The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-22
LEGISLATIVE NOTES AND NEWS.

having just maue Ine TOUR OF Ine
State-house in company with the oblig-
ing Secretary of State, will proceed to
give you few glimpses of it at second
hand. The Senate chamber is on the
first floor of the north wing, and is per-
manently finished, and what has been
done toward furnishing is in most ex-
cellent taste and keeping with the room
and the purpose for which it is to be
used. The carpet is especially beauti-
ful, being of light and dark wood colors,
the leaves and buds as delicately shaded
as picture. The chandeliers are very
handsome, yet costing but little more
than the old ones, bought ten years ago,
which are much inferior to the new.
The eommittee-rooms opening from
the Senate chamber are spacious par
lors, economically and plainly fur
nished as far as practicable with the old
furniture belonging to the State.
The old desks formerly used in the SEN
ate chamber have been nicely stained
and would pass for new. The wood fin
ishing is ash. The seats in the lobby
are ash, trimmed with black walnut,
and much more comfortable than many
of the cushioned church pews.
The hall used by the House is the
room eventually intended for the State
Library, and is large enough for all the
members we are likely to have for ten
years. The furnishing of this room is,
of course, temporary, but the place is
very considerable improvement on the
room previously occupied, and is very
pleasant, and at present clean. Let US
hope that Oregonians will respect their
fine building enough to use the spit
toons so plentifully furnished more eff
fectually than the average Congressman
at Washington is reported as doing, in
order to preserve the purity of the spot
less doors and pretty carpets as long as
possible. The lofty doors and windows,
with their beautiful architraves and
capitals, have a most pleasing effect,
and the great rotunda beneath the dome
will be considerably "high" when the
finale shall have been reached. I think
it is to be, from the ground up, $50 feet.
The flights of stairs inside the building
are easy of ascent and finely finished,
the steps being of ash and the rail Of
walnut. Altogether the building is one
of which every Oregonian should be
proud, and will, when the larger Hall o.
Representative is finished, be spaciou;
enough to hold all the additional Rep
resentatives that the accession of wom
en- to the elective franchise may cause
to be required
We visited the Senate on Friday
morning and took few notes that may
be of interest to your readers.
The motion before the Senate whel
we entered was to cut down the amoun
of printing in certain kinds of bills
The amendment was not entertained b,
the Senate, but motion to postpon
was carried.
Reading of bills.
The Senator from Douglas, G. w. Col
Wig, presented bill No. u to reguIat
vessels coming in to the Columbia Rive
and Coos Bay with contagious diseases
or unseaworthy, and imposing heav.
fines for their so doing. The bill passer
to a second reading.
| NJ. C. George, of Multnomah, pre-
sented bill No. 13. A bill to amend
bill to establish a regular course of pub
lie instruction and regulate textbook
= in the public schools, etc.
r The Senator from Marion, Engle, pre-
+ sented bill to regulate swine. (Highl
appropriate in this age of the worldly
The Senator frocl Coos presented bill
No. 10 to incorporate the town of Marsh
field.
A Senator from Multnomah presente
a bill to regulate teachers in the distriC
schools. 1 cote against that bill.
The Senator from YamhilI, Bradshaw
gave notice that he would present a bi
: to amend the Justices code.
The Speaker then passed to secon
reading of bills.
. Senate bill No. was referred to tn
:, committee on ways and means.
No. was referred to the committe
y, on judiciary.
" No. 5 was referred to the committt
i on ways and means.
A bill to provide for collecting an
forwarding display of Oregon fruits
the Centennial by an appropriation WI
:, read the third time and passed by vo
: of 50 against 4.
e A motion that the committees on ell
! crossing, enrolment, and judiciary
. authorized to appoint their own clerl
was carried.
Moved that so many copies of stan
= ing rules be printed. Amended that Il
=, names of committees be also printe
III Carried.
Dr. Richardson, of Marion, asked
III present a resolution of coincidence al
~ a motion to adjourn till Monday at 10:
l. on account of the death of Mr.. Tolan
IT, former Senator from Josephine. L
rn Richardson then pronounced she
IL eulogy on the deceased and the Sena
az was adjourned.
is There are two handsome men in 4
Ot oy,onl.v Il wi ol bnE . =,