The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1899, Page 1

The Call éAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGE "OLUME M];X\‘VV—-NO. 109. LEGISLATIVE WORK WILL GO ON UNTIL ELEVEN 0 060060000000 060600 00 600006 000060-060-00 SOUTHERN PACIFIC’S . LEGISLATORS READY : POLITICAL REGIME HAS TO BLOCK A TRICK BEEN OVERTHRGWN CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, March 18.—There is much comment here to-night over the action of the Legislature in prolonging, by joint resolution, the session until 11 o’clock to-morrow morning. Itis Daniel M. Burns Goes Down to Oblivion in the Wreck. asserted by some that this action will necessitate the taking of an- other ballot for Senator. The constitution provides that the joint as- sembly shall meet at noon on each legislative day and take at least one But Three Men Dared to Face the Contempt of the People by Deserting Their Cause and Voting for the Mexican. | PRICE FIVE CENTS. 'CLOCK TO-DAY TIME EXTENDED FOR FINAL ADJOURNMENT FOR ELEVEN HOURS Like Drowning Men the Burns Con- tingent Grasps at Straws. 0@ 0-0-0-0-0-0 ballot for United States Senator. To-morrow having been made a legis- lative day by virtue of the joint resolution adopted this evening, it be- comes a question as to whether or not it will not be necessary to comply with the constitution in spite of the fact that final adjournment has been fixed for a time one hour prior to the noon hour. Iif this desire e | to extend the time of final adjournment proves to be a trick on the part of the Burns men to secure for themselves another opportunity to ballot for Senator, it is not likely that the honest men in the Legis- the Dibble Gives Personal Promise That No Fur- ther Extension of Grace Will Be Asked - When the Period Specified Elapses. lature will permit the promoters of scheme to reap a profit from their sharp practice. -9 900 @ { 2 Dibble asked if he could assure the | her ballot o090 0 0 ment of United States Senator that | will be ta —_——————— embly that no more ballotifg would | says to-night that he does not know of | s B 1e if the extended un- | a single tor who b ibnar du: | \waH bojrecopnized (as Tl e ADQUARTERS. SACRA- | There was no dissent, and all the mem- | 11 m. lurin;nrr\\\\'. if he could other )v;ly”nl will " m‘lb n o iker ,\!n‘ | Legislature fails to ballot to-morrow. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | shall not consent to any further ex- 2 . 3 el g 2 s the | pledge his word of honor derson declares that he will declare the : 5 Sl 2 2 L y\,,’lzyi:;xpnnlmg}z,:xa surance. It Is the | fect. Burns replied that he c Assembly adjourned sine die at 11 a. m. The_clm‘temmn_l‘_s advanced that the | yENTO, March 18.—“The Senatorial | tension of time.” 2 Send- | 1 gislature that not another ballot will | far as his men were (-.;nr‘frnl‘ri], : to-morrow. . | Legis! “t‘;‘ev f;“ ’;‘gd to lb“u“t’ W"“lg‘ contest of this session is over. For | Mr. Dibble was speaking to a resolu- be taken for Senator. There are some members who have | The point is discussed to-night | fail to obey the Federal statute, and | 3 . | tion he introduced when this evening’s L ed to- | “hipple says he aslied: Colouel Bums | 2n fapprenension, that somelbine notwiistiier the way srillinotibe opsn.d | thersfore the |Governor: ‘Gould aps) 12yeelt I Will promiseiinas whers 1; |session began, overriding Belshaw's 2 if the fight was finished, and the lat- | anticipated may happen to-morrow. £ i " o’clock comes to-morrow morning resolution fixi 12 o’clock to-night s € 3 : RIS s e ¥ or the Governor to make an appoint- | point. ot g night as ba lature | ter remarked: “Absolutely finished. nator Davis is confident that not P | | the hour of. adjournment side die, and « ‘n\;-n ‘m‘ the — Fe s fixing 11 o'clock a. m. to-morrow as en, aided by the the hour. .,:\A"”.»“I'fm'\ 'jr the Incidentally Mr. Dibble was also an- > camps of Barnes and swering some rather pointed questions p and won a splendid vic- asked of him by Mr. Works of San t of the day’'s contest is ns' aspirations for the and the overthrow of the | ime of the Southern Pacific | ate. | Dibble, leading the | was to obtain a re- | noon and | s be- | The Call members of | rs lurking he good and | A" me s ms Hn tion for a e On this ballot A nt from th Assemblyman Mar- | 1D to the i mblyman | yerat, voted for Grant, | the Diego states- s own numerically. the seventh ballot | introduced a resolution lots and then adjourn if no choice had | at San man to hold At the cl Senator Cut to take twelve the convent adopted; ond bail twelve Assemblyman Mue Barnes c 1 voted for Van R.| Paterson. - next ballot Senator | Taylor joined Muenter in voting for jn. On the ballot following La | left Scott and V ted for Pater- tenth ballot of the series = iiler of Los | were record- An hour before M eft the arnes caf i s know to Senator lla and / yman Valentine that was g d” they e vored to vent th ange, not that they ired the result, but they sincerely sired “hat Miller should not cleud fiis | a step. tly mentioned this rificant fact that the | evening ; > Burns men Wwe three rate camps. from camp, Mar- nd Miller from the 3arnes. ] | ral eff were made during the | ernoon to reconsider the Cutter res- were on a olution, but the Grant men ° X the alert and the Democrats were vigi- lant. At the conclusion of the thir- th ballot points of order were Dibble raised the point that raised. the adjournmen tion sine dje could t of the joint conven- not be fixed by res(i ution ‘as a Federal statute governe ’{}‘ll;np:uw»dhms. Senator Flint, pre- giding, sustained Dibble in so far as the resolution applied togsine die ad- journment, but when the final defeat to rescind the resolution of the motion announced he declared the joint was i eonvention adjourned on the approval of