The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
CLERKSHFP DECLINED
WITHOUT THANKS
The Minority Enlivens the ROu-
tine of the Proceedings Of
the Assembly.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1.-Assemblyman Devote
of San Francisco and the majority rather
mixed things in the Assembly TINS morn
ing with Mr.. Mead of Los Angeles ana
the minority 1t was over question or
minority patronage raised by member
of the majority, and before Devote had
got through with it he was firmly of the
opinion that his colleagues had handed
him a gold brick when they conferred
upon him the honor of offering clerk
ship at So per day to the Democratic mem
bers.
The minority caucused two weeks and
more ago on the patronage proposition
and decided that they would vote for no
amendment or repeal of the Belshaw act
and that they would not vote to seat any
further employees by resolution. They
further decided that if the majority
should vote to do either and should offer
the minority any OF the accrulng patron
age it should be declined.
offered a resolution in the Assembly
proffering the minority clerkship at
in a white heat and without thanks or
any other token Of courtesy declined II
the principle the minority had decided to
follow with regard to patronage, and he
branded the resolution as an attempt to
make it appear that the Democrats
Belshaw bill was not so much matter OF
principle as a matter of pure envy, and
on behalf Of his fellow-DemocratS he de-
to accept the pToffered clerkship.
The majority howeyer stuck to the
proposition, and referred the resolution to
the Committee on Attaches.
When the Assembly opened this morn
ing it took just time enough to call the
the motion of Dibble who read a tele-
gram saying that the funeral of the late
Senator Boggs of Colusa vas TO take place
between 1915 and II o'clock. The motion
to suspend business out of respect to the
deceased Senator was adopted unanl-
mously.
When order was called again the junk
citing committee that was sent to inspect
the State insane asylum at Napa offered
its report through the chairman. Owen
Wade. Everything at the institution was
ministration was highly complimented. It
was also suggested that the asylum is
vide which a bill has been already intro.
duced in the Assembly. The expense of
the trip, which was allowed by resolu-
ton, amounted to $50 40.
Immediately upon the adoption of the
report Speaker Anderson announced his
resignation from the following commit
tees: AS chairman of the Corporations
Committee and as a member of the Com
mittee on Diaries and Dairy Products. ;.
Fish and Game; Public Health and Quar-
antine and Public Morals. He annoqnced
the appointment of >Assemblyman ~Raub
of Suffer as chairman of the Committee
on Corporations, and of Howard Wright,
the deposed Speaker, as a member OF the
Corporations, Fish and Game, Dairy and
Dairy Products committees. Assembly
man Marvin he appointed to the Health
and Quarantine Committee.
Assemblyman Dibble offered the patron
age resolution decided upon, yesterday IN
caucus. There were two slight changes
from the list published this morning. The
name of B. T. Frazer had been subsu-
tuted for that of Miss Ella McKeen. and
that of Frank Storror for that Of X. z.
Russell They We're both committee clerk
ships Leave of absence was granted by
resolution to the Committee on Commerce
and Navigation so that it may visit San
1 Francisco and Oakland on Friday, Sat
vestigating the needs Of the water fronts
of the two towns.
The following bills were read the third
/ time and passed by the Assembly this
Assembly As aa1t bill 829, introduced by John
/ son, amending section 1858 of the Politi-
/ cal Code.
Assembly bill 1879, introduced by the
! same gentleman, authorizing the trans
/ fer of $40 900 from the general fund to the
1 State school book fund and providing for
! it's expenditure.
| Assembly bill So introduced by Meserve.
| providing for the municipal corporations
/ and for determining the population
! thereof
! Assembly bill 1872 introduced by. Works,
| providing for the satisfaction of record
/ of real property mortgages which have
! been foreclosed and the property covered
] thereby sold, and to PROVIDE 1or the form
/ of such satisfaction.
! Assembly bill 261, introduced by Dibble,
/ amending the Penal Code by adding a
new section thereto, to be numbered
| 5431b relating to the UNAUTHORIZED wear
! ing of badges, buttons and rosettes Of