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' HB MORNING OREGONIA3S. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1905. OREGON STATE APPROPRIATIONS WILL BE OVER TWO MILLIONS TWO YEARS' EXPENSE Sums for State Foot Up a To tal of $2,150,000. MORE THAN LAST SESSION Normals Get Maintenance, but No New 'Buildings Extra Amount for University, Library, Dormi tories Big Deficiency. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) The ways and means committee has practical ly made up the appropriation "bills, which, with standing appropriations and special acts, will bring the expenses of the state lor the ensuing two years up to $2,150,000. Jill the normal schools have been granted -what they asked for maintenance, but none will be given anything for new buildings. The State University has been given 5G2.000 for additional maintenance, librarv building and women's dormitory, but has been denied $17,000 asked for the engineering department. , Two years ago the total appropriations were $2,600,000, of which $500,000 was for the Fair, $265,000 for the portage road and canal, and 4100,000 for Indian War veter ans, leaving less than $1,723,000 for ordi nary state expenses. The extraordinary appropriations at this session amount to about $150,000, so that it appears that this session is spending something like $250,000 more than the last for the ordinary Items of expense. Tho largest appropriation "bill of the session was made up tonight and will be Introduced in the House tomorrow morn ing. It foots up a little over $1,000,000, and includes $500,000 for the Insane asylum, the other $500,000 being for educational, penal and eleemosynary institutions. The tirst appropriation bill Introduced was the deficiency bill for $133,147, and the next the bill for salaries and depart ments. aggregating $454,011. There will be one bill in addition to the bill pre pared tonight, making appropriations for the charitable Institutions and Historical Society In Portland, the items of which will amount to $30,000. Standing appropriations and special acts of this session add $500,000 more, the chief idems of which are the university, $93,000; militia, $30,000; swamp .'and warrants, $60, 0(0; Agricultural College, $50,000; Portage Koad, $2o,000, and Indian war veterans. $40,000. The Items of the bill made up to night are as follows: Insane Asylum $525,000 Penitentiary 1:5.000 Iteform School 04,000 Mute School -r 41,000 Blind School 1.000 State University, library building 25,000 "University drls' dormitory 5,000 "University, additional maintenance and repairs 32,500 Eastern Orcson Experiment Station.... J0.OO0 Agricultural College, dormitory....... C5.000 Monmouth Normal 36,000 Ashland Normal 31.000 Drain Normal "Weston Normal Soldiers' Home, additional maintenance Mcsellaneous 21.000 25.000 9.220 12.260 ENGINEER BILL IS KILLED. License Was Provided for Men in Charge in City Buildings. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) The House today slew a bill to license sta tionary engineers by a vote of 27 ayes against 20 noes, 13 members being ab sanu Thirty-one votes are required to pass any bill. The death of the mcas ure came from the large number of members absent, most of whom favored tne bill. There Is talk of reconsider ing, though to disinter will need two-thirds vote. The onslaught was lead by Edwards of Lane, and Cornett of Linn, and those who took the defense wore Bailey of Multnomah, Laws of Clatsop, and Smith of Josephine. The vote was as follows: Ayes Bailey, Blakley, Bramhall, Burns of Clatsop, Burns of Coos and Curry, Chamber lain. Colwell, Crang, Dobbin, Hermann, Hoi comb. Hudson. Huntley. Jaeger. Killings worth. Law, McLeod. Wears, Muir. Sits. Sonnemann. smith ox Baker. Smith or Jose phlnc. Vawter. Welch, West. Mills 27. Noes Barnes, Burgess, Caldwell. Calvert Cavcnder. Cole, Cooper, Cornett, Donnelly, Kdwards, Flint. Henderson. Jayne. Kay. Kuney, Miles, Munkers, Newell, Scttlcmlcr, Shook 20. Absent Bingham. Capron, Carter, Fawk, Graham, Gray, Griffin, Jackson, Llnthlcum Mayger, Richie, Steiner, Von der Hellen 13, The bill created a board of examln ing engineers, who were to issue II censes only to competent engineers for engines and boilers of more than ten horsepower, except on locomotives and steamboats and heating systems, whore the pressure did not exceed IS pounds, and where no steam pump or Injector- or inspirator was used in con nection therewith. ' Edwards opposed the bill because he thought it would interfere with farmers, but Bailey showed that threshing and donkey engines -were not Included under tho regulations of thc bill. Bailey said that the measure aimed at protection of life and prop erty In buildings in cities from Incom petent engineers. VOTE ON PAYMENT FOR BRIDGES Portland Electors to Decide Whether to Continue Present Plan. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) Port land electors next June will vote whether' to amend tho city charter so as to pay for bridges costing $15,000 or more by a two-mill tax levied as are other taxes of tho city. The question will be submitted so as to call for one answer whether the two-mill levy shall be devoted to paying for bridges in future and for those which have been, built and are now building un der the district assessment plan. The Multnomah delegation this after noon debated an hour whether to put past and future bridges on the ballot in the same question. Last week they decided to submit them separately, but Represen tative Colwcll put a bill through the House separating thorn. "Vthen the bill camo up In the Senate this afternoon for final passage. Senator Malarkey had ac tion deferred and the delegation '.met to consider the difficulty soon afterward. In tho Colwell bill provision Is made for submitting the questions whether tho district between Portland and Mount Ta bor -and between Portland apd St. Johns -shall bo annexed lo the city. This part t the bill was approved hy the delega tion today. Residents both of - the two "'districts and of Portland will vote on an 'Kexatlon. TTHIRD HOUSE HOLDS SESSION Miss McCarthy Elected Senator From a Strong Field. SALEM, Or.. Feb. (.