THE arOKXTXG OREGOXIAX. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1915.
DR!S PREFER
BILLTO ONE PASSED
Senate Is Asked to Accept
Original Act or Make
Several Changes.
LIMIT CALLED SECONDARY
Arthur M. Churchill, Chairman ol
t-rgal Committee Declares House
Measure Contains Irritants
That Harm Cause.
Peclarinsr that the original bill of
the Committee of On. Hundred w tb
po.sibly a limit clause much more lit
iral than that in the prohibitory bill,
which has now passed the House is
much stronger than the measure now
before the Senate. Arthur M P"""""1
chairn.an of the legal ",m.tt" E,5
Committee of One Hundred, "itlcised
severely the new prohibitory bill yes
terday and urged the Senate either to
amend it vigorously or to pass the
original bill of Hie Committee of One
JiThirorigina! Committee of One Hun
dred's bill, known as House bill No. 1.
was drawn up by a special committee
onsisting of Arthur M. ChurchilU A.
1 Veazie. Robert J. Brock and S. Fred
Wilson. Mr. Brock was a District At
torney In Kansas and it was at his ao
vice and from his experience that many
of the Kansas clauses were incorpo
rated in the law.
In his criticism of the later measure
Mr. Churchill said:
"The Committee of One Hundred
wants a law with every screw of the
enforcing machinery that the expe
rience of other states has proved nec
essary, but one that will be considered
reasonable by every reasonable Utizen
In Oregon. We want not merely the
extreme drys." but the great mass of
citizens . to be heart and soul behind
l;s enforcement, to consider the man
who violates It the lowest kind of an
outlaw and unworthy of sympathy.
Enforceable Uw Waated.
"To obtain such a result the law
must be drastic in the sense that it is
absolutely enforceable and without
loopholes for evasion. On the other
hand, it must net necessarily interfere
with the private life and affairs of the
Individual or harass him in his exer
cise of wnat he considers his fundamen
tal rights.
Personally I am inclined to believe
that the amendments placed upon our
bill in the Hous contain several un
necessary irritants. I do not oelievc
it is necessary that alcohol or liwuor
shipment records be open to the in
spection of every citizen. Only pub
lic officers need have access to these,
as we recommended.
Section 8, as amended, makes it
necessary to obtain a physician's pre
scription every time one wants to buy
alcohrl for a haih. I do not think
this helps at all and it would be a nui
sance and useless expense.
"Section 6, as amended, also makes
no provision for more than a tw;-quart
limit for alcoh jl used in manufacture
.r the arts. These are ovei sights, but
they would be irritants. (
'Now as to the limit upon quantity
to be shipped in in a month. I am sorry
that this has been so much discussed.
1 think the dry forces exaggerate its
importai'Ce.
"It is of secondary consequence in
'wiping to tnioree the law. Kansas.
North Dakota. AYtst Virginia and most
of the other dry states have no limit
whatever, yet their laws are very well
enforced.- The 'cry annoyance and
expense required to ship in from a dis
tance reduces consumption to a nomi
nal quantity. It is the ceaseless temp
tation of having saloons in one's way
r. 11 the time ttiat does nine-tenths of
the harm .
No Limit Set by Drys.
"The constitutional amendment does
not forbid shipment. We made that
clear during the campaign. Our bill
was prepared to carry out that amend
ment and make It enforceable. We did
not ask for any limit.
"Nevertheless, the Legislature has the
power to go beyond the amendment if
it deems best. And. inasmuch as the
subject has been so much discussed, I
think a limit should be placed. Other
wise many 'drys will be disappointed,
drawing the inference that it is ex
pected that people will ship in as much
as was used before, forgetting that the
experience of Kansas and other states
has shown that comparatively few will
ever trouble to ship liquor from Salt
Lake Ci.'.y and San Francisco. It was
because they failed to realize this that
many extreme 'drys' roundly abused us
for not putting a low limit in our bill.
