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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1915)
THE MORMNTG OREGONTAN. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1915. GOVERNOR WHIPPED IN FIGHT If! HOUSE Mr. Lister's Pet Measures Go : Down Before Attack of Republican Forces. M'ARDLE BILLS FAVORED Tax Commission and Other Offices " to Be Taken Out of . Executive Control Flsli Investigators to Confer Villi Oregon. OLTMPIA. Wash., Feb. 1. (Special.) After exchanges that constantly veered toward bitter personalities, the House today, by overwhelming vote, killed Governor Lister's Tax Commis sion bills and approved, on second read ing, the substitute McArdle bills, tak ing the control of the tax department, Land Board and Board of Equalization out of the Governor's hands. These bills will come up later, probably to morrow, for final passage. The strength displayed by House Republicans made it certain that the bills will pass that branch with a two-thirds vote. Adding new features to the patronage fight between the Democrats, Governor and the Republican House, Kepresenta tive Davis, of Pierce, tonight announced the preparation of two more bills de signed to abolish offices under the con trol of the Governor. One bill will abolish the State Labor Commissioner, placing the work with the Industrial Insurance Commission, and the second eliminate the office of State Fire War den, placing this department under the State Land Commissioner. Senate Confirms Mr. Reynolds. While the House was running the or ganization steam roller over the Gov ernor's supporters, the Senate occupied Itself by confirming Mr. Lister's ap pointment of C. A. Reynolds, chairman of the Public Service Commission, who, together with L. H. Darwin, Fish Com missioner, had been refused confirma tion 10 days ago. The action of the Senate was dic tated by the Republican caucus, which took the ground that if Mr. Reynolds were unsuitable, responsibility should be left with the Governor, rather than leave the Senate liable to the charge, made 10 days ago, that hostility of the public service corporations was respon sible for the failure to confirm. In the caucus the nrt proposal was to con firm both Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Darwin. Senator Cleary said, however, that per sonal charges were to be made against Mr. Darwin, and his name, accordingly, was not acted upon. The caucus ended, however, with the understanding that probably Mr. Darwin's name would be brought out and confirmed Tuesday of next week. Four Senator. Break. In spite of the caucus understanding, four Rcitublirans, Senators French of Clarke County. Imus of Cowlitz, Jones of Pierce and Smith of Jefferson, voted against confirmation. Recalling the report that Represen tativ-es McArdle and Zednlck, co-au tliors of the McArdle bills, were to re ceive fat political berths if their meas ures were adopted, which caused the haling of a newspaper correspondent before the House last week, Represen tative Reeves, Democrat floor leader. attempted to obtain adoption of an amendment to the McArdle bills which would bar any member of the Legi lature from accepting any of the new positions to be provided. Representative Hill, Democrat, put a match to the fireworks by referring to the report that five children of Mr. McArdle are on the public payroll, bringing $600 a month, to the family. There are two sons with the Forestry Department, a son who is page in the House and two daughters in the Insur ance Commissioner's office. Jlr. Davis' Speech Cheeked. Representative Davis, Republican, started a bitter arraignment of Gov ercor Lister, but was waived down by majority leaders. Democratic and Progressive floor leaders tried vainly at several stages of the proceedings .to obtain rollcalls. but under Speaker Gonner's count were unable to muster the 16 necessary to enforce the demand. The House this afternoon passed the Black bill, providing for sterilization of inmates discharged from insane asy lums by a vote of 66 to Co, with six absent. Both Clarke Countv Represen tatlves voted against the measure. A companion bill providing for operations upon persons convicted of infamous crimes comes up later. The House today adopted the Senate resolution providing for the appoint ment of a legislative commission to confer with a similar commission from Oregon on Columbia River fishing and Speaker Conner announced as mem bers of this committee from the House Representatives Sims, of Jefferson; Lowman, of Skagit; Heinly, of Pierce and Harris, or Chehalis. Mr. Sims and Mr. Lowman are both prominent fish operators. Lieutenant-Governor Hart Has an nounced the appointment as Senate members of this committe, Stevenson of Skamania, Kleeb of Pacific, Imus of Cowlitz and French of Clarke. ROAD FCXD TO BE PARTITIONED Clarke County Expected to Get $60,- 000 