BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS
COAST APPLE MEN COMBINE
Growers of Northwest Mast st Port
land—Committees Named.
DAILY DOINGS OF OREGON
STATE LAWMAKERS AT SALEM
Portland.—Representing an aggre
Washington. Jan. M.—Victory Is tn
Washington. Jan 3d.—At the Insttga gate capital ot 95O.OuO.DiM), Invested In
Salem.
Jan.
30—Superintendent
Salem. Or.. Jan. 26.—Place all con
the air and California's poll of the lion of Hltchcuck of Nebraska and apple orchards and an output of 10.- Steiner, of the Oregon Insane Asjlutu victs on the roads when not needed
and State Treasurer Kav came to the
house gives record proof.
criticised the "unexplained" delay, 000 cars yearl, having a value of
for other purposes at the State Pen
bat for their Innings In the asylum
The margin la small, however, and which Si*aker Cannon resented Im from >4.000,000 to >4.000.000. more controversy tonight when they ap- itentiary and create a Stale Highway
contingencies
remain
that
would plied criticism of himself. the bouse than 100 appiegruwers from Oregon, ¡»eared before the ways and means Commission. These are the moves
seem to make It the better part of today adopted almost unanimously a Washington and Idaho gathered In the committee
carried In two bills that passed the
Sui»erlntendcnt Steiner entered Into
wisdom to withhold the shouting until resolution by Hitchcock of Nebraska Y. M. C- A. auditorium for the pur
.senate this afternoon after a pro
a
general
refutation
of
the
charges
after the roll call tomorrow.
ordering an Investigation by the com pose of forming a National selllug made against him on the senate longed fight.
Something of lhe conflict was pre
Representative Broussard, of Louis- mittee on rule of the 49 days' delay agency of sufficient breadth and width floor and tn the report of the legis
saged when McCulloch of Baker, ob
lana. and M II DeYoung met at the In getting the reports of the Ball to control and dispose ot the apples lative committee and left >1500 with jected to creation of a State Highway
produced In the three states men the ways and means committee to
hearing before the senate committee Inger-lMnchot investigating committee lloned
Commission, as Joseph's Senate Bill
be given to the Young Men's Chris
printed and into the bands of mem
thia morning
A committee of IS was appointed tian Association If a penny's waste N-v 43 camo tit» for consideration.
The resolution st the clove of the day s work to
This bill was passed upon favorably
“We are absolutely confident that bers of the house
In his management ot the asylum is
by the sens.'«. Tuesday, while alttlng
we will have a majority In the requests a report within one week.
prepare a working plan fur the con proved.
A former resolution by Hitchcock sideration of the convention lotnor
as a committee of the whole to hear
house," said the New Orleans man.
Even In faroff Norway Interest la
th« ¡»leas of men representing 300
“We already have It." was the Call stated that three reports were re row morning
l>elng
taken
In
the
spiritual
welfare
leading Portland citlsens Then only
fornlan's answer. "Your looks belle ceived from th« committee on InvestI
[¿ending apple culturlats from the of th« Oregon legislature.
eight vote« were recorded against It.
your feelings, then.'* added Mr. De gallon December 7 last and sharply three states took part In the proceed
This
afternoon
nirmtwri
of
the
sen
criticised the "unexplained delay, Ings Ki Governor Stiles C. Moore, of
Passage of the measure wsa thought
Young
ate all received a consignment of ap
“I am not feeling very good today,'* doubt and mystery In referring said Washington; Judge Fremont Wood, propriate scriptural quotations, the to be c«»ni|>arallvely easy today until
report to the committee on agricul-1 ot Boise. Idaho, Mlles Cannon, of
unexpected opposition appeared.
admitted the representative
The resolution set forth that Weiser. Idaho, E C. Benson, of Pros communication being anonymous, but
McCulloch declared that from th«
The Southerners freely declare that tore
the postmark was dated at Stordalem.
sagebrush country In Eastern Oregon
the fight 1s close. The Westerners the reference was not made until De ser, Wash, ex-president ot the Wash Norway.
there had Conte down the line th«
accede to this. Tonight both sides cember 19. The committee did not ington Stat« Horticulture Society; C
What ¡»roved to I* the most decided
say they may be no more than 20 receive the printed reports until yes K. Whisler, of Medford, representing contest of the morning In th« senate woril that they do not want the High-
terday.
way Commission, and that he would
votes to the good.
