The morning call., 1895-01-26
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Spencer Has Evidently Gone Into the
Fight to Stay.


Spencer Has Evidently Gone Into the
Fight to Stay.
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 25. - The Assembly
Committee on Election Laws took up the
woman suffrage bill Immediately upon adj
journment of the House to-day. The pro-
posed bill, which expressly gives women
the right to vote, was deemed to conflict
with other laws, and substitute drafted
by Spencer of Lassen was adopted. This is
almost identical with the present law with
the exception Of leaving out the word
"male'' and introducing "and her"
wherever " him occurs. 1t also embodies
the new constitutional amendment requir-
ing voters to be able to read and write.
Judge Spencer, chairman of the Assem-
bly, committee, Mrs. Laura de Force Cor
don and several others interested in the
ballot-reform movement waited upon the
Senate Election Laws Committee, which
met at o'clock this afternoon. The COM
mittee postponed action on the three bills
already introduced, granting school SUI
frage and municipal suffrage and asking
for constitutional amendment allowing
women to vote. They then took up bill
go, which is identical with that introduced
in the Assembly. After a brief discussion
it was decided to recommend that the bill
be referred to the Judiciary Committee
with the request that they pass on its con-
stitutionaity.
Judge Spencer announces that he Will
appear before this committee when the bill
comes up and urge them to recommend
for passage the bill accepted by his COM
mittee as a substitute for the one first
introduced. he would not venture an
opinion as to the temper of the present
Legislature, but Mrs Gordon, who has
canvassed both houses, expresses herself
as confident that the bill will pass.
A bill introduced by Pendleton of Los
Angeles, providing for commission to
examine and license architects, was favor
ably reported by the Judiciary Committee
of the Assembly to-day. 1t was urged that
civil engineers had to be licensed and it
was only right that the public should have
similar protection from Ignorant archi-
tects.
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate
has decided to consider the uniform license
bill Tuesday night and the scalpers' bill on
Wednesday night of next week. a hear
ing will be given to all those interested in
the measures. 1t recommended for passage
the bill making it illegal for men filling
county offices and for constables and their
deputies to act as attorneys or as notaries.
An important bill of interest to publish
ers of newspapers was introduced by Sem
ator Arms to-day. 1t contains provision
that no State officer shall advertise any
public business in paper not of general
circulation. A journal of this class is de-
clared to be one which is published in the
interest of class, caste, profession, call
ing, race or denominations
Some quiet amusement has been caused
in legislative circles by the statement in
one of the newspapers, made during the
heat of the Senatorial debate, that Colonel
Jackson was Senator Perkins private Sec
rotary. OF course, everybody knows that
Colonel Jackson is one of the leading Re
publicans of the State, and as one of the
managers of Perkins fight he made him.
self felt here. But Colonel Jackson is no.
bodys private secretary. In fact, Colonel
Jackson probably has private secretary of
his own.
Senator Shippee will go to lone to-mor-