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VOL. V.
IIILLSJiORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER :J9, 1898.
NO. 28.
THE SPECIAL SESSION
Both Branches of the Legis
lature Down to Business.
MANY BILLS WERE INTRODUCED
Joseph Million Klrclnil President of th
BauiKta K. V, Curter, Cliitlrmuu
of th liuuie. V
Salem, Ropt. 20. In obedience to a
chII issued by Governor Lord, the Ore
Iton loisluture convened in "poo in I ses
sion at the state cupilol today.
Hennte.
The sonuto was en Hod to ordnr at
10:10 o'clock by Taylor of Umatilla.
Temporary officers weio eluotud fpou a
triot party vote of 24 to 8.
A committee on credentials was ap
polnteil, consisting o( Bun Belling, G.
W. Proobstel and William Smith.
The senate adjourned until 10:15 to
give the committee on credential n
chance to muke tlieii report. Tlio re
Krt was adopted when tlio tenato re
convened, and the new mem Iter wore
worn in by Chief Justice Wolvcrtou,
The roHolution providing for perma
nent organization waa presented by
Itei'd of DouglttB, and waa adoptod.
The election of officers proceeded,
with the following results:
Preaidont .loaepli Simon, of Mult
notnah.
Chief olork S. L. Moorohead, of
Junction.
Assistant chief clerk J. F. Yatea,
of Multnomah.
Heading cletk J. D. Lee, of Mult
nomah. Calendar clerk Frank 0. Middle
ton, of Multnomah,
Sergeant-at-arms Joseph ' 8. Pur
dam, of Grant's Puss.
Doorkeeper W. W. Smith, of Clack
ainai. Mulling olork V. II. Humphrey, of
Sulem.
Pages Ilarvoy Bell and Frank Hart
man. '
The minor officers of the aonate were
then aworn in.
A reaolution calling upon the secre
tary ot state for his report on the finan
cial condition of the state was pre
sented and adopted.
The rules ot the session of 1807 were
adopted.
Mulkey of Polk, Introduced a resolu
tion for a joint committee of two from
each house to examine arid report upou
the books of the secretary ot state. It
carried.
A hill was introduced by Brownell
of Clackamas, to repeal the act creat
ing the state railway commission, and
passed to Its second reading.
Mackay of Multnomah, introduced a
bill to provide now pilotage iuIcb (or
the port of Portland.
Daly of Benton, introduced a hill to
reduce the statutory rate.! interest to
0 pot cent. O
The senato then adjourned until 10
A. M. tomorrow.
Sept. 37. Tlio sonnto convened at
10 A. M. After the reading ot the
journal, President Simon announced'
standing committees as follows:
Agriculture and forostry Looney,
Kelly, Clem.
Assessment and taxation Mulkey,
Mackay, Portor, Cameron, Taylor.
Claims Howe, Fultou, Daly ot
Lake.
Commerce and navigation Selling,
Ilowo, Proebstol.
Counties Mackny, Taylor, Ilowo,
Camoion, Patterson.
Education Kuykendall, Harmon,
Porter.
ISIeotions and privileges Harmon,
Brownell, Wade.
Engrossed hills Daly of Benton,
Eoed, Michell.
Enrolled bills Pattorson, Mulkey,
Cameron.
Federal relations Driver, Pioobstel,
Dufur.
Fishing industries Reed, Mioholl,
Bates.
Horticulture Daly ot Benton, Pat
terson, Looney. '
Insurance and banking Haines,
Adams, Bates. -,
Printing Micholl, Soiling, Hulnos.
Irrigation ProebBtel, Cameron, Mor
row. .
Judioiarv Fulton, Biownell, Mi
chell, Kelly, Dufur.
Medicine, pharmacy, dentistry Daly
of Lake, Kuykendall, Morrow.
Military affairs Haseltine, Taylor,
Wade.
Penal Institutions Haines,. Driver,
Looney. . -;
Mining Cameron, Harmon, Smith;
Municipal corporations Haseltine,
Harmon, Smith.
Public buildings and institutions
Adams, Haseltine, Roed.
Public lands Porter, Mulkey, Howe,
Driver, Wade. A
Railroads Brownell, Patterson, Muc
kay, Morrow, Daly of Benton.
Revision of laws Kelly, Reed, Ful
ton, Smith, Daly of Lake.
Roads and highways Bates, Looney,
ProebBtel, Clem, Daly, of Benton.
Ways and means Taylor, Mulkey,
Kuykendall, Selling, -Adams., '',
Following bills were introduced:
By Dufur, 1o amend the statute re
lating to terms of circuit courts. By
Daly of Lake, to amend the statute in
: Home Resolutions. , .
The following resolutions were intro
duced in the house: -,
y A concurrent resolution by Myers
was read, providing for a tommitteo of
' three from the house and two from the
a senate to" examine and report upon the
tlbookaand accounts of the insane asy-
oung introduced a measure author
I the secretary of state to have
jited 1,000 copies of the governor's
age.
the matter ot assessment and taxation.
