Morning Oregonian., February 15, 1917, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
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PETITION FRAUD ACT
PASSED BY SENATE
Bill Would Prevent Signatures
by Floaters and Forbid
False Titles.
RISE GIVEN COMMISSION
Portland School District Limited to
6-Mill Levy Unless Matter Is
Voted On Juvenile Insur
ance Is Allowed.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb.
14. (Special.) Important safeguards
of the honesty of initiative petitions
are contained in a measure by Repre
sentative Herbert Gordon, House bill
67, that passed the Senate by unani
mous vote today. It had previously
passed the House.
It will virtually restrict the signa
ture on initiative petitions to those
of registered voters, thus doing: away
with wholesale signatures by "floaters"
that have been so prolific a source of
fraud in the past.
At the same . time the bill does not
take away the rglht of legal voters
who are not registered to sign peti
tions. Before they can sign the peti
tions, however, they must make oath
to their qualifications before a notary
public. All signatures must be checked
up by the County Clerk.
Deceptive Titles Forbidden.
Still another important provision of
the bill will tend to prevent the placing
of misleading or deceptive ballot titles
on initiative measures. All measures
proposed under the initiative, the meas
ure provides, must . be sent to the
Attorney-General before they can be
circulated. He is directed by the law
In nreDare the title.
Should the Attorney-General's title
not please the framers of the measure
they have the recourse of appealing
within 20 days to the Circuit Court.
Shortly after having passed the
House earlier in the session, this meas
ure came up in the Senate and was in
definitely postponed because or mis
unriei standincr as to its provisions.
"When the real facts about the bill
became known, however, the rules
were suspended by two-thirds vote to
permit its reconsideration. When it
came up for passage xoaay not a sen
ator spoke against it.
Frauds to Be Stopped.
The bill will make Impossible such
wholesale signature frauds as charac
terized the petitions to initiate the land
and loan law measure last year. Some
30U0 signatures were proved in that
case to have been fraudulent and the I
errand Jury, after an investigation.
made urgent recommendations for re-1
vision of the law to make a repeti
tion impossible.
The Senate was an exceedingly busy
place today, for there was a huge grist I
of bills on the calendar for action. The
Senate passed 82 of them, killed eight I
others, and adjourned at dinner time
nntil 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning,!.
with 15 bills still left on the calendar.
Two of rhe other bills of special In-I
terest that passed were Senator Far-
rell's bill limiting the Portland School I
Board to a 6. per cent tax levy, and rep- I
resentative Mann's bill increasing the
salaries of Multnomah County Commis- I
aioners from $1800 to 3000 a year.
Gill Loses Hard Fight.
The latter measure met some pretty I
stiff opposition and lust did squeeze I
through by the necessary 16 votes. Sen-
.8. tor Gill made a hard fight on it and I
called on all the Senators to vote ltl
down. President Moser took the floor!
for it; however, and it passed.
Members of the Multnomah delega
tion had been divided on the merits of 1
the bill which has passed the House.
They had reported it to the Senate
without recommendation.
Those Senators voting for the salary!
Increases were: Baldwin, Barrett, I
Dimick. Eddy. Garland. Handley,
Hawley, Hurley, Leinenweber, Orton,
Pierce, Smith of Coos, Smith of Jose
phine, Vinton, Von Der Hellen and
Moser.
Those voting no were: Senators!
Bishop. Cusick, Farrell, Gill, Huston,
La Follett, Lewis, Steiwer, Strayer and
Wilbur.
Absent Senators Olson, Shanks, I
Wood.
Six-Mill Levy Promised.
Under the Farrell bill, which had no
opposition, no school district having a
population of more than 100.000 per
sons, unless specifically authorized by
a majority of the legal voters voting
on the question, may levy a tax of more
than 6 mills in any year. The current
levy by the Portland School Board Is
6.6 mills.
"This is not nearly so drastic as I
had framed it. explained Senator Far
rell. "I limited the school tax levy
to 5 mills, but the committee raised
it to 6 mills.
