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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1921
PRICE FIVE CEXT3
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BRIDGE TOLLS BILL
PASSED BY SENATE,
SMILE OF SON SPURS
STARVING POLES SEEK
PEACE ABOVE BREAD
PADEREWSKI FORSEES PROS
PERITY IF WAR HOIjDS OFF.
S BACKS
VOTE COUNT DURING
ELECTION PROVIDED
SENATE IN CLASH
CARUSO IN STRUGGLE
IN SENATE, 1H4
IS VOTED IN RUSH
BILL FOR DUAL BOARDS IS lP
TO GOVERNOR. '
MEASURE PCTS COLLECTIOX IX
HANDS OF GOVERNOR.
SIXGER GAIXS AFTER SEEING
BOY; BABE VISITS ROOM.
BILL WlfJS
860
0 1
IT T POLICY
o e hi
Majority Report Urging
Defeat Is Rejected.
MEASURE IS COMPROMISE
Aim Is to Secure to Stale Shure of
Revenue (o Which It Is De
clared Entitled.
Moser Says Majority in Mult
nomah Are Satisfied.
TEACHERS' JOBS SECURE
J mire Scliool Board Must Agree on
Ii?mi.sals; June Election to
Add Two to Body.
STATE HOUSE. Salem. Or.. Feb. 18.
f (Special.) Without extended argu-
' Ment on the Part of the proponents
cf the measure, the senate, by a vote
cf C to 14, this afternoon approved
vn third reading the substitute teach -rs'
tenure of office bill offered re
cently in the houJ'e by nine members
cf the Multnomah county delegation.
By the sim.! vote the senate a few
minutes previously rejected the ma
jority report of the senate Multno-
lrah county delegation recommending
defeat of the bill, and substituted the
minority report, urging that the
measure should become a law.
The majority report, opposing Pass
age of the measure, was signed by
t-enators Hume, Joseph. Gill and Far
rell, while affixed to the minority re
port were the signatures of Senators
fctaples. Banks and Moser.
Measure Satisfactory Murr.
Senator Moser, In a brief argument
in favor of the bill, said that the
question of teachers' tenure legisla
tion had been before the legislature
during the greater part of the ses
sion, and that much valuable time
had been consumed in a discussion of
the issue. He declared that the pres.
ent measure was a compromise, and
from all reports he had received was
entirely satisfactory to the great ma
jority of the people of Multnomah
county. m I
"This bill passed the house by a
rote of 48 to 12," said Mr. Moser,1
with eight members of that body
from Multnomah county registering
their ballots in the affirmative. This
result refutes the report that a ma
jority of the Multnomah delegation in
opposed to the measure and proves
conclusively that 11 representatives
and senators from that county favor
the law.
Entire Board Mont Agree.
This bill Is absolutely fair, and
tmtil the time of the regular school
election, next June, it will require!
the entire membership of the school
STATE HOL'SE, Salem, Or., Feb. IS.
(Special.) Over the opposition of
Senator Joseph the senate passed
'house bill 343, which gives the gov
ernor control of the toils of the in
terstate bridge. The measure was ad
vocated by Senator Farrcll. This bill
is intended to secure to the state the
share of the bridge tolls to which it
is entitled. The state has been un
able to induce the Multnomah county
commissioners to surrender tolls de
dared due and this measure places
collection of tolls in the hands of the
governor, thus enabling the state to
reimburse itself.
According to Senator Joseph, the
bill is the result of a petty fight in
Multnomah county between Mr. Gor
don, sponsor of the measure, and
some of the Multnomah county com
missioners. He declared there was no
dispute between the county and the
state as to the amount due, but ex
plained that the county could not turn
over the tolls unless tax money
comes In.
Instead of giving the state the
money declared due, the county com
missioners have been diverting it for
construction of a hospital on a slid
ing hill. Senator Farrell said. There
is a dispute as to the amount in
volved, the state claiming more than
the county commissioners admit. Sen
ator Farrell asserted that the upstate
senators were even more interested
in the passage of the measure than
the Multnomah delegation for the
reason that the bill Is simply intended
to enable the state to get money
which Multnomah county is with
holding. Senator Farrell and Senator Staples
mere the only Multnomah senators
who supported the bill, their five col
leagues voting against it. The vote
stood:
For Bell. Eberhard. Eddv. Edwards.
