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TII2 MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1907.
PRIMARYLAW TO
REMAIN INTACT
Senate Kills Bailey's Bills Pro
posing Important
Amendments.
VOTE ON BOTH DECISIVE
Vpper House Indefinitely Postpones
Measures After Acrimonious De
bate Alleged Joker Discovered
in One, but Author Says No.
SALKM, Feb. 12. (Special.) Any. change
In the prlary law was killed In the Sen
ate today by the Indefinite postponement
of two hills, by Bailey of Multnomah,
one providing for the election at pri
maries of delegates to state conventions
called to elect delegates to National con
ventions and proclaim party platforms;
the other changing Statement No. 1 for
the election of United States Senators so
that members of the Legislature might
rledpe themselves to vote for their
pnrty's choice and not for the people's
choice.
The first bill was killed by a vote of
IS to 11 and the second bill by vote of
21 to .
The vote on Indefinite postponement of
the first bill was:
Ayes' Bingham, Bowerman, Caldwell,
Coke. Coshow. Hart. Hedges, Kay,
Ijiycock. McDonald, Miller, Miller. Mulit,
Nottingham, Smith of Umatilla, Wright,
Haines IX.
Noes Bailey, Beach, Booth. Cole, Hod
eon. Johnson. LoughHry. Scholfleld. Sichel,
Smith of Marlon. Whealdon 11.
On the second bill three votes detached
themselves from the Bailey side, Schol
fleld, Sichel and Smith of Alarion, and
went to the opposition.
Debate on the Statement No. 1 bill grew
harp. Bowerman detected an omission
from the first bill which would not only
have exempted county elections from the
operation of the primary law, but would
have disjointed the primary law. The
first bill amended section 2 of the law,
the first part of which it purported to re
real, hut in the clause subjecting nom
inations to the law, it read "A primary
nominating election shall be held subject
to the provisions of this law for Senator
in Congress and all other elective state,
district, precinct, city, ward and all other
officers." leaving out "county," which is
contained In tho existing law.
Bailey said the omission was an over
tight and not intentional, and offered to
corrrect it, but Nottingham moved in
definite postponement, and against
Bailey's opposition the motion carried.
As the bill repealed all parts of the pri
mary law in conflict with it, Bowerman
paid the primary law would have been
disjointed.
The next bill then came up and Not
tingham moved indefinite postponement
of this also. Bailey, Whealdon and Beach
sought to save the bill from the cemetery,
and Nottingham. Bingham and Malarkey
tried to send If there. Bailey argued that
the bill would protect party Integrity
against disintegration forces that had re
cently afflicted the Republican party.
OBEY ORDEKS OR RESIGN
Grange Gives Pungent Advice on
Primary Law Amendment.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
That members of the Legislature should
either obey the instructions of the peo
ple or resign is one of the declarations
.made by the Salem Grange, in adopt
ing; resolutions upon the proposed
amendment of Statement No. 1. The
Grange opposes any amendment of the
direct primary law or any law adopted
by the people before It has been tested
by experience. The resolutions follow:
Whereas. There is a bill now pending be
fore the Legislature, to so amend the direct
primary law, enacted by the people of the
state, as to make Ineffective that part of
said law, which confers on the people the
right to signify by their direct votes, their
choice cf United States Senators, and, also
to amend said la-w, so as to allow poUtlcal
parties to suggest, or nominate by conven
tions, the candidates to be voted for at the
primary elections, and thereby again es
tablish party machines; and,
. Whereas, We. the Patrons of Husbandry,
are in favor of the direct primary law, and
believe Its enforcement at the last elec
tion has helped to purify political methods
In this state, and nominate better men fnr
officers than were formerly presented by
party conventions and ring systems;
Therefore, be It resolved by Salem
Grange, that we protest against any change
In the present direct primary law, that shall
in any way lessen Its efficiency, in relation
to the matters above set forth.
And. be tt further resolved, That enact
ment of any law by the initiative, Is an In
struction by the people to their representa
tives, (whose agents they are) that euch
laws should not be repealed or amended, so
as to defeat the object of their enactment,
until their merits have been fully tested by
experience. ,
That we believe the principle should pre
vail, that public as well as private agents,
should obey the Instructions of their princi
pals or resign.
