The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 24, 1931, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEN OKI PI.W PUitl IS FILED Re-establishes Convention System is Candidates - Fail 'of Majority The VRen bill modifying the direct primary laws put rt us ap pearance in tbe senate yesterday, being Introduced by- the. commit tee on elections. W. S. U'lten, tbe author ot the "bill, Twas the author et the Oregon primary law - and S IUO - lB"l " " lire - and . referendum. The .bin - -Tit5ne tha direct primary but v ye-constitutes conventions where candidates 'do not receive a--" Jortty 'vote. It .modifies also tbe . 41 naVlnv the " ewahty or tUte treasurer, pou treasurer for candidates for of fice and for advocacy, of meas- - The provisions of -the bill In brief are as follows: t. Arimirr elections only those receiving a. majority of th. Totes ' cast will receive cerunm nomination. If the eiecuon ..t nmit in nomination for ail offices by the major political par ties In any county, .county cu ventions of the parties will be held-to fill theticeu umy p ' were t rim a it candl- dates can be considered. by tne convention, unless mere were u - such primary candidates. Pre cinct committeemen - of the -respective parties will constitute the party convention, , Majority Vote n. Convention Needed A majority rote or me lied delegates will be necessary for a choice. Similar convention will be held with respect to the state and district offices. The county convention will elect del egates, to tne state and district conventions. In cases of "group" nomina tion where several are t6 be nom inated for the same office each voter will be permitted to vote for one and no more. An example Is In Multnomah county, when 13 ?epresentatives to the-legislature are to be nominated. The voter would vote for exmly one and those candidates receiving one thirteenth of the total vote would be nominated. If 13 are nomin ated, the list-would be completed by the county convention In stead of onethirteenth of a 6te fer 13 candidates, the voter would haTe a full vote for one candidate. Such procedure will considerably lessen the burden of suffrage Imposed by large bal lots. It Is proposed to amend the corrupt practices act by remov ing the Inoperative limitation pon the amount of money per mitted to be expended for cam paign expenses, Which accounts, even it truthfully given in state ments of candidates,. are not known, until after the elections. The bill makes the county treasurer a political treasurer for, All county candidates, measures and their supporters. . All cam paign contributions must be de posited with him and expended upon order of the candidate or representatlTe or the official rep resentative ot a group supporting or opposing any measure. State Treasurer Hm Similar Duty The state treasurer will act In a similar capacity for state and district campaigns. The records of the political treasurer will be public records and the amounts contributed, tbe names of ' the contributors- and the names of the paid workers' can be shown by the voters before the election. Bills introduced in 'senate Mon day included:- - ; S. B. 326, by Dunne. Providing relief for Gustave J. Carlson from funds of the state fish commis sion. ' . . S.B. 387,'by Hall. Relatlngto burnlnr of slashings during cer tain seasons . without permit, the power of the governor to declare closed areas, and providing pen altles. .. .. '- . ft n ,3 2ft hv Hall. Relating to bunting and fishing licenses for .war . veterans' and -Pioneers or Oregon, -and; grant free licenses. R R.329, bv Woodward. Re lating to .action's Instituted In the justice or district courts. S. B. 330. by Dunne. Relating to the powers and -duties otithe secretary of state In administer ing the provisions of the Oregon motor vehicle laws, and Increas ing captains from tw to seven. . 8. B. 3Ji; bf committee on elections. Relating to election laws and 'corrupt practices act 8. B. 332, by Jones. Relating to" annual , license .fees.paid. by v pharmacists. " , - ' Bills withdrawn in : the senate - Monday: " -SL Bi t9; by -Crawford. Relat vlng to board of commissioners of rthe Port of Portland.- & B. 14 . by Bailey.-RelaUag V-tm -the "'filing' aid suspension of -. "mission."-' ' ' ' .' "V ;; v ; nnnT - nr t mr . : III .( f pitkcTincc ic mil IIILHUUIILU IU Uili The first of the administm- tlon's public utility measures be- i came a law Monday when Gover nor Julius L. Meier affixed his signature to Senate Bill 10. This bill repeals the certificate f necessity " and public conven ience act passed by tbe 1917 leg tolature, and which provided that before any utility eould begin the construction of a line, plant or -, system into any territory already served by a similar utility, it must first obtain from the pub lic service commission a certifi cate that the present or . future public . convenience and : tlty would require such' construc tion.