Ellis. Farrell, Hall. 1'atterson. Porter.
Ryan, Smith. Staples, Thomas, Upton,
vinton ana President Ritner.
Against Banks. Gill. Hare, Hume.
Jones, Joseph. Lachmund, La Follett.
ioser. ivicKelson, Norblad, Robertson
and Strayer.
Absent Dennis.
National Appropriation
Measures Passed.
SENATE IS IN WORKING M00O
Six Supply Bills Remain as
Adjournment Looms.
CO-OPERATION IS BEGUN
Conference Is Held In Effort to
Put Through Measures by March
4 as Asked by Harding.
CHAMBERLAIN HELD SURE
News Specials From St. Au-rustlnc
Confirm Senator's Selection.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington. D. C. Feb. 18. All spe
cial dispatches from St. Augustine,
Fla., to eastern newspapers today
confirmed the appointment of Senator
Chamberlain as a member of the ship
ping board, as published in The Ore
gon Ian of last Thursday.
Typical of others wag this dispatch
to the New York World:
"Besides .the cabinet, the president
elect is concerning himself with such
matters as the appointment of a ship
ping board, for the present board, not
having been confirmed by the senate,
goes out of office with the Wilson
administration. So far the only man
board to dismiss a teacher from her; sure of appointment to the new board
position. When the voters at that
election add two members to the per
ronnel of the directorship of the
board It still will require the concur
rence of five of the seven members
before a teacher can be discharged
from service."
Senator Hume, who signed the re
port adverse to the passage of tho
Vlll, eaid the measure was almost
Identical in its construction with the
one that was introduced in the sen
ate and defeated by a vote of 15 to 14
"This bill is not wanted by anyone."
aid Senator Hume, "and in its
original form was obnoxious and
placed the directors of the school
district in a position to discharge
practically all of the 1300 teachers
now employed in the Portland schools.
Why are the people behind this bill
so anxious that it shall pass? It will
deprive the teachers of an appeal and
will result In continued turmoil In
the schools affected by its passage.
Eddy Saya Rill la Changed.
Senator Eddy declared that the bill
before the senate was not the same
in construction as the one defeated a
lew aas ago and was a compromise
which should be accepted. Senator
Thomas declared that he tired of
listening to teachers' tenure legis
lation and at the time the Hume
resolution was adopted recently ho
was of the opinion that the discussion
was at an end.
"his resolution, eaid Senator
Thomas, "provided that the entire
teachers' tenure matter should be re
ferred to a committee with instruc
tions to investigate and determine
upon a suitable law for submission to
the legislature at its next session."
"I have tried to be consistent in re
gard to the teachers' tenure legisla
tion," said Senator Banks, "and I was
opposed in the beginning to the pas
sage of the so-called Staples tenure
bill by the legislature or referring it
to the people of Multnomah county.
Later, certain amendments were in
jected into the bill and I consented
that it should be submitted to the
voters for ratification or rejection.
Even with the amendments the
Staples bill did not appeal to me as a
treasure that should be approved by
the legislature without having the
consideration of the peoole.
Only One Way Oat.
"When the Staples bill failed to
pass in the senate, the Hume resolu
tion came on. That resolution now
is in the graveyard in the house and
if this measure does not receive the
favorable consideration of this sen
ate there can be no legislation on the
matter for a period of two years. The
definite position of the teachers re.
gardlng the tenure legislation should
not be sustained and I. for one, be
tCuuc udeii on Pg 3, Column i.y
is George E. Chamberlain, defeated
democratic candidate for re-election
to the senate. Mr. Harding makes no
secret of the fact that Mr. Chamber
lain can have this minority appoint
ment if he wants it."
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 18. By the
passage in six hours today of three
annual appropriation bills aggregat
ing more than $860,000,000, the senate
demonstrated its ability to work
when in the mood.
