The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-16
AN UNEXPECTED DEFEAT
Favorable Action Followed by
Reconsideration and an
Adverse Vote.
TEACHERS WIN THEIR FIGHT.
Passage of the Pension Measure
After a Long and Stubborn Con-
test by Opponents.

| SACRAMENTO, March 15.-The woman
| suffrage bill passed away to-day. 1t died
in the Senate.
Equal suffrage gained a victory in the
Senate to-day, but its advocates were so
| elated that they threw discretion aside
ard the result was reconsideration and de-
feat. Some days ago the Senate destroyed
the purpose OF an Assembly bill to give
suffrage to women by Inserting the word
''male" in the bill. The Assembly refused
| to accept the amendment.
In an unguarded hour to-day the bill
came back to the Senate, and the Senate
receded from its amendment This gave
suffrage to women. When the opponents
of equal suffrage realized the fact they
raised storm of protest, and motion to
| reconsider was carried. Then the vote was
taken again on the motion that the Senate
recede from its amendment. The equal
suffragists were routed by the following
vote:
Ayes Androus, Denison, Earl, Franck,
Gleaves, Hart, Holloway Hoyt Langford, Ma
honey, MCGOWAN, Orr, Pedlar, Seymour, Smith,
Voorheis-16
Noes Aram, Arms, Beard, Bert, Burke,
Dunn, Fay, Flint, Gessford, Henderson, Lin
der Martin, Mathews, McAlhster, Seawen
Shine, shippee, Whitehurst, Withington-19.
Absent or declined to vote-Biggy, Ford,
Mitchell, Simpson, Toners.
This virtually disposes of the bill at this
session.
At the afternoon session the teachers
pension bill came up for consideration.
The bill, which is No. 736, introduced by
Ewing, passed the Assembly last night.
Senator Mathews attacked the measure
He was followed by Senator Simpson, who
declared it was a service pension bill. The
State Teachers Association had con-
demned the bill, so had the Southern
California teachers convention. Ii the
teachers wished to organize let them
organize under the county insurance plan
or some similar law.
Senator Ford came to the rescue of the
bill. He eulogized the schools of Ger
many, which the United States might we'll
emulate. There the pension system pre-
vailed.
"Do you know what they pay teachers in
Germany" asked Senator McAllister.
81 don't care what they pay in Ger
many" was the reply. wages are lower
in Europe than here This bill proposes
to take per cent of the salaries of certain
teachers
Senator Pedlar yielded to none in his
support of the public schools, he said, but
he could not vote for the bill. Senator
McAllister declared that the district which
he represents was opposed to the BILL and
Senator Mathews read opinions of teachers
in San Francisco opposing the bill. The
latter offered an amendment to DESTROY the
State aid feature.
Senator Gessford did not believe in class
legislation. He favored the amendment.
The teachers could then form their own
organization.
The amendment was adopted and the
bill was sent to print.
The Committee on Conference on the
county government bill allowed the salary
raiders of Alameda to have their own way,
and the Senate amendments were ac-
cepted.
The resolution was defeated calling for
an investigation of the ferry depot founda-
ton in San Francisco by United States en-
gineers.