The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-03-03

men, pleaded for the appropriation. They
argued that the rents now paid by the
State for college buildings would far exceed
the interest on the money the State would
have to expend. The necessity of the
building was strongly urged, and as the
House had gone into committee of the
whole, Powers moved that they report the
bill back with the recommendation that it
do pass.
Reid of Trinity moved to amend by re-
commencing that it do not pass, and the
House adopted the amendment by a rising
vote, "a being in the affirmative and % in
the negative.
The teachers pension bill, which was
| put on the urgency file by Ewing of San
Francisco, was the last measure consid-
cred.
Spencer of Lassen made long speech,
| IN which he argued about the duty that
lay In the State to care for teachers who
| had spent their lives in the teaching of the
children of the land. He stated that the
bill had been so altered that absolutely
| nothing was asked from the State and no
compulslon was put on any teachers to
make them join in supporting the fund.
| North called attention to the fact that
| when teachers absented themselves the
difference between the salaries they would
have received and that paid the substitute
went to the fund and not to the treasury.
In time, he urged, the teachers would con-
| slider that as this was quasi official organ
ization it should be helped by the State.
at is an iniquitous BILL" continued
North. "As my colleagues said of other
bills yesterday, 1T has bugs in it. have
talked with many of the most prominent
teachers CT my district and they do not
want it. If the teachers want relief fund
why do they not organize as other citizens
do and establish such fund?''
| Bachman of Fresno said the teachers of
| his county had authorized and directed
him to fight the bill. If any were to be
| given pensions he thought the worthy
parties were the good women who raised
the children going to the schools, and not
| the teachers who received high salaries
and did not save their money.
"We are just simply asking that this be
made law said Ewing. 'That is all.
We don't ask any money and nobody is
| forced to join"
"Then why don't the teachers organize
like the Odd Fellows or Masons?" asked
| Bachman.
"Becanse they want the County Treas
urer to take charge of the money" was the
response. ''They want place to put their
money where they know it will be SAFE
Belshaw saw no necessity for the bill
except to make the State do the work for
| the teachers without the latter paying for
it. The County Treasurers, he said, would
soon be demanding extra deputies to do
the extra work. This the friends of the
bill seemed to overlook
| A rising vote was taken to decide whether
the bill should be read a second time. This
was carried by vote of 81 to II.
| A number of committee amendments,
striking out obnoxious features, were
adopted.
Several amendments by Ewing were then
presented. The last of these prescribed
the duties of the various county officials
on whom the burden of the trust was to
rest. A vote showed 10 for the amend
ment and 19 against Laugenour cast his
vote with the negative side and the amend
ment was lost.
Cutter of Yuba moved a recess until 7 80
this evening. Wade of Napa seconded the
motion, but the chair declared the motion
| lost as the result of viva voce vote
Then motion to adjourn was carried,
and the members pressed forward to con-
gratulate Laugenour upon the mastery
way in which he had held the House to its
work.
Suddenly Clerk Duckworth raped the
desk with the gavel. Duckworth is known
to be more thoroughly conversant with the
rules of the House than most of its mem
| bers, and in consequence his announce
ment created no little CONSERVATION.
Gentlemen he called out, ''if under
stand correctly, you have merely adjourned
without fixing the date. That means till
the next legislative day. Sunday is leg
islative day as well as any other. There
fore meeting of the House will be held
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock"
An oppressive stiffness settled on the
group of legislators. They looked from
one to the other with dismay Then
resignation took its place with many, who
declared that they were willing for Sun
day session. The majority, though, looked
| glum and were wondering what they
would do about engagements that had
been made, when Clerk Duckworth changed
the entire complexion of affairs by an
nouncing that he had overlooked rule 1,
which declared that the Assembly should
sit on every day except Sunday. 1t was
only joke after ALL made possible by the
| ignorance of the members of their own
| rules.