FAVORS PURE FOOD LAW
House Refuses to Amend Burns' Bill
in Committee of Whole.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) Rep
resentative Burns' pure fool law was
adopted by the House In committee of the
whole this afternoon. CofTey of Multno
mah being In the chair. The only impor
tant amendment made was that exempt
ing from tne requirements as to markings
and true weights and measures the green
packed fruit products of the state. Per
kins pointed out that to require horti
culturists thus to mark every box of
apples or other fruit would work hard
ship on fruitgrowers. An effort was first
made to strike out the subdivision of the
bill relating to branding and weights and
measures, but the House was decidedly
opposed to any such action, and a motion
to that effect was badly defeated.
Purdy offered as an amendment, another
section exempting flouring mills. Assisted
by Edwards and Washburne, he claimed
that the enforcement of the provisions of
the bill in this respect will prevent the
small flouring mill operators from manu
facturing for export flour under a spe
olal brand, not his own. Burns assured
the objectors that such was not the case;
that all such mill men will be required
to do is to mark each sack of flour so
manufactured by serial number by which
the product can be identified.
Burns further charged that there is
urgent need for this restriction as to
flouring mills, claiming that some mills
engaged In this business made a specialty
of treating discolored flour with acids and
chemicals so that the product might be
made marketable.
Campbell was successful In having at
tached an amendment to one of the sec
tions requiring the State Dairy and Food
Commissioners to make investigation as
to quality and weight of any products
included within the, provisions of measure
on complaint of interested persons, and
to submit a report of that investigation in
writing, the same to be a matter of
record.
The bill as amended apparently 'will
pass.
Wildcatters Have Influence.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) Rep
resentative Brown's bill to prohibit the
publication of false or exaggerated state
ments by corporations as to their finan
cial condition, met with considerable op
position in the House tonight, when it
came up for final passage. The bill was
finally referred back for further amend
ment. The purpose of the bill Is to pro
tect the innocent Investor from the ope
ration of wildcat mining and other in
corporated enterprises that make a prac
tice of misrepresenting their true assets.
The severity of the penalties, the maxi
mum being 10 years imprisonment and
$10,000 fine, was the excuse offered by
objecting lawmakers for opposition to the
bill.
Debate on Community Property.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) After
an hour's debate, the House tonight re
ferred back to the judiciary committee
the report on Washburn's bill, which pro
poses an amendment to the present
statute so as to empower husband or
wife to transfer property that may be
acquired during the insanity of the
other.
HOUSE UNANIMOUS AGAINST
COOS BAY BARONS.
Passes Chase Bill Compelling Them
to Disgorge Illegally Acquired
Holding Under Terms of Grant.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
With but one dissenting vote that of
King the House this afternoon passed
the bill fathered by Representative
Chase, to compel the sale at $2.50 an
acre of the land in the Coos Bay wag
on ri:ad grant, according to the terms
of the grant of 1869. Chase made a
plain exposition of the measure and
its purposes. Including a recital of the
history of the situation and a refer
ence to the fact of the holding com
pany's refusal to dispose of the land
in accordance with the terms of the
grant by which it claims title.
He said that Elijah Smith, an off!-,
cer of the company, now in the posses
sion of this property, had come to
Oregon from Boston and was now in
attendance on the Legislature in an ef
fort to defeat the legislation proposed
by the bill under consideration.
King moved to have action on the
bill deferred until he could submit the
matter to the Attorney-General to as
certain the best method for the state
to adopt in disposing of the matter.
Chase resisted any dilatory tactics and
explained that the bill, for which he
is the sponsor, had been reviewed by
the Attorney-General before being pre
sented to the House.
King's motion to defer action on the
bill was hopelessly defeated, and vote
being taken, the measure was support
ed by the entire House, with the ex
ception of King.
Another Blow at Land Monopoly.
SALEM. ' Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The
House today adopted S. J. M. to com
pel the Oregon & California Railroad
Company to comply with the conditions
of its land grant, under the act of Con
gress. The House also concurred In 3.
C. R. urging Congress to request the
President to appoint Colonel James Jack
son, of Portland, Brigadier-General on the
retired list.
MALARKEY WINS A VICTORY
Senate Passes Bill Allowing Non
Resident Railroad Directors. .
