THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1901. SAME OLD STORY No Change in the Senatorial Contest at Salem. DEMOCRATS NOW FOR 1NMAN Minority Republican Still Sallying: With Hermann Steady Corbett Policy Begrina to Tell. SALEM, Feb. 13. If there Is any change in the Senatorial fight. It Is not at all visible on the surface. The Democrats ere now for Mr. Inman and will stay with him until further notice. The mi nority opposition Is at present Mr. Her mann, and so far as the rank and file know, they will vote for him tomorrow. The Corbett forces are for Mr. Corbett and know exactly what they are going to do tomorrow, and the next day and the next. Herein lies the great strength of the Corbett campaign. His support ers are pursuing a steady -and consistent policy and the opposition Is not. It Is a remarkable thing that every man who voted for Mr. Corbett on the first day has voted for him on every ballot since, and the accessions have been sim ilarly loyal. The opposition has made one error in thinking that the Corbett men were not a unit in standing stead fast by him, and that they could be shaken and scattered at some time In the contest. Now they have found out their mistake and are beginning to talk about the duty of the Legislature to elect before final adjournment The Corbett people agree to this and declare that the man to elect above all others Is Mr. Corbett. A wild rumor found general circulation in the lobbies this morning that the Re publican opposition had decided to unite with the Democrats at noon in support of Senator Inman. It was not generally credited, but as an advertisement of the willingness of the minority to combine with the Democrats to defeat Mr. Cor bett, it was significant. DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR IXMAN. They Chnnpre Their Support to Mnlt nomnli Senator. SALBM, Or., Feb. 13. The only feature of the Joint convention today was the withdrawal of "William Smith as a candi date for Senator, and the transfer of the solid body of Democratic votes to State Senator Inman, of Multnomah. The trail for the new course of Democracy had been "blazed yesterday, when three Democrats declined longer to support Senator Smith, and expressed their preference for Mr. Inman. Mr. Smith was not at all sel lish. and had been ready at any time to get out of the way of any other deserv ing Democrat: but the Democratic man agement feared that in the process of switching some votes might be lost to 5Mr. Mitchell. This grievous mischance did not haopen. (Before the balloting began today Rep resentative "Whltnev. chairman of the Democratic caucus, arose and said: "We have been balloting for United States Senator for many days, and our forces have stood solidly for one man. I am directed by Hon. "William Smith, of Baker, to withdraw his name ae candidate for United -States Senator. Mr. Smith will not be our candidate further." Mr. Whitney gave no indication of what the Democrats Intended to do, and there was a little gossip around the hall to the effect that they were at last going to Mitchell; but they did not The second name on the roll Is Representative Allen, of Clatsop, and when his name was called he responded with "R. D. Inman," and all the other Democrats followed suit, ex cept iMr. Inman himself. He voted for TV. E. Robertson, of Portland. This is the first time, by the way, that Senator Smith has had a chance to vote. He has .heretofore remained silent when his name was called. Senator Booth led off for Blnger Her mann and all the opposition followed. Representative Roberts, however, again voted for George H. Williams. Reore sentative Hemenway, who is sick, was the only absentee. The result today was: H. W. Corbett 32 Blnger Hermann 9 George H. Williams 1 R. D. Inman. Democrat 26 V. E. Robertson, Democrat 1 Absent 1 Other Deadlocks. HELENA, Mont, Feb. 13. The vote on Senator today showed no material change, resulting as follows: Mantle, 32; Mac Glnnis, 26; Frank, 21; Conrad, 2; Toole, 1. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 13. The following vote was takon on United States Senator today: Allen 61, W. H. Thompson 51, Berge C, Crounse 7, Currle 20, D. E. Thompson 33, Meiklejohn 31, Halner 5, HInshaw 14, Kinkald 4, Martin S, Rose water 15. Scattering, S. , Nine ballots without result were taken at the Republican Senatorial caucus to night D. E. Thompson made a gain of three votes over last night The other changes were unimportant IN Tins SENATE. Much. Business Done One Measure Reconsidered. SALEM, Or., Feb. 13. The Senate was called to order at 10 A M. Senator Hunt introduced a bill regulating street rail ways in Portland. The bill was read three times and passed. Senate bill No. 79, by Stelner, to cor root the description of the boundary of "Wheeler County, was passed. Senate bill No. 143, by Booth, to pro tect hotel and boarding-house keepers, was passed. Bills were Introduced today as follows: By Smith, of Multnomah, relating to escheated estates. By Smith, of Multnomah, to create the office of Clerk In Justice's Court In Port land. By Williamson, to fix tho salary of the District Attorney of the Seventh district By Sweek, to amend the charter of Sherwood. By Mulkey, to prevent brush and other debris from being thrown Into the public roads and loft there. By Sweek, to fix compensation of school superintendent of Columbia County. Senate bill No. 39, by Mulkey, to amend section 2S90 of Hill's code, relating to guardians of Insane persons, was passed. Senate blllNo. 