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THE MOIttTNG OREOOXIAX. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911. lo rOKTt-AXP. QCTO. CikwI i Portland. Oroa. poaiofae M Pird-r'ii Matter. Iuui(ika kst'i tnnbly la Him (BT MAIL) rrrr. Pra-tar Inti44. n yaar. ..... S'iB.lat In -luttl. sis month.. 4 11 I r. Similar Incl j'iai lhrr month.. J1 I'llT. 'inla,T Inr :u4d. ont moot.., '! I oily, without Sjn.isy. s.s nonlhl J I at. y. altnoul SunJar. tnr monti... a-M I-stiy. wunout fcuaU y. o sb1..-.. 'It. an rr. .......... ... Sunday, ooo yr J?5 IBT CARRIER) rHv. hjfx'ST lij-lurt.l. on Tr ..... IVa-v. Sunday Iff-ltM!. en month. ... Hw to Hull-So4 Poatofflc m" rdr. asprvaa ordar or paraonal eha r local tank. stamps, coin or eorratirr ar at th Bandar r!s. OI postafSee 4-Jr.a a Ma InoludLof covatr and ata'a. Rat ID ta 14 para. 1 : 4 I paraa. t can-.a; la 4 ( : O to o !, casta, raraisa poataa 4ov:a rata. . Kmfrm Baalaaaa OTHraa Varroa Osn Ua Jiaw Tora. rrunwu buUdlnc- CW- atra-ar bolldinr 1-OKlLaMX. KilAV. Jl.ll. S, 111U INNOCENT MIL LORIMER. The policy ef smooth suppression by which tt was sought to huh up the Lorlmer scandal has not succeed ed so welj as some of his friends hoped I: would. It was thought at first that the Senator from Il.lnols might lie aafe under cover even If he was be- meared with infamy, but recent j events seem to foretell that there will fce another outcome of the affair. The ' report of the henatoriiil subcommittee i appointed to Investigate the Lorlmer bribery charges was so Impudently defiant of fai-ts and common sen.e that the country first gasped at It and then smiled. "The um old whitewash brush. was the common verdict of all sensible men. Then followed the. Imbecilities of Mr. Hurrows and the weak defense of Lo rimer by Senator Gamble, of South, Daicota. Mr. Gamble's main jo!nt tut that White and the other rascals who testified to receiving the Lorlmer brlbt-s were unworthy of credit. They were too naughty for Mr. Gamble to believe against Lorl mer. though he thought them perfect ly relUble when they told about the famous Jackpot fund. The rest of Mr. Gambia's time was spent In enforcing the point that Lorlm-r was guilty of no offense against the Sunate unless he bribed cnouKb lejrts'.itors try deter mine his election. lie mlirht brit one or ten or a hundred and still remain perfectly immaculate In Senatorial esteem if he had enough unbribed votes to elect Mm. Mr. Cummins, cf Iowa. Inconveni ently asked Mr. Gamble a rlerolng question touching this point. Suppose fifty honest legislators were voting for Lorlmer and sixty against him. And suppose also In this exigency that some faithful frlenj of Lorlmer should rle In the maj-ty of his virtue and offer a thousand dollars apiece to all the antl-Lorltner men who would quietly withdraw from the chamber. H'lppose finnlly that. In accordance with this offer eleven representatives of the people should depart, thus leav ing only 4) votes against Lorlmer. He could then be elected. And he vould be elected by votes not one of which had been br.bed. Mr. Cummins asked the splrltual-mlr.ded Mr. Gotn ble what he thought of this case? Would he hold that Mr. Lorlmer wns properly entitled to h's seat? Mr. Gamble shifted and shuffled. He tried to evade the crui, but Cummins was , pi:ues ana noDouy can tell whnt might have happened If Mr. Bailey, of Texas, had not come to the rescue of h.a brother from South Dakota. Trust Mr. Palley to be on hand when It Is necessary to defend trans actions of a certain sort. His experi ence makes him Invaluable in such emergencies. A fellow-feeling majo him wondrous kind ta the Lorlmer In terest. Mr. Bollcy came to the front -lth a lovely theory that If you can "eliminate the corrupt votes and still leave a Lorlmer majority the election Is valid. Of course, in the case put ty Cummins you can eliminate the corrupt votea and do better than leave a Lorlmer majority. By the elimination you actually make a ma jority for the estimable and persecut ed candidate. That is what the elimi nation Is for. By the Bailey theory the whole problem of Senatorial dead locks Is solved once and forever. The candidate with the biggest barrel need only hire enough members to vanUh to leave him a majority and the trick la turned. He will be elected, and. by the Bailey standard of morals, hon estly elected. We venture to think that Larimer's case was not much Im proved by Mr. Bailey's contribution. This sort of 'elimination savors too rankly of ancient grease. It is too slippery. When Mr. Brlstow had punctured Mr. Gamble's other little bladder there was not much left of his great pro Lo rimer speech. "Why." inquired Mr. Brlstow, why do you give full faith and credit to White and the other scamps when they tell about the Jackpot and refuse to believe them when they tell about the bribes they got from the Lorlmer fund? The evi dence for the one transaction Is pre cisely the same as for the other." At this Juncture Mr. Gamble was obliged to take refuge under the starry flag. He wrapped its sacred folds about him and with a few noble words about "the brave, strong, intelligent, high-minded. Christian manhood of Illinois," he subsided. Poor Gamble. He oujht to leave such ticklish enterprises as the de fense of Lorlmer to men who have been through the fire themselves. The only particle of real defense that has been made for hl:n consists first in the charge that White and his gang are too