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
There was a -short contest in the Sen
ate this morning over Malarkey's Sen
ffte bill 172, to permit a majority of
the directors of any railroad corpora
tion to reside outside the state. Sen
ator Bailey opposed it for the reason
that it would plve the state that much
less opportunity to control the rail
roads. Smith, of Umatilla. Inquired
whether the demand for this law came
from the people or from the railroads,
and Malarkey replied that it-came from
the railroads. He then went on to
show that the railroads are now owned
and controlled by non-residents and
that the resident directors are merely
employes -of the men who really own
and control the roads. There- Is noth
ing gained by requiring resident di
rectorates. . The great desire of this state is, and
has been fir years, to induce foreign
capital to come here and build rail
roads. No one 'expects the capitalists
themselves to oome here to live, but
the state wants their money. They
do not like to invest their money here
and yet he compelled to turn the man
agement of their property over to oth
ers. The bill provides for the appoint
ment of resident agents upon whom
service can be had, so the state will
lose nothing by permitting a majority
of the directors to be non-residents.
Malarkey could see no harm to be
done by the passage of the bill, but
thought it would encourage the Invest
ment of foreign capital in this state.
The bill passed by a vote of 19 to 8.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IS LOST
Jones Resolution Overwhelmingly
Defeated In the Senate.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) Wo
man suffrage met an overwhelming de
feat in the Senate yesterday, when House
joint resolution 13, by Jones of Polk and
Lincoln was killed by a vote of eight
ayes to 19 noes. There was very little
discussion upon the merits of woman
suffrage, but a number of Senators In
sisted that the people settled this ques
tion last June and there Is no need of
submitting the question at this time,
the vote was:
Ayes Hart, Hedges, Kay, Miller of Una.
Nottingham, Smith of Marion, Smith, of
Umatilla, President Haines 8.
Noes Bailey, Beach, Bingham, Booth.
Caldwell. Coke, Cole, Coshow, Hodson. John
son, Laughary, Laycock, Malarkey, McDon
ald. Miller of Linn-Marlon. Mulit. Scholfleld,
Whealdon, Wright 19.
Absent Bowerman. Mays, Glchel 3.
Hood River Not Discouraged.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) ResiT
dents of the Hood River section of Wasco
County who are seeking a division of that
county, have introduced, through Repre
sentative Moore, a bill in the House pro
posing the creation of Hood River County
from the western pari of Wasco. The
territory included within the proposed
new county is substantially the same as
that of the proposed new county of Cas
cade, he bill for which was Indefinitely
postponed in the Senate.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Favorite.
"We prefer Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy to anv other for our children," savs
Mr. L. J. Woodbury of Twining. Mich. "It
has always done the work for us in hard
colds and croup, and we take pleasure in
recommending it."
LftND MONOPOLY HIT HARD
PRUNED TO 137,500
Senate Reduces Appropriation
for Corvallis College.
KAY WINS IN ONE FIGHT
Marlon County Watchdog Slakes
Stand for Taxpayers Standing
Allowance for Institution Is
Increased by $12,500.
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SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. (Speci?!.) As the
result of a determined fight led by Sen
ator Kay, of Marion, the Senate has or
dered a reduction of $12,500 In the annual
appropriation asked for the Oregon Ag
ricultural College. The .present standing
appropriation for maintenance is $25,000
a year. A bill was Introduced by Senator
Johnson, of Benton, for an appropriation
of 150,000 a year, the law to take effect
with the beginning of 1908. This bill pro
vided also for a separate fund for the
Agricultural College, but upon motion of
Kay the measure was sent back to the
ways and means committee last week
with Instructions to cut out the provision
for a separate fund. Yesterday Kay sent
up another proposed amendment to the
bill, fixing the annual appropriation at
$37,500 Instead of $50,000.
Kay said in behalf of his amendment
that the bill proposes an Increase of 100
per cent in the maintenance appropria
tion and that the Agricultural College is
also asking for an appropriation of $1S0,
000 for new buildings and improvements
for the ensuing two years. He said that
while he is a believer in the maintenance
of an Agricultural College and Is willing
to make appropriations sufficient for its
needs, he did not consider this amount
necessary and had therefore moved to cut
it down. He presented figures showing
that for 1901-2 the appropriations for all
educational institutions amounted to $193.
000: for 1303-4, $233,000. and for 1905-6, $3fi,
000, while the demands for 1908 are $775,
000. This is an increase of 100 per cent
in one year for ali the institutions of
higher education. He thought it exorbi
tant and unnecessary. Bertdes, the Sen
ate should take into consideration the
fact that the Agricultural College receives
$50,000 this year from the United States
and will next year receive $55,000 from
that source.
Must Protect Taxpayers.
He urged that the legislature must
protect the taxpayers as well as provide
liberal appropriations for the educational
institutions. He said he had talked with
one of the officers of the Agricultural
College and had been informed by him
that the increased appropriations asked
were more than were actually needed.
