Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-31
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Agricultural College and
POrtIand'S Water Works.
THE SENATE is EXCITED.
And Prescribes Hot Lead and Boiling Oil
For the NJ. E. Church South.
THE HOUSE TALKS OF WATER.
And sThe: Big Fight win BE Over The
Portland Bonds.
SENATE.
THE SENATE IS EXCITED.

Ile lOllOW my lCJOllS Vi commit
tees were made:
Corporations - For a boom on
North Yamhill river, to amend AL.
bany charter and to amend St.
Helens charter, for boom on Link
river, for boom on Umpqua river at
Gardiner, for boom on Fall creek in
Lane county, house bill to confirm
to Umatilla county title to block u
in Pendleton, to regulate ditch and
water companies, to amend Weston
charter, for protection of railroad
contractors, to govern trust COM
panies, defining and Furnishing va
grancy, also for relief of J. Hacker;
favorably.
Public Lands-S. ]. NJ. 4, for re-
classification Of public lands; favor
ably and adopted.
Public Buildings - Chamberlin's
bill for a reform school; favorably
and ordered printed. Also Dawson's
bill for locating deaf mute school at
Albany.
Counties - Chamberlin's bill to
create Morton county; postponed.
Also Eakin's bill changing time of
holding county courts. Also Ham
ilton's bill for wagon road from
Heppner to Monument; recon-
mitted, commerce. Also MaXwell's
bill changing name of Lincoln to
Tillamook,
Military Affairs - Dimick's bill
for assistance of INDECENT Indian
war veterans; favorably.
Commerce - CogswelPs bill for
wagon road from Paisley to Oregon
line; returned as amended and
passed.
Education-Hatch's bill for board
of regents for state normal school at
Monmouth; favorably. Also Daw-
son's bill to prohibit selling of tobac-
Go to minors.
Assessments-Norvars bill for re-
lief of Union county; favorably.
Also Dawson's bill for certain eX-
emptions to firemen.
Agriculture-Sinclair's bill to pro-
mote drainage; favorably.
Fullerton's bill providing for hold
Ing circuit courts in the Second iu-
licial district; engrossed. Also
Watkins water bill for The Dalles
city. Also bill to enable The Dalles
eity to sell and dispose of certain
lands.
THURSDAY FORENOON SESSION.
A most interesting report of the
Special Joint committee in relation
10 the Corvallis Agricultural College
WAS read in the senate this forenoon
which created quite sensation: 1t
beverley denounces the Southern
Methodist church for its greedy,
grasping avarice, its conduct in this
evincing disposition to grasp the
earth. AT the same time the report
highly eXtols the utility OF the col
ege as conducted and declares it as
} certain benefit to the state.
Evidently the committee bad
given profound consideration to
lhe subject and the report is most
Rble one.
Communication from chief en-
gineer of the Salem Fire Dept, as to
Danger from electric wires behind
partitions.
S. b. % Dimick. That the above
Communication be referred to COM
mittee on public building.
S. J. NJ. "a. COncurred in ID. j.
r. in relation to having depart
nent of agriculture created and III
bead made a cabinet officer. lie
erred to federal relations.
H. B. As. Repeal Sec 6l7, relalvf
% criminal code, bribery of voters
etc. To second reading.
H. B. 100 Thompson. To es
tablish paid fire department To-
Portland. To second reading.
Joint committee on agriculture
college at Corvallis endorses IL
ltility but denounces the claim o
he Southern Methodist churci
egainst it; adopted, ordered ON
thousand copies printed. Furthe
sonsideration postponed till aItel
printing.
S. r. % Wait. To provide Sena
ors with maps of state, adopted.
5. j. r. "a COgswell. Relating U
mendment of constitution OF state
sec. 2 Art. abrogated, relative U
Voting.
The following bills passed to sec
pnd reading:
). b. ll9 Carson. To incorporat
ne city of Albina.
5. b. 100 Carson. To amend IN
harter of Portland and repeal seV
fal parts of present charter.
;. b. l21 Carson. To estaOIsl
tate board of immigration.
3. b. l22 Moore. To appoint Jur
commissioners pay, etc.
;. Is. l23 Watts. A bill TO prom
" deductions of Indebtedness Il
ssessments except as to mortgage
hpald referred to committee o