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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, Dec. 15, 1938
S ATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Democratic Bloc
o Laws Upheld
o Holman's Successor
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem With 14 members to their
credit the Democratic minority in
the House of Representatives of the
state legislature forms a block which
can make itself felt in the organiza
tion of that body. Welded together
under proper leadership the 14 Dem
ocrats represent a balance of power
that might dictate its own terms for
the support of one of the candidates
now seeking the House speakership.
Especially is that true if the speak
ership fight develops into a dog
fight with none of the five candi
dates now actively campaigning for
the honor able to muster a majority
of the votes without aid of the Dem
ocratic bloc.
Sensing a situation of this kind,
however, it is understood that some
of the speakership candidates have
proposed a get-together in Portland
in the very near future at which
some political horse trading might
be indulged in to the end that har
mony might prevail in support of
some one member for the gavel
wielding job. Frank Lonergan, Mult
nomah county legislator, in Salem
this week, hewever, denied any in
tention of giving up the fight for
the speakership. Lonergan was the
last Republican to preside over the
House, occupying the speaker's chair
in the session of 1931 and insists
that it is again time for Multnomah
county to enjoy this honor. Outstate
members, however, appear to be just
as determined that the speakership
shall not go to the metropolis and
in this attitude they have the sup
port of at least one or two of the
Multnomah county members. Out
state support, however, is divided
between four candidates: Ernest R.
Fatland, Condon; Earl Hill of Cush
man, Lane county; A. Rennie of
Corvallis, and Walter Fuhrer of Sa
lem. Two opinions of major importance
were handed down by the supreme
court this week. One upheld the va
lidity of the milk and cream grading
.act of 1937. The other upheld the
Multnomah county commissioners in
their refusal to levy in excess of $10
per capita for support of the county
school fund.
The opinion in the milk and cream
grading case had no direct bearing
on the milk control law enacted in
1933. Reading between the lines of
the opinion, however, one might
get some idea of the direction in
which the judicial mind leans on
that issue. In his opinion Justice
Kelly declared that "the regulation
of marketing of farm and other pro
ducts when the same enter largely
into local and interstate trade has
been recognized as a legitimate ex
ercise of the police power of the
state by many states of the union
and even by the early colonies."
The court's stand in the other case
settles definitely an argument be
tween school district officials and
county courts which has waged ever
since the county school fund law
was enacted in -its present form in
1930. -School district officials based
their claim for a larger levy upon
the argument that the statute re
quires the levy to "produce" at least
$10 per capita for each child on the
school census roll. The court, how
ever, pointed out that the statute
does not require this amount to be
"produced" during "the ensuing
year. Admitting that during the de
pression years when tax delinquen'
cies were high the levy did not "pre
duce" $10 per capita, the court called
attention to the fact that payment
of these delinquencies during the
past three years had increased the
return to the school districts to
more than $10 per capita. In other
words, school districts must take
their chances with other political
subdivisions on tax collections.
For the second consecutive year
automobile license No. 1 goes to a
Yamhill county motorist again next
year. C. H. George of Carlton was
the applicant whose name was the
first to be drawn in the big annual
"drawing" for numbers conducted
by Secretary of State Earl Snell.
More than 19,000 motorists had their
names in the pot when the drawing
was made.
Speculation as to the possible suc
cessor of State Treasurer Rufus C.
Holman, when that official resigns
to qqalify as a United States senator,
appears to be pretty well centered
about the name of P. J. Stadelman
of The Dalles. Stadelman served one
year as secretary of state following
the death of Hal Hoss. He did not
enter the race for election nor has
he ever sought other public office
but it is known that he enjoyed his
brief experience as head of the state
department and member of the board
of control and those in the know say
that he would welcome another taste
of political life.
Stadelman, although a Republican,
was an admirer and supporter of
Governor Martin who, having been
let down by his own party in the
primary campaign would probably
not suffer any great qualms of con
science in going outside his own par
ty for a candidate to succeed Hol
man. Should he object to Stadel
man, however, Holman has only to
delay his resignation until after Jan
uary 9 when Martin will have re
linquished the governors post to
Charles A. Sprague who is of the
same political persuasion as is Stadelman.
While little mention has ever been
made of the candidacy of Fred Pau-
lus for Holman's post many political
observers feel that he would be the
logical choice for this post. Paulus
has served as deputy state treasurer
for more than 12 years and in this
capacity has actually run the de
partment although credit for its ef
ficiency has always gone to his su
perior officer. By nature of a re
tiring disposition, being apparently
titudinous duties that devolve upon
content to devote himself to the mul-
the deputy, Paulus has never had
time to devote to the political side
of public life but it is known that he
is ambitious for advancement and
feels that he has earned a promotion
now that Holman is about to retire.
With the exception of four small
precincts in Multnomah county Sec
retary of State Earl Snell carried
every precinct in the state in his
race for re-election, according to a
careful check of official eletion re
turns. One of the Multnomah pre
incts he lost by only three votes and
another by the narrow margin of six
votes. This is said to set a record for
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opposed candidates for state office
in Oregon.
An increase of 37.9 per cent in
relief demands in Oregon over those
of a vear affo is shown by the report
of Elmer Goudy, state relief admin
istrator, to Governor Martin, iotal
number of persons on general re
lief increased from 17,042 in October,
1937, to 26,108, in October, 1938, with
relief expenditures increasing from
$134,025.48 to $184,264.10 in the same
period. Aged pensions on the state
rolls in October numbered 18,WM
who received an aggregate of $295,-
890 from the counties, state and fed
eral government, for an average
monthly pension of ?21.so.
Its aDDronriation of $2,500,000 ex
hausted, the Capitol Reconstruction
commission has appealed to the btate
Emergency Board for a deficiency
appropriation of $13,000 with which
to complete its iob. The request has
been approved by the Board of Con
trol and passed on to the Emergency
Board with a plea for early action.
It reqired 1200 pounds of turkey
and 3000 pounds of chicken to pro
vide a Thanksgiving Day dinner for
the 2700 patients and 300 employees
of the state hospital. A ton of po
tatoes and another ton of cabbage,
not to mention 250 gallons of gravy,
200 gallons of cider and 400 gallons
of coffee. Inmates of other state uv
stitutions were equally well fed on
this occasion.
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