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A VETO FOR H. B. 363
No Executive Mansion; No
Scalp Bounty Deficiency.
MANY SPECIAL CLAIMS BEATEN
nenona Are Thnt Many Unrelated
Items Are Gronped Under One Ti
tle, Which la Unconatltntlonnll
Besides, It la Improper.
Governor Chamberlain yesterday af-
ternoon vetoed one of the three general
appropriation bills passed at the re
cent Legislative session.
Amour the Items affected br this
sweeping veto Is the flt.SOO approprl
ated for an executive manilon; $34,000
for scalp bounty payment; 110.000 for
the Improvement ot the state fair
grounds: 11000 for payment ot Tracy
and Merrill claims, and a number of
private claims. The total amount Is
something over IC2.O0O.
A constitutional provision makes It
mandatory that In vetoing any single
Item of appropriation all Items em
braced In the bill must go with the
veto.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 2G.-(Speclal.)-Gov-
eraor Chamberlain has vetoed 14 bills
passed by the Legislature. It fa declared
by those who are familiar with legislation
In Oregon that he has surpassed the rec
ords ot his predecessors la that regard.
Late this afternoon he did what many a
Governor has wanted to do, and threat
ened to do, when he vetoed a special ap
propriation bill. Some valid and merl
torloas claims have gone with the un
merltorlous. but a. orecedent has been
established for the alsaprovafOf(Hwl
appropriation-bills which contain unsat
lsfactory Items. ,
Under the constitution of Oregon ro
tingle item ot an appropriation bill can
be vetoed, and the bill had to stand or
fall as a whole. The Governor concluded,
after several days' deliberation, that it
would be better that the bill should fall.
This bill carries the 111.500 appropriation
for the executive mansion, the claims, ag
gregaUng 31000. for the pursuit of Tracy
and Merrill; 10,000 for improvements at
the. fair grounds, 34.000 for payment of
claims of counties under the .scalp bounty
act, and claims of W. A. Storey, O'Day
and Tarpley, Alex Orme, 1L G. McCar
thy, H. S. Moody, Hofer Bris., C. S.
Moore, M. C. Sttrr and F. W. Dlllard, for
various purposes and in various amounts.
The total amount was something over
While the veto Is placed upon the con-
stltuUonal ground that the bill does not
Include but one subject, and that the
subjects are not expressed In the tlUe,
yet In Its principal effect It Is a protest
against the practice of grouping a num
ber of unrelated appropriations in a sin
gle bill so that Improper ones must be
approved if any at all. Every Governor
has been confronted with the same sort
of blUs, but heretofore they have been
signed rather than let valid claims wal
two years for payment. The Governor's
reasons for the yeto are as follows:
Salem. February 10. To the Speaker and
House of Representatives Gentlemen: I return
herewith House bill No. SS3 with my disap
proval.
The title ot the act Is as follows: "An act
making appropriations for the payment ot cer
tain specified claims against the State of Ore
gon, and for the purposes hereinafter spe
cifically set forth and particularly enumera
ted."
The constitution of the state, section 20. arti
cle 4, provides that "Every act shall embrace
but one subject and matters properly connected
therewith, which subjects shall be expressed In
the title."
An examination ot the act In question dis
closes that It appropriates nearly 63.000 and
covers multitude of subjects about and con
cerning which the title gives no Information
whatsoever. It provides amongst other things
for the purchase of lands around and about
the state monument at Champoeg and the 1m
provement of the same, and appoints an agent
to disburse moneys appropriated for that pur
pose. It provides for the payment ot the ex
peases ot the general repairs. Improvements,
etc, of the buildings and grounds ot the State
Board ot Agriculture, and for the purchase ot
water pipe and payment ot the necessary ex
pentes ot laying, connecting and Installing the
same to and throughout the grounds and build
Ings of the State Board ot Agriculture. It
provides for the payment ot claims of various
counties growing out of the scalp bounty law.
and the claims of about 29 persons growing out
of services alleged to, hare been rendered In
connection with the escape ot Tracy and Mer
rill, it provides money for the purpose of pur
chasing an artificial limb for one Frank In'
gram, who was wounded ai the time of the
escape of Tracy and Merrill, and for the pur
chose of an executive mansion. Including the
lighting and heating of the same at the ex
pense ot the State. It gives authority to the
State Treasurer to credit on the note of one
M. C. Starr the sum of 1082. accrued Interest
pending litigation concerning the state's tlUe
to mortgaged property securing said note. It
authorises the Elate Land Board to refund to
one W. II. tValdron 198, and provides for other
things concerning which there is no Intimation
or suggestion In the title of the act.
