motion.
The Speaker ruled against the point
of order and the resolution was taken
up.
The roll was called and it was found
that a call of the House was necessary
after which the resolution carried by
81 ayes to 4 noes.
RECESS.
4 Next came the joint convention and
the noon recess.
AFTERNOON RECESS.
On the Senate special file Curtin's S.
B. So, raising the salaries of Superior
Judges in several counties was up on
third reading and a lengthy and rather
acrid debate preceded the roll call.
An effort was made, by an amend
ment offered by Johnson. to exclude the
Judges of San Francisco from the pro-
visions of the bill. AS originally intro
duced, this bill and it's companion AS
sembly bill, introduced by Mcdonald
of Tuolumne, had included only the
Judge of that county-whose salary was
raised from $1,000 to So, 500 Then
Shasta and Siskiyou came in on amend
ments and at length an amendment was
incorporated into the bill by which the
salaries of San Francisco Superior
Judges were raised to 5000 each. 1t
was this that Johnson sought to elm
mate by his amendment.
Dibble spoke at length against John
sons amendment presenting the condi-
lions existing in San Francisco and
claiming that the present salary-S4,-
coo. will not enable man of family
to live in comfort and as a gentleman
should, and that the best talent of the
bar is virtually excluded from the SUI
perior bench because an able lawyers
practice is worth much more than the
Judges salary. He also claimed that
San Francisco was entitled to the add
tional per annum because she pays l..
the taxes of the State.
Melick began q reply to Dibble and
got as far as to say that Dibble was
. giving a third shot to McDonald's bill
as the San Francisco clause would Kill
the bill. when Dibble interrupted to say
that what he had said was with the
: consent of Mcdonald, who was going
{ to vote against Johnson's resolution
This fired johnson, who came to his
feet with the declaration that it was a
McDonald's request he had offered tbs
resolution and if Mcdonald was play.
ing fast and loose he wanted to know it
Mcdonald. being called upon to ex.
plain how he came to be sitting on twt
stools at once, came to the floor be
tween them. being unable to explain t.
Johnson's satisfaction. The latter at
tempted to withdraw his motion, bu
Melick, who had kept the floor during
THE squabble, declined to yield and ha(
his say out, telling how they did in Lo:
Angeles
Wade poured oil on the troubled
waterShe didn't want to do any injus
tice to San Francisco, but up in Naps
they had only one Judge and paid hin
only $3 600, and the office never went a
begging.
johnson here got a chance to with
draw his amendment and immediatel.
began to attack the bill and the Sal
Francisco Judges, who. he claimed, wer'
lazy-he had tried a case down Their
and knew.
Caminetti supported the bill as /
stood.
Cosper spoke for better paid bench
which he believed would raise 1t II
character.
Cobb and Radcliff supported the bill
the latter believed if the whole dele
CATION Of eighteen from San Francisco
wanted it, that was pretty good evi
dence the people wanted it, and, if not
the constituents of the members coult