By Fulton, to oreate the office of game
warden, in each oounty, and fixing
terms and salaries thereof. By Sell
ing, bill to regulate the salary and
compensation of the fourth judicial
district and officers of Multnomah
county. By Haseltine, to provide for
the expense ot the Oregon commission
at the Trims-Mississippi exposition at
Omaha. By Brownell, to provide for
a constitutional convention in the state
of Oregon. By Clem, to define titles
of land and real property for purposes
ot taxation. By Driver, to confer upon
Eugene divinity school rights of a cor-:
porato character. By Mackay, to'
amend the statutos relating to pilot
age. By Daly of Benton, to provide
for a free ferry across the Willamette
river at Corvallis By Harmon,
amending the statutes relating to the
oharaoter of the city of. Giant's Pass.
By Fu!" , to protootthe sturgeon-fishing
inteicsts. By Brownell, to facili
tate tlio administration -Of estates of
decedents. By Dufur, to provide for
roud and regulato procedure in justice
courts. By Patterson to amend the
statutes iu relation to the terms of the
various circuit courts of the Third ju
dicial district. By Dufur, to protect
hotel and boarding-house keepers. By
Mackay, joint resolution protesting
against the proposed reduotion on tlio
Canadian-American lumber tariff; ad
opted. By Selling, to fix the compen
sation of state officers and provide .for
payment ot same. By Daly of Lake; to
repeal tho act establishing state -rail
way commission. By Fulton, to pro
vide for a physical examination of par
ties claiming damages, by reason ot ac
cident (introduced by request). By
Mulkey, to provide for a recorder ot
conveyances in and for tho county of
Polk; read first, second and third time
arid put upon final passage. By Har
mon, to amend the statutes in relation
to appeals in civil actions. By Daly
of Lake, to limit and fix salaries of
certain Btato officers. By Brownell,
relating to the contest of wills and pro
cedure in trials thereof. By Daly of
Benton, authorizing sale of equities iu
estates of decendents. By Kelly, to
repeal the act in relation to the statute
in tho matter ot adulterated foods, and
doing away with the commission. By
Adams, providing for a tax on dogs in
the state. By Bates, for an act regu
lating fraternal societies. By Har
mon resolution directing the secretary
of stuto to provide codoB for the senate;
adopted. By Looney, providing for a
joint committee ot two from the senate
and three from the house to examine
tlio books of the atate treasurer and re
port; tabled. By Taylor, resolution
(joint) providing for examination of
tiie books of the Oregon asylum for the
insane; carried.
' - ' Itou.
Salem, Or.f Sept. 86. At 10:80 A.
M. Ralph IS. Moody, member from
Multnomah and chief clerk at the
lust two sessions df the house, called
that body to order, The following
temporary offlcors wero named:
George T. Myers, temporary chair
man. v
A. V. R. Snydor, temporary cleik.
Messrs. Hill, . Ilawson, Massingill,
Nicholas and Gregg woro appointed a
committee on credentials. " .v
On motion ot Moody the house ad
journed until 1:30 P. M.
k. The house met and organized at 1:30
this afternoon, witli E. V. Carter,
Jaekeon oounty, as chairman.
Chief clerk A. C. Jennings.
Assistant chief clerk A. V. R. Sny
dor. Sergeant-at-arms Frank Mottor. ,
Doorkeeper A, D. Griffin.
Calendar olork M. P. Eisenborg.
Clork-D. B. McKay.
Sept. 27. The house was called to
order at 10:05 A. M.
A concurrent reslontion of tho senate
to have a joint committee examine into
the books and accounts of the secretary
of stato was laid on the table. -
Tho speaker appointed Bruce C.
Curry of Clackamas, mailing clerk.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the socretary of state to purchase 00
copies of Hill's code ataoostof some
thing over $1,000.
A resolution by Ross Ot the speaker
appoint a committee to arrange for ap
propriate 'exeroisos on February 14,
1800, to observe the anniversary of
Oregon's admission to the Union, was
tabled.
Young secured the adoption of a
resolution to have each member pro
vided with 200 2 -ooii t postage stamps.
House bill Mo. 1 prolvdes for a gen
eral means of propagation of salmon,
and taxing of fishing gear to assist in
defraying the expenses of propagation.
Other hills were introduced as follows;
By Whitney, providing for the manner
of assessment and taxation of certain
real estate and making mortgages 6f,
real estate for the purpose ot taxation.
The bill la a virtual reinstatement of
the mortgage-tax law. By Bayer, to
regulate lotting state contracts on pub
lic works in matter of citizenship bid
ders, bonds, etc. By Stillman, amend
ing section 40, Hill's code in relation
to aotlons for recovery of speoiflo pert
sonal property. By Curtis, to regulate
the Oatching and proteotlon of stur
geon. By Cuitis, providing for the
offfoe of game and forestry warden.'
By Hill, to regulate the manner of
holding elections to require registra
tion, etc.
One bill was introduced, but before
it could be read a motion to adjourn
was carried. -
A joint resolution by Myers waa
read, providing tor a committee of
three from the houso and two from the
senate to investigate and report to the
regular session of the legislature in re
lation to food fishes and the legislation
necessary for their propagation and
protection. , .