With only 11 working days remain
ing of the present session, the appro
priation bills received a clear field
in the effort -to pass all the regular
supply measures by March 4, as re
quested by President-elect Harding.
The three bills passed today were
the postoffice budget, carrying J374,
000.000; the annual diplomatic and
consular bill, totaling $10,400,000 in
Its appropriations, and the $276,000,000
deficiency measure. Senate amend
ments increased the three bills about
$145,000,000 over totals voted by the
house, which necessitates adjustment
In conference.
Co-operation Conference Held.
Co-operation between senate and
house in disposing of the appropria
tion bills was the subject of a confer
ence. The house representatives
agreed to aid in expediting the confer
ence action.
All except one of the appropriation
bills had passed the house tonight,
but the senate still had to pass six
the army, navy, agriculture, rivers
and harbors, fortifications and gen
eral deficiency measures. Only two of
the regular supply bills, the annual
pension roll and the District of Co
lumbia budget, have been completed
by both bodies of congress and sent to
President Wilson. Some republican
leaders .expressed hopes of enacting
all of the appropriation measures be
fore adjournment, but others have
abandoned hope of passing the navy
budget and possibly the army bill.
Hearings on the navy bill were
begun today and the army bill will
be reported out of committee early
next week.
Five Physicians and Secretary Re
port Decided Improvement in
Tenor's Condition,
NEW TORK, Feb. 18. Caruso is
convalescent. This was the word
which came tonight from the hotel
suite in which the tenor has been
wrestling with death for four days.
It was spoken by Bruno Zirato, his
secretary, and followed an official
bulletin by the five attending physi
cians, in which the singer was de
clared to have shown a distinct im
provement. To Epi ico Jr., who has
tened to his father's bedside from the
Indiana military school he is attend
ing, was given credit for Caruso's
turn for the better.
'I believe the turning point was
reached when Caruso first saw his
son, said Zirato, as he left the sick
room to get the first bath and shave
he has had for three days. "The boy's
smile, coming at the Psychological
moment, inspired hia father with a
new will to live."
But Enrico did not have his father
to himself. Gloria, 14 months old
today, was taken into the singer's
rcora and delighted her father with a
new word she had added to her baby
talk. It was "pretty." She kept re
peating each time her eyes fell upon
pink hangings in the room, and she
eyed them frequently.
First a shave and then the first
solid food the patient had eaten since
the beginning of the heart attack
which followed pleurisy these were
the chief entries on the sick room log
today. After having enjoyed a small
piece of chicken this afternoon, Ca
ruso slept and on awakening asked
for cereal. He ate a dish of oatmeal
with evident relish.
There were several callers this aft
ernoon, but none was admitted to the
siok room. Fritz Kreisler was one.
"He'll come through and with his
voice, too," the violinist told Zirato.
"We couldn't afford to lose him."
Madame Marcella Sembrich was an
other caller. Cables and telegrams
continued to pour in from all parts
of the world.
It was announced late today that
no more official bulletins would be
Issued until 11 o'clock tomorrow,
when another consultation will be
held.
TARIFF WAR IS LOOMING
Spain and France Are About to
Adopt Stringent Methods.
MADRID, Feb. 18. Another tariff
war between Spain and France was
foreseen in Spanish political circled
today as a result of this government's
insistence upon a partial payment of I ago from Russia.
Pianist-Diplomat in America foi
Rest Music Closed Chapter in
His Life, He Suys.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Ignace Jan
Paderewski, ex-premier of the repub
lic of Ponland, declared today that
although the people in that country
are suffering from want of food, they
are more hungry for peace than for
bread. The pianist-diplomat arrived
in New York recently from Geneva,
where he served as Poland's plenipo
tentiary minister to the league of na
tions. "Music is a closed chapter in my
life," he told a group of newspaper
men today. "I am afraid it is too late
to get back my former mastery over
the piano. You see, I am not a spring
chicken any more and I have not
played in nearly four years.
"Perhaps some day I shall compose,
but art is now a secondary object in
my life."
He said he would soon go to Cali
fornia to rest for three or four months
before returning to Poland to resume
active participation in political and
diplomatic affairs. His mission in
this country is almost entirely to rest,
of which he has had none since sail
ing from America shortly after the
signing of the armistice.
