The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
SCRAMBLE TO GET
ALL IN SIGHT
Assemblymen in Unseemly
Strife to Lay Hands on
Books the State Pays For
WILL ADD TO ARMY
By Frederick A. Brandt
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 19.-IWenty- five
sets OF the pony codes. ordered for
members Of the Assembly at the eN-
pense Of the State, arrived here today.
Eighty-five sets Of these codes are
wanted by the Assemblymen as addi-
tions to their law Libraries. and when
IL was found that there wasn't enough
Of them TO go around the grabs made
for the available copies were almost as
eager as the stage kiss of Olga Neither
sole, who is now playing here and had
many lawmakers in her audience when
she appeared in "Sapho" last night.
The Nethersole kiss, in fact, lacks the
spontaneity of the grab made by the
Assemblymen for these much-desireo
lawbooks.
. The State will be charged more than
S2lOO for the complete outfit ordered,
but until the books all arrive there are
apt TO be daily scrambles on the floor
Of the House that viii make the stage
struggles of the laneuorous Fanny Lee
Grand, with her temperamental Jean,
appear like tame business. From the
exhibition they put up today the As
semblymen of the present session are
not members OF the school OF emotional
suppression, when IL comes TO getting
free favors from the State
NEW ATTACHE GRAB
The grab for these law books is char
acteristic OF the sentiment Of the legis-
lators now in session, who are daily
extending their plans Of patronage. De-
spite the popular protest that has gone
up over the legion Of attaches, and
despite the denunciation by Governor
Giliett, another effort viii be made on
Monday IN both houses to increase the
list. So many Constituents of the law
makers have found sinecures that they
have been writing home telling their
friends TO hotfoot for the capital before
il is too late to be taken care Of
The result is that there is stil a
small army knocking at the gates for
admission and Assemblymen and Sen
ators are besieged with opportunities.
They realize that they have gone about
as far as they possibly can in the
matter OF appointments, but they argue
that they may just as well pile few
more in the heap and let the censure
that has come their way be added to.
II can't ultimately do them any more
harm. they think. That the effort 10
put more names to the list of attaches
viii meet with vigorous opposition,
however. is foregone conclusion.
There is enough sanity left In both
branches Of the Legislature to realize
the truth OF a popular cynicism that
too much is enough.
WILL FIGHT EXTRAVAGANCE
Senators Caminetti and Sanford are
particularly interested in checking the
extension Of the patronage list and
viii offer determined opposition to the
efforts of the majority. So will Sena-
tor Wright, who, though Republican
has very positive ideas on what con-
stitutes suficiency.
Senator Anthony OF San Francisco
occupies a peculiar position He is q
Ruef man ostensibly, but he really has
ideas Of his own and would like to be
independent. He has fought as q sol
dier in the Philippines and done va
riety Of things that tend 70 make g
man human and court initiative, yet
he feels that he owes the men respon-
sible for his election fealty and sup
port. If he would do what he wants
to do he would probably commit polit-
/ ical harikari He talks Of none OF
these things himself, but he has
/ friends who think much Of him and
who do. He viii be worth watching
these friends say, as he is the kind OF
man who has a trick of overcoming
even in the face of such arrantly mer-
! cenary influences which are the sou
I of Ruef and Ruef1sm-