-- ; , - ' . 1 i: . Tbe repeal of this law was one of tbe planks in the campaign platform of the governor, and he also urged Its repeal In bis in augural address on the ground that this particular legislation Cr CHAMP DOES HIS STUFF o ' i, j k r- - ' ' . . "stiff 4-i - pwMaane " " ' : I. Lee Barnes, world's record hold- er. comes ous ior mo ws. fai two years, and is shown rin- ning his event under the colors j ... -. ! SOLONS HARD WORKING e : Especially if Compared e e e 40 DAYS NAUGHT DONE Casting a calculating eye over the house and senate chambers Monday .morning inspired mental comment, if only to one's self, that holiday or no, wages or .no, the state's business was going on and that with much serious tongue wagging, many huddles, patronis ing slaps on the back and over all the aroma of good cigars being smoked In all manner of attitudes ; ome seemed to furnish perfect satisfaction, some were being chewed nervously and others were emphasizing points or balancing nicely In the hand of the smoker. This group of talking," moving. smoking mankind has been accus ed of many and gross errors in. its conduct of the past 40 days, even as any other group of man kind Is accused if it gets in the public eye. But apparently more censure has been beeped upon this session of legislature than has fallen for many years, and in this connection the legislature of 1897 is recalled from an old copy of a government bulletin recently acquired by the state library. This historical session was call ed the "dead head" session, and this is bow it ail happened: John H. Mitchell was candidate for United States senator, an of fice which at that time in the his tory of Oregon, was filled by the state legislature. 1 It was at this particular time that free coinage of silver was an issue and the po litical parties. were divided upon the question of "free silver versus the preservation of the gold stand ard." Sounds liks a peculiar doc trine now that political debates on the subject have ceased, but er i today the question rears its' head as one fit China's serious prob lems the serious cheapness of "silver" the standard for value throttled competition and pre vented development in the util ity field. ; ' i f ; :-:Y " ' :, ' - '":: ...... i - . .. i t -.' t . J m ; 1 I i r : The T - xt ' ill 1 J, !" y , , . foot pole. Barnes record Is 14 feet, 1 Inches. to the Group of 1897 e there, even as It has become here. At any rate, in the year 1897 such men as H. L. Barkley, H. Q. Guild, E. Hofei? E. J. Davis and others were fighting the silver battle and thought that Mitchell was with them. Through Mitchell, Jonathan Bourne of Multnomah county, had been elected to the house with the promise of being made president of the house. Then the surprise broke, when Mitchell came back from the east an out and out gold exponent. This left the silver republicans holding the sack and Bourne was embarrassed as to the position of speaker, when Henry L. Benson, later circuit Judge and Judge of the supreme court, was made the Mitchell candidate for speaker. When the session .convened In the. early gray morning of Janu ary 11, 1987, a deadlock started. From then on. a balance of 30-30 absent and present was consistent ly maintained. The record for this session was never printed by the state and finally was printed by the United States government, when the 55th congress ordered the printing of it under order of the committee of privileges and elections. This copy is now. in the state library, as a recent acqui sition. . . Roll call shows Benson, Bridges, Brown, Vaughan, Chapman, Craw ford, . Conn, David, Gurdane, Hogue, Hope, Hudson, Hunting ton, Jennings, Thompson, Lake, Langell, Marsh, Merrill, Mitchell, Nostel, Palm, Riddle, Rigby, Smith, Somers, Stanley, Thomas, Veness, Wagner, always present. Absent were Barkeiy, Bilyeu, Bayer, Bourne, Buckman, Davis, Emery. Gratke, Hill. Jones, Gukld, Howser.-Kruse, Maxwell, Mlsener, Ogle, Schmidtleln, Svlndeeth, Whi taker. Yoakum. -, ' For 40 days the house would convene to report that . the com , mlttee on credentials had not re ported " and then adjournment Body and Face PERFECT relaxation is a condi tion of graceful body posture and serenity and beauty of face. But you can't properly relax if your feet are tired and strained by un natural footwear. Get rid of foot fatigue and strain . . . keep youth in your step and in your face ... by wearing the Selby Arch Preserver' Shoe. Brilliant new styles, : e. , t. '.' .... . . .V " ' . '. ' J ' . " Xem PRESERVER - TXAOtKAU yV4. II 1 OXtEGON STATES3IAN, Saiga, Oregon, Tnesiay Hornby, SURE FAILS Objections to Manufacture 1 Of License Plates by ' Convicts Various i An attempt to extend manu facturing operations at the Ore gon state penitentiary to Include highway signs, motor vehicle li cense plates : and "other articles now purchased by public ftmds, went down