The San Francisco call., 1907-03-01
VOTES To GURTAIL COST
Of LEGISLATIVE help
Senate Barely Passes Bill
to Stop the Patron
age Grab
RAISING OF SALARY
Solons Vote Strongly to
Increase Their Own
Compensation
RAISING OF SALARY
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1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 2S.-By the bar
est margin, the Senate passed this
morning Wolfe's constitutional amend
ment providing for an absolute limit
OF $1,000 day for legislative officers
and attaches. Five minutes later IL
passed the Willis amendment, which
couternplates an increase OF legislators
compensation, with but a single dis
seHting vote.
The marked difference IN the votes
on. the two measures-the manner IN
which the amendment that the Gov
er1or and the people want was op-
pesed, once refused passage and finally
btrely passed, contrasted with the
sfatesmanlilxe- haste with which some
q the gentlemen OF the upper house
mirly anticipated the rollcall, so anx-
nus were they TO be recorded af1rma-
lively on a proposition involving IN
freased compensation for themselves
turnishef the strongest commentary
upon the real motives OF men who, in
and out OF season, howl apout being
misrepresented by the press. AS for
senator Lukens, Il is only fair TO en-
phasize the fact that he voted against
both the Wolfe and Willis amendments.
The motion TO reconsider the vote
by which the Wolfe amendment was
defeated yesterday opened the way
Tor Curtin TO deny again what & ma
5ority OF his colleagues freely admit
that the Sacramento newspapers have
printed repeatedly Controller Nye's es-
innate OF what the state would have
saved on attache expense at the pres
ent session 81 the amendment sub
mttted at the last election had been
adopted by the people. incidentally
Curtin argued that he did not advo-
cate Increasing Senator's compensation.
but strenuously insisted that the whole
question OF attache expenses, legisla-
tors per oiens and duration Of ses-
sions should, in fairness TO the people,
be submitted Jointly.
Wolfe accused Curtin OF arguing hot
and cold on the subject for and against
the amendment saying: The Senator
says he does not support increase OF
legislators' salaries. hut advocates the
submission and adoption OF an amend
nent which expressly provides for such
increase What in Gods name IS he
advocating? What is be doing, but
lending his support 70 a proposition TO
increase our compensation"
The Senator'S who voted for the
measure demanded by the Governor
and agreed upon in party caucus were:
Anderson. Bates. Bel. Belshaw. Black Boyn-
son SsuaiReIl Carer, keane kennedy 1eaFitt'
Nelson. Rambo Rely RoleT. Savage Walker,
Weed, Wills, Wolfe, Wright--25
Hartman. Lukens, Lynch. Mckee Sanford,
Welcb-a
There was no difficulty about secur-
ing q institutional two-thfrds for the
Wills amendment called Up inme-
diately after the vote on the Wolfe
measure With a single exception
Lukene--the men who had voted
against the Wolfe aEnendment and its
single proposition acted as II they re-
GREETED having only one vote each for
the wills smen6mcnt. IT provides for
g compensation OF $1,000 for each legis-
lator for regular biennial sessions and
SO a day for extraordinary sessions.
not exceeding thirty days: limits the
attache expense TO $1,000 g day for reg
ular sessions and 5000 a day for ex-
traordinary sessions, besides prohibit
ing the Introduction OF bills after the
fortierh day OF the regular session,
save with the consent OF three-fourths
OF the members OF the house IN which
Introduction OF the measure is sought.
Governor Gillett sent today 10 the
Legislature his veto OF the Transue
bill providing for reorganization Of
the Surveyor Generals ONCE, which re-
Organization involved an increased ex-
pense aggregating nearly $4,000 a year.