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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, PEBBUAEY 1, 15HJ5. ON MEDICAL BOARD Osteopath Given Place By Washington Senate Bill. COURT FOR THE JUVENILES Correction Provided for Street Waifs Under Seventeen Years Impris onment for Delinquent Par ents or Guardians. OLTTMPIA. Wash., Jan. 21. (Special.) Senator Wilson's osteopathy bill fur nished a. llvelv controversy in the Sen ate this morning and it required a valiant I effort from Wilson to save it. ina om gives the osteopath a member on the State Medical Board and requires that osteopaths shall pass a regular examina tion before the state board before belne permitted to practice. Henry wanted the bill recommitted to the judlciarycommlttee, but members of that committee objected, and he asked that it sa to the miscellaneous committee. Fifteen voted to send the bill to the com mittee and 20 against the move. The measure "was then passed ayes, 28; noes, S. The Senate passed without discussion the Christian bill providing that one cor poration may own and control stock in another corporation. The bill is consid ered of high Importance to corporations. The original draft, however, has been amended to exclude banking and public m utility corporations. Senator Tucker's bill prescribing the penalties for the use of formaldehyde in milk at from one to three years' impris onment In the penitentiary, was passed unanimously, and Henry's bill prescrib ing penalties for the adulteration of vine gar, also passed. The Senate bill which prohibits the employment of boys or girls as telephone or telegraph messengers when -under 14 years of age. was defeated by a vote of 19 to 17. The juvenile court bill, in which the State Bar Association and the State Fed eration of Women's Clubs are taking a sjreat Interest, was up In the House for & final passage. The bill provides a method for the correction of children un der 17 who haunt the streets, saloons or visit disreputable places, or are other wise delinquent. It provides for a juve nile court in each county and Includes among delinquents children who follow begging or who play musical instrumen s or sine on the streets for a living and who perform In amusement places. The bill is adapted from laws In other states that are said to have been successful In correcting the mode of living of wayward youths without giving them the reform school stigma to live down. This bill passed without opposition, but Its companion, which provides for the imprisonment. In deal for a period of not more than one year of parents, guar dians or others who are responsible for or contribute to the delinquency of chll dren, had 21 noes recorded against it. It passed with 59 ayes. Reid objected to Llndsley's bill which raised the age limit of girls who may be admitted to the Reform School from 16 to 18. He contended that such a law would have the effect of keeping in the Jteform School until IS years old girls who perhaps had been committed when 10 years old, and who. under the present laws, would be released when 16. Llndsley explained that the Superlh tendent of the Reform School was given the authority to release or parole chil dren when, in his judgment, he deemed It to their Interests to do so, and that It was not necessary that they should re main in the school until 18. The bill passed ayes. 66; noes, 10. The House had its longest discussion over a motion to return the estray bill to second reading for the purpose of amending one section so that the person taking up an estray would receive 15 cents per day for feeding It, Instead of 10 cents, as specified In the bill. Nearly all wanted to talk on the subject. and It developed that those favoring the amend ment were members from irrigated dls tricts where feed is high. These members alleged the custodian of cstrays would lose money feeding at 10 cents. On the other hand. It was said that in other districts of the state a greater remuneration would make it too much of an object for farmers to take up animals that wore not really estrays, The motion to return the bill was lost. and on Its passage it passed with only ono vote recorded against It. Under a suspension of the rules the House took up and passed the Senate bill creating an additional Superior Judge in King County. Maloney and Weatherford voted against the bill. The bill carries an emergency clause, and will be sent to the Governor tomorrow. The House passed bills fixing minimum amount in Justice Court cases appealable to the Superior Court at $50; limiting cost of recording cemetery association plats to 10 cents per lot; appropriating $450 for payment of markers in state teachers' examination in November, 1904; appro prlating S250 for relief of Joseph Canut for extradition expenses not paid by the state for lack of funds; appropriating ?449 to pay costs of criminal actions in Gar field County, omitted by mistake from the returns of the County Clerk to the State Auditor. Notwithstanding the objections of Benn the House indefinitely postponed his bill prohibiting the employment of laborers under false pretenses as of strikes or other matters pertaining to their welfare. The House indefinitely postponed the iiaemlller usury bill, three road appropri ation bills, and several bills of minor lm portance. Senator Welsh introduced a bill today appropriating $120,000 for the establish ment of a home for the Indigent aged and Infirm to which any bona fide resident of Washington could be admitted upon order of County Commissioners after a showing of helplessness. Coate presented a bill in the House which fixes a yearly privilege tax on sleeping-car companies of $500, and re quires them to pay $1 per mile for each mile of railroad used by their cars. A bill to prohibit killing of elk until October 1. 