to .defeat In the sen ate Monday by a vote of 18 to 11. The bill was sponsored by Sena tors'Booth and Dunne. ' : ; ' ,. Senator Moser said lie bad re ceived, a large number of letters In which the writers opposed the bill on 'the ground (hat It would extend the scope of convict labor and -place a burden on legitimate Industry,. ; . ; ' "This bill Is contrary to the pol-, lev of the federation of labor." de clared Senator Kiddle. - "andJ should be defeated... -j , 1 ; Senator Woodward objected to the measure on the ground that It would further complicate the In dustrial affairs at the penitenti ary, and result in additional finan cial loss- to the etate. ' i - - : "The state flax plant is now In the 'red' anywhere from $200, 000 to $900,000,". said . Wood ward, "and tbe passage of this bill will add to onr present grief. Let us clean up the state flax Indus try before we take on any more industrial problems. , our prob lems are too great and distressing at the present time. Claims Convicts Should Have Work Senator Staples said every man in the prison should be employed regular! y. "Our penitentiary should be a manufacturing plant," said Staples, "and there is no rea son .why the industries should not be enlarged. Staples referred to the Minnesota prison, which re turns to the state approximately $250,000 annually. - "This legislature recently an proved a memorial, said Senator Crawford, ! "urging congress -to prevent, the importation into this country of foreign articles manu factured by convict labor. You would now enact legislation that would place convict labor In com petition with free workers. I am opposed to auch a law." Senator Upton declared that he previously had been opposed to the employment of convict labor, but that he had changed his mind. "There are many people In the prison as good as yon or I, said Upton, "but they were unfortun ate enough to get caught by a pro hibition officer." "I object to this bill because It will mean the purchase of costly and involved machinery," said Senator Spauldlng. Senator Dunne declared that tbe bill would not place convict labor in' competition with free workers, but merely would place the state in a position to manu facture articles for Its own use. . The rote follows: ' ' For Bennett, Booth, Brown, Burke Carsner, Dunne, Fisher, Kuck, Mann, Schulmerich, Staples and Upton. Against Bailey, Crawford, Dunn, Eberhard, Eddy, Franclscp vlch, Hall, Johnson, Jones, Kid dle, Miller. Moser, Spauldlng. Strayer, Wheeler, Woodward and would be 'declared. Means were tried to secure a forced organiza tion but the absentees stayed ab sent and refused to allow a vote to be taken that would return Mitchell to congress. And they ; won. - ! ; Forty days of accusations and frittering away of time, but the absentees had their revenge. Had those men been In power when the ' "Port of Portland' bill eame up In 1931 It is to wonder what would have been the result. i K 1 I - 7 Legislative Oregon 36th Legislative Session rfetercsnET Personages to Salem ONE! of the embattled farmers who stormed the office of the - governor - Monday after noon! seeking relief from proper ty taxes was William McKay, na tive of Marlon, who resides, -at Champoeg. - McKay was born there December 80, 1849, and resides still on his father's do nation land claim. His clear eye and Wjgoroua atep , belle his, 81 yearfc-:v,- -! . ' y'.:! !: i: " t H., JT. Elliott of , Perrydale, . ' who repreeented Polk And 14 President .-.Marks.. The senate voted to reconsider the state game code which .was defeated last Saturday, by a vote bf 17 to 12, with Senator Hall ab sent,' The code was reref erred to the committee on game for. fur ther amendments. . .rl . -j.. ,i I Senator Eddy said he' objected to the bill on the ground that it would give the .state:, game . cdm-t mission too much measure,' ' and levy a tax on fish imported Into the state.; . -1 : ' Thls Is a retaliatory' measure." declared Eddy, "and is not in ac cord ; with ' our .constitution. It would Interfere with ' Interstate commerce - and - result i In - confu sion." ' - '', v-" : Senator Miller admitted that the code was a retaliatory measure Insofar as It would place the state ot Oregon on a par with the state of Washington. - w ..-MJ.'-: " n J ' ' Nineteen members of the sen ate Toted for reconsideration. of the measure, with the understand ing that a numbr of objectionable features would be eliminated,, It was agreed; that the stream pollution clause of the bill would be omitted. ' . ; run inJ Your Throct O ltli. The African Toese Ce, Mfm. r 1 i. ' , . "-s s , , : fttj M-' t - v ' - - ' . l" - ' .;:-::;:::!