The San Francisco call., 1905-02-15
WOMEN MUST STAY HOME ON ELECTION DAY
Right to Vote Is Denied
Gentler Sex by the Sena-
tors of the Golden State
FAIR LOBBY DEFEATED
Fair Ones Proper Sphere"
Is Subject of Oratorical
Flights of Legislators
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 14.-Woman's
suffrage was beaten in the Senate this
morning after a short. sharp skirmish
and the lobby that has been busy here
for the last few weeks gathered up
Its skirts in establishment and walked
-angrily away. But a small measure
of cheer came to the lobby later when
1t was announced that under a motion
Tor reconsideration by Lynch the bill
mas another chance to be revived, but
very small one, for it was defeated
by vote of fourteen against twenty
one. AS it requires a two-thirds vote
TO carry the measure, and it is an
nounced that the fourteen that voted
against it are absolutely firm in their
determination to continue voting mo" !"
1T is almost certain that the bill is
/ dead for the session.
Senator Sanford made the principal
address against the measure, saying
that he recognized two spheres of hui
man activity, the one the woman's.
/ the other the mans. When woman
i leaves her sphere, he said, she abdi-
Gates her throne and throws down her
scepter of power. Wolfe spoke against
the proposed measure on the same
grounds.
Anderson closed the debate, saying
that though he did not wish to go
aito the merits of the case, he believed
the voters should be given the right
TO say whether Or not the women of
the State should be given the right
of suffrage. He did not believe the
Senate should take upon itself de-
cision of the question, but should
leave 1t to a vote of the people. The
vote on the question was then called,
and it was defeated.
Resolutions adopted by the Com
monwealth Club of California COM
mending the suggestions of Governor
Pardee looking to the segregation of
the sources of State revenue from the
sources of local revenue were filed
with the Senate this morning. The
club asks that the Legislature, at it's
present session, formulate and order
submitted to the people constitution
al amendment that will permit this to
be done.
Senator Wolfes proposed amend
ment to article Xxx, section 16 of, the
constitution, to provide for legislation
/ further protecting civil service en-
ployes of San Francisco, finally pass
ed the Senate this morning. Keane
of San Francisco spoke at length
against the bill.
1t now rests with the Governor to say
whether SOME StUV,VUU Ill Tie treasury
I of San Francisco shall be refunded to
! those that paid it in. This money was
collected under levy subse-
/ quently declared illegal by the Su-
! Breme. Court The Senate declared to-
! day that tllis money must be refund
/ ed, it's declaration being contained in
/ the final passage of TreadweIl's Assem-
! bly, bill extending the limit of time in
! which actions may be filed for the
\ recovery of taxes illegally paid in three
/ years.
/ Curtin's bill appropriating 100000 for
| the construction of a hotel in Yosemite
Valley finally passed the Senate and
went to the Assembly. 1t is believed
| the bill will be killed in the house, as
a majority of it's members stand
| strongly in favor of re-ceding the Yo-
semitic Valley to the Federal Govern
ment and have so voted.
The afternoon session was marked by
a spirited debate on the question as to
whether an additional clerk should be
allowed each of the three District
| Courts of Appeal, Belshaw offering an
amendment to this effect. The amend
ment carried, and the attaches of the
court will consist Of clerk at $240O
| a year, an assistant clerk at $500, a
stenographer at $500 and a bailiff at
$1,000.
Two proposed amendments relating
| to the judiciary were introduced this
! afternoon. One provides for the vest
ing of the Supreme Court with juris-
/ diction concurrent with the Legislature
1 in the impeachment of Superior Judges
for cause. The other seeks to make the
tenure of the Office of Superior Judge
for life, dependent alone upon good
behavior and mental competency.