The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-30
Senate.

The senate was called to order at
1910 O'Clock by Taylor of Umatilla.
Temporary officers we've elected Upon a
strict party vote OF 24 to 6.
A committee on credentials was APP
pointed. consisting of Ben Selling, 6.
w. Proehstel and William Smith.
The senate adjourned until lO:45 to
give the committee on credentials a
chance to make their report. The re-
port was adopted when the senate re-
convened, and the new members were
sworn in by Chief Justice Wolverton.
The resolution providing for pe1ma-
nent organization was presented by
Reed of Douglas, and was adopted.
The election of officers proceeded,
with the following results:
Presidcnt-.Juspph Simon, of Multi
nomah.
Chief CLERKS. l.. Moorehead, of
Junction.
Assistant chief clerk. T. Yates,
of Multnomah.
Reading clsIk-J. D. Lee, of Multi
nornah.
Calendar clerk-Frank G. Middle
ton, oi Multnonah.
Sergeamt-at-a t-arms-Joseph S. Pur-
dom, of Grants Pass.
Duorkeeper-W. w. Smith. of Clack-
amas.
Mailing clerk-V Fl. Humphrey, of
Salem.
Pagcs-Harvey Bell and Frank Hart
man.
The minor officers of the senate were
then sworn in.
A resolution calling upon the secre-
tary of state for his report on the fnan-
cial condition of the state was pre-
sented and adopted.
The rules of the session of 1897 were
adopted.
Mulkey of Polk, introduced resolu-
tion for a joint committee of two from
each house to examine and report upon
the books of the secretary of state. 1t
carried.
A bill was introduced by Browncll
of Clackamas, to repeal the act Great
ing the state railway commission. and
passed to it's second reading.
Mackay of Multnomah, intro duced a
bill to provide new pilotage rules tor
the port of Portland.
Daily of Benton, introduced bill to
reduce the statutory rate of interest tc
6 per cent.
The senate then adjourned until 10
A. M. tomorrow.
Sept. 27.-The senate convened al
10 A. NJ After the reading of the
journal, President Simon announced
standing committees as follows:
Agriculture and forestry-Looney
Kelly, Glenn.
Assessment and taxation-Mulkey,
Mackay, Porter, Cameron, Taylor.
Claims-Howc. Fulton, Daily OF
Lake.
Commerce and navigation-Selling,
Howe, Proebstel-
Counties-Mackay, Taylor, Howe,
Cameron, Patterson.
Education - Kuykendall, Harmon,
Porter.
Elections and pr1vileges-Harmon
Brownell. Wade.
Engrossed bills-Daly of Benton,
- Reed, Michell.
Enrolled bills-Patterson, Mulkey
Cameron.
Federal relations-Driver, Ploebstel
Dufur.
Fishing ndustries-Reed, Michel
Bates.
Horticulture-Daly of Benton, Pat
tersOn, Looney.
Insurance and banking-Haines
Adams, Bates.
Printing-Michell, Selling, Haines
rligation-PrOebstel, Cameron, Nor
row.
~diciary-Fulton, Brownell, Mi
chell, Kelly, Dufur.
Medicine, pharmacy, dentistry-Dal.
of Lake, kuykendall. Morrow.
Military affairs-Haseltine, Taylor
Wade.
Penal stitutions-Haines, Driver
Looney.
Mining-Cameron, Harmon, Smith
Municipal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Harmon, Smith.
Public buildings and institutions
Adams. IIaseltine, Reed.
Public lands-Porter, Mulkey, Howe
Driver, Wade.
Railroads-Brownell, Patterson, Mac
kay, Morrow, Daily of Benton.
Revision of laws-Kelly. Reed, Full
tor, Smith, DAILY of Lake.
Roads and ighways-Bates, Looney
Proehstel, Glen, Daily. of Benton.
Ways and means-Taylo ylor, Mulkey
kuykcmdall, Selling, Adams.
Following bills were introduced:
By Dufur, to amend the statute re
lating to terms of circuit courts b,
DAILY of Lake, to amend the statute il
house Resolutions.
TVbo folIoyUip0 resolutions uara intro