-::-': - :5::-:W':-:---' " ' if-v r ; 'Jl '''''''( :1::V lathes.kamVebh:laJUiiliin U4 r I ! - J " finnowmiahoeias)pcrfocnd ' " : vL -ii: 'Js 77 Febrcsry 24, 1S3Ii Si 3 Benton ' eovntiee fa tbe 1927 iand 1929 sessions was in the, lobby Monday. President Marks used to be a newspaper .... reporter and finds time , to send to his home paper, the ' Albany Democrat-Herald, a few personal items from day to day, telling of Linn' county visit ors who have come up to Salem to look in on the legislature. , It tnak.es good, reading, and., the folks.-like to : read, their names from1 a 'Salem date-line. ' - -' ;.-;... "-t'" ';. i Two-in-one "' Marshall 7. Dana" : shifted his . Interest' from " the . senate . to the Boasev ; Dana is - associate editor of the . Oregon Journal and does -some report-" f ins; for his paper; ' bat ' his '. ; great bobby. this time is his.. better, bill, and cream grading: bill.- . They. . have passed ,-; .the :-. ' senate so. Dana will now try to - none them along in. the hoase. '. Representative, McCour" ot Multnomah put a. pointed Ques tion 'up to Lawrence from Ben ton" county at the close of the debate oh the hydro-electric com mission bill asking him it this wasn't : more . "freak legislation". Lawrence replied that it was be yond his powers ; to answer the Question, ' ' " ''. 04 HOUSE BILLS YESTERDAY H. B. 894 By committee on revision of laws and utilities. Per mitting incorporated cities or towns owning or operating a mu nicipal electric plant or system to use part 'of net earning after all -4 Su U UJ LUCCCIES aro always Pros-ccflon anaJnct imtas-lon anclnss- counh GOLDM BILL DEF Repeal of Anti-Wheel law Opposed Successfully By James W. Motg : Monday was Friday again In the house of representatives, for it was fish day again. This time: it wasn't the Rogue river fish be ing argued over but the. fish of the -mid-Columbia, A . determined effort, was made to make legal the' use "of - wheels and . traps on the -Columbia- above the--gorge, repealing the; anti-fish wheel leg islation adopted, by. the . people la ltti. James .w: Mott. .who as representative 1 from .Clatsop county in, former sessions fought the. battles of .the lower K .river fishermen..: sprang, to their., de fense again and succeeded in de feating the-bill.'H. B. ;187, - The vote was 29 aye. 31. no... f . Mott' made a lengthy argument attacking - the - bill and .its ' spon sors,' the Seufert interests of The Dalles. He v branded . ihem as monopolists,' owning, lands-along both sides of the stream , in - the narrow portions " and ' operating traps and wheels;' so fish could Indebtedness has been paid and an adequate reserve ' fund - accumu lated. . : ... . H.- B. 395 rBy. committee on Ir rigation and drainage.. Relating to issuance of refunding bonds in ir rigation districts. H. B. 396 By Nash. Amend ing code relating to Lincoln coun ty. 1". v ,.t . ... - H: B. 397 By McGraw. Amend ing code relating to boundary of Columbia county. EOT kind to your throat- Everyone knows that sunshfno mellows-thafs why the "TOASTING" process Includes the uso of I ho Ultra Violet Rays. LUCKY STRIKE made of tho flnoit tobaccos tho Cream of the Crop-THIN-"ITS TOASTED" an extra secret heating process. Harsh Irri tants present In all raw tobaccos cro oxpellcd by ''TOASTING.'' Thoio Irritants cro sold to others. They aro not present In your LUCKY STRIKE. No wonder LUCKIES are always kind to your throat. not get past to their spawnlnf grounds. : t Angell -Declares Fault Elsewhere Homer AngeU of Portland de clared the present monopolists were the gill setters of Astoria : whose - nets 1800 feet long, drawn by power boats and in shallow water by horses, were raking the waters ot fish. , Mott failed in thjf -effort to substitute the minority report which would have killed the bill, but when It was put on final pas- sage, the bill failed. The roll call showed:' Aye: An drews, Angell,- Bynon, Chinnock, Glass, Gordon, Gouley, Hamilton, Howard, Keasey, Lewis, Man ning, MeCornack, McCourt, Kich- .. ols, Oxman, - Proctor, Schaupp ' Smith, Hood River, Snell, Stew! art,, Stockdale, Swift, Taylor, Tbornburgb. Weatberf ord, Wells, Tates.-Lonergan 28....... .j. ,j ,; NO; 'Allen, Anderson, . Bron" aagh.' Chindgren,' Day, DeLap, Deuel,-. Eckley, - Hellberg, Gill, Fisher, Hill; Jannsen, Johnson, Knapp, Lawrence, Lee, " MacPher son,-. -McAllister, ; McGraw, Mc-Philltps,-Mott, -Nash. Norton, Pe- ters, Scott, Scott; Smith ot Mar-., ion, Temple, Tompkins, Wln J siow-31. , . ... ; ..:" .--I ;..v - . Brooders go ::' ; : : Distant Points - " . '- - ; ' SILVERTON, Feb. 23 Silver ton made brooders are' being widely distributed. Fifteen from -the Robinson Brooder company at Silverton left -recently for Or, ehards. Wash., consigned to the Orchards Pullet yard. , The Orch ards people have 30 of the local brooders now. The, Robinson firm has on file an order for 60 of the ' brooders , for a firm at Ridge- field, Wash. Exportation of American-made goods through Laredo; Tex.,; Into Mexico during November were val ued at more than $2,000,000. V TUNE IN TheLucftyScHU Danes Orchtu Iraj every TWs iarji Thurtday mnd Saturday evening over N D. C L1ILL1MS t..