Morning Oregonian., February 13, 1901, Page 4, Image 4

THE MOKNING OREGOIAN, WEDNESDAY. PEBRUABY 13, 1901.
GORBETT GAINS ONE
Black Leaves Hermann and
Comes Over to Him.
NOW HAS THIRTY-TWO VOTES
Opposition Switched to Hermann
Democrats Will Drop Smith for
Inman Apparently First Step
Along Road for Mitchell.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 12. Mr. Corbett today
received 32 votes, and is undeniably the
candidate of the Republican majority. The
opposition has from the beginning: claimed
that he was in the same boat as Mr. 11c
Brlde In that he was, they say, a minority
candidate, and that his claim that he was
supported by the majority was not cor
rect. The facts were that he was at all
times working in harmony with the Re
publican majority as represented In the
caucus, and that he was the only candi
date In this position. His actual follow
ing has been steadily. If slowly, growing:,
and It has Ions: been apparent that he
would reach 32 or more whenever he
chose to -nake special effort. The minor
ity today made a sudden attempt to head
off the Inevitable gain by voting: for Mr.
Hermann, hoping: that the combined Her
mann and McBrlde votes would outnum.
,ber Mr. Corbett's. But they were too
late. Mr. Block, who had been support
ing the Land Commissioner for 18 bal
lots, had announced his decision to vote
Sor Mr. Corbett before any McBrlde man
Was reached on the roll call. An effort
was then made. It Is said, to persuade him
to change back to Hermann, but he de
clined. He knew that the minority had
no Idea of making a genuine endeavor to
elect the man from Roseburg. Some sig
nificance was attached to the vote of
three Democrats who deserted Smith and
went to It. D. Inman. These Democrats
It is known have been restive under the
Democratic caucus rule and have all
along been anxious to break away. This
was apparently the first step along the
Toad to Mr. Mitchell. However that may
be, the Democrats tonight In caucus
dropped Senator Smith of Baker and de
cided to cast their ballots tomorrow for
Senator Inman. Senator Smith himself
suggested to the caucus that the honor of
a complimentary vote should now be giv
en to some other Democrat than hlm
Belf. The decision to stand by Mr. Inman
was unanimous, so that no Democratic
break is to be anticipated tomorrow.
The committee appointed by Chairman
"Wnltney to confer with the minority Re
publicans, made no report nor was one
demanded. The committee has, as a mat
ter of tact, done nothing, and It appears
always to have been expected that it
would do nothing.
The decision of the minority to support
Mr. Hermann was reached this morning.
6o far as can be learned tonight Her
mann will be their candidate for at least
another day. But the emergency in which
the minority is placed may require an
other change before noon tomorrow. Mr.
Corbett's friends are Jubilant and de
clare that his election is certain. They
are confident that the minority cannot
withstand the pressure from their con
stituents to vote for the candidate who
has demonstrated his superior strength,
and who is so clearly entitled to their
support.
"When eeen today Senator Sweek ac
knowledged that he had a letter from ex
Governor Pennoyer urging the Democrats
to vote for George H. Williams. The
letter says In part:
"I want to mRke a suggestion to the
Democrats of the Legislature. If they
vote with the McBrlde faction it would
be a fatal policy. If they abstain from
voting for a Republican. It would be as
fatal a policy, for such a course would
play right Into the Corbett faction's hands.
. . . Let the Democrats ignore both fac
tions, but as a party let them dictate the
Senatorship. Let them cast a solid party
vote for George H. "Williams, who belongs
to neither faction, and who is the brain
iest man of the whole lot, and they con
undoubtedly dictate the election."
The Governor submits the following as
the form of a resolution to be adopted:
"Whereas, The Republican party In Or
egon Isi entitled to the United States Sen
atorshlp, which fact the Democratic party
fully recognizes;
"Resolved, That the Democratic mem
bers of the Oregon Legislature, In order
to avoid entangling alliances with either
faction of the Republican party, and In
order to secure the selection of an able
man in the Senate, will cast its vote on
the next ballot for Hon. George H. "Will
iams for Senator."
The Governor's advice is too late. The
MoBride faction has already sought an
other c nance colt in green fields and pas
tures new.
"When Binger Hermann, Commissioner of
the General Land Ofilce, In Washington,
hears of the result at Salem today, he
may conclude that the assiduous bombard
ment of a Legislature through the medium
of dead-head telegrams is not without
its rewards. Here is a sample of a Her
mann message, received by a member of
the Legislature:
"Washington. D. C, Jan. 31, 1901. .
Salem, Or.: If situation in your Judg
ment any time justifies change of vote, I
shall ever appreciate your kind support
for myself.
"BINGER HERMANN, Commr."
The Herman telegrams have been
heard from in all parts of the state, and
it is probably a Just estimate that their
number has since January 1 ranged some
where from 600 to 1000.