the Hogue River Fruit and Produce
Thia amendment, which was drafted Association, It C. Atwell, of Forest develo|«d over Bowerman's bill to be compelled to Vote against It.
he house of representatives passed
create the office of Assistant Secre-
Rigid and thorough Investigation
the tariff commlttion bill at 10:20 i by the committee, auhtorlted the Grove, Or, president of the Oregon tary of Stale and empower that of
tonight by a vote of 1S6 to 93, a construction of two dredges, ns was State Horticultural Society; J. N ficial with all of lhe duties, privileges] of the affaire and management ot the
large number of Democrats, Including ' recommended In the recent report of Stone, of Milton. Or.; It C. Richards, and ¡»»»were of the Secretary In the Oregon Slate Insane Asylum was
the army engineers, to cost not ex of North Yakima, Wash ; A P Bate
ordered by both the senate and the
Champ Clark, voting for It.
absence of bls superior.
house tn resolutions adopted today.
The first test vote was taken at ceeding >520,000 The bill »III carry man. of Mosier, Or , aud C. H Sproat,
Frequent
clashes
between
Senators
The senate adopted a resolution
7:40 P. M. when a motion to strike >300,000 cash, an authority is given of Hood River, Or , were among the Kellaher and Malarkey. Intimations
out the enacting Clare was rejected to expend an additional >330.ooo more active spirits of the enterprise that the members of the Oregon Rail providing for a committee of five
by 118 to 90. The final vote was de- i sufficient to complete both dredges
The only opposition to the plan road CommlMlon were taking unus members, three from the house and
layed by Democratic efforts to amend In addition to these amounts, the proposed came from the pessimistic ual Interest In tbe subject and two from the senate, while lhe house
the bill, but all amendments were 9180.00 which was provided In the tone that prevailed through the talk charges that If the bill were enacted provided fur a social committee ot
original house bill for continuing op of E H. Shepherd, editor ot Better
five of Its own members to conduct
voted down.
It
would
¡»rove
unconstitutional
Doubt as to whether President Taft erations between Portland and the Fruit, published at Hood River. Al marked the Initial public hearing be the Inquiry
Both resolutions Instruct the tnves-
would veto a general |w>nslon bill sea under the old project Is retained, though the discussion lasted through fore the senate railroad committee
complicated the situation In the sen making a total for the Willamette out the day and the speakers were tonight when Senator Malarkey's bill fixating committee to make a report
ate committee on (tensions when this and Columbia below Portland of numerous, Mr. Shepherd could not providing for a State Public Service of their findings to the legislature
prior to adjournment.
proposed legislation was considered >470.000.
see the light sa advanced by the Commission was considered
The
Unlesn the two houses get together
There are two measures before the
more hopeful In the plan of creating committee will hold further hearings
committee, the Hulloway bill, which
Washington, Jan. 25.—-The house a central distributive agency for the t»«fore reporting the measure to the and decided on a joint committee It
Is possible an Investigation may he
passed the house and which would commute« on public lands today fav output.
He maintained that there senate.
conducted by two separate commit
add about |45.'-‘OO. iwi annually to the
•
as
no
way
for
an
organlxalion
at
orably re|»orted the Hawley bill for
tees.
¡tension rolls, and the McCumber bill,
least he had heard of no plan—which
Salem. Jan. 28. — Conspiracy on
the relief of the settlers on the Si let i would equal!«« the values between
which would add about >15,000,00».
Salem. Or. Jan. 35— Sale of the
Indian lands.
the apples produced In the various the part of a number of- members of
districts,
lie was certain that there the house of representatives to pre state pilot schooner Han Jose was au
The senate today adopted the Cham
Washington. Jan. 28.—Tc carry Into
vent a session today was followed this thorised by the house yesterday af
effec.' the terms of th« reciprocity berlain amendments to the Indian was no chance for overproduction
morning by issuance of warrants for ternoon The bill presented by I.eln-
That
he
regarded
as
a
bugaboo
cre
agreement, concluded by representa bill appropriating >50.000 for Irrlga
the arrest by ’.he sergeant-at-arms and enweber of Clatsop, was unanimously
ated by the railroads and the press.
tives of Canada and the United States tlon In the Klamath Indian reserve
"All Government statistics," said an assistant, of seven missing Multno l»asscd after the author had explained
last Thursday, the first move was made tlon under the Modoc Point Project.] the speaker, "that I have been able to
mah county representstives and any that the ship was a dead weight U|a»n
today when McCall of Massachusetts, and >15.000 additional for a wing for get bold of. all the Information that
th»- hands of the pilot commission
others he might find in Portland.
