The morning call., 1895-02-01
WOMEN YET TO VOTE.
Defeat That Was Close to
Victory.
FIRST CAME THE JUNKET
Giving the Assembly a Spasm Of
Economy.
THEN SUFFRAGE HAD IT'S INNING.
Next Wednesday the Bill Granting the
Right to Vote Will Be the
Special Order.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 31.-Again the junket
and the irrepressible attache. A large part
of the morning in the Assembly was taken
up with both. The departure of four SUBJ
committees south, embracing fourteen
men, accompanied by some eighteen at
taches, was the gossip of both houses yes
terday, and when proposition to send
couple more committees was made to-day
it was to be expected that it would meet
with at least show of opposition. Berry
of Santa Clara brought it up, naming the
Public Buildings and the Military Affairs
committees for the tour. Guy was so eager
about it that he wanted it considered under
suspended rules.
Wade inquired if the Senate Military
Committee which went away in Pullman
yesterday might not be relied upon to fur
nish the necessary information on that
topic AS for public buildings there was
committee now looking after them, with
sergeants-at-arms and stenographers and
clerks.
Bulla made an emphatic protest and
brought before the Assembly what had re-
NAMED as mere gossip before that the
junket of yesterday had gone away in
magnifcence, the attendants outnumber-
ing the committeeman. They were on
their way to Los Angeles and a grand tour
of the State. He thought it time to halt
in this business-a pleasure, rather.
The number of those who thought with
him was nearly enough to prevent the sus-
pension of the rules, and when the thing
comes up regularly tomorrow the leave
will be given and two other committees
will start on tour.
Spencer asked for a suspension of the
rules that his bill granting the franchise
to women might be made special order
for some certain date, not earlier than
Wednesday of next week.
Reid objected, giving as a reason that
the special orders might be named for to-
day once the rules were suspended although
Spencer assured him otherwise. Reid re-
fused to withdraw his objection, the mat
ter was put to a vote and AZ ayes were
counted and 10 noes, which altogether
was not enough to suspend the rules, indi-
Gated more than a majority in its favor.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Ayes-Ash, Bachman, Barker. Bashford Bel
sh aw, Bennett, Berry, Bettman, Bledsoe,
Brusie, Bulla Butler, Dale, Davis, Davitt,
Dixon, Dodge, Dunbar, Ewing, Fassett, Free
man. Guy, Hall, ddJnelQ, JOnubOnJ heSn, heI-
sey, Kenyon, Mccarthy, Mcdonald, McKelvey,
North, Osborn, Phelps, Powers, Richards, Rob-
inson, Rowell, Stencil, Spencer, Tibbitts, Way
mire, Weyse-4S.
Noes-Cargill, Coughlsn, Cutter, Devine,
Dwyer, Healey, Holland, Huber, Hudson,
Mead Nelson, Price, Reed, Sanford, Swisler,
Wade, Wilkinson, Zocchi and Speaker Lynch
10.
Spencer then asked that the bill be made
special order for Wednesday.
To this Reid also objected. sI want no
hurrying of this matter" he said. at is
too important for us to take action upon
without careful deliberation and an oppor-
tunity to suggest amendments"
Spencer declared that the only amend
ments that would not kill the purpose of
the bill entirely were the introduction of
the educational qualifications voted on at
the last general election.
Arunning discussion followed, and it was
finally decided to pass the second reading
of the bill till it came from the printer and
to make it the special order for Wednesday
next at 10 o'clock.
Fears of shortage moved Brusie, chair
man of the Ways and Means Committee, to
ask for the immediate passage of Assembly
bill /, appropriating $4,000 for the con-
tingent expenses of the Assembly, as there
was not enough of the emergency fund left
to meet next weeks salaries and incident
ais. The bill was passed and at once trans
mitted to the Senate.