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THE MORNING OREGONIAN,- THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1905. HOUSE WOULD INVESTIGATE NORTHERN PACIFIC TIMBER GRAB FINE TIMBER TAKEN LIQUOR LOBBY IS SHY No Emissaries Visible at-the Oregon Statehouse. A PEN STUDY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE SENATE AND OTHER PROMINENT MEN AT SALEM Scrippihg LavJ Gavethe North ern Pacific Millions. . DESERT GIVEN IN EXCHANGE ANTIS ARE OPEN IN ACTIVITY Committee of . Five Is .Suggested .by. the:Heue to Investigate, and En deavor to Have 'Lands Re turned ,tb''J8ublic Domain. . SALEM, Or.; Jan. 2 (Special.) To pre vent the Jio'rthern Pacific. Hallway Com pany from grabbing more public lands in Oregon under the Iniquitous, scripplng laws is the determination of the .House of Representatives, as expressed by House concurrent resolution 19, -which was adopt ed today. The resolution will go to the Senate tomorrow for action by that body and if it receives favorable consideration a joint committee will be appointed to Investigate the manner in which, that com panj' has secured valuable timber lands tn th past, and to devise ways and means for the prevention of further acquisitions of -the same kind. Forty million dollars Is the valuo of tire 400.000 acres of land which, the resolution says, the Northern. Pacific has secured in pursuance of an appropriation that was Inserted In a questionable manner In the sundry civil expense bill in 1833. and an net passed in the same year, ostensibly for the relief of settlers. The latter act provided that the company may take, in any state in which its lines run, any pub lic lands equal In area to any of its own lands which have been or may be taken by sfetOers. It was under these acts that the Northern Pacific took the cream of the vacant timber lands in Oregon, and jiow the Legislature of this state wants to know the whys and wherefores of the transaction. The resolution was introduced by Repre entatlve Cavender. of Linn, and is as fol lows: , TVhfreas. The X. P. It. R. Co. has been by the Federal Government allowed to relin quish Its desert lands In states other than Orron. and for such lands so relinquished has been given scrip. Whereas, The fcald X. P. B. R. Co. man ased to have passed through Congress a bill allowing its scrip to be placed upon lands owned by the Federal Government in any state Into which Its road extends. Whereas. By said bill the X P. R. R. Co. was allowed to take lands in advance of the survey, a prerogative never allowed home steaders. "Whereas. Said JC. P. R. R. Co.. Immediate ly upon the passage of said bill, and before the citizens of this state knew that such bill had been pasted, flooded the state ulth Umber locaters and in the Oregon City Land Office district laid scrip upon about 200. 000 acres of land, and in the Roseburr Land -Office district on about 200.000 acres of land. In which were Included thousands of rre of the best timber lands in Oreron. Whereas. "Said JJ. P. R.- R. Co. "by taking in advance of the uurvey ousted hundreds of squatters who were located upon said janoa wjuvuj rquject ol .acquiring haxae as ooa as tb survei had been mafle. .il Whereac gajl 2t. -p.. R. R. Co. "has but 40 mllejr of. traclcJn thla siate and has' secured by stealth and. Inequitable laws lands of the reasonable value of s-io.oooxtoo. Whereas. A great Injustice has been don the commonwealth thereby. Whereas, There Is danger that as fast as Government lands In this state become sub Ject.to settlement by the relinquishment of rsent now created, and by 'the ousting of Illegal timber speculators and fraudulent homesteaders and timber claimants, the said X. P. R. R. Co. will step In and take them to the exclusion of bona nde homeseekera Whereas, This nonresident corporation, having little if any. interest In Oregon, ex cepting in the lands thus wrongfully ac quired, -will own and control an area or land greater In extent and of more value in potential wealth than some principalities. ResoH-ed. By the House, the Eanate con curring. That a committee of Ave, three from the House and two from the Senate, be appointed to Investigate and report as to the amount and probable value of the lands 10 taken in this state by taid N. P. XI. R. To. To report upon ways and means to pre vent said company from acquiring mor lands in this state, and as to whether there is any means by which said lands so ac quired, or any" part thereof, can be returned to the public domain. To report a memorial to Congress, asking that such steps" be taken as will prevent fsia iv, i k. k. co. .from acquiring any more iana witnm tnis state. NORMAL SCHOOL INVESTIGATION Board -Proposed to Make Report to the Next Legislature. