The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-19

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had his say. 1t will be long before the
Senate walls will again echo su0ii Oh
address. c.
The resolution came before the SEN
ate as an Assembly message. On mo-
ton of Dickinson il was taken up uh
der a motion to suspend the rules anu
adopt the measure at once. 1t pro-
vided that the LEGISLATURE when it ad-
journed tonight should do so only un-
til tomorrow, and that it should ad-
iourn sine die at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Instantly a trio of Senators rose ana
claimed the floor, and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Neff, who was presiding, fecos-
nized Wolfe.
Wolfe had a substitute which pro-
vided that the hour Of the flnat ad-
1ournment of the Legislature should pc
at noon on Wednesday, March "; an
resolutions in conflict Notwithstanding
1t was the claw in the paw and II
needed no words from Wolfe to snow
the sharpness of il. Wolfe opined that
there was something important to be
considered or such a resolution as hao
come from the Assembly would never
have passed that body, and he thought
this was something of sufficient impor-
lance TO carry the session on Tor two
or three days longer. And then the
Burns faith and honor and capacity Tor
fairness and open dealing was paraded
before the senate ana the cfOWuS WHICH
thronged its lobbies
Despite the action of the joint AS
sembly and the repeated votes, which
with sledge-hammer force drove nome
the fact that the power of Burns was
a punctured bubble, Wolfe went on TO
declare that it was for the taking OF
further joint ballots that he wanted the
extra time. 1t was such narrow vote
that had defeated them. he said, and he
thought it was but fair" was their
duty, he said, they owed to their party,
and he asked that his substitute be
adopted.
Simpson added his word to Wolfe's,
and then Dickinson made an eXplana-
ton of the measure.
Dickinson explained that the resolu
ton was for the purpose of allowing
consideration of bills and was not for
the purpose Of another joint ballot The
Senatorial question did not enter into
the matter at all 1t was for the pur-
pose of transacting business, he SAID,
and for no other purpose. So far as he
was concerned he said, the Senatorial
question had ended to-day. His re-
marks were directed entirely TO the
resolution as ii came from the Assem-
bly,. He then went on TO say that there
would be no request for an extension
OF the time and he called upon any one
who would move for an extension or the
time and none arising he declared the
Senators pledged on their hoIloE 10
: make no such demand.
Davis referred to the pledge and said
if it was understood it was upon the
honor of the Senators that no one
would rise tomorrow and ask TO eX-
tend the time beyond the true II o CLOCK
without putting the clock back, he was
willing to entertain the resolution. HE
also asked a pledge from the Senate
and no one rose to say he would move
to have the time extended.
Shortridge took up the discussion at
this point and grew eloquent over the
spectacle which he conjured up for
himself of the Republican party
bound hand and foot and in its COT
fin
So long as the Senator from the
mountain tops had few paltry bills.
he said he was willing to bury his
party by II O'Clock in the morning.
He referred 10 his efforts to secure
a caucus, to get the Republicans to-
gether and select some one to repre-
Sent the State and to the refusal Of
the other factions to follow his exam
pie He referred in sighting terms TO
Davis and to the position he said pa
Wis had assumed, for he insinuated that
Davis had affiliated himself with the
Democrats and the enemies CT Burns,
to betray the Republican party. He
spoke of towards who feared to go into
a caucus, and of traitors who would be-
tray, to everything a politician thinks
is bad and calculated to inJure an en-
envy.
Davis demanded the floor as Short
ridge ceased Bettman raised the point
of order that Davis had spoken once on
the question and could not speak again.
The point was declared well taken.
Then Davis demanded a question or
personal privilege and LeaYltt raised
another point to the effect that such a
in, DT~6n a al
vote, and Davis was siIenced until after
the question and could not speak again.
Smith favored the resolution, not the
substitute but he objected to binding
himself with a pledge. He said he
would do as he saw fit, and II all the
candidates now running for the United
States Senate would withdraw he
would be willing to continue the
session, but with the present candidates
in the field was sure further ballotlng
would be useless.
Davis again demanded the floor, and
after sweeping aside several points OF
order he was allowed to speak to a
question of personal privilege. He took
up the charge of cowardice first and
compared himself and his colleagues
voting in the open to the men who
could not change their vote on a mo-
ton to take up bill until messenger
had come up the aisle and whispered in
their ears; who. when they wanted to
speak and were told to sit down, would
sit down without question. No man, he
said, could intimidate or buy or cajole
him.
L have been grossly insulted,' he
cried 1T i'll becomes any one to say
to me or to those who have remained
loyal to such men as we have voted
for that we are towards and trim
meps' We cannot be put in the posi-
ton where any one can say the railroad
had crammed Dan Burns down our
throats. If we go back to our homes
without a Senator we can say that
Grant and Barnes and Scott have kept
the State from having man whom the
state said she would not have. l have
nothing to say of the personal charac-
ter OF D. NJ. Burns, but he is not the
choice of the people of this State. but
the Senators know we can all go home
and say to the Republican party that
we have done our duty honorably and
honestly, unbought, uncajoled and I'M
intinidated."
For twenty minutes he poured a tor
rent of verbal vitriol over the Burns
camp and sat down only when his voice
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