Daly Poorman
Geer Proebstel
Hahn Stelwer '
Hartman Stewart
Hawkins Story
Howe Thompson, Mult
Johnson Thomson, Umatilla
Josephi Vincent
Keene Mr Speaker
For Binger Hermann, 29 votes.
Booth - Marsters
Brownell Mays
Cattanach McGreer
Colvig Merrill
DImmick Nichols
Dresser Nottingham
Eddy Porter
Emmett Roberts
Harris Smith of Marlon
Hume Smith of Lincoln
Hunt Smith of Multnomah
Kelly Talbert
Kruse Williamson
Kuykendall Mr President
Looney
For William Smith (Baker), 22 votes.
Allen Montague
Bernards Morrow
Clem Reavis
Drlscoll Bice
Grace Schumann
Hedges Shipley
Heltkemper Simpson
Holcomb Smith. H A. Mult
Ingram Sweek
Inman Wade
McAllster Whitney
For R. D. Inman, 3 votes.
Edson Watson
Orton
Absent. 2 votes. (
Hemenway "Wehrunff
Not voting. 1 vote.
Senator Smith, of Baker.
NO CHOICE IN NEBRASKA.
Republicans Again Caucused, but
Made No Progress.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 12. The Republi
can Legislative caucus to nominate two
Senators, under the call agreed to last
night, adjourned shortly before midnight
without making any substantial progress.
Eight members who are opponents of D.
E. Thompson, of Lincoln, bolted and left
the hall when his name was placed In
nomination. The members declare they
will continue to ballot in caucus until the
call on nominations are made, regardless
of the bolters. Two ballots taken tonight
did not differ materially from previous
balloting. The vote on United States
Senator today was as follows:
ROGERS BLOCKS THE DEAL
WILL NOT JOIN POLITICIANS
ANTI-RAILROAD FIGHT.
IN
Allen 50j
W. H. Thompson.. 7!
Hitchcock 23
Coffee 27
Currle .. 19
Halner 5
HInshaw 14
Rosewater 16
D. E. Thompson.. 33Kinkald 4
jaeiKiejonn sopiartm
Crounse 6Scattering 15
The first Republican Senatorial caucus
will meet tonight.
Montana Deadlock Continues.
HELENA, Mont, Feb. 12. The vote on
Senator today was:
Mantle 32Cooper 7
MacGInnlss 25Conrad 3
Frank ,...22Coburn 2
LOCATION OF COUNTY SEATS.
Senate Bill Subjected to Radical
Changes by Committee.
SALEM, Feb. 12. Senate bill No. 108, by
Brownell, to prescribe th procedure for
the location and re-location of county
eeats, has been eo radically amended by
the committee on counties, that it will
probably be the subject of a warm fight
If It shall come before the Senate for final
passage In that form.
The first section of this bill, as origi
nally framed, reads as follows:
"That whenever a petition signed by le
gal voters of any county of this etate
equal In number to five-eighths of the
number of votes cast in that county at
the next preceding general election, shall
be presented to the County Court of said
county, sitting for the transaction of
county business, said court shall forthwith
make an order and cause the same to be
entered upon Its Journal calling an elec
tion to be held by the electors of said
oounty to vote upon the location of th
county seat thereof, which election shall
be held within six months thereafter; pro
vided, that such election shall not be held
without giving at least 90 days' notice
thereof by posting notices of such election
for said purpose In the various election
precincts of said county. In the manner
of posting election notices of any general
election."
The committee amended this section so
as to change "legal voters" to "property
taxpayers," and, so as to change "five
eighths" to "three-fourths."
Section 4 originally read thus:
"At said election every qualified elector
having the right to vote in said cpunty
for county officers, shall be entitled to
vote at said election, and his qualifications
shall be determined by the general elec
tion laws of the State of Oregon."
In this section the committee changed
"qualified elector" to "property taxpay
er." These amendments were evidently pro
posed with the Idea that the taxpayers
have the greatest interest In the question
of removing a county seat, and should
alone have the power to order such re
moval. The bill has been laid on the table
for the present, and may be taken up at
any time.
Favors a Commissioner, But "Will
Not Name It in Advance Preston
Bill to Be Asaln Pushed.
OLTMPIA, "Wash,, Feb. 12. Senator
Preston, under the rules, must make his
motion to reconsider the vote by which
his Railway Commission bill was de
feated, before the final adjournment of
the Senate tomorrow, and tonight all
speculation Is centered In the question of
whether W. H. Paulhamus and George U.
Piper will be able to deliver him enough
votes to carry the motion.
Senator Davis, of Pierce County, one
of the men whom Paulhamus believed he
could deliver, served notice tonight that
he would not vote to reconsider. Every
possible effort Is now being made to se
cure the votes of Senators "Warburton, of
Pierce, and Smith, of King- It Is gen
erally believed that Senator Stewart, of
Pierce, will stand with Paulhamus. With
the votes of Warburton, Stewart and
Smith, the motion will be carried, pro
vided Preston can hold every vote he nad
the other day when the bill was defeated.