the journal of its proceedings. sion of six hours, from noon until 6 o’clock, the air of the con- vention was filled with ugly rumors of the use and the promise or money to in- fluence the course of legislators. The Burns followers were thick on the floor and in the lobby of the Assembly chamber. They raised a great uproar in lieu of applause when Cosper and Marvin entered the corral. When Mr. Miller of Los Angeles changed from General Barnes to Burns there was a tumultuous uproar. The noise did not alarm any one as no signs of a stam- pede were observed. ~Men reflected what a night session would be if legis- lators were in joint convention voting for a Senator. The thoughts of many reverted to Moses when the lights went ©Yfhe Senatorial candidates to-night have but little to say. General Barnes said he was glad the contest was over and that he was satisfied with the re- gult. U. 8. Grant had nothing to say on the subject beyond remarking that he would not be called upon to wear the Senatorial toga. Irving M. Scott went out of the fight with four votes, | two more than he had when he went | in. General Barnes had eighteen sup- | porters when the last ballot was taken. A new element of danger was sus- pected to-night when Dibble’s resolu- tion was adopted to extend the Legis- | lative session until 11 a. m. to-morro Assurance was given to the Assembly that no effort would be made to take another ballot for Senator. When Dib- ble gave that assurance Caminetti During the # asked if he spoke for the Republican majority, and the Republicans were appealed to if any one questioned Dib- ble’s right to speak for the majority. i e G.0.P. s eSS = o2 SRR R S 2 “AND NOW WILL YOU BE GOOD<?” Diego and Mr. Caminetti of Amador and the minority. It was precisely the resolution that the opposition to Burns expected would be sprung when the Mexican's beaten forces went downcast out of the As- sembly chamber this afternoon. President pro tem. Flint ruled this afternoon that should the Legislature extend over another legisiative day the adjournment sine die of the joint ballot would be annulled. The yell of triumph that went up from the Burns gang when the decision was announced was evidence enough that the next play would be a fight for extension. Dibble began to-night's proceedings with the expected resolution. It read as follows: “Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 2—Resolved, By the Assembly, the Sen- ate concurring, that the time for ad- journment sine die by this Legislature be extended until Sunday, March 19, 1899, at 11 o’clock a. m.” It was adopted by a vote of 41 to 20. In offering his resolution Mr. Dibble said that it was for the one sole pur- pose of passing fifty-eight Senate bills remaining on the Assembly file, some of which were of importance and should become laws. ‘He argued that to-night there would not be time to complete the work, but that there would be if his resolution were adopted. Mr. Works attempted to get recogni- tion but Mr. Conrey came up with a point of order. He suggested that the new resolution could not be considered until the vote by which the original résolution was passed had been recon- sidered. Speaker Anderson declared the point not well taken and then Mr. Works got pertinent. He remarked that he real- ized the necessity of more time for the reconsideration of bills but did not see the necessity of further balloting upon the Senatorial question. “We have amply demonstrated this afternoon,” said he, “that we can elect no man Senator. I will support this resolution upon the understanding with the gen- tleman from San Francisco that when 11 o'clock comes to-morrow we shall adjourn and that no attempt shall be made to get an extension beyond that hour.” The “gentleman from San Francisco™” vouchsafed no such promise, and Val- entine of Los Angeles got up to demand another reading of the resolution. Then Mr. Caminetti took a hand. “I will support this resolution,” said he, “if the leaders of the Republicans will give us assurance that when the hour comes we shall adjourn. I think it right that if the majority will not agree to this its representatives say so now.” “I will say, as I have said before, said Mr. Dibble, “that the Senatorial contest of this session is over. For myself, I will promise that when 11 o'clock comes to-morrow morning I shall not consent to any further ex- tension of time.” “Do you speak for yourself alone or for the Republican majority "’ pointedly asked Caminétti. “I think,” retorted Dibble, “that by this time I have the right to speak for the Republicans of this House.” It was an equivocal answer, and it was significant that not one in the House save Dibble concurred in his own agreement. It apparently was satisfactory to the opposition, and by the subsequent vote the Assembly decided to take the chance. The resolution was at once gent to the Senate. The resolution caused some debate in the Assembly, but when it came to the Senate all the bitterness of beaten ambition was called up and it lent to the words of the speakers a venom that was startling. “Coward,” ‘hireiing,” “tool,” every term to express political slavery and degradation, was turned back and forth across the chamber, regardless of the president’s active gavel and the sergeants at arms, and the ceiling shook with the shouts and vells of the rooters and heelers and touts, who were there to whoop for every trick the Burns faction turned. And it even got so far as a hiss—a distinct hiss—when, after a volcanic speech by Shortridge, Davis, white with anger and his eyes a-glitter, rose to reply to some of the epithets which had been applied to him. Points of order, questions, objections, every dodge known to the skilled par- liamentarian, were heaped one upon the other to keep the Amador man from