The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-19
SENATE TRIED TO DO
A BIG DAYS WORK

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, March 1S.-The Senate started
out this morning with every intention OF
doing a big days work, and one OF the
first steps toward such an end was More
houses half-forgotten resolution refusing
the privileges of the floor to any but
legislators, their personally invited
friends and the representatives OF the
press. The resolution was adopted and
the floor was partially cleared of visitors,
but that did not help matters particularly
so far as order was concerned, for Sen
ators were running over the floor all the
morning trading for votes in the interest
of their own measures.
Richards Assembly bill relating to box
ing contests was passed. The bill is to
prohibit boxing contests except those for
a limited number of rounds which are
held under the auspices of some regular
ly incorporated club, which must pay a
yearly license for the privilege OF holding
such exhibitions. The bill further pro-
vides that the clubs must have physi-
clan in attendance at every ring contest.
AsSemblyman Mead's bill, making the
expense of giving a bond by admlnlStrat-
orS, executors, trustees, receivers and as
signeeS an expense payable as an expense
of administration, was lost after mucn
more discussion than the time warranted.
Further time was consumed in a motion
to suspend the rules and reconsider the
losing vote, but this, too, failed.
In the evening, when the Senators came
back from the joint ballot, the tax levy
bill-Assembly bill 1015-was taken up I'M
der an urgency resolution introduced by
Stratton was read the second and third
times and passed, and all within ten min
utes When the Senate convened in the
evening matters legislative were at fever
| heat, and as soon rs the, Senate was
called to order Senator Curtin opened
matters by asking leave to introduce an
urgency resolution under which he could
put through a measure as corrected sub
stitute for his bill relating to the salaries
of Superior Judges in Tuolumne County, a
bill which the Governor vetoed last night
for an error in the title. Leavitt was mad
over something and refused to allow
unanimous consent, so the bill was put
through on rOllcall
1t was difficult to start proceedings, for
as the Senatorial fight was considered
practically over the Senators did not feel
called upon to show that overflow of cour-
tesy which has been their wont. Besides.
it had been hard afternoon and the leg
islators were tired and irritable.
They were in that state when the free
market bill bobbed up under Assembly
messages as blithely as If it had never
been amended to pieces twice and had
been gathered together again when every
one thought it should finally stay dead.
This time however, IL found it's finish. for
the Senate refused to concur in the
amendment the Assembly had tackled on
to it, and so the bill ended its race. Dur
ing the discussion Senator Stratton took
occasion to say that the claim that the
bill was in the interest of the farmers was
a fake, 4or of 1900 letters sent out over
the State to ascertain the feeling regard
ing the establishment of a free market on
the water front of San Francisco but
eleven answers favoring it were received.
He asked, too, how long was 1t since
Kelly, -Rainey and Wright OF the railroad
started to work for the farmers. He
said the bill was a railroad measure and
predicted the defeat that overlook It.