The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-24
ton the Senate took a recess to attend
the joint assembly.
Afternoon Session.

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Upon reassembling, A. B. "A, Barry,
concerning the patenting of lands be-
longing to the State, and providing that
patents shall issue upon the issuance
of the certificates of sale. and not be
withheld for year. as is now the law.
Smith, Gillette, Davis and Braunhart
opposed the bill, holding that there
could be no good reason for Its pass
age. He held that the bill was sus-
picious, inasanuch as parties in San
Francisco were urging it's passage, and
flooding the Senate with circulars pray
ing for its passage.
Dickinson and Morehouse favored the
bill, contendfng that no harm could
come from the issuance of patent to
State land at the time the certificate
Of purchase was given.
The bill was lost by a vote of 8 to 20.
Dickinson changed his vote from aye
to no and gave notice Of motion to
reconsider the vote.
OTHER BILLS.
A. B. SO, Miller-To amend Section
1888 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to liens for mechanics and
others upon real property; amended
and ordered printed
A. B. "A, Rickard-To amend Section
1924 of the Penal Code, relating to the
issuing of, search warrants; read third
time and passed, % to 6. Title APP
proved.
ANTI CARTOON BILL PASSED.
Ever since noon, at which time the
San Francisco papers arrived, the mem
bers of the Senate had gathered in
groups and discussed a caricature OF
Assemblyman Johnson which appeared
in the Call Even some of the mem
bers who had opposed the anti-cartoon
bill stated that the paper had gone too
far while the friends of the measure
denounced the cartoon as brutal and
outrageous.
Cutter, who when the bill was re-
fused passage, had changed his vote
and given notice of a motion to recon
slider, was very busy among the mem
bers, and at this point in the proceed
ings called up his notice and moved
to reconsider the vote by which the
bill was refused passage.
There was no debate. Nobody even
expressed a desire to have anything ex-
planned, and the opposition to the mo-
ton was scarcely worth the name.
Those who were willing that the bill
should be brought up for reconsidera-
ton were:
Ashe, Bettman, Boyce, Bulla, Bur-
nett, Chapman, Curtin, Cutter, Dick
inson, Doty, Feeney. Flint, Gillette,
Hoey, Jones, Leavitt, Maggard, More
house, Mutt, Pace, Simpson, Taylor,
Trout and Wolfe-24
Those unwilling to have to bill re-
considered were:
Braunhart, Dwyer, La Rue, Luch-
singer, Rowell, Shortridge, Sims and
Stratton-S
body had a speech in reserve, and
there was nothing left but to call the
roll on the final passage of the bill.
Several Senators who had opposed
the bill, among whom were Doty of
Sacramento and Smith of Kern, sat
in their seats and declined to vote until
the bill had received enough votes 20
secure its passage. After the necessary
number of votes had been secured they
then voted against the bill.
Only thirty -four Senators were in
their places, and when the names had
all been called, only twenty members
were recorded as voting aye.
Several members demanded call of
the Senate, but Bulla, who had voted
no, put an end to the suspense by
changing his vote from no to aye, thus
by his vote passing the bill.
1t was then that the men who had