- (Special.) . . Miss B. B. McCarthy was tonight elect- . .ed United States Senator from Oregon .'She is the House superintendent of stenographers. It was the action of the 'thiri houfe." tho biennial parody on the Legislature. --The'bousy was-packed. tor. two liours ...and there nwas constant, iaugnier over the bills for the protection .of feeble minded salmon, indigent legislators, and sucn resolutions as that providing that all married members should be so la beled that the stenographers need not "waste time upon them. The other names proposed for Senator were S. A. Dr Puter, Mrs. M- K Woodcock, Chief Clerk TV. Lair Thompson, and Heading Clerk Paf ' McArthur. who took the desk of Smith of Josephine, and parodied his mannerisms. Frank Davey, of Salem, was elected Speaker, and Speaker -Mills and Presi dent of the Senate Kuykendall were forced to sit beside him Senator Malar- "Iccy was made assistant reading clerk, and forced to read bills at the top of his voice for an hour. E. T. Judd and ex-Governor Geer were made pages. It was all fun. and the members were seriously rebuked by "SpeaKer Davey, when an anonymous burlesque of the recent resolution Indorsing Sen ator Mitchell was read, this one Indors ing Binger Hermann. Bills Passed by the Senate. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 9. "(Special.) Bills were passed by the Senate today as fol lows: H. B. 32. by Kay For flat salaries for state officer. S. B. 140. by Kuykondall For expenditure of proceeds xf convict labor on public roads. S. B. 265, by Booth To amend chapter or Grant3 Pass. H. B. 31, by McLeod For uniform eighth grade examinations'. 3. B. 17. by Tuttle To appropriate- $5000 Tor patrol launch for the Master Fish Warden. S. B. 141. by Smith For the appointment of bee Inspectors. S. B. 194. by McDonald To authorize Coun ty Courts to sell certain real estate. 8. B. 200, by Croisan Fixing salaries at Soldiers Home. S. B. 208. by Coshow Amending -charter of Roseburg. S. B. 214. by Carter Requiring employes of the state to account for public property sold by them. B. 225. by Rand Relating to descent or property of decedents. S. B. 230, by Malarkey Summons in Justice Court to be answered within seven days after service S. B. 232, by Pierce Salaries of County, Assessors. S. B. 243, by Croiaan The state to re linquish Its Interest in the Couch-street sewer. S. B. 246, by Carter To regulate construc tion of barbed wire fences in "Western Oregon. Routine Work of the House. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) The House was called to order by Speaker Mills at 10:20 A. M. H. J. R. S, by Richie, to publish 2300 copies of the stock laws, was adopted. H. C. R. 27, by Smith of Josephine, to name Mt. Pitt am AicLOUgnun, was adopted. S. J. R. 7, by Malarkey, requesting Ore gon delegation In Congress to support measures recommended by President Roosevelt relating to freight rates as em bodied in the Hepburn bill, was adopted. S. C. R. 18, by Brownell, for joint com mittee of five to Investigate charges of L. H. McMahon against the penitentiary and charges against other state Institu tions, was adopted. H. B. 149, by Smith of Josephine, to cre ate a Railroad Commission, was adverse ly reported and made special order for Monday. H. B. 302, by "West, to empower munici pal corporations to condemn waterworks and systems, failed to pass; noes, 52; ab sent, S, Bills Rr.ported Favorably. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) The following Important House bills were to day favorably reported to the House: H. B. 128, by Gray To make gambling i felony. H. B. 298 (substitute), by Richie To forbid tale of cigarettes to minors. The following Senate bills today were reported favorably In the House: S. B. 40, by Smith To establieh county and municipal boards of health. S. B. 83, by Laycock To amend code denning the boundary of Grant County. S. B. S7. by Malarkey To authorize Secre tary of State to report corporations falling to pay license fee. S. B. 125, by Pierce To provide for com pulsory education. S. B. 183. by Coke To authorise Coos County Court to appropriate $3000 for exhibit at Lewla and Clark Fair. S. B. 68, by Nottingham To prevent ale of adulterated oil. S. B. 72, by Wright (by request) To regu late practice of optometry. S. B. 82, by Kuykendall To protect oysters planted by the State- Biologist. S. B. 120, by Malarkey To prevent and punish fraud upon travelers. S. B. 187. by Crotean To prevent ewlne running at large In Marion County. Bills Postponed in the House. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) The following-bills wore Indefinitely postponed In the House today: H. B. 277. by Sits To amend coda relating to change oC venue. H. B. 140, by Hermann To protect coal miners. H. B. 229. by Graham To provide for publi cation of laws. VL B. 218, by Colwcll To amend coda relat ing to Assessore. H. B. 141, by West To amend code relating to sale of land for taxes. H. B. 255. by Graham To establish state board of embalming. S. B. 150, by Bowerman To amend code re. latlng to reviewing a' Judgment of decree. H. B. 191. by Smith of Josephine To pro hibit railroads from mining. H. B. 212, by Carender To fix boundary be tween Linn and Lane Counties. H. B. 5, by Bingham To re-establish the northern boundary line of Lo.no County. H. B. 321, by Munkers To provide for pro tection of game. H. B. 278. by Sitx Relating to dltablllty Of Judge to act. H. B. 287. by Smith of Bafcer To exempt mining corporations from corporation tax. H. B. 181, by Von dcr Hellen To amend fishing laws. Bills Killed by the Senate. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Bills were killed In the Senate today as fol lows: S. B. 12. by Booth To establish a bureau of mines. S. B. 18. by TVhealdon To establish a bureau of mines. S. B. IP, by Smith Denning duties of Boad Supervisors. S. B. 42, by Smith For construction of per manent roads. S. B. 64. by Sichel To license architects S. B. 85, by McDonald Prescribing manner of levying rpad taxes. S. B. lSl.'by Tuttle Appropriating 58000 for Lewis and Clark memorial tablets. S. B. 136. by Brownell For a bureau of mines. S. B. 157, by Coshow Regulating use of water for Irrigation. S. B. 239, by Brownell Initiative and refer endum for cities. S. B. 248. by Brownell Regulating Instruc tlon to Juries. Many "Sweated" Gold Coins. EVERETT. "Wash.. Feb. 9. In the past week Everett banks have detected a quan tity of mutilated gold coins. The rough edge from the coins seems to have been removed and new edges put on, making them smaller. One saloonkeeper ottered half a dozen mutilated $20 gold pieces for deposit at the First National Bank today. From 51-60 to 52-50 had been taken from ,the twenties. 51 from tho lens and 50 to 80 cents from the fives. Aberdeen Wants Carnegie Library. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 9. (Special.) A movement is on foot to sccuro a Car negie library-for this-city.--The people will donate the site. VOTE FOR FIAT SALARIES SENATE PASSES KAY BILL WITH AMENDMENTS. Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney-General Are Affected. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) Kay's flat-salary bill passed the Senate today with only four dissenting votes, the nega tive votes being by Brownell, Haines, Rand and SIchel, who declared their un willingness to support a measure which they believe to be plainly In contraven tion of theconstitution. President Kuy kendall, wo two years ago refused to vote for a similar bill on constitutional grounds voted In the affirmative today, saying that he has not changed his opin ion, but Is willing to pass the constitu tional question up to the Supreme Court. The bill as passed by the Senate will go Into effect in January, 1907, at the ex piration of the terms of office of present Incumbents. It fixes salaries as follows: Governor, $5000; Secretary of State, $4500; State Treasurer. 54500; Attorney-General, $3000. As It passed the House, the bill provided that the new salary schedule should go Into effect at once as to all officers ex cept the Secretary of State and State Treasurer, thus increaslnc the emolu ments of the Governor-and Attorney-Gen oral, but not reducing those of the Sec retary and Treasurer. The judiciary com mittee cut this provision out of the bill. so as to make the raises and reductions go into effect at the same time. The bill was also amended so as to cut out ref erence to the Supreme Judges, who now receive 54500 each, and were to receive the same sums under the new law. The present fees and perquisites have been defended upon the ground that the sums paid are not for services In pursu ance of the duties of the several offices, For example, the Governor receives a stipulated salary for his services as Gov ernor, and also receives a salary as a member of the board of trustees of the State Insane Asylum. This latter compen sation. Is Hot something received by him by virtue of his office as Governor, for the constitution does not require him to sorve on any of these boards for which he Is being paid. The Secretary of State receives certain fees as Insurance Com mlssloner. not by virtue of his office as Secretary of State. The State Treasurer receives, compensation for serving on cer tain boards, which service is In no way related to his office as Stata Treasurer. It is by requiring the state officers to perform duties not connected with their offices that the salaries have beea raised in tho past. Senator Malarkey today reminded the members of the Senate of their party plat forms on the salary question, asserted that the salaries fixed by the constitu tion are merely minimum amounts and can he changed by the Legislature, and said that even If members do believe this Is In violation of the constitution, they might. In view of the fact that they are violating the constitution every day, pass this bill In the interests of the taxpayers Senator Haines said that he is not a lawyer, but that he understands the Eng lish language, and when he Teads that the Governor "shall receive a certain sum, the constitution means exactly what It says. Senator Rand expressed a sim ilar view. The vote was: Ayes Avery. Boothj Bowerman, Carter. Coc, Coke, Coshow, Crolsan, Farrar. Hob son. Hod son," Holman, Laycock, Loughary. Malarkey, McDonald, Miller. Nottingham. Pierce. Smith, Tuttle, Whealdon, Wright, President Kuyken dall 24. Noes Brownell, Haines, Rand, SIchel 1. Anient Howe. Mays 2. Senator Hobson introduced a bill today to prohibit the public exhibition of per sons who are hypnotized or who arc rep resented to be under hypnotic Influence. WATER-WORKS BILL LAID OUT Even, the Introducer Helps When Eyes Are Jpened. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) A joker was discovered in a bill of Rsprc- sontative West in the House today, and the measure died. Joker and all, "West himself 'putting in one of Uic death blows. He said he did 'not know when he introduced the measure that it was loaded. The bill authored municipal corpora tions to condemn water works and ys- toms and was Intended primarily to aid the town of Tillamook In its effort to SO' cure a municipal water system. xne joker was In a provision requiring con demnations to be paid for with sums of money "not less than the actual cost of such entire water system or water works. including all sums paid for lands, build' Ings. tools and machinery cqnnected therewith." Hudson. "Josephine" Smith and Vawte! scented in the bill a design to unload on some municipality a worn-out water system at its actual cost and all the members of tho House present 52 of them voted against the bill. Including West himself. The bill came from W. H. Cooper, manager of the Water Company at Tillamook. The salary of the County Clerk of Mult nomah County is to bo increased from 52400 a year to 53000 by the bill Introduced today by Muir of Multnomah. Tho change will not take effect until the end of th present Incumbent s term, July 1, IPOS. Nowell of Washington this afternoon in troduced a House bill which is a practical duplicate of the bill of Settlemelr of Ma rlon, abolishing the State Fair in Salem for 1903. So much pressure was brought to bear upon Mr. Settlemelr by Marlon County people that he withdrew his bill. and now Newell has put It up to the House again. The plan Is to use tho money -which would be expended on the State Fair upon the Lewis and Clark Ex position at Portland. Gray's bill making gambling a felony was favorably reported to the House to day by the House committee on health and public morals, of which Calvort of Linn is chairman. Not only the persons conducting almost every known gambling game or device, but f tooee otralns thc building in which the offenso Is com mitted, are liable to Imprisonment from one to three years in tne penitentiary. Players are not mentioned. The bill was introduced January 17, and went to tho committee on cities and towns, of which Jaggcr. of Clackamas, 13 chairman. Yesterday it was taken from this committee and put into thvhands or thc public morals committee. Tho report recommending Its passage was forthcom ing today. Vawtcr's bill appropriating J2O0O for cot tages at the Soldiers Home at Roseburg araK nassed todav in a peculiar manner. Thc bill was referred to the House ways and means committee, of which'Vawter is chairman. The- majority made no rec ommendation wjiatever, but the minority, consisting of Mr. Vawter, recommended that the bill pass. The minority report was adopted, and there was little- opposi tion to the passage of the bill. The money will bo used to build cottages so that the soldiers wives may live with them, instead of being compelled to live in separate institutions, as roost do at present. TV. ahnlteh Vin nfllno rt T?nmin3r nf T.lnn County and bestow its duties on aVDeputy County Clerk, who shall receive V month. Representative Munkers Intro duced a bill this morning. The act is" not to take effect until July, 1505. To relieve Supreme Court Judges from the labor of rendering written opinions In unimportant cases, McLeod of Union Introduced a bill In tho House today. The measure provides that written opinions shall be prepared only in criminal cases and in those of public Interest. In order that the owner of. land on which any treasure-trove Is discovered shall be entitled to custody of the same until it is disposed of according to law. Representative Donnelly Introduced a bill this morning. For investigation of L. II. McMa.- hon's charges against the Penitentiary and of similar charges against other state institutions. Senator Brownell s resolution was adopted by the House The charges grow out of the system of officers keeping their families at the institutions at the state's expense. To continue the present convict labor system a bill was Introduced in the House. this morning by the committee on ways and means, authorizing the Governor to enter into new contracts for selling the labor of the prison inmates at not less than 35 cents per day, which Is the rate in the present contract with the stove- making company. The present contract will expire July 29 of this year. The new contract is not to continue for longer than ten years, and the revenue thereof Is to be paid Into tho general fund of the state. Instead of Into what Is now known as tho penitentiary betterment fund. Tho bill provides that the Inmates of tne pen itentiary shall be employed inside the pen itcntlary yards. The ways and means committee are un willing to put on the state at this time the expense of creating a plant wherein convicts may be employed. In such man ner as to take them out of competition with free labor, and deems the proposal to employ them on roads as impractical Labor unions In Portland have been de manding a change from the present sys tem. To perpetuate the Forestry building of the Lewis and Clark Fair by transferring it from the state to the City of Portland. and to set aside 55000 of the Fair fund for entertainment of guests and visitors at the Fair In behalf of the state, the House ways and means committee today Intro duced a bill. The measure provides that the Lewis and Clark Commission shall give over to tho City