The record-union., 1899-03-09
Evening Session.

AT the evening session the Senate
receded from its amendments to A. B.
4, TO create an exempt fireman. relief
fund in the several counties and cities,
and relating to the enrolment, forma-
tlon into fire companies and service as
nremen of such exempt fremen.
subsequently Dickinson gave notice
of motion to reconsider the vote, in
order that satisfactory arrangement
might be made with respect to San
Diego, which wanted to be exempt
from the provisions of the bill
| GOVERNOR APPROVES. IT.
A message was received. from. the
Governor announcing that he had APP
| proved the committee substitute for
S. B. III, by Dickinson, which appro-
PIRATES $4,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, to ascertain and pay
armory rents, armorers' wages and
| other expenses arising out of the
mastering in of portions of the National
Guard and Naval Militia into the
United States volunteer service; also,
the. expenses incurred in recognizing
the National Guard and to result there
! from.
THESE WE'RE PASSED.
An attempt was made to continue
the consideration of newspaper claims
where the same had been dropped at
the afternoon session but it was de-
feated and the Senate special file was
taken up, and the following bills were
passed:
| S. B. 70, Boggs-To appropriate SILL
800 for the furnishing of the admins
tration building and two male wards
of the Mendocino State Hospital; for
| the purchase of an electric plant for
| lighting the hospital buildings and
grounds, and the necessary machinery
and appliances therefor, and to con-
struct building to contain the same;
to purchase an ice plant and cold stor-
age SYSTEM; to make the necessary
changes in atties to protect the hospital
buildings against fire; read third tine
and passed, % to 0.
| S. b. sc, Boggs-To appropriate S20.-
600 for the erection of building for
the Mendocino State Hospital for the
purpose of connecting the administra
ton building with the ward buildings
of the said Mendocino State Hospital;
said buildings to contain an assembly
hall and connecting corridor for the
use of the patients of the said Men
docino State Hospital; read third time
and passed, % to 0.
S. B. 264 Ashe-To prohibit the use
of stagnant water in the drinking
troughs used by domestic animals and
to prevent the spread of infectious dis
eases read third time and passed, 24
| to 4.
| S. B. 21S, Wolfe-To amend an Act
to compel savings banks to publish
| sworn statement of all unclaimed de-
posits. approved March %. 1893, and
compelling all banks to publish sworn
statements of unclaimed deposits;
passed, % to 0.
| S. B. 30, Sims-To provide an ade-
quate water supply for and to the Cali
| fornia Home for the Care and Iraill-
| ing of Feeble Minded Children, by au
thorizing the Board of Trustees of the
said California Home for the Care and
j Training of Feeble Minded Children to
acquire additional water sources and
rights, to extend and perfect the pres
ent water system, to provide for water
storage for fire emergency and other
purposes, to appropriate money there
for. and to authorize the expenditure
of the same; passed, 81 to o.
STATE HARBOR COMMISSION.
But it was on Dickinson's bill (426)
to reconsider the State Board of Har-
Dor Commissioners, and to increase the
number from three to five, that the de-
bate of the day fell.
Dickinson spoke to the bill, and re-
ferred to the report made by the spe
cial Senate State Institutions Investi-
eating Committee, Of which he was
Chairman, to show up the evils which
he claimed existed in harbor affairs at
San Francisco. He said the three Com
missioners were victims of their friends,
whom they hesitated to GUST from posi-
tons, and he held that new blood
ought to be infused into the body by
the addition of two members. He called
attention to the fact that Governor
Budd had two years ago requested that
there be five members instead of three.
He spoke at length of the doings of
the Harbor Commission, and urged that
the bill be Passed.
Boyce held that by increasing the
number of Commissioners from three 10
five, and increasing, at the same time,
the roll of attaches by sixty. little good
could come of it, He said If Dickinson
were so inclined he could draw a bill
which would give relief, but that the
one under consideration did mot touch
the cancer" /
GUAR kind of civil service REFORM and
said that were he President of the
United States he would put out of Office
every Democrat, and fill the places with
Republicans. He said the Harbor Ccn-
mission was. unfortunately, political
commission. and for that reason he IA
vored the bill, since under its provis-
ions Democrats would be ousted and
Republicans put in. He thought that
men with nerve enough to do their
duty ought to be placed on the com
mission. He spoke of the so-called
civil service of the State as rot ana
he proposed to vote for the bill because
it was intended to give Republicans the
spoils when the Republican party was
in power, and allow the Democrats
similar privilege when fortune favored
them.
Davis said there did not live better
Republicans than some of those VINO
would vote against the bill. He sup
posed. he said, that the passage OF the
bill was intended to make every Re-
publican platform in the State a sliving