Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-11
LEGISLATORS Do
SUNDAY WORK
STILL BEHIND IN CLEANING
UP FILES
Lawmakers at Sacramento Hope tc
Get the Decks Cleared by Holding
Extra Sessions and Turning
Clock Hands Back
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, March 10.-In order
to consider the bills on file by noon
Tuesday, the hour and day set for lad-
journment sine die, both houses of the
legislature held two sessions today and
transacted a large amount of business.
Senator Anderson of Santa Ana, who
protested most strenuously in the SEN
ate last night against a Sunday ses-
sion and charged President Porter with
unfair ruling by refusing to let him be
heard on the question, vainly renewed
his fight when the upper house con-
vened this morning.
Anderson introduced a resolution re-
citing Porter's action last night, set
ting forth that the condition of the
files did not warrant session on the
Sabbath day; that there was no valid
reason for the senate convening today;
that the majority of the people of the
state undoubtedly were opposed to
Sunday sessions. To the resolution An
derson added a motion to adjourn. The
resolution and motion were voted down.
% to 6, Bell, Belshaw, Wolfe, Curtin
and Mckee voting with Anderson.
The business Of the upper house Is
in good shape and no difficulty will
be experienced to clean up the files
by Tuesday noon. Only about ninety
bills originating in the assembly, were
left on the files when the senate ad-
journed at o'clock. Quite number
of these are code bills, which will be
reeled off as fast as the roll can be
called, and but few of the measures
still left in the upper house will be
debated.
Assembly Behind
In the assembly conditions are far
from favorable for cleaning up it's files
by the time set for adjournment. AL
though the lower house was in session
till 1 o'clock this morning and the
clock was turned back twice and two
sessions were held today there are still
over a hundred and fifty bills to be
considered. Several of these are i'm
portant matters on which there is a
hot fight that will consume much time
tomorrow.
Senator Leavitt's bill appropriating
s25O00O for an agricultural building on
the campus at the University at Berke-
ley has stirred up a merry row in the
lower house and was in part responsible
for the long session last night. john
son of Sacramento, Drew, Chandler,
Davis. Mcconnell and others are siren
uously opposing the passage of the bill
on the ground the state already has an
agricultural college and station on
the university farm in Yolo county.
Bring Mcconnell In
At 12 o'clock last night the assem-
bly,, on motion by Walsh, sent the SER
geant at arms to bring Mcconnell, a
member of the committee on ways and
means. who had the bill in his possess
sion, to the assembly chamber with the
measure. The bill was read the second
time in spite of opposition today. 1t
was considered by the house in the
committee of the whole with the rec
ommendation that it be passed. The
opposition threatens to resort to fill
clustering tactics in order to kill the
bill.
Another bill which may bring about
a long fight is the Oakland water front
measure, to which thirty-two amend
ments were made today. Walsh sought
to have 1t taken up out of order, but
was opposed by Davis. who objected to
having members who were hardly ever
in attendance looming in and interfer-
ing with the business being regularly
handled by members who were work.
ing overtime in order to dispose of the
business remaining on the files.'
Although encountering temporary
defeat, Walsh succeeded later in hav-
ing the bill taken up, amended, consid-
cred in the committee of the whole and
recommended for passage.
The assembly added sixty amend
ments to the uniform county govern
ment bill, which were concurred in by
the senate this afternoon.
Other measures still awaiting the as
sembly's consideration are the worlds
fair bill appropriating $1,000000 for the
Pacific Ocean exposition at San Fran
cisco in 1918. the Sanford resolution
protesting against the naturalization OF
Japanese and two Japanese bills by
Wolfe and Keane passed in the senate.