"This is aimed at the Portland School
Board, which has been spending too
much money. They have been buil'ding
schoolhouses that are fine, artistic
structures, but $600,000 for a high
school building, such as the Lincoln
Hifrh School, is too much. . -
"Another reason for tnis bill fa to
head off the 10 per cent salary increase
for teachers, which the Board has
promised for next year. I like the
teachers as well as anybody, but there
is no demand for this raise, and we
must call a halt somewhere."
Another bill that passed was ,a very
amended form of Senator Dimick's
patent paving bill. As toned down by
the judiciary committee, this bill au
thorized the State Highway Commis
sion to pay expenses of litigating pav
ing and other patent suits initiated by
the Attorney-General.
The insurance committee bill, grant
ing to fraternal insurance societies the
- right to Insure juveniles, killed yester
day, was reconsidered on motion of
Senator Huston, and then passed by a
vote of 27 to l. Senator Huston ex
plained that while he did not take back
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should have, the same right.
The Senate toned this down still more
by 'adopting an amendment requiring
in addition the consent or tne &iaie
Board of Control.
The Senate today passed the follow
ing bills:
B. B. 2S9, by Eddy Relating to the title
to teds or navigable lakes.
Substitute S. B. 62. by Senate Judiciary
committee Authorizing State Hignway um-
mlaeion, with consent of Boara ot control,
to expend funds for litigation relative to
validity of patents on pavements, etc.,
hrnnpht v Attornev-General.
S. B. 306, by Senate committee on alco
holics traffic Declaring what persona shall
not be deemed accomplice. In connection
with trials for violation of liquor law, and
declaring emergency. '
H. B. 501), by House committee on roads
and highways Doubling state automobile
license fees and diverting money from the
counties to the state to meet Shackleford
Federal road act.
H. B, 21 by Bean Empowering the state
government to Issue such bonds, up to
1,800,000 as may be necessary to match the
Shackleford Federal road fund in the next
five years
H. B. 48T, by Joint insurance committee
(reconsidered after being defeated previous
day and passed) Enabling fraternal so
cieties to write juvenile Insurance in com
petition with outside companies.
S. B. 272, by Farrell Limiting school
levy In districts ot 100,000 inhabitants to 9
milld.
S. B. 208, by Hurley Relating to drainage
districts. -
S. B. 237, by Eddy Providing for manner
of application of funds on unpaid school
warrants.
S. B. 13S. by Gill Creating a game refuge
to protect Mongolian or rlngneck pheasants
and other game birds.
S. B. 270, by Senate committee on roads
and highways Authorizing counties to ac
auire and condemn property for public use.
S. B. 281, by Hurley Changing open sea
son on ducks and sage hens In Malheur
County.
S. B. 260, by Hurley Relating to organ
Izatlon of drainage districts.
S. B. 260. by Wilbur Allowing onen sea
son on China pheasants in Hood River
County.
S B. 232, by Smith, of Coos To prevent
catching of .crabs for commercial purposes.
S. B. 210, by Smith, ot Coos Pertaining
to registration of titles to real property
under Torrena system.
H. B. 32S. by Lewis (by reouest) R
during bonds on pilots from $50oo to $2000.
H. B. 124, by Rows Providing for e.
tension of district port boundaries beyond
county limits.
H. B. 493. by Joint ways and means com
mittee Appropriating $80,000 for expenses
of Public Service Commission.
H. B. 67, by Gordon Providing that only
registered voters shall sign initiative peti
tions unless sworn to before notary public.
H. B. 61, by Lafferty Permitting the
slaughter of beavers not yet extinct in Mar
ion and Benton counties.
H. B. 486, by Joint insurance committee
Requiring fraternal insurance companies to
provide for mortuary obligations.
H. B. 488. by Joint insurance committee
Further fixing the qualifications for mem
bershlp In Insurance societies.
H. B. 296, by Umatilla County delegation
Fixing compensation of officers ot Umatilla
County.
H. B. 49T, by Joint committee on Insur
ance f ixing requirements for foreign. In
surance societies doing business In the state.
H. B. 441. by Burdlck and Forbes Au
thorizing drainage districts to enter Into
contracts with United Statea
H. B. 326, by Stafrln To reimburse man
ufacturers of medical stock food for license
paid.
