The San Francisco call., 1905-03-09
Bill Is Finally
Killed in the
Assembly.
By a Close Vote
1t Is Cast
Aside.
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SACRAMENTO, March Sin obedi-
ence to public sentiment, as expressed
by the people of their various districts,
enough Assemblymen voted to-day
against the building and loan bill
transmitted from the Senate to encom-
pass its defeat The vote was a close
one, the result being 3S to 81, the pro-
ponents OF the measure lacking three
votes of carrying it.
The night was a pretty one. Ever
since the bill failed of passage on
Monday night its hackers have worked
necessarily to bring over more votes.
Transue of Los Angeles headed this
contingent. An effort was made to in
duce Walter Parker to get behind the
bill but he refused to have anything to
do with the fight Beardslee. Crom-
well and the others, who stood for the
home associations. did not relax their
vigilance, and as a result the measure
has gone 70 the legislative graveyard.
Though opposed TO the measure, King
called it up for reconsideration as g.
matter of fairness, the opposition at no
time evincing any disposition to give
the bill other than a fair chance, that
il might be carried or beaten on it's
merits. Most of those who were
against it voted for its reconsideration.
Before the discussion opened Transue
said that knowledge having come to
the Senators that had helped frame the
bill that their motives had been i'm
pugned, they wished to make a public
statement, and he submitted the fol-
lowing, which was read from the desk:
STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE.
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly
Of the State of California-Gentlemen:
knowledge has come TO us Of certain state
ments alleged 10 have been made upon the
noor OF the Assembly last evening during the
consideration Of the committee substitute 70
Senate bill 123. which statements are alleged
TO have been made in substance follows:
ID That William Corbin, secretary OF the
Continental Building and Loan Association,
dictated in whole or in part the provisions Of
said bill
90 That the members OF the special Senate
investigating committee who submitted said
substitute were interested financially in the
(3) That said bill was drafted by said com
mittee in the interests OF that class of build
ing and loan associations commonly known as
National and to the detriment of that class
Of building and loan associations called
Local"
We the undersigned being members of the
special investigating committee of the Senate
who proposed said bill do most emphatically
deny
% That William Corbin communicated di-
rectly Indirectly with said committee: that
he had anything whatever 70 do with the
drafting OF said bill: that he could have had
any possible knowledge of the contents OF said
bill before the same was introduced, and assert
that many Of the provisions Of said bill were
Incorporated therein for the purpose Of pre-
venting a repetition Of business methods al
legged TO have been pursued by said Corbin.
90 Deny that said committee or any mem
Der thereof is financially interested in any way
shape or manner in the passage or defeat OF
said bill
CD Deny that said bill was drafted in the
interest Of any class Of building and loan
sociatons but the contrary allege that said
bin is equally applicable to ali classes OF asso-
Citations and that We listened to the testimony
Of different persons interested in all classes of
associations before drafting said bill and ac-
cepted and incorporated suggestions made by
persons interested in all classes Of associa-
tions. and that said bill, as finally amended
in the Senate considered by US a salts
factory bill in its entirety to all persons af-
fectea by H.
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