Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-21
JOHNSON BILL
MEETS DEFEAT
SUNDAY LAW MEASURE Is
VOTED DOWN
Assembly Suffers Change Of Heart
on Woman Suffrage Question and
Reeonsders Its Hasty Ae-
ton of Monday
H. Assn.lnind presS

! SACRAMENTO Feb. 20-By q vote
Of 46 to 20 the assembly this afternoon
killed Grove L. Johnson's Sunday law
measure, and thereby decided not to
submit to the people at the next elec-
tion the proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for the closing of sa-
looms and race tracks on Sunday and
authorizing the legislature to enact
laws for the observance of the first day
of the week in all factories. shops, busi-
ness and mercantile establishments.
A committee substitute was offered
for Johnsons measure which provided
only that no firm, corporation or en-
ployer should require his employees to
work more than six consecutive days
in a week This was opposed by john
son, who declared that it was not worth
the paper it was written on The sub
stitute was voted down and was fol-
lowed by the defeat of the original
measure.
johnson. in speaking in behalf of the
amendment, said 1t was in the interest
of morality and decency and not reli-
gion: declared that wide-open towns
We're a disgrace to civilization: referred
to the beneficial effects of sunday clos
ing laws in the eastern states: quoted
/
the decline of France was in large
measure due to the corruption of the
morals of its people by the failure to
observe the Sabbath day.
Beckett's Motion Fails
An attempt by Beckett of San Fran
cisco to renew the fight against Eshle-
mans anti-race track gambling Dill,
which was passed by the assembly yes
terday, failed. The house voted down
Beckett's motion to reconsider.
Eshlemans measure providing for the
supervision and control by the state
board of charities and corrections of
the placing of dependent children in
homes and for the investigation and
supervision of all societies and organi-
cations engaged in such work was
unanimously passed by the senate.
The assembly passed Fishers bill
placing upon counties the expense of
Juvenile courts. providing for the ap-
pointment of probation officers and fix
ing their salaries.
In the senate a similar bill introduced
by Senator Nelson has encountered
much opposition from Senator Leavitt,
who has amended the bill so as to pro-
vide for the appointment of probation
officers by the superior judges instead
of by the probation committee of each
CITY VI county, DIS Ill Il lSIltI y measure.
1t is alleged that Leavitt's amend
ment will make the probation officers
subjects of political patronage regard
less of their adaptabiity. qualifications
and fitness for handling children.
Other Bills Passed
Other bills passed in the lower house
are as follows:
By Coghlan-Providing that jurors in
ordinary criminal cases shall be dis
charged twelve house after retirement
for deliberation and in murder cases
after twenty-four hours of deliberation.
BY Drew-Requiring pawnbrokers to
keep pledged goods for six months after
the expiration of the pledge and making
it unlawful to charge a greater rate of
interest than 2 per cent per month on
any article pawned or on any loan on
any personal property.
BY Birdsall-Approating $4,000 for the
Lake Tahoe wagon road.
BY Pyle-Appropriating $4,000 for
searching for beneficial insects to de-
stroy scaled pests of fruit trees.
BY Belshaw-Prohibiting adulteration
of milk and other dairy products, defin-
| ing adulteration and fixing a standard
of quality.
BY Caminetti-Providing for post
graduate courses in public schools
equivalent to the studies of the first
two years in the University of Califor-
MIA
BY Black-Prohibiting deception and
Misrepresentation in the sale of fruit
trees.
BY McCartney-Increasing the sal
aries of the police court clerks in Los
! Angeles $500 a year