Senator Johnson responded by showing
that the total appropriation asked by the
Agricultural College Is not $250,000 for the
two years, as stated, but is only $225,000,
for the increase in the annual mainte
nance fund is not to take effect till next
year. He said also that of the $50,000 re
ceived from the United States. $25,000
goes to the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, conducted in connection with the
college, and that the college authorities
have no control over it.
He further said that the records of the
proceedings of the. board of, regents
showed that the amount asked for was
the same as provided In the bills- that
have been introduced, and while he has
not talked with all the members of the
board, he had heard none of them say
that they needed less.
President Haines called Senator Hodson
to the chair and took tho floor In favor
of cutting down the appropriation. He
told about his visit to the Agricultural
College a few days ago and spoke highly
of the institution and the work it is do
ing. He believed it one of the mopt val
uable educational Institutions and said
that it should be liberally supported by
the state. But he believed this appropri
ation extravagant and more than is need
ed for the proper maintenance of the
school. While tho authorities could prob
ably spend the $50,000 a year, and spend
it well, they could do with less without
impairing the efficiency of the institu
tions. Must Prnne Somewhere.
The demands now before the legisla
ture for appropriations amount to $4,000,
00 to $5,000,000, and unless the Legislature
cuts some place the appropriations will
be excessive. He also told of conversa
tions with officers of the institution, who
teld him they would need a 50 per cent
Increase in maintenance and an appropri
ation of $100,000 to $115,000 for improve
ments. This bill and the one coming from
the House, therefore, provided more
money than the officers of the school
asked or expected.
Senator Kay responded to Senator
Johnson's remarks, saying that the ex
periment station is really a part of the
college and that the college gets the ben
efit of the Government money spent at
the station.
The vote upon the question of cuttlns
the annual appropriation from $50,000 to
$37,500 was as follows:
Ayes Bowerman. Caldwell, Coke, Cole,
Hart, Hedges. Kay. Laycock, McDonald,
Miller of Linn, Miller of I,lnn and Mar
ion. Nottingham, Scholfleld. Smith of
Marion, Smith of Umatilla, Wright, Pres
ident Haines 17.
Noes Bailey, Beach, Bingham, Booth
Coshow, Hodson, Johnson, Laughary, Ma-
larkey, Mulit, Sichel, Whealdon 12.
Absent Mays.
Representative Vawter's bill, proposing
the creation of a special board of regents
for the management and control of all of
the State Normal Schools came up for
third reading in the House this morning
and on suggestion of its author was laid
over until Wednesday evening, when
Representative Holt's bill, declaring the
Ashland and Weston Normal Schools to
be state normal schools, to the exclusion
of the Drain and Monmouth institutions.
comes up under special order.
At this meeting the House proposes to
consider the two Senate bills on the nor
mal school subject, one bill providing for
the 6Upport by the state of but two nor
mal schools, and the other providing for
a commission to determine which two of
the four schools now existing shall be
considered.
AGAINST HABITUAL- CRIMINAL
House Passes Coffey's Bill After a
Lively Debate.
SAT .KM, Feb. 12. (Special.) Represen
tative Coffey's habitual criminal bill
aroused considerable opposition in the
House today, but passed that body by
a vote of 33 to 23. The bill, explained
Mr. Coffey, is a copy of laws in force in
the States of Washington and California
and provides that a prisoner convicted
for the second time of a crime equal to
a felony shall be punished by a sentence
double that provided in the statutes for
the commission of the offense. The per
son convicted of felony a third time,
shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.
Perkins objected to the bill for the
reason that he feared it would be pos
sible, through malicious prosecution, im
properly to deprive a man of his liberty.
Campbell, did- not think the law would
operate satisfactorily In this state, where
the Indeterminate sentence Is in prac
tice. McCue, supported the measure
which was intended, he said, purely for
habitual criminals, and in support of
his position repeated the statement of
an official at the Oregon penitentiary
who had told him that of between 50
and 60 convicts who were In the peniten
tiary three years ago serving sentences,
and who had since completed those sen
tences, a large percentage were now in
the same institution serving sentences
under subsequent convictions.
Coffey, concluded the debate and em
phasized the need for framing some
legislation that will tend to put a damper
on repeated violation of law by the
criminal classes. "If the habitual
criminal will make himself liable to terms
In the penitentiary three times he will
arrange to go there 30 times, if you
will give him the opportunity."