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 2 (Special.) For an investigation of the State Normal Schools. Mears introduced a concurrent resolu tion in the House today. The Gov ernor is to be authorized to ap point within 30 days three men "for the purpose' of Investigating the present educational methods, efficiency and flnan cial condition of each and every educa tional institution receiving state aid." The resolution went to the committee on reso lutions. Copies of the report of this commission are to be distributed among members of the next Legislature, the press and the state- officials. The preamble recites that the members of every Legislature make appropriations for these institutions with out knowing the necessity or deslrablllty of maintaining them. The memners of this commission are to M-rvc without compensation, but their, traveling expenses will be defrayed and a clerk may be employed at an expense not to exceed $150. Along the line of reform in State Xor mal Schools. Vawter of Jackson today In troduced a House bill for the creation of one Board of Regents to control all the Xormal Schools. This will be effective whether all four schools arc continued or only one is allowed. No change Is made In the manner of creation of the regents, that of appointment by the Governor. STATE BOARD OF CONJROL. Richie's Bill Would Cut Down Ex penses of the State. SALEM. Or-. Jan. 25. (Special.)-A new State Board of Control bilf appeared in the House this afternoon, with Richie of Marion as its author. The Governor is authorized to appoint three persons, with himself as an ex-officlo member of the board. One member shall be the secretari at a salary of $1200 a year. The General Commissioner, upon whom ahall fall the majority of the Inspection work, ehall receive $1500 a year. The third shall be a consulting member only. and shall reccrve no compensation other than $3 a d.ay when called to meet the other members. Kot more than two mem ben of the board may belong to any one political party." This board shall have full control over all state institutions. The salaries and total expenses are less than the amount now paid the Governor. Secretary of State and State Treasurer for .doing this work. Secretary of (state Dunbar asked In his last report that he be relieved from the duty of attending to these lnstitu tSons. if JtM ' .ffPtrL-m flJO TO FIX CONSTITUTION OREGON SENATE WILL DEBATE ON CONVENTION. Committee Will Today Report a Bill Carrying $50,000 for Expenses of Its Execution. THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION. The present constitution waa framed by a convention -of 00 delegates chosen by the people in June. 163T. The con vention lasted from the flrst Monday of August of that year to September 18. In November the constitution was rat ified by the people, and went Into effect February 14, 1S59. when the act of Congress admitting Oregon -Into the Union was approved by the President. SALEM. Or-, Jan. 25. (Special.) The bill for the constitutional convention will be recommended for passage tomorrow by the Senate committee on juQicIary. Though not air the committee Is in favor of such a convention it -will submit a unanimous report in order to bring the question before the Senate for debate. The Senate will be very evenly divided on the question; Indeed, that 16 the atti tude of the committee itself and if the committee were deciding whether to call the convention, its decision would be difficult to prophesy. Rand. Brownell and Malarkey favor calling a convention, Bowerman and Cosbow are opposed. Coke and Pierce are undecided and Mays, the seventh member of the committee, is absent from the Legislature. The committee will report a substitute for Brownell's bill, but its members re serve the privilege of opposing the sub stitute measure on the floor of the Sen ate. Chief for the convention comes from the desire to secure a constitution which -hall be 'better' adapted to present-day needs of the state, and which shall be void- of the initiative and referendum and the train of laws that Is following after that tmendnrent to the present constitu tion. The substitute bill provides that the constitutional convention shall be held at Salem, January 8. and that it shall con tain JO members, 30 of them from the state at large, chosen by the Supreme j iouri. ana w oy me eiecivrs ui wic time The 60 candidates are to be nominated only by petition and the election Is to be held June 5. this year. Of the SO dele gates not more than two-thirds are to be member? of one political party. The apportionment of the 60 Is to be as follows: Baker . Benton Clackamas 21 Lane T. 1 Lincoln ,1 Linn i r. Clatsop 2 Columbia 1 Coo? . . 