A concurrent resolution ' by Beach
was read, providing for a committee of
three from the houso and two from tho
senate to investigate the penitentiary,
111 M I
Full Tax of the Document Dallvered
, Heron th Joint Suasion of the dra
gon Legislature. '
SALEM, Or,, Sept. H.-At 1:30 today, in
the hall of representative. In the pres
ence of the members of both houses of
the legislature Judge of the supreme
court,' and other state officers, Governor
Lord delivered hi mutsage to the special
session. Its- delivery occupied half an
hour, and It was closely listened to. The
full text of the document follows:
Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly
?-Tho constitution authorizes the governor,
oil Extraordinary occasions, to cooveno
the legislative assembly by proclamation,
and, when awembksd, devolves upon him
the fluty to state to both housr the pur
pose for which Tie has convened them.
By virtue of such authority!, and In com
pliance with this requirement, I' shall en
deavor briefly to state tho reasons which
have Induced me to summon your body In
special session. . i s
We are at a critical period In the history
of our country. The next few year will
mark an advance or rctrogrado movement
In our national destiny. Not since the
war -of the rebellion has the. atatenan
ehl;i of our country been confronted with
qtettion of such transcendent Importance
as those which have grown out of our
victorious contest with Spain. They rre
questions involving considerations of such
various sort and far-r6achng effect that
they will require for their rightful solu
tion the beet brains and wisest heads of
our country. Cuba and Porto Rico 'n the
west, and the Philippine islands In the
far east, have been wrested from their
Spanish oppressor by our victorious arnu,
are now in the possession of the United
States, to be dealt with on those en
lightened" principles of Justice and fruity
which animate the conduct of free gov
evtiments. Hawaii has gravitated to w,
by the law of political afllnity, and by en
rexatlon has become a permanent part of
our territory. All these islands lie vlthin
the tropical regions; their climate Is mild
and their soil fruitful to exuberance, ren
dering the Btruggle for existence free from
that constant labor and effort exacted by
the rigor of the temperate sones. Their
people are of an alien race, whose habits
and customs, modes of thought and civili
sation, form of government and institu
tions, aro different from our own, and
whose condition of poverty, Ignorance and
wretchedness is the result of pitiless taxa-.
Hon and merciless tyranny. As a coum
quence of these causes, and of blood- adul
teration, deteriorating the quality of -their
people, and weakening their mental and
moral fiber, these Islands, though richly
endowed by nature, have been only par
tially developed, their civilization Is sta
tionary or backward, and In some of the
Philippine a condition prevails that verge
on saml-barbarlsm.
To meet these complex conditions and
undertake their general Improvement; to
Institute regulation aiming to revive
trade, Improve sanitary conditons, Induce
social reform, and aid In the educational
and political advancement of these people;
teVwIn their loyalty by providing a govern
ment that shall lighten the burden of luxa
tion, add to the wealth of the country by
development of its natural resources and
the interchange of trade and commerce,
protect rights of property, and secure
tho, blessings of civil and religious liberty,
Is a herculean taek, demanding for its
proper performance our best thought and
wisest statesmanship. If we must retain
thewe islands, or any part ofahoro, con
siderations of this kind must confront us
for determination. We are in legal pos
session of them, and cannot shirk the re
sponsibility of our position, Can we give
them back to Sapln? Would not such an
act be a crime, and turn the glory of our
battle Into victories of dishonor? All ,
commercial nations now are fighting or
trade, and In their race of cupidity and
Inordinate ambition China I threatened
with partition. We need the buslfliW'of
these Islands. Kxchange of product's, nat
ural and artificial, would be mutually Ben
eficial to them and to us.. We must find an
outlet for ihe- surplus ' produoi of our'
fields and forests. oUr factories nff u3wir.
shops; we must share on equal terms -f if.
all other nations the opportunttyrtr-j
tue uuom, wnicn our possession of th
Philippine Islands affords us. Their1 loca
tion is said to be the key to', the "Orient,:
and now to throw away the opportunity
It affords would be wore than a blunder
it would be a calamity. Writ,- then
shall we do with these Islandst flhall wo
retain them as naval stations, or Taata
permanent part of our territory?, And If
me miter, what form of government shall
be devised for them? Shall It be a pro-'m.f STstcee.' aPP " 19.:
tectorate, or a dependency,' or what 7.1 fnt,tled, at makrng approprla
Th. ... .uJ .--.'i.?:. I "o" to supply deficiencies." etc contains
These are some of the Important que-
nuns wnicn wm conrront our nation!