Changes Law of Bvldence.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12.-(Speclal.) By a
narrow margin of SI to 27 Vawter's bill.
Introduced at the request of the District
Attorney of the First Judicial district.
amending the statutes so that a wife
is made a competent witness against her
husband in some criminal actions, passed
the House this afternoon. Barrett, of
Washington, McCue and others criticised
the bill for the reason they considered it
conferred on prosecuting officers undue
authority to Invade the sanctity of the
confidential relations existing between
husband and wife.
FEATURES OF NEW BILLS
COMMITTEE DRAFTS CORRXTT
PRACTICES ACT.
Senate Lawyers Boil Down Into
Brief Form Three Lengthy
Measures on Same Subject.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) Out of
three long bills on the subject of corrupt
practices at elections, the Senate Judi
ciary committee has constructed one bill
which will be reported as a substitute for
all others on the same subject. The new
Lill will be much shorter than those that
have been already lptroduced, and will be
much more easily understood. The bill
will make it a misdemeanor for any per
son to solicit money or property from a
candidate and limits expenditures as fol
lows: Candidates for United States Sen
ator. $3000; for state offices, $1000; for
county offices, $250. The bill requires
candidates and Central Committee officers
to file a statement within. ten days after
election showing the amounts of their
campaign expenditures. Campaign ex
penses are limited to payment of rent,
carriage hire, music, advertising, workers
at the polls and a few other purposes
specified in the bill.
The judiciary committee of the Senate
spent several hours yesterday working on
bills which have for their purpose the
prescribing of the procedure under the
initiative and referendum, as applied to
cities. The committee has decided to re
port adversely on Senate bill 122, by Smith
of Umatilla, and favorably on House
bill 123, by Jon'es of Clackamas. The lat
ter measure was drawn by W. S. U'Ron,
father of the initiative and referendum,
and seemed to the committee to be the
best measure putting the new constitu
tional amendment Into effect.
Senator Johnson has Introduced a bill
to provide for dividing the Second Judi
cial District into two Prosecuting Attor
ney districts, with Lane. Benton and Lin
coln In one district and Douglas. Coos
and Curry in the other. George M.
Brown is to continue as Prosecuting At
torney In the Douglas-Coos-Curry dis
trict and the Governor is to appoint in tho
other district.
A bill introduced by the Marion County
delegation today raises the salary of the
Clerk of Marlon County from $1300 a year
to $1800 and provides for additional dep
uty assistance.
cnfA Bill ?11 liv Miller of Linn and
Marlon, requires that in order to keep a
note or mortgage from outlawing mere
must ba a payment of principal or inter
est and that a. memorandum of the Dav-
me.it must be made upon the note and the
margin or tne record oi xne mnnsanB. n
order to make such payment effective, if
now hqrred under this act. the notation
must be made within six months.
Hart's Senate rill 21fi, by Senator Hart,
authorizes the Circuit Court to act in
probate matters if the County Judge be
absent from the county. In several coun
ties there has been great trouble and in
convenience from the fact that County
Judges go away on protracted visits and
there Is no authority -now for any other
person to perform their duties. This bill
proposes to remove this defect In the
judicial system.
For the purpose of relieving the Su
preme Court of the task of conducting
bar examinations. Senator Malarkey has
introduced Senate Bill 217, which au
thorizes the court to appoint an exam
ining board of three lawyers, who have
had five years' Experience at this bar.
This board is to conduct the examina
tion and report its findings to tne
court, which will then act upon the
applications for admission. The fee
for examination Is $15. The compensa
tion of members of the examining
board is to bo fixed by the Supreme
Court.
Senator Bailey's Senate Bill 219 cre
ates a public playgrounds board, with
power to levy a tax of one-fourth of
a mill on the dollar and to purchase
or condemn property for playgrounds.
gymnasiums, etc., in Portland. The
board is to be composed of the Mayor,
Judge of the Juvenile Court, City Su
perintendent of Schools, president of
M. A. A. Club, and City Librarian. This
bill would raise a revenue of $40,000 a
year for Ave years at present valua
tions. The bill provides for only half
the rate of levy after five years. vThe
bill authorizes employment of a secre
tary at $1200 a, year, and requires the
wter board to furnish water free for
public playgrounds and gynasiums.
Senator Hart's bill for a state law
library at Pendleton appropriates
$23,300 and directs the clerk of the Su
preme Court under direction of the
court to purchase books for the new
library.
JOHNSON BILIj WILIj PASS.
