The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-05
ADJOURNED WITHOUT DAY.
The Benson House and Joint Conven-
tfon Have Given Up.

ADJOURNED WITHOUT DAY.
| The Benson House and Joint Conveu
tfon Have Given Up.
A portion of the Oregon legislator
has decided to quit. The Benson hous
and joint convention adjourned sine di
"Wednesday. This leaves both tn,
house and senate without a quorum to d.
business, but active measures to accom-
plish reorganization.a are well under way
The breakup of the joint assembl,
caucus was the first event of this yer,
important day. The assembly met at !
O'Clock and discussed in a desultorJ
way the question of the legality of the
proposed adjournment. The matter O
taking ballot for senator, whatever
number was present, was not ever
brought up. The outlook seemed dis
couraging and the members soon quit
attempting to agree on any policy.
The original house met at 9:3C
O'Clock, and, as usual, adjourned till
next day at the same hour.
The Benson house, senate and Joint
assembly all convened at 10 o'clock.
The first held intermittent sessions un.
til the hour fixed for adjournment with.
out day.
In the senate at noon President
Simon declared carried simple motion
to adjourn, but the Mitchell men held
that, under the resolution adopted the
day before, it was the close of the ses-
sion, and many of them left the city.
The Benson house, after fixing the
per diem and mileage of the members
and the pay of clerks, dissolved at l
P. M.
An afternoon session of the senate
was held, but fourteen members answer
ing roll call. This was six short of a
quorum.
The attempts at reorganization will
be confined largely to the house.
When it is ready for business, it is an
ticipated that there will be very little
trouble in getting back enough senators
to make up quorum of twenty.
Renewed Activity In tho Davis House.
Senator Mitchell has apparently given
up the contest, as he returned to Port
land Thursday.
The Davis house had morning and
afternoon session, and twenty-seven
members responded to roll call. Three
absentees, Kruse, Lee and Riddle, were
accounted for. Immediately after the
morning session conference was held
and the situation was thoroughly can
vassed. 1t was agreed that reorganiza-
ton was not only possible, but prob
able, and much enthusiasm prevailed.
Individual members of the late Benson
house have given positive assurance
that they would return if the opposi-
lion went at matters in earnest and in
evident good faith. These promises
have been so numerous that members
'f the house express themselves as en-
.irely confident of success. It is the
purpose merely to invite absentees to
oin in the endeavor to secure remedial
egislation. The senatorial question
'eing out of the way, the house has
very fair chance OF organizing.
There were many new faces in the ori-
,inal house Thursday. For forty-fve
lays the majority of the opposition has
AIKEN fugitive journeys to their desks
o see if there was any mail, to answer
etters, to read the papers, and to do
ii other things which might safely be
one during recess. Thursday it was
ifferent. They showed up with
'leased smiles on their faces, and were
arly in their seats.
At $3.50 Temporary Speaker Davis,
7ho has performed the same duty for
orty-six consecutive days, mounted the
ostrum and called the house to order.
'lerk Moody called the roll and the
blowing responded to their names:
'arkley, Bayer, Bilyeu, Buckman,
raig, Davis of Umatilla, Emery, Gill,
I'LL, Houser, Jones, Maxwell, Nc
lister, Misener, Munkers, Ogle,
chmidtlein, Smith of Linn, Svendseth,
T'Ren, Whitaker-21.
These were absent: Bourne, Davis
Multnomah, Dustin, Guild, Kruse,
ee, Povey, Riddle, Yoakum-9.
Also these of the Benson house: BEN
IN, Bridges, Brown, Chapman, Conn,
rawford, David, Gratke, Gurdane,
ogue, Hope, Hudson, Huntington,
ennings, Lake, Langell, Marsh, Mer-
II, Mitchell, Nosler, Palm, Rigby,
NTH, of Marion, Somers, Stanley,
homas, Thompson, Vaughan, Vencss,
The nine absentees belonging to the
oposition were detained for various
asons. Kruse has been sick for two
eeks with typhoid fever, and there is {
} prospect that he can be present dur
G the session. Povey and Davis of I
ultnomah were at home, but are ex- I
'cted up. Lee was called to Junction &
ty by the illness CT his aged mother. 9
ourne, Dustin, Gun. and Yoakum |
me in just too late. Riddle is in c
'uthern Oregon, but will return when 7
'eded, it is said. The present MEM S
rship of the original house is thirty, I
precisely the same as the Benson or
nization. Kruse being in the hos t
tai, this number is reduced to twenty
ne. It is, therefore, necessary to get
even members of the rival organiza-
IN to join before constitutional quo
m can be secured.
Members of the Benson house of the n