TTTE MOTIXTNO OREGOXTAX. TITUHSDAY, MAY 2, 1912.
PETITION
VENDING
All
VIED AT IfJ PLAN
Senator Preparing Bills to Fa
cilitate Elections and Pre
vent Injustice.
cut off from the maintenance fund he
will be placed In charge of the con- :
trurtlon of new cells at the prison. A
special appropriation was made for lo- j
ratine a new tier of cells and he wl'l J
be paid from this appropriation, whlrh
dots not cut Into the maintenance fund.
Mrs. Curtis, wife of the warden, who
now receives n a month for tendln?
to Mrs. Carrie Kersch and Mrs. Eliza
beth Vance, the only two women pris
oners now at the Penitentiary, will be
relieved In a few days. Mrs. Kersch
will be returned to the Asylum as a hos
pital nurse. She served there some
time before Mrs. Vance was sent to the
prison from Astoria. Mrs. Vance will
be paroled to friends In Washington
nd the necessity of a matron will be
obviated.
CALIFORMA LAW AS MODEL raro,. ""h! 'at, F.,her
Moore, who acted as chaplains, will he
cut off from their nsr as chanlains. The
state, out of the maintenance fund fir j
the prison, provided J 2 " apiece from I
the Penitentiary fund and J-'a sr-iere
votatonary
Pi o
ICeftlMratlon Method lo Br Im
proved and Possibility of ropula
tlon Centers Carrying AH
orrice Averted.
SALEM. Or.. May 1. (Special. To
!o away wlh all "petition peddling" by
randldates who want places ,n the pri
mary nominating; ballot: prepare a
scheme of registration to free the voter
of the burden of going to the office of
the County Clerk, anil eliminate as far
as possible the conditions which allow
ona center of a eountv to furnish al
of the officeholders, are plans being
worked out by Senator John A. Carson
Bills will be placed before the voters
st the nest general election.
Marina I'nitjr Favor 11 a aw
The first plan. which has behind it
a large following of Marlon County
ilttzens. would allow the candidate to
merely file with the proper officer Ills
official declaration and pay a nominal
fee
Tue circulation of petitions Is prac
tically useles!-." said Senator Carson.
"People are bored by hired 'circulation
peddlers' It la practically no more dif
ficult for a man to liavo his name
placed on the ballot under present con
ditions than to merely file his declara
tion. rallrorala Rill aalaVre4.
"It also la possible this bill may be
enlarged to Include the California plan.
I Intend to set copies of that law. As
I understand It the 'high man' Is se
lected there without an election."
The second plan Is the registration
bill introduced by Senator Carson In
the last Legislature. It passed the
--nate and was defeated In the House.
The bill Is largely copied after the
Australian and Canadian systems,
t'etaaly Aaaeaaar .eta Names.
The County Assessor procures the
names of ail qualified voters. The list
is posted In precincts. The County
ludjre. or an examining board, makes
orrectlona or receives additional
names.
The third plan will provide for the
election In each precinct of a delegate
to a county convention. At the same
time the people will vote to Instruct
that delegate as to who tliry want for
officers. As under the Presidential
reference plan, the delegatrs would
oeet In convention and select nom
neea under direct Instructions from
.he people.
Cealrallsatlea rm rates'.
"The main Idea of this bill Is to pre
vent the selection of practically an
entire county ticket from the large
enter of population. In Marlon County
we have all of the nominees but one
nr two from Salem. The balance of the
-ountr is making a righteous protest.
"I'ndcr our plan I believe this would
be remedied and all sections of the
ounty represented
"It Is possible this scheme may be
developed to Include the selection of
v separate list of delegates to a state
onventlon along similar lines, al
'.hough we have not worked up the
plan to that extent.
Weald Set Hamper Peeple.
"It would In no way hamper the peo
ple, but would. In my Judgment, give
them greater voice In government. It
Is plain that, with a much greater vote
outside of Falem. for Instance, than In
that the people on the outside did not
wish to see all of the county officers
selected from Salem: But their votes
are not centralized and the north end
of the county and the south end may
support different candidates. Under
the proposed plan all sections would
receive an equal representation."
These bills are now under the course
of preparation and Senator Carson
states that they will be circulated as
soon as possible for signatures and
will go on the ballot at the general
election In November.
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C. VV. Jaaava. Jtnperlateadeat of
State Pealteatlarr, Deposed by
(veraor W eat.
SIX PRISON OFFICIALS OUT
ii'nrllnnH From F1rt r.
of the year without pay. It is under
stood that the superintendent refused
to take these conditions and that he
will consider the move as a complete
discharge.