of Portland the Forestry building, in case the city shall secure at least one acre of ground or more on which said building Is now sit uated, and shall maintain and take care of said building by repairs and otherwise as a permanent exhibit of the forestry of the State of Oregon. In case the city should not secure the necessary ground the Oregon Historical Society may do so, or the Oregon Pioneers or the Oregon Grangers or any other pub 11c society within the state, and thhreby receive the building. "Josephine" Smith turned the crank of his prolific bill generator again this morn Ing In the House and ground out a docu ment which would prohibit hypnotic ex hibitions, should it run the gauntlet In both houses and melt down the Gover nor's veto propensity. The penalties named range from 5100 to $500 fine or from one to six months' imprisonment, or both fine and imprisonment. The second warden of the penitentiary hereafter will receive a salary of 51200 a year. Instead of 5S00, for Senator Crolsan s bill raising the compensation passed the House this morning and undoubtedly will be approved by the Governor. The Mult nomah delegation in the House lined up almost solidly against the bill, ' but it went through safely; iyes, 41; noes, 10. That the authority of guardians to sell real estate by private sale may bo con firmed and made sure, a bill of Senator Coshow's passed the House this morning by a unanimous vote. For the protection of hotelkeepers aralnst dead beats, a bill of Senator Booth's went through the House this morning against but two votes. The bill provides that any person who shall sur reptitiously remove his baggage Irom hotel without first paying his bill shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, pun ishable by tine of not less than 520 nor. more than 5100, or be Imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than 50, or be both fined and Imprisoned. "It shall be presumptive evidence of in tention to defraud," runs the bill, if any person putting up at a hotel and being un able to pay reasonable charges shall have failed to disclose "his Inability to pay and satisfy the same on demand." Senator Holman's bill to establish juve nile courts and to regulate control of neg lected, delinquent and dependent children, passed the House this morning unani mously. Tho measure applies only to Mult nomah County and affects children under 16 years of age. The court is to bo pre sided over by one of the Circuit Judges in Multnomah. When Sonator Tuttle's bill to protect young sturgeon camo up In the House this morning Kay of Marlon jumped on it with both feet and had it sent back to the committee on fisheries, with instruc tions to eliminate the clause giving to District Attorneys and the Fish Warden each one-third of the fines imposed for violations of the proposed act. Kay de clared that District Attorneys should re ceive no fees in addition to their regular salary of J3000 for performing the duties of their offices, nor the Fish Warden, either. Mayger, chairman of the com mittee on fisheries, took the same view. The House today adopted a concur rent resolution to change the namo of Mount Pitt to Mount McLoughlln. Tho resolution was introduced by Represen tative Smith. A bill to create a state hoard of em balming examiners was indefinitely postponed in the House today. HOW BAILEY WILL FIX THOMAS Portland Contractor to Substantiate Story of Graft Against Him. SALEM. Or.. FehT 9. (Special.) Repre sentative Bailey, who Is leading the fight for the appointment of Senator Holman and Representative Crang to the Port of Portland Commission, declared lonight that tho Governor will not veto the bllT makins thc two appointments. for the reason that his excellency will not be able to adduce any reasonable cause for doing so. Bailey was In communication today with J. B. Bridges, a contractor of Port land, who promised to come up to the Capitol tomorrow and put Thomas in hole in the matter of thc graft stories that have been- told against Thomas. Bailey says ho la assured by Bridges that the story of Thomas having accepted tho J500 from Robert Wakefield can be sub stantiated. This, says Bailey, will put Thomas on the shelf and Chamberlain cannot afford to hold him on the Com I mission. As to Captain Spencer's- place on thc board. Bailey says that is vacant, be cause when Spencer was re-elected to thc board some time ago by the other mem bers, after he had lost his seat for fall ure to attend the meetings of the board for more than 0 successive days, his re appointment was to last only "until thc Legislature should elect his successor. The law says that vacancies arising on the commission shall be filled by tho re maining members by election until the next Legislative session, when the va- I oltoll ki flltod hv fVin T .aetata tlivo I Thomas went back to Portland tonight a but -Spencer Is still here. LEASE OF CONVICT LABOR SENATE BELIEVES THE INCOME SHOULD BE USED ON ROADS. -v Smelling Committee at the Peniten tiary Finds Its Affairs in a Very Satisfactory Condition. SALEM. Or., Feb. 0. (Special.) That this Legislature will not discon tinue the present policy of leasing con vict labor Is definitely settled. The Governor in his message expressed the opinion that it would not be practical to employ convicts on the public roads. and tho Senate today passed a bill re citing the demand for the employment of prisoners on the highways and re quiring that the proceeds of convict labor In the prison foundry shall be expended in permanent roadbulldlng near the state Institutions. That branch of the Legislature