It Is evident tonight that Messrs. Piper
and Paulhamus will not be able to form
a combination with Governor Rogers and
the Democrats for the passage of the
Tolman bill. Preston and McBrlde are
willing to go Into the deal, but Governor
Rogers has blocked It. The Governor to
day made the following statement to The
Oregonlan correspondent:
"I would like to see the Tolman bill
passed. It Is a Just measure, and prop
erly administered It would bring about
great benefits. But I will make no com
bination with any set of political fac
tlonlsts whereby I will agree in Advance
to name the commission. To do so would
be to vitiate the very purposes for which
the Tolman "bill is designed. It would
render null and void eyery benefit which
the bill seeks to confer, I will not com
municate to any man living who I will
appoint on a Railroad Commission. If
a bill giving me power to appoint one
is passed, and I will not permit my office
to be used by any set of politicians to
further their own selfish motives. I
have taken my stand there, and the peor
pie of the state will sustain me In my
attitude. I want a commission bill passed
on its merits, and I am determined if one
is passed to be in a position where I can
'deal honestly and fairly both with the
railroads and with the people.
"I will say this, however; If the Tol
man bill should pass, I would talk with
the railroad people about the naming of
the representation, or minority mumber
of it. They are entitled to that consid
eration, and I would be willing to appoint
any clean man whom they might suggest.
They should have their case fairly pre
sented. At the same time, however, I
would name as one of the majority mem
bers of the commission an em'nent law
yer, who would be able to dissect and un
derstand every proposition advanced by
the railroad people. I will not bind my
self to name as the minority member any
man whom the railroads might desire, but
would exercise the right to judge of his
qualifications and fitness. Further than
that I have to say that If I am given
power to appoint the commission, I will
name two members of my own party, and
I will exercise my own Judgment In se
lecting them."
This flat statement from the Governor
made not only to The Oregonlan corres
pondent, but to every person who has ap
proached him today, sets at rest the Idea
of a Rogers-PIper-Paulhamus combina
tion, and the railroad people admit to
night that their one fear Is the possibility
of a Preston-McBrlde-PIper-Paulhamus
tie-up for the purpose of passing the
Preston bill. What the result will be no
man can tell until the votes are counted
In the Senate tomorrow.
The story printed in the Tacoma Ledger
this morning to the effect that Levi An
keny is behind Piper and Paulhamus Is
the purest fiction. Every friend Mr. An
keny has In the State Senate is lined up
solidly against the, Preston bill, and will
so be counted when their votes are cast.
Neither house of the Legislature has
been in session today, on account of its
being a legal holiday.
the Secretary of State being the auditor
of all claims that he may incur under
authority of law), la a system Hable to
abuse and certainly most unwise. The
auditor should not be permitted to make
purchases and contracts for supplies and
Incur claims against the state, and also
have authority to audit them and to Is
sue warrants In payment thereof. The
substitution of some other state officer
as a number of the several boards of
trustees and to purchase, supplies, would
correct this system. The policy of re
quiring the Secretary of State to Issue
warrants In payment of claims against
the state where no appropriation has been
made, or if made has become exhausted,
is also an unwise, one, and many abuses
may thereby creep Into the public serv
ice. "Under our laws, as they now stand and
construed by the Supreme Court, cer
tain boards and officials may, In their
discretion. Incur unlimited expenses
against the state, being unrestricted as
to the amount of expenses, either by law
or appropriation, warrants for which
must Issue that draw interest, which are
readily accepted by banks and money
loaners." The most that may be said against the
present system Is that It Is open to
abuse. That abuses of the kind Indicat
ed do not exist at present Is generally
known, and It will readily be understood
the change suggested by Secretary Dun
bar can be made most easily when no
such abuse exists.
"WILL TEST LIQUOR. CLAUSE.
Forest Grove Colleges 3Iove to Ilnvc
Saloon Question Settled.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. Feb. 12. The sa
loon question will not down. Fearful lest
the City Council would grant a license,
the trustees of Pacific University and
Tualatin Academy have decided to begin
a suit to test the validity of the forfeit
ure liquor clause In the Harry Clarke
deeds to those Institutions, The clause is
similar tc tljat contained In the deeds of
W. T. Newby, who, in the early '30s, sold
the McMlnnvIUe townsite to a Mr. Berry.
The courts ruled that as Mr, Berry had
received a cash consideration for the prop
erty he had no-further Interest In It. Pa
cific University and Tualatin Academy
wish to have the point settled as to
whether lands here would revert to them
In case liquor was sold thereon, which, as
granteest they stipulated against. The
outcome of the case is awaited with con
siderable Interest here.
