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r K THE MOKNIXG OHEfiOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, FEBKUARY 15, 1911. V - V REFERENDUM MD INITIATIKE PASSES Direct Legislation Bill Not Amended by Washington Lower House. MEASURE BRINGS DEBATE Opposition Center Against Part of Propowd Lr f.lrlng People Rlfht to Initials Lrglsla lion. bat Falls. t-TMrtA. Wasft, Feb. It. (5prtal.) Wnen in llu. took i.p th lnm I! and referendum bill iMi afiroooo. It vti at oac apparent Uat th mr - ur wauM ha tssd. though Dot wltn. cut a tarj fUht itr tr. eonservatlt m-rbr of t body. Although th ma jority commit! report rojnmnde4 rururou. rhRit tn tr bin. amuuni-ln- to am.c ! n.nts ta ail. Rot i'4d( in mi and ta bl wa (.4 by a vo(o f 7 to 13. la appointing a p"tl commute ta " s.Jer IS It. 1. fp.ak.r Taylor Bmd rnmCjf atr a-t all itnui rkr for i!lr-t ll atl"n. and to In til ttu Ift susee.tr. I ctnl rama t tMrd rallnc tha m.iii- rs ':o a!nJ tea minority rprt. ttMi-Fi advocc4 no m.nlmnts. Inset ted that th bi.i v ihroiisrn aa orliiMl 1 rfrrted. li-. h of Jl.sn. llrMit f Jffr.-o ar.. i;t-.nt of Kins- ir pu:r prote.f.d aclnt tha minority r.t.r( an.! In ttieir n tt. question ihr rrpat.a.y rirra 10 irt r.-a system, rf h-i r I r. a; It waa not tin tha Uritl.n tha paopla of t at scat fcaj ptel. It: tl lalt of Hard Work. rwnmao finally said: "I presum ba Is Democrat." "Wall, that's what I thought; that'a all I wanted." replied Beach. "1 know I luTt great temerity In taking Uaua with on of tha srentleme representing tba brains In tha author hlD of thla bill" said Kch. rerernn to Teata of Plerc. "Ha certainly ex. hlblted great modesty when he aald thl: mriiur la a oarfct ona. it la Da vond ail expectations I ever held aa mambar of tha Legislature. In fact. this la tha Ural and only perfect child aer born In the legislature or an tngton. Tha Whitman County Repre entatlv aald there were 30 Republl rana In thla House. Ona test vot showed only 21 I would Ilka to die un thos other four. Ghent of Kins; said that In the future tha Lecttlature would ba a mere ngure -Wa follow Oregon." said Ohent. "and T amart that Idaho and Montana wl) follow ua. This seems to ba tha wsJ ihlnii ro now. Hecause of a com pens.- tlon act worked up In Oregon under tha Initiative, the oregonians say tna thare will he an exodus of Si) per cen of tha stata'a industries If tha measure la not repealed. Tha ota on the final passage showe a eonslderahl Increase, resulting In to IS. '.: rieach. Bjrerly. Irlalar. Koaier Ghent. Groff. Martin. VcArdl. McMillan Kims. Stevens, W. K. Webster total 12. m motion the bill was or dered transmitted tn the Senate. COLLEGE MAY GET MODE O. A. C. WANTS tlO.OOO I'OU HX Pl.HIMhNTAL Oi:K. Ir. Wlth)ctmtc .prela to Commit U- to .site r'nnd I. ranted bj. (lOternnirnt. "Thla bit la a- eon:pn-1lum of all rt:asura lntro.lura.1 in thi tslaa t'ira on tha luM'rl of Inlllatlra and r.f-r.ndum, said lt prentatla T-ta rf Tai-oma, one of tre authora "It la tro rn!i of hrd work by brainy men la tr. .a and ot' r staias for IS years. It la eomclata and perfrel In aery de tail and aoou.4 not ta amended. t by a cvmixia." "1 cannot sea any sene in tha pro. U oa fur people l Initiate IelsiatloB tut haa nr barn sunmmej la i.i tur." aald Representative ttlms of JITron. "Tna bi 1 protde for tha re fere o dim." said Kostrr of S'attl. "there f.ira I sea no reaeon why propoeed le l:ati"0 should b Initiated by the po It may ba all rt'ht to allow th lalslataro to ( un roeasurrs and tha refer suca s'tlon to the paople, but I d not sra why tha peopla s' otild take up matters that tha Lea; tviatnra uiit haa a chance to con ei.tr.- -ur objret la to s;-t tho Inltlatlira an. I refrrend .im Into the hands of the t.ip!a la the war d--lrd by tha frlrmle of the system." replied Repre sen'.atlve ToOd of Whitman. "The ob jections that baa bean ralsad to al lowlnar the people to Initiate laws not patsrd on by the LrKtslatura are set f irth by enemies of the new pro irininw." Th motion to adopt tha flrat com mltiae amendments lost by a vote of : t i. AIthoi:ci this vote waa taken on a romparatlvely unimportant amendment Stan. tins; alone. It was considered by s; aa a test. The announcement of the result was received aa an assur- n-a that the frlenda of tha measure had a jrood working- majority and that lie other 1 amendments would not carry. Representatl v Penman, a friend of th bilL asked the Speaker what would he tha result of the vote favorlne; tha adoption of the minority committee report, recommending that the blii pasa without amendment. Pneaker Taylor held that tha House eouid ad'pt the mtnorltr report, but that under his Interpretation of the riles amendments could later ba Of fered, one bv one. The Speaker said that ha could aee an way of ahottlnar off votea on amend ments when the bill was on third read ing, avrn If th minority report were .