The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-01
Things Point Toward a Very
Busy Session.
Workinu Under the New Attache Law-Still
Guessing Who Will Be
Senator.

the thirteen pages received So per day
each, while under the new law the
members will have to worry along with
only five youngsters, who will receive
500 per day each. In former years
the Senate gave a hundred and seventy
persons employment, at cost aggre-
eating 1913 per day, while under the
present law only fifty-four places are
to be had, at a cost aggregating $24S
per day, or about 81 go average for the
attaches. Assuming that the Assem-
bly, attaches We're equal to those of the
Senate (and there was little difference),
operations under the new law would
mean a saving to the State of 81 $40
per day.
With respect to thel marshaling of the
old guard for mileage fees, etc, the
new law makes the following provision
Section 231. The Secretary of the
Senate and the Clerk Of the Assembly
the Minute Clerks and the Sergeant-at-
Arms Of each house, for any session,
must, at the next succeeding session OF
the body, perform the duties of their
offices until their successors are elected
and qualified. Said officers, and nc
others, shall be allowed mileage. The
Secretary of the Senate may appoint a
postmaster, three gatekeepers and three
pages. The Chief Clerk of the Assem-
bly, may appoint a postmaster, three
gatekeepers, and three pages. The Ser
geant- Of the Senate and of the
Assembly may each appoint an Assist
ant Sergeant-at-Arms There shall be
no other officers or employees of either
house until the permanent organiza-
ton is completed. Such officers shall
serve only until said permanent or
ganization is completed"
THERE ARE OTHERS.
It seems to be foregone conclusion
that Frank j. Brandon will again be
Secretary of the Senate, though he has
an opponent in the person of ]. G.
Oliver of Berkeley. Brandon was Sec
rotary of the Senate during the last
two sessions of that body, and was for
one session Chief Clerk of the Assem-
bly,. His friends have no doubt of his
ability to carry off the plum, though
they admit that in his case, as well
as in those of every asprant for place,
the mastering of forces for the Senat-
orial fight may cut some figure.
George A. Byron, clerk in the Office of
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, is out for Assistant Secretary of
the Senate. and his friends claim that
his chances are bright. Byron has had
considerable experience on legislative
committees and elsewhere, and his
friends nominate him a winner.
Miss Phoebe Jones daughter of Sen
- l.
of Byron's opponents for the Assistant
Secretaryship. and she is said to have
a strong vote behind her from the
South.
Another of the foregone conclusions
is that the Speakership goes to Assem-
blyman Howard E. Wright of Berkeley
a member of the Assembly of 1897, and
the author of the successful State Uni
versity Tax Bill. With the exception
of Valentine of Los Angeles, who
retired long since, Wright seems to
have had no rival.
Major Kyle is believed to have the
field to himself for Chief Clerk of the
Assembly.
r. @. Wickham of Orange County
believes he will be chosen Minute Clerk
Of the Assembly without serious op-
position, though there are said to be
several other aspirants for the posi-
ton.
The friends of Lou Martin of Ala
media County believe he will be Ser
geant- alarms for the Senate 1t is
intimated that Leslie F. Blackburn.
who held the position during the last
session. and who was recently an
nounced as a candidate, may not allow
his name to be mentioned
While there are several applicants
for the position of Chaplain for the
Senate, the names oftenest spoken are
those Of Rev. C. L. Mel and Rev. S. ].
Carroll Dr. Mel seems cheerful
Quite a number of divines would like
to offer invocations for the guidance
of the Assemblymen in their labors,
but just who will carry off the $4a-
day plum is not even prophesied by the
knowing ones Rev. Mr.. Perry of San
Leandro will, it is said. have the sup
port of the Alameda County delegation
for the prayerful position
CENTRAL COMMITTEE WILL COME
The Republican State Central Com
mittee will open headquarters in the
Golden Eagle Hotel to-day Secretary
oleppdCHcr was mere ySSIeTudy IoOk-
ing over the ground, and the Chair
man, Major Mclaughlin, will arrive
this morning
Statements have been published in
San Francisco to the effect that Nc
Laughlin favors Colonel Burns for Sen
ator. Mr.. Steppacher, Secretary of the
Central Committee, when seen by a
Record Union" reporter yesterday
claimed to know little about the Sen
atorial fight, and said he had been
I keeping no cases on it,
SENATORIAL TALK.
Few of the legislators now in this
city have pronounced feeling in the
Senatorial business. or do not care to
express an opinion. Most of them
agree that it may take caucus to
determine which of the many candi-
dates has the strongest following, and
with the large field to choose from it
is maintained that a combination might
retire the most prominent aspirant for
the honor.
Senator J. N. Gillette, the hold-over
from Humboldt, seemed to voice the
sentiment of most of those on the
ground, when he said he had no candi-
date, but would, when the time comes,
vote for the man who would, in his