Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-29
OFFICIAL
Business in the Departments
Only the Higher Glasses Interested
in the Warrant Suits.
ENDORSING MILLER.

college ard subscribed 10 Oy aOOuI 1VV
students. expressing the thanks Of
the petitioners to the board for max
ing II. 3. Miller president Of the Ore
gon Agricultural college and respect
fully requesting his continuance In
/ that capacity The petitioners con-
demn as false and malicious the state
ments that have been circulated de-
signed to affect the character Of
Mr.. Miller, ard declare that he is not
only capable and worthy officer, but
theoretically and successfully devOt-
! ing all Of his senergies for the advance
ment OF education an the building
up Of the institution. The pc titiOn
concludes: Feeling that the board
might be Influenced by those preiu-
diced reports to act in manner con
demnatOrv to President Miller'S pol
| icy. we present these statements as a
foundation for asking that he be re-
tanned as president Of the Oregon
agricultural college"
DELEGATES.
The governor is in receipt of a
communication from W. II. Culmer,
! secretary aud trca urer of the trans
/ Mississippi commercial congress, stat
! Ing that Oregon has less representa-
/ tiUn tuan any other state. Three del
| egates have been appointed to repre-
sent Oregon, and Governor Lord is
ready To appoint others, as he learns
OF those vino Will attend
The supremv court has seen tit to
advance the case of Shattuck VS.. Kin
caid in which judge seeks to make
the secretary OF state draw state
script for his salary, on the calendar
over one hundred cases which were al
. ready pending and has put off these
one hundred cases till it can be de-
termined. The supreme court is a
body of very honorable men but it
seems as though there really is ques
tiOn whether it is competent to pass
upon a case in which every member
is pecunlarily interested-to pass
upon a case. upon the decision of
which depends whether they are to
get money now or wait till the legis-
latuFe appropriates IL.
There seems to be no doubt but that
the court will decide justly but there
will always be those who will think
that the court might by some remote
posi- bility be slightly influenced by
the thought Of receiving its pay
sooner.
The case haYng been advanced will
now come up for hearing one week
from today. If decided against the
secretary of state he will be compelled
to issue state script to all the four
teen circuit judges and number of
state employees, who do not really need
the money, while that large and
most numerous class of cases of peo.
pie employed by the asylum and the
different state Institutions, who work
for small salary and who now have
to discount their claims 10 per cent,
will not be benefited in the least.
\ pessimiSt might say that it will
simply be as it always is-the ones
who most need are not furnished
while those who least need are bOunti-
fully cared for. The Secretary of
State seems to be trying to deal justly
with all but it seems that the fates
are against his good intentions. The
attorneys who are prosecuting cases
against him have not taken represen-
tative cases but have picked out those
cases covered by special statutes and |
in which small kind of official or
well to do class of persons are inter-
ested.
SUPREME COURT.
In the matter of the estate of Adam |
Murray, VIM. Murray and Alex Muir
ray and of the co-partneTShip of MUIR |
ray Bros. insolYent debtors. A. S. |
Brown Objecting creditor, respondent; |
VS.. Kenneth f. Mac Rae assignee, APP |
pellant appeal from Grant county;
argued and submitted. Errett Hicks
attorney for respondent, Thornton
Williams attorney for appellant.
w. ii. Howard respondent, VS..
Ferdinand Recklin and BostaIn, APP
pellanc, appeal from Baker county;
argued and submitted. f. NJ. SaXton
at altorney for appellant, Frank l..
Moore attorney for respondent.
d, b. Fisk, appellant, VS.. }. +.
Faul and 'P. 'Bashe, doing business
under the firm and style of p. BOsche
& Company, p. Bashe administrator
of the partnership estate of j. p.
Faul, deceased, respondent, appeal
from Baker county; argued and sub
mitted +. M. SaXton attorney for
Frank L. Moore attorney
for respondent.
The State Agricultural college
regents meet Wednesday and will
probably re-elect President Miller,
who seems to have strong backing on
the board Simon and Bourne back
Prof. Lilly, OF Portland, but that
gentleman will probably get pro-
fessorship at theSstate university.
The State university regents meet
at Portland today, but three of the re-
gents including Mr.. Bush, of this city
will not be present. The only candi-
date against Chapman, is eX-President
Catch, of Seattle, who may succeed
next year.
The state weather bureau predicts
fair weather for Wednesday.
EX-Sheritf Plummer, of Polk county |
was state house caller today.
The bursting of a large water pipe !
in the basement of the state house at |
an early hour this morning caused |
considerable excitement among the |
janitOrs and persons on duty at an |
early hour in the morning. The pipe |
A.. \