Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-28
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Vanguard of Legislature
Already Appearing in
Sacramento.
EXPECT MANY BILLS
Several Candidates Are
Mentioned for Speaker
of Assembly.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

SACRAMENTO. Dee. 2S.-Sacra-
mento, never happier than when she
is entertaining the state legislature,
is counting the days until that body
convenes.
The time is less than week
away now. and already senator's and
assemblymen from the far corners
Of the state are gathering for the
opening session next Monday morn
ing. New faces are seen in hotel
lobbies. Several appointees of the
old administration already have
packed up and gone home. The
scramble for hotel rooms and apart
ments has begun.
Newly cleaned. painted and re-
novated. the legislative chambers
and corridors are shining like a
new silver dollar, awaiting the COM
ing of the law makers. The big
cabinets with thousands of pigeon
holes for storing bills have been
brought up out of the basement.
Newspaper men are installing their
telegraph instruments in the press
room.
Governor Richardson, too, is get
ting ready for his "moving day
Already he has cleaned out the big
flat topped desk where he has pre-
sided for the last four years. and
has packed his books and other
private belongings. It will be n
welcome holiday for the governor
when the mantle Of state slips from
his shoulders, for he will get his
first vacation in more than Is years
Of public service. He will celebrate
with 4 trip around the world.
The state board of control will
not resign in body when the new
governor takes office. according to
George Radcliff. chairman. That
board automatically changes with
the administration, so designations
are unnecessary. Instead. the old
members will remain on hand to
help the new governor get started,
and according to Radcliff, "give
such help as we are able, as private
citizens
Appointment of Homer R. Spence
Of San Francisco to be private Sec
retary to Governor-elect Young has
met with approval of capitol Off
cialdom. Spence, who was assembly,
man from Alameda county for
three terms. is remembered as an
aggressive young attorney.
Early comers to Sacramento insist
that Edgar c. Levey, San Francis
co.'s choice for speaker of the as
sembly, will win i'll walkawav.
The fact that San Francisco hasn t
had a speaker for 90 years is taken
as important argument that the
speakership is due this year.
Among the others in the field for
this post are Percy West, Sacra-
mento, groomed by farm interests;
Isaac Jones, of San Bernardino
county, named by the progressive
caucus two years ago; Bradford
Crittenden of Tracy, farm labor sell
ection. and Charles F. Reindollar of
Marin county.
Despite the efforts of Senator
Herbert w. Slater Of Santa Rosa
and others to curtail the number of
bills introduced at the coming ses-
siono, the hopper will hold more
than 1000 before the session ends,
according to experts at the capitol.
An average of $500 bills session
has been the record since 1905, and I,
this year promises to be no excep-
ton. Despite the pleas of Cover
nor Richardson to hold down the
in 1925. the total reached |
2,151 bills. In 1913, the high peak
was reached, when 3,922 measures
were introduced and 1,1S2 passed.
In the 21 year period, total of ,
27,623 bills have been presented, of
which 1880 became laws.