The record-union., 1899-03-14
YESTERDAY IN SENATE.

YESTERDAY IN SENATE.
Paris Exposition Bill Goes to the
Governor-Other Measures.
In the Senate yesterday morning
Braunhart withdrew S. B. 1IS, relating
to the form of fire insurance policies.
and substituted in it's place S. B. 34.
appropriating $4,000 to establish
State Normal School at San Francisco.
Simpson withdrew S. B. 213. to pay
the claim of w. C. Guirey. an identical
bill having been passed by the Assem-
bly, and reported to the Senate.
CAR-FENDER BILL.
The Senate concurred in the Assem-
bly, amendment to S. B. 72, providing
for the placing of tenders on street
railway cars. Shortridge said he felt
satisfied that the amendment killed the
bill, and as he had been working to
that end all along, it was satisfactory
to him.
COUNTY BOUNDARIES.
On motion Of Doty, S. B. 80, by Boggs,
was taken up out of order and lost by
vote of Is to Z. The bill proposed to
establish, ratify and confirm the north
boundary of Mendocino County, be-
tween the counties Of Mendocino aaa
Trinity, as the same was surveyed and
established by S. H. Rice. 1t developed
that there was a contest between the
counties interested, and it was for that
reason that the seven votes were re-
corded against the measure
A LITTLE DEBATE.
Dickinson moved to take up the spe-
cial file of appropriation and claim bills.
Boyce vociferated and contended that
the file had been made up without the
knowledge and consent of at least
some of the members. He intimated
that "cold deck" had been "rung In"
on the Senate, and he wanted the
pack passed around so that every man
might cut and deal"
Dickinson, in reply. grew very sar-
| castle. and begged pardon for having
presumed to do anything looking to
facilitating the business of the Senate.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL.
Morehouse said in order to test the
humor of the Senate he would move to
take up the county government bill and
make it a special order for p. m OBJ
jections were made and a roll call was
demanded. In the meantime Dickin-
sons motion was temporarily lost in the
shuttle
Shortridge said he had never ran
away from a fight, and while a great
deal of criticism of the bill had come
from his county, he would vote to take
up the bill even though he voted to
kill it when it came out in the open.
Dwyer said there could be no better
time to kill the bill than the present
Davis said it was late in the session,
and the great mass of appropriation
bills had not been touched. He said
that as there was great doubt whether
or not the bill was wanted by the mem
bers, he thought 1t should be allowed
to remain as unfinished business until
other and more important measures had
been disposed Of He objected to spend
ing time on the bill before the general
appropriation bill had been disposed Of
Sims favored taking UP, threshing
over and passing the bill.
Boyce, and Simpson favored taking up
and considering the bill
Morehouse said if he did not urge the
taking up OF the bin he, would be un-
fair to the members of the Senate, in
asmuch as a number of individual bills,
which might at this time have been
passed, had been embodied in the
county government bill Amendments
applying to Santa Clara County had
been criticised severely, but he had no
doubt about properly disposing of them
when they got before the Senate
The roll was called and the motion
to make the bill special order was
carried by vote of "a to B.
Then Dickinson's motion to take up
the file of appropriation and claims
bills was tackled again, and after fur
ther wrangling it was carried, and the
following action was taken:
S. B. 49, Stratton-Making an ap-
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum; read
and bill to printer.
S. B. 201, Sims-To provide for the
erection and equipment of combined
laundry. electric lighting, steam heat
ing, and power plant at the California
Home for the Care and Training of
Feeble Minded Children, to appropriate
$4,000 therefor. and to authorize the
expenditure of the same: read second
time. amended and to print.
s. B. POS, Sims-To' provide additional
accommodations for inmates at the
California Home for the Care and
Training of Feeble-Minded Children, by
the erection of cottages for epileptic,
paralytic and feeble-minded persons, to
appropriate $4,000 therefor, and to
authorize the expenditure of the same;
amended reducing the amount appro-
priated to $4,000, and ordered printed
S. B. 2S4. Davis-To appropriate
81 900 for the purchase of tools and
books for the use of the Preston School
Of Industry; read third time and passed,
% to 0.
UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS.
s. &. 325. Stratton-Appropriat
$SS.5c0 to provide for the erection of