The Redwood gazette., 1903-04-08
AFTERNOON or FIREWORKS Continaed.
FROM FIRST PAGE.

been sent up in another form by W..
| A. Nolan, striking out the clause
providing that ''all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed. There is
only one board of control act, and
when Mr.. Nolan got the floor be in
sisted that this repeating clause
contained a woodchuck, seeking
to repeal the entire board of control
act. Mr.. Burns backed up this
proposition, and the majority of the
house sustained the amendment
striking out the repeating clause.
The question was forced on the
original proposition. The bill was
given it's third reading. The roll
was called, verified, and the meas
ure was defeated by vote of SO
nays to "a 4yeas. 1t was then clinched
! by voting down the measure to re-
consider. making the third bill for
taking out certain Institutions from
under the board Of control killed by
the 1903 session of the lower house,
two of which had been passed by
the senate.
This fight over, the capitol bill
was again taken up. Mr.. Nolan
continued his argument in support
of the amendment, and being backed d
up in lengthy and forcible argu-
ment by Mr.. Armstrong, who in
sisted the amendment was only
fair, and taking the commission at
it's word. Mr.. Johnson also insist
ed that million and half dollars
ought to complete in two years what
the commission said they could com
plete two years ago for a million
dollars. Mr. Hickey made long
address in favor of the commission.
claiming that itshould not be curbed
by such an amendment, and that it
would be dangerous to adopt such
an amendment, as the bill would
have to go back to the senate, then,
and there was hint of ball playing
with it if it was ever sent back. Mr.
Shepard sustained Mr., Hickey.
Mr.. Clague stated that he had
been in favor of such an amendment
until recently, when he had made
an investigation of the whole affair.
He was now opposed to curling
the commission in any way, and
favored the additional million and al
half without any restrictions. He
was certain that the interior decora-
tions could not be completed inside
of two or three years, and nothing
should be done to check the com
missions work in carrying out the
plan of the decorations or sculpture
work. A roll call was demanded on
the amendment, aud it was voted
down. Mr.. Nolan sent up another
amendment legislating the commits
sion out of Office on Feb. |, 1905,
and a motion was made to table it,
The motion to table was lost, there
being five majority against the prop
osition. 1t was then that Ambrose
Tighe came forward and saved the
day for the capitol bill, making an
eloquent appeal for the commission,
and for the building, saying that
when completed it would stand as
a monument to architectural beauty
out-rivaling the Pantheon at Rome
Mr.. Tighe's effort was magnificent
one, and changed many votes. The
amendment, on direct vote, was
turned down. Another amendment
sought to force the commissioners
to furnish the building complete, in
addition to completing lit, with this
81 800, 900 appropriation, but it was
voted down, as were two other
amendments offered
The friends of the capitol and of
the commission had carried the dav,
and at $40 O'Clock the bill was
placed upon it's final passage, and
carried by an overwhelming vote
The commissioners all claimed
that if an amendment was tackled
onto the bill they would have re-
signed in body, and had it not
been for Mr.. Tighe they would
have had that opportunity. The
friends and enemies OF the proposi-
ton both made magnificent fight,
the work of Mr.. Nolan heinp regard