legislature at Its next session, in Decem
ber, and demonstrate the need of aifull
representation in that body. Already,
commissioner to agree upon terms of
peace have been appointed by the United
States and Spain, and have received their
Instructions from their respective govern
ments, and the strong probability is that
they will close their labors and make their
report before the (netting of the United
State congress In. December. '
It 1 Important .then, to our state and
the natlqn,. that we' should have a sena
tor present to assist m the discharge of
the onerous and responsible duties of the
senate. If his election be delayed until
the regular session, he will not be likely
to reach Washington urttll near the end of
the session In February; but his election
now will afford him opportunity not only
to ascertain the, will 6f hi constituency,
but to study the situation and acquaint
himself with Its environments, an as to
be ready to render Intelligent and faithful ,
service when the session of congress be
gin In December, and when the country
needs his service and the administration
his support. . -' t
There is another -matter Incidentally
connected with these considerations, which
furnishest additional reason for the eleoi
tion of a senator at the present time,
m vuo vuii.uiiuuuu ui ins attention, lor tne reason that It is abso-
Nlcaragua canal. The wonderful voyage I lutely necessary, If, our atate : to ptlcl
of the battle-ship Oregon has demon-1 pate In thl great international exposition,
strated the necessity of its construction, that a law be enacted at once, -pabvidlng
to proteot our ooast from depredation for the appointment of eommlssWners, and
and our commerce from spoliation. Its ' appropriating sufficient fulls to make a
building ought to be undertaken without proper representation c-r the product of
fBWhe "delay; 1t should be built, owned our industries and th natural resource
Stages. "The' canal should be In name and
uiiu wvraiw, ujiuiueivcj - uj mo uiuivu
fact an American canal, under American
control. No corporation should be allow
ed to construct it, or supervise Its opera
tions. The building, though, Of thl. lath,
mlan waterway, uniting two great oceans,
will necessarily affect the Interests of all
commercial nations, , and give rise to j
mana conflicting question of public vol
Icy and International relations which our
country cannot Ignore, and which will re
aulre the wisdom of it best itatosmen to
solve on principle of justtoe and equity. ;l
But built this canal must ne, wnatever tne
resDonlblllty It impose, to meet th de )
mand :ef-.our growing commerce, and to f berr Going Go; 'IndOrSal the notei' of
strengtben our coast defenses. The sign1' the Northwestern atove foundry;, bu- not
of the time, the future development of . withstanding , thee accommodation,
our boundless resource, the growth of 1 Ieewenberg hat not kept his prom'.sea, nri
our Industrial Interests, and commercial met his obligations la the 'atate. The
enterprises admonish us of the necessity j sums due th state, with Interest, aggre
of Its early construction, and of the ,1m , gat a large amonn'. la view of then
portance of organising a naval force ade- facts, I have deemed the matter of his de
quate to protect our commerce and eoaa.t' fault of such ItupoiUuoa a to bo a p.-oper
from tho depredations of hostile nations, - subject for your immadltta cont:ileralion.
nnd eaual to the task of meeting all ques- t I have purposely refrained from recom-
I Hons for which our government stands '
sponsor among the nations of the earth,
I These considerations, gentlemen, are
suggested as showing in part the neces
sity of an extra stslon, to enable your
body to select a senator before the meet
ing of congress In December, and thus af
ford our state an opportunity to be heard
In Its deliberations, and to cast It full
vote In determining these various Import
ant questions, which so largely affect the
intercuts and welfare of our state and
the states of the Pacific coast.
The failure of the legislature to 'organize
at Its regular scsnlon In Wl left the state
without an appropriation of money to
meet It current expenses, and in conse
quence many warrants have been lsxued
for saiarie and audited claims, and many
vouchers exist for unaudited demands that
need to be examined, and. If they aro
found correct, warrants should be drawn
for their payment, after which an appro
priation should be made of the funds In
the state treasury to pay all such outstand
ing warrants.
, Th1) appropriation for such objects ought
to receive your attention early In the ses
sion to enable you to give full consideration
to Its various items, and prevent the pay
ment of fraudulent or IKegal claims. It
would greatly augment the labors of the
regular session to Impose upon It the
work of examining the accounts and
providing appropriations for their pay
ment, In addition to estimating the reve
nue to meet expense for the ensuing two
years. An appropriation bill Is always
expoxed to more ojf lees dickering and
Jobbery, and to have two such "bills pend
ing before the regular eession would afford
too great an opportunity for raiding the
treasury with swapping Jobs, netdlexs ap
propriations and pillaging contracts. It is
better far better that the regu!ar ees-ilun
shall be relieved of this work, and Its time
occupied with providing remedial legisla
tion so urgently demanded, and enac'lng
wise laws to advance the Interests of the
state and the happiness of its people. I
am desirous that the affairs of the present
administration shall be examined and
closed, and not Imposed upon the Incoming
administration. I want the decks of our
splendid ship of atate cleared and ready
for let ion when my successor shall taks
her helm, though I trust that, during his
term srd under his pilotage, with banner
stieanilng and sails set to catch the favor
In gaits, she may be wafted over summer
seas on a prosperous voyage.