Lincoln Day Exercises.
A large audience attended the lecture of
Rev. Alexander Blackburn, D. D of Port
land, on the life of Abraham Lincoln, In
Marsh Hall, here, tonight. The G. A. R.
and W. R. C. marched In a body and
occupied seats, which were reserved for
them. Miss McCobb, of Pacific University,
sang "The Star-Spangled Banner," with
violin and cornet accompaniments, the
former by Miss Annie English and the
latter by Harold MUlls. Lincoln's Gettya
burg speech was read by William Hale,
and at the close the, audience Joined In
singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
PORT OF PORTLAND BILL
MULTNOMAH DELEGATION WILL
REPORT IT FAVORABLY.
CORBETT HAS THIRTT-TWO.
FUNERAL OF CARRICIC N. HALE.
Late Secretary Washing-ton I. O. O. F.
Bnrled at Tncomn.
TACOMA, Feb. 12. With the solemr. and
impressive services of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, tho body of Carrlck
N. Hale, late Grand Secretary of the
Grand Lodge of the order for Washing
ton, was laid to rest today In Tacoma
Cemetery. There were present most of
the officers of the grand lodge, representa
tives from the Rebekah' assembly, the en
campment and nearly every subordinate
lodge In the western part of the state.
Mr. Hale's Successor.
Grand Master Cosgrove, of the I. O. O.
F., has appointed Lewis F. Hart, of Kent,
to act as grand secretary until the meet
ing of the grand lodge next June, Mr.
Hart will remove to Tacoma at once.
No Changes Made In Po-vrer of Com
missionSeven Members "Who
"Will Be Recommended.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. The Multnomah
delegation last night practically completed
consideration of Senator Smith's Port of
Portland bill, and will report It favoraby
and endeavor to secure Its early consld
eratlbn. No changes were made In the
provisions defining the powers of the com
mission, and it may Issue bonds and build
a drydock Just as contemplated by the
framers of the measure. Some discussion
arose over the treasurershlp, and an ef
fort was made to Impose that duty upon
the County Treasurer. No fault. It was
stated, was fou'hd with the present treas
urer, but It was deemed by one or two
members to be better policy to make him.
an elective officer. The motion was de
feated. Then It was suggested and earn
estly argued that the commission should
hereafter be elective by the people. It had
been proposed that the commission Itself
should fill all vacancies until the succeed
ing session of the Legislature, when they
should be elected. After a somewhat ex
tended discussion It was decided to leave
the matter to the Legislature. When It
came to selection of the commission It
was decided to make the number eeyen,
Instead of pine, as at present. The pro
posed commissioners were chosen one at
a time, as follows: Charles E. Ladd, T.
B, Wilcox. Ellis G. Hughes. Captain W.
H. Patterson. B. S. Reilly, M. C. Ban
field. Ben Selling. The name of John Mc
Craken had been placed In the original
bljl, but It was .omitted in making up
the seven. Several members protested so
warmly that the number may yet be
Increased to nine. Senator Josephi in
dorsed E. T. Williams as a most valu
able member, but Chairman Mays was the
only member who voted with him. The
objection to Mr. Williams appeared to be
chlefjy that he was too closely and active
ly identified with the political faction
which had opposed the election of the
majority of the delegation. The mem
bers, however, suggested no political qual
ification for or against any of the other
commissioners.
SENATE VOTED FOR NEW CODE.
Buy
A Majority of All Republicans in the
Lesislaure.
SAIiBM, "Or.. Feb. 12. The Mltchell-Mc-Brlde
forces today Jumped to Binger Her
mann In the Joint convention. But they
were too late to hold Representative
Black, whose name Is fifth on the joint
roll, though it precedes many of the Re
publican minority. Following Black Is
Booth, who today gave the first Indica
tion of the opposition to go for Hermann.
When the name of Representative Biack
was reached, he arose and eald:
T have for IS days been voting for one
candidate for United States Senator. It
is evident to me now that he cannot be
elected, but I think the time has come
for me to Join the majority and bring
about the election of a Senator. I now
cast my vote, with the majority of Re
publicans, for H. W. Corbett."
In delivering the late McBrlde vote for
Hermann, the minority lost Roberts, who
remained with his old allegiance George
H. Williams but they kept 8enator A.
C Smith, who yesterday led the way to
Hermann.
The salient feature of the ballot was the
fact that Mr. Corbett has passed from
SI to 32 votes, a majority of all Republican
members of. the Legislature. Another
aterestlng feature, too. was that three
Democrats voted for R. D. Inman, reduc- I
lng William Smith's total.
The vote was:
For H. W. Corbett, 32 votes,
Adams Kirk
Barrett Lamson
Black Mattoon
Brlggs McCraken
Butt Miller
Cameron Mulkey
Carter Pearce
NOT IN DIRECTORY.
