The San Francisco call., 1903-01-23
GOVERNOR AND SENATE MAY ALLOW TERMS OF CAGES
APPOINTEES TO DIE WITH THE PRESENT LEGISLATURE
THREATEN REPRIsALs.
Junketing Legislators Will Oppose
Bills introduced by Economists.

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CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTo, Jan. 22.-More personal feeling
was engendered by the strong opposition
in the Assembly to the iunketing than ap-
reared upon the surface and n result the
friendly relations which existed between
some Of the members are a trifie
strained Reprisals have been threat
ered in the form of opposition to certain
bills, not because the measures are not
good ones, but just TO settle the grudges
held by some of the members against
their fellows.
There was a little incident on the floor
Of the Assembly during the contest over
the first of the junketing resolutions
which may be regarded significant.
Those who favored the resolution did not
have votes enough TO carry it, a two
thirds vote being necessary, but they had
a sufficient number TO order a call of the
house, which done. While this call
vas in progress those who wished to go
on the 1unketing trips at the expense Of
the State began working hard to induce
members of the opposition to change
their votes. Their special victims were
the new members, who are as yet not
familiar with all the devious ways of ac-
cCmplishing an end in a legislative as
sembly. One of the hardest workers for
the resolution was Assemblyman Carter
of Los Angeles. Thinking TO secure a
vote which had gone wrong, as he viewed
II, he approached Assemblyman Amerige
OF Orange County and asked him to
change his vote. Amerige refused, but
Carter insisted and when he saw that the
new member from Orange would not be
moved Carter told him in substance that
unless he voted for the junkets he could
lot hope for support for the bills which
he had introduced. Amerige was amazed
at such a declaration, and, turning upon
Carter, told him plainly and loudly
enough for those about him to hear to go
te the warm place. Enraged and cha
grined, Carter sought his seat and tried
no more campaign work for that particu-
lar resolution.
Assemblyman Johnstone of San Dimas
was approached during the same contest
and was plainly told that unless he voted
for the Junketing resolution the bills
which he has introduced carrying neces-
sary appropriations for the State Reform
School at Whittier would be opposed.
Johnstone, too, refused to be held up for
his vote and declared that he would vote
as he thought right even if he knew
all his bills would be defeated thereby.
Since then it has been whispered about
that several of the junketers have begun
a systematic opposition to the bills of
Assemblyman Murphy of San Francisco,
member of the Union Labor delegation,
was the center of attraction in the house
for a few minutes this morning. and it
became evident during that short period
that complete harmony does not exist
among the members of that delegation.
Murphy tried again to evade voting on a
junketing proposition, but was forced to
record his vote by no other than Assem-
blyman Copus of the metropolis, one of
his own party. Murphy voted aye.
1t is said that Murphy is entirely in
favor of junketing. as his own committee
may be authorized to take a pleasant
journey any day in which he hopes to
join, but that he wants whatever criti-
cism there may be in voting these trips
t. rest on others. Consequently the call
down by Copus and the order to put him
self finally on record.
The chairman of the Committee on Hos
pltals and Asylums introduced the usual
resolution for a junket by that body and
the ayes and noes not designating the
wish of the house a roll call was ordered.
Murphy failed to answer when his name
was called and Copus moved that all
members of the house be made to vote.
Murphy. who has become we'll known
through his refusal to go record on
junketing propositions, produced a laugh
by declaring that he refused to vote
Murphy couldn't escape, though, and
lie produced another laugh by shouting
"Ayer'
Murphy is at last on record and a mo
nentous matter has been disposed of