1 Crook 1 Curry -and Coos... 1 Iouglas 2 Gilliam 1 Gilliam. Sherman and Wheeler ... 1 Grant 1 Marlon 3 Marlon and Clack amas 1 Morrow ... 1 Multnomah 11 Polk 2 Sherman 1 Tillamook ........ 1 Umatilla S Union 2 J Wallowa 1 ' Harney and Mal heur JsoJ-.son . ..... Josephine Klamath and Lake li Wasco 2i Washington .. . llTamhlll li A constitution as drafted by the .con-i vcntlon is to be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection at an election to be held June 4, 190S, and the conven tion is to prescribe the form of the qucs- j tlons that are to be submitted. The bill appropriates $$0,000 for defray ing the expenses of the convention. The i delegates are. to receive $5 a day. but! such compensation Jhall not exceed $300 ! for any delegate. They shall also re- I celve $3 for every 20 miles traveled in go- j Ing to and returning from the convention. PROSECUTOR IN EACH COUNTY House Will Pass Bill to Abolish Dis trict Attorneys. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.) That the House will pass a bill to- grant each county a Prosecuting Attorney was made evident this morning-Jrhen lhat body re fujed to accept a recommendation from the committee on resolutions, that Repre sentative Mayger's bill for county prose cuting attorneys be not passed. The bill, if enacted, will abolish the present offices of Prosecuting Attorneys, of which the state ha? nine one for each of the eight Judicial districts, except the tlrst. which has two. Members of the committee explained that they favored passage of the bill, but not at this session, because the act would not go into effect until after the next Legislature shall meet. Members of the House who opposed kill ing the bill on the committee's recom mendation were Kay of Marion. Smith of Josephine. Edwards of Lane. McLced of Union and Mayger of Columbia. Con sideration, of the measure was made a special order for next Friday at 10 A M. on motion of Kay and the measure was ( referred to the committee on judiciary, which will report before that time. The argument for the bill was that the prsent system of appointing Deputy Dis trict Attorneys toe u Its in waste of public money and inefficient prosecutions. The salaries named in the bill will probably be changed by the judiciary committee. The annual salaries are pro vided as follows: Baker .... Benton . . $1S001 Linn Lincoln ..$1000 .. 500 800 ,.. 1200 .1 soo .. 4000 .. SOO .. 500 .. 500 ... ew Clackamas 1200 Malheur ... Marlon ... Morrow ... Multnomah Polk Sherman ... Clatsop .. Columbia Coos ... . Crook ... Curry . . . 1000 S00 S00 700 400 Douglas lOOOjTlllamook .. Gilliam . ...... 500 Umatilla 1500 Grant ... . 800 Union 1100 Harney - S00! Wallowa .. 700 .. 1100 .. 1000 .. 500 .. 700 Jackson 1 200 1 Wasco ... Josephine ... .. SOO i Washington Klamath JOOOiWhecIer ... Lake 1000 Yamhill Lane 1000 As the bill Is now worded, it might abol ish the present offices of District Attor neys before the new officers should as sume their duties: therefore It will be closely examined by the judiciary com mittee. To build a girl's dormitory at the State Agricultural College the ways and means committees are asked for $50,000 and to build a drill shed $15,000. J. K. "Weatherfbrd. of Albany, president of the Board of Regents, went before the committees tonight and made known the needs of the Institution. The committees reached no decision as to the sums to be recommended. EXPENSES PARED TO BONE. Senate Cuts Off Mileage From Joint Investigation Committees. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.) In the matter of economy in the expenses of joint investigating committees., the Sen ate went the House one better today by adopting a substitute for the resolution of Representative Smith, of Josephine. Smith's resolution nrnvlrtivf thn th Inlnf investigating committees shall be allowed mileage and expenses, but the claims are to be allowed only upon Itemized state ments. The resolution was adopted by the House, but the Senate amended It by providing that such committees shall be allowed no mileage or traveling expenses whatever. This means that If the joint committees go to other parts of the state to visit state insuuuonr. tncy must pay tneir own ex penses. The resolution as amended was seat back to the House, but no action was lagcn tnereon, Regulations for Embalmers. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.) Coro ner FInlcy's bill, orovldlne for a Stnto Embalming Commission, was introduced today bv Representative Graham, nf iiaH. on. The Governor Is to name three per- pons who, wun tne secretary or tne state Board of Health, shall constitute the com mission, provide regulations for embalm ers ana issue licenses. REPRESENTATIVES EDWARDS AND COOPER AND A fun JZ&g&tr-- ... X TO END .THE RANGE WAR BILL FORCES COUNTIES TO PAY DAMAGES FOR STOCK KILLED. Governor Will Have Special Fund of $10,000 to Employ .Detectives, to Arrest Suspects. SALEM. Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) For the protection of the sheepmen of Central Oregon who have suffered by the range wars with the cattlemen. Representative Stelncr, of Lake, this afternoon intro duced a bill which will force the county In which the damage Is committed to pay to the owner one-half of the value of the stock Injured or destroyed. Ever since the session opened livestock interests have been on the watch. Their diligence was twice rewarded today, for the bill of Stelner. Introduced the first day, authorizing employment of special secret-service men, "was favorably report ed by the ways and means committee. It will probably pass. Stelner's latest bill provides that within 20 days after the Injury has been commit ted upon sheep, cattle or horses by "any outlaw" person, in disguise or mob, "the owner may file his claim for 0 per cent of the value of the stock injured with the County Court against the county or mu nicipality. Appeal may be made from the decision of the County Court to the Cir cuit Court. All claims must be filed with in one year. An emergency clause is at tached. The secret-service bill was Governor Chamberlain's own suggestion. By it the Governor is given a fund of $10,000 to hire special men to collect evidence and arrest suspects in cases where it is believed local authorities are not doing their duty. Smith of Josephine Is determined to get through a bill providing for publication of Legislative bills before the session opens. This afternoon he introduced to the House a substitute bill by which he Intends to meet the objections of Chairman Linthi cum of the Judiciary committee. By it only two bills are allowed to each mem ber, and they must be of general public interest. A law Is now on the books to compel the Southern Pacific to fence its right of way from Portland to Ashland. But farmers on branch lines and on other roads have complained that the fences arc not well kept up. As a result. Richie of Marlon this afternoon Introduced a House bill to force any company In tho state to build a fence on demand of the adjacent property-owner. That, no life insurance company shall discriminate In favor of Individuals of the same class or expectation of life, either In amount of premium charged or in re turn of premium or dividends. Is the pur pose of a bill Introduced by Representa tive Capron of Multnomah, this afternoon. Rebates of premiums are prohibited. Li censes of companies In the state are to te subject to revocation for violations. The bill Is a copy of the New -York state law. and is indorsed by the life Insurance underwriters. Representative Cornctt.'of Linn, this af ternoon introduced a bill intended to per petuate church organizations. . As the law stands now, no supplementary articles of Incorporation of a church body can be filed, the original Incorporators being con tinued In name, sometimes long after their decease. That the old soldiers of the State Home at Rosebursr may live with their wives during their declining years, "Vawter of Jackson thla afternoon introduced a House bill providing for the erection of a number of cottages on the grounds of that institution, it is probable that the details of the bill will be changed In committee. A similar bill Is In the Senate. Jagger. of Clackamas, this afternoon in the House submitted a substitute for his automobile bllL This new bill provides that the automobiltst shall stop his ma chine when 100 feet from a team ho Is about to meet. The former bill made It 1Q0 yards, and this was considered ex cessive. A clause has been added which will force the driver to slow down when about to pass a team. That unregistered voters shall swear to their qualifications to vote and make out their affidavits at the polls Is the purpose of a bill introduced today by Representa tive Huntley, of Clackamas. The bill alms to prevent fraudulent affidavits, and comes from W. B. TJ'Ren, of Oregon City. Salaries