Portland Home and Industrial School
for Which Aid Is Asked.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. Representative
Watson's bill for an appropriation of 41000
annually for the Home and Industrial
School for Girls of Oregon, on Third
street, near Clay, Portland, is being con
sidered "by the ways and means commit
tee. The bill states that the Institution
has been In operation for five years in
Its present location, but the city directory
does not contain the name of any such
concern. In the directory is found the
Home for Unemployed Women at 306
Third street, Mrs. Henry Coe, president,
Mrs. Emma Porter, matron. This Is prob
ably the Institution referred to under the
new title: The bill provides:
Sec 2. The first year'B appropriation
shall be for the year beginning January 1,
1901, and ending December 31, 1901, each
year thereafter being for the 12 calendar
months In the full year.
Sec. 3. The said moneys herein appropri
ated shall be paid over quarterly to the
said Home and Industrial School, and
shall be duly receipted for by the presi
dent and treasurer of said institution. The
Secretary of State is hereby authorized
and instructed to draw a warrant on the
State Treasurer at the close of each quar
ter of the year, and the State Treasurer
Is hereby authorized and Instructed to pay
the same out of the state funds, when
presented, duly Indorsed, as herein pro
vided. Sec. 4. Inasmuch as there is great need
of said funds for the use of said institu
tion, an emergency Is hereby declared to
exist, and this bill shall be in full force
and effect from and after its approval by
the Governor.
Sidelights on the Salem Situation.
Salem Capital Journal.
Mr. Flagg shows another low estimate
of personality when he speaks ofMr.
Corbett offering the Salem Press Club two
dozen bottles of ohampagne for its ban
quet. He did send the banqueters a box
of cigars, with hie compliments, but not
even that fact was announced. The club
had voted, 10 days before, to have no
liquors at Its banquet. Some of the visit
ing newspaper men talked of having wine
brought in from some of the political
headquarters, but It was not encouraged
by the banquet committee. As a matter
of fact, the Corbett headquarters have
been without wines and liquors, at the
especial request of Mr. Corbett. The young
men in charge have enjoyed the exhilarat
ing effect of soda water, cigars, piano
and vocal music The effort of Mr. Flagg
has been to picture Mr. Corbett and his
supporters as revelers, and engaging In
one continuous bacchanalian orgie. Those
who know Mr. Corbett and the gentlemen
In charge of his Tooms know that Mr.
Flagg Is the victim of a diseased Imagination.
WOULD ABOLISH SLOT MACHINES.
All Save One Senator Voted for Bill
to This Effect.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 12. The Senators
were pretty much of one opinion this
morning when Proebstel's nlckel-ln-the-slot
machine bill was put on final passage,
Senator Proebstel stated. In explaining
his measure, that it Is Intended to sup
plant the bill pasted by the last Legis
lature, the legality Df which Is very much
questioned. The merits of the measure,
he said, are well known, and he thought
It needed no argument to support It.
Hunt of Multnomah said that he con
sidered the bill so meritorious that It
could scarcely meet with opposition, but
he wished to say that a number of vic
tims of this form of gambling tiad ear
nestly requested him not only to vote In
favor of the bill, but also to urge the
necessity for Its passage. He character
ized the nickel-ln-the-slot machine as the
"most nasty, dirty, little, contemptible
device ever contrived to beat a man out
of his money, for while other forms of
gambling give the victim some show, this
device gives him none." He had been
implored by a man who cannot resist the
temptation to play the machines, to work
In favor of their abolishment, and In do
ing so he felt that was working against
the most damnable evil that now holds
place In our midst.
Kuykendall tried to get the floor next,
but Cameron caught the President's eye
first. Cameron said that he favors the
bill, not so much for the protection of
men, as for the protection of boys. If
men want to fool away their money by
playing these machines, it would be all
right with him.
Kuykendall said that Cameron had mode
his speech. He agreed with Cameron,
and said that he had no sympathy with
a mature man a man with a fun beard
who will deliberately throw away his
money as Is done by those who play these
machines.
Hunt Haven't you any sympathy for
their wives and children?
Kuykendall Yes, I have. But It is
chiefly for the sake of the boy3 that I
favor this "bill, for they are the ones that
are led astray by the machines.
When the roll was called, every mem
ber of the Senate voted "aye" until Will
iamson's name was reached. Williamson
said that he is opposed to the machines,
but believes their control should be left
to municipalities, and not be undertaken
by the state. He would therefore vote
"no."
Mrs. D. Anderson, Washington Pio
neer. Mrs. D. Anderson, of Yelm, Thurston
County, died at her home recently of can
cer of the stomach. Deceased was 64 years
of age, a native of North Carolina, and
came across the plains to the Pacific
Northwest in the early '50s. She was tne
mother of H children, eight of whom are
living: Mrs. John Longmlre, Mrs. E. N.
