The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-02-18
ONLY A FEW HOURS MORE
And the Legislature Of 1898 Will Be
but History.
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FISH COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED
Among the List of omeials Are Brown.
Packard and Fox as Pilot con-
missioner.
FISH COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED
Associated Press.

| Associated Press.
Salem. Feb 1.-THE following nomina,
tions of the governor have been con
firmed by the senate:
Board Of regents of the State Agricul
tural College: T. w. Davenport, w. A
Sample. A. r. Shipley. Bernard DAILY tc
succeed w. s. Ladd, w. P. Ready. J. K
Weatherford, ]. T. Apperson.
| Board Of regents of the State University
| C. C. Beeekman, Henry Failing. A. G.
| Hovey.
board of regents of the Monmouth nor
! NAL school: ]. v. Butler, P. Haley. ]. c.
White. B. J. Daley. Jacob Voorhees,. Al
fred Lacy. Benz. schoheld, W. II. Holmes
A. Noltner
H. D. Compson ,brigadier general, r.
w. Mitchell, adjutant general; JEFF Myers
lieutenant colonel w. 8. Perry, assistant
adjutant. at
The senate passed the following bills:
Trullinger's bill for the Astoria avail
Belts bill defining the duties of stock
inspectors.
Ormsbys bill to establish Soldiers
Home.
The senate concurred in the house
amendments to Matlock's bill for q
branch insane asylum in Eastern Oregon
At o'clock this afternoon. the senate
and house went into joint session for the
purpose of electing men to fill the Offices
in the gift of the legislature. The follow
ing were chosen:
Railroad commissioners: H. B. Comp
son, democrat "a; I. A. Macrum, repub-
lican, So; ]. B. Eddy, republican. 81. The
others who received votes were Klippel,
30; Wheeler. 81; Sibley. 8S; Colvig, 8;
Steel, Q; Sellers. 1.
For fish commissioners: George T. Ny
Riley. Joseph Paquet.
For pilot commissioners: J. A. Brown,
John Fox, f. Packard.
For state librarian: j. B. Putnam.
For food and dairy commissioner: Chas.
Holman.
For game protector: Ferry Hinshaw,
For boatman: F. r. Bradford.
At the evening session of the senate,
Durham's bill amending the Australian
ballot law was brought up. At this junct-
ure of the proceedings. while the senate
was working under the regular order.
Weatherford, democrat, protested against
the Durham bill being considered, claim
ing that 1t was not in its regular order.
The democratic members Joined him in
the protest, claiming that the bill had
only been passed at noon and many bills
were before 1t on third reading. BY a vote
of 16 to IL 1t was decided to read the bill
a third time. Motions to adjourn to q
call of the house, to lay on the table, to
indefinitely postpone, ETC.. were in like
manner rejected. The previous question
was voted on. 10 voting aye. two were
absent, and IL who refused to vote were
recorded nay. The bill was then put on
its final passage with like result and the
chair ruled that 1t had passed, by a vote
of 16 yeas to IL nays, and 3 absent Mat
lock and McAllister were absent and
Beckley and Blackman, Butler, Coggs-
well. Huston. Myers, Raley. Smith. Van
derburg. Veatch, Weatherford. and Wood
ard fileda protest against having their
vote recorded mo" when they had not
voted. The senators who had voted Nay
filed the following protest and the same
was entered as OF record
Mr.. President.-We, the undersigned
do protest against the president
and requesting the clerk to re-
cord us and each Of US as voting mo" |
upon house bill No. 175. for reasons that |
not one of us voted mo" when our
names were called, and that the record |
SO made is untrue and does not represent |
the vote as taken and given; that the
present had no authority of law to either
count or record any Of us as present and |
voting NO" and that only sixteen votes /
were cast upon the passage of said bill, |
and each and all Of said votes were re-
corded in the affirmative and none in the
negative"
The general appropriation bill was next
taken up and received consideration for
several hours. Minor amendments were
made all through the bill.
IN THE HOUSE.
Salem, Feb II. The house today passed
Matlock's bill for branch insane asy-
um in Eastern Oregon.
The house receded from amendment No.
!, to the senate bill for q state normal
school at Weston, and concurred In the
,enate amendment to the bill for sea
wall at Astoria.
Wright of Union. introduced the general
bill which was set for con-
Ilderation at p. m.
Shortly after noon the general appro-
,riation bill found Its way into the house
where 1t has been discussed for many
iours. The bill Is an enormous one, az
Iregating more than s200o.0oo. 1t has not
ret reached the senate. but when Il does
'ome. there viii be offered amendments
Without end.
As the session nears the end. It begins
o look asif the present Legislature has
all that have preceded II in the
way Of appropriations. BY the way Of sum-
nary. and aside from the general ap-
'ropriation bin may be mentioned the
oilowing:
For the Worlds Fair. $4,000.
For jute mill, 10000.