And. within a few years. California and
I'tah. Montana, Nebraska and Iowa are
all likely to be dry, and it will have to
come from Chicago.
"Moreover, a limit on transportation
will help the orllcers materially, al
though secondarily, in enforcement
against bootleggers especially a limit
on whisky.
"T.ut this limit should cover the rea
sonable requirements of any adult, so
that, as is the case in Kansas, if he
serves on a jury he will say: "This law
permits me to ship in lawfully all that
is necessary for my personal use If I
choose to take the trouble. The scoun
drel who comes round trying to tempt
people with a bootleg full of poison
shall have no sympathy from me.'
"The words 'or family should come
out of the limit clause. Perhaps two
quarts of whisky a month is a high
enough limit. But I think many will
feel we have not dealt fairly with them
in allowing only two quarts of wine,
and if -4 quarts of beer are not enough
for a man's reasonable monthly require
ment, it should be raised.
Original Previsions I'pheld.
"The Senate committee will need to
amend several phrasings in the bill if
it is to be effective. In shifting lan
guage about to meet the ideas of vari
ous individuals and delegations tbe
House committee has inadvertently
'linitnated from our bill several vital
parts, one of which, for instance, is re
quired to bring section 11 withtn the
Federal Webb-Kenyon act. another of
which prevents shipment over the bor
der by fast automobile, autoboats, etc.,
and several others which are of even
greater importance, one of these being,
perhaps, the most essential weapon of
the Kansas law. If these features do
not go back, the Committee of One Hun
dred does not want to be held respon
sible if the law is found weak.
"In short, while the House committee
has made undoubted improvements in
the bill. 1 am not sure that any of
these are indispensable, unless it be the
placing of a limit on transportation.
"L'nless these features omitted be re
stored carefully. I believe that our bill,
as originally Introduced, with perhaps
a reasonable shipment limit added, is a
much stronger bill than the one passed
by the House, if we cannot have the
Kood features of both.'
AI.COHOI. CLAl"SIi ASSAILED
tV. F. Woodward Says Act Should
Specify Ethyl," Xot "Grain."
The use of the term "(train alcohol"
in the Oregon prohibition bill is a
ow
mistake, according to W. F. Woodward,
of Woodard, Clarke & Co, who ees in
the terra an opportunity for "grain"
alcohol manufacturers to monopolize
whatever medicinal alcohol traffic is
allowed in the state after the bill be
comes a law.
The bill should specify 'ethyl or
potable alcohol.'" said Mr. Woodward,
"because less than half the alcohol
used in prescriptions and similar busi
ness is made strictly from grain. 'Ethyl'
ia the broad and proper term to differ
entiate from 'methyl' alcohol, for while
ethrtr, alcohol is made from grain and
is the alcohol used for potions, as dif
ferentiated from methyl or denatured
alcohol, it is made from other sub
stances besides grain. Beets, potatoes,
molasses, grapes and such products are
extensively used in the potable alco
hol and it ia a strange coincidence that
a greater per cent of potable alcohol
used on the coast is the kind not made
from grain.
"The only objection we make to the
term 'grain alcohol' is that it will give
the grain alcohol manufacturers a strict
monopoly. There is no- question in my
mind but the term 'grain' has been
broadly used, with no intention of dis
criminating, but it is a matter that
the legislators ought to correct before
the bill is made into law."
BILL CHANGED TO DEATH
i
Author Protests Removal of "Pacific
Ocean" From Fish Act.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 7.
-(Special.) Representative Irvin, of
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF
RADICAL AMENDMENTS
BT J. B. WHEELER,
Chairman of the Committee of One Hundred.
