The San Francisco call., 1905-01-24
ASSEMBLYMEN Find
THAT THEIR CLERKS
HAVE Been L0AFING
Failure of Attaches
to File Documents
Cause Of Row.
Special Dispatch to The call.s

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23.-When the
Assembly reached the third reading of
bills this morning there were no bill
files before the members for consulta-
ticn. The bills had come from the
printer, but they had not been filed.
Stanton asked that under the circum-
stances the third reading be post
poned. This was ordered and an or
der was also issued to the sergeant at
arms that he put every unattached
enIploye that he could find at the
work of filing the bills that the mem
bers might not fail to have them on
their desks III future when sessions
opened. II there is another such om-
mission there will be trouble for the
attaches.
When the second reading of bills
was called Atkinson moved that that
also go over. Without the files In
front of u.s." he said. 1--WE cannot know
jest what every bill is and if we have
any objection to make we must make
them on second reading.
Atkinson's motion did not prevail
and the second reading was taken up.
The Assembly is well into the work OF
third and second reading files.
O'Brien of Sacramento, whose reso-
luton to appoint an assistant to the
bockkeeper of the sergeant at arms
had been reported favorably, asked
permission to withdraw the resolution.
The present temper of the House Will
not permit of the making of any more
jobs.
Mccartney as chairman of the Rules
end Regulations Committee, submitted
a proposition that during this week,
excepting to-day and Saturday, the AS
sembly hold afternoon sessions to take
up the special reading file OF bills. Tne
members :dopted 1t.
Speaker Prescott announced Devlln
and Drew as additional members OF
the judiciary Committee.
An adjournment was taken until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
A bill providing for the erection ana
maintenance of a State hospital Tor
lepers was introduced in the Assembly
to-day by Mccartney. Nearly all the
lepers in California are confined at the
Twenty -sixth-street Hospital in San
Francisco, and their care has been
problem to that city.
Walsh presented a measure provld-
ing for an appropriation of $4,000 to
maintain a school of forestry at the
State university.
! Anthony introduced a bill aimed to
make the recall law applicable to the
| entire State. The recall is method
of removing officials by popular vote.
The Judiciary Committee decided to-
! day to report favorably the bill refund
ing to those who paid them without
| protest the taxes levied to- build new
] hospital and new schools in San Fran
cisco under a provision afterward de-
clared illegal by the court City At
! torney Long of San Francisco adyo-
Gated the relief bill before the commit
tee. Those who paid the tax under
! protest recovered their money in court.
CONSERVATION struck a majority of
| the Assemblymen tonight when 1t was
| announced that the controller had
made the discovery that the last batch
Of attaches certified as having been ap-
pointed by a three-fifths vote of the
lower house had not received this num-
Der and hence their appointment would
not stand. Tomorrow the resolution
will again be brought up, but 1t is be-
lieved that the opposition will muster
sufficient strength to finally defeat it.