Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-13
RESULT
IN A DEADLOCK
LEGISLATORS ALSO SoUABBLE
OVER ALLOWANCES
Before Adjournment, However, States
Lawmakers Throw Bouquets"
at Each other and Ex-
change Presents
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
! SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 12.-The
thirty-seventh session of the leglsla.
ture adjourned sine die on the official
hour of IL today the sixty-fifth day of
its session, but in reality it was after
4 O'Clock before the actual adjourn
ment took place.
The closing hours of the legislature
were marked, or perhaps marred, by
the most sensational fight of the session
in the assembly over the question of
allowances to attaches and a deadlock
between the two houses for several
hours over the Birdsall anti-monopoly
bill
Through the inadvertence of a cleri-
cal or typographical error, the Repub-
licans in the senate had passed Senator
Cartwright's antitrust bill, Demo-
cratic measure, and which is a copy of
the Ohio antitrust law. This came
about through an error in the senate
files, which gave the bill as having been
recommended by the committee do
pass" instead of "do not pass"
1t was not discovered until the
measure had been passed and was be-
yond recall. There seemed to be fear
among the Republicans that the Demo-
Gratis might gain too much political
glory from such a drastic antitrust
measure as Cartwright's bill, and Bird
sails anti-monopoly bill, a Republican
measure, was so amended by Wolfe as
to be virtually a substitution of the
Sherman antitrust" law for the orig
inal.
This would enable the governor to
sign Republican measure instead of a
Democratic one. The lower house for
several hours refused to concur in the
senate amendment, but finally did so
after a joint conference had met a
number of times.
Enter Governor Gillett
Shortly before o'clock Governor Gill
lett entered the assembly was an
nounced by Speaker Beardslee and was
escorted to a seat beside the speaker.
The governor spoke a few words to
the assembly, declared that the MEM
bers had done their duty, thanked them
and babe them farewell Three rousing
cheers were given the governor.
The presentation of gifts followed.
Transue took the chair, and Speaker
Beardslee was ordered before the bar
of the house.
Frank Devlin addressed the speaker,
and jim few appropriate words thanked
him for his work and fair ruling and
then presented him with a magnificent
silver service on behalf of the as
sembly.
Speaker Pro Tenn Transue was then
presented with a valuable solid gold
diamond studded watch; Grove L.
Johnson, chairman of the judiciary
committee, with a beautiful cut glass
punch bowl, and Chairman Estudillo
of the committee on ways and means
with a cut glass wine set.
In the upper house similar ceremonies
were taking place. An elegant and
massive clock, standing eight feet high,
and silver tea and coffee set were
rendered to Lieutenant Governor War
rem r. Porter, as president of the
senate, by Senator Belshaw who ex-
pressed the appreciation of his fellow
senators for the work Of the president.
Ovation for Wolfe
On behalf of the senate, Senator
Wright presented silver tea and cof-
fee set to President Pro Tenn Wolfe,
who received an ovation at the close of
his address, in which he thanked his
colleagues for their remembrance.
Senator Wolfe took the opportunity
to enumerate a number of good deeds
which he said the Legislature had done
at this session. He spoke of the solid
and legal insurance measures which
they had passed in spite of the op-
position of the insurance companies.
He referred to the harbor approprla-
tions, the funds given the fallen build
ings of the state, the passing of the
employers liability law, the eight-hour
day for street car men, the child labor
law, the extension of the statute of
limitations, the anti-cigarette law and
the antitrust law.
Secretary Hilborn was made happy
by magnificent cut glass punch bowl
and cups. Lou Martin the sergeant
alarms, was given a massive leather
upholstered easy chair.
Farce as Windup
The senate wound up with an up-
roarious farce, in which Senator Rolley.
the Cupid of the senate" and "Consti-
tutional John" Curtin were the princl-
pals. In the midst of shouting and
laughter Rolley received at the hands
of Curtin a nursing bottle filed with
milk and equipped with nipple. Cur
tin said he presented the bottle on be-
half of the ladies of Sacramento.
A large number of the members of
both houses left the city on the 3:35I
train this afternoon, but a number re-
mained at the temporary capital await
ing the final report of the enrolment
committee.
1t was 4 O'clock when this was made.
The clocks. which had been stopped in
both houses this morning, were started
and turned to the hour of 12 The legis.
lature was then adjourned sine die.
Several members of the southern dele
cation left on tonight's train, and by
tomorrow noon very few legislators will
be remaining here, except a number
who have been subpoenaed to appear
before the grand jury tomorrow to be
examined regarding the capital re-
moVal bill.
GONERNOR Gil LETT