Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-20
CHAMPIONS OF THE SCHEME
SCORED IN SENATE
"CHEAP," SAYS SHORTRIDGE
Shortridge Denounces Bill in Sarcastic
Speech and Heated Debate Ens
sues-Woman Suffragists
Hopeful
By Associated Press.

by ASSOCIATED Press.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 19.-Another
lively whirl of junket debate occurred
in the senate today. For several days
past various members of the upper
house have tried without success to
get through resolutions for excursions
to different parts of California, osten-
sibly to visit public institutions. The
champions of the junkets met with de-
feat again.
The junket question was brought up
today through a report submitted by
the finance committee, favoring the
sending of two members each from
the committees on finance, hospitals,
buildings and grounds, prisons and re-
formatories, and education, to inspect
state institutions.
Senator Bauer of San Francisco Of
fered an amendment to add a member
of the retrenchment commission to the
Junketing party. Bauer is a member
of the retrenchment commission, but
his addition to the committee was op-
posed by Senator Belshaw.
Senator Shortridge, in a satirical
speech, said that he was in favor of
looting the treasury when a big ap-
preparation was involved, but he was
opposed to all cheap junketing
schemes.
Senator Ralston then offered a sub
stitute to the original resolution pro-
viding that three members of the COM
mittees named be made sub-commit-
tees to go on the junketing trips.
The debate grew heated and was
blocking important business, and the
previous question was then moved in
order to cut off discussion. Ralston's
substitute was voted down and the
original resolution offered by Pendleton,
with the amendment of Senator Bauer.
was adopted by vote of "a to Is. 1t
seems, however. that the junketing
proposition is blocked in the senate.
Whenever the committee decides that
it is necessary to send out junkets
each proposition must be approved by
a two-thirds vote of the upper house.
A recess of the senate was taken
at 1 o'clock until $3.50 this afternoon
The senate today, after a prolonged
debate, passed the bill appropriating
$3.50, 900 for the erection of a new nor
NAL school at San Francisco.
AT an interesting joint session of the
assembly and senate committees on
labor and capital held today, Con-
gressman-elect Julius Kahn and Sen
ator Wolfe made addresses in favor
of the bill introduced in the assembly
by Atkinson to regulate the hours and
work of employees engaged in selling re-
tail drugs and medicines and in COM
pounding prescriptions for physicians.
1t limits the working hours of the
clerks to ten day. A recommendation
was made to pass the bill
The university committee this after
noon recommended favorably Wastes
bill appropriating s25OOOO for the con-
struction of a stone building for the
Agricultural college on the campus of
the State university.
Another bill faVorably recommended
by the university committee was that
appropriating $4,000 for improvements
and sidewalks around the university
campus. President Wheeler extended
an invitation to the committee to visit
the university again this session.
Mrs. Mary e. Sperry president of
the California Equal Suffrage associa-
tion, and Mrs. Mabel V. Osborne of
Los Angeles, are in Sacramento In the
interest of legislation to extend the
electoral franchise to women.
A constitutional amendment pro-
viding for woman suffrage was intro
duced in the senate this morning by
Senator Ralston. The proposed new
law is the same as that now in ex-
istence with the exception that the
word "male" is left out before the
word Citizen"