The San Francisco call., 1909-01-12
Rule VIII Keep Assembly Clear
of ThrOngs Who Are
Boosting for Bills"
Sere Burke VIII Be Unable to
Give Orders II Person on
Senate Floor
By George Van Smith
Especial Diseo'oh 70 The Cell


MENTO. Jan Il.-The lobbyist is in fun
flight tonight, with Lieutenant Gov
ernor Warren Porter IN relentless par
Suit When the senate adjourns to-
morrow Porter expects TO have all the
lobbyists in California bound hand and
foot. gaggee. chloroformed and ready
for the operating table and the under
taker.
Porter is incensed at the lobbyists
He purposes TO drive out the whole
vile breed, and-ever a resourceful
statesman - Porter has scheme
whereby he intends to go Joe Folk and
Bob La Toilette several better in the
game Of protecting the senators under
his wing from persecution, wheedling
and bulldozing on the part Of the cham
pions Of proposed legislation. Folk
and la Toilette adopted a cumbersome
method of registering lobbyists and
keeping them theoretically in hand by
statute
Porter requires no statute. He is on
the job himself and a simple little rule
via DO for him-also for the lobby
lists who have reused the righteous in
-lignation Of the lieutenant governor
isis Indignation is not as yet fully
aroused. but he expects it to be if tH>
lobbyists are not curbed forthwith.
Marks LOBBYISTS DOOM
After tomorrow. il the rule framed by
The rules committee today is adopted
q and il probably VIII be. and certainly
should be. the senate viii be a changed
place Jere Burke will not be per
mitted TO give his orders in person to
senators on the floor. He may be com
PEELED 10 write them. possibly the night
before they are acted upon, and deliver
them in the form Of sealed instructions
~ he can not trust the memories Of his
boys. Should George Hatton decide
a gain 10 move the capital from Sacra-
mentO lie viii be compelled to entrust
the floor leadership OF his campaign TO
another.
horrid rule viii stand between
George and the sOlons he was wont TO
hypnotic with his magnetic presence at
critical moments.
Walter Parker's seat will be no
longer the post Of honor in the hall OF
? Legislation. Porter viii be the man in
charge when the rule arrives. The
newspapermen admitted TO the floor
viii steam at not more than five nauti-
cal miles per hour with their creden-
Stalls lashed TO the mastheads and
plates showing their port Of registry in
the shape Of badges have been sug-
gested.
ALL CLASSES INCLUDED
Porter has put down his foot. Under
Sc is the wriggling neck Of the lobbyist
The fair suffragette; George McRae
dock boss Of the opposition TO the Islais
creek improvements: the insistent ad-
VOcate Of anti-racetrack gambling, the
mild eyed supplicant for the initiative
referendum and recall. and the meek
Droponent Of direct primaries-all are
in the same unhappy predicament They
must keep OF the floor Of the senate
incidentally, their presence in Sacra-
mento is undoubtedly responsible fol
the cruel and unusual treatment which
under the rule. is 10 be meted out &C
Burke, HattOn, Parker ct al
Porter tells me that he has always
been opposed TO lobbying and lobbyists
end that his insistence upon a. stringent
ftlle has been in his mind for two years
n fact says Porter. lobbyists have
ilunted his dreams and made miserable
s waking hours ever since his atten-
lon was called to a particularly raw
A ft of work on the floor two years ago
she humor OF that statement lies in the
Fact that Jere Burke was the workman
put Jet II be understood that Porter
snentioned no names.
The rule which viii be proposed BIZ
the rules committee tomorrow is not 3
formidable thing in itself. It merely
provides that lobbyists shall keep OF
The floor OF the senate, but il is 10 be
the basis Of stringent regulations and
death trap for the newspapermen whe
arc on the job on behalf Of the peoples
lobby.
WILL ENFORCE RULE
Lieutenant Governor Porter said to-
day.
II have always been opposed to lob
bying on the floor OF the senate All
want IS a rule and ] Will enforce II
The legitimate newspapermen with
proper credentials viii not be disturbed
in their work unless they attempt tC
lobby. But they viii have TO show me
or out they go. The senators are not
10 be disturbed by tside influences.
Docs this rule go with reference ia
tho representatives Of the lumbermen
ship owners. power and water grabbers
and the paid employees of the Southern
Pacific company I asked.
1T goes Tor every one alike" was
the emphatic reply. and at that il is q
. to j bet that neither George McRae
Tom Williams or Jere Burke and Wal
ter Parker VIII release their hotel res
ervatiOns tomorrow.
Assemblyman Otis. leader Of the anti
'racetrack gambling measure in the
lower house, and his associates. are de-
lighted tonight with the committee on
public morals picked by Speaker Stan
ton and incidentally Stanton thinks
pretty well Of il himself The propon-
ents Of the anti pool selling bill are
convinced that they viii get fair
hearing and quick action from the as
sombly committee and that the fight
which they believed was to be made
ia the assembly has switched back to
its accustomed place IN the senate. The
assembly public morals committee is
eomposed Of Assemblymen Grifiths
csftell. Young Dean, Perine, Mott
7rlaischer. Mendenhall and Wilson
seven republicans and two democrats
~ whom only one, J. ". Mott. republic
can from Oakland. is said to be a pro-
nounced champion Of the present sys-
tenn.
SELECTIONS CRI1DITABLE
Taking them bye and wide Stanton's
committee selections were highly cred