Poland's position today he described
as "bad, very bad, and at the same
time better than might be expected."
Hunger, unemployment and the mass
of problems pressing the administra
tion of the republic have created con
ditions which relief measures have
not been able to keep pace with, he
explained. ,
"All invasions of the enemy without
have been repulsed," tie asserted with
a smile. "Today, regular, though not
perhaps perfect, administration Is in
charge of national life. Factories are
resuming work, mines are working to
85 per cent of pre-war . production;
evervwhere with the exception of
those parts of the country destroyed
recently by the bolsheviki, cultivated
fields predict fruitful crops. All over
the countrj there is security. Three
years of peace and Poland will be on
her feet."
Attempt to Censure Gov
ernment Defeated.
PREMIER EXPLAINS ATTITUDE
Lloyd George Declares Last
Farthing Will Be Exacted.
CO-OPERATION IS ASKED
Deep Study Is Urged in Order to
Prevent Making Impracticable
Suggestions That Hinder.
BABES DASHED TO GROUND
credits advanced to France by Span
ish bankers.
Announcement was made that pay
ment of an installment amounting to
35.000 pesetas will be made on Satur
day and it was widely reported that
France, owing to her inability to
reach an agreement regarding a post-
Russian Girl Who Escaped From
Bolsheviki Tliought Insane.
. NEW YORK, Feb 18.- A charge of
tossing her two Infant nephews out
of a second-story window while
their parents were sick, today was
preferred against Celia Pargnan, 20
years old, who came here six months
Donement og this pavment. intends
In the three money bills passed to- j t0 adopt i reprisal a virtually pro-
(Cuiiiiuiiea on ram e, column 3.) mnitive auty on ftpanisn wines.
The girl was arrested at the Ford-
ham hospital, where she is suffering
from a fracture of the skull received
when she Jumped out of the window
after the boys, one of whom died
'er.
Physicians expressed the belief
that the girl was suffering from a
form of insanity brought on by her
experiences in escaping from the
bolsheviki.
DR.
BRYAN THINKS
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A SET OF GOAT GLANDS WOULD GIVE THE OLD LADY PLENTY
OF PEP.
GIRLS' ARREST REFUSED
Court Says Perjury by AVItncsse?
Against Gangsters Xot Shown.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 An ap-
lication for perjury warrants for Miss
Jessie Montgomery and Miss Jean
Stanley, complaining witnesses
against Thomas Brady, convicted of
an attack on Miss Stanley, was de
nled today by Police Judge O'Brien.
He held that no sufficient showing
had been made for the issuance of the
warrants.
"VI hat the girls said on the stand
should be held to be more truthful
than anything they said afterward,"
Judge O'Brien said.
The foreman of the grand jury, an
nounced that an investigation prob
ably would be made Into the affida
vits purporting to declare perjury had
been committed during the trial.
COURT AWARDS BIBLE
Book Held as Exhibit in Probate
Given E. J. O'Connell.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 18 An
old family ible. bequeathed to a
daughter. Mrs. Isabella C. O'Donnell.
by the late Patrick Cleary, and which
has been held as an exhibit in pro
bate matters in the court here, was
today awarded to E. J. O'Connell, only
living relative of Mrs. O'Connell.
Judge Simpson, judge of the Super
ior court of Clarke county, after hear
ing tho petition of Mr. O'Connell, de
cided that the bible was of no further
use to the court and that Mr. O'Con
nel is the rightful heir.
RIFT SEEN IN DEPRESSION
Italian Minister Expects America
to Cancel British Debts.
ROME. Feb. 18. Signor Alessio,
minister of industry, speaking in the
senate today, said there were symp
toms of a better economic future
with the prospect that prices would
fall as soon as Italy had solved the
wheat problem.
"America, perhaps, will free Eng
land of her debts." he said, "in which
case England would let France and
Italy off with theirs, greatly im
proving the general economic situa
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Ballot Boxes In Precincts Would
Be Vsed Alternately While
Officialcs Make Tabulation.
STATE HOUSE. Salem, Or., Feb. IS.
