The San Francisco call., 1905-02-23
REFUSES TO RECONSIDER ITS ACTION
ON SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT BILL
ASSEMBLY, AFTER LONG DEBATE,
PASSES MEASURE TO THE SENATE
sp.clal p1sp.teh to rhe can.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.-The As
sembly to-day by a vote OF 53 to %
refused to reconsider the Slavin school
apportionment bill. There was an
other debate, but it was far more mild
than the stormy discussion of yester-
day. There were some caustic re-
marks, but the Speaker got through
without breaking another gayel Some
words in the way of apology for yes
terday were said. Coghlan remarked
during his address that probably the
rules of parliamentary ethics, If not
of parliamentary decency," had been
ransgressed. Drew said his remarks,
that had been taken as an insult to
San Francisco, had been miscon-
strued. He was only inviting the
. children Of the metropolis to come out
and get their education under the
murmuring pines and the spreading
vines of the beautiful countryside. Be-
fore Drew came to his apology, how
ever, Coghlan had again reverted to
the Fresno members statements of
yesterday.
TAKES SHOT AT FRESNO.
Such ipsinuations have never been
made against any locality in this body
the fifty years of splendid progress
that lie behind San Francisco, am
willing to make comparisons for the
metropolis with the city of Fresno.
where in the past the streets have
been strewn with the dead and the
dying and the pop of the revolver has
sounded in all directions. l am ready
to say that 1 really think >that city
should have a special appropriation
all to herself to educate her children.
for surely they need special attention
TO train their minds from the sights
they have witnessed"
Leaving his picture of the CORY
streets of wicked Fresno and her chill
dren swimming to school through rivers
OF blood, Coghlan talked on the merits
of the case and said the Assembly
should be unselfish and do only JUS
tice.
I'VE have been told" said Tread
WELL that there was no use of us de-
batting this question, for no matter
what points were made, the bill would
be carried. From my knowledge of
the personnel of this house l believe
! this to be SANDER. The proponents
! OF this bill will have to show before
they can claim to be acting with an
Cnselfish interest that $3.50 is proper
| basis of appointment and will have to
give a good reason for changing from
/ $500, which change gave them the Los
Angeles vote. If any man here is going
nome to BOAST TO MS constituents IndI
he has brought them some of San
Francisco's school money, 1 should
hold him beneath a highway robber
who took your money from you in the
dark
FLING AT GOVERNOR.
! Walsh took fling at the Governor
be saying that maybe the new appor-
tionment was a matter of State poll
tics and that the gentleman who was
doing politics through the bill was not
the State superintendent of Public In
struction. Sufficient votes had been
programmed ito carry the matter
through the House, he said.
Anthony was given three minutes
in which to talk. and he said among
other things that when this money was
taken from San Francisco she would
never get it back.
MAXWELL said. the bill was a just
measure and that San Francisco owed
to the interior the help that was ex-
pected of her. Dorsey also spoke for
the measure, saying it was but right
that the interior counties should get a
4 larger amount of money with which to
I carry OF their schools.
Thus, with few more personalities,
! but with nothing like the rancor or
j the disorder of the first day of debate.
the famous school apportionment bill,
1 that has produced the most exciting
scene of the session of the Assembly
! thus far, was passed on to the Senate.