1915, was introduced by Hux- taoie oi bpoKane in the House. An act to regulate the mess or board Ing houses In logging and mill camps was presented In the House by "Lyons. It re quires proprlteors to fix uniform rates and prohibits compulsory boarding re quiremenis. EXCISE TAX ON BEER. "Pernicious Activity" of Olympla Brewer Brings Him Into View. Uii-MfiA, wasn., Jan. 3L Back of the Ruth bill, creating an excise tax on beer, introduced yesterday. said to lodge a political vow made by Ruth and other leading Thurston County politicians snoruy alter tiie last general election, and lr tney can secure Its pas sage they will consider that they havi evened matters with Leopold Schmidt, tne owner or tne oiympia Brewery. In the last campaign Schmidt was an important factor in the defeat of the Re publican ticket and the slim majority given Governor Mead in this county. The Assessor and County Commissioners. In fixing tlie assessed valuation of property in Thurston County a year ago, placed an increase on the assessed valuation of the Olympla Brewery property that Mr. Schmidt deemed unjust. The fact that while a number of heavy property-hold-, ers had their valuations raised and that the rate of levy was reduced so that Schmidt's taxes were only $3 more than he said he was willing to pay, did not deter him from taking a strong Interest in the -campaign. Schmidt Issued a pamphlet in which he attacked the Republican organisation. and he spent money freely to defeat the Republican ticket. He lined up the sa- loonmen of the city against the ticket and sent out his employes to work against it As a result of Schmidt's campaign and other campaign incidents that also had their effect, the Republicans managed to pull through their Coroner, Wreckmaster and a few positions of such caliber and lost practically the wnole county organization to the Democrats. It Is alleged also that the brewery men throughout the state very generally op posed Mead, and it Is also claimed that the bill has considerable merit. For In stance they have the word o Mr. Schmidt that It costsNmly 90 cents a bar rel to manufacture his beer. It sells at the brewery for $8 per barrel, and after taking out a comparatively small cost for advertising and marketing, it Is esti mated that the profits are enormous. The Olympla Brewery alone produces be tween 40,000 and 50,000 barrels per year. and if taxed at 25 cents per barrel, as provided in the bill, the revenues to the state therefrom would be about $10,000 yearly from the one brewery. It is argued by the supporters of the biu that the breweries are in much the same category as express and sleeping-car com panies. They do a business so greatly out of proportion to the amount of money invested in the state and amount or property subject to taxation that an ex cise tax is a Just way of making tnem pay their share of taxes. Of course it will not be admitted mat this Is a "get even" measure, but It cer tainly required Mr. Schmidt's and other brewers' participation In the recent cam paign to open the eyes- of the supporters of the bill to the beauties oi sucn a ouu Committee Will Test Coal Oil. OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 31. (Special.) The coal oil Inspection bill was up be fore an open meeting of the committees of the House and Senate on mines and mining tonight and William McLaln, rep resenting the Standard OH Company in this state; John O. HIgglns, representing the State Grocers' Association, and others Interested, appeared before the commit tee. McLaln alleges that under the ex isting law his company Is required to manufacture a special grade for the State of Washington, which, owing to Its high fire test, is unfit for Illuminating pur poses. Mr. HIgglns says that owing to tne grade of oil required In thlr. state the trade In that commodity formerly enjoyed with British Columbia and Alaska lias been lost to Washington state jobbers. Statements of the different persons pres ent were made that were diametrically opposed as to the best testing figure for state enactment, and the committee de cided to secure apparatus and make tests before passing on the bill. The bill as presented reduces tho fire test from lbb degrees to about 120 degrees. More Pay for State Veterinarian. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 31. (Special.) Tonight the committee on dairy and livestock decided to recommend ror passage the bills Increasing the salary of the State veterinarian $&ou; proviu lng for the scoring of dairy products and Inspection of dairies and creameries and appropriating $1000 for publication of the proceedings of the State Dairy men's Association. The Agricultural College committee recommends that the bill changing the cumbersome official name of the college to "State College of Washington" bt passed. The committee on game ana game flsn recommends the indefinite post ponement of the bill prohibiting tho running of deer and other gamt animals with dogs and approves the bill provid ing for r. fish hatchery on the Littls Spokane Idaho Senate Passes Depository Bill. BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 31. The House to day, without a dissenting vote, passed the Senate measure known as the state depository bill. It carries out a recom mendation of Governor Gooding re specting the handling of state funds. The Treasurer is authorized to deposit state funds In banks willing to pay not less than 2 per cent of balances, these to furnish security to be approved by a board composed of the Governor, Attor ney-General and Secretary of State. This board also fixes quarterly the rate of Interest to be paid. Heretofore the Treasurers have hand led the funds as they wished, and It has been charged that large sums were col lected from the banks for their own use. Fund for Geological Survey. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 31. (Special.) The State Board of Geological Sur vey met in Olympla today, as required by law. The members are Govcrnoi A. E. Mead, Treasurer G. G. Mills, Lieu tenant-Governor C. E. coon, .president T. F. Kane, of the State University, and President E. A. Bryan, of the Agricul tural College. The meeting was addressed by T. A. Noble, the engineer In charge of tho geological and irrigation surveys for the Government in this state. Mr. Noblo urged that the state co-operate with the move In geological worlc. It was decided unanimously to ask the Legis lature for an appropriation of $10,000 lor continuing the work of the board. CONFER ON ROADBUILDING. Yamhill Supervisors Get Together and Discuss Methods. M'MINNVILLE. Or., Jan. 3L (Special.) The Good Roads Convention held here today was well attended. Although the meeting was primarily for Road Super visors and the Court, many others Inter ested In road work were present. The meeting was held in the Courthouse and presided over by County Judge B. F. Rhodes. The discussions embraced many features of roadbulldlng, and were participated In freely by the supervisors. The convention considered road construction In general, but the matter of grading was especially discussed, the speakers touching upon the methods of grading, width of grades, ma chinery to be used and how new grades should be rolled. The matter of ditching, which Is especially Important In the roll ing and flat districts, was also thoroughly considered. No definite method of roadbulldlng was decided upon, but each supervisor will proceed with the work according to the method he tninKs nest suuea to nis par ticular section. Judging by tne many suggestions put forth in today s conven tion, people throughout the county are deeply Interested in road Improvement, and will give the promoters their hearty support. Sum Asked for State University. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) The ways and means committee to night listened to petitions for $S9,000 for the State University and $10,000 for the Eastern Oregon experiment sta tion. R. S. Bean, president of the Uni versity Board of Regents, and P. L. Campbell, president of the faculty, spoke for the Eugene institution, and Senator Pierce, Representative Dobbin and John D. Ialy for the experiment station. The committee took no ac tion. Bought by a Pennsyivanian. EUREKA, Cal Jan. 31. The $500,000 plant of the Bayslde Mill & Lumber Company was transferred today to E. T. Collins, a lumberman of Pennsylvania. The deal includes a mill on the bay shore and 2000 acres of the roost valu- lable timber-in Humboldt County, COUNCIL IN UPROAR Sensational Session of Seattle Body. MINISTER CHARGES GRAFT Dr. M. A. Matthews Makes Grave Ac cusations Against CouncIImen H. C. GUI Replies to Minister, Attacking His Character. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 31. (Special.) Dr. JL A. Matthews, a clergyman, Mon day night. In the presence of the Council, when given the courtesy of the floor, openly accused certain members of the body of grafting, making charges of the most sensational nature. Immediately after Dr. Matthews had read his com munication, he was attacked by H. C. Gill, president of the Council, who launched startling epithets at the daring minister. A crowd of at least 300 citizens was crowded Into tho Council Chamber, and at times waxed so demonstrative and boisterous that It was necessary to call the assistance of the sergeant-at-arms to quell the disturbance. Dr. Matthews' appearance before the Council was the aftermath of a lecture he delivered in December, 1904, entitled "Symptoms of Graftltls," In which he re ferred to the Council In no measured terms, with the result that a resolution was passed requesting that he should ap pear and give reasons for his accusations. This was accepted generally as a bluff. Dr. .Matthews, however, called It with alacrity and presented the spectaclo of a clergyman reading an indictment of graft of 19 counts against unnamed CouncIImen while the Council was In