No verification of this could be re-
reived from Superintendent James to-
nicht. however. When an effort was
made to reach him at his home he re
fused to talk, or even to be seen, i
though ho was at his home at the
time.
fllg Salary Cat Off.
Superintendent James receives
ealary of $2000 a year, or practically
H a month, which will be cut off.
starting with this month. Superin
tendent James will be succeeded as
head of the prison by Warden Frank
H. Curtis. Curtis will act hs warden
and superintendent In one, drawing
his present salary for the two posi
tions. Governor West expressed tho
opinion that as a matter of fact the
uperlntendency Is In the nature of
'"fifth wheel" in the organization.
Kconomy la given as the reason for
the deposing of the superintendent.
nd here the llovernors statement Is
not denied, but for some time it hi
been seen by outside observers that all
has not been running smoothly at the
prison between the Governor and the
superintendent. The prison policy of
the Governor has not been thoroughly
acquiesced In. from what can be de
termined on the outside, and In many
ways plans and schemes that the Gov
ernor has haiL for rhanges and Im
provements at the prison have not
been entered Into In the whole-souled
manner that the executive desired.
Parole Officer Bauer, who has been
receiving; ITS a month for his efforts.
has been allowed to leave. He will bo
taken care of financially by being In
charge of the movement to abolish
capital punishment In Oregon, receiv
ing remuneration ' from organized
friends of that movement.
Head Farmer Discharged.
W. J. White, one of the head farm
ers at the Institution, who received 175
a month, has also been discharged.
Engineer Ijirabee. who has been act
ing in a supervisory capacity about the
grounds, haa also been cut from the
payroll. He received lino a month from
the maintenance fund. However, while
from the Reform School fund. They
will receive the latter, but will he de
prived of the former. They will con
tinue to serve the remaining eight
months at the prison, however, and look
to the next Legislature for their re
muneration If they so desire.
My reason for these moves is en
tirely a question of economy." said
Governor West tonight. "When the su
perintendent went before the last Leg
islature and akei for a maintenance
fund, basing bis Judgment on nast ex
perience, he asked for a fund to pro
vide for a population of 430 people In
the prison as prisoners. At that the
Legislature arbitrarily cut' him off $10.- I
000. Owing to a great. Influx of people
to the state, the population has In- !
creased until at times it was as high as
450 and at other times 473 people, m-ith
an average of 10 or 30 more people than
was estimated In the request for an ap
proprlatlon.
In addition the cost of foodstuffs
has been Increased materially. We now
find that we have hard times at the
prison staring us In the face. The
chancres that I have Just made will ag
gregate a total of over 1581 a month,
or practicalr 15000 for the year In de
creased expenses against the mainten
ance fund for tho eight months. This
15000 I am satisfied wll keep us In
"the cleaV and If It does not other
drastic measures will be taken."
James Chamberlala Appolatee.
The announcement that Superinten
dent James had fallen before the ex
ecutive ax waa a keen, surprise here.
He was appointed as superintendent
during the regime of Governor Cham
berlain, the closest political friend and
adviser that Governor West has.
When Governor West assumed the
reins of office It, la understood that one
of the bosom requests Imposed upon
him by Senator Chamberlain was to al
low Superintendent James to remain
on the Job.
The Governor's statement that the
move toward James was to give him
"a leave of absence until the first of
the year" qualities to a large extent
tho assertion that the superintendent
Is discharged, but it amounts to prac
tically the same thing, as It Is almost
definitely understood that the super
intendent will not acquiesce In these
conditions. Mr. James may be al
lowed to stay in the home for the su
perintendent near the Penitentiary at
his own expense If he decides to re
sume the work next year.
Ooaomy Cause, Says West.
Governor West, when questioned, de
clared positively that the whole change
nan no luriner underlying motive than
economy. He said his whole attitude
is along that line.
At the same time the move was not
altogether unexpected. For several
weeks it has been noted, and at times
has been the topic of comment, that
the superintendent was not wholly In
accord with all of the 'moves of the
Governor. At the Parole Hoard meet
ings he has not been as lenient as
some of the other members of the
Board.
The Governor in his recent move to i
make elaborate changes at the prison
Dy me removal or the contract labor
stove company and convert the shops
Into various factories was at a loss
to determine Just how he could make
the Improvements without monev and
with a law staring him In the face that
provided brickyard funds and similar
funds should revert to the general
fund.
