The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-06

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dent and had nothing whatever to do
with the Auditing Board to the Com
missioner Of Public Works appointed
by Ex-Governor Budd.
Thereupon Senator Dickinson subsid-
ed and after a suspension of the rules
the resolution was adopted by a unani-
nous VOTE
OUT OF RESPECT
resolution by Senator Leavitt that
when 1t adjourn lit do SO out OF respect
to the memory of the late Senators ELI
s. Denison and John H. Mahoney was
adopted.
NO FURNITURE.
A resolution by Senator Cutter that
the Sergeant be instructed and
directed to purchase such furniture as
in his judgment would be necessary for
committee rooms, subject to the APP
prevail of the Senate, met with emphatic
opposition.
Senator Sims said the resolution was
indefinite in that 1t left the purchase
OF the furniture to the discretion of the
Sergeant alarms. He demanded some
| thing specific
Senator Cutter explained that the
proposed purchases would be scrutiniz-
ed by the Finance Committee and would
nave to be approved by the Senate be-
fore being allowed.
Senator Dickinson thought the reso-
luton was a little premature. It
might happen that there would be no
committees, hence no need for furni-
ture. At any rate, after such COM
mlttees had been appointed it could
better be determined what, if any fur
nlture was needed, and the necessary
articles might then be purchased. He
moved that further consideration of
the resolution be postponed until after
the appointment of committees, and
the motion was carried by a. nearly
| unanimous vote
NOT A CAUCUS CANDIDATE.
Senator Cutter, Secretary of the Re
publican Senatorial caucus, offered a
resolution providing for the election of
A. S. Longley as one of the official
lstenographers of the session. He stated
| that Senators Bulla and Simpson had
loaned Senator Currier enough patron
age Con accounD to enable him to
name the candidate, and that every
| thing was perfectly regular.
1t was proved by the roll-call that
everything was not perfectly satisfac-
tory, and eight Republican Senators
cast their votes against Mr.. Longley.
Then SenatoreBulla got on his feet
| and asked for information. He said
he supposed the opposition to the can
didate came from the fact that his
name had not been given to the eau
Gus. He said he had explained the mat
| ter to the Secretary of the caucus
| Senator CUTTER, and had been told
| that as the appointment did not inter-
| fere with patronage aside from the
three Senators interested, everything
would be all right.
! Senator Dickinson said the reason he
had opposed the election Of the candi
date was because his name had not
been presented before the caucus, and
he presumed that to be the reason for
the rest of the opposition.
| Senator Braunhart raised the point
Of order, which was ruled out, that
the Democratic members had no de-
| sire to be initiated in open session into
the secrets of the Republican caucus.
| Senator Feeney raised the point that
during a roll-call all other business was
out of order. The point of order was
sustained and the vote was announced,
"a to s, and Candidate Longley was
declared elected.
RESPECTING CODES.
| Senator Morehouse offered resolu-
ton providing that the Secretary of
State be authorized to procure forty
five copies Of the latest edition of the
Constitution and codes of California
| for the use of the Senators and Off
| GERS, the same to be paid for out of
the contingent fund of the Senate.
| Senator Shortridge objected. He said
the State had already expended $780,
600 to do, away with the conglomera-
ton of laws contained in the codes. He
could not understand what the Sena-
| tors wanted them for, but suggested
that it might be a proper thing to read
them aloud as an object lesson. He
said he would like to donate his copy
to some person who wanted to spend
the winter in finding out what the
laws are not. So far as he was con-
cerned, he would make no serious OBJ
lection to repeating every law in the
codes.
Senators Morehouse and Simpson ex-
planned that in order to inteligently
amend the codes, each Senator ought
to have them within call
Senator Shortridge said that had he
known that his associate from the
prune district had offered the resolu-
ton he might not have opposed it, as
he had no desire to deprive him of the
pleasure of reading his codes. The
Senators smiled, and the resolution
was adopted.
A resolution by Senator Dickinson,
providing for the purchase Of bill files
for the use Of the members. was adopt
ed, and at 11.25 o'clock recess was
taken until p. m.
RIVER RESOLUTION AMENDED.
At 2 p. m. the Senate reassembled,
and resolution nearly identical to
that adopted at the morning session,
Sacramento River. was received as an
Assembly message, by which body it
had been adopted.
The changes from the Senate joint
resolution were two in number, the
first merely changing the title of the
resolution from Joint" to concur
rent" in order to conform to the tenn
porary rules of the Assembly, thus fix
ing the title of the document as "As-
sembly Concurrent Resolution No. A."
instead of Senate Joint Resolution
No. 81 The amendment was con-
Cured in.
The second and last change related
Washington of the resolution, naming
the Governor as the party who should
Immediately transmit the same, instead
of the Secretary of the Senate, as pro-
vided in the resolution at the time Of
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