(Special.) In case Governor Olcott
signs a bill which was passed by. the
house yesterday providing for the
employment of double election boards
In precincts having 100 or more voters
based on the ballots cast at the last
preceding general election, candidates
and the public will no longer have to
wait from one to three days before
ascertaining who have been selected
for the several offices.
This bill was prepared by Colonel
Mercer, sergeant-at-arms and chap
lain of the senate, and was Introduced
by Senator Bell of Lane county. The
bill had previously been passed by th
senate. Under the provisions of th
bill, the second election boards snail
meet in the respective voting pre
cincts at 10 o'clock in the mornin
of election day. As soon as 20 vote
are cast they shall take charge of
the boxes containing the ballots, re
tire to a separate room and there pro
ceed with the count. The receivin
board shall continue to receive the
votes of electors In another ballot box
provided for that purpose.
When the counting board shall have
finished and tabulated the ballots cas
In the first box, and when there ha
been cast the number of 20 or more
ballots In the second box, the tw
boards shall exchange the first bo
for the second box. and so continu
until they shall have counted an
tabulated all the votes cast on that
election day.
Any person serving on the election
hnard who shall divulge the result
prior to the completion of the coun
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Provision has been made In the bill
that the employment of second elec
tion boards shall be in the discretion
of the county courts.
Trickery and Treachery
Charged in Debate.
FAYORABLE REPORT ADOPTED
Reapportionment Is Up for
Final Action Today.
LONDON, Feb. 18. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The house of commons
today defeated the amendment to the
reply to the speech from the throne
proposed by Horatio Bottomley, cen
suring the government's policy with
regard to the treaty of Versailles. The
vote was 181 to 40.
Premier Lloyd George in the house
of commons declared that he stood by
his pledge that Germany must pay to
the limit of her capacity.
The prime minister was discussing
the German reparations question in
answering Horatio Bottomley's ar
raignment of the government's policy
of alleged inaptitude in regard to i
forcing German to comply with the
reparation's demands, the provision
for the trial of war criminals and
other portions of the peace treaty.
Brat Advice Declared Taken.
The allies, continued the premier,
had taken the best advice available
and had summoned the ablest men to
be found, upon whose advice the
present demands had been made, and
the allies were carrying out the peace
terms to the utmost of their power.
Germany, he pointed out, had deliv
ered bonds to the allies, but the value
of these bonds depended upon the
value of the German security at the
present moment. Raw matriala.
ships, property of other sort and coal
also had been delivered, added the
premier, and the question was what
was their value.
The Germans argued, continued Mr.
Lloyd George, that If the allies took
the value of the raw material at the
time it was delivered, the sum
amounted to more than the 20,000,
000,000 marks named in the peace
treaty. The allies contended that the
sum was less than this and the mat
ter was one that the reparations
commission was examining.
Problem Held Deep One.
Even according to the allied ac
counting, he said, it was a matter oi
hundreds of millions of pounds ster
ling which had been delivered.
Mr. Lloyd George laid stress upon
the difficulty of exacting an indem
nity in another country and securing
Its payment here.
"You can easily collect in Germany I
any indemnity you Impose, within
reasonable limits, but how are you
going to transfer it here? There is
much loose thinking on this subject,"
he said.
"Indemnities can be paid in goods
or service and that is whv wa intro
duced an export tax on Germany's!
outgoing goods. That means thalijj jn Ohio Court Suroundcd by
everyuung sne senas out in goous if l
gold, for she gets something for I
which there is a gold equivalent." I
Germany Not Defended. f
The premier said Mr. Bottomley had
HELENA, MONT., GETS PARK
Remirsti of S 59.000 for Public
Playground Announced.
ROCKFORD, II!., Feb. 18. Approx
imately $59,000 was bequeathed for a
public park in Helena. Mont., by the
Joint will of the Misses Mary I. and
Anna Beattle, a'sters, disposing of a
J410.000 estate, filed today. The park
would be a memorial to their brotner
Alexander H., Edward W. and George
D- Beattie, former residents of Het
ena.
Practically all of fhe remainder of
the estate was left . lor Charitable,
educational and religious purposes In
Illinois.