Road Law Indorsed by House Com-
nilttce of Whole.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
Senator Johnson's road bill was favor
ably, reported by the House in commit
tee of the whole this morning, and will
be passed in the same form that it
was reported to the House from the
Senate. Purdy, of Washington, was
chairman of the meeting and after an
attempt to ho amend the bill as to
make compulsory the employment of
convicts In carrying out the provisions
of the bill had failed, the measure was
placed on the calendar in regular or
der for third reading.
The bill provides for the building
and improvement of the main highways
of the state under the direction of a
state highway commission and a State
Road Engineer, the expense of the
work to be shared equally by the state,
the county In which the Improvements
are made, and by the abutting proper
ty thai derives the benefit. The max-
imum amount to be expended by the
state in behalf of any one county with
in the state is limited to $20,000. This
bill will pass the House with practi
cally no opposition.
When the bill was under considera
tion in the committee this morning
Newell proposed an amendment mak
ing it compulsory on the commission
to employ convicts in rock quarries at
different points within the state. The
amendment made available an appro
priation of $25,D00 to carry Its provis
ions into effect, this amount to revert
to the state treasury from the first
moneys that are received under the
tax that Is provided for in the bill.
The amendment further required that
at least 50 of the convicts of the state
penitentiary should be so employed.
Perkins raised objections to the
.amendment, which he considered en
tirely impracticable. He said it would
be impossible to ship the convicts into
different sections of the state, and re
called it had been the experience of
other states that had tried the expe
riment that it cost more to recapture
the convicts who were constantly elud
ing the guards than the crushed rock
was worth. He said that the same
amendment had been unanimously de
feated In the Senate and he feared tho
chances of the bill becoming- a law
would be seriously interfered with if
the House should Insist on tacking to
the bill the amendment that had been
offered.
Vawter, Rodgers, Barrett, of Uma
tilla; Edwards and Knowles, the latter
speaking for Eastern Oregon, con
curred In what Perkins bad said and
seriously questioned the policy of so
amending the bill. Coffey, referring
to the success with which Multnomah
County prisoners had been worked on
a county rock quarry, thought state
convicts could be similarly employed
with the same beneficial results to the
state. McCue said it was contended
by the labor people of the state that
the convicts were being allowed to en
ter into too close competition with the
white labor of the state and for that
reason demanded that these charges of
the state be employed in road build
ing or some -other employment when
the plan la practical.
"I am sick and tired," said Camp
bell, "of having the probable action of
the Senate held up as a club against
the House In the consideration of any
bill whatever. The House is able to
pass on measures on their merits and
should do so without regard to what
the Senate may or may not do. let
us act as our conscience may direct
and put the situation right up to the
Senate." He then declared himself for
the amendment, which, he said, was
demanded by at least two-fifths of the
people of the state.
Newell's amendment was then sub
mitted to a vote and was defeated by
a vote of 19 to 32. The bill was then
placed on reguiar order for third read
ing. NEW SENATORIAL DISTRICTS
Hart Bill Makes Radical Changes in
Present Apportionment.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) Sena
tor Hart's bill to redlvide the state into
Senatorial districts makes several changes
In the present districts. Tt gives Mult
nomah seven Senators alone and one with
Columbia and Clackamas, instead of five
alone and one with Columbia and Wash
ington and one with Clackamas as at
present. Marlon and Linn lose their Joint
Senator: Tillamook and Lincoln are Joined
with Benton Instead of Yamhill: Baker
Is given one alone, and Harney and Mal
heur are joined with Grant instead of
Baker. The bill does not relate to Repre
sentative districts.
The apportionment of Senators as pro
posed by Hart is as follows:
Dlst. County. Senators.
1 Marion 2
2 7,1 nn 1
3 Lane 1
4 Douglas 1
5 Jackson ...1
6 Lane, Douglas and Josephine. .1
7 Coon and Curry 1
8 Benton, Lincoln and Tillamook 1
9 Polk 1
10 Yamhill 1
It Washington 1
12 t'lackamas I
j:t Multnomah 7
14 Columbia, Multnomah and Clackamas. .1
15 Clatsop 1
1 Wasco 1
17 Crook. Klamath and XBke 1
18 Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler 1
10 Morrow. Umatilla and Union 1
0 Umatilla 1
21 Union and Wallowa 1
22 firant, Harney and Malheur.- 1
23 Baker 1
The bill has been referred to a special
committee composed of Senators Bower
man, Miller of Linn-Marion, Hodson,
Wright and Smith of- Umatilla. Three of
the members of the committee are direct
ly interested in the bill, for it proposes
to abolish Miller's office and that of
Wright, and to change the composition
of Hodson's district.