It Is understood from good sources
that Superintendent James rather on-
posed than stood with the Governor In
these plans. Other moves, which the
Governor had in view, found the same
failure to reciprocate, it Is asserted.
nd as a result ill-feeling has de
veloped. It Is asserted. which was
largely responsible for the move
At the same time the sweeping
changes which were made in addition
would seem to bear out the assertions
of th executive.
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STUDENTS TO VOTE
University Nominations Come
Up Friday at Eugene.
CAMPAIGN IS SPIRITED
HIGH SCHOOLS TO DEBATE
Albany anil KlnmAlli Falls Will Meet
Krlday Xlhi.
ALBANY. Or.. May l. (Special.)
The Albany Hlirh School debating team.
composed of Charles Ohlin? and Irvine
Acheson. of this city, will debate the
Klamath Falls Hlii School team nt
the I'nited Presbyterian Church here
next Friday nls-ht. The subject for
debate the Cabinet form of grovern
menc. with the Albany debaters supporting-
the affirmative.
The winner of this contest will then
debate the question with The Dalles
Hlijh School for the championship of
the state. Klamath Falls Hlgrh won
the championship of Southern Orenon;
The Xallcs HtRh School the champion
ship of Eastern Oregon, and Albany
High School of Central Oregon.
A. Dunham and Miss Elizabeth Iwis,
are the two bidding for the editorship
of the Oregon Monthly, the literary
magazine at the University.
In every instance a close and spirited
competition Is anticipated. All of the
candidates for the above four offices
are members of the junior class.
TEMPERANCE SLATE MADE
Portland Girls Arc Out for Secre
taryship of Associated Body
and for Editorship of Lit
erary Monthly.
South Carolina produced Ism vesr 2000
rounds of tes. me of wblch has sold fr
as much ss 41 cnts a pound.
UNIVERSITY OF" OREGON. Eugene.
May 1. (Special.) Today was "nomina
tion day" at the University and candi
dates were named for all of the 18 stu
dent body offices, introductory to the
annual election, one week from today,
when permanent officials for tiie 1912
1913 collegiate year will be chosen by
the vote of the entire undergraduate
body under the rules of the Australian
ballot system.
This year there were only 2S as
pirants as against 49 for the same num
ber of places In the election of 1911.
Kut the lack of competition for some
of the minor positions has served to
Intensify the Interest in the Important
contests.
The nominees for the student body
head are: Edward F. Bailey, of Eugene,
a prominent athlete, and Carlton K.
Spencer, of Cottage Grove, a veteran
orator and debater. The editorship of
the college newspaper, the Oregon Em
erald, lies between Fendel 8. Walte, of
Sulherlin. present city editor of the pa
per, and Karl Onthank. of Hood River,
editor of the 1913 class year book.
Four prominent university women.
Miss Carin II. Degermark. Miss Anna S.
Mi Mlckcn and Miss Elizabeth Busrh.
all of Portland, and- Miss Alice G.
Farnsworth. of Bskersfield. Cal.. are
nominated for the secretaryship of the
associated student body.
lo other Portland girls. Miss Flora
Prohibitionists at Illllshoro Xamc
County and I-efrlfrlitlve TU'kct.
HILLS BOKO, Or., May 1. (Special.)
The Prohibitionists met here today
and named a complete legislative and
, county ticket. J. W. Eldredgc. Sher
wood, presided, and h. O. Shepherd was
chosen secretary. The following nom
inations were made:
Slate Senator. L. L. Paget, of the
Gaston State Bank, son of a prominent
Portland Prohibitionist; Representa
tives, Joseph Connell of Glencoc. E. E.
Taylor of Cornelius, and J. E. Mosback
of Sherwood: County Judge, Daniel
Staver, a Congregational minister, of
Forest Grove; Connty Commissioner. J.
T. Buxton. Forest Grove; Sheriff. John
Boyd. Cornelius: County Clerk. E. H.
Baird, a Hillsboro business man: Re
corder. E. O. 'Shepherd. Sherwood;
Treasurer. Richard A. Carlisle. Hills
boro; Surveyor. A. A. Kirlcwood, Forest
Grove; School Superintendent, F. C.
Taylor, Forest Grove; Assessor, John
Stevens. Dllley: Coroner. Dr. J. D.
Whetmore, Beaverton.
ELECTRIC MEN COMING
3IAGXATKS OF IXTERCHBAX
LINES TO VISIT PORTLAND.
BOURNE SQUANDERS $1996
Senator Makes Big Outlay for
Campaign-"
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SALEM. Or.. May 1. (Special.)
Although Jonathan Bourne. Jr., made
"no campaign'' in an effort to obtain
the Republican nomination for United
States Senator, his expense statement,
filed todav with Secretary of State
Olcott. shows that he expended $1996.26.