of State Money. OLTMPIA. Wash... Feb. 1. (Special.) Joint roads committees tonight start ed a series of hearings to last the en tire week on the division of the 2,000, 000 that will be raised for public high ways during tne coming blennium. The administration 'proposal is that (600,000 be devoted to the Pacific high way. Under this apportionment Clarke County would receive J60.000 and ?3S0, 000 in all would be spent between the north border of Thurston County and the Oregon line. No representatives of the Pacific highway were present when the sessions opened, but a delegation was promised for tomorrow night. BOISE VOTE LIKELY Idaho House Favors Election on Commission Charter. BITTER FIGHT IS WAGED Resolution Calls on Prison Board to Snbmit Report of Special Inves tigator House Passes Seven Bills,, Senate One. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 1. (Special.) An attack on commission government. under which Boise is now operating, through the passage of a bill by the House of Representatives permitting a vote to be taken this Spring to abolish it, the adoption of a resolution calling on the Board of Prison Commissioners to submit to the investigating commit tee the report on the penitentiary by Expert Gleason and passage of seven bills constituted today s work. A rec ord was made in the House. Not ; bill was introduced, but two made their appearance in the Senate. The anti-commission government act was introduced by four members of the Ada County delegation elected on an anti-commission plank. The two oth er member of the delegation, one Rep resentative and a Senator, stand op posed to the bill. Ever since commis sion government has been in effect here and since the defeat of the old char- tor anti-commisslonists have waged a fight against it. Control of the Legis lative delegation resulted in introduc tion of the bill. It passed the House today by a vote of 48 for and nine against. The following bills were passed by the House today: Senate bill No. 5, by Graham, per mitting general election registrations to be effected for charter cities. House bill No. 118. by Koelsch, Sweet, .Northrop, permitting Boise to vote for or against commission government. House bill No. 23, by Kiger, permit ting election of County Commissioners by commissioner districts. House bill No. 4 6, by Clark, provid ing title notes and contracts must be foreclosed in same manner as chattel mortgages. House bill No. 57, by Bells, author nzing County Commissioners to fix salaries of probation officers. of airguns and their use; House bill No. 47, by Gray and Law, to pay ex penses of County Commissioners to state convention. 8-HOCK-LAW EXCEPTION- WIN'S Senate Would Exempt State and Road Districts. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) Senate bill 110, by Senators Ragsdale and Stewart, designed to re lieve state institutions and road dis tricts from the operation of the eight hour law, was defeated by the Senate today. . Senator Stewart called attention to the action of Labor Commisslorfer Hoff in having the Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum arrested for vio lating the law by working his em ployes longer than eight hours daily or 48 hours weekly. He said the Supreme Court had not rendered a final decision and that a truce has been arranged until the Legislature took action. The Senator asked that the exemp tion apply to road workers because there was doubt as to whether the eight hours included the time of going to and from work. If it did, he said, actual work would not consume more than six hours a day in many places. Senator Ragsdale said Superintend ent Turner of the Insane Asylum had informed him that it would cost from $75,000 to $125,000 more biennially to conduct that Institution if the eight- hour law was made to apply to the employes there. IF BILIOUS, SICK OR CONSTIPATED TAKE CASCARETS WORKMEN'S BILIj IP TODAY House to Consider Changes in Com- pen sat ion Act. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Feb. 1. (Special.) Amendments to the work men's compensation law will be pro posed in the House tomorrow when the Schuebel bill providing a graduated scale of rates for employers, based on the hazards that their respective in dustries involve, will be considered. Another feature in the measure is a provision intended to prevent accidents. A premium in the shape of reduced rates is granted to employers for in stallation of safety devices in their workshops ana lactones. A system or awards also is devised for plants where employes are compensated in a lesser amount than is paid in by the em ployer. At a series of meetings last week the bill was indorsed by representa tives of the employers and employes well as by the members of the State Industrial Accident Commission. A six-day waiting period, which the measure originally carried, has been eliminated. The committee on labor, and industries has reported favorably j on the bill. No Headache, Bad Cold, Sour Stomach or Costive Bowels by Morning:. Gt a 10-cent box now. You're bilious! You have a throbbing sensation In your head, a bad taste In your mouth, your eyes burn, your skin Is yellow, with dark rings under your eyes; your lips are parched. No wonder you feel ugly, mean and ill tempered. 