H. B. 44,5, by w. Al Jones Giving fuller
power to City Councils In correcting
nuisances.
H. B. 426, by Fuller Closing flshlne on
Yaqulna Bay one day in seven.
H. B. 139, by Rowe Prohibiting fishing
on portion of Nehaiem River or tributaries
except with nook and line.
t. B. 3se. Dy coroett increasing salarv of
otate nan k examiner rrom wo to S40OO.
ri. B. Z44, by Mann increasing salaries
of Multnomah County Commissioners from
S180O to oOUO a year.
The Senate today killed the follow
Ing bills:
S. B. 185, by Farrell Providing for the
organization of tunnel districts.
H. B. 349, by Mackay Requiring lieu
claimants to file notice ox same.
H. B. 178, by Sweeney Regulating auto
lights on nlgnways.
H. B. 388, by Powell Relating to corrupt
nractices at elections, etc.
H. B. 329, by Lewis Changing method of
rehearings before Supreme Court.
H. B. 157, by Forbes Prohibiting manu
facture and sale of snurr.
H. B. 455. by Laurgaard Providing for
recoairying ot r:-.a laws.
H. B. 410, by Bowman (by request) Fix
ing Dlace for eighth grade examinations.
S. B. 226i by Orton Providing for the
laying out, opening and repairing of county
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TAX BILL IS PASSED
Assessor Directed to Place
Grant Lands on Rolls.
MR. BEAN PRESENTS ACT
Speaker Says Object of Measure Is
to Declare Forever Sovereign
Right of State of Oregon
Regarding Taxation.
STATE CAP1TOU Salem. Or.. Keb.
14. (Special.) Assessors of Western
Oregon counties in which the lands of
the Oreg-on & California land grant
are situated are instructed.- under
terms of a bill passed by the House
this mornlngr, to restore the property
to the assessment rolls, regardless of
the effects pending legislation on the
subject.
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sentative Bean, who presented its pro
visions on the floor.
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by Mr. Bean, is to declare forever the
sovereign right of . the state to tax
these lands.
"It will not interfere with the lit!
gatlon now pending before the Fed
eral courts, he continued.
"The state of Oregon is not a party
to the suit and the right of taxation
of the lands by the state is not in
volved, nor necessary to a decision of
the case, and for that reason and lit
view of the vital importance of this
matter it seems to me that Oregon
should assert her sovereign rijrhts of
i taxation and not acquieace , lu r -tliq
lands being removed from the tax
rolls of the counties affected .merely
because Congress has seen, fit to over
step Its constitutional authority in Its
endeavor to punish m recalcitrant corporation.
Oregon already has too much or
her resources withdrawn from private
ownership. Almost one-fourth of Ore
gon s 64.000.000 acres Is within tne
boundaries of the National forests. To
"add these grant lands to' this big non-
revenue-producing area would te iime
less than a crime. .
A map of the state was set up In
the front of the room, and to this the
speaker alluded in illustrating his remarks.
It was explained that if the Supreme
Court eventually holds the state pow
erless to tax the lands, the bill will be
void and will have done no damage to
anyone. .
If on the other hand tne property
reverts to private owners, the power
of the state to tax it will be unques
tioned. The several counties will be rn
no danger to lose any revenue.
No one spoke in opposition to the
bill.
ELECTORAL COUNT MADE
CONGRESS DECLARES RESULT OF
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
tests, but in recent years only a per
functory means of ratifying the popular
voice, was entered formally on the ot
ficial records. The count showed 277
votes for the Democratic1 nominee and
254 for Hughes and Fairbanks.
Wilson and Marshall Formally Pro
claimed President and Vice
President, Respectively.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Congress
today completed the constitutional for
malities carrying Into effect the will
of the voters expressed last November,
and officially declared Woodrow Wil
son President and Thomas R. Marshall
Vice-President, re-elected.
At a joint session of the Senate and
House the sealed vote was canvassed
by states with the usual quadrennial
ceremony, and the result of the bal
loting of the Electoral College, once
the deciding factor in Presidential con-
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