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10 OF Dr. StelnerV Management Is Commended by Committee, Some Expense Unwise. WAY OF BUYING DISLIKED More Par tor rhysiclane Reoorn mffldcd That They May Main tain Own Honfi System e AeeowMs Is Extolled. STATE CAPITOL Salem. Or-.Feb. lS. (Special.) Censure and commenda tion of Dr. R. E. Lee Stelner. superin tendent of the State Inane Aylura. ara Intermlncled In the report of the spe cial legislative Investl satin commit tee. fld with the House today. The findings of the committee were not unexpected, being manifestly a compromise reached amonic the live members Jones of Clackamas, chair man: Clemena of Multnomah. Beats of Tillamook. Buckley of Gilliam and Col lins of Multnomah. The committee Indorses the purposes of the receiving ward on which work was bernn by Superintendent Stelner. but declares the money appropriated by the Legislature and used In besrln nlnir the construction of this building was intended by the Legislature for building another wins; only. The com mittee points out that the unintended use of this appropriation cannot be charred alone to Superintendent Stetn er since the plans for the proposed elaborate building were approved by the Board of Trustees of the Institution. Outlay Called Unwise. In its report the committee pro Bounces as unwise and extravagant the expenditure of IK.000 for the building of the physicians' cottages and the fur ther expenditure of more than IISOO for furnishing the same. Then It suggests that the salaries of the doctors at the lntltutlon should be Increased, that they may maintain their own homes. In this connection the committee makes the further sujrcestlon to the Legisla ture that the members of that body should ascertain first such appropria tions as are required for the several state institutions and. after making the appropriations see to It that the money so appropriated Is expended only for the purpose for which It was voted. Although the asylum farm, managed In connection with the main Institution, yields a return of about Zi per cent on the orlatnal Investment, the committee declares that If placed In the hands of a competent farmer Its earnings would be Increased. Purchase Method Condemned. Some criticism la made of the prac tice of purchasing In the open marekt supplies for this Institution, aa;regat ing about 1.0 annually. Under a different method, suggests the commit tee, a saving of at least 19 per cent could be effected to the state. The committee, however, makes do recom mendation as to what system should be substituted for the one now followed. While a larger number of employes Is maintained at the Institution than under the former administration, the committee finds that aa a result the unfortunate patients are accorded more humane treatment. In part the finding of the committee are: Care Deemed Excellent. ' "Ws are convinced after Investiga tion that the care and treatment af forded the Inmates of the hospital ara excellent. From testimony we have taken we find the Institution was considerably run down 4 from lack of the appropria tion of 1)03) at the time the present superintendent took charge, and much ere!!t la due him for Improved con ditions. The main buildings we find to be somewhat congested, but this con dition we find will be relieved by the construction of the Eastern Oregon hospital for the Insane and the new receiving ward at the asylum here. "At the Cottage Farm we find three buildings that are old and entirely lacking In fire protection and In means of erress. We find the laundry and the drying-room are directly over the pumping plant and the engine-room, so that fire originating In either laundry or drying-room, where fire Is most likely to occur, would immediately render useless the whole pumping plant. We strongly recommend bet ter fire protection at Cottage Farm. Attendants More Numerous. -We find that the relative number f attendants under the present ad ministration Is larger than under the former administration, yet ws believe this Increase to be reajooable and . proper and that It has resulted In bet ter and more humane treatment ant rare of patients. We also believe It would be better policy to pay the doc tors more salary Vnd let them maintain their own homes. -While It appeara from the state ment herewith submitted that the farm shows a profit, yet we believe wlta a different management It could show a far greater profit, by which ws mean that the employment of the num ber of employes now used on the Asy lum farm with work done by Inmates ought to result in greater gain to the state If the farm were under the control of a competent farmer. -We find that under the system of purchasing at this Institution there ara purchases made annually on the open market In the sum of approximately IM.0UX some of which are at prices higher, by ZO per cent, than those at which the articles could ba purchased under a different method. Warmth Not Sufficient. Wa find that by the 11th biennial report of the board of trustees and the superintendent of this Institution, on page 11. It was estimated that $300 would be required for asbestos for heating system and an appropriation was asked for this purposs and granted by the Legislature of 1)0). but no money wsa used for said purpose and we find that the Inmates, numbering about x in wards U and M. are un comfortable because of the low tem perature, which on the day of the com mutes s visit was i degrees '-. and from sworn testimony of witnesses w find that the temperature cannot bs raised above (9 degrees T. -We also find on said page SI of said report aa estimate of f:0.7 re quired for open courts la wards 11, 11. 