40, by Mulkey, to pro vide a dog tax, was defeated. Senate bill No. 109. by Wehrung, by request to create a state veterinary board and regulate veterinary practice, was passed. Senate bill No. 112, by Fulton, to pro vide for payment of bounties for scalps of sea lions, etc., was passed. Senate bill No. 127, by Sweek, to pro tect copyrighted plays, was passed. The Multnomah Senate delegation re ported Senate bill No. 17L the Port of Portland bill, with amendments, and the bill was made a special order for 10 o'clock tomorrow. Senate bill No. 1CS, by Adams, for a fishway over tho "Willamette Falls at Oregon City, was defeated. The Senate then went Into Joint Sen atorial convention and on return ad journed. In the afternoon the Senate proceeded under the order of business, third reading of Senate bills. 6enate bill No. 73, by Kelly, to enact the Torrens system of registration of land titles, was passed without a dissenting vote. Senate bill No. 172, by Sweek, to regu late insurance companies, was passed. The clerk read a resolution by the Oregon Hop Growers' Association, asking that a law be enacted fixing the tax on a bale of hops at five pounds. The res olution was referred to the committee on agriculture. Senate bill No. 4, by Brownell, to pro vide for the election of district assessors, was made a special order for Thursday, at 10 A M. Senate bill No. 31, by Stelner, to pro vide for the election of road supervisors, was passed. Senate bill No. 137, by Inman, to create the office of County Auditor of Multnomah County, was passed. Senate bill No. 33, by Daly, to determine the official ballot, was made a special order for tomorrow at 11 o'clock. The Senate voted to reconsider the vote by which It defeated Senate bill No. 16S, this forenoon, and the bill was again put on final passage, and" was passed by a vote of 17 to 3. Senate bill No. 217. by Sweek. to amend the charter of Sherwood, was passed. Senate bill No. 216. by Williamson, to fix the salary of prosecuting attorney in the Seventh Judicial district, was passed. House concurrent resolution No.' 16, providing for a committee to meet the Idaho Legislature at the state line, was referred to the committee on Federal rei lations. IN THE HOUSE. Was a Busy Day A Number of Bills Passed. RATiRM Or TToh 13 Tho Ohtof merlr of. the House engrossing committee again opened tne morning session of the House with prayer. In the absence of any of the Salem clergymen to whom the 9 o'clock opening hour seems too early for their at- tenaance. McAIIstar of TTnlnn was irivpn imn.nl. mous consent to introduce a bill for lo cation nf nn nrrlniiltitrnl -vrwiHTrintnl station In Union County, to be under di rection of the regents of the State Agri cultural Society. The bill carries an ap propriation or jiv.ww tor buiiamg pur poses. Senate Joint resolution 12. authorizing the State Superintendent of Public In struction to annotate the school laws and prepare 12,000 copies for use of teachers, was referred to the committee on resolu tions. Barrett nslfprt thnf Sarin ta Villi TsTn ISrt providing for the care of state wards, he taken up under suspension of the rules and be read so that It could take Its place on the calendar Instead of Houstf bill No. 145. which is of a similar nature and has not been passed upon. The bill was read the first and second times. House bill No. 27, by Grace, providing for a uniform svstem nf mlno hoi clo nals, was read the third time and passed. iiouse Dill .No. 146, by Harris, making it a crime to remove or Interfere with mining location marks, was read the third time and passed. An effort was made by several of the committee chairmen to eet in renorts on various bills, but Colvlg was alone suc cessful. His had been received before Smith of Marlon entered objection, and iurmer enort to get out of the regular order of business was defeated. On convention of the afternoon session of the House. Colvlg of Josephine com plained Of the delav in cnnslrtprjitlnn nt Senate bills, and to obviate this he moved mat tne present order of business, read ing of House bills the third time be sus pended, and that of reading Senate bills first and second times, under suspension of the rules be substituted. The motion of Colvlg was agreed to and the desired order of business taken up. Under this order a large number of Senate bills were advanced on the House calendar. Including Brownell's, providing for a constitutional convention; Increasing the license on barbers; compelling ped dlers to take out licenses In each county; uniform assessment and taxation law; regulatinsr fees of officers nf MnUrmmnTi -County; appropriation for erection of a monument to second Oregon Regiment; regulating the practice of medicine; op erating nlckel-ln-the-slot machines; pro viding for revised code, and a number of charter bills. The