PASADENA, Cl, Feb. 7. (Special.) Why is it the saloons have
been allowed to exist so long in this country? Is it that 90 per cent
of our people don't know what they mean to society? Is it that our
people don't realize where our wage-earners spend their pay-checks;
where our men go with the earnings of several months in their pock
ets and spend it all in two or three days? Or is it because nearly
every move Jn the right direction is most beautifully queered by over
enthusiastic and unreasonable "drys" until sensible people are abso
lutely disgusted? -
I am very sorry to see that the bill drawn by our Committee of
One Hundred has been changed so radically. Ifeel that our bill kept
faith with the people who supported us and on all important matters
carried out the spirit of the amendment. Wo are not cranks on the
subject. We do not want saloons, but we do not believe in trying to
regulate the diet of a family by law.
We ars opposed to the manufacture of liquor in the state, prin
cipally on account of the interest of the brewery in the saloon. Man
facturing is one thing, but the question of a large percentage, of the
saloons owned by the brewers is another. This doesn't apply at all
in the case of a man wanting to make wine for his family use.
When you make the saloon the issue and show a disposition to
play fair, a large majority of the voters ark with you. When you are
narrow and small, you lose them. The highest tribunal in our land
is public opinion. The way to make legislation effective is to be rea
sonable and keep public opinion with us. I feel very strongly that
the bill drawn by our committee should become law and earnestly
hope that any important deviations from it will be put in a different
bill.
Newport, tonight decided to protest
against the recent action of the Senate
in amending the life out of one of his
bills. t M
In the early part of the session he in
troduced a measure to exempt persons
fishing in the Pacific Ocean and its
estuaries from paying licenses. The
idea was to accommodate Summer va
cationists at the beach resorts. The
House promptly passed the bill. Late
Friday night the bill came back from
with a tmvr amendments in
which it asked the House to concur.
The House concurred, 'ronignt irvin
learned that the Senate's amendment
consisted in striking out the words
"Pacific Ocean." which were the very
words he wanted in the bill.
FEES UN FISH CHANGE
PRESENT OREGOX AVD WASHING
TON LAWS RETAINED,
Committees Deeide on Increased Li
cense to Maintain Hatcheries Re
port to Reach Senate Today.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 7.
(Special.) That the present laws in
force in Oregon and Washington re
garding Ashing in the Columbia River
virtually remain unchanged with the
exception that fishing licenses be in
creased 60 per cent for the benefit of
hatcheries, will be the report made in
the Senate tomorrow by the joint com
mittee of Oregon, which conferred with
a similar committee from the Wash
ington Legislature in Portland Satur
day. The report which was adopted by the
committees representing both states,
was prepared by a subcommittee con
sisting of Senators Bingham, chairman.
and Butler of Oregon, Steiner and
Imus of Washington and .Representa
tives Lowman, of Washington, and An
derson of Oregon.
Senator Bingham said the object In
Increasing the licenses was to raise
sufficient money from that source for
the hatcheries-so appropriations Would
not be necessary. Under the opera
tion of the laws, which became opera
tive Jn the two states, six years ago,
the fishing Industry in the Columbia
has doubled.
Senator Bingham said the report
recommended the modification of the
Washington law to permit gill-net
fishing within one-quarter mile of the
mouth of the Lewis River and Kalama
River. It also is provided that the
qualifications for obtaining licenses in
Washington be amended to remove the
United States citizenship time limit as
to declaration and also as to the num
ber of licenses a person or firm may
hold,
FCXD BILLS TODAY'S TOPIC
House Commitee to Consider Six
Pleas Totaling $1,388,552.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 7.
(Special.) Appropriations aggregat
ing (1,38$. 552 will be considered by the
House committee tomorrow when the
first, of the big bills offered by the
ways and means committee will be up
for final passage. Six institutions are
provided for in the bills now pending.
The appropriations asked are:
Capitol and Supreme Court buildings
and grounds, $58,650.
State Hospital for the Insane,
67,16.
Penitentiary. $174, TOO.
Institution for the Feetjle Minded,
$144,961.
Eastern Oregon Hospital for the In
sane. $305,860.
School for the Blind, $28.J15.
