The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-16
CHANDLER SHOUTS,
IT'S A STEAL
His Protest About Codes
Falls Upon Deaf Ears
in Nearly Every Instance
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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15.-Assembly-
man W. +. Chandler, elected as Ike
publican from Fresno County, startled
HIS colleagues today by denouncing the
patronage grab.
u came here favoring Sc a day
patronage" he said. Il voted for that
amount and consider the additional ~
a day steal pure and simple.
The subject a issue was whether the
House should spend $4,000 to PROVIDE
each member with an expensive set OF
codes, or be content with something
much cheaper A modest committee
favors a set of pony codes to cost $2lOO
Clyde Bishop of Santa Ana spoke in
the interest of economy, declaring that
he was present to save money for the
State Chandler followed with his rev
dictionary utterances and declared $lS
a day patronage was a steal.
Grove Johnson sprang to the defense
of the spoils He didn't care particu-
larly what codes the members bought,
but he felt panied because Of the I'M
parliamentary language used by the
member from Fresno. He thought the
members should vote for just what they
deemed necessary. regardless or cost.
IF the gentleman who just spoke.
he argued, believes what he said he
should not have taken the patronage.
Why did he. as l understand, take all
but 81 of it. Perhaps the 81 was the
part of it that was too much"
Chandler declared that the statement
of the gentleman from Sacramento was
untrue. but did not go into details.
Johnson went on to tell how he loved
to spend public money. With a burst
Of earnest enthusiasm he said: Il would
vote away the whole treasury If 1
thought it would do US any good"
During the discussion Assembly,
County, a Democrat who never misses
an opportunity to make a stump speech,
took occasion to defend his Republi-
can colleagues against the charge that
they dance to the crack Of William F.
Herrin's whip. Forbes had just been
permitted to back in with some belated
patronage and felt unusually charita-
BILE He defended the patronage grab
and expressed the opinion that the
member from Fresno owed the House
an apology.
Chandler sat still and smiled while
Forbes delivered his harangue, but
made no attempt to apologize.
The debate over the plan to supply
members of the Legislature with a
starter for a law library, or a pleasing
addition. went on. The original reso-
luton. which was introduced by Nathan
c. Coghlan of San Francisco. was for
codes at $46 each. This was killed in
committee and a recommendation made
that eighty-five sets of pony codes.
costing $25 each, be purchased.
J. o. Davis, a Salinas Democrat. Of
fered substitute. He favored fifteen
expensive sets and argued that any
thing more would be waste of money.
His substitute was overwhelmingly de-
feated, receiving only eight votes out
OF seventy-five. Included in the oppo-
sition was the solid delegation of eight
cen from San Francisco.
After more argument Davis moved
that whatever codes were purchased
they should not become the property
of members. but should be turned over
TO the Secretary of State at the close
of the session This also was defeated.
Again the San Francisco delegation
voted solidly in the negative. The total
vote was twenty-eight ayes to forty
five noes. Aside from the San Fran
cisco delegation the Assembly stood
twenty eight ayes and twenty seven
noes.
Following the defeat of the plan to
turn the books over to the State the
report of the committee was adopted
Only half dozen dissenting votes were
recorded and soon several of Ruefs
BOYS will possess a library which to
them will be purely ornamental