The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
FATE OF PRIMARY LAW
RESTS WITH ASSEMBLY
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sembly, Grove L. Johnson. Johnson
has numbers of bills. He wants a rule
that VIII compel the Senate committees
TO pass out his bills within ten days
after they are referred. The Senate
declines 70 agree to this and Johnson
he's been strong enough to prevent q
session Of the joint committee of rules,
or which he is an Assembly member.
Ne is 70 maintain his hold on the
Assembly, direct primary legislation
IS dead for the session and the Senate
will be able TO dodge any responsible
fty by pointing with pride TO unani-
nous adoption Of the Held Wright
amendment with the priviso rider,
which. by the way, is Objectionable
only 10 the few.
Fully advised that the Senate would
not appoint a conference committee un-
I'll joint rules were adopted, the Assem-
bly, adopted resolutions naming sew
ersl conference committees, which res
olutions upon transmittal to the Senate
have been unceremoniously relegated
10 the rubbish heap designated in par
Iiamentary terms as unfinished business
and which would be more accurately
designated as business not started
When the Held Wright amendment,
with the verdict of nonconcurrence.
was returned to the Senate, considera-
ton was postponed until Monday TO
agree upon joint rules The Assembly
rules committee, with more or less
feiEned ignorance Of what had been
done in the upper House, has made no
move toward a meeting.
LEEDS LEAVES SACRAMENTO
Leeds. one of the Assembly members,
left Sacramento this afternoon. As
s,,u1fug that he left without a knowl-
edge of the situation, the Senate lead
ers agreed TO postpone consideration
of the message Of nonconcurrence until
Tuesday Then. II no joint rules have
been adopted, so that q conference com
rnfttee can be regularly appointed, the
Senate will decline to recede from it's
provtso: the Wright amendment
VIII be dead. and the skirts Of virtually
every machine man will be clean by
reason of their votes 70 concur. The
play to enable George c. Pardee TO get
his name on the primary ballot as a
Msndsdate for United States Senator,
coupled with the honest fears OF q few
members and the credulfty Of few
more will have resulted 1n deferring
primary election reform for four years.
The Senate has an advantage and
means TO use 1t, but II can use that
advantage in a manner not open to
attack. II the Assembly chooses 1t can
have the Held Wright amendment
ready for the tJONeruCI . S4BndLu4S DS-
fore the end Of next week.
The Senate was officially advised to-
dav that the Federal suit against the
san Francisco School Board Instituted
IN the California court viii, in complf-
snce with the request of Senator Ed
ward T. Wolfe. be postponed for two
weeks Wolfe received a telegram to-
DAY from Congressman Hayes stating
that the President and Attorney Cen
lersl had agreed to the postponement
and instructions IN accordance to that
agreement would be wired District At
'torney. .DevIin this afternoon.
FIREBoAT FOR BAN
This postponement satisfied the i'm
mediate demands of organized labor
and relieved the Senate from any en-
bsrrassment that might arise from an
sttempt on the part of Senator Keane
70 f1tce consideration Of his bill drawn
70 specifically include Japanese in the
law providing for school segregation of
Mongolians.
modern frebost for service on San
Francisco Bay. and to be the nucleus
Of q frst-ciass marine fre-fghting bril-
gade. is proposed by a bill introduced
1n the Senate by Welch Of San Fran