As the present rules provide that each
institution must be covered in a sepa
rate bill only the bare necessities are
provided for in these six measures. No
permanent Improvements are allowed
excepting $100,000 for a new building
for the Eastern Oregon Hospital.
Young Couple Arrested.
James Hopfer, aged 22, and Mrs.
Hopfer, aged 17. were arrested yester
day bv Lieutenant Harms and Officers
Wise and Martin of the moral squad
for Investigation as to white slavery
suspicions.
FATE OF JITNEYS IS
UP TO COMMITTEE
Joint Body Considers Bill to
Put Buses Under Control of
Railroad Commission.
FRANCHISE IS MANDATORY
President Griffith, or Portland Trac
tion Company, Pleads for Regu
lation Act to Be Report
ed Out This Week.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 7.
(Special.) Whether the jitney 'bus is
fo continue to have carte blanche in
its operations in Portland rests largely
ONE HUNDRED DEPRECATES
TO PROHIBITION BILL.
upon the fate of Senate bill 154, intro
duced by Senator Perkins, of Multno
mah County, which is now in the hands
of the joint committee on municipal
affairs and will be reported out this
week.
Several hearings have been had. and
although the members of the com
mittee have not expressed themselves
rgarding the report, it is believed it
will be favorable to the bill, which
provides that the State Railroad Com
mission shall have the same Jurisdic
tion over the jitney 'bus as it hasover
the street railway. That regulation
consists mainly in fixing fares and
schedules for operation of cars. The
city determines the routes and exten
sions upon application of the com
panies operating the cars.
The Railroad Commission, however,
can do nothing toward regulating the
Jitney until it has obtained a fran
chise from the city.
Mr. Griffith Makes Plea.
Senate bill 153 is a companion meas
ure to 154 and also w.as introduced by
Senator Perkins. It provides for the
regulation by the State Railroad Com
mission of automobile common car
riers outside the city, placing them in
the category with steam railroads. Its
main object, it is said, is to regulate
'buses which have a terminus without
the city limits.
Franklin T. Griffith, president of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company, has appeared before the
committee twice, demanding that the
jitney be subject to the same regula
tion as other common carriers within
the city and without it. He called at
tention to the fact that the Portland
Railway Light & Power Company had
spent millions of dollars on paving be
tween its tracks, which was being used
by the jitney 'bus in competition with
it in the passenger business. Mr?
Griffith said it was generally realized
that the auto truck for farm service
served a demand which could not be
met by the railroads, and it was of
general benefit. For that reason it
should not be interfered with to its
detriment, he argued.
Regulation Styled Imperative.
Common carriers, like the streetcar
company in Portland, were subject to
certain regulations, such as amount of
fares, routes, schedules for operation
of cars and others, said Mr. Griffith,
and it was imperative, if all were to
be treated fairly, that the jitney be
regulated similarly.
Another measure of public impor-.
tance which will be reported out this
week by the Joint municipal commit
tee is Senate bill 68, which requires
the Issuance of a certificate of public
convenience and necessity prior to the
beginning of any new construction or
exercising franchise rights by public
utilities. From the tenor of their re
marks at the hearings it is believed
the committeemen are unanimous re
garding the merits of the bill and that
the report will be favorable.
The measure has as its purpose the
protection of utilities now in opera
tion and those to be established from
competition, which the State Railroad
Commission might not believe justi
fied. Its promoters say it would en
couraLe the investment of capital in
public utilities in Oregon, and improve
rather than retard the development of
the state.
ELECTION OVERHANGS ACT
(Continued From First Page.)
prevent initiative measures or-new con.
stitutional amendments fronr going on
to the ballotj thus would be ended the
hopes of the breweries, who are seek
ing come loophole through which they
may' be permitted to operate their
plants to provide residents of the state
with limited quantities of liquor al
lowed in the present bill.
Drys Prepare to Fight.
The proposed amendment to give the
hotels the right to engage in the liquor
business after the saloons are closed
also would be shut out by this action.