14 and IS. The Legislature of 1 appropriated this money for this pur pose but we find it was not expended as requested and expected. -We also find on said page 31 of said report an estimate made of tsooe for aa amusement hall of concrete and brick. The Legislature of 101 ap propriated money for thia purpose. Ws now Bad that 11141.41 has been ex ' pended on the amusement hall and HEAD ASYLUM PRAISED REBUKED that a further appropriation Is now re quired for Its completion. . Expense) Called Extravagant. Wa find that something Uke fit. 00 was expended In building and fur nishing two physicians' cottages at the asylum. This amount we find to be ex travagant and In the furnishing of these cottages we find that K&TO.lt of the maintenance fund was used. This your committee believes to be unwise. "We would suggest that In the mat ter of these appropriations the Legis lature should first determine the amounta necessary for the several Items for which money la appropriated and then make appropriations for par ticular sums of money for speclflo Items. We have carefully Inspected the new receiving ward and find It to ba a well-built, modern, thoroughly fire proof building and -well equipped for the purposes for which It was intended, which is for the receiving of new pa tlenta and treating the same, keeping; them from being thrown Into the com pany of chronlo Insane until they are pronounced Incurable. There Is no question In our opinion that the results Vlll bs of great beneflt to the unfor tunates who will hereafter be sent to this Institution, and In no sense do we want It to be construed that we wish to criticise the purpose for which It waa Intended. Account Bye-tern Praised. "But Inasmuch aa the superintendent came before the Legislature In 10 and requested I12S.000 for building a oew receiving ward and hydrothera peutlc plant and the Legislature did appropriate $100,000 for this purpose, we feel that It was not the desire or purpose of the Legislature that the money appropriated should be expend ed In a. building of this character and cost, which, in its present condition, without further expenditure of money, would be practically useless for the purpose for which It was intended, and that the Legislature of 10 expected the money appropriated would be used to build a complete building. And It la the opinion of your committee that a less slaborate building would have served the purpose, but In Justice to the superintendent we wish to call at tention to tho fact that the plans for the building were submitted to and ap proved by the board of trustees. "We are pleased to report that the system of bookkeeping accounts and the records of the institution are In excellent condition and the system of bookkeeping particularly commendable." HOrSE WOULD AID STUDENTS Approval Pat on Plan to Reimburse Borne With Travel Expenses. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb.lt. (Special.) Senator Nottingham's bill, providing that students attending the Monmouth Normal shall be reimbursed their travel pay from their homes to the institution and return, passed the House today with only a few dissent ing votes. Buchanan end Peterson, in speaking for the measure, said It was In keeping with the announced wishes of the people of the state to maintain only one normal school and proposed a method by which the advantages of the school might be enjoyed by those wishing to attsnd although residing In remote sections of the state. The bill provides that the actual ex pense of traveling In order to reach the Institution shall be paid to all stu dents residing 100 miles or more from the school. These expenses are to be paid out of the fund created by the people of the state last November when they voted a special standing tax of one-tenth of 1 mill for the mainte nance of the Monmouth Institution. PEOPLE'S WISHES BLOCKED Senate Passes BUI Repealing Initia tive Fish Measure. STATU CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 11. (Special.) With but little argument the Senate today passed the Pelrce bill repealing the Initiative bill closing Rogue Kiver against commercial fish ing. Chase spoke briefly In favor of repealing the people's measure, declar ing that It Is plain an Injustice has been done. Von der ltellen protested against the measure on behalf of his constituents, voting on the bill was aa follows: Yeas Abraham. Barrett of Umatilla. Barrett of Washington. Bowerman, Burgess, Calkins. Carson. Chase. Haw ley, llosklns. Locke, Merryman. Norton. Nottingham. Oliver. Parrlsh. Patton. Slnnott 1. Nays Albee, Bean. Joseph. Dlmlck, Kellaher. Lester, Malarkey. McColloch, Miller. Von der Ilellen. Wood. Selling II. E LAW PASSED AT SALEM SATIS FACTORY to growers; Slse Is Adapted to Apple Pack That Has Made Oregon Product Famout Everywhere. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. IS. (Special.) "This standard apple box pre scribed In the bill that has passed the Legislature Is the standard now for FrlUsh Columbia, Washington. Idaho. Montana and Oregon." said Representa tive Westerlund. 'ntroducer of the meas ure, today. This la the box desired by the grow ers, as against the box described in the Lafean bill, which waa defeated In Con gress. The Lafoaa box la the one de sired in the Cast. These men object to our box because they say that H does not contain quits a bushel. But, as a matter of fact, our box contains as near a bushel as la feasible in making the fine apple pack that has made Oregon famous. That pack baa largely made our apple Industry the success that it la and the growers Insist on having a standard sse box which will also keep the pack up to the standard. "Oreeroi has been behind the rest of the Northwest stales In this respect and our bill now puts us on the same plane. The special box provided Is somewhat larger and may be used by the growers who prefer It. and that amendment waa perfectly satisfactory to us. as added In the Senate. Representative Westerlund said that growers had given virtually unanimous approval to the standard box. as Incor porated In the bill. Governor West has not yet determined his action as to ths Westerlund bllL Majority Vote Up to People. ' STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or, Feb. IS. (SpeclaL) Providing for a constitu tional amendment to be submitted to the voters which would require a ma jority of all votes cast to pass a con stitutional " amendment through tha Initiative and referendum, a resolution was passed today which will place such proposed amendment on the ballot at the next general election. Fire Marshal Loses. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or, Feb. lfc (Special.) Ths Hollla bill creating the etfloe of State Fire Marshal, waa killed in the Senate today. TOE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY - 10, 1911. PROMINENT Seaatera Kellaher and Slaaort. SENATE THWARTS HX OVER BAILEY Upper House Defeats Bill Rep resentatives Passed to Oust Official. GOVERNOR IS ASSAILED Abraham Denounces West for Threatening Legislature If It Did 'crt Remove Dairy Commis sioner Vote 16 to IS. ST 1TB! OAPTTHT. jalm rf- VH It Opeclal.) J. W. Bailey, Stats Dairy and Food Commissioner, will not be ousted from o flice by the present Legislature. A House, bill which provided for the abolishment of the present office of State Dairy and Food Commissioner and for the creation of the office of State Dairy and Pure Food Commissioner, failed tn the Senate this afternoon after nMitlral twA hmlra hail haen consumed in discussing Bailey and tha bill. The bill was introduced by Tnompaon. it provided that Professor Kent, of the Oregon Agricultural College, succeed Bailey. McColloch outlined the report of the last Investigating committee and was eATlAw-j4 h .Innh vhn talked nearlv an hour In defense of Bailey. Barrett of Washington also spoae in iavor m Bailey, while Albee advocated hia re moval. Abraham Raps Governor. ay. h-m twiV froiirlT In reference to the declaration of Governor West. The Governor declares that he will veto somebody's pet measure unless Bailey Is put out or omce. saiu. 'Senator Joseph has always been a staunch supporter of the administration, but now he has the courage to stand against the administration, and I say he Is more honorable than a Governor who allows such a statement to be printed in ths leading journal In Oregon and allows It to go uncontradicted. tL- r rrlnrlne cur would tho man ba who would vote against ths dictates Of nla conscience to aisnonor nis nmn merely to save one of s pet measures valued at 20.000." Following la ths vots by which the Senate decided to substitute a minority report for a majority report of the com mittee on the measure, the minority re port being favorable to the bill and a vote for It meaning that It would favor throwing Ba'ley out of office: yeas Albee. Chase, Dlmlck. Hawley, Hosklns, Kellaher. Locke. Malarkey, Mc Colloch. Miller, Pattoa. Oliver. Selling Nay Abraham. Barrett of Washing ton. Barrett of Umatilla, Bean. Bower man. Burgess. Calkfns, Carson, Joseph. Lester. Merry man. Nottingham. Parrlah, Slnnott, Von der Hellen, Wood 1. Some Defend Bailey. While the Thompson bill was before ths House, Miller of Columbia denounced it as an outrage, since It proposed legis lating out of office and at the same time naming a euccessor to a publlo official against whom nothing of a serious nature had been proved. Blgelow