The business of the supreme court ha
Increased so rapidly that the court Is now
behind moie than two yeans In the hearing
of cies. It is Imperative that some re
lief eltould be afforded the court, so that a
prompt hearing and adjudication of causes
may !h obtained. To afford such relief two
remedies have been suggested: One is to
enact a li'W that shall limit appeal to
the suprf me court. In civil cases, to those
Involving title to real eetato, or mittera
affecting; the public revenue, the construc
tion of the constitution of the state .or
th IVnltcd Slates, or where question of
franchise are raised, or where the amount
of thi Judgment exceeds $300; the other Is
.to'chaclj. a: law authorizing the supreme
e-jmt- to appoint three commIselonersfor
4 terai of four years, to assist the court
la hearing and deciding cases. The ob
jection raided to the first law is that every
Qnetner'Witliam, P. Lud
citizen should -bare the right of appeal, J
no mat:e -non. small the sum Involved in
litigation. .ajid that Its denial would affoct
larielyMhe poor man, whose money de
mao,ils arc usually small.-. The second law
SUKSi'stQjvnula tje.ettiolent to remedy, the
evjl complained" of,, and is preferred by
the supreme court?. As the delayMn hear
ing Income cases i ftow practically amount
to a denial o justice, At is desirable, .if a
law Is to be enacted authorizing a com
missioners' court, that it should be en
acted at this session. In border that such
court may begin the work Of relieving the
congested oondltion of the supreme court
docket .as early a practicable or at lease
be?in lts.s!on at the first' of the en--suing
-year-'' - ".;, ,t"v.-
a provision to the effect that the invitation
win repuouc oi France to take -part In
an exposition of work of art snd th nrn.i.
uot of manufacture and agriculture of all
nations, to be held In Paris; C,omifVhclng
the 15th day of April, and closing, the 6th
day of November, 1900, la accepted, .and
that "the governors of tha sevfral states
and territories be, and are hereby request
ed to invite the people of their respective
states and territories to make .proper
representation of the productions of our
Industry, and the natural resources of the '
country, and: to take auch further meas
ures as may be necessary, in order to se
cure to their respective states and terrt-
torles the advantages to be derived from
this beneficent undertaking." In conform
ity with thl provision,- and with especial
reference to the latter portion of It, the
secretary of state of the United States,
the Hon. John Sherman, in a letter to me
as governor of the state, dated September5
tt, 1897, urges the propriety, as well a tho
necessity, of taking step Immediately to
secure representations of the natural and
Industrial resources of our state, "to the
end that an exhibit on behalf of the gov
ernment of the United States, befltting.lts
material and Industrial importance, may
oe assurea.T owing -to tne limited time
nOW avsilfihlA fftf -efilnnAlnfr nhH a w. n I .
the, exhibits ot.OttY sfataTu is proper that
this sul)eciH.al)oji)Drought to your
ot our state.
Under an act nassed by the 18th legis
lative assembly, a co-itract was mact
with J. Loewenberg, of tt-e Northwestern
stove foundry, in July, 1895, for convict
labor, and tho board of managers of the
atate foundry leased him I he plant and
sold him the manufactured sto.-k on t me..
His obligations to the tute were not met;
but, la view of bAd Ims.nesc conditlnm.
and the desirability of keeping the con
victs employed, gre-it leniency, has been
(hown 'hlm. First, ho Was allowed an ex
tension of tlmej- and Uter, in the spring of
ranged for him. uutlifr WhKsh th t.own
a , aeconu accommo-iation wa v-
mending any new .entela'lo i, except vhe
organisation of. a commbjtmwrs' court,
'Which the exigences of the publlo service
require without delay. In thl case I ban
done so because 1 know there are few evil
which affect the itoji of the state w,
seriously and Injuriously a delay in th
administration of J'ut.c. . The bill el
rights of our state, rind of (svery free stale,
recognize the evt's resulting from such
delay, and the necejiliv o; their prompt
removal whatever ma) he the source from
which they spring, hy leclaring that "Jus
tice shall be admin.- tered openly and with
out purchase, completely and without de
lay." I do not wla', howevir. to be under
stood as being jvirjj to new legislation,
or as doubting your outiorlty to enact It,
whether general or special.
Owing to a senatorial contest, which
only ended with tile election of a senator
In the expiring iour of Its seM'on, tbl
legislative assembly of 1895 failed to en
act much remedial ieglslirlm demendeid
by the people in the pia-forms of their
different parties, and needed to correct ex
isting evils, and the legislative arsembly
of 1897 falling to organize, ihere has been
but little opportunity for legislation, nni
practically none of lmportancj hw beet
enacted, though public lnto.'eit hav
greatly suffered In consequence thereof
since the legislative session of 1893. Much
legislation, especially of a remedial char
actcr, which properly belonged to thoe
sessions, and still Is needed for the pro
tection of the public interests, must be
considered by your body at its next regu
lar session, In addition to Its own legis
lative belongings, thereby greatly Increas.
ing your labors and responsibilities. It It
always desirable that legislation affecting
large classes of eoclcty in person or prop
erty should be examined with deliberation,
and discussed with fullness, before enact
ment Into law. In this way whatever de
fects lurk within the terms of a statute
are likely to be discovered and eliminated,
and. whatever amendments are necessary
for Its Improvement or efficiency may be
suggested and added. The vicious habit
sometimes Indulged by legislative bodies,
of hurrying important measures through
their different readings, and especially ap.
proprlatlon bills containing obnoxioui
clauses, without Investigation or discus
sion. Is subversive of the time-honored
custom of open debate, and inimical to
the public good. Bills for assessment and
taxation, for registration of voters, t
preserve inviolate the ballot box, for th
abolition of useless boards and commis
sions, for. reorganization of the circuit
courts by equalizing their Judicial labors,
for the revision of court costs, and espe
cially crlmlnaJ costs, whlchaare a griev
ous burden on tho counties, and for the
appropriation of public moneys, and the
like, require time for their proper exam
ination, and should receive the fullest dis
Cuslon before passage by either house.