chairman of the enrolling commit tee, Barrett of Grant, was authorized to employ five additional clerks at $3 per day, in order to keep up with the work now in hands of the committee. The Marion County delegation reported bill No. 222 back to the House with amendments. The bill Increases the sal aries of Marion County officials. The Clatsop County delegation reported favorably on bill No. 298. The House at 3:33 returned to the reg ular order of business. House bill No. 21, by McCraken, pro viding for the punishment of parties in juring property or records on public property. The Multnomah delegation, by consent, today reported the following bills: House bill No. 66, relating to the ofllce of Coroner. Amended fixing salary at 51000 Instead of fees. House bill No. 78, fixing salary of Sher iff of Multnomah County. Substitute bill Introduced. House bill No. 172, by Reavia, regulat ing supply of water for Irrigation pur poses, was passed. IN EVENING SESSION. House Devoted Itself to' the Daly Educational Bill. SALEM, Or., Feb. 13. The House this evening devoted Its entire session to the consideration of the Daly educational bill, which passed the Senate several days ago! The bill is of great length, and the House considered it section by section In com mittee of th,e whole. One important amendment was made affecting the school districts and Including Portland. This amendment restores that portion of the old law fixing the basis of apportionment on the number of children resident in each district between the ages of 4 and 20 years, striking out the words "total days' attendance in the public schools of the district" This will save fully $15,000 to the Portland school district Subdivision S was amended as follows: "If any district school board shall draw a warrant on the school fund for the wages of any teacher who does not hold a valid teacher's permit, certificate or diploma, and lay the same before the board for Inspection, such district shall forfeit Its proportion of the school fund for the current year. This amendment was made to cure a de fect In the bill as passed by the Senate. It could have been construed into a com pulsion on part of teachers to provide themselves with new certificates. An other amendment was made fixlnc the 'third Monday in June as the time of hold ing annual meetings in all organized school districts. An effort was made to amend the bill so as to prevent compulsory vaccination of scholars, but It found scant support, and was voted down. Some minor amendments were made to the bill, after which It was reported back to the House, with a recommendation that It be passed as amended. GIVE ORDERS TO VACATE. Ottocxs of Forest Grove Property Serve Notice to This Effect. FOREST GROVE. Or., Feb. 13. M. J. MacMahon and wife, of Portland, owners of a piece of property which Is Involved by the suits begun by the president and trustees of Pacific University, to test the felture liquor clause in the deeds, to day gave notice to the person occupying the premises to vacate them, by March 1, or pay $2900 for the property. As a 6ult has been commenced against this property, to set aside the title, it will be impossible for Mr. and Mrs. MacMahon to give a valid deed, or to get possession of the premises, until the dispute is settled. NO HOLIDAY AT SALEM FEBRUARY 23 "WILL BE "WORK DAY FOR LEGISLATURE. Proceedings Likely to Be as Usual, Because the Session Ends on That Date. SALEM, Or., Feb. 22. Washington's birthday (February 22) is a legal holiday, but it Is not a Legislative holiday unless the Legislature by specific act chooses to make it so; and obviously one Legislature could not bind another to observance of the day. There fore, any assumption that the present session is In any way obliged to suspend proceedings one week from next Friday Is an error. It may do so, of course, If it chooses, but inasmuch as Washington's birthday happens this year to fall on the fortieth day of the session (the usual day of sine die adjournment) it is prob able that business will be proceeded with much as usual. The constitution of the state, by tho way, does not limit the sessions to. 40 days; but what is much more Important, It does limit the total compensation of each member to $120 at $3 per day; therefore, few Legislators can be expected to be so self-sacrificing as to work long for nothing. Final ad journment will be reached either Friday or "Saturday of next week. While the House extended the courte sies of Its floor to the railroad attorneys for the purpose of presenting their views, the Senate takes a different position. This morning It was proposed to invite Fish Commissioner Reed In to explain the Oregon City fishway bill, but the Pres ident declared that under the rules It could not be done. The House rules are the same, and If this construction Is cor rect the House departed from the strict line of the proprieties. The fact that It was In the committee of the whole, it Is argued by critics of Its action, makes no difference, because the rules there are the same as in open House so far as appli cable. All the same, the action of the House was not at all unusual. And If the House wants to do