scoundrelly to be believed, and second, la the claim that the bribery as carried on without his knowledge, of course the second plea nullifies the f.raf, since It admits that White told the truth. Indeed, after Mr. Cummins' speech it Is Impossible to doubt that White told the truth. How could a man of his capacity invent a tale with a thousand ramifications every one of which exactly Jibes with known facts? He could not do It. Nobody could do It. Were Shakespeare himself to fab ricate a story Involving a dozen living, acting men. mentioning times, places and circumstances, he would be sure to trip somewhere. White is not a Shakespeare by any means, but he trips nowhere. Every known circum stance confirms his tale. So we are driven back to the hy pothesis that Lorlmer knew nothing about the bribery that was going; on under his noee. Browne, the man who disbursed the corruption fund, was his close intimate, visited him a dosen times a night while the con test was hottest, ate with him. slept arlth him, but never told .him a word about the brtbeav How discreet Browne must have been! And how innocent yrmm ta, ajigeiio Lorlmerl Common men will wonder how ha could have kept M wings so white through It all They will ask how ha could hare re mained so unspotted from the wicked world. But thoiie who suspect him know not the power of genuine virtue. He never asked how his thousands were being spent. He simply handed out a roll to whoever Raked for one and trusted that no wrongful use woulj be made of It. Innocent, confiding- Lorlmer! What a blessed fac ulty It Is to be blind when one docs not wish to see. tub BACtunrx or kxixaheul Senator Keliaher la a handy and versatile scandalmonger. He falls in easily with the Bourne method. It is all very characteristic. He would de fame and belittle and humiliate all his colleagues because they are not mem bers of the small but select gTO"P tha-t Is tarred with the Bourne stick and wears the Bourne collar. He rakes and scrapes the gutters and sewers for rags of suspicion and shreds of innuen do and patches up a garment of defi nite accusation. It is all very nice business for the self-called local champion of the "best government In the world." Naturally the Senators are WTOth very wroth. They pour out their wrath on Bourne. They fire away at Keliaher. w hose hide Is thick and neck is Urge. Their shafts penetrate that shlnlrg epidermis and open gaping wounds of fiery hue But Keliaher knows where to run for solace and gratitude. Jonathan knows where and how to apply soothing ointment. Iepend on old Doctor Jonathan. The sacrifice the doughty Keliaher has made ought to cause great re joicing In the headquarters of the Na tional Progressive Leaguo. That noble soul emerges from the fray pretty badly dilapidated, but the cause has been advanced another Inch, or per haps an inch and a half. They have got the Senator on record. ONE VEAK I ROM APRIL. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, a newspaper which follows the course of affairs In Oregon with Interest and Intelligence, regards the coming Presi dential primary in April. 1912, as of significance to the rest of the coun try." The Itepubllcan is naturally anxious to know the name of the for tunate candidate for whom each party In Oresron will cast Its vote. Th oregonlan will not undertake to enlighten Its Massachusetts contem porary, for It doesn't know. What the !emocrats will do is one of those dark mysteries burled In the unfathomable recesses of the future. They may In deed, to some extent, forego their usual pleasant pastime of voting at the Republican primary, since there Is prospect of a lively contest among them. Harmon. Wilson, Clark. Bryan who know whom the Democrats want? The Republican overlooks Folk, the formidable, if fussy. Folk, of Missourt There Isn't much of the Domocracy left, but what there Is la largely from Missouri. If the Folk movement Is well orgnnUed. and Is pushed vigorously here. The Orego nlun would guess that Folk would beat them all. Yet withal there Is more Roosevelt sentiment among the sur viving Oregon Democrats than for Folk. Harmon, Clark, Wilson or any of them. The Republican primary will be for Taft. If Roosevelt Is not a candidate. If he shall be a candidate against Taft it will be a fierce and doubtful strug gle. There will not be then more than a corporal's guard In the Democratic primary. The Democrats would be quite unable to resist their chronic Impulse to mix up where they do not belung. It's the Oregon method. THE LIXilSLATCRE'S PLAIN DCTT. The moral delinquencies of Food and Dairy Ccvimlseloner Bailey are petty, but they should not have been condoned by the local grand Jury or by the District Attorney. The indict ment against him Is for a trivial of fense, and the whole business, so far as local Investigation and prosecution are concerned, bids fair to end no where. Tosslbly that is the intention. But the charges of Incompetency and neglect are serious. They con cern the administration of a most Im portant office. The state has a vital inurest in the faithful and effective discharge of the duties of Dairy Com missioner, and it has become well con vinced that the present Commissioner has dono little or nothing for the public, less for pure food, and less yet for clean milk and good butter. There are Interests In Oregon that are satis fled with the kind of Commissioner Bailey has been and they are gum shoeing and ear-whlsperlng