Clatsop county now awaits only the
a member of the ways and means com the Chemawa Indian school buildings I have gathered and all of the Inter
Tbe
action
taken
this
morning
was
The house committee on territories views with old lime nursery men go
signature of the governor to sanction
mittee of the house, presented the ad
approved
by'.the
37
members
who
gath
the proposed two and u half mill tax
ministration bill on the subject. The decided to lay on the table for this to show that over-production is im
ered In the assembly hall and who to raise funds for the Astoria centen
bill was referred to the committee« on session of cong, ess the Wickersham possible. in spples at least. There Is
found that they lacked threw of a nial celebration
Senate bill No 61,
wsys and means, which will take it up bill to change Alaskan fishing laws no such a thing as over production In
quorum. It is lhe first time since lhe nuthorlxlng the tax. was approved by
and regulations.
this country In any food product.
nest week.
The house committee on public There may be faults of distribution famous "hold up” session of lh97 that the house, following brief explana
The introduction of the bill by the
tions by Representatives Ixtlnenweber
lands favorably reported the Mondell for a continuous number of year»— such a course has been folic wed.
Massachusetts member instead of by
bill authorltlng the Secretary of Ag
Good roads won a third victory In and Belland of Clatsop.
Payne of New York, chairman of t!>e riculture to sell fire-killed or dam that has never occurred and cannot
The proposal to construct a bridge
the senate yesterday when the bill pro
ways and means committee, occasioned aged timber from the forest reserves occur In any known food product.'*
viding the method for bond issues by {across the Columbia river at Portland
Regardless
of
Mr
Shepherd's
views,
some comment.
It is interpreted to
Carl Spohn and M <1 Munly of the applegrowers continued iu their counties making effective an amend to connect Oregon and Washington,
indicate that McCall will take a lead Portland have Induced the house com
deliberations and appointed the fol ment to tbe constitution adopted by the which was killed at the last session,
ing part in engineering its progress on mittee to defer action on the Alaska lowing committee to draft a plan H
Bigelow of Mult
people last Novemer, was passed by a has been revived
the floor of the bouse.
nomah presented a resolution In lhe
fisheries regulations until next year W Otis, of Wenatchee. Wash ; H. C. vote of 20 to 8.
house, appropriating >5<>o<» for an In
A resolution was introduced today This postponement was d'-ilr«d by Sproat, of Hood River; H. C. Lamb, I
Only one other good roads measure
vestigation by the state engineer to
by Mr. Wilson of Pennsylvania, calling Portland owners of Alaska plants ot Milton. Or ; John Forbls. of Port
Is left pending in the senate. Thia is learn whether or not the project Is
on the secretary of state, if not incom Spohn left for home today.
land. C*. F Whisler, of Medford. Or.; the bill which provides for working
feasible. The bridge would form a
Chairman Frye, of the commerce A P. Bateman, of Mosier, Or.; Mlles
patible with the public interests, to
city and county prisoners on the roads,
furnish the house of representatives committee. Introduced a bill today to Cannon, of Weiser, Idaho; C. L senate bill 72, which was found to be connecting link for the proposed Pa
cific highway between the two states.
with complete information as soon as take such appointments as that of Smith, of I.ewivton. Idaho; Will F.
improperly printed and had to be sent
Peterson of 1'matllla
withdrew
possible regarding the number of citi- Collector Malcolm out of senatorial Rita, of Walla Walla. Wash.; W M
house bill No. 49. permitting any per
Influence It provides that when the Nelson, of North Yakima, Wash.. back to the printer.
sens of Mexico, or other persons, who
Senator Joseph's naval militia bill, son to serve summons In a legal ac
President considers the positions of George C. Eaton, of Granger, Wash .
have been arrested and detained by the
Members of the revision of
Collector of Customs the advice and C H. Clark, of Wenatchee and G. H which continues the organisation al tion.
United States government during the consent of the senate should not T h *
ready formed and reels Ina the present laws committee refused to aprove It
Sprague,
of
Cashmere,
Wash.