It, that would seem to be the House's business. The Governor today signed the Barrett bill, providing that school districts may have and pay for school libraries, if they want them, and the Brownell bill ex empting Judgment debtors with families from execution as against 30 days wages. Both measures are now laws. Senate bills passing that body were to day, through the courtesj; of the House, advanced through the preliminary read ings and referred to the appropriate committees. This was done under sus pension of rules and occupied consider ably more than an hour In time. Senate bills in the House are now on even terms with House bills In the Senate. This Is the usual course pursued each session of the Legislature, as the close draws near, and gives members in both houses a chance to get favorable measures on third reading. A goodly number of the bills will reach little or no advantage through the advancement, but some few will reach action that otherwise would have had small show for final consider ation. The House this afternoon extended tho courtesy of the floor to Hon. William J. McConnell, ex-presldent of the Oregon State Senate, ex-Governor of Idaho, ex United States Senator of Idaho and now special agent of the Interior Department Mr. McConnell formerly lived In Yamhill County. Speaker Reeder, calling Eddy to the chair, today took the House floor and asked that the rules be suspended and McAllster's bill be taken up, providing for the transfer of 630 acres of land in Union County, owned by the state, to the State Agricultural College, for use of an experimental station, to be established thereon, as provided by the bill. Every member present voted In favor ot sus pending the rules so that the bill could be considered. The bill was read twice by title under such provision. Harris moved that the bill be printed, consid ered engrossed and made a special order for 11 A M. tomorrow. It was carried. The bill will pass. The House today passed a bill by McCraken. the main feature of which is contained In section 2, reading as fol lows: "If any person shall maliciously or wantonly remove, destroy or carry away any record book or document of any kind, or a'ny box or other receptacle for containing the same, or any instrument or device for scientific purposes estab lished or placed upon any mountain peak or summit or at any other place of resort, or upon any land belonging to this state or to the United States, or In or upon any body or stream of water within this state, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor." The defeat of Adams' Senate bill for the widening of the fishway over the Willamette Falls at Oregon City was duo to lack of information. When the bill was put on final passage a number of members stated that they would be glad to support a measure that would enable fish to get Into the waters of the Upper Willamette, but since there was no as surance that the widening of the fishway would have that effect, they would be obliged to vote against the bill. It was stated that there Is a fish wheel at the head of the present fishway and that the present passage Is simply a feeder for the wheel. The object of the bill is to provide for the widening of the passage, so that fish may get past the wheel. Some one suggested that the wheel might also be widened. Senator Adams stated that he had been informed by Governor Geer that this work would accomplish the desired end, and asked that Fish Commissioner Reed be Invited to Inform the Senate as to his opinion of the sit uation. President Fulton ruled this out of order, and Senator Johnston went into the lobby to find Mr. Reed. On his re turn he stated that he had been Informed by Commissioner Reed that the measure met his approval and would be beneficial. When the roll was called a number of Senators stated that they would require more definite and more complete informa tion before favoring the bill. The bill was defeated, but was later reconsidered after further information having been secured, and was passed by a vote of 17 to 3. House bill No. 172, providing for the ap propriation of water from lakes and run ning streams for the purpose of Irriga tion. Introduced by Representative Reavjs, of Wallowa and Union Counties, passed the House today. Mr. Reavls explained that the Intent of the act was to amend the law of 1S91 on the same subject and to provide that, In condemning land for right of way for ditches and so on, it shal not be necessary to wait for the decision of the court as to the amount of damages, but the corporation shall have the right to commence immediate construction by executing a bond for the payment of the damages which shall be awarded, to be passed upon by the court The bill pertains to the whole stat6, but will principally effect the dry re gions In Crook, Klamath, Harney, Lake and Wallowa Counties. At the evening session of the Senate the reading of House bills was made a special order and a large number were read twice under suspension of the rules and referred to their proper committees. The Multnomah delegation has evident ly come around to Senator Josephi's way of thinking as to the disposition of the