Reference to thlB committee probably
means an unfavorable report upon the
bill, for it would not be possible to pass
a redistrictlng bill without affecting both
Miller and Wright.
BILLS OF INTEREST TO LABOR
Two Measures Are Made Special
Order for Today.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
The Senate has made a special order
of two bills of Interest to laboring men,
both of them coming up at 2 o'clock
tomorrow. One is Senate Bill 202,
by the committee on revision of laws,
to prohibit the payment of laborers
with time checks not negotiable or
with. any paper unless it is payable in
cash on demand at a bank or some
other established place of business
within the county where Issued. This
bill also provides that if demand is
made for payment of wages and pay
ment Is delayed more than 48 hours
thereafter, the court may allow attor
ney's fees In any suit brought for the
collection of the amount due.
The other bill to be heard at the
same time is Senate Bill 209, by Sen
ator Bailey, to prohibit the payment of
wages with due-bills, declaring that
when a man Is discharged his wages
shall be due immediately and requir
ing that when a man quits work he
must wait until the regular payday
for his wages unless he has given
seven days' notice of his intention to
quit, but the payday must not be more
than 30 days distant. If he is not
paid when the wages are due, he shall
be entitled to regular pay for the time
the wages are withheld.
WORK OF THE COMMITTEES
Action Taken on Governor's Timber
and Stone Act Message.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) The
special committee of the Senate appoint
ed to consider Governor Chamberlain's
message regarding proposed repeal of the
timber and stone act- has decided to re
port In favor of a protest against any
withdrawal of timber lands from entry
and sale unless state's right to select lieu
land shall be fully preserved. The com
mittee's report recites that if such with
drawal should be made the loss to the
state would be very great. It also In
cludes an urgent request that generous
provision be made for reclamation work
in Oregon. The report suggests that the
expression from the Legislature be con
veyed to Congress through a communica
tion from the Secretary of State. Instead
of by memorial. The committee is com
posed of Senators Miller of Linn-Marion,
Booth of Lane and Bowerman of Gilliam.
The House this morning, concurred in
Senate amendments to H. J. R. 11, by
Knowles, increasing salaries of members
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of Legislature. Original resolution pro
vided a salary of $400 per session for each
member and mileage at the rate of $3 for
each 20 miles traveled. The Senate struck
this provision out of the resolution, and
substituted therefor an amendment al
lowing the members their actual travel
ing expenses instead. In its amended
form the resolution, proposing an amend
ment to the constitution, will be submit
ted to the voters of the Senate for ratifi
cation at the next general election.
In the House this morning bills by Bev
eridge and Simmons, relating to the
amendment of the hunters' license law,
were withdrawn, to be considered in con
junction with a similar bill by Jackson.
Still another bill, that by Barrett of
Washington, and e-xtending the season
for hunting ducks and geese, from Feb
ruary 1 to March 1, was referred back to
the committee on judiciary for needed
amendment.
NO SALARY FOR PRINTER
Ax Waiting for Davey's Bill?, Chang
ing Present System.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) House
committee on printing will report unfa
vorably two bills by Speaker Davey,
one putting the state printer on $.'iiXX
a year flat salary, the other appropriating
$30,000 for a building for a printing plant,
so as to take the plant out of the Cap
itol. Printer Duniway made a good showing
before the committee, assuring it he
could conduct the office on about $1S,000
a year, which will be a big saving, since
the legislature has appropriated as high
as $60,000 for the biennial period.
Duniway showed the committee he
is making a saving to the state of
more than half on the cost of legis
lative calendars, which last session
cost $16,000, but which this session will
cost not over $7000.
In view of the saving about to be
made by Duniway, the committee
deems it Inadvisable to go to the ex
pense of puttlrg in a new building and
purchasing a plant. The committee is
composed of Jones of Polk, Brown of
Linn and Moore of Baker.
ADVISES SOLONS TO WAIT
Banking Law Discussed by J. C.
Hostetler, of The Dalles. ,
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) J. C.
Hnstotler. of French & Co.. bankers of
The Dalles, today stated his position 1n
regard to the proposed banking law, as
follows:
We feel that ample time for reflection and
deliberation should be taken before a law"
Is paEsed. as tt is important that the finan
cial conditions of every district of tho state
should be carefully studied so that no hard
ship will be worked upon any particular
locality. This is especially true of Eastern
Oregon, particularly at this time. Sherman
County has had a short crop for two years,
and this year it was practically a complete
failure. Wasco County has done a little
better, but we are still feeling short-crop
conditions here.