around to keep him in office. They may and will succeed unless the Legislature takes a hand. Governor West has sent a plain and vigorous message to Salem on the subject. It ought to be heeded. This is no political, or personal, or partisan matter. It Is a question of plain hon esty and public decency. Tins sew eka or belf-hflf. More and more the Pacific North west Is building prosperity upon Its own resources and Industries. Less and less It depends for growth upon outside numey. Of course, capital brought from New York stimulates the general progress; the point of these remarks Is that our own coun try Is making more than berore out of its own self-help. Until but recently this region made slow progress. In pioneer days its people raised wheat and wool or dug gold, which they sent away In ex change for clothing, furniture, hard ware and articles that they deemed luxuries. There was little develop ment In this exchange. The country and its people remained poor except that a fiw traders grew rich. There was no varied Industry nor varied consumption of goods. 'A people that Is prosperous has many wants and even many wastes. It make large use of Its resources: turns them over Into many forms and supports numer ous classes of workers In the pro cesses. Until quite recently our peo ple did not "go ahead" much in these resrcts from year to year. When railroads were promised after the Civil War people of this far-away land rejoiced. They perceived that rail connections with the East would start variety of Industry. The first transcontinental railroad to arrive was the Northern Pacific, projected by Henry VUIard. The Oregon & California later made connections with San Francisco, via Its Willam ette Valley line. The Union Pacific cam through to Portland over the Short Line and the O. R. & Since then other railroads have come Into the country. Rival lines are now opening up pioneer localities in East ern Oregon. The first problem of progress has been that of transportation or outlet. Other problems have been those of labor and industrial capital. Solution of each has been alow. Now It is rapid. The geometric ratio of growth at last begins to apply. Variety of in terests and tastes Is making the most of the country's resources. Groups of the population are learning soils, and products and how best to use each. The old sameness of production, consumption and population Is dis appearing. The differentiating pro cess Is a sign of the new growth, of the new prosperity. Our country is multiplying manufactures. New fac tories are adding to Its activities. The new activity Is the most hope ful that our country has had. It la stimulating the forces of self-help. GENTJIAL HOWARD MEMORIAL. General Howard was a first-class fighting man, a true Christian gentle man, a good citizen, brave and unself ish and faithful In everything he at tempted. These qualities endeared him to the American people, who will always hold his name in grateful re membrance. At various times since his death, suggestions have been made that a suitable memorial should bo erected in honor of his achievements. One of the best of these suggestions appears In the Journal of Military Service Institution. In this ' paper Lieutenant Clark, of the Thirteenth Vermont United States Volunteers, suggests that the proper place for this memorial Is at Gettysburg, and In asking if such a memorial cannot be provided, says: Hrw pleasing and how Jut It wnilM b If an aquratrmn attuaof lienaraj Howard, rnuld h placrd aa If In frlandly conversa tion with t;nral Hanrork on Cameleey Hill tn ground that Oeneral Howard -l.-cied on in forenoon of th frit dny aa pla.e for th Flrat and Kleventh corpa to f ill bat- to when they could no longer hold the ground bevonil the town, lha place wnvr ha left a divlalon to aecur the poaiuon and for which he received the thanks "t Conrrna. and the place where 111 men uccesnrully repelled the terrlflo rhre of tn Louisiana Tirera. and whirn tner tenaciously held aa tha retreating ranter of our battle Una until tha laat sun waa fired. The Indian campaigns of Oeneral Howard added much to the great pres tige which he gained In the Civil War, and his work In the West alone en titles him to a memorial somewhere in the land which he so materially aided in rescuing from the savages. Gettysburg, however, is a name that will last until the end of time, and If the suggestion of Lieutenant Clark Is carried out It will meet with the hearty approval of thousands of old friends and admirers of the dead warrior. BESTLMFJST IX BVSrXKSS. The oft-rereated statement that "there Is no sentiment in business" is seldom borne out by the facts. For several weeks money has been easy In the Eastern trade centers. So much was .available in New York that a 4 Si per cent city bond Issue was oversub scribed about 800 per cent and com manded a premium; call money was hovering around 2H and S percent: in London gold was piling up to such an extent that the bank rate was forced down to 4 per cent. With these con ditions remaining practically un changed for weeks, the stock market continued to drift along in the dol drums with practically no demand for any kind of railroad and industrial issues. Suddenly and with no apparent rea son, other than that "confidence was returning." the market has taken on a new lease of life. In the last three days there has been substantial buy ing on a large scale, with sharp ad vances In many of the leading