To afford you time and opportunity for
the full consideration o( all such import,
ant matters, the regular session ought to
be relieved of those more urgent matters
of public Interest, which need prompt !e
Islatlve attention, by an extra session. In
view of these conditions, not to call an
extra session, but to leave to the regular
session the election of senator, with Its
exciting and often obstructive Incidents,
and two appropriation bills, with their op
portunltles for trades and hold-up of-lm.
portant measures, would imperil, and
iiuuuuij pieveui, Vila eiitLvuucui Ul niuun
needed leglslaltpn, and prove disastrous
to the highest good of the state. For
these reasons, I have conceived It my duty
to call an extra session, believing that you
would meet Its responsibilities with pa
triotic zeal and Intelligent service.
A Drydock for Portlnnd.
In the ' senate Donald Mackay, oi
of Portland, introduced a hill to amend
the Port of Portland act Ho as to au
thor izo the Port of Portland corporation
to bdrrow $1 00,000 over and above the
$500,000 already authoiizod, "for the
purpose-oi constructing, mintniningand
oneratinff a drvtlock. float int dock, nr
marine railwav." if it shall be deemed
advisahle.. For a temporary loan,
note to run no longer man six moutus
may be given. The bonds jo be issued
for the drydook indebtedness ehall bej
in denominations of $100, $500 and,
$1,000, to bear 5 per cent Interest and
run for 80 years. , jt;y . J I
This bill also provides for the amend-1 ml tted tft thwar department for ap
ing the Port of Polaud act so as to ( provs I. It contfrlates a reorganiaa
permit that corporation to "estaMiah, tion trolrtc ir foroe whioh has
a ncnlA nf lialirnr nnr! tehnrfnpA dnoa '
and assessments on freight, goods andl
property hmded upon the wharves and
upon all ships and vessels arriving at
or departing from said pott of Port
land, or within the limits of the terri
tory under its jurisdiction." It is
provided that "from the dues -so col
lected, if nuy, and from the reguhr
taxes levied and collected by it, the
said corporation, the Port of, Portland,
shall pay the interest on its indebted
ness and providajr sinking funel for the
payment of its 'bonds at their maturity,
and no funds "derived from the ale of
its bonds shall be expended other' than
in making improvements of a per in a
nent nature to the channel ot the rivers
aforesaid Columbia and Willamette),
or for the construction of and operation
r . ri...unb u ,:i
railway." . , -. . ".' "; '
The power and authority t" be given
bv this act, It is provided, shall bo ex
ercised by a board of commissioners,
Jo be composed of John MoCraken,
Ellis Q. Hughes, Theodore B. Wilcox,
J. C. Flanders, Donald Mackay, J. A.
Brow j. and Charles E. Ladd. P-
v;-.,. Th Artless KVpono.-;
The most artless little room gown it
no other than the kimono, so dear to
the Japanese maiden's heart what
diSorenceif some do, say it's the. height
of art? Of course, Hhe tall, nirgpinly
maiden must fight shy of it, whioh is
. I. .1. n I . 1 1 i : i r t..
and Pittl Sings will den it with all the
more glee,
n.i U lifcVinmHthinir-
which is our very 1wn, and the con
structlon of which-.;, amounts to : a
"hands off" placard to embody else,
OI course, it's nice to; have a, rioh,
(ilk embroidered kimono, but ii : that's
out of the question, a gay little cotton
affair, with cheerfel landscapes and
thrilling marines cavorting indiscrimin
ately over Its surfaccinay be had for a
modest sum of ' a bllaf aftd half.
For a bit sjpore bne may imlulge in a
cotton irepe of sufest gray, over which
a party of fans and pink oleander blos
soms ate making merry. , ; :
-The LtV Buttle. , .-,;'., .
There's a latent t in bustles, too.
These humble little adjuncts to some
toilets which humorists have even
encouraged us to believe weio mode of
newpapers, are - bloom ifhg ; outJi into
things of beauty let us hope not - joys
for ever. Insead of oonsialing of three
tubular folds, boasting a "rat" apiece,
the down-to-date bustle is covered with
three little mfflesy eaoh edged with
lace. K This extra outlay pays though.
Instead of a weiid teeeniblanoe to a bit
of stray anatomy this new-fangled no
tion reposing on a chair might bo .taken
for a bit of fancy work or a doll's dresi.
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
GITEN IN THE PESSS DISPATCIIES
t. Complete Bavlair of th New of th
. Past Seven Dys la Thl and
All Foreign Lands.
