The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
Senate Will Refuse to Concur in
Trick Amendments Slipped
Into Bill
Lower House Thought Willing
TO Recede When TOga Wear
ers Reject Machine Plot
Lssseiol Dispatch to The caul
" Georqe A. Yan Smith

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- ING. SACRAMENTO, March IL
The Wright-Stanton direct primary
election bill passed the assembly this
afternoon without a dissenting vote.
Notice of a motion to reconsider viii
hold the biH in the assembly until to-
morrow morning, when the bill and the
amendments adopted by the lower
house viii 90 10 the senate.
No attempt was made in the assem-
bly, TO strike out the two amendments
which relieve candidates for the
United States senate from securing
petitions for places on the ballot When
the hour for the special order arrived
stanton called up the bill and directed
the clerk to call the roll
Only half dozen names on the roll
had been called when Juilliard at
tempted to stop the rollcan with a
point Of order based on the fact that
the printed bin was not on the mem
bers' desks. The rollcan could not be
discontinued under the rules, but Glib
bons tried to raise the point when his
name was reached. and when, at the
conclusion Of the rQllcan. he attempted
10 give notice Of reconsideration. he
was informed that he had not voted
Preston gave the notice as mat
ter Of courtesy lie tried to withdraw
it an hour later so that the bin might
z be returned 10 the senate Immediately,
and then ran up against a ruling that
his notice could not be withdrawn until
tomorrow
Senate Opposes Amendments
The assembly amendments touching
the matter Of petitions for United
States senators viii not be concurred
in by the senate.
There is a decided opposition to conS
. ourrence in any OF the amendments.
and unanimous opposition to the trick
amendments designed to enable a can
didate for the United States senate to
hire frivolous or mlschievous candidates
in every assembly district in the state
Tor the purpose Of defeating anything
like a general popular expression as
between two or three bona fde can
didates.
The assembly leaders expect these
amendments TO be rejected by the sen
ate and the lower house is ready to
recede from them, but the fact that
they were put into the bill at all has
stirred some Of the senators who were
ready to concur in the district vote
plan TO the point or demanding that
the senate reject all the assembly
amendments except those necessary TO
correct typographical and stenographic
errors.
some OF the democratic senators who
voted against the Mccarthy resolution
recently win fight for the preservation
Of the bill in the form in which it left
The senate. That means that the SEN
ate must refuse TO concur in the dis
trict advisory vote plan or the ma
jority must be bound to the amend
ments by a caucus.
Senate Caucus Indicated
Every surface indication now is that
the senate majority viii caucus and
agree to all OF the assembly amend
ments. but the two which strike out
the petitions for United States sena-
tors. and possibly a third, by which it
is proposed to compel the partisan
seeking a nomination to swear that he
viii carry into effect the letter and
spirit of the last state and national
platforms adopted by his party.
stanton, who was not aware Of the
purport Of the sneak amendments until
after they were IN the bin, and Leeds.
chairman Of the assembly committee.
who put them in, are ready to lead
the movement in the lower house to
recede from them. AS a matter OF
fact the majority Of assemblymen who
voted for the district vote amend
ments In the lower house viii be glad
to take a back track on the other
amendments If they are not put in the
position Of having to back up on the
whole senatorial proposition. or ac-
cept responsibility for the defeat OF
the bill.
with amendments and 4 out OF the
bill II viii differ from the form in
which it was passed by the senate in
just one particular. Instead of candi-
dates for the United states senate
being nominated by a statewide vote.
each district viii instruct its senator
or assemblyman by its vote for the
senatorial candidates.
Must Circulate Petitions
with amendments 3 and 4 stricken
out the candidate for the United States