The morning call., 1893-03-08
TOO MANY HYMNS.
SoIons After the University
Regents.
THE MARRIAGE BILL FAILS.
An Attempt to Revive the Goat
Island JOb-Fat Salaries Wanted
for Legislators.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

Mathews of Tehama moved to have the
measure made special order for O'Clock
this afternoon.
Shanahan, however. wanted the bill sent
to the Judiciary Committee, OF which he is
chairman. He thought that the measure
required the careful consideration of law
yers, as there were many legal points in
volyed in it.
Mordecal also favored this action. He
said the bill was too important TO be voted
upon without proper consideration.
burst. however. spoke in line with
Mathews. He thought the matter should be
disposed Of at once. and the question of
railroad back taxes taken out of politics
now and forever, and have the money that
is due the State paid into the treasury in
the best way that could be accomplished.
Get the money now while We have the
power to get It," he said.
Kennedy wanted the bill sent to the
judiciary Committee, and so did Schles-
niger. They argued that at least twenty
four hours should be devoted TO its con-
sideration before it was finally acted upon.
Afford then made motion TO have the
bill go TO the Judiciary Committee and that
1t be made special order for tomorrow at
o'clock.
4aAu6ho VI tGHaut spOhu hEdiASL lIlS
motion. saying that if all Of the points of
the bill were to be gone into it would take
the Judiciary Committee month 10 report
it back. 1t would be idle to undertake to
settle it In a night. and if they were to be
given all the time they wanted the bill
would not be acted upon this session.
There was vote taken on the motion to
send the bin to committee, and it was
carried by vote of IS TO 81 1t is TO be
reported back tomorrow, and is made a
special order for o'clock.
In the Assembly this afternoon Nc
Gowan's Senate bill, which provides for
the proper solemnizatOn of marriages,
came up on final passage. The object OF
this measure is to put an end to the loose
system of marriages by contract and other
wise that at present exists in California.
MCGOWAN succeeded in getting 1t through
the Senate, Tut disaster came upon it in the
House, and it was beaten by vote of 40
to %.
Afford of Tulare was the main champion
OF the measure. He referred 10 the note
Tious Sharon case, recting that as a glar-
ing instance Of the need of reform in the
matter of marriages, and spoke of the de-
eision rendered in that case as disgrace.
FiRiayson also approved of the bill, but
Shanahan attacked it vigorously. He spoke
of tile prevailing law in California as being
the only protection eonfding women had
against rascaiy old millionaires. The dis
cussion was finally cut of by call for the
previous question, with the result as above
stated.
The Kings County division bill came up
in the Assembly today and was passed by
a good majority.
The promoters Of this measure propose to
endeayor to pass it in the Senare
Assemblyman Lynch seems to have done
some very clever work in delaying the
Riverside bill as long as he has. 1t only
reached the Governor YESTERDAY, so that If
he desires to pocket it he can do SO, and if
the Legislature adjourns on the Il there
Will be no opportunity for making it a law.
i IS the object of the men opposed to the
vision of Riverside County to get as many
division schemes as possible through in the
hope that it will have the effect Of prevent
ing the Governor from signing the Riverside
bill.
-. In the Senate to-day the bill TT create San
Antonio County went to the third reading,
a. was made the special order for to-
morrow morning, Immediately after the
reading Of the journal.
The railroad men in the Senate to-day sue
ceeded in reconsidering the vote whereby
the resolution was passed, which asks Con-
gress to compel The Pacific railroads to pay
the debts they owe the Government It
was then referred to the Committee on Fed
.eral Relations. where il will no doubt slum-
Der until the adjournment of the session.
Il was a straight railroad vote that sent it
. there. as Will be 50 seen by the r0llcall. 1t
was as follows:
d. Ayes-Batey Broderick. Campbell. Car
penter, Denison. Everett, Flint, Harp, Hart,
,Hnyt, MeGowan. Msher. Mahonev, Orr,
Ramsdale. Seymour, Shippee, Simpson,
Streetcr. VOORHEES,. Williams-21. Noes
Arms, Berry, Burke, Dunn, FAY, Gasford,
McAllisier. Martin. Mathews Mitchell,
Ostrom, Seawell. Whitehurst, " ls1n-14
One of Senator Simpsons hobbies is the
excess, as he terms it, of religious training
in the State University. A bill came up in
the Senate to-day, which provides that
majority Of the regents Of the University
il, of California shall be selected from the
graduates Of that Institution. Simpson
spoke in favor of this bill, and in doing so
said the university had been somewhat OF
a disappointment TO him. There was too
much religious teaching there. While re-
verlng religion, he did not think il right
that an institution supported by the State
and by taxes paid by all classes and de-
nominations should devote so much time to
religious instead of secular instruction. At
all times Salvation Army songs could be
heard ringing out Of the windows and over
the grounds, while the professors could ba
found conducting Bible classes instead of
instructng pupils in the curriculum
established by the regents. He thought to
select the regents as provided by the bill
would tend to correct this evil.
Bailey said that while he intended to vote
= for the bill, If he thought 1t would change
the order Of things as portrayed by the
Senator from Alameda he would oppose it.
he thought it an admirable thing if the
professors at times. when not engaged in
. their specific duties. should pay atten-
ton 10 the spiritual interest and religious
= culture of the students. Such a condition
OF affairs was an advertisement for the
university that should place It in the front
rank Of such institutions in the land. The
bull was finally passed.
Harris constitutional amendment provfd-
ing for an increase of the pay of the
legislators to $1,000 for the session was
taken I'D and passed. This amendment,
when the people get chance to vote on it,
will probably meet with the same fate that
MahODey's scheme to increase the session to
100 days did.
VOORHEES, resolution calling for an ad-
journment sine die on the 14th passed the
Senate to- day and it will probably go
through the House, but 1t is difficult to see
how the work that is absolutely necessary
to be done is to be completed by that time.
There Is the county government bill yet to
handle and the general appropriation bill
mas not as yet been discussed In either
house.
Sen ator Williams succeeded in getting his
MOntgomery-avenu bond bill up on urgency
in the Senate to-day and It has finally
passed. This is probably one Of the most
meritorious bills that has ever been intro
duced here. The purpose of II is to REIN
burse the owners of the old Montgomery
avenue bonds. There is but little chance