APOLOGY ORDER DENIED
u',j.innn Said to Have Taken
"o Steps in Bergdoll Case.
PARIS, Feb. 18 Major General
Henry T. Allen's apology to Germany
regarding the attempt by two alleged
iironts of the United States depart
ment nf Justice to arrest Grover C.
rjr,n Hmft evader, at Eberbach
In January, was made upon the gen
eral's own initiative and not ordered
hv Washington, says a Coblenz dis
natch to th- Paris edition of the Chi
cago Tribune.
The message quotes an unnamed
authority for this statement. Gener
al Allen commands American troops
in the Coblenx occupation area.
FAIR JURORS' ANKLES HID
talked of sending some one to Ger
many to collect the indemnity, but
whoever went would have to collect
it in paper marks, Lloyd George
pointed out, and it would take a ship
load to pay his fare home.
"I don't want, in replying to mem
bers who use extravagant language,
to be put in a position of appearing to
defend the action of Germany," he
continued, "because when I go into
the conference, it will be my first
duty to insist that Germany carry out
essential parts of the treaty which to
the present I think she has neg
lected." "She has not taxed herself to the
limit of her capacity or to the level
of the allies, although it was part of
the treaty of Versailles that she do
so. Her customs and excise are not
adequate, even in comparison with
France and Great Britain.
Impracticable Plana Rejected.
"I do not want to enter the con
ference except in the spirit of doing
my best to get from Germany the last
farthing she is capable of paying, bu
I will not go there in the spirit of j
advancing proposals which upon the
advice of the best experts we know to
be utterly impracticable and would
only raise false hopes in this coun
try. "Germany must do her best to ap
preciate the mark by balancing her
budget, which now is ridiculous,
namely, about one-fifth her expendi
ture. This is intolerable. It Is not
that Germany is too poor to meet the
silled demands and we shall not be
convinced she is until she has im
posed upon her people the charges
which we are entitled to expect she
shall impose. I have a suspicion she
is coming into court with rather
ragged clothes in order to make a
good case and reduce her monthly
payments.
Mark Held Not Racged.
"The mark is not as ragged as it
appears. It is not a shadow, as it
looks. It is just put on. This Is my
Green Curtain.
SPRINGFIELD. O., Feb. 18. In ac
cordance with the promise he made to
women Jurors three weeks ago. Judge
F. W. Geiger of the common pleas
court had "ankle curtains" installed
today- , . t.
The Jury box is now surrounded by
a green curtain.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
DENNIS STARTS FLARE-UP
Thomas Accuses Smith of Josephine
of Betraying Constituents
as Well as Country.
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The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Hlphest temperature,
degrees; lowest, 34; cloudy.
TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly winds.
Foreign.
Commons upholds British policy on
H.mnitv. Page 1.
Argentina vast treasure house of wonder
ful resources. Page 2.
AnrIo-Frnch occupation of German re-
l- P..i. P. tret a.
glons rumorcu ii -
' National.
Senate rushes through 8 national appro
priations totaling 860.0O.OO0. Page 1.
Year 19-'0 classed as worm
Page S.
Domestic.
Caruso improvea after seeing son. Page 1.
Legislature.
Tenure bill passes In senate. Page 1.
Bill giving governor control of lntrstat
bridge tolls passpa oy e;iit.c. a .
Film censorship bill is passed by house.
Pa ire 0.
I Senate has fiery tilt on reapportionment.
Page I-
Idaho house defeats bill aimed at tuber
culosis appropriations. Page 8.
Olympia senate propoaes to raise tax on
fish. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
J14.R00 theft laid to 14-jear-oId bojc
Page 5.
Sports.
Washington In tie lth Franklin as result
of 27-20 victory over James John.
Page 12.
Herman-Ridley match regarded as sweet
morsel for Portland fight fans. Pag
12.
Cnmmeirial and Marine.
Acute shortage of fresh butter in north
western markets. Page 19.
Colder weather depresses wheat prices at
Chicago. Page ID.
Bear pressure against shipping oil and
motor stocks. Page 19.
