The record-union., 1899-02-11

RECESS.
| The joint convention Of Senate and
Assembly voted for the same men at
noon yesterday that it has been voting
for on each week day Of many weeks
past. The Assembly had recess there
after until 2 p m.
OUR EXPOSITION.
During recess the San Francisco dele
cations of the Senate and Assembly
| held small side caucus in the Assem-
bly, chamber, to listen to Charles L..
Patton of San Francisco who had come
up fortified with couple of bills pro-
viding for State assistance in the pro-
posed Pacific Ocean and International
| Exposition
1 The result of the conference was that,
Immediately on the reconvening Of the
Assembly, Cobb OF San Francisco intro
duced two bills, A. B. 72S and A. B.
729. In the first the sum of $5OO,OOO is
appropriated by the State for the es-
tablishing and maintenance of the ex-
position, under the following condi-
| tions:
!! The Governor shall appoint board Of
fifteen Commissioners, who shall con-
stitute the California, Pacific Ocean
|
sion," which commission shall be taken
as nearly as may be from the two Lead
| ing political parties of the State. The
commission shall have exclusive charge
and control of the expenditure of all
moneys appropriated by the State for
the construction of buildings and main
tanning of an exposition to be held in
San Francisco in 1901, to be known as
above.
Each Commissioner shall give a bond
for $4,000, the bond to be approved by
| the Governor.
The second bill has title which is
practically self-explanatory. 1t reads
as follows:
| An Act authorizing the appropriation
Of moneys by the several counties, and
cities and counties, and the municipal
corporations Of the State, for the pur-
pose of advancing and maintaining
| their respective interests, by exhibits
of products and otherwise, at the Pa
cific Ocean and International Exposi-
ton" in 1901.
The bill provides for methods of rails
| ing the fund, and that the amount de-
termined upon may be appropriated
one-third in each of the three fiscal
years. 1900, 19O0-1901 and 1901
! 1902
The rules We're suspended, the bills
| read the first time, and sent to the
printer.
! THESE ARE LAWS.
The Governors Secretary visited the
Assembly yesterday with evidences Of
the Executives industry.
Two bills had received the Guberna
torial signature, and are now laws.
Belshaw's A. B. 68 makes the care of
| the guardian over his ward, if he and
the court so agree, more paternal than
heretofore, providing for the care, treat
ment, education and welfare of the mi
nor, and for the care and custody of
his property The guardian and the
sureties on his bond shall be respons-
ible for the proper performance of these
| duties.
Athertons A B. 361, which now
takes it's place as a section of the
Penal Code makes it unlawful for any
unauthorized person to bring into any
State Prison or reformatory institution
| of the State any opium, morphine, CO.
| caine or other narcotics, or any intox-
icating liquors Of any kind whatever,
or any firearms, weapons or explosives
| of any kind.
THESE ARE NOT LAWS.
There were other bills-two of them
which the Governor sent back without
the sign-manual of his approval
Belshaw's A. B. 60, objects the Gov
ernor, enlarges the powers of the
guardian over his ward too much. This
power is so often abused, especially in
the case Of the estates Of minors that
the Executive believes it should be re-
stricted rather than enlarged, and that
all possible protection of the law should
be thrown around the ward.
PREDACEOUS INSECTS.
What Governor Gage thinks of Arm
erich's A. B. 160 is best told in the
very langwidge'' of the accompanying
message:
The sum of $4,000, required by this
bill, to be appropriated for the purpose
of sending an expert to Australia, New
Zealand and other countries to collect
and import into this State parasites and
predaceous insects, is altogether excess
i've; and, moreover, 1 do not perceive
any urgent need at the present time for
such an expeditions
The purpose of this expedition to all
bugs is not apparent The special quail
tiles of the parasites and predaceous in
sects desired are not specified in the
bill, so that it is impossible to deter
mine whether they are designed to
| prey upon the parasites which infest
trees, beasts. poultry or some men.
The appropriation of so much money
for so indefinite purpose should under
70 circumstances be permitted.
Even should such a tour of in
vestigation prove to be necessary
(and / personally do not think so),
| this bill calls for an immediate
appropriation of money from the
| general fund Of the present fiscal
year. In my inaugural address / called
| the attention of your honorable body to
the vice of such legislation requiring
immediate appropriations, thereby
tending to deprive the Government of
money needed to pay accrued demands
| and its current expenses.
HENRY T. GAGE,
Governor of the State of California.
| On motion of Dibble, these messages
were ordered printed in the journal
and to lie over one day.
/ STILL ANOTHER MESSAGE
Much later in the afternoon-in fact
the last thing before adjournment-an-
other message was received from the
Governor, which was the subject of
considerable comment, especially in
| Newspaper Row." 1t is relative t0 the
newspaper claims for advertising the
Constitutional amendments presented
| to the people at the last general cleo