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had run out synonomously and he
asked further allowance. Granted.
| The Judiciary Committee reported
back A. BIS %, %, "a, 25 and lib, all
amending various Acts. Each of these
had been amended in committee, and
each was recommended to passage as
amended.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
Caminetti moved that the Committee
on Federal Relations be instructed to
report back all resolutions on the Mic
aragua Canal Carried and the report
will be expected this morning.
SENATE MESSAGES.
The Assembly was informed from
the Senate that the upper house had
adopted A. c.. No. 6-the San Francis
co charter. This provoked mild hand
clapping from the delegation from that
city
CUTTERS BILL PASSES.
Cutters S. B. 1919 came up on third
reading and was the subject of furth-
er discussion and more amendments.
Caminetti tried his hand at getting
back into the bill the clause of the Bel
shaw Act which provides that any nee
essary excess of attaches shall be ap-
pointed only on a four-fifths vote of the
House This had been sturdily fought
for by Belshaw on Thursday and he
had with him all the minority and a
pretty good following of Republicans.
But on second reading Belshaw's
amendment was lost Yesterday Can't
netti took up the fight with similar
amendment The argument that the
l:11 ~. all
pointments to the Speaker, throws
down the bars and opens the gate to
the extravaganza and the scandals of
former sessions was presented in all
| its phases. Caminettf can seldom
speak without casting the party gaunt-
let into the arena and his accusations
and denunciations are the reverse of
soothing to his friends of the majority.
The battle was fought all over again,
but Belshaw was out of it by reason
of being corralled in the Speakers
chair for the whole morning.
Caminetti declared that the bill had
ben Improperly made subject of Re-
publican caucus. On strictly party
issues a caucus, he said, was proper,
but no party had a right to tie up gem
eral legislation, affecting the good of
the State, by any such strings. He
called upon members to vote upon his
amendment and upon the bill according
to personal conviction.
Dibble got back on Caminetti by re-
calling to his memory the fact that
during the last session the minority
caucused on pretty much every ques-
ton that arose. However, he agreed
with his friend from Amador that eau
Gus work should be restricted to party
issues. But, he said, this question is
a proper subject for caucus. II am
aware that whatever is done here in
this matter will be made party issue
and / am not afraid to meet it. We,
of the majority, propose to manage this
thing and what we do will be right. I
claim that neither house of this Legis-
lature has the right to legislate in the
affairs of the other and 1 claim that
this Legislature may not limit the
rights of the next Legislature or of any
future one. When the two houses are
acting together neither must bind the
action of the majority. And I claim
that this four-fifths clause does these
things and therefore is unconstitutional
and unlawful The Senate bill suffi-
GENTLY restricts any tendency to ex-
cess but it restricts the rights of no
| one.
Clough, Wade and Meade supported
Caminettfs amendment.
Johnson made short speech to the
point He said: -'The State of the
case is simply this: II you adopt this