Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-02-18

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and to appropriate money there
for.
FAILED 10 PASS.
S. B. 10 Halnes, TO authorize refund
ing county Indebtedness.
S. g. 20. Smith, relating to crimes
against the person.
s. B. 9S, Adams, 10 prohibit leading
or driving animals on ahy plank
walk, footpath or bicycle path.
When the Kuykendall bill To abate
the clerkshlp nuisance was called up
the house had considerable difiiculty
In finding the bill and still more ~
getting IL properly up for action. A
call OF the house was necessary ~ get
the members into the hall.
FlllibusterlDg was then resorted TO.
Moody moved 70 refer TO the commit
tee on irrigation, aad Hawson moved
10 indefinitely postpone, but the
speaker positively Sdecllned 10 enter
tain the motion or 70 entertain
uawson's attempted appeal from
the decision the chair.
Williamson, chairman OF the irri-
gatlon committee, moved TO amend
Moody's motion, 10 give the com
mittee leave 70 report the bill at any
time, Implying that he would report
10 oack 10 the house as soon as referred.
This di1 not suit the iillbusJerers and
Ross moved 10 70 into committee OF
the whole 20 consider the bill, and
this was accepted by Moody.
whitney protested against any such
action, aud Cummings made very
strong speech In favor immediate
action on the bill.
The members had been falling into
a very relaxed aud bolsterOus mood,
but Cummings brought them TO their
senses, and they settled down 10 a ser
iOus consideration OF the matter.
Young took the iloor long enough 10
say; "rhere is no need Of going into
committee Cf the whole TO consider
this DILL. Every man who Is opposing
this bill Is CRATER"
MOOdy's motion was voted down,
the bill read aud placed on It's pas
sage
HawsOn used ten minutes In a
harangue agaainst the bill and WIS
then called TO order on the tye minute /
rule, the speaker stating that he had
neglected 10 time the gentleman.
Williamson spoke about two min.
ntes TO demollsh Mr.. Hawson's argu.
ment, which he did most sffectually.
Flagg then TOOK the floor and called
the bill a deathbed confession, and
Was explaining his objections 10 IL,
when Young moved the previous
question. There were cries OF mo-,
md the speaker Ignored the motion
lntil Topping Insisted that the same
treatment he had received earlier In
lie session, when choked OF by
noye'for the previous question, he
accorded Ia this instance.
Young then repeated his motion.
which carried, and the blll was placed
n us hnal passage,
Those who voted "no" made more or
ess elaborate explanations OF their
otes, with the exception of Maxwell
nd Virtue.
Flagg explained his aye vote as I
eng on the same principle As the {
sctors prescription for the boy who
ad nothing the matter with him.
~ the boy likes the medicine, let |
IN nave IT, Ross explained that I
IL motion 10 90 INTO committee of
he whole had been made In good
iilh, aud he considered the bin IL
'lght be greatly improved; but,
'ther than have no bill OF the Kind
Assed, he would vote for this one.
The vote was as follows:
yes Bayer, Beach, Blackaby Brat.
iln, Briggs, Butt, Cummings, Davis. a
onoelly Farrell, Flagg, Fordney. y
reeland' Gree, Gray Gregg. Han. g
ookiTk, jones, Kuight, Kruse. Lam. ,
m Lewis, Marsh, MasSingin, Meal r
'ter' MeCourt. MoCulloch. Mcqueen. o
orton, Myers Nichols. Palmer
atts' Reedsr, Ross, Sherwln, Smith.
anley, stewart Stinmau, Stump. a,
Dpping, whalley, Whitney, William. -
a. Wilson, wonaeott, Youug. Mr ss
'eskei; So 81