Shipping board refuses to withdraw its
vessels from coast to coast service.
Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Rabbit exhibit opens. Page 11.
Fire at Willamette Iron 4; St-el works
causes loss of 100,000 to (00,000. Pugs
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or., Feb. 18.
(Special.) Charges of trickery and
the use of parliamentary tactics were
made In the senate chamber late this
afternoon when the report on reap
portionment of the legislative dis
tricts came up. The report was
adopted and the bill will come up for
third reading tomorrow. In the midst
of the heated argument, Senator
Thomas waived a written paper and
declared he would Insist that it K0
Into the official records, charging
Senator Smith, of Josephine, with
treachery to his own constituents
and betraying his county.
Senator Smith had been excused
before the report came up and Presi
dent Ritner explained that the sen
ator had been excused In the belief
that nothing Important was in sight
for the rest of the afternoon.
Procedure la Protested.
'If the reapportionment bill Is
passed, it will require 16 votes, anu
the absence of Senator Smith can na
turally be taken as a negative vote."
declared the president, defending the
aspersions cast upon the absentee.
Senator Eddy lined up with Thomas
and protested against the procedure
and declared that Senator Smith was
excused when he had a pivotal vole
on the proposition.
Nothing has more upset the dignity
and even tenor of the senate tnan tne
reapportionment matter. Senators
Lachmund, Thomas and Eddy were
especially vehement In their denun
ciations and these denunciations were
directed occasionally at President
Ritner himself, particularly by
Lachmund. The entire contest, which
resulted at the adjournment hour In a
victory for the organisation, was
arked by an unaccustomed neat ana
bitterness.
Ailigonlum la Flcrer.
Marlon county would lose one sena
tor and Josephine and Jackson coun
ties would be made a Joint senatorla'.
district by the bill, which accounts
for the fierce antagonism of Senators ,
chmund and Thomas.
The flare-up was launched when
Senator Dennis asked that the bill,
senate bill 345. be recommitted to tho
committee for amendments. Senator
Eddy promptly protested and declared
the reapportionment had not been
properly made. Senator Thomas then
ade an appeal for fair play ana re
called that the senate in mo can.,
days of the session went on record
arainst reapportionment, nut mid-
lie criticism was raised thai sucn
action was a reflection on President
Ritner, objection had been withdrawn.
vnllowina- this. Thomas produced a
letter from Representative v-and -Jackson,
Thomas' district, in which
Carter wrote that wtiue ne was -member
of the reapportionment com
mittee a bill had been submiueu
gain, at which he protested; that no
action had been taken on it ana tnai
, had never heard of any meeting
Cammittre'a Waya Attacked.
Dennis, chairman of the Joint com-
ilttee, assured Thomas that Carter
had attended a couple of meetings.
Thomaa considered the ways of the
committee "devious and iniquitous."
Then he charged Senator Hall with
being willing to sacrifice his own
county. Senator Hall smiled and re
plied it was the only smile anyone
had during the row that his constit
uents were not crucified nor traded
off by this bill.
Feeling personally interested, La
Follett shook hlr fist at Hall and
demanded Information as to whether
his (La Folletfs) head or Lach
mun'd's was to be cut off by the bill.
At this Lachmund arose with emo
tion and declared that "the gang did
not have enough votes to put this
over Thursday," which accounted for
the delay until Friday. Also he as
serted that the president of the cham
ber was a party to the game and had
written notes to members not to com
mit themselves.
Motion to Rerefer Wins.
The motion to rerefer to the com
mittee carried by 16 votes, this being
the same lineup that passed the ten
ure bill a few minutes earlier in the
afternoon. After an interval me com
mittee returned with its amendments
fixed up. Senator Hume moved to
... , .1 - ...Url M,.t
amend tne repori anu u.v- --
of order by Senator Banks, who was
presiding.
Hume appealed from the Decision
of tne cnair, dui u- .at
tained, upon which Eddy protested.
and then said that Senator Smith, a
an with a pivotal vote, had been
excused.
Rushing from his seat and flour
ishing a paper, Thomas servea notice
that he would read into the record
that Smith, the absentee, was betray.
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