There are some claims therein In which there
Is merit, and with respect to these they ought
each to have been Included In a seoarate and
special appropriation MO. There are others In
which there is absolutely no merit, and which
would not have been considered 'by the Legis
lature for a moment If they had been contained
In' separate and special bills aa the constitution
requires. It Is unnecessary to particularize.
It Is sufficient to say that some attention ought
to oe paid to ue constitutional mandate re
quiring that every act should embrace but one
subject, and that subject expressed In the title.
If obedience had been given thereto, the sub
jects embraced within the bill under considera
tion would have been Included in a halt dozen
or more separate and distinct bills, and there
Is no question but that most of them would la
ALL BILLS DON'T LOOK ALIKE TO GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN.
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Democrats Angry at Un
seating of Butler.
THEY FILIBUSTER ALL DAY
Dalzell Acts as Speaker and
Stops Obstruction.
VENGEANCE IS -THREATENED
Minority Will Obstruct All Business.,
-but Mnjorltr Prepares Hole "Which.
, . Insure I'nasase of Itemrtln
lncr Appropriation. '
Wagoner, the Republican contestant,
. was seated In the House of Representa
tives yesterday In place ot Butler.
Democrat, from the Twelfth Missouri
District, after scenes ot filibustering
which recall the stormy Fifty-first Con
gress. The Democrats forced a rollcall on'
every motion until Dalzell, the acting
Speaker, refused to entertain their de
mands as dilatory. This gave rise to an
outburst ot fury.
The Democrats in caucus have re
solved to obstruct business for the rest
ot the session, but the Republicans
have prepared a rule by which all ap
propriation bills will be forced through,
but many other bills will fall.
such event bave failed of securing the neces
sary rote In the Legislature to have secured'
their passage.
I hesitate to veto an appropriation bill In
which there Is much ot merit, but the practice
ot Including In such a bill Items which ought
to be Included In special appropriation bills Is
to be deprecated and condemned, and I know
of no better way to call the attention of the
people to the reprehensible system In vogue ot
making Inroads upon the treasury by uncon
stitutional methods than by vetoing such meas
ures aa the one now under consideration. The
responsibility which compels ma to take snch
a course must rest with the Legislature, and
not with roe.
I therefore return said bill with my veto, and
trust that when It reaches the executive ofn.ee
again It will be separated into as many bills as
there are subjects embraced therein. It such
course is followed, there will be an end to
much legislative extravagance.
GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN,
Governor. '
GAMBLING MADE FELONY
CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
National Affairs.
Democratic filibustering causes lively time In
the House. Page 1.
Question railed as to legality of Turner and
Lodge's appointment on Alaska commis
sion. Page f.
Domestic.
President Roosevelt speaks on bicentenary ot
John Wesley, page 11.
Fire destroys J2.00O.CCO worth of property In
Cincinnati. Page 11.
Knapp confesses that he murdered Ore women,
including two former wives. Page 12. .
Foreign.
Chamberlain has succeeded In his South Af
rican mission. Page 11.
Ttusslan Consul In Turkey murdered by Alban
ians!. Pare 11.
Xortlivresf Learinlntnrrs.
The Olympla Senate pfl'seea bill making gam
bling a felony. Page 1.
Louis Levy Is exonerated from the charge of
attempted bribery. Page 5.
Governor Chamberlain vetoes bill for Bureau
ot Mines. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Michael TI Nolan Is appointed Register and
Miss Anne Lang Receiver of The Dalles
Land Office. Page 4.
Engineer's report on Improvement of Colum
bia River bar approved by Chief of Engi
neers. Page X
Sport.
Pierce Chiles Is released by Portland team.
Page 8.
.Portland -baseball team arrives at San Jose.
