The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-28
ASSEMBLY ROUTINE
WENT SMOOTHLY ON

WENT SMOOTHLY ON
CALL HEADQUARTERS. sACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 27-The Committee on Cor
porations rendered to the Assembly this
morning a report upon all the bills that
have been before it looking to the curtail-
ing of the rights and assumed privileges
of the big corporations.
Assembly bill SO, by Crowder of San
Diego, provides a uniform maximum rate
for telephone instruments and telephone
service in this State. 1t was reported with
out recommendation.
Assembly bill $50, also by Crowder, es-
tablishes a uniform rate OF cents per
mile on all railroads in California for first
class travel, and rate OF 2H2 cents per
mile on second class travel. 1t was re-
ported as was it's companion measure.
Mr.. Crowder also introduced Assembly
bill 961, which provides that no railroad or
sleeping car company shall allow the up
per berth of a section to be lowered unless
the same has been sold This last bill of
Mr. Crowders was killed off in the same
quiet and painless manner as it's fellows.
The Committee on Rules and Regula-
lions offered a report which . fixes the
evenings of Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of this week as the time for the
consideration of the appropriation bills on
the Ways and. Means Committees special
urgency file: The evenings first decided
day. The third reading file has been
made the order for this and tomorrow
evening.
Assembly bill 1872, which provides for
laundry, heating light and power plant
for the Home for Feeble-minded Children.
mittee on Ways and Means, as was also
Assembly bill 252, which authorizes the
State Controller to appoint an additional
clerk to be known as the revenue clerk.
Assembly bill TAI, creating the Office of
State Game Warden, and Assembly bill
Sc. appropriating 1880 for the erection of
two male wards at the Mendocino, Ukiah,
Asylum, were both amended by the same
committee and recommended to pass as
amended. Assembly bill 81, which appro
prated 900 for the erection of a build
ing to connect the administration build
ing with the ward buildings of the same
institution, was recommended to mot
pass.
In a message from the Governor apropos
of 2S7 and 2SS, vetoed by him on Saturday.
the Executive takes another swat at leg
iSatiVe English.
In referring again to the bills he says:
I'm my message to your honorable body
of this date, February rs, 1899, disapprov-
ing Assembly bills 2S7 and 2SS a miscon-
sage owing to the ambiguity of the lam
guage of the bills, which error, in justice
to the clerk of the Supreme Court, de-
sire to correct.
1.-THE message referred to states that
by the said Assembly bills an additional
stenographer is created, thereby increas-
in the aggregate annual sum of S240O. This,
however, is incorrect, as there is but one
office created, namely, that OF chief depu-
ty, with an annual salary Of S24OO, and one
of the other six deputies designated
therein as a stenographer) is to receive
salary reduced to $1,000, SO that the aggre-
gate annual increase is $500.
Notwithstanding this correction, my
views as to a necessity for any increase
in the number of deputies in the office re-
main unchanged, and L am still OF the
opinion that at this time there is no urg-
eii' iieoe''''' A' HENRY T. GAGE"
Dibble of San Francisco who, with Cobb
of the same town, has been engineering
the Assembly end of the Republican con-
ference to come off later this afternoon,
asked of the Assembly the exclusive use
! of the chamber for the Republican ma
iority at 4 o'clock. 1t was so ordered, no
dissenting vote being cast to his resolu-
ton.
an end to the usual morning hardness.
During the last few days there has not
been quorum In the chamber more than
| half the time and file work has been often
delayed in time consuming calls OF the
House.
Dibble offered this resolution:
| sResolyed, That 1t Is the sense of the
Assembly that no committees should be
excused during the remainder of the SEES
sion. and that no committee should be
! allowed to sit, except conference commit
tees. during the sessions OF the aouse;
from attendance except for sickness of
himself or family.
The resolution was adopted.
Assemblyman Cowan handed up an
| other anti-tax-eater resolution from Glen
Ellen Grange. 1t demanded that fully
q per cent of the money now wasted IN
useless commissions be saveo TO me
State, and also that all salaries 6e slasned
the he RESOLUTION. siess favors for tax-eaters
and immediate relief for Era s
passed to-day after q hard tight put up
| by members of the San Francisco dele
cation. backed, Ii was said by friends
OF the bill. by the San FRANCISCO Haroor
The measure provides that all State
money received by State institutions shall
be paid monthly to the state controller,
to be by him disposed OF among the re-
Valentine argued his bill strongly and,
despite contrary indications, when II
eam half 70 dozen xo'n members nloe against it.
Senator Sammy Braunharts seawall
bill kicked up another debate or no small
proportions M del OF Los h AM Saa
to raise by bond issue was to be thrown
to the mob of political hangers-on that
the Harbor Commission has been feeding
for years past at the States expense. He
said that the Harbor Commission was
nothing more than q political machine
and an expensive one. 1t had already
spent all its own tolls ana other recelpts
and this 81 900 600 was SIMPLY d scnene 10
provide more.
Dibble denied it was anything of the
sort. He said that not one cent or the
proposed 81 900 900 could be spent for any
other purpose than set down In the bill
the seawall. He was followed by Valen--
tine who also followed the same line of
hour. however. and further consideration
Caminstti's Assembly bill SSS. giving