local County Audltorshlp. Today the Jo seph! bill, prescribing the duties of Au ditor, and providing for his biennial elec tion, beginning in June, 1902, passed the Senate by a unanimous vote. Senator In man stated that it was a local measure desired by the Multnomah delegation, and he hoped no Senator would oppose it None did. As the measure passed, it does not disturb County Auditor Pope. It fixes the Auditor's salary at $2000 per an num, his chief deputy at $125 per month, and each subordinate clerk at not to ex ceed $75 per month. It is understood that the Multnomah House delegation, with possibly one or two exceptions, will not press the enterprise of legislating H. P. Adams, chairman of the County Central Committee, into a Job, for the reason that a Republican Legislature will undoubted ly not agree to it Senate bill No. 31, by Steiwer, amends the present law so as to make it optional with county courts whether road super visors shall be elected or appointed by the court Clem, of Linn, opposed the bill on the ground that it does not remedy the de fect of the present law, and adds to the objectionable features by allowing county courts to throw out the supervisors that have been elected, and appoint others in their places, Brownell also opposed the bill because it takes the ultimate power of election out of the hands of the people and puts It into the hands of one man. He said that the farmers generally take more Interest in the office of road supervisor than they do in the office of sheriff, and should be allowed to go to the ballot box and say who shall be the road supervisors of their respective districts. The bill passed by a vote of 17 to 10. It is a matter of severe comment in the so-called antl-rallroad circles that the most consistent friends of the railroads at this session are the democrats. Only two democrats Grace and Hedges voted for the 3-cent bill, and all the others against It (except Watson and Bernards, who were absent). Today Watson went on record against the fellow servant measure. The Multnomah delegation is divided on the latter bill. Tho railroad view of it all Is that the Republicans have been unreasonable, and the Democrats open to reason. Senator Kuykendall seems to have con siderable trouble in getting one of his bills printed, and he Is not a little disturbed over his difficulty. The bill in question Is Senate bill 179. to reduce the number of copies of session laws, reports, etc., to be printed. The bill Is a short one and was sent to the printer on February 5. Yesterday Senator Kuykendall stated that his bill had" not yet been printed and in view of the fact that later and longer bills haVe been printed and distributed, he would ask that the clerk be Instructed to learn the reason for delay. Again this morning Senator Kuykendall complained of the delay and asked that the bill be referred to a committee without waiting for it to be printed. The chair ruled that this request couuld not be granted, ex cept by ordering the bill referred as soon as printed. Kuykendall remarked that it Is strange that the State Printer should be unable to print a small bill when he is able to print a large one placed In his hands later. President Fulton suggested that perhaps the printer's press Is too large for small bills. As It Is getting late In the session, there is a chance that the bill may fall for want of time. The Senate hesitated to concur In the adoption of House resolution for the ap pointment of a Joint committee to meet the -members of the Idaho Legislature, on or about February 22, at the state line, on the occasion of their visit to this state. Joseph! said that "on or about February 22" is rather Indefinite, and the date is important. Blnce this Legislature will probably adjourn on that day. Smith of Baker said that no deflnnlte or official in formation had been received concerning the intention of the Idaho Legislature to send a delegation to visit this state, and he thougHt it would be well to await such information. Tho resolution was there fore referred to the committee on federal relations. Senate bill 143, by Booth, which was passed by the Senate today, is a measure that meets the approval of all hotel men. If It becomes a law It will be a protection to that class of persons against men who gain a considerable portion of their liveli hood by not paying their board bills. The bill Is as follows: "Section 1. Any person who shall, with Intent to defraud, obtain food, lodging or other accommodation at any hotel, Inn or boarding house, or who after having ob tained such food, lodglhg, or other accom modations at any such hotel, Inn or board ing house shall surreptitiously remove his baggage from such hotel. Inn or board ing house without first paying, or tender ing payment for such food, lodging or other accommodations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction there of shall be fined not less than $10 and not more than $50, or imprisonment not less than five days, nor more than 25 days, or both. "Sec. 2. It shall be the presumptive evi dence of such Intent to defraud If the per son so obtaining such food, lodging, or other accommodations at