of several officers of "Washing ton County are Increased by a bill intro duced in the House today. The Sheriff, In addition to his salary of $1SOO, is to re ceive compensation for traveling expenses and bis deputy 'is to be raised from $50 to $75 a month. The Deputy County Clerk Is to be raised from $50 to $75; Deputy Re corder from $40 to $50, and Assessor from $3 a day to $1200 a year. These salaries have been agreed on by the "Washington County legislators In both houses, after considerable pulling and tugging. A bill to increase the salary of the School Superintendent of Yamhill County from $1100 to $1100 was Introduced in the House today. Superintendent Alderman Is to pay traveling expenses out of his salary, as he does now. Sheriff COrrigan desires an increase of compensation. He now receives $2000 a year, out of which he pays traveling ex penses and the salary of a deputy. The remainder Is deemed by the Yamhill dele gation as Inadequate compensation, but the members have refused to grant the Increase unless Sheriff Corrlgan can pre sent a petition from influential, taxpayers. Corrlgan has gono back to Yamhill for that purpose. He and Alderman were here yesterday. Bailey of Multnomah acted as tempo rary Speaker today, In the absence of Speaker Mills. WELL - KNOWN LOBBYIST DEATH NOT THE PENALTY TRAIN ROBBERS WILL BE SENT TO PRISON, WHEN CAUGHT. " Senate Decides by Heavy Majority Against Capital Punishment as Incentive to Murder. SALEM. Or., Jan. 25.-(SpecIal.)-Death will not be made the penalty for trainrob blng In Oregon, the State Senate having gone on record against such a measure by a vote of 2S to 3. The bill upon which ac tion was taken was Croisan's S. B. 91. The judiciary committee this morning re ported it unfavorably, and at the same time reported favorably on Malarkey's S. B. 63, with amendments fixing the pen alty for holding up trains and stages at imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than iO years. Crolson did not like the report of. the committee and objected to a motion in definitely to postpone. The bill was. placed on third reading, when the Senator ,from Marion addressed the Senate. In behalf of his measure. He reminded the Senators that tralnrobbing is getting to be too common and said that this year, when there is to be extensive travel in Oregon, it is desirable to prevent crimes of that kind. He thought that if the penalty were made as severe as provided in his bill, the hold up men would stay away from Oregon. Chairman Rand, of the Judiciary com mittee, responded that If death is made the penalty for tralnrobbing. we shall haVe more murders, for men who engage In holding up a train will know that If they are caught they will be hanged. The punishment c6uld be no worse If they committed murder, sa they would increase their chances of escape by killing their victims. Senator Haines expressed the opinion that a very severe penalty should be Im posed as a punishment for trainrobberv. and was at first Inclined to support Croi- san s bill, but decided to favor the meas ure placing the penalty at 10 to 40 years' Imprisonment. Malarkey's bill did not come up for final action today, but having been favorably reported, It is practically certain that it will pass the Senate tomorrow. Brownell to Speak on Eight-Hour Bill SALEM, Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) urowneii s eight-hour bill was reported un favorably by the judiciary committee, but as the Senator from Clackamas was oc cupying the chair at the time the bill was reported, no motion was made indefinitely to postpone. Senator Brownell indicated a desire to be heard upon the merits of the bill before final action la taken. Payment of Indian War Veterans SALEM, Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) Two appropriation bills were passed by the Senate today, one of them, by "Whealdon. carrying $45,000 for the payment of the Indian War "Veterans, and the other, by Booth, carrying $3000 for a timber and stone testing plant at the University of Oregon, where the United States will maintain an expert. stupid. You r7 Stupid because you never thought j about his liver. There is where all his trouble lies. a sluggish mind. when his blood is r rer's Pills act directly on the liver. They are all vegetable, sugar-coated. Dose, just one pill at bedtime. Sold for 60 years. Always keep a box of these pills in the house. trr torn J. C. i?w Co.. XweU. SUM. JU sasuAetortn of ATX&'B KAOt YKOR-;k the teir. ATXIt'S 5ASUrAILLl.-F8T t3u klMC. House Committee on Revision of Laws Announce That Nothing Will Be Done With Leeai-Option. Law Until Next Week. - SALEM. Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.) oth- ing will be done about the local option law until -next week. Such Is the an nouncement of the House committee on re1sion of laws, to whom the bill for amendment of the law was referred. The committee Is composed of Mulr of Mult nomah. Burns of Coos and Vawter of Jackson. Opponents of the amendment have been, lobbying strenuously, but the liquor in terests have had no tollers In the lobby. The absence of their representatives has made astonishment and discomfiture in. lobby circles, which claim to have "m- flntip" rtn tan and snrnrlsn tn the Leeis- I lators for the members expected to be beset with liquor lobbyists. Iso such, agents of the liquor Interests have yet appeared. Thfr anti-liquor people, however, includ ing the Anti-Saloon League and the Pro hibition party, have had insistent work ers on the ground all week. I. H. Amos, state chairman of the Prohibition party in Oregon, and one of the five partyPro hibltionlsts who had the bill for thsTiocal option law drafted, is tolling among the lawmakers and treating them to frequent draughts from the cold-water filter. E. S. J. McAllister, attorney for the Anti-Saloon League, and Rev. E. Nelson Allen and Sev. T. B. Ford, of East Port land, are in the front rank of the anti amendment forces. Chairman Amos is very insistent that the Legislature shall "give the people a. chance." and like a noble tribune of the dry element, is insisting that the lawmak ers place not their hands on the law to spoil It. And because he thinks the law makers could not touch the law without spoiling it, ne demands that they keep tneir paws off. The "cnance wnicn no wants for the people is the opportunity for the people to amend the law all by themselves without the Legislature's but ting in. "But," exclaimed the cold-water prophet today, "If the Legislature is going to amend that law I want it to go the limit. That's the way it will build up the Prohi bition party." Whereat Mr. Amos button holed Mears and Bailey of Multnomah and shot a lot of prohL doctrine Into them. The Anti-Saloon League workers do de pose and say with voices full of confi dence that they "have got the amendment bill beaten"; that If the emergency clause shall be retained the bill will fail of pass age in the House, or at least be vetoed if it shall reach the Governor; and that even If the emergency clause shair be left out the, bill will do. down to defeat. These expressions of confidence do .not. however, seem fully warranted, except as to the Governor. The emergency clause will make passage of the bill hard to accomplish If It shall be retained, but there la good reason to believe that it will be stricken out. Elimination of the emergency clause will make passage much, easier, and if the Legislature should or der a referendum, enactment of the bill would be easy of accomplishment. The hostility of the Governor to emergency clauses Is very likely to cause expunge ment of the clause from the amendment bill. One of the leading Antit-Saloon League lobbyists declared this morning that his poll of the House convinced him the bill will be defeated and that he had made 20 per cent allowance for false promises. "Even with that allowance," said he, "the bill will fall to pass." a ne anti-amendment workers are very jubilant and carry sunbeams on their faces throughout the Capitol, even when they pass the sanctuary of "House bill 104" and "Senate bill 60" historic Institutions for quenching the thirst, which exist in sly corners of the Capitol. The party PhohIbItionist3 do not "mix" very well, but manage to pull together. Mr. Amos and Dr. Ford got Into an ar gument yesterday over the liquor ills that beset the Republic. Mr. Amos declared that he had no political respect Tor preach ers who vote the Democratic or Repub lican ticket. Those parties, he said, were In league with Satan for spread of the liquor iniquity, and whenever preachers failed to vote the Prohibition ticket they were voting with Satan. Dr. Ford demurred and changed the sub ject, saying: "Well, we can at least work together, you and I, against the amend ment of our local option law," and the two smiled and bowed and the dove of peace perched between them. Brownell's S. B. 16 Is intended to cure whatever defect there may be in judg ments or decrees where the service has been made upon a minor who has ap peared by guardian. Do not blame e boy for be ing dull and are the stupid one! A sluggish liver makes A boy cannot study full of bile !