securi ties. This buying has taken place without any apparent effect on the money market which continues easy. The only apparent reason for the sud den change is "sentiment." Much as a certain element in our population Is Inclined to rail at Wall street and the iniquities which are charged up against the operators along that thor oughfare, it still remains a fairly ac curate barometer of the financial con dition of the country. If Wall street has gotten over its scare and is convinced that the rail road and Industrial corporations are to be given a breathing spell after a long period of somewhat drastic regu lation, this flood of money that is now available for something hotter than 4 U per cent bonds will be released, and the entire country will profit by the change. The Pacific Northwest tan use many millions of this new capital in railroad and other Industrial enterprises, and will enjoy a continua tion of the agreeable condition of sen timent, now reflected in a steadily advancing stock market. IVM AND IMTKOVKMENT9. Single-taxers say their scheme would tax land only, and not improve ments: also, that It would relieve the landowner who makes improvements and would make the non -progressive owner pay more taxes. But.tax assessments can be put on no other basis than that of Improved land. The clearing and fencing and draining of land in the country makes farm values; the building of sewers, sidewalks, pavements and houses In the city makes lot values. There can be no values, without these Improve ments, either for trade among men or for the work of tha Assessor and the tax collector. Idle land In country and in city Is already taxed upon Improvements, or upon prospect of Improvements. Brush land is worth no more money now than w hen the Indians held It, if meas ured by what It produces; yet such land Is assessed at large vulues: that Is to say. its future productive power Is taxed long time before it comes into existence. , The farmer who owns a cleared tract of land is told by single-taxers that he pays too much taxes; that his contiguous neighbor who owns a tract of waste stumps and brush pays too little. The homeowner in the city is told that his lot is levied upon too high and that the owner of the ad Joining lot gets the advantage of the next-door Improvement without pay ment of adequate taxes or Investment of capital. The improving farmer and lot-owner are urged to vote for single tax and "Justice." But it Is impossible in any scheme of taxation to exempt improvements. The land values of civilized society are made by improvements. The labor and the capital expended In redeem ing land from wilderness make the chlnge from the days of the, aborig inesThe farmer', land Is really worthless until it is cleared of stumps ud I loss and fenced and buildings are erected upon it. His neighbor's wild land is worthless, but is taxed on high valuations that are to be realized in the future. Single tax will enlarge the tax bur dens of land, because it proposes to exempt personal property. It will add heavily to the burdens of improved f land Decause value oi improvements i cannot be separated and exempted. , There is no land upon which men and women live that is not improved. Eesides, the real purpose of single tax is to confiscate land, to "national ize" It, to take it away from individ uals and bestow it upon the public. Men who deny this are brazen-faced falsifiers of single-tax doctrine. Private ownership of land is the mainstay of government. The larger the number of landowners the stronger is the guarantee of stability and secur ity. Oregon needs to promote private land ownership, not to drive citizens from It. - ' "I am opposed to-any Increase In the salary of officials of my count'," said Carter of Clackamas when the auto matic salary hill was up for consider ation in the House. This was such a bold, un progressive statement that it demanded explanation. This was promptly forthcoming in the further declaration by Mr. Carter: "I have lived in Clackamas County thirty years and I h&ve never seen the time yet when, at the prevailing salaries, there was not a scramble for the of fices." This was conclusive to the extent that action on the bill was stopped by a motion to refer to the committee on salaries for further con sideration. Curiously enough, the same condition observed by Mr. Car ter as prevailing in Clackamas County has been observed in Multnomah County throughout all the checkered years of its existence. Candidates for office never shy at salaries; that left entirely to the incumbents. is One turns shuddering from the re ports from far Cathay that tell of 100,000 wretched human beings, naked and starving, huddled together In the mud of a famine-stricken, flood-Invaded section of the Empire. To succor such a hapless horde is im possible; to ameliorate their wretched condition is difficult, to say the least. Undaunted, however, by the magni tude of the undertaking, the Red Cross organization will answer the despair ing appeal that has come to it for the relief of these creatures, according to the measure of its resources and op portunity. The pity of the situation Is enhanced by the reluctance which kind death shows in coming to the rescue of this pallid, suffering crew. Francis M. Venable, a pioneer of Marlon County and of Klickitat Coun ty, Washington, and a representative through two generations of the "old fashioned family." died at Wasco. Or., on