such hotel, inn or boarding house shall fail or refuse on demand by the proprietor or manager of such hotel. Inn or boarding house to pay and satisfy the reasonable charges for the same, unless such person shall before obtaining food, lodging or other accom modations have disclosed to such propri etor or manager his inability to pay and satisfy the same on demand. "Sec. 3. The Justices of the Peace in each county shall have Jurisdiction to en force the provisions of this act." FAVORABLE CAUCUS. Disinterested Public Opinion on Sen ator In Coos County. Marshfleld Mall. At this writing the deadlock at Salem still continues. Mr. Corbett, the leading candidate, has not enough votes to elect, and the scattered opposition shows no dis position to unite upon any one. The two houses meet In Joint session and vote, and the Senators file back to their end of the Capitol to wait until time for the next repetition of the farce. The periodical recurrence of Just such situations is extremely exasperating. Whatever may have been the object of the founders of the present unsatisfactory system of electing United States Senators, the people have a right to expect that the Legislature will perform the duty with the least possible delay consistent with good results. Hold-ups and deadlocks are nev er In the interest of the people, or even of the dominant party, but are only the result of a struggle for personal or fac tional supremacy. The deadlock at Salem is not being sus tained by any one In the Interest of the state or of the party. It Is purely a per sonal matter. Both the state and the party are Injured. The business of legis lation is being neglected and the Republi can party Is being placed In an unenviable light to further the personal ambition of a few small-bore politicians. The Republican party is strongly in the majority, and a Republican Senator, If any. must be elected. It is time for every Republican member of the Leglsla tura'to drop all foolishness and go In to elect a Senator. While caucus rule is not of itself a good system of government yet in cases like the present It seems the only prac ticable way of settling the difficulty. The place to fight out this struggle in the party is in a party caucus. Then let the strongest man win. Any call upon the opposition to help solve a Republican difficulty is childish. Let the Republican members go into a Re publican caucus, make their fight there, and if defeated accept the result as grace fully ae they can. Don't wait until yjou are sick before trying Carter's Little Liver Pills but get a vial at pnee. You can't take them without benefit FOUGHT OVER AGAIN Anti-Railroad Debate in the Oregon House. WAS ABOUT THE POORMAN BILL Measure Which "Would Increase Li ability of Railroads for In juries to Employes Failed of Passage. SALEM. Or., Feb. 13. The anti-railroad agitation dies hard. The matter was fought out all over again in the House today, when several fellow-servant meas ures came up for consideration. The fight, so far as Its leadership was con cerned, took exactly the same lines as heretofore, and the result was the same. House bill SO, by Poorman, fixing lia bility of railroad corporations for injuries tcf employes, was the first to come up on special order. Representative Poorman, who is an old railroad conductor, explained the purpo&e of the .bill. "It Is but Justice to the In nocent employe who Is hurt through the act "of a fellow employe," he said. "It Is certainly fair to the company, and fair to the employe. The train man, 'n addition, who has to work more than 16 hours at any one time, Is incompetent to do his duty. It Is provided, too, that rail roads shall be compelled to block frogs a thing that railroads often do of their own accord, as they have done In the terminal yards at Portland, to prevent men from being caught in the angles. It is provided that no employe can be obliged to join any insurance company formed by the company, and pay tho premium, or any other society, except hospital associations." Poorman explained at some length the necessity of requiring railroads to furnish train crews large enough to handle trains, and disputed a recent statement by Attorney Cotton that two brakemen are just as competent to handle a train of 65 cars as two cars. Roberts of Wasco said he had no doubt some of the provisions of this proposed law were good, but he thought It would be best to start off right. As it now ap peared to him, they were running on the wrong track, when an attempt is made to .say Just how long any man shall work. "Next we will be hearing of fixing tho number of hours a herder can herd sheep," he said, "or the number of sheep he will be allowed to herd; or how many lines a teamster must use in driving his horses. The bill, as it now stands, Is un just. It might do for the little dinky roads, but It would be a great Injustice to apply It tova great transcontinental route." Dresser of Clackamas said he believed not only In the protection of employes, but also of employers. Without the lat ter there would be few of the former. While there were some good features In the bill, there were others that did not commend themselves for