The herald., 1897-02-21

llitOtilC llAt uilN NGlS4lN Will bG SbAI ~
greatly increase its corps Of professors.
paying them better salaries so asl to be
able to secure better men. More build
ings. too, are badly needed for class pur-
poses. No site could be prettier than
that occupied by the university. 1t
stands on the side of the rising ground,
with high hills behind it and view eX-
tending across the bay, through the
Golden Gate to the Pacific. 1t is
lovely place for the student, and seems
to WOO him with it's beauty and classic
suEgestiVeness. But the buildings are
all artistic badly arranged and unin-
viting affairs. with possibly one or two
exceptions. l am speaking of their eN.
terror appearances Of course. Several
Of the classes. for want of room, have
been held in tents. (which is certainly
not conducive to health in wet weather
like this When the bill passed The sem
ate unanimously on Thursday Git had
previously passed the assembly,. there
was applause, and Il general rush by the
enthusiastic lobbyists to the telegraph
office. In less time than il takes TO
write it bolts Of yellow and blue ribbon
made their appearance, and in few
minutes every one was wearing yellow
and blue badges. The posts on either
side Of the governors desk
were tWined with blue and yellow. and
everybody wore broad smile while
the university boys embraced all comers,
regardless Of sex. age or color. Senator
Stratton and Assemblyman Wright, who
We're the parents of the bill. We're par
ucularly enthusiastic, and received
= tines and applause from their ad-
mirers. Wright can come to tn .egisla-
tue from Berkeley as long as he cares
TO.
stanford. 7 fear however. is not going
TO be as fortunate in her etforts TO es-
cape taxation She is being fought by
number Of elements. not the least i'm
portant Of which is the religious. which
has been bitterly opposed to the bill ever
since President Jordan made his famous
speech on religious reviVals Here for
instance is sample of the petitions
they are sending in against the measure:
The Ministerial union Of Protestant
ministers Of the city Of Los Angeles and
vicinity desire hereby to enter a pro-
test against the passage in the present
form of senate bill number 2Ti and senate
constitutional amendment number u
now pending in the legislature of this
state. These measures propose that all
educational institutions of a specified
character established by private gift
and under private control shall be con-
sidered as public schools, without state
control from state funds but shall be
exempt from taxation if they are without
sectarian bias or control,
We urge against both bill and amend
ment that they are n-American and
unjust; that it is pernicious class legls-
latiOn, unless the clause barring denOm-
national institutions is stricken out.
While it is a settled American principle
that the state may not safely support
sectarian Institutions with public funds.
it is also as we'll settled that the state
shall not legislate against such inst.tu-
ti0ns in favor Of other private institu
liOus. The effect of the proposed meas
Lrcs would be to greatly increase the
burden of taxation, already great. on
church institutions. in order to exempt
from taxation other private iustitu-
tions no more entitled by right to such
favor. 1t is misleading to name such
institutions public schools merely to
bring them under the exemption clause
of the constitution when the state is to
have no control of them and is to
furnish no funds for their support So
far as public benefits are concerned the
protestant denominational institutions
are as nearly free to the public as are
any of the private schools seeking bene-
mt. under these measures, as comparison
Of catalogues showing annual cost of
student, Will prove. In no case Go the
utions more than half meet the eX-
p-nses; the remainder is made up from
donations, of which students outside of
church circles receive as much benefit |
IS any. No Protestant denominatiOnal !
school would consider itself abreast of
.ne times if it allowed sectarian in1lu- !
suCe TO perVade its colleges or academic !
work. The theological school is the only
place where such influences are now fOs-
tered, and these schools are few in this
state. IN many Of the Oldest and best
governed states of this union all schools
which are conducted as public charity
as are all Protestant church schools
are exempted from taxation. ard if Cal !
fC"nia should enact into law the pres
INT proposed measures. she VIII stand
alone. so far as we know, among all
The states of the union in doing a thing
90 offensive to the American principle
II equal justice for all, unless the re-
-trictiVe clause is cut out. Very respect /
fully submitted,
Y. HENDRY. President
j. W. BALL, Secretary.
Done at a meeting of the Ministerial
union February -, 1851.
The senate is opposed to the BILL and
though it has been introduced in both
houses, there is little chance Of its pass
ing.
A. S. LongIey is clerk Of the judiciary
\ good many citizens of
Los Angeles and Pasadena know him.
He Is the uncle Of the LonGleys, court
oW. II went in a barber shop on X
street this morning to be shaved, and
got into controversy with a barber
over civil rights bin now pending in
the legislature, which proposes TO allow
any man the privilege Of stopping a
Any hotel. getting shaved at any barber
mop or eating any restaurant that
he chooses The barber did not take
kindly to the law, and declared that no
Jaw or Legislature could make him shave
a nig@cr or any other man unless he
chose to DO so. Longley undertook TO
combat that proposition and engaged
In a lively argument with the barber,
lho was busy lathering his face. Wen
viii show you" said the barber, "that
I am right by putting you OUT So he
wiped the lather off LOneleys face and
fired him out the door. Longiey now
shaves only with coiored BARRIERS. who
have no race prejuGices against shaving
white men.
The senate has had three Of it's most
important cierkship3 in the hands of
three men who have served an the ses-
sion without pay When they asked for
what was due them, by strict party
vote il was refus d. Boyce and Ma
money declined to vote on the score That
as Republicans they did not propose to
go back ON the party caucus. ard as
men they would not vote 10 refuse to .
pay men for work honestly performed. /
w hy this houid have been made party 4
question / am unable to say. and it cer- .
airly does not seem To m- that the
party has added 90 its -auIela in the /
natter / think Boyce and Nahouay
were right; the state of Califorr Ia can .
N b ,rly f..r