Isst year on demand of the Mexican necessary for ap|K»lntmcnt or r>
The convention was Called to order officers in command, went through the on the grounds that It might l»e used
government for their extradition. The moval.
by President Atwell, of the Oregon senate yesterday with 21 affirmative as a medium of fraud by unscrupu
resolution calls for many details, in
Charges that President Taft Is ii* State Horticultural Society. Frank W , votes and seven in the negative.
Al lous persons.
cluding final disposition of all such Ing his Influence unofficially against Power, of Portland, was made sec
Bigelow of Multnomah presented a
though Barrett of Washington made a
cases.
the retention of William Ixirimer as rotary. A committee on credentials hard fight for his bill reducing the li resolution asking the five Multnomah
Senator Flint gave positive assur United States senator front Illinois was selected and they made a report cense for country peddlers, the senate county circuit judges to apt>«ar be
ance today that, if San Francisco wins were vigorously scouted today by In the afternoon.
The call of the' yesterday turned down the bill by 16 fore the committee on judiciary and
in the house, no serious difficulty will Senator Paynter of Kentucky.
convention specified that the object' to li. The bill would have rut the li discuss the bill to Increase the bench
be encountered in the senate over the
of the meeting was to form a co-oper cense for peddlers on foot from 926 to to seven.
Abrams of Msrlon would have th«
adoption of the exposition resolution in
Washington — The house today atlve selling agency and to provide 910. one horse and wagon from >100 to
gnvernm«nt act aside 30.000 acres In
oassed the postoffice appropriation some means for apple box legisla
the senate.
>25 and made the rate for two horses the Klamath Indian reservation and
bill, carrying about 9257.000.000, with tlon. Suggeatlona were tendered as
Washington. Jan 27—Represents > no negative vote.
to the beat plan of procedure and or auto >5o, instead of >150 for two Crater lake national forest for perm
five Cole today introduced a bill pro- ! The postoffice committee of the discussion disclosed the fact that the horse and wagons and 9300 for auto anent use as grounds for maneuvers
of tbe United States troops and mil
mobiles.
vlding that where development ot I house, the Postmaster General and appointment of a committee abould
itia.
"others higher up.” Including by In-' be made to work out a plan,
power la necessary for Irrigation of
Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 —With only ■
C. E. Whisler took the lead In the
ference the President of the United
lands under the national reclamationi State, cam« In for a scoring at the debate and contended that the diffl ten dissenting votes, the house to
Salem. Or.. Jan. 24—Although both
act. the secretary of the Interior may j hands of members of the bouse In cullies of the undertaking were, first
day passed Buchanan's bill abolish- j houses of the legislature worked In
lease for not exceeding ten years i the consideration of the bill. The de the method of establishing grades Ing the whipping post. By the pro- dustriously this morning. Ilttls was
and. second, what should be done
any surplus power, giving preference i bate reached Its height when Sisson
with regard to the division of the re visions ot tbe bill, wlfe-beatlng Is accomplished beyond the passage of
of Mississippi said with vigor:
to municipalities.
"The mall service all over the ceipts of the selling agency. Should made punishable In the aame manner, a few bills of little general Import
The senate today pa awed the Nel 1'nlted States Is In a h— I of a fix—to there be a "jack-pot" created, as the as other aggravated cases of assault ance. The good roads enthusiasts will
son bill authorising sale to the high use a strong expression—and this speaker called It. In which all abould and battery. The debate on the bill. ] have their Innings In the senate thia
est bidder of burned timber on un house should fix the responsibility be given an equal share ot the pro which was defeated In the legisla
reserved public land that was dam where It belongs Some sav It la the ceeds, or should values be placed tore two years ago. was brief. Bu afternoon, the bills on that subject
aged or killed by the forest fires of committee, some say It Is the de upon the apples of each district and chanan argued that the law was a being made a special order.
partment. and some say It Is the division of the receipts be placed on blur on the statute books of the1
A new resolution calling for an In
last summer.
The bill provides that burned tlm President. The department has de this basil? In this debate George state, while Ita enforcement did not vestigation of affairs at the stat>- in
her on land filed upon or entered clined to spend the money approp Aggers, of White Salmon; A F. Hell- deter any man from beating hla wife sane asylum was Introduced by Dim-
may be sold In like manner and the > riated for additional niral free de Inwell, of White Salmon; J. G Tate,
Recommendations that the house lek tn the senate and went to com
proceeds ¡»aid to settlers upon pre-1 livery routes, and Is going to turn of Hood River; C B. Clark, of Wen joint memorial to congress asking for mittee. It directs particular Inquiry
fectlon of title
Where settlers fall back a surplus of >1.700,000 from thia atchee; J. N Stone, of Milton; W K >350.000 for tbe Roseburg federal aa to the number of employes and th«
Newell, of Gaston; C. L. Dick, of Sa Hulldlng and a aMKrtBl asking for necessity for their employment snd
to perfect title, the money la to go j service."