Our btisiness extends all over these coun
ties, and while our large capital and surplus
enables us to handle It, still we should
feel that any law which would curtail our
loans, as the proposed bill suggests, would
work a very gr-at hardship, especially if
a short crop comes next Fall. There are a
large number of producers who depend upon
us or their small local banks to carry them,
and these smaller banks In return rely upon
us for assistance; hence the evil effects of
such a law would be brought directly home
to the very people whose efforts are being
exerted to build up our state.
The different state hanks In Eastern Ore-
Coughs of Children
Especially night coughs. Nature needs a
little help to quiet the irritation, control
the inflammation, check the progress of
the disease. Our advice is give the
children
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if
gon conduct a class of business which Is
peculiar to themselves, and which would be
greatly Injured If they were tied up by the
rigid restrictions that are contained In the
proposed bill. Kven If a very moderate bill
ehould be enacted Into a law. it would take
not less than two years to so shift siround
matters as to get ready for the new order
of things without Inflicting hardship upon
the customers of the banks.
I r.m therefore very strongly Impressed
wiih the Idea that the banking bill should
be postponed until the next session of the
Legislature. In the meantime the business
men of the state can get together with thu
different bankers and can model a law that
will be safe without being too drastic. I
believe that under the present conditions of
things In Oregon that our only salvation lies
In going slow.
New Bills in the Rouse.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) Bills
were introduced In the House today as
follows:
H. B. 408, Seals Elections for establish
ing County High Schools.
H. B. 4fl. Beals Salary nt Deputy Coun
ty Clerk of Tillamook. $00 a year.
H. B. 410. Jewell Appropriating $200 for
Fish Warden to blast out reefs In Illinois
P.iver and Rogue River In Josephine County
for passage of salmon.
H. B. 411. Eaton Regulating slaughter
houses. H. B. 412. Jaokson and Plke Regulating
admission to Soldiers' Home.
H. B. 413, Jackson Designating coal and
Iron precious metals for license.
H. B. 414, Jackson of pike and King
Appropriating 15.50n for Soldiers' Home.
H. B. 415, Jackson of King and Pike
Fixing salaries In Soldiers' Home.
H. B. 416. Freeman Title by adverse pos
session of real property to require payment
of taxes ten years prior to suit.
H. B. 41T. Wilson Fixing salaries of
Multnomah officers: Treasurer. J2500; dep
uty. $75 per month; School Superintendent,
$r00, to take efTect after next election.
H. B. 41S. Wilson Fixing salary of As
sessor of Multnomah at $4500. to be paid
after next election.
H. B. 419. King Appropriating $25,000
for bridge across Snake River at Ontario.
H. B. 420, ways and means Appropriating
$2.".000 for buildings at State Fair grounds.
H. B. 421, ways and means Appropriat
ing $8000 for Boys' and Girls' Aid Society;
$(!000 for Crlttenten Home. $10,000 for Pat
ton Home. $d000 for Baby Home. $10,000 for
Oregon Historical Society.
11. B. 422, Beals Regulating salmon
fishing In Nestucca and Nehalem Rivera by
abolishing 30 days' close season In Winter.
H. B. 41'3. Chaptn neflnlna- larceny.
H. B. 424, committee on game Close sea
son for elk from October IB to September
IB, and limiting one elk to one person in
open season.
H. B. 42S, Barrett of Umatilla Fixing
salary of District Attorney of Sixth Judi
cial District at $3000 and allowing deputy
for f matllla, or Morrow at $500.
H. B. 426, Brlx Regulating co-operative
companies.
H. B. 427, Moore Creating Hood River
County.
H. B. 428, joint fisheries committee of
Oregon and Washington Appropriating
$121)0 for killing seals and seallnns.
H. B. 429, Chase Fixing salary of County
Treasurer of Coos County.
Confer on New Judgeship.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) Dele
gations from Clackamas, Clatsop, Wash
ington and Columbia counties, constitut
ing the Fifth Judicial district, held a con
ference this afternoon and discussed the
matter of providing for another circuit
Judge to assist the present judge, T. A.
McBride, in the consideration of the busi
ness of that district No action was
taken at the meeting and the further con
sideration of the matter was deferred un
til another meeting to be held tomorrow.
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