The San Francisco call., 1903-01-07
EXECUTIVE
GOES DOWN
TO DEFEAT
Desperate Measures
Are FruitleSS of
Cheer.
Members Unnindful
of What Message
Contains.
Special pizpaten to me can.

ALL HEADQUARTERS SAC
II RAMENTO. Jan. 6-GOvernoF
Al Gage is down and out The
finishing blow was delivered
~ by the Pardee forces In the
Senate this morning with a
promptness and precision that was stag
gering and left no room for doubt that
the victory was final
Last night the desperate Gage adher-
ents made frantic efforts to enlist the aid
of the Democratic minority in suspendins
the rules and forcing action on the un-
confirmed appointments. To accomplish
so drastic a move. however. twenty-four
votes were necessary and long before
morning this last hope Of the Ishmael
Governor had gone glimmering.
The executive message, with its burden
Of ill-concealed spite and its long list OF
anxious appointees, was delivered to the
Senate as soon as it convened this fore
noon and for just one beat OF time there
was an oppressive, eXpectaut silence.
Then Lukens Of Alameda broke the spell
with few cold words that the message
be printed in the journal and considered
at some future time. A dozen others sec
onded the motion with one voice and IL
was put to a vote and carried before the
to catch their breath.
The suspense was ended and wave OF
sound swept through the chamber, In
which the indignant protests Of the de-
feated ones were drowned by the glee-
full chortles- Of the winners
Just what the message contained no
body knew at the time and mighty few
seemed to care, for it had been cOOlly
swept aside without even the scant cOur-
tcsy of reading it. Gage, however, had
copies prepared for publication and his
secretaries dutifully gave them out while
their chief stOrmed and fumed with wrath
in the seclusiOu of his private Office. Con-
sistent always, Gage made the most OK
his opportunity in this last Official mes
sage to take a parting shot AZ hts .e-uF>
mics with a Heterogeneous assortment OF
blistering adjectves-
The message disposed Of. the Senate
had but little left to do and in a few min
utes adjourned to meet in Joint session
with the Assembly for a canvass Of the
gubernatOrial vote. Here another embar-
rassment reared its head and for a brief
period ii looked as though the business in
hand would have TO be postponed. County
Clerk Bell of Los Angeles had
forgotten to turn over the county
returns to Senator Fred NJ Smith
and without those 5000 or more votes Dr.
Pardee could not be declared elected. The
omission had only been discovered the
day before and though the missing re-
turns were promptly telegraphed for they
did not reach the Assembly chamber un-
I'll the canvass was nearly finished. Their
arrival. however. saved the day and re-
lieved the embarrassment.
The remainder of the day was devoted
chiefly by the sOlOns to dIsposing OF the
legislative patronage. A number Of the.
country members were more or less In
different in the matter and for a time
their share Of the spOEls went a-begging.
San Francisco. however, soon came into
the breach and gobbled up all the loose
pickings.
Assemblyman Dunlap is sure to be MAIDS
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the lower house. This was
learned definitely tonight. along with the
fact that Governor Pardee had suggested
that the appointment would be person.
ally pleasing to him Dunlap is also much
pleased and says that the post Is almost
as good as the Speakership. which his
good friend Arthur Fisk won from him
Fisk has not yet expressed his feelings
in regard to his dear colleagues good
fortune, but he looks pleased every time
he meets Dunlap, which Is very, very
often.