It is far from certain, however, that
the hotelmen's bill can get through this
Legislature.
The "dry" forces are preparing al
ready to concentrate their strength to
resist a probable referendum.
We' are confident that the people
would accept the bill passed by the
House." said Dr. J. E. Anderson, au
thor of the measure and a member of
the Committee of One Hundred, which
had an active part in the prohibition
campaign last Fall "I feel certain that
the Committee of One Hundred will in
dorse this bill While it is not the
same measure that that organization
drafted and presented to the Legisla
ture, it Incorporated all the substantial
features. I have heard no complaint
against the bill from any member of
the Committee of One Hundred. .
Present Bill Satisfies.
"The only complaint that I have
heard at all is by some of the ultra
drys and the ultra-wets, oth of whom
would like a more drastic bill. I think
the bill now is drastic enough. If it
needs tightening that can be attended,
to at future elections or by future Leg.
islatures.
"Members and officials of the Anti
Saloon League, the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and the Prohibition
party, who were present when the bill
wsb passed Friday, indorsed it emphat
ically. W. P. Elmore, the only regis
tered Prohibitionist in the House, open
ly commended the bill in easting his
vote.
"If the referendum is invoked, either
at a special election or at the regular
election," said Dr. Anderson. "I be
lieve it will be adopted by even a larger
majority than that given the prohibi
tion amendment last Fall."
FLAK PLANS DISCUSSED
L AW MAKERS, FARMERS AND
OTHERS CONFER OVER INDUSTRY.
Governor's Suggestion to Have Plant
at Prison Is Approved Experts
Declare Oregon Is Good Field.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 7.
(Special.) Members of tbe joint
House and Senate flx committee met
with officials of tbe Salem Commercial
Club and with groups of farmers in
the Senate chamber last night to con
sider plans for the development of the
flax industry in the Willamette Valley,
in accordance with the recent recom
mendations of Governor Withycombe.
Senator Bishop presided.
W. M. Hamilton, president of the Sa
lem Commercial Club, outlined activi
ties already undertaken by that body.
Several farmers who have had experi
ence in flaxgrowing- 4n Belgium and in
this country expressed their confidence
in the ability of "Western Oregon to
produce a superior quality of flax,
Senator Von der Hellen and other
members of the committee expressed
confidence in the plan recently sug
gested by the Governor to install a
flax fiber plant at the State Peniten
tiary to give useful employment to
some of the convicts. Other members
of the committee agreed that this is
a practical idea if a sufficient number
of farmers can be induced to grow flax.
It was reported that a firm in Belfast,
Ireland, has agreed to purchase all the
fiber produced by the Oregon Peniten
tiary for two years.
Several experts said that the type of
flax already produced in Oregon is far
superior to that grown in Montana and
other Western states; that it is sus
ceptible to .being worked into fiber,
while the Montana product is useful
principally for oil and seed.
Mrs. W. P. Lord, of Salem, gave an
interesting explanation of her efforts
to promote the flax industry in Ore
gon and predicted wonderful results if
the state authoriti6 combine with the
commercial interests to develop it on
a large scale.
CHANGES UP TO VOTE
LKGISLATl'RE LIKELY TO PIT
AMENDMENTS OS BALLOT.
Divided Session, Single-Item Veto,
IVtltlon Signing and Sea-Craft
Exempting Are Considered.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 7.
(Special.) Among the important
constitutional amendments that prob
ably will be referred to the people by
the 28th Legislative Assembly are
those providing tor a divided session
of the Legislature, giving the Gov
ernor power to veto single items in
appropriation bills, changing election
laws so that only registered voters
nwy sign initiative., referendum and
recall petitions and excepting sea craft
from eti tain taxes.
The amendment for a divided ses
sion, submitted by Senator Butler, pro
vided that the Legislature shall be in
session not more "han 20 days, shall
take a recess of not less than 15 days
and' shall reconvene for not more than
20 days. Bach member is limited to
the introduction of five bills the first
part of the session, and may introduce
one the latter part provided he has the
permission, of three fourths of the
members. The resolution has been
adopted by the Senate and now is be
fore the House.