Paff, Mrs. L. Butsch, Mr. M. P. Thorn
ton, of Yelm; C. C. Thornton, of Ev
erett; E. E. Thornton, of Snohomish, and
Mrs. Taylor, of Yakima.
BOILER-MAKER'S GOOD LUCK.
Bonds Mine in North for Quarter of
a Million Dollars.
PORT TOWNlSEND, Wash.. Feb. 12. A
mining deal was consummated here today
of more than usual interest, owing to
the amount Involved, and that It trans
fers a man from the ranks of poverty to
affluence. Erlck Molander, a boiler-maker,
of this city, who had Invested his earn
ings In Mount Sicker, B. C, mining prop
erty by hiring claims staked for him on
extension of Tyee and Lenora claims, has
bonded his holdings to Lo'ndon and Paris
investors for J25O.000. The papers were
made out and signed today. Molander
spent last Beason at Nome, but failed to
make his fortune. He returned on the
steamer Charles Lane, and when her boil
ers gave out, and the vessel was in danger
of swamping, he repaired the boilers so
that the steamer, with S00 passengers,
reached port In safety, and for which he
was presented with $500.
Pomeroy Grants Light Franchise.
The Pomeroy Council has granted an
electric light and power franohlse for five
years to H. M. Thatcher. The city agrees
to subscribe for six arc Hghts-of 1200 cau
dle power and for 60 Incandescent lights
with a uniform 16 candle power, paying
for tho same 1100 per montji. Mr. Thatcher
will get his power from the Tukannon
Creek, In Columbia County, and transmit
it to Pomeroy, about 10 miles. Mr.
Thatcher I making preparations to BUb
mlt a proposition to the City Council
whereby he will furnish the city with
water. He contemplates flumlng Cum
mingB Creek, a tributary of the Tukan
non, in Columbia County. The flume will
be about 15 miles long and besides sup.
plying the city with water It Is his Inten
tion to furnish water with which to irri
gate the Pataha Flat and other parts of
the country used for farming purposes.
The cost of the flume Is estimated at
about $40,000.
SUBJECT FOR LEGISLATION.
Suggestion Contained In Secretary
of State's Report.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. Those members 6f
the Legislature who are looking for a
suggestion as to a proper subject for
legislation may find something worthy of
attention In the following recommenda
tion, contained in the biennial report of
Secretary of State Dunbar: N
"Our present statute, as construed by
the Supreme Court, and our system of
laws making the Secretary of State o
member of various boards of trustees
which are required to enter into con
tracts for the purchase of supplies for,
and maintenance of, nearly all of the
state institutions, also making him the
purchasing agent for incidental supplies,
paper. Legislative stationery and equip
ment; and also making him custodian of
the Capitol building (the claims Incurred
for all of these expenses' coming before
him to be audited and warrants drawn,
Quarantine Against Alaska Raised.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Feb. 12.
The quarantine against all Southeastern
Alaska ports has been declared off, accord
ing to telegraphic advices received here
today from Washington by Dr. M. H.
Foster, in charge of this quarantine dis
trict Vessels arriving from Southeast
em Alaska can now enter without un
dergoing Inspection. Smallpox has en
tirely disappeared In. that section, and
along the Yukon River, and no cases have
been reported for more than two months.
County May Buy Bock Crasher.
CORVALLIS. Feb. 12. The County
Court of Benton Is conemplatlng the pur
chase of a rock crusher, Gravel from
the Willamette and other streams has
been chiefly relied on for road Improve
ment. The machine would be designed
for use In localities where gravel Is
scarce or difficult to obtain. A petition of
60 or 80 citizens of the south end of the
county, asking for the crusher, has been
presented to the court.
Bill Appropriating $10,000 to
Bellinger's Work Carried.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12,-rThe bill authoriz
ing the purchase of 1000 copies of Bel
linger's new code of the laws of Oregon,
at a cost of $10,000, occupied the greater
part of the time In the Senate this af
ternoon. Contrary to the usual custom,
the Senator who Introduced the bill did
not open the discussion. Brownell, In
whose name the bill was Introduced, gave
way to Senator Mays, who, It has been
understood, would oppose the bllL
The chief contentions urged by Mays
were that no proper provisions had been
made as to the manner of preparing the
code, annotating it, etc.; that the price
paid for It is excessive; that the Bancroft
Whitney Company, of San Francisco, will
be the principal beneflolary of the bill;
that the work of printing and binding 'the
codes may be done by Imported labor;
that it gives the work of compiling a code
to a certain person and does not permit
competition In the matter; and that there
is no sufficient assurance that the code
will be a good one.
Brownell followed In the discussion,
stating that he has some knowledge of
the time Bpent by Judge Bellinger and
Mr. Cotton in the preparation of their
code; that he knows that It will be thor
oughly up to date In Its arrangement, an
notation and Indexing, and that even the
name of Judge Bellinger will be a guar
antee that the work is well done.
