The herald., 1895-02-16
In THE ASSEMBLY
Another Hitch In Woman Suffrage BILL
Constitutional Amendments


Sacramento, Feb. 15.-The Assembly
discovered that Spencer's woman suffrage
bill was without an enacting clause. Spen-
Ger was allowed to amend the bill, to be
voted on next Tuesday.
The proposed constitutional amendments
were adopted permitting three fourths
of: a jury to render the verdict in all
civil and criminal cases except the death
penalty, extending the suffrage to women
and permitting the use of voting ma
chimes. The suffrage vote was 81 to IL.
The proposed reclassifcation OF counties
was defeated.
The general appropriations bill, amend
ed yesterday afternoon, passed the Assem-
bly, by vote of 40 to 8.
The champions of the state fair and the
district fairs, who were so badly defeated
yesterday, had hoped to amend the bill
before vote could be taken on its final
passage. They were outgeneralod, how
ever, and the previous question was Or
dered before any amendments could be
offered
Assembly bill III, by Dodge, providing
procedure for the making of deeds on fore
closure of mortgages was passed.
a, Assembly bill 176, by Freeman, provid-
ing that notices of proposed sale of rail-
-oad and other franchises by municipali-
ties may be published in weekly newspa-
pers, was passed.
Assembly bill 49, by Dodge, requiring
county officers to file a monthly expense
account, was passed.
Senate bill 1876, by MCGOWAN, providing
for the appointment of an additional
superior judge for Humboldt county caused
somewhat acrimonious debate. Bledsoe
said another Judge in Humboldt county
was not at present necessary although
another might be needed within two or
three years. He therefore proposed to
amend the bill by striking out the clause
for appointment by the Governor and in
sorting provision that the judge shall be
elected at the general election in 1895, and
also provision to reduce the salary of
the present judge and the proposed Judge
from $4,000 to $4,000 each. Reid, of Trinity,
questioned Bledsoe's motion opposing
tue bill. He charged that Bledsoe had
not opposed the bill which Assemblyman
johnson had offered, that as soon as Nc
.Gowan's Senate bill had been substituted,
Bledsoe was up in opposition. Bledsoe
stoutly denied Reid's imputation. Reid
had argued that all of the lawyers of
Humboldt county favored the bill and that
three of them were here urging it's pass
age. Bedsoe asserted that two of the
three lawyers here were asking Governor
Budd to appoint them in the event of the
passage of the bill johnson urged that
the amendments be defeated. He said
the interests of Humboldt county had
long suffered through the enmity existing
between the county's representatives in
the Legislature. Bledsoe announced that
he should vote for the bill whether or not
his amendments were adopted, but he be-
lieved the amendments were good ones.
Bledsoe's amendments were defeated and
the bill was ordered to its third reading.
Assembly bill 459, to repeal section 1892
of the Civil Code was passed.
Assembly bill so, to simplify answers to
complaints in civil procedure, was passed.
Assembly bill 81, by Guy, to permit the
governing bodies of cities to change their
fiscal years, was passed. Laugenour gave
notice of a motion to reconsider.
Speaker Lynch called the attention of
the Assembly to the fact that the fortieth
day of the session had been reached and
that the members could draw pay for only
twenty days more. He warned them that
they already had $50 bills on their general
file, and that as many more were still in
the hands of the committees.