(opted, fin iwnrnan motion the mi nority report was adopted. Thla meant ! defeat, for th tlm Del nr. of tha : commute amendments ottered as a majortte report. However, amend ment followed slnay and were voted down aa fast aa preerntrd. Ilca.lt Crltk-iM-e Mrtlxxle. In th d -jai n of the amendmenta e T-red i d!t. Hpre wata'.lv Ileacn. of Mson cncic.aad If- frier.ds .f the measure fur their a:t!tul In trytns; to a; ut off rlabat on amen lmenta by the a.loton of th minority rwport. "f mwit say tt It a 9ne machine well c ed and a:t 1 on tti track." eaid llea.rv. " I rin't aiy that the Ben'.leman from Protean iNnrrjr.i la very it nerous. Ho hat Juat nw vakn for a mof'on m an effort t.v heep u from amend.rK th:a 1- !l. T" ot.ker day when w had t.e ftrc b!'l of thla proarramm unUer d.a rvewlon h st-d on tr fl.Kr ar.d tor Me h 'r be. a ie h sa d w were ri:c t. rl'il off Vhat and try to emuther IM hills tn a hurry. Now he la tha era tat want to smother th others. "I tMr.k wa srouid have full oppor tun'ty to d'iia amendmenta aa tlua m on of tr moat lri.prtanl b.lia bvfor th If.iuj. If ha had hta wav. wa would res-ret tha huty. la AnSeira and t.' tt of irs;oii re;ret t;:.r a. tlon al reaiiy. TVia b'.l tou'he on some mat ter .-! rs; tii pri-ertase In.-luled In a bi.. w hat already tMnwil How many t.met ar iroina; to have ta ?.-!. i thar neion? Ar w s;iins; to ta eorre of f.-l tnt'latlr Siwtnr-a onto ry b':l? Tney . ajr tliat tha peo ple h.u:. take up lefa;a;!on be f..r t. a general juwrmMr coratjers It. -th. w aaa? Tiy aav b.-auea per cent f th peopl wart It. Oen- t emen. tr.are sr an mmfer of tMs llou r preae ni lr c ).tssi.iji p,.pta. Isn't that enouh tn ai: w ihe lcislalur to In'tla-.e a lw Ita-lf? T-ey say every man w v o (.ffans an smandment la op P"''! t th prlr.- p but thla t llna; la a s;i.l deal Ik tha rfliir-fT liM-al option matter. They aa.J tU-y were alvlnc ua a roun:y unit M l hut ae a matter of f.-t tney were glvins; ua a counfv unit bill, a townah.p unit and other kind of units all tn the.r own a.lvantjae. There ar several wavs In which any Mil ran b rawn. riecauae a man wanta to amend IM bill, tt is ro aan that h as aa enemy to th principle. "Repl-lna- t statements mad about th expena of thla tem. I want to rad a statement from tiie rewly-eiect-ed teovernoy of Oregon." said Repre sentativ Wnman. "tlovernor West said the total coat of the printing, etc ef 22 nieasurea In 191 was less than to centa f.ir each voter who received1 Ma Instruction In IMS manner, lie saa tr. total coat i It Mate of Oregon In pastns t nieasurea waa only h:.i." -What polltlre has that man WestT" asked Heach. wnmin waa not Inclined to answer directly, but Reach held r. In to th point. lIT4n atarted tn replT by eaytrg. "T want to answer In thla way." Bac& forced ILe question and STATF: CAriTOU Falem. Or. Fehv. It Suecilal I T. James R. Withy comb, of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, made a successful plea before the waya and mean committee for an ap propriation of tO.Oe to carry on the i antral experiment station work. He declared that th stat must give some thing for this or the J4.004 approprta tlon from tha federal Government will be forfeited. tr. Wlthycomb aald there are nine departments having this work In charge and It la on of th moat valu able to the stat of all the thing ac complished at th school. II doclared that for tha last five years th college haa been unable to publish bulletins or reports from th experiment station because of lack of fund. There seems to ba a general senti ment arounjc tha legislators that this work should he carried on because of It stale-wide Importance and a favor able report will ba submitted by th committee. The waya and mean committee de elded to report favorably on 110.000 annual maintenance for the hatcheries south of the Columbia River, but killed the request fur