Mulkey Inquired whether Judge Bellin
ger and Mr. Cotton had given tho work
their personal attention or had left the
work to clerks. Senators Brownell and
Sweek assured him that the work had
been given personal attention, and that
Judge Bellinger had taken great pride In
the work and had spared no effort to make
It perfect.
President Fulton called Senator Howe
to the chair, and, for the first time dur
ing the session, took the floor in debate.
His address in behalf of the bill was
easily the best address In point of style
and delivery that has yet been delivered
upon the floor of the Senate at this ses
sion. He called attention to the fact that Mays
was a member of the committee on Judi
ciary, which reported favorably on the
bill, and that so far as appeared In the
record, the report was unanimous. While
the Senator had urged many reasons In
opposition to the bill Senator Fulton said
that he could not do otherwise than be
lieve that Senator Mays was actuated by
other motives than dissatisfaction with the
terms of the present bill, and that he
was of opinion that the Senator's desire
was to favor a code prepared by hla
friend. W. Lair Hill. This position, Sen
ator Fulton commended and said that he
felt a desire to see the Legislature pur
chase the code compiled by his friend,
Judge Bellinger. He stated that Hill's
code, the one now in use. Is 60 poorly ar
ranged that It Is difficult to find anything
in it, and the index is so Incomplete that
it Is of little assistance. While he had
the highest regard for Mr. Hill In other
respects, he considered him a failure as a
code maker. He paid a high tribute to
the ability of Judge Bellinger and Mr.
Cotton, and said that no one would ques
tion that the code prepared by them would
be satisfactory. On the question of price,
he said that the present code Is sold in
the market at $12 per set, while the bill
provides that the state shall be supplied
with the new code at $10 per sQt. He had
been reliably informed that arrangements
for the printing and binding had already
been made in part, and that the work
would all be done In Oregon.
An attempt was made to refer the bill
to the committee on ways and means and
to amend by reducing the appropriation
to $8000, but the attempts failed and the
bill passed by a vote of 22 to 5.
SHALL GO TO LOWEST BIDDER.
Multnomah Delegation Favorably
Report Upon Public Work Bill.
SALEM, Feb. 12. The bill presented by
Representative Drlscoll providing that the
County Court of Multnomah County, or
the Board of County Commissioners, shall
not enter into any contract for any pub
lic work, or for the purchase of supplies,
except to the lowest responsible bidder,
has been reported upon favorably by tho
Multnomah delegation. The bill provided
that bids shall be filed with the County
Clerk, with specifications, and that they
shall be advertised for one week or more,
in a newspaper of general circulation. The
bids shall be opened in the presence of
the bidders, and shall thereafter be open
for public inspection. The successful bid
der shall execute a formal contract, to be
approved by the District Attorney, and
also a bond to be approved by the Coun
ty Judge. Bids must be accompanied by
a certified check to the amount of 10 per
cent of the bid, and the bidder, who has
a contract awarded to him and falls to
promptly or properly execute the same,
shall forfeit the check. Any warrant
drawn In pursuance of any contract for
public work, or the purchase of any mate
rials or supplies, unless upon public bid
ding therefor, according to this act, shall
be void and unenforceable, whether In
the hands of Innocent third parties, or
otherwise.
vorably on Senate bill No. S3, by Daly
to provide for contests tor places on the
official ballot, with an amendment provid
ing that no costs shall be allowed to
either party.
The Senate concurred In the adoption of
House Joint resoutlon No. 8, for an amend
ment to the constitution abrogating the
negro clause.
The committee on education reported ad
versely on Senate bill 160, by Brownell,
by request, to authorize the payment of
the mortgage held by the school fund on
the state fair grounds.
A substitute for Senate bill 56, by Mul
key, to authorized the use of unnavlgable
streams for floating logs, was reported.
Senate bill 131. by Inman, to prescribe
the manner of conducting elections, was
passed.
Senate bill 201, relating to assessment
and taxation, was made a special order
for next Friday at 2 P. M.
Senate bill No. 37, by Brownell, to ap
propriate $10,000 to purchase 1000 copies
of Bellinger's code and to declare that
compilation the authorized code, was made
a special order for 3 P. M.
Senate bill 81, by Proebstel, to prohibit
the use of nlckel-in-the-slot machines, was
passed, Williamson voting "No."
Senate bill 82, by Inman, prescribing the
manner of filing supplementary articles of
Incorporation, was passed.
Senate bill 90, by Sweek. to fix the com
pensation of Justices of the Peace in
Portland, was passed.
Senate bill 111, by Inman, prescribing the
cases In which depositions of witnesses
may be taken, was passed.
Senate bill 120. by Sweek. to prescribe
the amount of costs to be allowed to pre
vailing parties, was passed.
Senate bill 129, by Hunt, to amend the
registration law, was passed.