Page 8.
Young Corbett and Hanloa fight 20 fierce
rounds tor a draw. Page 3.
Portland and Vicinity.
General plan ot Lewis and" Clark Fair will
soon4be outlined. Page 10. .
Mlneowners pleased with veto of Mining Bu
reau bill.. Page la
Portland playhouse managers Interested in the
theatrical war. Page It.
Engineer Cortbell predicts successful solution
of Columbia River bar problem. Page 14.
Snell-IIeltsbu building Is practically chosen as
temporary postofflco. Page 8,
BII.i; PASSES OLY3IPI.V "SENATE AF
TER. 1IAIID FIGHT.
Jinny Attempts Mnde to Defeat Meas
ure by Adding;, Obnoxion Amend
ments Mny Be Reconsidered.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 26. (Staff corre
spondence.) The House bill making It a
felony to conduct any gambling game
passed the Senate this afternoon, and,
unless It Is reconsidered within the next
'43 hours, professional gamblers will be
confronted with the alternative of going
out of business or to the Penitentiary.
A big flght has been made to prevent the
passage of this bill, "and while it was
loaded down with some pretty disagree
able amendments, which may Jeopardize
Its usefulness. Its passage was of suffi
cient consequence to throw great conster
nation into the ranks of the gamblers
who have been here endeavoring to defeat
the bill. With them It 'is .a fight for ex
istence, and tonight there are rumors of
a big sack coming down to Olyrapia to
be used In an effort to defeat the bill
when It comes up for reconsideration.
The bill was amended by the Senate In
two Important particulars. One amend
ment, makea It a felony for any man to
rent his property for gambling purposes,
and the other makes the conducting of
raffles a felony.
There was a determined flght against
the bill In the Senate. Effort after effort
was made to load down the bill with
absurd amendments for the purpose of
killing It, but as amended It won out by
a vote of 27 to 11. with Ave absent. As 22
votes are necessary to pass a bill, the
friends of the bill can lose five votes and
still prevent reconsideration. Several of
the men who fought the bill the hardest,
including Senators Earles and Hamilton.
Anally swung Into line and voted for the
bill, but will probably vote to reconsider It.
Efforts to Kill the Bill.
When the bin was reached on the cal
endar this afternoon an effort was made
- to postpone Its consideration until next
Tuesday. Senator Tolman, of Spokane,
blocked this movement by getting a ruling
from President Smith that a two-thirds
vote was required to postpone action, on
the bill. This ruling blocked the scheme
for delay. Senator Hands offered" an
amendment to the bill that it should be
a felony to play at a gambling game aa
well as to conduct It There was a lorlg
discussion over this amendment. The
friends of the bill charged Rands and
Hamilton, who championed the amend
ment, with trying to kill the bill. Sena
tor. Crow, of Spokane, made the most
clinching argument against the motion by
saying that where people on botlj sides of
the table were equally guilty It would be
Impossible to secure evidence against any
body.. Rands remarked that some Senators
were opposed to his amendment because
they were afraid they would go to the
Penitentiary themselves if It were adopt
ed. Garber declared he wanted to put the
tinhorn gambler In the Penitentiary, and
not his victim. Hamilton declared that
the bill as drafted put a premium on cow
ardice. The- amendment was defeated by
a vote of IS to 19.
I In another effort to kill the bill Hamll-
ton offered an amendment making It a
felony for a person to rent property
owned or controlled by him for gambling
purposes. Thla was the vital amendment
ot tne nay, dui it prevailed by a viva voce
vote without rollcall. and with little dis
cussion. Hamilton then offered another amend
ment, and it made It a felony to have
cards, dice .or other gambling apparatus
In one's possession, either on his person or
abodt his premises. There was a long dis
cussion of this, participated In 6y Tucker,
Hamilton. Tolman and Hallett. Hallett
said that Hamilton's amendment would
send a bookdealer to prison for selling a
set of author cards. Tucker said that
many, many people play cards who don't
gamble with them. Once more the friends
of the bill won. and the amendment was
voted down. 22 to 19.
Public Sentiment 5ot For It.