Senator Kellaher's resolution em
powering the Governor to veto single
items ii. appropriation bills has been
adopted by both houses.
Three resolutions referring amend
ments intended to prevent fraud in
petiti ns for the initiative, referendum
and recall, introduced by Senator Day,
have been adopted by the Senate and
are with House committees. The
amendments provide that only regis
tered voters may sign petitions.
Senator Smith, representing Coos and
Curry counties, is the author of the
amendment designed to encourage the
shipping industry in Oregon. Under
pr scent conditions Oregon-built and
owned ships are sent to San Fran
cisco for registry because of the Ore
gon tax.
BlLIi WOCLD TAX IXJCHED
Measure Drafted at Olympia Plans
Charge for State Expenses.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 7. (Special.)
A 5 per cent tax against all claims
paid to injured workmen or tneir De
pendents under the workmen's com
oensation act, to go toward paying the
administration expenses of the indus
trial insurance department, is proposed
In a bill drafted for introduction in
the lower house of the Washington
Legislature next week as part of the
economy programme outlined by
leaders. Under the terms of the bill
the State Auditor will be instructed to
draw warrants for 95 per cent of the
award of the Industrial Insurance Com
mission, leaving 5 per cent in the treas
ury for administration expenses.
The industrial insurance department
distributes about $1,100,000 annually in
claims and pensions. Five per cent on
this sum would provide $55,000, de
ducted from the compensation of work
men toward administration expenses.
about $105,000 annually, leaving $50,-
000 a year to be raised Dy direct taxes.
Another bill drafted for presentation
next week provides for the abolishment
of the Industrial Welfare Commission,
which has charge of administration of
the minimum wage act. Laoor men m
h Legislature have announced that
both bills will be fought with all the
means available, probably Including the
referendum, should the measures be
passed with the Governor's approval or
over his veto.
"Albany College Semester at End.
ALBANY, Or- Feb. 7. (Special.)
The first semester of the year s work
at Albany College was concluded last
night, the past few days naving oeen
devoted to examinations. The second
semester will begin Monday.
BILLS TO
ISSUE
Party Programmes Now Gain
Attention Since Partisan
Measures Are Settled.
CONVENTION PLAN FEARED
Change in Primary Law Proposed
but Leaders Not Ready for Big
Alterations Democrats Slay
Call on Governor's Veto.
OLYMPIA. Wash, Feb. 7. (Special.)
This week the Republican caucus ex
necta to take un in detail and finally
settle upon the-programme of the Leg
islature on changes in the wasninKion
election laws. Aithou&h the patronage
fight has absorbed more attention than
any other partisan contest to date, the
elections question promises to be the
leading: political issue, in point of gen
eral importance, to De consmerea ai
this session.
The Droeramme tentatively decided
upon by the Senate committed on elec
tions and privileges, which has taken
the lead in following the plans of He
publican state leaders, contains the fol
lowing features:
The Whitney plan or May primaries
to elect delegates to county conven
tions, these to elect delegates to state
conventions to draft the party plat
forms. Combination Plan Included.
The Sharpstein combination conven-
tion-and-primary plan to nominate can
didates, replacing the direct primary.
Under this plan majority and minority
candidates would be nominated by the
convention, and the voters at the pri
mary would select the party nominee
from the list of candidates submitted by
the convention.
State-wide registration, with auto
matic re-registration at the polls for
four or 10 years; designation of party
affiliation at the time of registration;
repeal of the second-choice voting 'pro
vision of the primary act, and provision
for absentee voting.
Governor Has Party Plan.
The Democratic proposals, as put for
ward by Governor Lister In his message
to the Legislature, include the follow
ing: A preferential Presidential primary;
non-partisan election of county officers;
repeal of the second-choice voting pro
vision and opposition to requirement of
partisan registration.
