The record-union., 1899-01-19

Senator Boyce did not feel well yes
failed to get favorable place to hear
the investigations of the committee the
might before; he had found the Senate
chamber considerably upset by the
meeting of that same committee; he
had soured on interviews, interviewers.
investigations and investigators. and
well, he was cross. So he made lit
tie resolution all to himself and then he
thought it was so good that he'd offer 1T
to the Senate, but it was almost too
good to be wasted on the general pub
lie. So he stipulated that it should be
considered behind closed doors. The
Senate has consented to take it up this
morning, but has not yet barred the
dure' on the public
The Senator'S effort is something like
this:
mo representative of a newspaper
shall Interview Senator during legis-
lative, hours or on the floor of the Sen
ate. Any reporter caught in the act,
or any editor or manager of news
paper instructing his representatives to
so interview Senators shall be adjudged
guilty of contempt and dealt with ac-
coFdingly."
BETTER DAYS.
More ginger was perceptible In yes
terday's proceedings in the Assembly
than for many days past. The regular
work Of the House has been SO him
dered by the daily monotony OF the
Joint Senatorial assembly that members
have seemed to lose both enthusiasm
and. ambition to push legitimate law
making, while not q spark of fun has
enIivened the regular and unchanging
tread of the ballots for Senator. But
the San Francisco charter, the Cutter
bill exterminating the Belshaw Act,
andsthe coming into the House of the
investigating committee with informa-
ton which may lead to the citation OF
,of Milton S. Green, political manager
for U. S. Grant, before the bar Of the
House-these things lent tinge OF un-
wonted interest, and members bright
ened up considerably.
DILATORY MOTIONS.
In the tilt between the majority and
the minority over the Cutter bill, Dibble
called down Caminetti, who was skirm-
ishing and flibusteringi to stand off the
bill and demonstrate the minority S
economy, by quoting him the rule that
.dilatory motions are not intervening
business" This is a rule which has
promoted legislative business and
checked the flibusteros Of the Legis-
lature on many an occasion, and the
parliamentary practice of the State
owes the existence Of the rule to Dib-
BILE. who originated it in 1891. when the
minority, headed by Shanahan and
Caminetti. tried their tactics on the Re
publicans at every turn and were at
last headed Off by its adoption. Dibble
knew how it was himself, for he had
led the minority in '89, and was him
eeln a pronounced filibuster, and no one
who knows him can doubt that he was
an efficient one-before he made the
rule.
WARDELL WINS.
The3Committee on Contested Elec-
lions finished the counting of the bal
lots m the case of Leon Jones VS.. JUS
tus Wardell Of SAM Francisco last even
ing. Warden wins by six, his majority
over Jones at the election was an
npun1ced to be thirteen, and in the count
Jones has gained sevens but not enough
to VIII. out
KENNEALLY'S VOTE.
Everybody, particularly the San
Francisco delegation, looked surprised
yesterday when Kenneally Of that dele
CATION voted against the charter.
though he quickly got back into camp
by changing from no to aye Ken
neatly had cigars to burn all the after
noon. It was said they were Charles
L. Patton's cigars and that he had
dared Kenneally to vote "no''-wager-