The record-union., 1893-01-25

Barlow, another Populist, then moved
as an amendment to Duckworth's motion
that the report be not considered until
the testimony taken by the committee
could be printed and copy of the tran
script furnished to each member of the
House.
Mr.. Shanahan seconded this motion,
and it was carried.
MATHEWS TALKS BACK.
Senator Mathews of Los Angeles rose
to question of privilege in the Senate
yesterday and replied to an attack made
upon him by San Francisco evening
paper. The latter, in one of its anti-rail-
road croakings, intimated that the Los
Angeles statesman had sold out, or be-
longed to the railroads.
The Senator warmed up in his speech,
and declared that he nor his vote be-
longed to any corporation or anti-corpor-
alton concern. He had refused to sign
the Traffic Associations pledge, he said,
for the same reason that he would refuse
to bind himself to any corporation. He
was independent of any influence, and
his vote belonged to his people.
DON QUIXoTE AGAIN.
There was lot of talk for effect when
the question Of adopting a resolution re-
quiring an educational qualification for
voters came up in the Assembly yester-
day.
In the face of the one hundred thou
sand majority which the State piled up at
the late election in favor of such re-
quirement, Afford of Tulare offered an
amendment to defeat the will expressed
by the people.
Afford explained himself by saying he
believed the resolution was a step toward
effecting class legislation. He had taken
the stump during the campaign against
the resolution-but his county managed
to pile up an immense majority in favor
of it. Afford thought that the words
educational qualification" worked like
magic with the people, and the one hun
dred thousand people who gave major
ity really did not know what they were
voting on. They were not aware that the
resolution would limit suffrage, as he
was. Then he went on to elaborate on the
merits of his amendment.
Mr.. Schleslnger said time was unneces-
sarily being wasted in debate when it was
so Enthusiastically expressed by the people
that they wanted an educational qualif-
cation.
Thomas of Santa Clara tersely ex-
pressed himself on the resolution. No
body had a right to vote unless he
could read the Constitution and write
his name. He thought lone might as
well try to bore through Mt. Shasta with
boiled carrot as to educate some for
eigners." Those are the kind Ameri-
cans have no use for and they had better
stay at home.
PRICE ASTONISHED.
Price of Butte does not get up to speak
very often, but he could not refrain from
expressing his establishment that any
member of the House should oppose the
resolution. If there was native OF
California of the age of q years unable
to vote under the qualifications of the
resolution, he favored exporting such an
imbecile to Siberia; if those who have
come to the Golden West are not willing
that we shall legislate for them, they had
better emigrate whence they came. He
hoped the original resolution would be
adopted.
His remarks were so effective that An
derson and half dozen others were on
the floor at once, demanding the previous
question, which was put. The substi-
tute was then put, and almost unani-
mously defeated. The original question
was carried by an overwhelming major
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