The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-07
A GENERAL KICK WAS MADE.
ASSemblymen Protested at Every
thing From the Weather to
Waste Baskets.
HEADQUARTERS.

sembly bill No. 1, providing $50 900 for the
use of the State Printing Office, came
back to the Assembly this morning, after
having been passed by the Senate, and
was sent to be enrolled, engrossed, print
ed ana handed to the Governor for his
signature.
1t was practically stand up and roll
call session this morning, as 1t will be to-
morrow. The little business that was on
hand was pushed through or delayed till
later in the month as rapidly as could be,
but though the time was short, the legis-
lators had time to kick, and a general
kick it was. The members froze through
the rollcall and shivered through the
prayer of the chaplain, but they objected
to the general frost when the usual order
of business came on.
Mead of Los Angeles arose to a ques-
ton of information and wanted to know
why it was the Secretary of State did not
attend to the proper heating of the cham
Der, as was his duty.
Speaker Wright said he thought the
question timely, but said he had already
had his attention called to the matter by
chattering statesmen and had called upon
the proper officials to have the chill dis
persed. He thought it would be COM
fortably warm by Tuesday morning.
Melick of Los Angeles had a kick COM
ing too. 1t was a reiteration of one that
he introduced earlier in the session, and
was decidedly pertinent. He put it in
the form of q resolution, that was adopt
ed, directing the sergeant at arms to find
out what had become of the wastepaper
baskets, extra desks and chairs bought
at the last session for the use of the AS
Sembly. He wanted to know where they
had gone, 'if the sergeant at arms could
find out" so that the of them might
be had at the present session.
W q nftiNiql
stenographers as we'll. Since they got
their jobs, none of the shorthand people
have turned up around the building, and
a number of the San Francisco delegation
got up to ask what had become of them.
Speaker Wright said he had seen none of
them, and he instructed them from the
chair that hereafter they. would be re-
quired to report each morning to the chief
clerk and be ready to do whatever bust
ness was on hand.
Senator Cutters anti-wine resolution,
affecting the inaugural ball. came back
to the Assembly from the Senate attached
to Assembly concurrent resolution 3, and
it was passed in just fifty seconds and
without debate
age came up for adoption and gave rise to
considerable debate. 1t allowed each mem
Der 10 cents a mile for every mile he had
travelled in getting to the capital and 10
cents a mile back again. Some claimed
their accounts short others that they had
been awarded too much. Grove Johnson
moving as an amendment to the report
that the 20 cents allowed him for travelling
from his office at Third and 4 streets to
the Assembly chamber be stricken out on
the ground that he aid not consider its
allowance constitutional.
Assemblyman Knight of Sacramento did
the same thing, and after half-dozen
other petty amendments the report was
adopted.
Burnett of San Luis Obispo proved that
he was here for the benefit of his con-
aar1fc nv Int a
directing Congress to do everything it
honorably could to effect the building of
the breskwater at Port San Luis; HIS res
mittee on Federal Relations, was as fol-
lows:
Whereas, the growing Importance of the COM
merce of the Pacific Coast demands the de-
velopment of various harbors therefore,
be it
Resolved. BY the Assembly. the Senate con-
curing, that our Senators and Representatives
in Congress be requested to all honorable
means to secure sufficient appropriation to
complete the Port San Luis breakwater with
out further delay.
Resolved. Further. that the chief clerk of
ators and Representatives in Congress.
Henry of San Francisco introduced a
resolution, which was adopted, providing
for the purchase of eighty-flve copies Of
the pocket edition of the Codes of Cali
fornia for distribution among the men,
bers. 1t was followed by one from Valen-
tliiS VI l<Ob <1lieSIcS autiOi iEiLS lHc SOH-
troller to draw a warrant for $255 in pay
ment for eighty-five copies of Henning' s
Constitution of the State, which have al
ready been delivered.
Belshaw's concurrent resolution indors-
ing the policy of President Mckinley
came back from the Senate with a substi-
tute In the shape of Senate joint. resolu-
ton No. 2. mistake was found in the
title Of the resolution and 1t was sent back
to the Senate for correction.
Dibble brought matters to a close by
declaring that there was not enough busi-
ness on hand to warrant further work
and moved an adjournment to o'clock
tomorrow morning. He said there would
be nothing 10 be done then but the an
nouncement of committees and the roll
call and that he would again move for adj