Senate bill 138, by Inman, to prescribe
the liability of owners of vessels for dam
age to property on lands, was passed.
Senate bill 146, by Booth, to regulate
the location of mining claims, was passed.
Senate bill 151, by Fulton, amending the
law prescribing the manner of redeeming
property from execution sale, was passed.
Senate bill 152. by Inman, to regulate
Incorporations, was passed.
Senate bill 154, by Adams, to protect
plate glass, was passed. m
Senate bill 155. by Wehrung. to repeal
the sections of Hill's code relating to Jury
lists In Justices' courts, was passed.
Senate bill 163, by Mulkey. to author
ize the superintendent of the penitenti
ary to appoint a matron, was amended
and parsed.
Senate bill 37, by Brownell, to authorize
the purchase of 1000 copies of Bellinger's
code, at a cost of $10,000, was passed.
Bills were Introduced today as follows:
By Mulkey, to prohibit, the maintaining
of a saloon within 400 feet of a school
house. By Smith of Yamhill, to regulate the
sale of liquors.
By Proebstel, to make the County Treas
urer the tax collector.
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October xa, jtqocu
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Rochester, N. Y.:
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cured me. It is the favorite
household remedy now for
my entire family. We find
it excellent for any stomach
or liver trouble, and a few
doses after exposure to cold
ward off unpleasant conse
quences. Mrs. H. BENNETT,
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Pretident, ML Pleasant Social
Economic Club.
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IN THE HOUSE.
Committee Tax Bill Adopted With
Pew Amendments.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. Opening of the
morning session of the House at 9 o'clock
resulted in many of the members missing
roll call. Hemenway of Lano was ex
cused on account of sickness, and the
other absentees drifted in during the
course of a few minutes.
Rev. Mr. Leroy, chief clerk of the
House engrossing committee opened the
morning proceedings of the House with
prayer.
On motion of Pearce, all bills affecting
salaries of county officers was made a
special order for this evening.
The House spent the rest of the morn
ing discussing railroad measures.
The House went into committee of the
whole this afternoon to consider House
bin 68, a substitute measure Introduced
by the committee on assessment and tax
ation, prescribing the method In which
the state taxes shall be apportioned be
tween the several counties, of the state.
This Is the Booth plan. The object of
the bill is that It takes the place of a.
state board of" equalization and makes a
fair, equitable apportionment of taxes.
The bill was reported favorably to the
House and passed with amendments al
tering the dates upon which the compu
tation for state taxes shall be made by
state officers. It shall be In January, In
stead of March, as heretofore provided.
Evening Session.
The evening session of the House was
devoted to the consideration of bills re
latlng to salaries of state and county
officers, under, special order. The follow
ing bills were acted upon.
By Grace Increasing- salaries of Sheriff
and Recorder of Baker County. Passed.
By Harris Requiring Clerk of Lane
County to pay transcript fees Into flie
county treasury. Referred to Judiciary
committee.
By Harris Fixing compensation of
Clerk of Supreme Court. Referred to Ju
diciary committee.
By Butt Requiring Secretary of State to
account for all fees. Reported favorably.
The bill was defeated, Butt, Harris and
Mr. Speaker voting no.
By Geer Increasing salary of doputy
county clerks of Malheur and Gilliam
Counties. Reported favorably and passed.
By Geer To Increase salary of Judge of
Malheur County to $1000. Passed.
By Grace Increasing salary of Judge
of Baker County. Re-referred for amend
ment. By Pearce Increasing salaries of Re-
oorder. County Judge, Treasurer, Asses
sor, and School Superintendent of Marlon
County and Treasurer of Douglas County.
Re-referred for amendment.
By Schumann Decreasing salary of
Sheriff of Multnomah Count. Re-referred
for amendment.
By Merrill Fixing salary of Treasurer
of Columbia County. Passed.
By Nottingham Regulating primary
elections, Referred to committee on elec
tions. At the evening session of the Senate,
House charter bills for the following
towns were paseed:
Salem, Enterprise, St. Paul, Tillamook,
Buttevllle, Alkali. Oaklind. Burns. Gran
ite, Lebanon, Prairie City, CoqulUe. Cot
tage Grove, Bonanza, Nehalem. Vernonla,
Lone Rock, John Day, Pendleton, Bay
City.
Repealed Vale, Condon, Joseph, Glen
dale, Ashland. Newberg.
A Senate charter bill for North Yam
hill was passed and also was a bill to re
peal the Myrtle Creek charter.
Neiv Oregon Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. T. H. Taylor
was today appointed Postmaster at Box,
Or., vice M. J. Grler. resigned.
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IN THE SENATE.
Abrogation of Negro Clause From
Constitution Voted.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. The Senate was
called to order at 10 A. M. and was opened
with prayer by Rev. Henderson, of the
Central Congregational Church.
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