sa'd ths Incumbent while pos sibly not dishonest, had dona things not In keeping wltn the conduct ef an honest state official. Abrama waa the only Kepresentatlve to raise his voles in de fense of the accused official, who. he In sisted, waa not d'shonest. although sev eral years out-of-date with the require ments of such an office. The Mil passed the House by a vote of M to Is. Those voting against the bill a M- vt-la rhmhrft fThanman. Cbatten, Church. Cot tel. Eaton, Johnson. Lelnenweber. Mariner. Miller of Colum bia. Pelrce. Peterson. Reynolda Smith, Steelhammer, Button. Tlgard IS. SEXATE RIGHT, SAYS LATVTER Samuel White, Attorney for Bailey, See Justice In Step. "X am not at ail surprised at the ac tion of the State Senate In thia case." said Samuel White, attorney for J. W. Bailey, State Food and Dairy Commls alonor when Informed that the Upper 5: V '- "ity: tU -. 1 .v vov 1 s , 1 . ! - - - t l I .1 l j- - s ,..:'. f V--; . i . V- ... -i- . t f m is k T'. - - i atari is. "aciat a. ..-a-" . FIGURES SNAPPED ON CAPITOL y j ... - '4a, ' , sf. hi ; - .fc. -- "V; If; ' - ; ' h ' (I y 's : i : S k ' ' !:- :- v v I 4 - i-;:Vi.: 'S' 1 gs r. . v. B a B taXZLR W. F. Drager, Chief Clerk of tha House. House had refused to abolish the of rin now held bv Bailer and ratify the creation of a new office. "I do not see how they oould do anything else con aclentlously. There la nothing in any of the testimony adduced at any of the inquiries which would Indicate any thing illegal or malfeasance in office on the part of Mr. Bailey. This howl raised against Mr. Bailey was made by prejudiced persons, who brought charges which they were unable to substantiate. The Multnomah County a (.,. invatla-ated and found nothing tangible on which to act, and no report, as far as t. Know, nas om made tn whioh my client Is found guilty of the oharges. I believe the action of the Senate la based on testi mony submlttsd In the hearing of the chargea against Commlsslonsr Bailey." EXTRAVAGANCE IS CHARGED Albee, Defending; Committee, Says Legislature Made Increases. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or Feb. IS. (Special.) Reflections on the lack of economy of tha ways and meana com mittee were oaet by Senator Notting ham today when a bill approprlatlns; 1 10.000 for a Southern Oregon experi ment station was recommended. "It seems to me the ways and means committee was organised this session In such a manner as to be anything but economical." said Nottingham. "The Legislature haa been raiding the treas ury and it Is time to call a halt." Albee, chairman of the waya and means committee,' resented Notting ham's remarks, declaring that the ways and means committee iad seen nearly svery one of its recommendations In creased by the Legislature, and said that Nottingham had urged most of ths Increases In ths Senate and had stood for nearly all of the approprla. tlons In the ways and means committee. The bill was finally passed. HOLL1S SURRENDERS STAMPS Legislator Refuses to Carry Surplus of Allowance Home.' STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or- Feb. 18. (Special.) Representative Hollla of Washington today gave unmistakable evidence of consistency when he turned over to the Secretary of State's office stamps and newspaper wrappers ag gregating St in value and in return received the receipt of tnat orflclaL Throughout the session Judne Hollla carried out tha expressed wishes of his constituents and with almost unfailing record voted against all appropriation bills. In vlsw of this rscord. the Washington County Representative did not feel that he eould place himself liable to a charge of Inconsistency by carrying a few postage stsmps home with him. All Taxation Bills Die. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 18. -(Special.) All measures dealing with taxation wera killed one after another In the Senate today, owing to the creation of a committee to Investigate and frame measures for submission to the people, STEPS. 1 l Senators Leeke, Malarkey and Albee. Governor Says There Will Be No Need for Anti-Defi-. ciency Measure. STATE NOT TO BE PAUPER In Grave Emergency, Boards Will Have Power to Bay Xeeded Ma terialsIncrease of Judge's Salary Not Approved. STATE CAPITOt Salem. Or.. Feb. IS. (SpeclaL) In two of the five vetoes he sent to the Legislature today, Governor nrnmlnil that there would be no deficiencies during his term as' Governor, unless 'caused by the acts of God or me publlo enemy," as he said in one of the messagea. Tha bills were designed to prevent the occurrence of deficiencies. One of them provided Jhat the Secretary of State should not audit a claim for which an appropriation had not been made, and the other made state officials and employes financially responsible for their acta. Vetoing the first named bill, the Governor said: "Deficiencies are bad and good busi ness demands that they be not allowed but there la no demand for such radical legislation as is offered by this bill. Should it become a law and the Legisla ture