establishment of a hatchery for Young River, for which .090 was asked. The committee will report favorably on li:ra for tba Mo UufchUn Home at Oregon City. Kali l.mplojrs Ixjsc. TATB CAPITOU Sslem. Or.. Feb. It. Special.) Clyde's bill giving dis charged railroad employes a hearing be fore th Railroad Commission before their discharge could he enforced, was postponed Indefinitely In the House to- i day. following an unfavorable report, from tha committee on rallrorula. Men-item of the Railroad Commission ap- eared before the committee and In formed Its members that the Commissi in would be unable to undertake the ad ditional duties proposed under the Clyde bill. There were only I votes) against Indefinite postponement of the bill. REPORT OF LAND OFFICIAL STINGING Commissioner Ross, of Wash ington, Attacks Legislative Body's Findings. RESENTMENT IS EXPRESSED Condemnation Can tod by Only One Man, Says Crltlrlx-rd Slate Agent. Xrvmpapcrtt Arc Scored. TlmlKT-CrnlT Defended. OI.TMPIA. Waah.. Feb. H-ffapeelan The biennial report of H W. Rnee. State I.and Commissioner, waa made public today. Its feature la an attack made on the report of the special legislative com mittee which waa made public; last April. but to which tha Land Commissioner dd not reply until today. He directs his stlsck atralnat Senator 11. O. Klahback. of Iewi County, the member of the commit toe who Investigated the office of the Ijind Commissioner. Roaa says: The, report la essentially the report of one man. fetiator Kiehbark. although another, tirnator I. 1. Allen, of King, at one tlm. claimed a large measure of the glory. I have hrsliat-d long before Issuing any public criticism of the work and report of the committee and I do not now approach the task with any feeling of personal pique or mallcloua animosity, but I do wish to be under stood aa coolly and deliberately enter taining a feeling of resentment agoJneS. hat I believ to be wrong and I will not stult'fy myarlf by pretending or at tempting to conceal my true feelings). I do not now Intend to criticise the mem bers of the committee who took no part n th work but who merely Joined lu the rt-p-trt as a matter of form." Newspaper Attacks lletcnted. He then refers to attacks on blm made by newspapera. declaring the committee ailed In Ita work by cot clearing up the wild rumors and suspicions, but added to them. The report continues: "To this there were a few except lotas ml some of the papers, upon sober con sideration, endeavored to oorrect the mistake editorially. Many still gloat over he alleged discoveries' and point the finger of scorn at tha writer of this rtu-le. One notable rase- Is that of a ally paper publlaued east i f the moun tains, recently found Insanely clamoring for the blood of the. undersigned through the process of Impeachment." Ho then takes up the report of the committee section by section and pre sents his side of the case, urgtnK that Imrs have changed and that timber and land values have advanced. After rfendlng his cruisers, who were st ar ked by report, he declares that the late haa handled Its lands at current alue and points out that the North- rn 1'actflc offered at one time to sell a man holding an executive office the statrhouse. Governor Hay, all of the Northern laclflc lands In Lin coln County for 26 cents an acre and that today they are worth .7.000.000. the real Import of the policy of re servns. Unkind critics have denied that It rests upon so altruistic a founda tion, and declare that the structure waa bullded by partisan architects whose selfish purpose is to have the East share the wealth which Is the birthright of the West." JUDGES KEPT IX POLITICS Senate Decides Party Affiliation Mast Appear on Ballot. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) An attempt to push through the Senate thla afternoon a bill providing that names of candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court shall appear on the ballot without any offi cial designation failed after a lengthy debate aa to the, relative right or wrong of partisan and non-partisan politics. Barrett. Bean and Abraham approved the proposed measure. Abraham de clared that he was not surprised at the attitude being taken by some of the Senators after he had become familiar with the attitude taken by these same members toward the poli tical parties to which they should show their fealty. Slnnott said that he would like to see the non-partisan idea extend to a majority of offices, especially to the courta and the schools. SEXATK HITS KKCIPROCITV Memorial to Congress Would Block Agreement With Canada. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or., Feb. li. (Special.) Adoption of tho ' 1-outs resolution, opposing a Canadian reci procity agreement and memorializing Congress against such an agreement. was one of the features of the morn ing session In th Senate. There was but little tariff argument accompanying the motion to adopt the resolution and the Senators went on record aa follows: Yeas Abraham. Barrett (Umatilla!. Barrett (Washington). Bean. Bower- man. Burgess. Calkins. Chase. Joseph. Kellaher. Lester. Locke, Malarkey, Nottingham, rarrlsh. Wood li. Nays Carson. Dimlrk. Hoskins. Mil ler Norton. Oliver. McCoIIoch. Merry- man. Von der llellen. helling 1. MALAKKEY'S BILL APPROVED House Committee Report In Favor of Public Service Measure. STATE CAriTOL. Salem, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) The House committee on railroads reported favorably on jia- larkey's public service commission bill, which waa Immediately referred to the waya and meana committee. The Fouts bill proposing a similar commission but exempting from Its Jur isdiction municipalities regulating their own public service corporations, re mains In the hands of the committee. When the Malarkey bill comes back from the ways and means committee. an unfavorable report on the Fouts bill ts expected from the railroad com mittee. House Votes Down West's Veto. Hlg Gain Is Shown. Sumner School Plan Hit. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or, Feb. 14. (Special.) Representative Mahoney has Introduced a bill making it unlaw ful for any County School Superintend ent In the state to conduct a summer schoul whose purpose Is to prepare teacher to pass examinations tor teachers' certificates, or to conduct a school where tuition Is charged or to act aa an Instructor In such a school. It Is provided, however, that the act shall not be so construed as to pre vent any County School Superintendent from holding the annual and local In stitutes as now proviaea oy . Defk-lency B1IU Carry. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 14. Special.) The general maintenance ml deficiency bine reponea irom ine rare and means committee and carry ing In th aesres.it appropriations of bout fl.luO.OoO passed tne House loo.ijr nth only a few dissenting votes. There was no debate on either of the bills and tha Items were approved without any Chang- Tha report shows that during the period covered October 1. 108, to Sep tember 30, 1910. the receipts of the land office were 13. 440.39. an In crease of 43.17 per cent over the pre ceding blennlutn and 133.73 per cent more than in the next preceding blen nlum. The report showa that out of all the land grants to the state. 14.36 per cent of the total area lias been aold. Mr. Ross urges certain legislative re forms, such aa a complete cruise of the timber and more stringent regu lations for the leasing and sale of the state's resources. A considerable portion of the report deals with conservation. He concludes with the following attack on the Fed eral conservation policy: "A recapitulation shows that the loss of the use of school lands annually amounts to 1644.650; that the taxes upon reserved lands would amount to t3.;4.":o, and that the annual income from the state's share In the selling price of these lands would be 154.000. so that the total burden Imposed upon the atate each year aggregates the stupendous total of H.1 7.370. against which the only offset Is the lean 123.- 000 arising from the sale of timber. Truly this seems usurious Interest up on our debt to posterity. If that be 8TATD CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Ey a vote of 40 to la, the House today passed Buchanan's bill abolishing the whipping post over the Governor's veto. Buchanan argued that adequate punishment was already pro vided under the statuten of the state for punishing wife-beaters without retaining w hat he termed "a -relic of tne slavery days." Those voting to retain this form of punishment were: BonebraKe, Carter, Chambers. Uerby. Baton, Fouts, GUI, Graves, Mann, Neuner. Pelrce. Rackleff, Snaw, 9mlth and Speaker Ruak. ToM & Gllbbs, Hoc. MTENTNHAT Toll & Qibfog, Hoc. A Homefuinishinp: Service That Meets "Well Every Demand. The Most Approved Types of Office Desks and Office Furniture to Be Found in Our Com plete Showing Car of the Celebrated Leopold Desks Just Placed on Our Floors. Daily Express Arrivals Are Bringing in the New Spring Models in Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits.- Fashion's Favored Styles and Materials Are Conspicuous in Them. A Few New Spring Goats Just Received The Chance for Women Who Want a Tailored Snaiit for Winter-End Wear At $10.75 Are Suits That Were $25.00, $27.50 and $29.50. At $14.75 Are Suits That Were $30.00, $32.50, $35.00 and $37.50. At 19.75 Are Suits That Were $40.00, $45.00, $47.50 and $49.50. SsS All Suits That Were $50 to $95 Now Half Price. The season's most practical styles and mate rials, and there's enough variety in what com prises our stock and what Ave have distributed in these four groups to enable those who are about to choose to suit for season-end wear, to do so with satisfaction. Cleverly tailored models in broadcloths, homespuns, cheviots and serges. In navy, browns, tans and black and a few in the mixtures. 1 -2 The O Drapery and Upholstery ateirials Over 600 Rugs in Room Sizes and in Smaller Sizes Shown on Our Rug Racks A Wealth of Patterns and Colorings for Home and Office Furnishers to Select From In Rugs of Every Known Domestic and Foreign Weave Easy Payment Terms. Carpet Store, Sixth Floor Continued to be tho most no table event of its kind that has taken place in many months. It brings to those who are planning changes in their hangings, decorations and furniture coverings an op portunity to secure up-to-date materials at savings worth while. Most every kind of fabric adapted for upholstery and drapery purposes is to be found in one or the other of the three Jots into which they're distributed. Reps and Armures, Monk's Cloth and Witches' cloth, Craftsman Canvas and Art Crash, Cotton Tapestries and Corduroy, Velours, Jasper Cloth, Striped Materials, Silk Velours, Wool Tapestries, Krinkled Tapestries, Wool Damasks, Silk Armures, Double-faced Velours and Hair cloth. Here are the former and special prices of the ma terials in the three groupings: 25c Yard For materials that were 60 c to $1.50 yard. 75c Yard For materials worth up to $3.50 yard. $1.25 Yard For materials worth $3.75 to $6.50 yard. Tull & Gibbs' Window Shades Correctly Made and Adjusted., Good Workmanship and Materials and Lowest Prices Command Your Consideration. I Iiowerman'a Acts Validated. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Acts In the offli-e of Sec retary of State during the absence of Secretary Benson and deeds and mort sages signed by Acting Governor Bow erman during his term, while sitting on the Land Board, are validated two bills Introduced by Carson which passed the Senate today. Kellaher was the only Senator to vote against the validating of the acts, of Bowerman. while none voted against the other bill. CQIG E WAY UPHELD Committee Favors Rusk's Pri mary Election Bill. Reapportionment Committee Named. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) President Selling today appointed the Senate committee to pass upon the Joseph apportionment bill. the following to make up the commit tee: Joseph. Bowerman, McColloch. Calkins and Locke. ITREN FIGHTS MEASURE Old Soldiers Memorial Approved. STATU CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.! Both houses have adopted the Graves joint memorial asking Congrei to increuee the pensions of the old soldiers, who, the memorial states, are receiving too small financial tribute for their past ewrvices. Lawgiver Says It's ITnconstltntlonal, but Friends of Measure Interpret Statute Iirrerently 31a- Joritjr Likes Plan. NEWSPAPERMEN OF TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMBINE FOE PUBLICITY WORK. r fi ; Y . w T. rw Mm r.ffafcrrr. ! em H-ten.rl.ei n. M. Miller. Bay City X ews. Rottom nn-Fnak Taylor. ( ImHilt Crier. tlft.rmNl Kre V. flaker, TlllasMok Headlight, Prealdeati C. K. Tronbley, Tllla- SMk Herald. Vetrtsr. J TILLAMOOK. Or.. Feb. 14. (Sperlal.) An Interesting meeting of the newspaper men of Tillamook Coun- ty to.. place at the TT.l.imook Commercial Club recently when all the newspaper men were present and uta of the club. The object of the meeting was to form an association to boost the county, and the name decMed upon was the Tillamook County F.dltor-Hoowters' Association. I Tha ofrtcer elected being: President. Fred C. Baker. Tillamook Headlight: vice-president. Frank Tay- J lor. rioverdale Courier: secretary and treasurer. C. K. Trombley. Tillamook Herald. These, with Hugo Effen- f berrr. Nehalem Knterprtse. and B. II. .Miller. Bay City News, will form the executive board. All of t- local e.lllors are en tliuslastl- good roni advocates, for amongst the resolutions passed un- der this head they re.