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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 191? Restoration of Capital Punishment Is Doubtful s tiA :. , j in. ... i. n't s Special Session Issue PAGE TWELVE -: ' em shi (f I "55 1 1 ' : 1 W t i ii 1 ! ! -I Political prognostlcators who have been carefully scanning the horizon since Governor Olcott issued his call for a special session of the legisla ture to be convened here January 12, are freely predicting that the solons : will be in Salem at least two weeks if prompt action Is taken by the legislature to shut off the flow of bills early in the cession .If the flow is permitted to proceed unhampered It is declared the lawmakers will be grinding away for the full 20 days" to which the constitution limits a spe clal session. While most of the five problems wpecified for solution In -., Governor Olcott's call for the session are re garded as slated for eaBy passage it is generally believed that a bitter fight will be waged around the at tempt to restore capital punishment in Oregon., his mTeasure, it is be lieved, promises to become the rock upon which the session will strand, as even those who favor the restora tion of the supreme penalty for mur der admit thatopponents of the plan are strongly entrenched and In a po sition to make ft telling fight against the measure. : j ' ' The proposed increase in the rates of compensation to injured workmen and their dependents, will, it is be lieved find clear sailing through both houses on the legislative program, which is being framed at a confer ence in Portland today . . Aside from the five " problems which Governor Olcott puts up to the legislators for solution in his formal call for the session no less than a dozen others have made their appearance on the political horizon during the past two weeks and it is generally believed here that many others which have not yet opened their eyes to the light of daycare be ing incubated in the minds of the lawmakers r their friends who might be possessed of a hobby, upon which the welfare of the state is be lieved to depend. ' A new bill regarded as certain to make a bid for recognition at the Janu ary session is one changing the test requirements, on gasoline sold within the state. The recent action of the oil companies In boosting the price of tlis commodity a cent and a half per gallon because ofthe present requirement of a 56 degree specific gravity test is re garded as practically insuring n at tempt at securing some relief for the consumers thereof at the forthcoming session. 'The novelty of being the only state in the' union with such a test is not regarded as being worth the more than $(100,000 which this requirement will cost automobile owners and other consumers of gasoline during the next year in the added cost represented by tlm extra one and one-half cents pet Ballon. ' While no measure providing the relief from this financial burden light one is confidently expected. The nature of such a measure is as yet only a i. latter of conjecture, but it is regard ed as practically certlan that It will be bused upon the boiling point of the gasoline, upon which the federal gov ernment now. buses its . tests, rathar than on the specific gravity test. .James S. Stewart of Corvallis, repre. imitative in the last session from Wheeler county, will introduce his pto posed' constitutional nmondniont 'n oreaslng the limit to which the staie may be bonded for road purpose to 4, per cent, in an effortto aacuro action 1J the legislature referrl ict thti bill to a vote of the people, thu.i savlnR to mm vne time und expense otherwise in C. II. Oram, state labor commission er, has already declared his intention of trying to secure the creation of a state safety commission which would be (given jurisdiction over all matters of public safety not already directiy and specifically covered by statute. Such a commission, according to Gram would go a long way toward preventing such calamities as the explosion of de fective boilers which annually take heavy toll of life and limb in this state. An increase In the number of state bank examiners over the three now permitted by the present law Is abso lutely necessary to the efficient con iuct of the rapidly Increasing business f the .state banking department, ac cording to Will H. Bennett, state super intendent of banks, who has intimated that legislation along this line may be nought at the special session. T) e large . number of accidents, many of them fatal, due to reckless tlrn.ng of automobiles and the use of automobiles by Inexperienced drivers, s regarded as calling for some action by the special session in an effort to secure a remedy for the situation. Many remedies have been suggested heretofore the most practical of which is regarded as that of licensing drivers as well as the machlpes which the drive and requiring a test to prove the ability and competence of the driver. A check-valve upon crime within the state, especially holdups is suggested by the Chamber of Commerce of Vena ta,, Lane county, which would make conviction for this crime punishable by the death penalty or at least a more severe penalty than is provided by ex isting laws. . An increase in thA nrmi'nr.nlr,M 'e state fair In order to permit of more generous prize distributions that the state exhibit might at leas hold its own with competing fairs and stock shows will Hkoly be sought by the state fair board, , These and many other measures cov erlng subjects that extend all the way irom increased salaries for state em ployes to regulating the cost of living are expected to be clamoring for red ognltlon when the solons convene here January 12, and the special session of 1920 is regarded as in a fair way to equalling ir not exceeding the last er. traordlnary when forty measures found tneir way through the legislative mill. tion is PROMISED IN TRIAL Los Angeles, Cat., Dec. 22. Harry o. news trial ror alleged murder, op ened today with a fresh sensation pro mised. JJefonse attorneys, heretofore reti cent In revcaljnic Iholr plan, duo Urad they would place a woman on the stand as a "surprise witness" who would throw an entirely new light on tho case. They declared this witness would testify that a short time before" Miss Lesser was killed alleged revela tions iuvlftlng the girl he was to mar ry were made to Harry S. New which would unbalance the mind of even a sane man. The defense claims New is Insane and that these alleged revela.. Hons would easily drive a man of his type to murder. .... This announcement was considered a counter to reports that persisted that the prosecution was holding back the most important witness of the trial, Said tO be nn V UrltnaflM tn KVlarla'o cldont to circulation petitions for an death. 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