session. CouncIImen Are Hissed. Dr. Matthews was received with an ovation by the audience and his address was frequently Interrupted by howls of applause. The CouncIImen received hisses and jeers from those outside the railing, but their remarks met with no little ap plause from other officials and not a few citizens who were Inside the railing. When quiet had been restored the Coun cil proceeded to transact some routine business. As soon as this had been dis posed of Councilman Cole arose and moved that the rules be suspended and that Dr. Matthews be permitted to read his communication relative to "graftltls. President Gill stated that It was his un derstanding that Dr. Matthews was sim ply to file a communication, but that If It was the pleasure of the Council to hear him at that time he would put the motion The motion was carried and President Gill requested Dr. Matthews to proceed I would like to Mate that I am here as your guest, and I understand that I am not to be Interrupted while I am reading my communication. President Gill replied: Tou are here as our frue?t to this extent. that you have been ajked to come here and tell this Council wqat you mean when you raid certain members of the Council evidenced rigns of "Kraftltls," and whom you meant to accuse of this. If your address is to this end the Council will be pleased to hear It and you will not be Interrupted. If you ari here simply to deliver a lecture on graftltls or something of that sort. do not think the time of the Council should be taken up with lectures unless the Coun ell wants to hear It. Dr. Matthews replied: I am here to tell about symptoms of graftltls. I do not propose to mention names, but I will mention names and pre sent evidence If you will meet me in the grand Jury room. Call Sergeant-at-Arms. These remarks caused a burst of ap plause on the parti of tho crowd. The demonstration became so great that Ser geant-at-Arms Wlnchell attempted to quiet the crowd. This only had the effect of causing the audience to increase Its ef forts. Wlnchell threatened to arrest some of those In the front ranks if they did not cease shouting immediately. In a moment half a dozen voices were shouting: Tou can't stop us. Let's see you try to ar rest us. We are here to make a demon stration, and let's see you try to stop us. The president is the only one who can stop us; you haven't any authority to stop our shouting and demonstration. Several men started toward the officer and President Gill, to save a clash. In formed the crowd that unless there was Immediate quiet he would call for the police and have the house cleared. Dr. Matthews commenced his communi cation by reading a long introduction re lating principally to his lecture on "Syrup toms of Graftltls." He grew eloquent and slightly sarcastic as he defined the word "graft" "Graft" Is a horticultural term, but, of late years, has been coined Into a term ex pressive of other growths. The word "graft" means "to propagate by Insertion or inocu latlon; to Join one thing to another: to in graft." In the light of that definition, you can discover the nefarious schemes, de slgnB and chicanery of the grafter. He pro pagates his ulterior, selfish motives by lnser tion, association and combination. "Graft" may mean clientage, patronage. position, political suffrage, employment of the grafter or members of his family, fa voritism, emoluments from office, ordinances. position, committees or authority, and. final ly It may Wan the delivery of cash or th equivalent thereof. He then went on to point out numerous alleged symptoms of graft among tho members of the Council, presenting most startling array of charges favor itism, extortion and the concentrating of undue Influence to pecuniary Interests. Dr. Matthews' every sentence was tho occasion for a great burst of applause from the excited, spectators. He gave the contractors' combine a vig orous tongue-lashing, accused two Coun oilmen of openly soliciting bribes and stated that President Gill was working In collusion with "Scotty ' Ferguson, gam bllng boss. Every conceivable form of graft was represented In Dr. Matthews' charges. He said In part: Contractors Have "Pot." "Let the fact be remembered that the contractors' combine has a 'pot to which each contractor in the combine makes his contributions. Out of said common 'pot' fund expenses, fees, banquets and grafts are paid. And the further fact that a cer tain member of the Council represented one of the Arms in the contractors' com bine in securing the Occidental avenue $69,000 contract. "Perhaps if reasons were given why parties putting up buildings are blocked and Interfered with unless they use certain kind of roofing, the manufacture of which is controlled by a Arm of which a certain Councilman Is a managing of ficer, you might have symptoms of graftltls. "If the reasons were given why a cer tain great corporation, erecting a building on the -northeast corner of Madison street and Western avenue, put In Its specifica tlons the following: 'The entire roof will be prepared as specified under roofing timbers and then covered with the Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works' four-ply bur lap gravel roofing. The entire roof must have a dry sheet of P. S. brand of roof ing felt weighing not less than 15 pounds to the square. Over the dry sheet must be lapped three plys pf the same quality of felt with a coat of asphalt under the width of each lap. 