Into the reclamation fund, as will re-
the passage of Hawley's bill In con gives power to compel attendance of
As soon as the rural free delivery lem. and others took part.
cel pts from sales on unreserved pub-; paragraph In the bill was reached,
gress for the support of the Indian witnesses for taking of testimony on
war veterans, received favorable con all phases of the situation.
He lands.
several members were on their feet
Jap Soclallets Hang.
Senator Jones today 'nt rod need a offering amendments to Increase the
sideration tn the senate today.
Verbal clashes of rival Interests
Tokio
—
Disregarding
a
stream
nt
bill extending the provisions of the j ¡»ay of the rural carriers from >900 a
A move for a joint committee be eame last night In committee meet
eight hour law to clerks In first and vear all the way to >1300. Chairman protests from all over the world, the tween Oregon and California to ¡»ass ings over the sailors' boarding house
Weeks, of the postoffice committee, Jaimnese government wiped out by on game laws and a re olutlon for a bill, the eight-hour bill and the naval
second claaa poatofllcea.
More than >5.000,1)00 was added to! etempted to limit the debate, but the means of the gallows the Ilves of statement of Increasing and contlno militia bill.
The latter will com«
Denjlro Kotoku. hla mistress. Surra Ing appropriations were given un from the senate committee with a
the aggregate appropriation bill by' bouse would not hear of It.
Kanno,
and
10
other
Japanese
Social
the senate committee which today ] Chairman Weeks said unquestion
favorable consideration by the com provision retaining present officers of
the reserve in office.
completed Its amendment of the, able some of the rural carriers on the ists convicted In secret sessions of mittee.
The house today defeated Bige
The senste ¡«seed one bill and kill
measure as It passed the house harder routes were underpaid. Oth the court, of having conspired against
The house bill carried >29.2«> 93«. j ers. he thought, were receiving al! the life of the mikado. The hanging low a bill authorising the governor ed another this morning, but the ses
of the 12 victims of the government’s by special proclamation to create sion was featureless Committees are
and to this was added 91.795.481 In | thev deserved.
cash appropriations and 93.399.253 In
"However." added Weeks. "the fear of Socialism began at 9 o'clock bird and game refuges on state or slow In reporting out their bills. The
continuing contracts.
Among the com ml tee Is now willing to have the In the morning In the central prison private lands Thia measure was ob house passed four bills.
Items of Increases are:
salaries of the rural carriers In and the trap was not sprung for the jected to from fear that the game I The legislature was stormed today
last one until 1 p. m.
warden, in recommending the crea-l by 300 Oregon advocates of the Good
Ixiwer Columbia river. Ore.. 9200.-1 creased >100 a year "
tlon of these refuges, might trespass Roads movement. Two-hundred came
boo cash and 9320.000 continuing con
The house then passed an amend-I
Gaynor's Foo In Prioon.
ment providing that after July 1.i
too much on the privileges now en from Portland urging that Multnomah
tract
New York.—James J. Gallagher, joyed by sportsmen.
county, by th« terms of the five high
Willapa river and harbor. Wash. I 1911, the carriers should receive a
Civil war veterans will continue to ways bills framed by the Oregon
who shot Mayor Gaynor and Street
950.000 cash and 9115.113 continuing salary not exceeding >1000 a year.
An attempt to substitute official Commissioner Edwards on a steam pay the required peddler's license, Good Roads association. Is presenting
con tract
Bellingham hay. Wash., >25.000 postage stamps for the franks now ship on a dock at Hoboken last Au the bouse today killing by Indefinite th« state with rmd making hinds for
cash and 952 250 continuing contract used by members of Congress and gust, was taken to the New Jersey postponement Representative Jone«' tbe direct benefit of every other
Olympia harbor. Wash., >43,000 Government departments was de State Prison to serve 12 year» at bill exempting old soldiers from th« county but with Indirect benefit, only
operation of this statut«.
to business Interests.
hard labor.
feated.
cash.