The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-04

amendment that his Assembly bill 5S1 be
added to the list. Dibble kicked and
Johnson. mixed in the row for no 40 other other
get out of it. Dibble got the best end OF
It, and then Belshaw tried to. get on with
a. bill of his own Hanley OF san iran IN,
the table, thinking, that if carried, 1t
would table Dibble's new rule as well.
johnson and Valentine were or the same
opinion, and backed Hanley against Dbl
After warm squabble. Speaker Ander-
son decided that the motion to taole BEL
shaw's amendment did not carry me the
rule with 1t, and Dibble demanded the
previous question. His rule was adopted.
At 4 o'clock the general approprllait no n
bill was taken up and Johnson got into
line with Dibble in a fight to effect some
changes that for one reason or announcer
they deemed necessary. me Dill was, Oh
course, considered by the House sitting
in committee of the whole. Valentine was
first to interrupt the reading with an
amendment to add Sl2Vo 70 SecreSary 20, OI
State Currys printing fund for the pur-
pose of printing the constitutional amend
ments to be proposed at the next election.
The amendment was adopted.
Then Johnson threw down ms nanu. ne
moved to increase Curry's $4,000 printing
allowance to 900. He said Mr.. Curry
could not print the State Blue BOOK IN
inetti said if the blue book missed publ
cation congratulations would be due the
State. His opinion was echoed by ABOUT
everybody in the chamber save the
tongue-tied few whose speeches johnson
is in the habit of making.
Valentine said Curry's allowance nag nag
been finally passed yesterday, and denied
Johnson's right to call IT up again..
Grovel insisted but tried to hedge by
saying that he only offered the =. amend
ment at Curry's request Valentine said
that Curry had told him and the rest Of
the Committee on Ways and Means that
$4,000 would be quite enough for him.
johnson said Curry told him quite the
contrary. Dibble got in with Johnson and
the aggregate racket kicked up was any
thing but edifying. Johnson's amend
ment however. was finally lost.
Dibble cut loose from the Sacramentan
on the next round and went over to VAL
entine.- The question was on a cierksh1p
created in the adjutant generals depart
ment by additional appropriation of
5000 Dibble wanted the clerk appointed
because he wants some one to collect and
care for relics and mementoS OF the Re
bellion and the late war with Spain He
has a bill coming up shortly which pro-
vides for about the same thing, and be-
sides helping the project to-day he also
took advantage of the opportunity to
make an eloquent speech in favor or his
forthcoming measure.
Johnson saw chance to get even for
the defeat of the Curry amendment He
said that if he could get one Of the San
Francisco delegation to second his motion
he would see to 1t that not another sec
ton of the bill should be considered until
that clerkship should be cut out. The
delegation sided with him against Dibble
and Valentine, and the section was or
dered stricken from the bill
The $4,000 appropriation for the mainten-
ance of the training ships OF the Naval
battalion was so amended that $4,000 of
the amount should be for the use OF the
Marion and $4,000 for the Pinta.
The bill ill come up for further cons1d-
Grafton tomorrow.