'Galvanized iron and zinc work All pilaster capitals must be of cast zinc. All capital work to be made by the Puget Sound Sheet Metal Company, of Seattle, Wash. "And the further fact explained that a managing officer of the Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Is a Councilman, and the chairman of the committee on cor porations, we might have another symp tom. Gentlemen of thef City Council, It Is also a known fact that a clique exists In side of the Council; a close combine com posed of CouncIImen manipulates- affairs. You might put on the stand Daulton, Murphy, Crlchton, Cole and others and perhaps they would testify to the. exist ence of such a clique or combine. Mentions Grand Jury. "I charge only 'symptoms.' You asked mo to state symptoms. I have given you a sufficient number of Indications to con vince any one of the existence of phys ical, anatomical and pathological symp toms. I am through. I will not again discuss the subject orally, publicly, privately or in written communication with tho City Council or members of the City Council. However. should a grand Jury be called I will oc veal to said grand Jury the names of wit nesses who have furnished mo Informa tion, and reveal to said grand Jury other facts which may be In my possession. Unless a grand -Jury Is called and all par ties Interested meet before said grand Jury, presided over by our Folklne Pros ecuting Attorney, the matter is a closed. incident." Dr. Matthews, completing his communi cation, left the Council Chamber. His de parture was- accompanied by a great dem onstration by the assembled spectators. Tho crowd remained In the Council chamber, however, to hear what the CouncIImen had to say In reply to the ac cusations made by Dr. Matthews. President Gill called Councilman Bur nett to the chair and took the floor. When he endeavored to secure recogni tion from the chair that he might make a speech, he could scarcely make himself heard for the hisses and jeers of the crowd. The hissing and Jeering became so strong that the scrgeant-at-nrms at tempted to restore quiet. His efforts were useless. The crowd only hissed the more. The officer was finally forced to threaten to ring for a squad of police and have tho disturbers arrested. Chairman Burnett, after vainly endeavoring to make his demands for order heard, finally shouted that If quiet was not Immediately restored he would have the entire house cleared. The demonstrations subsided and Mr. Gill proceeded. Gill Waxes Vehement. "I had hoped." said Mr. Gill, "that Dr. Matthews would stay hero and hear our reply to his bundle of assertions gathered from the. back files of the Times, instead of sneaking away like a dog. 'I want to say that I was here in tnis city striving to make an honest living when he was a gambler In Tennessee. running a 'nigger crap game. Ho was run out of his state, and the people In the county in which he was raised would not let him stay there a minute If he went back there today. "I know his reputation. When he came here he was entangled with a disreputa ble woman of the under world and went down there to see her regularly. He is still going, too. In closed hacks with the curtains drawn. "Had It not been for my leniency and the desire to save the name and family of a young girl from disgrace and shame. he would havebecn in the Penitentiary today. When a young girl was crlmlnally assaulted within the very shadow of his church. It was only to save this girl and her family from disgrace that he was allowed to escape the Penitentiary. "You'll have to prove that." shouted someone in tho audience. "The girl Is right here In this city to day," replied Mr. Gill, "and I can provo my assertions any time. Says He Is Honest. "This dirty cur has gathered a lot of stuff, from the Times and from tho man who runs that paper and come down hero making charges against the Council. I want to sav that I will be here making an honest living when this man and that man of. the same stripe at the head of tho Times are not here. "He says I owe my election to a clique, I want to say that I owe It to no clique, I was n'ft elected by the Great Northern and the; men who arc at the beck and call of Jlra)Hlll. James D. Farrell and those men. I was elected because the men In the Council voted for me, and I want to state right here that despite the influence of the Great Northern, Mr. Hill. Mr. Far rell and Colonel Blcthcn I will be elected to succeed myself. Colonel Blethen has tried to down me ever since I was elected president of the Council because the Great Northern didn't want me elected but he will never down me." Dr. Matthews Is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and for some weeks past has asserted emphatically that he Is going to make the city government clean. GAIN TO EASTERN OREGON. Constitutional Convention Would Be of Direct Benefit. BAKER CITY. Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) this county favorable' the calling of a constitutional convention. Some of the most conservative men In the county favor the proposal for the reason that they believe the present constitution Is not adequate to the needs of the entire state. They point out the fact that at the time the present constitution was framed Eastern Oregon was an unknown section of the slate and consequently an unknown quantity. While there Is a general reluctance to venture upon the work of drafting and adopting a new constitution there Is quite a general feeling that so far as Eastern Oregon Is concerned, the advantages to be gained offset the disadvantages. One thing which It Is hoped will remit favora ble to this section of the state Is the re adjustment of representation in the Leg islature on a more equitable basis. REMOVAL OF STATE CAPITAL. Tacoma Is Named In Bill to Be Pre sented by Senator Baker. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 31. (Special.) Senator George Baker, of Klickitat will tomorrow present a bill In the Senate providing for the submission of a con stltutlonal amendment permitting the re moval of tho state capital to Tacoma. Senator Welsh says his bill providing for a home for the Indigent, aged and in firm Is Intended as a companion measure to Baker's capital bill, with the idea of ultimately using the present state Capitol for the proposed home. In the event the removal bill carries. Amendments to- Albany Charter. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Albany people are preparing to contest some of the amendments to the citv charter recommended by the City Council some time ago and prevent the passage of the amended charter through the Legis lature. The Council decided to ask the Legislature to amend the charter so that no appeals could be taken from the City Recorder s Court- This Is meeting with violent opposition from the citizens, as Is the plan of the Council to make the maxl mum tax levy for city purposes 10 mills instead of 8, as at present. Petitions requesting the Legislature not to pass these amendments to the charter are being circulated and are being gen e rally signed. Chamberlain's Cough Xemedy the Best Made, "In my opinion Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is tne Dest roaae ror colds," says Sirs. Cora Walker, of Portervllle. Cai. There Is no doubt about its being tbe best. No other will cure a cold so quick ly. No other Is so sure a preventive of pneumonia. No other Is so pleasant and sale to taxe. inese are gooa reasons whv It should be preferred to any other. The fact Is. that few people are satisfied wltn any oiner aner naving once used this remedy, a or -sate oy an arugzists. VOTE ON PARK BONDS Multnomah Members Favor Submission to Electors. C0LWELL, SCORES A VICTORY Two-MIII Bridge Tax Will Also Be Balloted Upon Other Amend ments to Portland Charter'Ap proved by Delegation. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) The electors of Portland will decide next June whether to bond the city for 5325,000 for the purchase of the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds and Hawthorne. Park for the city and whether to enact Into the charter Representative Colwell's bill for a special annual 3-mlll tax for bridges. Such was the decision of the Multnomah Legisla tors tonight after an exceedingly warm tussle lasting until after midnight. Colwell's bill provides that bridges cost ing $30,000 or more shall be paid for by the entire city and authorizes the City Council to levy a special 2-mIll tax for that purpose. The charter now provides that such bridges shall be paid for by as sessments levied on special districts. Tne discussion on this matter lasted long, but the vote to submit the Colwell bill to the electors was unanimous. Though tne delegation refused to have the bill enact ed by the Legislature, Mr. Colwell con siders the. result as a virtual victory for his cause. The park bonding plan was approved for submission to the people after a haramer-and-tongs fight, and a motion to postpone it indefinitely was lost by a tie vote. Those for indefinite postponement were: Nottingham. Capron. Bailey, Hudson, Holcomb, Crang. Welch. Colwell and Klll- lngsworth. and thoso opposed were: Mills, SIchcL Coe, Malarkey, Mears, Hod- son. Henderson, Linthlcum. and Holraan. Dispute arose over Chairman Holman's right to tie the vote, but he persisted and declared the motion lost. Nottingham was very stout In his de nunciation of the bonding plan, and talked so long and loud that his voice lost Its edge. He was aided by Capron, Bailey, Colwell and Kllllngsworth. "I'll bet a coonskln," cried Nottingham, that this thing won't pass tho Legisla ture," and declared he would fight It to the last ditch. Mills, Malarkey, Mears and Slchel de fended the bonding plan. One amendment to the charter will be submitted to the electors for a penalty of 10 per cent on delinquent street and sewer assessments. The other amendments which will go before the people are those recommended by the old charter board to lessen CQst of advertising Improve ment assessments, and give notice of an Intended Improvement by postal card, to facilitate granting of franchises to street railways for connecting tracks and short extensions, and to require deposits of city moneys to be secured by standard secur ities. The Legislature will also submit the question whether the salary of the clerk of the Municipal Court shall be raised from $75 to $100 a month. TAX ON PUBLIC UTILITIES. Amendment Will Be Made to Sonne- mann's House Bill. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) The committee on railroads has decided not to recommend the tabling of Sonnemann's bill for taxation of the gross earnings of telephone, telegraph and express compa nies, and will report an amendment to the measure, so as to collect the tax from such business of those companies as is done within the boundaries of the state. The committee has not receded from its opinion that the tax should be col lected as was first proposed from all bus! ness of the above-named companies In the state, but Is content to wait until the Tax Commission, which seems likely to be created by the Legislature, can Incorpor ate such a bill Into its revised tax code. The revenue will be much less than from the original Sonneman bill. Tomorrow the committee will consider the railroad commission bill of Smith of Josephine, but there seems to be little chance of a favorable report from the committee. CIGARETTES FOR MEN ONLY. House Bill to Prohibit Sale of Tobacco to Boys Under Sixteen. ' SAL.BM. Or., Jan. 3L (Special.) To prohibit sale of cigarettes to minors un der 21 years, Richie of Marlon introduced a bill in tbe House this morning. The measure alms to prohibit also the sale of any other kind of tobacco to persons under 16 years of age. "The habitual us of cigarettes by any minor child under 16 years within the State of Oregon shall be deemed an act of Juvenile delinquency," runs the bill, "and such offender and his or her abettors may be dealt with under the juvenile law of the state for the correction of such habit." The bill also places cigarette literature, coupons and pictures under the ban. Tho penalty prescribed for selling cigarettes Is a fine of not less than J50 or Impris onment not less than 15 days, or both fine and Imprisonment, and for selling other kinds of tobacco, a fine of not less than $3 nor more than J50. LOBBYISTS BARRED FROM FLOOR Anti-Saloon League Workers Are Said to Be Particularly Persistent. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Lobby ists received a hard knock this afternoon In the House resolution of Capron of Multnomah, by which all but members of the Legislature, officials and thos to whom the courtesies of the House have been extended, are to be kept outside the bar of the House by the sergeant-at-arms. The resolution was aimed especially at Anti-Saloon League workers, whose pres- SCOTT'S EMULSION We don't put Scott's Emul sion in the class of advertised cure-alls; it doesn't belong there. We hardly like to' use the word "cure" at all, but we are bound to say that it can be used for a great many troubles with great satisfaction. Its special function is to repair the waste of the body when the ordinary food does not nourish, and this means that it is useful in many cases which are indicateel by wast ing. We'll send yon a staple free. SCOTT & BOWNE. joa Paul Street. New Yerfc. ence on the floor has been very persistent. The dules were suspended and the reso lution adopted, its provisions, therefore, going Into immediate effect. Mr. Capron particularly complains of the presence of visitors during the noon recess, when the members generally wish to work at their desks without interruption. As it stands now, when any outsider wishes to whisper In the ear of a member during the ses sesslon he may speak to the doorkeeper, who will summon a page, who takes the visitor's card to the member. If the mem ber cares to grant the request, he goes with the visitor Into the lobby between the two houses. Visitors, not all professional lobbyists, are plentiful every day. Each has a measure In mind on which he wishes to speak to his Representative. So at noon the Representatives are held up for near ly an hour each day. They break and run for lunch as quickly as possible, but con stituents cannot be treated too lightly. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS HAVE WON House Bill to Replace by County Pros ecutors Indecently Interred. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) The fight for County Prosecuting Attorneys collapsed In the House this morning and Mayger's bill abolishing the offices of District Attorneys was adversely reported to the House for the third time and was buried In the cemetery of things Indefi nitely postponed. This Insures the per petuity of the present system, whereby ten District Attorneys. are the state prose cutors in the nine judicial districts. The bill was adversely reported last week by the committee on elections, but the recommendation was rejected and the bill was referred to the committee on Judiciary. That committee also reported against the bill, but Its report was reject ed, and the bill was again sent to the Judiciary committee. This morning tho Judiciary committee put In its second un favorable report and the bill was Indefi nitely postponed. Last week the House was unmlstakably In favor of passage, but political and other Influences succeeded In changing the sentiment of the members. 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