The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-24

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Constitution. Judiciary.
ROUTINE RESUMED.
BY an inadvertence the name Of VAL
entine was given as Chairman of the
Committee on County and Township
Government in the report of Satur-
days proceedings, and in that capacity
he was made to offer the resolution
calling for the purchase of eighty-five
copies of the County Government Act.
1t is, however, Huber who is the Chair
man of that committee, and he offered,
on behalf of the committee, the resoiu-
ton, which Valentine vigorously OPP
posed.
Sanford offered a resolution reciting
| that ]. B. Sanford was now member
both of the Ways and Means Committee
and the Special Committee on Invests
| CATION AS it was impossible for him to
perform the duties of both, the resolu-
ton called for the Substitution of Cam
| inetti on the Ways and Means Commit
tee. Adopted.
OUR EXPOSITION.
O'Brien offered A. J. r. u which re-
cites that the fact that it is proposed
to give in San Francisco in 1901 an
| exposition of the products and indus
tries of the United States, the Hawai-
ian and Philippine Islands and other
countries, and provides that the Presi-
| dent and Congress be urged to m9ke
a Government exhibit at that Expdsi-
ton, and that the United States make
an appropriation therefor. To Commit
tee on Federal Relations.
FOR ADMIRAL DEWEY
Caminetti offered A. j. R. Is, which
reads as follows:
Whereas, From time hmm emorial
valorous deeds of defenders of their
country have been commemmorated by
grateful nations; and,
Whereas, The battle Of Manila, de-
cisive as it was glorious, GROWING
alike the American navy and the hero
under whose leadership it was fought
and won, with immortal renown, en-
titles Rear Admiral George Dewey to
the homage of the Republic and the
gratitude of every patriot; therefore,
be it
Resolved by the. Assembly, the SEN
| ate concurring, That the Legislature of
| the State of California respectfully Pc
| titions the Congress of the United
! States to enact, and the President of
the United States to approve, a law to
| revive the rank of Admiral of the
United States navy, and confer the
same on Rear Admiral George Dewey,
| in honor of the distinguished services
he has rendered to the Republic.
C1ough arose to remark that he
thought it was about time we stopped
bothering the Congress of the United
! States with resolutions on things that
they know more about than we do.
| The Speaker cut him short with the
reminder that the resolution was not
under discussion until it had been
through the Committee on Federal Re
| lations, to which it WIS accordingly re-
| ferred.
ON THE FILES.
Work on the files was then taken up
with sort of grim determination,
though members seemed listless and
distraught, and, as it resulted, very
| little was accomplished
CUT THE APPROPRIATION.
| Valentines A. B. 81, appropriating
S15O.O0O for the California exhibit at
the Paris Exposition, stood at the head
of the third reading file 1t was called
up, and the author asked for the an
pointment of a special committee of one
to amend the title and some sections of
the bill. Valentine then offered an
amendment cutting the proposed an
preparation from $4,000 TO s12o 900.
land another changing the wording-of
the sentence authorizing the formation
of the commission It read originally.
which commission shall be taken from
the two leading political parties Of the
State" AS amended it reads: mot
more than two of which shall be from
the same political party" The amend
ments apparently suited the House.
and the bill went down to the printer.
retaining its place on the file.
THE ROCK CRUSHER.
! Anderson's A. B. 10 came up on third
reading. Its title is as follows: IAN
Act to prevent the sale of raw material
and the manufacture in penal institu-
lions in the State of California of any
article of commerce other than lutte
bags and broken stone and materials
for country roads only, and articles
consumed in the State penal institu-
! tions.''
Valentine asked concerning the scope
of the bill, and Anderson replied that
it had been drawn up at the request
of the Manufacturers and Producers
Association of San Francisco; had been
| recommended by the committee. In
which it had not been amended. nor
had it been amended on second read
ling. He mentioned the clause concern
| ing the rock crusher at Folsom. and
said that the bill permitted the product
of the crusher to be used for country
roads, claiming that, and that only.
was the original intention, but that it
had been allowed to come in conpeti-
ton with free labor in the quarries;
that in his own county (Solano) several
| hundred men had been thrown out of
employment because Of the use of the
rock crushed by convict labor on city
tors who had profited, while the people
of the State had suffered
Atherton moved to lay the bill over
for one day
Dibble said he was not opposed to
the bill, but he wanted it so strong
that by its adoption the world would
know that the Legislature of Califor-
mia had set its seal of condemnation
upon the bringing of convict labor into
competition with free labor. 1t was
agreed at that time that the bill should
be passed on file. but later on it was
brought up out of order, and the fight
resumed
knights of Sacramento offered an
amendment adding to the clause '.for
country roads only the words for city
lstreets, lanes and alleys Anderson
vigorously opposed this and was in the
| midst of his objections when a tired