The record-union., 1899-03-14


mission of the mother. The only kim
dergarten the child needed was its
mother, or even it's grandmother The
State should not be made to pay for
this training.
Cosper replied to this that no mother
who was so fortunate as to have time
and inclination to live with her chill
dren" need avail herself of the kinder
garten but for the mother too feeble or
too poor or too overworked to watch
and guide her little ones, the kinder
garten was an untold blessing. stu
more for the little unfortunates with
out a mother living, whose only lie
was that of the street waif, was the
kindergarten a blessing and often
salvation.
De Lancie spoke we'll for the kinder
garten. 1t was too late in the day he
said to question the benefits of the kim
dergarten. The best educators OF the
nation were convinced that it is now an
indispensable part of the schools, ana
the best educators Of California were
interested in this bill.
Dibble said if the amendment was IN
tended to kill the bill as he supposed
from what he had heard that 1t was,
he hoped it would not be adopted. Ihe
immense value of the kindergarten had
been demonstrated in San Francisco
and it should be Incorporated into the
public school system.
Dunlap claimed that he had no desire
to kill the bill or to keep out kIndeTgar-
ten from the public school system. he
only wished to eliminate the compui-
sorry feature and make it discretionary
with Boards of Trustees or Supervisors.
Dunlaps amendment was adopted
and the bill went to the printer
SHEEP REDIVIVUS.
Late in the afternoon. Huber, Tor
County and Township Government,
reported back favorably A. g. Zo9'
Rauh's amendment to the county gov
ernment bill. The only amendment 10
the existing law is in Section 20, reiat-
ing to license Raub's bill includes the
following:
But no license tax upon the busl-
ness of raising, grazing, pasturlng or
herding sheep shall exc.ed the sum OF
. cents per annum per head and no IL
ccnse tax shall be imposed for or on
account of unweaned lambs
The existing law leaves the matter
wholly with Boards of Supervisors OF
the several counties. and in the noun
tain counties where the sheep are driven
after the feed in the valleys is ex-
hausted the tax has been as high as D
cents. A. B. 1000, the county govern
ment bill Identical with that of the
Senate. is wholly silent upon this point
thus leaving the existing law untouched
and the discretionary powers of Super
committee report was in, Raub called
up the bill and desired to amend IL py
raising the cents to and by cutting
out the clause relating to unweaned
lambs.
Then one member of the committee
after another began to inquire when the
report was made, and to state that they
had no knowledge of its having been
considered in committee. A demand
was made that it be re-referred, but
this was fought by the valley men,
Mack spoke for the mountaineers and
denounced the action of the committee
i'll sending in a report not signed by
majority.
Raub claimed that his bill had lain
in committee for weeks. having been
among the first introduced; that he had
been promised that the point he wished
to make should be provided for in the
general county bill, but now that
seem ed to be virtually lost, and he had
demanded that the committee report
back his bill in order that something
might be done about it. He claimed
that the 5-cent tax was exorbitant and
the valley men wished a limit set
Then the old, old fight was on again,
the struggle between the mountaineers,
led by Mack and the valley men, cap
taired by Valentine. It ragged quite
furiously and hard things were said.
Clough claimed that he had been told
that the valley men would put up $40
OOG to put .Raub's bill through.
Dlbble finally got both parties to agree
that the bill be re-referred so that the
whole committee might take a whack
at it, but with positive instructions to
report to-day.
During the evening recess the COM
mittee met and considered the bill, but
their report this morning will not prove
an ultimatum, as it is divided into ma
jority and minority sections-the ma
jority favoring leaving the law as it
stands and the minority favoring
Raub's bin as amended
At $50 D. m. recess was taken until
80 p. M, but for some time after VAL
entine and Mack, both able and gen
tlemanly debaters, remained on the
floor in animated discussion and sur
rounded by an interested crowd of
members and newspaper men.