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A bill increasing the bounty on coyotes to S3 each for one year, intended to relieve the residents of Kastern Oregon of the rabies men ace, was passed in the Senate today. Senator LaFollette declared there has been much fraud in connection witli the payments of bounties and that the proposed increase would encourage persons to raise coyotes to get boun ties. Senators 'Wood, IjiFollette and Dim ick were the only ones to vote against the bill. $17 All sizes and models. Heavy-weight Fancy Suits, attractive patterns, of unusual quality, $20 All sizes and models. Medium-weight Overcoats, Oxford gray, Cam bridge gray and black. Three-quarter length, full silk lined, $17 Bank Robber Pleads Guilty. PAWNEE. Okla., Feb. 1. William InhorT, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty today to co-joint robbery and was sentenced to CO years in the penitentiary. Inhoft admitted connection with -several bank robberies which have occurred in Kast ern Oklahoma in the last few weeks, in which the robbers obtained more than $.70,000. House bill No. 67, by Koelsch, codify ing pleading of instrument acts. . House bill No. 72, by Commission on Uniform law, codifying bills-of-lading laws. House concurrent resolution No. 6, calling for Gleason report on peniten tiary. The Senate passed the following bills today: Senate bill No. S3, by judiciary com mittee, allowing wills of married women to be altered or revoked.. The following bills were killed: In the House House joint resolu tion No. 6, by Thrailkill, raising required assessed valuation for new counties from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. In the Senate House bill No. 45, by Keelson, seeking to plare ban on sale "BLUE SKY" LAW ATTACKED Bill Would Repeal Statute and Drop Corporation Office. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 1. (Special.) Senator Strayer today in troduced a bill to repeal the "blue sky" law and place the corporation work of the state with the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer, as it was prior to the session of 1913. He declared that the "blue sky" law had cost the state more In the way of receipts than would have been the case had it not been upon the statute books. Senator Strayer announced that the old system whs satisfactory and said CLASSROOM . FRILLS DISL1KKI) Resolution Allows Superintendent to Act When Parents Complain. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) A resolution by Senator Garland providing that the Superin tendent of Public Instruction be au thorized to make suggestions to teach ers when parents of pupils think the courses of study unsatisfactory was adopted by the Senate today. 'The Senator declared that many teachers incorporated "frills and red tape" in the course of study to the detriment of the pupils and under pres ent conditions the Superintendent of Public Instruction hesitates to make suggestions. Billboard Bill Js Passed. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) The Senate today passed House bill 120 by Representative Smith, of Multnomah County, which prohibits signs, placards, posters, etc.. within the limits of a state highway. The measure Each special price is a generous coneessionn from regu lar modest prices. Main Floor BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth Is specially designed to keep advertise ments from the Columbia Highway. Senator Dimlck opposed the measure, sayin? that business men should be en couraged. He asked what would be come of the signs that had already been placed In. the districts cleared of ad vertisements by the measure. Senator Mishop declare the measure is unfair: that a wticern In "which he was interested expended $.',00 for such signs last year. Senator Kellaher said he thought the bill is a good one If It would keep the pictures of certain can didates off the highways. Senator Hut ler said the measure had been offered by public-spirited men, and that It was not intended as a Joke. Labor Opposes Law's Jtepeal. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 1. (Special.) Headed by Robert McTntyre, of Tuscon, Ariz., vice-president of tha Brotherhood of ltatiway Trainmen, labor men came tonight in numbers w urge the defout nf the hill proposing the repeal of the full-crew law. Mr. Me Intyr and his followers quotel statt tlcs to show the law had r.-ducd acci dents. 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