Is therefore on rec ord in favor of the continuance of the leasing system. "No criticism to offer, is the sub stance of the report of the Joint com mittee upon the investigation of the Penitentiary.' The committee was com posed of Senators Crolsan and Miller and Representatives von der Hellen, Hudson and Sltz. The report says tho books and accounts were fqund cor rect, and continues: By re aeon of unexpected demands for mer chandlse and articles of consumption. It Is ap parent that there Is considerable buying In the open market, which adds to the expendi tures of the institution to a certain extent. Wo would recommend that the officers of the institution make their semiannual or quarterly estimates In advance as full and complete as possible, looking to all probable exlgencle. so that when contracts are let under competitive bidding these contracts will embrace-everything needed for the specified term as nearly as pos sible, thus avoiding the open-market prices. The health of the institution is good, the at mosphere of the interior Is wholesome, the dis cipline appears to be excellent and the officers say that very little punishment of prisoners la necessary. Harmony and good understanding prevail amoas the officers, and we find no op portunity for unfavorable criticism of the gen eral management. The food served to the prisoners is clean. wholesome and of generous quantity, and the manner of serving It in a large dining-hall ap peals to the observer as being much more humane than the old system of feeding them in their cells. We do not desire to recommend any partic ular system of employment for the prisoners, leaving that to the wlsJom of this assembly. but whatever lines may bo followed should be such as will keep, all the available men em ployed every working day. We find that noth Ing tends so much to. tho discontent, the nervousness, the dangerous plotting and the violation of discipline among convicts as Idle neas. Even a few Idle days or a close repett tlon of legal holidays, has a bad effect upon them, and some kind of manual labor is an absolute necessity to tho well-being of the men as well as of the Institution. The result of comparison of the books and accounts verifies the financial statement con talned In the report of the Penitentiary, which has been printed and placed upon the desks of members, embracing the period to the SOth of last September. Extending the examination to the 31st of December. -1004, the financial statement covering the years 1003 and 1004 is hereto appended. PROTECTION OF WILD GAME Southern and Eastern Oregon Are Af fected by Pierce's Bills. .SALEM. Or., Feb. . (Special.) Two- game bills from Senator Pierce, of Union, were passed by the House this morning. One bill provides that the close season for ducks, geese and similar birds, ex cept In Jackson and Klamath Counties. shall extend from March. 1 to September 1. In these counties tho close season shall be from January 1 to September 15. Fifty birds in one week or 25 birds In one day is the prescribed limit for one hunter. Wild geese are not to bo dis turbed In their resting places along the Columbia River. In Coos County the closed season shall extend from February 1 to August 1. It is probable that the bill will be re considered that Josephine County may be Included with Jackson. The close season In Lake County is to be from April 15 to August 15. Pierce's other bill applies only cast of the Cascade Mountains. It prohibits tho killing of native pheasants, sage hens and grouse between December 1 and August 15. No quail may be killed between the second .Saturday of Septombcr and tho third Tuesday of the same month tho same year, it being stated to the com mittee that quail wero almost extermi nated east of the Cascades. This also applies to Chinese pheasants, which are not to be killed for five years after the passage of the act FOR AMATEUR HORSE DOCTORS License to Be Obtained on Petition of Stockmen. SALEM, Or., Feb.. 9. (Special.) For regulation of veterinary practice the House today passed Senator Smith's bill against two noes Richie of Marion and Munkers of Linn. The bill alms at Im provement of the present law so that any person "who has good, practical knowl edge of the treatment of the ordinary diseases common to animals shall be granted a permit to practice "in any lo cality remote from a duly licensed veter inary .surgeon" on petition of "15 reputa- olc stockmen residing In sucn locality. The law is further amended so as to allow any person to practice on an animal belonging to himself and to render gra tuitous service to a friend's animals. No permit, however. Is to be granted where duly licensed veterinary surgeon re sides. Tho fee for each permit Is to bo So. All persons practicing veterinary medicine or surgery at the time of pass age of 'the act are to be entitled to license without examination. FARMERS EXEMPT FROM TAX Other Hunters to Be Taxed 51 a Year on Each Gun. SAoEM. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) The Joint committee on game has agrctvl upon a hunters' license bill, which hcquires the payment of a license fee of $1 per year for each gun. but provides that tho act shall not apply to men or their families hunting upon their own land. The bill was Introduced in the Senate today and It is understood, will bo passed by that body tomorrow morning. The hunters' license bill, introduced early in the session, was defeated In the House because It was considered unfair to the farming class. Many farmers' families have several guns, and It was thought unfair to charge them $1 apieco for the privilege of shooting the pheas ants that feed in their gralnflclds. This bill, permitting a man and his family to shoot on his own land without a license. removes the objection. HARD SLAP BY THE MACHINE Dairy Commissioner Bailey in Danger of Reduction of Salary. SALEM. Or,. Feb. 5. (Special.) Food and Dairy Commissioner Bailey says a trlck'was played on him by the" Portland machine In a bill which passed the House yeitexday, when Represen- tatlvo Capron slyly put in an amend ment cutting down Bailey s salary from 52500 to 51S00. Capron dm tne little job yesterday afternoon, just before the bill went to passage by persuading Sltz, chairman of the com mittee on food and dairy-products, to make tho cut. Gray and Newell, the other members of the committee, did not know the change had been made. Today when Bailey sought from Cap ron the reason for the cut In the sal ary, Capron responded that the Gov ernor would have vetoed the measure had not the reduction been made. Bailey at onco hied to the Governor, who denied that he had made any such threat. Bailey's friends In the Senate arc at work and will- seek to have tne $2500 restored in that body. Indica tions arc that there may be a line-up of forces similar to that on the Cas cade County and Port of Portland bill3. The political organization of Multnomah County vainly sought the defeat of Bailey for renominatlon in the last stato convention. THE DAY'S WORK IN THE SENATE President Kuykendall Calls to Order at an Early Hour. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) The Senate was called to order at 10 A. M. by President Kuykendall. S. C. R. 26. by Haines, for a joint com mittee to fix the time and compensation of clerks on joint committees was adopted. S. R. 7, by SIchel. for a committee of three to fix the compensation of Senators and Senate clerks, was adopted. S. B. 126. by Nottingham, to prohibit use oi side doors to saloons, was de feated. S. B. 00, by Miller, to prohibit contract ing of convict labor, was indefinitely post poned. S. J. M. 6. by Sichel, for a pure-food law, was adopted. The President appointed Senators Sichel. Rand and Pierce on the commit tee to report the mileage and per diem of Senators and clerks. New Bills in the Senate. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) Bills were introduced In the Senate today as follows: S. B. 285. by Booth To amend the charter of Grant's Pass. S. B. 26G. by Hobson To prohibit the ex hibition of hypnotized subjects. S. B. 2CT, by Malarkey To prohibit sale of liquor to minor females. S. B. 2GS, by Hobson To fix the salary of the Treasurer of Marlon County. S. B. 2K). by Coke To license hunters. Bills Passed by the House. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) - Bills passed the House today as fol lows: S. B. 55, by Pierce To amend code protect ing wild fowls: 35 ayes. Ill noes. B. 2u, by Pierce To amend code relat ing to game east of Cascade Mountains; 53 aye s.l no, S absent. S. B. iu, by Holman To regulate treat ment and control of dependent and neglected children (Juvenile court bill): 34 ayes, 6 absent. S. B. 123, by Coshow To authorize pri vate sale of real property by guardians: 55 ayes, 5 absent. B. 45. by Smith To amend code regu lating practice of veterinary medicine or surgery; 51 ayes; 2 noes, 7 absent. S. B". 127. by Crolsan To protect hotel- keepers; 50 ayes, 2 noes, S absent. S. B. 103. by Crolsan To raise salary of as sistant penitentiary warden from $000 to $1200 a year; ayes 41. noes 10. H. B. 188. by Welch To protect life and property against Jnjury by stationary en gines ana Doners; iauea to pass; ayes noes 20; absent 14. New Bills in the House. SALEM, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)- New bills were introduced in the House today as follows: H. B. 261, by McLeod That Supreme Court shall prepare written opinions only in crim inal cases and decisions of public Interest. H. B. 362. by Munkers To abolish office of recorder in Linn County. H. B. 363, by ways and means committee To authorize Governor to sell convict labor for not less than 35 cents per convict. H. B. 364, by ways and means commit tee To provide for maintenance of forestry building or Lewis and Clark Fair and ap propriate ?5000 for entertainment fund. H. B. 365, by ways and means commit tee To appropriate $440,000 for state de partments. H. B. 266. by Donnelly (by request) To regulate disposal of treasurer trove. H. B. 367. by Smith of Jos-phine To pro hibit hypnotic exhibitions. H. B. 368. by Newell To abolish State Fair for 1005. II. B. 360. by Muir To Increase salary of Multnomah County Clerk. Smith's Bills on the Brink. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) Au dacity saved two of "Josephine" Smith's bills In the House today from ghost land, but only deferred their demise, for both are sure to die In the end. One was for a railroad commis sion, the other to raise tho limit of liability for death caused by the willful act or negligence f another person than the deceased from 25000 to 510,000. Both bills were adversely reported by committees, hut in the first case """ " laid on tho tabic until next woek, whun ho says it will have fewer enc rules. In the second case a minority re port came from one of the three mem bers of the committee on revision of laws. Burns of. Coos, and Smith per suaded the House to substitute the report of the minority for that of the majority, by a vote o 30 to 20. The Senate has already defeated a bill of the same kind. Ksrantsiaiffirrfiein You walk with her, you rock her, you give her sugar, you try all kinds of things! But she coughs all through the long night, just the same ! No need spending another 1 night this way. Just a dose i or two of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will soothe throat, quiet the cough, insure a good night's rest. Ask your doctor about the wisdom of your keeping this remedy in the house, ready for these night coughs of the children. Doctors have the formula. They know all about this medicine. SCada by the J. C. Arar Co.. XicwaUr Xas. Alto zaanufactorers of AYER'S WATS. VIGOR -For the hair. AYER'S PILLS -or eansUnaHM. AYE&'S SAS8AFAILLA-?9r tia bleed. NO GIRLS IN SALOONS Malarkey's Bili Makes Sale of Liquor to Them a Felony, SIDE-DOORS BEFORE SENATE Nottingham's Plan Defeated and Re considered Support for Magda len Home in Its Work of Res cue of the F-.IIen. SALEM. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) The " protection- and reclamation of girls was the subject of discussion In the Senate today, when Nottingham's bill to prohibit tho use of side doors to saloons was de feated and later reconsidered, and Malar key's bill providing for thc payment of $S1 for each wayward girl kept in a chari table institution, was passed. In the course of the discussion. Senator Malarkey Introduced a bill making it a felony for any saloonkeeper or bartender to sell liquor to a female under the age of 21 years, or to permit such female to re main In any saloon or box where liquors are sold or served. Nottingham's bill was defeated by a vote of 11 to 14. and was reconsidered by a close vote, after Malarkey'a bill to reclaim wayward girls had passed unani mously. Malarkey's bill to make it a felony to permit girls to remain in saloons or boxes was Introduced for the purpose of removing the evil aimed at by Not tingham's bill. After being reconsidered. Nottingham's bill, together with that in troduced by Malarkey, was referred to the judiciary committee, and both will be re ported tomorrow morning. Nottingham's side-door bill was the first of these mentioned to come on for hear ing. Nottingham explained that the pur pose Is to make it impossible for men to take girls Into saloons by rear or side entrances, there to accomplish their ruin. Senator Rand opposed the bill, for xhv reason that such a measure would make the principal hotels of Oregon illegal places, without accomplishing any direct good. If the desire Is to keep girls out of saloons, let a bill be drawn directly for that purpose. Senator Malarkey declared that Not tingham's bill Is not inspired by an hon est purpose to end the evil complained of. He reminded thc Senate that both he and Senator Rand had offered to support a bill making it a felony to take a woman under 21 years of age into a saloon, but Nottingham had refused to accept as a substitute a bill of the kind mentioned. He road a bill which Rand had offered Nottingham for the purpose, but which Nottingham had refused. The vote was: Ayea Bowerman, Carter, Coc. Coshow. Haines, Loughary. Miller, Nottingham. Smith. Wright, President Kuykendall 11. Noes Brownell, Coke. Crolsan. Farrar. Hob son, Hodson. Holman. Laycock. Malarkey. Mc Donald. Pierce. Band, Sichel. Tuttle 14. Absent Avery, Booth. Howe, Mays, Wheal don 5. Malarkey's bill was the next to be read and because it dealt with a sub ject somewhat related to that of Not tingham's, it revived Interest In the measure Just defeated. Senator Ma larkey said that the state appropriates money for the reformation of boys, but makes no provision for the reformation of girls. He believed that this bill proposes a good plan, for under Its pro visions institutions caring for way ward girls will receive 57 per month for each girl, a sum large enough to materially aid in their support but not large enough to lead to abuse of the state's gratuity. Ho said that the Magdalen Homo of Portland, conduct ed by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd Is the only institution that would come under the provisions of this act, since the Florence Crittenton Home, con ducting a work somewhat similar, re ceives a staled appropriation each year. The bill, he said, is so drawn that any Institution performing the work specified, regardless of religion or race, can secure the- aid provided. Senator Nottingham came to .the sup port of the bill but In doing so toM Malarkey that Ite is getting the cart before the horse. "If you would pass a bill closing the doors to these hell-holes where girls are led astray, as I wanted you to, there would be no need of this appropriation for the reclamation of wayward girls." exclaimed Nottingham, as he shook his filnger at Malarkey. Senators Booth, Rand and Coshow also made addresbes in behalf of the Malarkey bill. The bill passed without a dissenting voice. The bill Introduced by Malarkey is in substance a3 follows: If any owner or proprietor of any saUxJn or other place where intoxicating liquor is ktp' for ealo at retail or any servant or cinplove of mich owner or proprietor shall sutfer or pe j it any female under the age of 21 years tf remain in or about said saloon or any bos or room used in connection with such saloon or place in which intoxicating 'liquor Is served, or if any person shall sell or give to an female under the age of 21 years in any saloon or place wherq intoxcatlng liquor Is kept for sal retail, any intoxicating liquor. juin t person upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $1000 or b imprisoned in the county Jau not ims man , .Tlty wVlS. tta" one year, nor more than three years. the AYER'S AGUX CUSX-Fer nalaria ul im. a mr i 'win 3