Other expense statements Include the
following: For Roosevelt, 11524.65: for
La Follette. $1?9S.T2; for Wilson,
150(1.91: for Clark. 3S4. G. T. Cochran,
candidate for nomination for Congress
from the Second District. expended
11073.17.
Twnty jesrs la the voting" lie in Switzerland,
Trip Made to Bring About Belter
Understanding Between Com
munities and Companies.
Traveling S000 miles, traversing 30
states and vlFiting 29 cities is part of
the general plan of the officers of the
American Electric .Railway Associa
tion, who will arrive In Portland Tues
day, May 14, at 7:30 A. M. over the
Southern Pacific. They will remain
until 8:20 P. M. From here they. will
go to Vancouver, B. C, going from
there to Seattle. While In Portland
they will hold an open session at the
Commercial Club, which the Governor
and the State Railway Commission
have been asked to attend.
As the officials of the American Elec
tric Railway Association the 12 or 14
men represent laoo electric railway
companies which own 42.000 miles of.
track, 90.000 cars, and carry annually
between 10,000,000.000 and 11,000,000,
000 passengers. These companies em
ploy 250.000 persons.
The party left New York In the pri
vate car Advance on April 17, and they
expect to step oft the same car In the
same cltv at 9:30. on the night of
May 29.
"We are traveling across the country
to bring about a better understanding
between the electric railway companies
and the communities they serve," said
Thomas N. McCarter, president of the
association, recently. "We want to en
able the railway companies to appre
ciate more fully the benefits which
these two associations bring to them
along the lines of standardization and
efficiency."
Mr. McCarter Is at the head of the
Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey.
During their stay in Portland the
visitors will be the guests of the
Commercial Club. Tbey will also visit
the various scenic points of the city.
has accepted a call to become pastor of
the Norwegian Lutheran churches of
Marshfield and North Bend. He will
take the place made vacant by the
resignation of Rev. A. G. Lind. and will
look after the congregations in both
cities. The new pastor will be here
about the first week in July to assume
the duties of his new pastorate.
STREET SPEAKING TO STOP
Portland Pastor to Marshfield
MARSHFIELD.
ciaL) Rev. K. O,
Or.. May 1. fSpe
Thorpe, of Portland,
Kugcne Council to Take Action as
Result of Strike.
EUGENE, Or.. May 1. (Special.)
Induced, probably, by the presence in
Eugene yesterday of a man bearing a
crude placard warning all persons that
there Is a strike on the Oregon Elec
tric at Salem, Councilmen Striker and
Warnock. at the meeting of the Council
last evening, urged the Council to pass
an ordinance regulating speaking on
the public streets.
Councilman Striker based his argu
ment for such regulation on the fact
that large building enterprises are un
der way, especially In the railroad
world, and it is undesirable, from the
standpoint of Eugene's prosperity, that
there should be teachings of unrest.
The Councilmen were assured that the
judiciary committee has the matter in
hand and will have an ordinance ready
for early report to the Council. " The
City Attorney stated the city unques
tionably has a right to regulate speak
ing on the public streets.
with the Oakrldge train. Passengers
leaving Portland shortly after midnight
will have an hour for breakfast in
Eugene and reach the tall timber by
mid-forenoon. Good connections are .
made on the return trip.
HOOD RIVER ALDERMAN OUT
IJrosius Hcslsns
cil's Action in
Because of Couii-
Wnter Case.
NEW TRAINS AID FISHERMEN
Xew Schedule Will Open Up Oak
rldge District.
EUGENE, Or.. May 1. (Special.)
Portland fishermen and hunters will be
Interested in new trains in Lane Coun
ty announced in connection with the
new timecard effective today. Begin
ning on that date a mixed train will
run from Coburg on the Springfield
Woodburn branch to Oakridge. 35 miles
up the Willamette, beyond Natron.
Fishing equalling that of the Mc
Kenzle Is to be found In Salt Creek
and other streams within a few miles
of Oakridge. which Is the present ter
minus of the Natron-Klamath Falls
cut off. Passenger service from Eugene
to Wendling; connects at Springfield
HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 1. (Special.)
Because his fellow Councilmen passed
a resolution instructing the fire and
water committee to secure from the
Farmers' Irrigation Company 10 Inches
of water for city use. Dr. F. C. Brosius,
president and oldest member of the
Board of Aldermen, resigned.
He had been a Councilman a number
of years, during which the city ha3
procured its water supply from a pri
vate company.
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