The work of raising the Cristobal
Colon has now been taken op by the
navy department.
The steamer Rosalie has arrived at
Seattle with 110 passengers from Klon
dike, and $40,000 in gold dust.
A recapitulation of the reports of the
board of health shows a total of 134
uses in the state of Mississippi.
The war department will not enter
tain applications for discharge, ex
cepting they reach it through military
ibanuels
News has been received 1rora Ju
neau, Alaska, of the drowning of W.
Nutling, of Michigan, and W. H. Lock
wood, of California. .
The Louisiana board of health makes
the official announcement that Frank
lin has had 101 cases to date. Five
persons have died there. " ;
An official dispatch from 8 Louis,
Senegal, in West French Africa, says a
force of Soudanese sharpshooters in
the French service defeated an army of
Sofas under one of Bamody's chiefs,
capturing 8,000 man."
The most beautiful of the souvenirs
of the great naval battle of July 3, off
Santiago, has reached the nary depait
mnt from Onantanamo. It Is a bronze
bust of Christopher Columbus, taken
from the flagship Cristobal Colon,
which lies below the surface of the
ocean, 30 miles from Santiago.
Advices frm San Francisco say Gen
eral Sbaftei will soon return to resume
his station as oommander of the depart
ment of California, relieving General
Merriam, who wilt probably be as
signed to his former duties as com-
manJei of the department of theColum-
- fnaw
t'fMQteeting of the French cabinet
Mta&ay?kilSfifatoi being pres
ent, a decision was taken In favor of a
revision of the trial of former Captain
Dreyfus, and the documents in the case
will be sent to the coon
ation.
Crowds of people ontsidi
ThinisUy
of the interior, where the'
oil was held, londly cheei
teraaw The legality oi the
rjpofea re-
trial proceedings must be paescJr-unon
oy tne oourv. fc
Mr. Angoll, oar later art later to
Turkey, reports hat the Ihltan repudi
4 'he American clalms,and recom-
ands a naval demonstration to bring
Major-Geharal Mile, commanding
the Uriijed States army, has completed
bis plan for til IreoiBanhation of the
volunteer fcjto corps, divlslooatf
ftnd brigadl vlWs plan has been snb
not been Orad mustered out. .;;-'V-
Frank 5rat and killed John
Lenhart, corjefablp. and M. Kerns, by
stander, at f Md., while resist-
ing eviction
house whioh was a
subject of 4
barricaded, .1
was finally a
dispiute. He then
rs and windows, but
Ijby the sheriff. As
lie was belt
in the crowd
tell dead.
Aocordingvar.-
tm to jail, some one
the prisoner and be
ial dispatches from
Feking, i
muiiitj
Chirifis
the European com
ve the emperor of
- It is added that
tha itoMtger
desires to place
Prince
throne.
randson on the
bror realises, the
tren8'l
ana lias
iracy against htm
guards at the par
ace strength
' A disp:
mum Q lobe from-
Hong K
tmrdeiails of a
secret oi
ned recentry at
Pekmg.
thereby
hat the Chinese
agreement with
St. Petersbu
Port Arthur
Ing that o
lch China ceded
n Wan, stlpulnt-
iOji and Chinese
warships should
dr dock at For.
i The steamship VfiA.
a has art trod at
ndikera, 00 per
tile or no dost
Seattle with l."
cent of whom rs-.'t
The passengers v
and E. L. Tolnet'
t that Tl. Prusor
of Seattle, wew
by E VI
ar Haines' mis-
"u rouuwajrt,ow in- gum.
.Uh 1 1.1 1 - - I O Aft 1 1 J
the scene with
a bullet-bole through
the head. He
$4,000.
had been robbed of
4
, Agninaldo and his chiefs have made
plea to the powers for recognition of
belligerency and Independence. An
goncillo, his agent, who, was a passe
gei on the steamer China, is on
way to Europe to submit the quei
to foreign arbitration. Before pn
Ing to.Kurope Angoncillo will
Washington and attempt to
the administration with hi
Mo mention of the -United
any American force is mad
nment which be carries.
Minor Mews
'" The North Atlantic
be
reduced from , a force
tela to 83. - ,-
(00 vea-
WKiwa
, th
(and, blsj
Jled.
ioago: A
lislied a
go -and
-88 miles
A. boiler burst at
Evergreen, Ala., and
engineer, hit wife a
wife's sister were in si
A speoial train oY
Northwestern iai7
new record -borWetf
Omaha, making the)
in nine hours and 3U
Jn If
4 M
. i mrw i
of tkat 4rip
ordeiWnt. I
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ER NEWS.
- The Dominion' government has taken ;
iteps toreliere thedestitnto prospeotora
on Ashcroft trail. -
A member of the Spanish commit- .
sion says there are about 20,000 lit
soldiers now in Cuba.
, The government at Madrid recousid
ers the matter of. the repatriation of
Spaniards in Cuba and decides to give .
them a free passage homo. -
The sailing of the battleships Ore
gon and Iowa has been temporarily de
layed, in order that the -elght-incb
(uns of the latter may be tested. ' s " '
At a recent cabinet meeting Presi- ,
dent McKinley stated that he would
not receive Agonoillo, Aguinaldo's) i
representative, in any official capacity.'