January 24, aged 86 years. He is survived by his wife, four sons and six daughters and was one of a family of five brothers and six sisters. When a young man of 25 years he crossed the great plains with an ox-team, ac companied by his wife and one child. Thus run the short and simple annals of a long and useful life which will not be duplicated, since the conditions in which it was set have forever passed away. Admiral Sperry, who won fame as a seaman and naval officer by safely convoying the United States fleet on its spectacular voyage around the world. Is dead at the age of 63 years. His name Is associated in the annals of the Navy with great executive abil ity and close attention to the details of his profession. Ho was of robust physique, hence It is a matter of some surprise that his death occurred at a relatively early age. as gauged by the modern tenure of life. State Senator Camlnettl has pro posed a constitutional amendment at Sacramento that goes the grandfather clause of the South one better. He would refuse the franchise to any yel low or brown native whose father was Ineligible to citizenship. Aa Mr. Roose velt Is no longer President, this meas ure has a chance, unless the promot ers of the big fair see in it a menace to their success. It seems strange that roadhouses ln-- variably degenerate into vicious aens. A wayside tavern furnishing refresh ment for man and beast is theoretic ally a charming place, a retreat for poets where in sweet communion with Nature they may compose Idylls. Will the supply of idylls fall off when the Sheriff carries out his threat to close the roadhouses? Vice - President Hannaford, the Northern Pacific man who does the work, now on his annual visit to the Oregon country, will find many new ideas for exploitation that have devel oped in the past year. Nobody has Introduced a bill to cre ate the office of Poultry Commissioner and spend 110,000 a year to advance an industry that is worth millions to the state, and it is devoutly to be hoped nobody will do so. The Danville grand jury has decided that a votebuyer cannot be prose cuted under the Illinois laws. Only the seller will he indicted. The seller seems to he at the bottom of every thing". New York has solved the cat prob lem rather elegantly. They are killed by gas. This is far less cruel both to cat and man than to permit them to perish by exposure and slow starva tion. Not all the new country is in the West. A railroad is to be built Into that unexplored region of Maine. Aroo stook County, the home of the humble potato. They are getting at the very Inside of things in Los Angeles when they operate on a man In court In a mal practice suit. A new Sunday lid la belnsr prepared by the Oregon Legislature. A patent device to keep the old lid down would be better. George V should be able to breathe easier, now that a Jury has decided he has only one wife. No, Effle, old maids would suffer no more under the single tax than their married sisters. Sheriff Stevens Is starting something good when he lays hands on the road houses. An aviator who gets lost In the sky can always find a milky way. Oregon will continue to hang men who deserve hanging. Bro. Beals sustains Br"er Ground-bos. HAPPENINGS IN LEGISLATIVE HALLS HOUSE ACTS UPON' BILLS List of Measures Passed, Failed and Postponed Yesterday. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 2. Special.) The House today passed the following bills: . B. SSO. Jonea Repealing law requir ing drucslsta to pay county lloenaa lor Bale of opium. K. B. 22S. Clotaana Prohibiting any per son not a member ot a secret aociety rap re letting himself a a member. H. B 59. Poteraon Authorising county courts to levy tax aufficlent to Increasa per capita, far achool purpose from T to $10. U. B. T3 Thompson Increaiing salary Circuit Judga Thirteenth Judlolai District from $3000 to $4000 per annum. H. B. ISO, Carter Eacheatlng to state unclaimed money belonging to patients at State Inaan Aaylum. H. B Millar (Columbia) Allowing attorneys fees to employes suing to collect """b. 140, Hollls Creating State Board ot Klsh and Game Commlaslonera. H B 117, Huntington Creating County Educational Board and providing supervis ors for supervisory districts to be created. H B 2i3. Thompson Confirming title to certain lands In the Warner Vallej Stock H B. 259. Hollls Permitting discharge of judgments when whereaboute oi juuB ment creditor are unknown. H B S73 Abbott Authorizing creation of retirement fund association and payment . . a -tiv.l tAarheri. OI tnn-diiii-i iv wi - a.nn H. B. SH McKlnney Re-enacting $300 tax exemption and submitting question to vote In November. , . H B. 144. Insurance committee Qmng Insurance committee regulation of all fra ternal benefit aocletlea. Indefinitely Postponed. H. B. 253. AbbottCreating Btat Board of Accountancy. , - h R routs Defining duties or ju- I. MltnomAh County. H. B. Ii8. Oushman Creating office or State Architect. ...... .. H. B. 23, Kacklcff Prohibiting treating in aaloons. ... . . H B. 25T, McKlnney Providing for im- l, i .i.in airia itidemente. " n 77il (5111 prohibiting use of roller towel and publlo drinking cups. 1U B. i Bryant To prevent fraudulent ... .. .n,mh.r. personal property. H. B. M, Bryant Providing commission to revttQ judicial system oi failed to Pass. H. B. 972. Fouts Requiring cumulative voting of stock by stockholders. H, B. 183 Hollls Requiring publication of delinquent tax list In weekly ncwspapois. IIouso Bills' Fass Senate. BTATB CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 2. (Special.) House bills passed the Senate today as follows: H. B. 1SS, Abbott Providing for a free ferry at St. Johns. H. B. 204, Brooke Regulating terms oi Supreme Court In Eastern Or.