All parties favor provision of ma
chinery for the direct election of
Senators, since provision of this kind
is necessary before 1916, when a suc
cessor to Senator Miles Poindexter, only
Progressive member of the United
States Senate, will be chosen.
Since the Senate committee on elec
tions and privileges first started out
lining the Republican programme, ob
jections have developed to so many of
its features that no one but the
Whitney plan for county and state con
ventions is certain of adoption. Al
though the designation of party affilia
tion as a prerequisite to voting in party
primaries was accepted by all Repub
lican leaders prior to the session,
Speaker Conner has announced his op
position to this plan now, and probably
will be followed in caucus by the ma
jority of the House organization.
Protests Heard to Plans.
Opposition also has developed to the
plan to compel statewide registration
and it may be dropped. This plan was
desired by Secretary of State I. M.
Howell to eliminate chances for fraud
in signing Initiative and referendum
petitions.
Protest also had been evoked by the
proposed repeal of the second choice
voting provision, and a compromise has
been suggested to make second choice
voting optional instead of compulsory
as at present,
Generally, the Sharpstein plan of
majority and minority nominations by
a convention has been approved, but
some leaders doubt the advisability of
making such a sweeping change from
the -direct primary law
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BOTH HOUSES LIKELY TO EXEMPT
STATE lNSTITUTIOMS.
Bill la Reconsidered When Economical
Feature In Explained Meas
ure tL"p Today.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 7.
(Special.) The reconsideration by
the Senate of the bill to exempt em
ployes of the state institutions from
the eight-hour law. It Is believed, will
result in its passage by both houses.
When the measuie, which was Intro
duced by Senators Kagsdale and Stew
art at the request of State Treasurer
Kay, was defeated by the Senate its
full significance was not understood
by the members. The following day
Senator Garland, who had voted agalont
the bill, asked that it be reconsidered.
He said that he had been informed by
the State Treasurer and Governor
Withycombe that its application to em
ployes in the state institutions would
necessitate ar. Increase in the appro
priations of probably $150,000. and. In
asmuch as the Legislature was trying
to hold down expenses, it became ap
parent that something should be done.
It was explained in the Senate that
when the law was passed it was no,
intended it should apply to state em
ployes, but to persons working for
contractors doing work for the state.
Labor Commissioner lloff about a year
ago said he believed it applied to the
employes of Institutions and. to test
the law, had Superintendent Steiner, of
the State Asylum for the Insane, ar
rested. The point at issue was not
definitely decided by the Supreme
Court, although that, court held that
Portland policemen were exempt from
the provijions of the eight-hour law.
A truce was arranged as regards the
employes of the institutions, wlih the;
belief that the present Legislature
would pass a law exempting them from
the eight-hour provision beyond a
quest'on of douLt.
The bill will be up for final passage
in the Senate tomorrow.
MCLTXOMAH MKX MEET TODAY
Delegation to Discuss Subjects Con
cerning County.
STATK CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 7.
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(Special.) A meeting of the Multno
mah County delegation will be held at
8 o'clocii tomorrow night to consider
measures and subjects now pending af
fecting that county. Members of the
Portland School Hoard have been In
vited to attend to dlsruss several of the
school hills now before the House or
the Senate.
Another question Is the Wentworth
bill providing for a change In the court
system In Multnomah County. The bill
propones that the Juvenile Court be
transferred from Jmlga Gatens' depsrt
ment to that of Judge Cleeton. This
step is urged in the Interests of econ
omy. It is pointed out that Judge
Gatens Is overburdened with work and
that Judge Cleeton has not enough to
do to earn his salary. The interested
Judges have been asked to attend the
meeting.
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of Teliuant"ee. lt rhl. f if , -Hilarity I. !
habit of changing Ii" oolur ilurlns th U.
In the nvirnln II l whlt hn the mn I"
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Cause? Chronic Couch A
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