Davis then offered an amendment mak
ing gambling a misdemeanor and Increas
ing the present fine from JJOO to J1000. He
made a speech, the burden of which was
that gambling could never be suppressed
until public sentiment demanded it, and
he declared that public sentiment Is not
for It. Here Hallett cut in:
"Mr. Davis, you were onco Chief of Po
lice of Tacoma. were you not?"
"Tes, sir," was the reply.
"Did you make an honest effort to sup
press gambling?"
"Well," he remarked, amid a shout of
laughter, '1 drifted along with public sen
timent."
Davis amendment was defeated. Ruth
secured an amendment making it a felony
to conduct a raffle. The friends of the bill
opposed the amendment, but It carried, 18
to 18. An amendment by Hamilton ln-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Amid scenes
which recalled the memorable and excit
ing days of the Blst Congress, when party
feeUng ran fiercely and the hall of Rep
resentatives resounded with denunciations
of the alleged "high-handed methods of
the majority." James J. Butler, of Mis
souri, was unseated today by the House
and George C. It. Wagoner was seated In
his place. The Democrats -had decided
at their caucus this morning that If this
case was-calleii up they would prosecute,
a filibuster from now until Mirch 4, te
gardlesa vt consequences upon legislation.
and they began the flght an soon as the
gavel .fell at noon. Rollcall followed roll
call, and.it took over three hours to ap
prove the Journal ot yesterday's proceed
ings. Then, when the decks were cleared.,
thn case wis called. A spirited debate
of two hours followed, .and finally, after
repeated rollcalls, the case was brought
to a vote. The Democrats then attempted
to block things by leaving the hall, but
enough absentees finally were brought In
to make up the necessary quorum. The
closing chapter was drimatlc
Dalzell (Pa.), who was In the chair, re
fused to recognize a demand for division,
and, Richardson, the minority leader,
stood In his place and denounced his
course In unmeasured terms, amid the
Jeers of the Republican side- The htnd-
ful of Democrat present were overridden
roughshod, and Wagoner was seated.
Republicans Are Ready.
The Republican leaders. In deciding to
force this case to a vote, did so with a
perfect realization of the embarrassments
which would follow. If the Democrats
carried out their filibustering threat, and
they htve arranged- a programme to re
duce the minority's obstructive power to
a minimum as far aa the appropriation
bills are concerned. This Is to be ac
complished by a special rule which has
been prepared, by which all the parlia
mentary steps for getting appropriation
bills with Senate amendments Into con
ference can be cut off. But "later thla
afternoon the Republicans Introduced the
omnibus public building bill and threat
ened to vote against the rule unless It
made provision for the bill. This disturb- ,
Ing factor In the situation was not,
straightened out tonight. The Republi
can programme also Includes a proposl
llon to continue the executive day of to
day until noon, March 4. In order to ob
viate the long and tedious work of ap
proving tho Journal against filibustering
tactics.
A recess was taken tonight until U
o'clock, and n rule has - been prepared
which hereafter will give a motion
to recess precedence over any motion
to adjourn. Under the operation of these
drastic measures If Is believed that none
of the appropriation hills or other neces
sary measures will be Jeopardized, but
the present situation undoubtedly sounds
the death-knell of many minor measures.
Filibuster From Start.
The decision of the Democrats to fili
buster for tho remainder of the session. If
the Republicans pressed the Wagoner
Butler election contest, caused consider
able apprehension on both sides when the
House assembled. The leaders were alert
and the fight began almost at the droj
of the gavel. After the chaplain had de
livered his invocation, the Speaker was;
about to direct the clerk to read the Jour
nal when Richardson, the Democratic
leader. Interrupted him and made tha
point of no quorum. "The Constltutlou
requires the presence of a quorum to do
business," he said.
The Speaker acquiesced, but was abla
to count only 167. Thereupon Payne, tho
Republican leader, moved a call of the
House and upon that motion the Demo
crats forced a rollcall. The call of the
House was ordered. 2370.
Payne then moved to dispense with fur
ther proceedings under the calL The ris
ing vote resulted: Ayes, 137: nays, 98.
Richardson demanded the tellers, and the
Speaker sustained Payne's point of order
that the demand was dilatory.
"Then I demand the ayes md nays,"
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