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

Afternoon Session.
On the Senate special file. which is
the first order for the afternoon, the fol-
lowing work was done:
S. B. %, .Smith-To establish the Cal
:fornia Polytechnic School in the county
of San Luis Obispo, California, and
making an appropriation therefor. Re-
fused passage, and Cosper gave notice
of motion to reconsider.
s. B. 215, Hoey-For the relief of
Julius. A. Holt. a private in Company
c, First Regiment Infantry. Second
Brigade, N. G. c., for injuries sustained
while in active service. Passed.
S. B. 324, Curtin Appropriating So
COO to pay the claim of Addie ,McGin-
ness. Passed.
S. B. 40 Substitute for A. B. 94O,
Stratton-To repeal title of the Civil
Code. relating to negotiable instru-
ments, and enacting in place thereof
new title, with new provisions in rela-
ton to negotiable instruments. Passed.
S. B. 10o Taylor-To amend the Code
lof Civil Procedure relating to Justices
Courts and Justices of the Peace.
S. B. so. Morehouse-To add. a new
section to the Civil Code. Passed.
S. B. 6S, Taylor-To amend the Act
to provide for work upon streets lanes,
alleys, courts, places and sidewalks, and
for the construction of sewers within
municipalities, concerning changes in
the grade of streets. Passed
| S. B. BOG Sims-To provide for the
completion of the main building of the
California Home for the Care and
Training of Feeble Minded Children.
Amended and to third reading.
S. B. 695 Substitute for A. B. 60),
Pace-To amend an Act regulating the
sale of lands uncovered by the recess
sion or drainage of the waters of inland
lakes and unsegregated swamp and
| overfiowed lands, and validating sales
and surveys heretofore made. Passed.
THE CASE OF GREEN.
! A special order for $3.50 o. m. was
the ordered appearance of Milton ].
Green at the bar of the House. With
reference to this the Chief Clerk read
communication from Bacon, attor-
ney for Green, embodying a telephone
message received from Green 1t stated
that his wife was in a very critical con-
dition and that a little babe recently
born to her had died. Green was.
therefore, he explained, unable to APP
pear before the House.
Much sympathy was expressed for
Green, and Johnson moved that the
matter be further postponed until
Monday next.
F'airweather offered as an amendment
to Johnson's motion that all further
proceedings in the contempt of Milton
I j. Green against the Assembly of the
State of California be dispensed with.
This came Quite Unexpectedly upon
the House, and the House seemed
hardly to know what. to do with it.
Belshaw got to his feet first and said
that while, of course. the sympathy of
members for Green in his trouble was
natural, yet he thought the entertain
ment of any such motion would be to
reflect on the Assembly itself. Green
had been certainly a sick man, and he
had been granted by the House every
postponement he had asked Belshaw
said he had himself voted for such
postponement, but he could not vote
for an amendment which would simply
be to acknowledge to the world that
the House had not been in earnest in
its previous action.
Lardner said he believed the time had
come when the House had redeemed its
dignity and the man had been punished
sufficiently. He thought the best in
terests of the State demanded that the
proceedings be dismissed.
Melick said if the House was simply
going to punish Mr.. Green it might be
justified in dismissing the proceedings.
But these questions which he had re-
fused to answer affected the honor of
| the House, and to yield now would be
to leave a lasting stain on that honor.
| Caminetti was lin favor of removing
| all these matters from taking up the
time and consideration of the House
! FeHz opposed the amendment.
| Clough strongly opposed the amend
ment. He said Providence or something
else had interposed constantly to save
Mr.. Green, and he presumed would
continue to do so. But he would rot
agree to- any proposition to voluntarily
dismiss proceedings.
| Burnett said that to dismiss Green
before the Assembly had exhausted it's
powers in the effort to make him an
swer would be to sacrifice the honor of
the House. if it has any honor. and he
hoped and believed it still possessed
] honor.
| Valentine said no man with the milk
of human kindness in his breast could
withhold sympathy from Green in his
| trouble but, while he would not force
him here from the bedside of his sick
wife, still the House must have some
consideration for itself. To dismiss
Green would be merely to say that
Green had been right and the Assem-
bly, would write itself down a set of
/ fools for it's action in the past Ee
hoped the amendment would not pre-
| vail.
Fairweather defended his motion. He
| did not expect, nor did he believe any
| other member expected ever to see
| Green upon the floor of this House But
a few more days of the session remained
and the thing might as well be settled.
Dibble claimed that there was but one
| question: Shall we or shall we not dis
| grace this House?" If we dismiss this
| recaicitrant witness without probing the
! matter as far as possible we disgrace
the Assembly.
[ White thought the Assembly not in o
proper frame of mind to act
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