The San Francisco call., 1903-01-06
Upper House
Plays It's
Cards.
Doodle Story
Causes q
Laugh.
Special Dispatch to The Can.


ton of the United States Sen
~ atorship and the Speakership
of the Assembly, it looks as
though the Thirty-hfth Legislature had
settled down TO a very quiet and business
like session. Both houses were organized
| to-day with the usual ceremonies, but
without any untoward incident save d
very marked backhanded slap at Gov
ernor Gage.
This occurred in the Senate when the
| committee appointed to notify the execu-
| live that the upper house was ready for
| business had returned Chairman Devlin
reported that Governor Gage had pre-
pared a message which would be deliv-
cred in five minutes.
The echoes of Senator Devlin's words
were still romping in the far corners of
the chamber when Senator Leavitt curtly
proposed an adjournment until tomorrow
morning This motion was seconded and
adopted so swiftly that it was all over
and Cages expected appointments were
sidetracked before the uninitiated had
time to wonder where the retiring Gov
ernor was "at"
There was method in the move. too for
it was explained that there was no com
mittee yet appointed to which the antici-
pated nominations could be referred, and
the Senators did not care to be forced
| into acting upon them at once. In other
words, delay is sought so that Governor
Pardee can exercise mis- preferences in the
premises.
All signs, by the way. indicate that
Pardee will be the boss Of his own ad-
ministration. He has already dictated
the important chairmanships of the Sen
ate. and will probably do the same with
the Assembly. A suggestion of this was
revealed to-day. Almost Immediately fol-
lowing his defeat for the Speakership F.
E. Dunlap announced his expectation Of
securing the Craftsmanship of the Ways
and Means Committee, but qualified his
statement with the proviso that it all de-
pended upon what Governor Pardee had
to say about 1t.
The Speakership fight, which promised
so much in the way of exciting interest
at the beginning, has turned out some
thing Of a fizzle after all. When the
caucus convened Dunlap withdrew from
the contest and at the opening of the As
sembly placed Fisk's name in nomination
with prettily termed speech The rivals
II
of the night before were now bosom
friends and the strife of battle had been
transformed into a love feast In the
minor Offices in both houses there was
practically no opposition.
Lieutenant Governor Alden Anderson
made statement late tonight that he
would not be inaugurated until Wednes-
day, and as the Senate had not Vet de-
cided upon the number or committees II
wanted he had given no consideration as
to whom he would appoint on those corn
mittees When the Senate is ready. he
added, he will make his selections, always
bearing in mind Governor Pardee's pref
erences in the matter.
The charges of Doodle and bribery in
connection with the contest for the United
States Senatorship are given no credence
here and are greeted by politicians with
ridicule. The statement or some unknown
legislator that he had been offered money
for his vote by some other unknown and
unnamed individual, they say, does not
prove anything beyond a morbid desire
for questionable notoriety on the part Of
the self-labeled magnet of alleged SEN
atorial gold. The practical absence of op-
position and the ease with which Senator
Perkins secured the Endorsement of the
Republican majority demonstrates the
fallacy of all such rumors far better
than any verbal denials.