-i.-on. H B. loO. Buchanan Regulating appli cants for 6oldlers- Home at Koseburg. H. B. 78. Thompson Prohlblung disposal of state or county funds. 1L B. 129. Ambrose Regulating practice of optometry. . H B 87. Btee'.hamer Restricting ase of engineers and whistle boys on donkey en- f'lfB. 70. Reynolds Regulating fees for Inspection by Labor Commissioner. H B 102. Miller (Columbia) Placing county liquor Uc.nse at $400 for six mouths. H. B. 101. Buchauaa Abollahlng whip ping post. H. B. BT. Fouta Prohibiting transporta tion of explosives on passenser trains. li. B. 56, Beahj Naming time for hold ing County Court In various counties of th atat. Bills Killed In Senate. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. i. (Special.) Following are Senate bills indefinitely postponed today: 6. B. 210. Joseph Providing for regis tration of trademarks. 8. B. 149. Wood Creating commission to resort on the Judicial system In the "fiLB. 10, Joseph (by request) Relating to bonds for abstract of title compaulea. S. B. 15T. Bowerman To prevent lobby ing of tat officials. 8. B. 41. Lock Certifying to ownership of real property. 8. B. ISO. Slnnott Fixing terms of oourt In Wasco eouniy. S. B. 202. McCuUoch To tain marriage. validate cer- SUTBLIES BUYING DISCTSSED Senate In Conflict Over Bcan-Oalkins and Bowerman Bills. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Conflict over the Bean-Calk-ini bill and the Bowerman bill, each pro viding a different method of purchasing supplies, took up considerable time of tha Senate today, but resulted in both bills being referred to a committee composed of Bowerman, Bean and Calkins to hit upon a compromise bill. Bowerman insisted that the Bean Calklna bill Is "as full of holes as a sieve." that even the legal names of the state Institutions are not used in the bill that it carried an emergency clause and would not fulfill the Intent of the bill. Calkins, on the other hand, urged that the Bowerman bill Is too cumber some and that his plan of a purchasing and Investigating agent had received the sanction of the administration. Selling stated that the bad features of both bills should be eliminated and the good features should be placed in a com posite bill. JOINT COMMITTEE-HEX NAMED All Sections Represented on Fisher lea Legislation Committee. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 2. (Special.) Senators Sinnott, Lester and Norton were named by President Selling this morning as a part of the Joint com mittee to confer with a similar committee from the Washington Legislature on Ash ing laws along the Columbia. Slnnott Is an up-river Senator, Lester from the lower river and Norton from Southern Oregon. The House members of thlai Joint committee are: Representa tives Bellanl, Gill. Smith. Magoae and Derby. " OLIVER BILL PASSES SENATE Husband and Wire May Testify Against Each Other If Enacted. 6TATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Oliver's bill. allowing hus band or wife to testify one against the other in certain cases consumed greater portion of the Hme in the Senate this morning, extended arguments being of fered by many of the members. An attempt at indefinite postponement failed with a square division of votes and adoption of a favorable report followed. St. Johns Assured Free Ferry- STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 1 ("Special ) Free ferry conditions are prac tically assured for St. Johns, the Senate passing Abbott's House bill today. The bill provides that within six months after it becomes a law the City of St. Johns shall secure all the franchises, righto and property in connection with the ferry and place it In the hands of the Multnomah County Court, that court to keep it la repair. House Resta Tntll Monday. STATE CAPITOL, 6alem. Or., Feb. t (Special.) By a concurrent resolution the Legislature adjourned today until next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The gen eral sentiment was expressed that It would be practically useless to bold a session Saturday, owing to the Oorvallis innnrnv and the diminished attend ance which vu u FOUR TALK FOR LIBRARY Portland Association Delegation at Salem to Aid Two Bills. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb, 2. (Special.) W. B. Ayer. W. L Brews ter, Dr. T. L. Eliot and R. W. Mon tague, representing the Portland Li brary Assocla on, appeared before the Multnomah delegation this afternoon In advocacy of the two bills of Repre sentative Ambrose, providing for a county library. One of the bills provides for a spe cial tax levy of 1H mills, which would raise $450,000, for a new library build ing, to be erected probably on the site of the present city library at Seventh and Stark streets, which Is to be ab sorbed by the new association. The other bill authorizes a levy of one-half mill annually by- the County Court for the maintenance of tho li brary. Such a tax would raise about $150,000. Approximately $75,000, it is estimated, will be required for main tenance, leaving an equal amount every year for extension of the branches. Tho delegation reached no decision respecting the measures, but is desir ous of learning the wishes of Multno mah County people before reporting on the bills. TO RUSH RESULT IS PLAN Ballot Counting Bill Introduced in House. STATE CAPTTOU Balem. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Expeditious counting of ballots In general and Presidential elections is provided for by -Representative 9utton's bill, which appeared in the House today. The bill provides that the tirst election board, provided for by law, shall re port at the respective polling places at 8 o'clock In the morning on the day of elec tion. The second election board. Instead of reporting for duty at 7 P. M., Is to report to the polling place to which It waa assigned at S o'clock in the morning on election day In a convenient room or building in the vicinity of the polling place and begin counting the ballota Provision la made by which the day board at that hour shall turn over to the second board ail ballot9 doposlted at that time. At every hour thereafter and until the polls close at 7 o'clock in the evening all votes cast and deposited shall be turned over to the second board for counting. In this way, the result of the day's con test In each precinct will be available shortly after the polls cloee at 7 o'clock in the evening. It is expected to answer the demands that are being made In some sections for the Installation . of voting machines. HOUSE INDULGES IX LAUGH George Is Better Xame Than Jona than, Says Smith. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Dr. Smith. Representative from Josephine, tiring of the dull mo notony of the House session, provoked laughter this afternoon by introducing the following resolution: "Whereas, All eyes of the united States are upon the popular form of government commonly known as the Oregon system: and "Whereas, The dignified upper body of the lawmaking power of this great commonwealth, commonly known as the State Senate, has lost considerable sleep and has worried and caused per sonal motives to be questioned In rec ommending said Oregon system to the T.ncisl.itures of the various states of this Union, as the best system in the ' world; now therefore be it "Resolved, By the House of Repre sentatives in the Oregon Legislature assembled. That George Is a better name than Jonathan for a United States Senator from Oregon. So let George do it." COMMISSION BILL IS PASSED House Passes Measure for Creation of Board to Protect Game. ' STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or Feb. 2. (Special.) With only a few negative votes. Representative Hollls' bill creat ing a State Game and Fish Commission passed the House today. This bill creates a special commission of five members, four of whom are ap pointed by the Governor and the fifth is to be chosen by the four members so appointed, which shall have entire charge and direction of the fish and game interests of the state and the en forcement of all laws pertaining thereto. The members of the commission will draw no salary other than $5 a day when actually employed, the amount to be re ceived by each Commissioner being limited to $100 annually. In addition they are to be paid actual necessary ex penses when so employed. The bill has the Indorsement of many of the sports men of the state. Mortgage Tax Bill Introduced. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Senator Von der Hellen this morning Introduced a mortgage tax bill requiring that taxes on all mortgages shall be SO cents on each $100, the bill being modelled after the Minnesota and New York laws. It Is similar to a bill Introduced earlier In the session by Sena tor Calkins. Those who favor the measure slate it will tend to keep money in the state and will operate to secure a tax on all mortgage holdings and will result In taxes being paid but once during the life of the Instrument. Xo State Architect Wanted. STATE CAPITOL, SUem, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) House today indefinitely post poned Representative Cuahman's bill, creating the office of State Architect at an annual salary of $500. Mr. Cushman called attention to the House to the fact that the measure had merit from a standpoint of economy from the fact that during the last two years the state had paid out more than $15,000 in fees to architects. The vote against the bill was decisive. Ex-Governor Lord to Be Paid. ST TE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Report hae been returned to the Senate by the committee on claims asking that ex-Governor William P. Lord be paid $1000 for legal services ren dered by him to the state in connection with the Warner Valley land lease. This report was made on request of ex-Governor Chamberlain and adopted by the Senate. J Bill to Prevent Mixed Marriages. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Intermarriage by whites with aliens la the subject of further legisla tion in a bill proposed today by Repres entative Peterson. Ti"'.s bill amends the present statute by making it unlawful for any white person to marry a Japanese or a Hindu or a person having one-fourth or more Japanese or Hindu blood. I Lawmakers to Visit Corvallis. i otitr fTAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Tomorrow the Legislature will enjoy a day off as a guest of the Cor vallis Commercial Club. A special train carrying legislatons, clerks and stenog raphers will leave Salem at 3:30 o'cock to morrow morning and return to Salem, leaving Corvallis at S o'clock in tho evening. Life's Sunny Side Clement J. Drlscoll, New York's com missioner of police, spoke frankly In a recent address of the American wom an's poor shopping abilities. "I am afraid," continued Mr. Driscoll, "that, notwithstanding their generosity. American husbands are subjected to a good deal of bickering at home about money. The following conversation between a Brooklyn father and his lit tle daughter bears out this fear: 'Papa,' said the child, "what is the difference between parsimony and economy?' 