-ommen.l-d that the County Court employ an experienced engineer and road builder so ss to Insure permanent and systematic. a. well as economically constructed rond building. The assocla- tlon promt.ed Its support to the proposed county fair this year, approved of the efforts of the ports of Tltlamovk. Hay City and Nehalem in enoearorlng to secure Government aid for the Improvement of the harbor. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or, Feb. 14. (Special.) A majority of the House committee on revision of laws favors Sueaker Rusk's) second-choice bill and will probably return the measure to the House tomorrow " with a favorable port. Opposition to the measure lias already developed, not from an unex pected quarter, however. W. S. U'Ren has raised a question as to the constitutionality of the proposed law. contending that it violates the state constitution, which, he insists, does not contemplate that an elector shall be re quired to tpeclfy other than a first choice of candidates. Friends of tlie bill, how ever, have also consulted the section of the constitution referred to by U'Ren, who bases his contention on a portion of the amendment recently adopted by the people and covering the subject of pro p.-rttonate representation. This provision reads: "Every iua!!fied elector residing in his precinct and registered as may be re quired by law. may vote for one person under the titje for esch office. Friends of the Rusk bill find au?liority for second-choice expressions In th tfame section of the constitution which provide that: 'Provision may be made bv law for the voter's direct or indirect expression of his first, second or additional choices among the candidates for any office. For an office which Is filled by the election of one person. It may be required by law that the person elected shall be the final choice of a majority of the electors voting for candidates for that office. Tiles? principles may be applied by law lo nomination by political parties an J organ Ixat ion s." These qualifying and supplemental pro visions of the same section of the con stitution referred to by U'Ren are taken by supporters of the hill fo refute the charges of the Oregon City lawgiver (hat the proposed law by Speaker Rusk Is unconstitutional. It EFEREXD V M DEFECT IS SEEN" Governor to Return Salary Bills, Pe titions Required Too Large. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or, Feb. 14. (Special.) Governor West outlined his position on the defective salary bills In a message which he sent to the Senate and the House today, as follows: There have -ben passed by. or are now before, the Legislature a number of bills providing for an Increase In the salary for certain county officials. These bills, or most of them, carry a refer'tidurr. provision riulrlns a petition for referendum to be j timed at least IS per cent, and in cer- I r J tair. Instances 25 per cent, of the legal- vo Section 1. of Article IV. of our Constitu tfon fixes the percentage for the stale for initiative petitions at 5 per cout of the votes for Justice of the Supreme Court, and by Section 1 a) of said ariirle It is pro vided that "the Initiative and referendum pewers reserved to the people by this Con stitution are hereby further referred to the lecal voters ol every municipality and dis trict, as to all local, special and municipal legislation, of every character, in or for their respective municipality and district." I am. therefore, of the opinion that these provt!ons of the Constitution fix the rate lor referendum petitions In all cases. rcpt In towns and cities, at 5 per cent, and that the salary bills now In my hands should be recalled and. together with those now before the Legislature. should he amended by reducing the numbers of signa tures required to 5 per cent of the legal uicn u tne several counties. t- J school directors will be provided with copies of the Oregon School laws as the Reynolds' resolution providing for publication of 16.000 copies was adopt ed by the Senate today. The resolu tion provides that the laws shall ba compiled by the Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction. XAVAIj RESERVE ASKS $25,000 Fear of Referendum Caused Omis sion of Money Mention Before. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Friends of the Oregon Naval Reserve appeared before the ways and means committee tonight with the announcement that the re serve would ask an appropriation of $25,000 for the two years. It was said In the Senate that no appropriation for the reserve would be asked. Those before the committee said their purpose In presenting the original bill without the request for money in con nection was fear of the referendum and that they had no desire of see ing both bills killed In one. STATE 31 AY PAY CHAPI,AIXS Committee Would Place Ministers at Penitentiary and School. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Placing chaplains on state pay for the moral and spiritual uplift of tho convicts at the penitentiary and aid of the same kind for boys at the State Reform School is a departure sanctioned by the ways and means com mittee. The committee decided to award annually to two chaplains, one Catholic and one Protestant, one of whom is to spend at least six hours weekly in min lsteritig to the spiritual welfare of in mates of the Institutions. State May Elect f'onunislouers. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or., Feb. 7 1. (Special.) At the request of the present members of the Railroad Com mission, the House committee on reap portionment has Introduced a bill pro viding for the election of these com missioners from tha state at largo. Under the present law one member of the Commission Is elected from each of the two Congressional district and the third from the state at large. This change In the law Is deemed neccssary from the fact that the state is to be divided Into three Congressional dis tricts. The present members of the CommlFSlon would prefer to have the Commission elected from tha state at large than to grlve to each of the pro posed three Congressional .districts one member of the Commission. Volunteers 3Iay Be Repaid. STATR CAPITOU Salem. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Travel pay for volunteer soldiers who were mustered out fol lowing the war in the Philippines and were not accorded the cost or tne Journey to their homes from ban Fran cisco, is asked in a joint memorial which has now been adopted by both houses. Insurance Code Body Fails. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or.. Feb. 14 (Special.) With a bare quorum In at tendance, Brownhill's bill providing: for commission to codify the insurance aws of the state failed to pass with only 29 votes in its favor. This bill pro vided for a committee of five members. consipting of the State Insurance Com missioner and five electors, to be ap pointed by the Governor. Proposed acts deemed necessary for further reg ulation of Insurance companies were to be reported by the Commission, whose expenses were limited to tlM), to the 1D13 session of the Legislature. State Subdivision Favored. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) The House committee on elections tonight favorably reported Ma- oney's bill subdividing the state Into three Congressional districts. Under this apportionment Multnomah County constituted tho Third Congressional District. Those counties east of the Cascades are designated as the Second Congressional District, while the other counties west of the Cascades, excepting only Multnomah, are to form the First Congressional District- Teachers to Know School Laws. STATK CAPITOU Salem, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) School teachers and Hair Health If You Have Scalp or Hair Trouble, Take Advantage of This Offer We could not afford to so strongly endorse Rexall "93" Hair Tonic and continue to eell it as we do, if we were not certain that it would do all wa claim it will. Should our enthusiasm carry us away, and Rexall "93" Hair Tonic not give entire satisfaction to the users, they would lose faith In us and our statements, and in consequence our business prestige would suffer. 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