The transport Massachusetts has ar ;
rived at New York from Santiago. On
board were Captain McCoy, Second
United States volunteers, and a num
ber of clerks and stevedores.
Dr. Jose Congosta, one of the Span
ish peace commissioners at Havann, ,
declares that the reonncentradoes are"'
all dead. He blames Toral for having
snrendered Santiago de Cuba. '
A total expenditure of. less than
$100,000,000 will be necessary, to build
the Nicaragua canal, according-to the
figures of the eight government en
gineers who have been engaged on the
survey. . ,
Judge Sbowalter, . in. the ' United
States circuit court at Chicago, upheld
the constitutionality of the provision',
in the war revenue act requiring brok- v
ers to file a memorandum of sales. -
The American peace commissioners -have
begun their sittings at Paris. Gnu-
lois claims to have information that .
the members, are divided on the ques
tion of disposal of the Philippines. -
There lias been a distinct broach oL
the protocol terms in Cuba. The
8paniardaremoved a rapid-fire gun
from Havanaand" the, American com-' "
misgioners promptly filed a protest
with .the Spanish commission, to which
an unsatisfactory reply was returned.
U'he matter.ie still open. . ,
The New York republican state con- :
vention nominated Theodore Roosevelt "
for governor; lieutenant-governor, Tim
othy L. Woodruff, controller, William ;
J. Morgap; secretary of state; John T.
McDonough; state treasurer, Jphn B. "
Jaeckal; state engineer,- .Edward A. Bond;
attorney-general,, John T.
Davies. . : .
An explosion of powJer in aSt. Lonia
sporting goods store, set the place on .,
fie, caused its destrunction, and to
julted in injury to a number of peo
ple, several of whom will die. the
fatally injured are: Eate . Weldon,
Kate Gaul, Pauline Benifer ntii Flor- i
ence gigbee, employes of the IcCain
Company. Tbose fierkonsly' htfrt are:
Firemen Joe ttette'r, Frederiek Bohly'
ueiey, una Jansen. -j'
ioVi(y.'
by ihJ
General Sir Herbert Kitphencr
been elevated to the peerage'
British government as ft reward of
lerit.Si-'-;,'vy,:.-- .
IheAmerican evacuation commis
sion at Havana haB been officially noti-
fled that Manznnillo will be evacuated
October S.
The Italian government has sent to -Russia
a diplomatically worded accu'Jt
anceof the czar's invitation to take '
part in the peace conference:
Damage to theamemt of about fO.-c
000 was caused by fire in the "llotet :
Vendome, San Jose,' Cel., which is one -of
the finest hotels on the coast. H"v
The New York transport -Yucatan
has arrived from Ponce, -having onS"
board 135 men belonging to thvn-fout "
regiments sent home for musterut.
The president has appointed Hafvey"1 '
Humphrey,: of ' Washington, special
agent to allot lands in severalty to the
Indians on the Colville reservation in .
Washington. ; ,
The Farmers' bank in Floralnd. -was
looted, the robbers securing about
$12,000.;. Cashim 'ApJIiara Lentiop.i
who was aroused by innoise, was shot
and probably fatally injured. Blood-"
hounds were put on the hail of the
bandits.. ' "
. The commission lo investigate the
conduct of tho war department held a
secret meeting Monday. Nothing oe.n
be learned as to what transpired. Tho
commission decided to hold two see
sions daily, one from 10 A. M. to 12:80
P. M., and the other from 2 to 4 P.' M. ,
The first word thathas "come to V
Washington from the American mem
bers of the peaoecommissioirsince their
departure waa received at the navy do- - -partment
Monday, being a cabW'flm
requesting that Captain-liriid ford, i
of the equipment bureau, "be fciAv
once to Paris to assist, the comralsQ
A new and highly Important in'nt"
ijonnas ueei teetea at the German '
. i t - : . . . .. ... v " -
ewVers at Ber lin, It was in
U m a week Phoenician fire.
by a Berlin engineer, ft la.::.
contact with the! air or water.'
nnot be quenched by either v
or earth. It bum wiib a K.ii.. -
flame, exceeding hi a man
it oan be sunk under water or on
h ground, and, when brought to the 1
face, Instantly bursts into1 flame at -:
iny deaired points it was tested dur-
-ling-the; bight evolntione off the iabjnd
of Heligoland, and off Kiel, ttA proved
wubi cwuiuui in tweeting Ui" renoe
of the enemy. J..'"?" '
I Rsv. B. Fullerton, wha ha been a-. '
pointed United States consul at Nag4 -Mki,
Japan, i aMethtxIiet missionary.
" The American Indies company ,has '
been formed 1 New York with cmV"
tal stock of $18,000,000. Its object it
to develop, the resources of Cuba and '
Porto Kico , . ,.
President McKjnley ahd U many '
members of his cabinet as Njan do so '
wiH attend some portion of the peace
Jubilee which begins at Ci Omaha
ration October 10.
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