'I will explain the difference by an ex ample the father replied. "If I cut down my own expenses, that Is econ omy, but If I cut down your mother's, that is parsimony." " Kansas City Star. e The late Senator Dolllver once told of a physician at Fort Dodge, Iowa, who had a grave made for a man who was dying; but the man got well, and the doctor was Joked about It for many years afterward. In consultation with .three other physicians, he had on one occasion at tended a patient. The latter died. After the death, one of the physicians said: "Since a quick burial is neces sary, we might Inter the body tempo rarily. I understand that Dr. X has a vacant grave on hand." "Yes; I have," said Dr. X; "and I be lieve I am the only physician present whose graves are not all filled. " Washington Herald. Miss Annie S. Peck, the distinguished scholar and mountain climber, de scribed In one of her addresses In Bos ton on mountaineering the strange ef fect that some mountains have on some men. "In a word," she said, "It is an effect of mendacity. Thus, in a Boston club one mountaineer said to another: "'So Smith, fat Smith, actually climbed Mont BlanaT" "'Smith? Not ho,' the other moun taineer replied. " 'But he said he did.' ""True; but in September, on his re turn from Chamonlx, he only said he'd been to the foot of Mont Blanc Since then he's gradually lied himself all the way to the top.' " London Chronicle. A prominent Chicago Sunday Bchool worker and club woman went Into one of the Michigan avenue china studios to make some purchases. After exam ining different pieces on one tablo the customer turned to the artist and said, "I think I will take everything that Is on the table. But what is this jar for? I never saw anything Just lle it before," pointing to one dono in pearl lustors, about four Inches high and having a fluted cover. "That Is a potpourri Jar," answered the artist. "Oh, Is It?" she queried. Jhen she turned to tha artist and said, in a de cided manner, "I will take everything but that, and I have always made a point never to buy or have a thing to do with anything pertaining to poker. Chicago Tribune. a a a A group of Indiana citizens, hlfrh up In business and politics, were wrangling a little as to who was the best lawyer In Indianapolis. They all agreed to leave Ben Harrison out, as ho was acknowledged to be at tha top, and then the names of a dozen really big lawyers were mentioned each one of the party holding; out for a particular man. Finally one ex uberant sort of chap declared : mu are all wrong. Bevcrldne is the best laywer In Indianapolis." There was response that Beveridse was a clever young lawyer, but had not been in the business long enouKh to be clansea as the best, or even one of the best Even so, the Beverldsre admirer kept on exclaiming that Bevorldtte was the best. and. somewhat Irritated. the others of the party asked: "Why do you Insist that Beverldsre Is the best lawyer? How can you prove a statement like that? "I don't have to prove It. was the reply. "Beverldge will admit it. And the discussion ended with a slamming of doors and a hastening for home. Wage Suits to Be Aided. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 2 -tsnocinl 1 By tne provisions of a diii parsed by the House today, introduced by Miller of Columbia, any person bringing suit to recover wages due, shall aUoVallowed his attorney - . . fees from the oerson, firm or corporation so eueo. Seventeen members of tho House voted against the measure. No Money for Detectives. rtatfi rPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. 2. (IpeclL )-iok ph Day and William Hyde. Portland detectives, must go without tho relief sought from the Legislature, as the Senate today indefinitely postponed the Joseph bill asking the state to ad vance funds for them. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN '"ME. TWEE DEEDLE," A NEW COMIC PAGE Besrinning Sunday, February 5, The Sunday Oregonian will pub lish a new comic page in colors by John B. Gruelle. Mr. -Gruelle recently won the $2000 prize in the New York Herald's comio picture competition. HEROES DECORATED BY THE U. S. GOVERNMENT John Elfreth Watkins gives the thrilling details of the exploits of star actors in the exciting melo drama of real life. AMERICAN GIRLS SHINE AS INSPIRATION FOR ARTISTS' PICTURES Every illustrator has his favor ite type, and this illustrated arti cle tells of the American girls who have served as models for many of the beautiful women de picted by the foremost artists of the day. WHO IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD? Paris is guessing on the answer to this question, and the illus trated article deals with the charms of Mile. Sorel, a distin guished artist, for the title. NOTABLE EXAMPLES OP MORAL COURAGE BY NOTED AMERICANS Many men in" public life have made sacrifices. Many of these have proved the turning points in their careers. E. J. Edwards writes of actual experiences of prominent Americans.