The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-22
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one The resolution was referred to the
Committee on Rules.
Sanford's Assembly bill IS came up for
weight of an adverse report of the Judi
ciary Committee to which ii had been re-
ferred 1t was bill to abolish blacklists,
and providing a heavy penalty Tor the
maintaining of one. Senator Cutler moved
that the bill be denied a second reading,
and his motion was carried.
Assembyman % Brien's Assembly joint
resolution L was passed on file. Ii pro-
Vided for a request to the Federal Gov
ernment that it make a Government ex-
hibit at the Pacific Exposition, and that
ii make some appropriation for the as
sstance of the enterprise. As the bill
providing for State appropriation, in
PRODUCED in the Senate by Senator Wolfe,
has not yet come up for consideration, the
resolution was passed on file until the
other bills have been considered:
During the morning session of the SEN
ate, after the city papers had been re-
ceived. Senator Simpson rose to ques-
ton of personal privilege to answer an
article which appeared in this mornings
Call. He referred to that paragraph Of
the article on the front page Which told
of the letters published in the Record
Union and purporting to have come from
John S. Cox of Pasadena and Frank Do
minguez; In his question of privilege
Senator Simpson said
What I desire to say Mr. President, is
this: That the Hon. John S. Cox, whose
letter l have seen fit to give to the Rec
ord-Union of Sacramento and other repu-
garble and distort the statements made
therein, was born in the State of Ohio,
in these United States, under the Ameri-
can flag, and no man has ever stood more
nrmly by the Republican party than John
5. Cox. an ex-Mayor of the city of Pasa-
dena. No person has had more inherent
right TO vote in the general elections of
the county of Los Angeles and the State
OF California, and no persons voice has
had more weight than that of John S.
Now. in reference to Frank Donoin-
guez, he is man who, while having been
the friend of Senator Bulla all through
the last campaign, has seen fit to make a
statement to me that his belief was that
Daniel M Burns was the logical candi-
date for United States Senator and ought
70 De elected, and has written to me,
l have carried out the instructions and
the real intentions of those to whom I
refer in my remarks upon the question of
privilege. L cannot help but feel that I
have been misquoted and in the heat of
the moment / pronounce the person that
wrote the article in The Call, a miserable
low-down, dirty eliminating sheet as an
internal damn liar. | have served the peo-
pie Of the State of California for eight
years. I never in my life took a dishonest
dollar; nave never in my life done
thing l believed was dishonest; / have
come here at the sacrifice of my business
and it does seem strange to me that a
person who has done as much for as lit
tie remuneration should not at least have
accredited to him honest motives While
| am aware that | am under bans to-day
from those who believe that a man has
no rights except those that are instructed
to him, cannot help but feel that a man
who is intrusted with discretion should
be once in a while allowed to use that dis
erection which the people have entrusted I
have read many newspaper accounts upon
my course in this Senatorial election and
while it grieveS me to think that some
of my people attribute dishonest motives
to me, | cannot help but stand I'D and
say shat / have done that which / be-
lieve to be not only for the best interests
of the Republican party of the State OF
California, but of the people of the whole
State"
A petition from the residents of the
southern portion of Monterey County set
ting forth the destitute condition of a
great number of the residents there and
asking aid for 1000 of them was presented
to the Senate this afternoon The nett
ton says there are 1000 families averag-
ing four people to a family and half of
these are in need of immediate assist
ance. The petition asks that $40 apiece
or $4,000 be appropriated for their relief
There is "a promise that 1t will be paid
back
1t was expected that the Senate would
rest over Washington's birthday. hut
there was no such luck. Senator STRAIT
ton submitted a resolution declaring I
the purpose of the Senate to hold ses-
sion tomorrow, and the resolution was
adopted. The pages were given a night
loft, however, to allow them to attend the
pages banquet" for which they have
been preparing for weeks.