The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
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KENNEALLY MARS THE
ASSEMBLY PROCEEDINGS

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 15.-Although two resolu-
ton were introduced in the Assembly to-
day TO adjourn that body sine die on the
4th of March, it is not probable that the
immense volume of business the Legis-
lature has piled up before it will be dis
posed of before the middle of the month.
over half the bills that have been intro
duced are still in committee and those
that have been reported back have only
served TO congest the files, upon which
scarcely an impression has been made.
Chairman Valentine of the Ways and
Means Committee mas only just begun
work on the general appropriation bill
and that Will not be ready for introduce
ton before Tuesday a the earliest. The
10 the second reading file, and nothing
OF even passing interest was accom-
plished. The day session, however, was
different. All the proposed tax amend
ments that have been introduced came up
in a bunch and all of them were acted
upon. Assembly constitutional amend
ment 232. a substitute for the measure
introduced by Clark of Santa Clara, to
confirm the founding of Leland Stanford
University and exempt its properties from
ment Withdrawn.
La Baree of Trinity gave notice that he
would move to reconsider the vote.
Assembly constitutional amendment No.
Z, by Cobb, led to a hot discussion. 1t
provided as follows: "Ail school houses,
academies, colleges. universities and sem
inaries of learning, with the books and
furniture therein, where the management
thereof is not for pecuniary profit, and
the grounds attached to said buildings
necessary for their proper occupancy, use
and enjoyment, and not leased or other
wise used with a view to profit, are eX-
empt from Xation.
Mr., Cobb -uEd plenty OF champions
for his measure; he also found two OF
three strong opponents. Ex-Speaker
Wright attacked it with all the vIgor of
III rlfcl Tah cd ont on
position, and Feliz of Monterey spoke at
considerable length in its disfaVor. DID
bic, Wade, Melick, White, Cosper, Brown,
O'Brien and Caminetti all came out
warmly in its favor, and when it came
10 a vote it won out though not by
large margin.
Vides for the building OF wagon road
from Mono Lake Basin to the Tioga road,
was passed as was also Morehouse' Sen
ate bill IS, relating TO the appointment
of Supreme Court Commissioners and the
appointment by them of a secretary.
Another of Senator STATIONS election
laws, Senate bill 95, relating to conVen-
tions. was taken up and passed without
debate.
Assembly bill As. by Dunlap, relating to
franchises and Assembly bill .lol, by NC
Keen. authorizing the organization of
rural cemetery associations, were passed,
and Browns Assembly bill 465, relating to
the appointment OF trustees, Went tnrougn
the same course. Kenneally's Assembly
bill 54 which provides that only native
born or naturaliZed citizens OF the state
NAV be employed upon public works, was
passed after hard fight, but It's success
was not due to the effort of its author
While the debate was on his bill he left
his seat in the back of the chamber and
took one next Assemblyman Clough OF
Plurnas, where he sat and roundly and
audibly cursed every one who voted
against his measure. Judge Clough him.
self came in for food of billingsgate that
never should have gone unpublished on the
Assembly floor. The hot-headed Ken
neatly used his filthy oaths regardless of
the near presence of the wives and
friends of members who We're in the
chamber and only Judge Dibble's prompt
ness prevented him making an outburst
that would have caused the sergeant at
arms TO throw him off the floor.
Wade of NaPa, who was incensed at
the unwarranted attack made upon Judge
CIough, changed his vote and announced
that tomorrow he would move for re-
consideration.
designed to reorganize the State normal
school system, was passed with only nine
dissenting votes.
Governor Cages recent veto messages
were on the special order files and both
of them were unanimously sustained.
The first, Americas Assembly bill $50,
making an appropriation of $4,000, was
called for by Dibble, and when the vote
to oVerrule the veto was ordered, the
minority Joined with the majority in vot-
ing to sustain Inc same ac biI go We" bS
Belshaw, relating to the powers of guard
ianS in partition.
Governor Gag {6s d mesg perg
in the State for publishing the consti-
tutional amendments proposed at the last
election, was referred to the committee
on Ways and Means, to which commit
tee have also been consigned the claims
that have been coming in during the past
few days.
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