at any time Intentionally or through oversight fall to provide funds sufficient for the maintenance of the several insti tutions, or should a fire destroy any of the buildings and neceeisltate repairs or reconstruction of said buildings, ths Board would ba absolutely helpless. Governor Gives Pledge. The state, in such case, would be placed in the position of a pauper debtor, who, pressed for the necessities of life, was compelled to pledge his word alone for supplies to meet his needs and to pay such prices and accept such goods and conditions ss would be handed to him. This would not be good, but bad, business, and It stamps the measure as a vicious one. "The demand for the bill grows out of the past practice of old boards in allow ing large deficiencies to accumulate at the end of each biennial period. This the present boards propose to avoid, and In behalf of these boards I promise you the affaire of this state will be so con ducted during the next biennial period as to give you no cause to wish the enact ment of this measure." Extending the thought to the second bill, the Governor said: "Inasmuch aa there are going to be no deficiencies during this administra tion, unless they be caused by acts of God or the public enemy, the pawage of euoh a bill is unnecessary and would only encumber our statute books with useless laws and further complicate our already complicated system of govern ment. 1 pledge you that the affairs of this state will be so conducted during this administration that they will stand as a Justification for thia- veto. ' Tide Land Bill Disapproved. Disapproving Chase's bill, which would have permitted ports and mu nicipalities to acquire state tldelands without cost, the Governor said: "The tide lands of this state have been In ths past, and are now, sold to a limited extent for the benefit of the common school fund, and at the prices now demanded by the State Land Board are a considerable source of revenue to tha common schools. The school children of Harney and Lake Counties now derlvs thereform equal benefits with those of Coos and Clatsop. Should this bill become a law it will result In depriving such inland counties of part of an already scanty source of school revenue. Should the several porta need any of these tide lands for purposes In connection with the improvement of their harbors. It is no mors than right that they should be required to pay for them prlcea equivalent to their market value. "The bill gives the said ports full power to lease, for an unlimited period, any and all lands thus acquired. This is a power which could easily be abused and la one of the most objectionable features of the bill. "Furthermore, the status of ths tide lands is now being fully thrashed out In the courts of this state and the ques tion which will be decided U -whether ECONOMY PLEDGE GIVEN . IN VETOES . BT1 h KOlri OT dlSDOSSd of. as other lands of the state, or must be held In trust for -the people." Judge's Salary Not Increased. Tha Governor refera to ths people's veto of another salary bill in his mes sage of disapproval of Thompson's bill to Increase tne salary or judge a.enij L. Benson $1000 a year. He says: "At the last general election the peo ple of this state were, asked to express their senu meni upon lueuuciuiy name measure, except that It went to the salary of the judge of the Third Judicial District. At that time they voiced their opinion by casting 13,161 votes for the increase and 71,503 against it. And on this subject, too, tfle people of the Thirteenth District were at that time heard, by a vote In Klamath Coun ty of 260 for and 833 against the in crease, and 81 for and 411 against in Lake County. - "I do not believe the people have chanted their minds on this question and L as one of them, am of the opinion 1 tnat an annual satary juuw ,9 .u m -mensurate with the services rendered by the Circuit Judge of the Thirteenth District." Thompson's hill relating to convey ance of property was returned with the following comment: "The bill will open the way for fraud and may result in the confinement of sane but helpless victims In asylums by designing persons in order to deprive them of certain property rights. The bill is objectionable in that It removes that beneficial provision in the present law which permits a husband or wife of an Insane patient to sell and convey any and all real estate acquired during the continuance of such disability; and persons acquiring real estate during the confinement of the husband or wife in such an institution must await the lapse of a five-year period before be ing able to sell or dispose of the same." COUNTY ATTORNEYS NEAR LAW Senate Passes) BiH House Approved. District Prosecutors Provided, STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or Feb. 18. (SpeclaL) By a vote of 19 for to 8 against, one of the most sweeping pieces of legislation adopted this ses sion passed the Senate tonight. It was the Hollis bill providing for creation of County Attorneys, which will go in to effect if it receives the sanction of the Governor. By this bill every county in the state is given a Prosecuting Attorney, with the exception of Union and Wallowa, which were left a joint district at tha urgent request of Senator Oliver. SrCLTNOMAH TO BE DISTRICT Members of Congress Given County, and to East and West. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) Unless Governor West objects, which Is considered s only a remote possibility, Multnomah County will have one Representative in Congress under Mahoney's redistrlotlng bill, which passed the Senate today. The districts as they stand in the bill place Multnomah by herself and give districts to Eastern and Western Oregon. JUDICIAL INQUIRY PROPOSED Seven Lawyers Provided as Investi gators of Present System. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18. (SpeclaL) Plans for an investigation into the whole question of revising tho judicial system are incorporated in a bill which has passed both bouses. The bill provides that seven lawyers shall be appointed to conduct this in vestigation. Two must reside east of the Cascade Mountains. House Turns Down Carson's Bill. . STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) Amendment of the regis tration law as it exists was turned down by the House today, when It re fused to pass Senator Carson's bill re quiring County Assessors to make the registration of all voters in their re spective counties. The bill further pro vided that nonreglstered voters should be permitted to vote on the affidavit of one freeholder. Under the present law six freeholders are. required to sign such an affidavit. Gill and Belland ob jected to the bill because it might open the way to fraud. Buchanan argued that the Assessors already had all the work they could perform satis factorily without the additional duty of taking the registration. The bill exempted Multnomah County from its provisions. CHIEF CLERK EXALTED HOUSE WANTS SECRETARY'S AID TO BE OFFICIAL. Albee' Bill Authorizing Subaltern to Act In Superior's Absence Passes After Fight. STATE CAPITOI Salem, Or Feb. 18. (Special.) After McKinney and Brooke failed in repeated attempts either to se cure the indefinite postponement or - re reference of the measure to committee for amendment, tho House this after noon passed Senator Albee's bill authoris ing the chief clerk in the Secretary of State's office to act officially during the absence of the Secretary. Opponents of the bill wanted it amended to give the chief clerk a vote on the State Board. The effect of such an amendment would have been to restore the bill to the same form as the Bower man bill, which was voted. In the debate, McKinney accused Re publican members of the House support ing the bill of playing Democratic poli tics, but the accusation was hurled back at the Baker County man with the as sertion that the Republicanism of such members compared favorably with his. Buchanan alleged that the veto of tho Bowerman bill furnished evidence of a political machine. He said the only purpose of the veto was that the Demo cratic machine might retain control of the state administration, with only two members on the State Board. Eaton defended the bill as being in the best interest of the state and the con duct of its affairs and declared that the question of politics should not enter into the consideration of the merits of the bilL Pouts held that any bill making the chief clerk of the Secretary's office a member of the State Board and giving him the right to vote on that Board would be unconstitutional. In explaining his vote against the bill, Mahoney sprang something of a surprise when he announced that the letter, pur ported to have been written by Secre tary of State Benson and indorsing the Albee bilL was signed In typewriting. After an ' hour's filibustering, the bill passed by 85 to It. Honse Allow Second Assistant. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18. (SpeciaL) A second "assistant, or brief clerk In the Attorney-General's office under Buchanan's bill as it was finally agreed to, was allowed today by the two houses. The salary of this assistant, fixed at $1500 In the original bill, was reduced to $1200. It is under stood that "W. P. Lord, Jr., son of the late ex-Governor Lord, will get the position. SECRET COMPACT 5 MULTNOMAH Agreement Signed by 18 Sena tors to Block All Re apportionment. COUNTY'S LOSS EXPLAINED Upper House Postpones Joseph" Bill Indefinitely With Aid of Parties- to Plot Against State's Biggest District. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 18. (SpeciaL) "We. the undersigned members of the State Senate of the 26th regular biennial session, promise each other and mutually bind ourselves that we will vote against and oppose in every way any bill having for Its purpose the changing in any way, man ner or form of the present representa tion in this body and the House, but we will Insist upon and vote for only such bills as propose to leave the rep resentation and redistricting of the state ever as it is now." The above, signed by IS members of the Senate, spells the reason why Mult nomah County will have no larger rep resentation in the State Legislature when it meets In its next biennial ses sion and explains why, without scarce ly any friction, the Senate this after noon postponed Indefinitely the Joseph reapportionment legislation as far as this session is concerned. Pact Signers Hidden. Profound secrecy Is maintained as to the members of the Senate who signed the above binding pact to keep the rep resentation in the Legislature as it is at present- While it is evident that some of the signers ai -nen who took part In the Indefinite postponement of the Joseph bill this afternoon, the vote was not by rollcall and was so general that more than 18 aided in the indefi nite postponement- It is impossible to determine from the poll who the men are who signed the compact and who are the men who know nothing of It. Every member of the Senate has kept his Hps sealed as to this pact made more than a week ago and It was only by accident It was discovered. ' Selling's Friends Included. If is known, however, that among the signatures are those of nine men who supported Selling in his race for the Speakership and that some of the signers are among the minority party. Not a member of the Multnomah dele gation was allowed a peep on the secret, and they have all been stand ing for a larger representation In that county. The outside members are those who reached a determination to block any reapportionment bill which they be lieved might result in a materlkl de crease of representation for their re spective districts. When the Joseph reapportionment bill was before a committee of the whole this afternoon Senator Bower man moved that it be postponed In definitely. ' ' - , "It Is so late In the session and It Is evident that it will be Impossible for this session to complete a satisfactory reapportionment bill and pass it." said Bowerman. "It is useless for us to con tinue consideration of the present bill.' President's Plea Futile. President Selling objected, saying that the Senators have been derelict in their duty In not framing a bill that would be satisfactory. "I believe Multnomah County Is en titled to an increased representation," he said, "but do not stand on the ground that she should have all she Is entitled to. That would give us a third of the representation, as we pay 3 per cent of the taxes and have a third of the population, but I believe Multnomah should have an additional representation." ... The plea failed, however, and Indefi nite postponement followed. CHINESE PHEASANTS SAVED Both Houses Agreed on Extending Closed Season Until 1913. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or, Feb. 18. (SpeciaL) Important among the same laws passed at this session were bills prohibiting the killing of Chinese pheasants until the open season in the Fall of 1913. The necessity for this legislation to prevent the complete annihilation of this game bird was apparent to the legisla tors and the bills passed without sub stantial opposition in either house. Nevr Connty Creation Plan Passes. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) Among the meritorious measures passed by the Legislature was Senator Wood's bill prescribing a plan for the creation of new counties. Under Its provisions a vote of 35 per cent of the voters of the county or counties of which the proposed new county shall consist and 66 per cent of the voters of the territory forming the proposed new county are required before such a county can be legally created. In its op eration this biU will solve the question of creating new counties which has en cumbered the ballot In the general elec tions for some time. Not leas than a dozen such proposals were submitted to the voters in the election last. November and all were rejected. Bill Gives New "J. P." STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) Another Justice . of the Peace is given to Multnomah County by provisions of Fouts bill, which passed the Senate this afternoon. Great Medicine for Weak or Diseased Kidneys Terrible results often come from neglected kidneys or bladder. Pain's in the back, frequent desire to urinate, highly colored or scalding urine, rheu matic pains in the joints, dizziness, are the most common symptoms of kidney trouble. A sure -and reliable remedy shou.d be secured at once. The Wow ing formula is considered one of the best known. Get from any good drug store a half ounce package Mu.-ax com pound, half ounce fluid extract Buchu and six ounces best gin. Mix theje to gefiur and take one to two tea.jpoon fuls of the mixture after oaca meal and at bed time. The function of .the kidneys Is to separate and filter poisonous Vaste matter and uric acid from the blood. If they become weak or inactive, - these impurities are not thrown off as they should be, and consequently cause serious trouble. The above formula Suts the kidneys In proper condition to o their work properly. Adv.