support like that making the railroads liable for all damages. "The bill really commands the railroads to do something that is im possible." he said. "The bill makes a rail road company liable for something It can not help, even with experienced men, though ever so careful. A company has no right to be asked to Insure against something It has no power to divert" Colvlg of Josephine sjioke in favor of J the bill. He contended that the railroal companies should be held liable for In juries sustained by their employes; If not, it would be only fair that the em ployes should enjoy a similar Immunity and be made immune, or protected, in some way against accident. Harri3 of Lane was In favor of passing the bill. He believed It a just and mer itorious measure. Laws of the kind, he said, had been passed. In many of the states. There is nothing objectionable to such a- measure and It should pass. The bill failed to pass. The vote was: AYES. Allen McQueene Colvlg Montague Drlscoll Orton Hahn Poorman Harris Reavis Hedges Rice Holcomb Schumann Ingram Smith, Marion Mattoon Smith, Multnomah McAllster Story 20. NOES. Barrett Kruse Bernards Lamson Black McCraken Brlggs McGreer Butt Miller Carter Nichols Cattanach Nottingham Dresser Pearce Eddy Roberta Edson Shipley Emmett Simpson Geer Talbert Grace Thompson, Mult Hartman Thomson, Umatilla Jtiawklns Vincent Hume Watson Keene Whitney Kirk Mr Speaker 36. Absent Heltkemper, Hemenway, Mer rill, Stewart 4. House bill 147. fixing the liability of railroad corporations similar In terms to the one Introduced by Poorman and just defeated, was the bill that Colvlg sue ceeded In running through. The mlea were suspended In order to secure third reading of the hill, after which Speaker Reeder eald he felt very much like call ing attention to the fact that owing to the number of bills, similar to the one under consideration, a good deal of time was taken up In discussion. He suggested that the debate be limited. Thompson of Multnomah moved that no speaker be al lowed more than five minutes, and Mil ler amended this by reducing the time one-half, which struck the fancy of the House, and was adopted. The bill met the same fate as Its pre decessor, receiving only 19 votes In its favor. The Joint election commltteo today de 'No time to Emergencies call for actfoa. Judgment calls for PURliMAl? WHISKEY Purilv above J5uspfcion. UV AM omuai aBgyeaferJ. TIm BUtxnaaer-Eralc Drag Co. Distributers. Portland. Or. cided to accept a substitute direct pri mary bill by Morgan to apply only to Multnomah County. The county members of the commission declined to adopt a di rect primary law for the entire state, say ing It was not necessary. The Bingham, bill was considered Tues day night for three hours, Mr. Bingham being present The street-car vestibule measure, intro duced by Representative Heltkemper, has been amended and recommended for pass age. One amendment is that street-car companies shall provide their carswl'th vestibules during the months of Novem ber, December, January, February and March, such as will afford reasonable protection to motormen and conductors from wind, snow and rain. Another amendment allows the companies until January 1. 1902, so to arrange their cars. With these amendments. It is stated that the companies will not oppose the bill. Senator Mays introduced a similar bill In the Senate. The bill by Representative McCraken to constitute Vancouver avenue a county road from the north line of Norrls street to the north line of the northern city boundary, has for Its object the keeping of the roadway In good repair, so as to make a good road all the way to tho Co lumbia River. It Is stated that the city has not taken. care of this part of the avenue, which is In bad shape, and the county would not do so, because it did not have authority. Tho bill has not yet been reported on. The other night several citizens of Sell wood appeared before the Multnomah delegation and asked for relief In the mat ter of street-car fares. .The Oregon City electric line charges 10 'cents from Sell wood to Portland, and It was desired that a provision be inserted in the charter re quiring no greater charge than 5 cents. No other street-car line charges a higher sum. After consultation it was thought best to Introduce a special bill making direct provision that it shall be unlaw ful for any company to charge more than 5 cents for a continuous trip In any one general direction. This was done by Sen ator Hunt this morning. The bill was put through three readings in the Senate under suspension of the rules and passed without opposition. It underwent the same rapid movement in the House, and now awaits the Governor's action. The bill provides that no street railway company shall charge more than 5 cents for one continuous trip between points within the corporate limits of Portland, and fixes as a penalty a fine ot not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each violation of the act. The bill passed both houses by .unanimous vote. Mulkey's dog tax bill seems to have been defeated on the ground that It would be unconstitutional. 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