Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1899-01-27
SEEMS INEVITABLE.
Will Benton's Boundaries be
as in Seems a Mere
Matter of Time.

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begun. In the senate there are
over 100 bills read second time
and referred to committees so that
the senate committees have all
their spare time occupied. Many,
very many, of these referred bills
will find their grave in the COM
mittee room and never be heard OF
again. This to an outsider may
seem very frivolous way of doing
business, but the people in this as
il, many other of their grievances
are solely to blame. They insist
on their representatives introducing
foolish and impossible measures,
that if passed would defeat the
very object sought for, and so they
are introduced, the representative
fulfills his promise, and the bills
lie quietly sleeping in tho com
mittee room grave yard. The bill
to increase the number of judges OF
the supreme court which passed
the house was defeated IN the SEN
ate as was expected. In fact bills
are frequently passed in the house
with the expectation that they will
be defeated sin the senate, and this
for obvious reasons.
A printed invitation was sent by
mail here on Thursday last insit-
ing the legislature to visit Corvallis
and was presented and accepted in
the house. 1t seemed to be father
less for time and fell rather fiat,
as no provision had been made for
transportation. Senator DAILY went
to Portland on Friday and through
the kindness of Mr.. R. Kohler of
the Southern Pacific secured a
special train to convey the mem
bers to Corvallis. He introduced a
.seseil uttiion IN III tlaee- te-piro-
viding for committee from both
houses to take charge of the excur-
sion and name a day for it. At
this writing the day has not been
named, but it will probably be
Wednesday next. The way the
members are talking now a good
crowd may be expected and the
citizens of Corvallis will have an
opportunity to show their hospi
tality.
Petitions from the Lower Alsea
country and from Corvallis numer-
ously signed have been presented
here praying for the division of
Lincoln county and to attach th,'
south end to Benton county. This
would be a serious wrong to the
north end of Lincoln county and
no earthly benefit to Benton, but
on the contrary very great incon-
venience and expense, and so the
parties having the matter in charge
were told that such a measure
would not be allowed to go through
the senate. This seemed to settle
the matter at least for the time be-
ing, but efforts along that line will
be continued, and the final solu-
ton to the matter will be Benton
county as it was in 1890. It seems
inevitable.
A most bitter fight is be-
ing made from ambush on the DAILY
educational bill, especially the text
book clause. and at this writing
there is no surety as to the result
One singular fact is that for the
past two days only, letters have
been pouring in on members from
their county superintendents beg
ging them to defeat the DAILY bill
What is singular about it is thai
these remonstrances should have
been held back until the day they
expected the bill to come up for a
third reading and that they should
come in such swarm and all al
once. There is someone at head.
quarters somewhere engineering
this opposition, without a doubt.
These letters give no reasons why
the Daily bill should be defeated
and my opinion is that the bill will
pass.
The LaGrande sugar beet bounty
will come up again soon and will,
think, be defeated.
There is a bill which has passed
the house appropriating $4,000 for
fish hatcheries, which think will
be defeated in the senate. There
are many other house bills Great.
ing log inspectors, wheat inspectors,