Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-02-17
Registration Bill Passes House,
School Revision Law Passed.
Clerkship Nuisance Growing - Members
Unable to Resist Their Pressure
Yield at Last.

of'tbe treasurer and the secretary
Of state be paid 81 per day. Adopted.
Beach introduced resolution, that
the clerks of the ways and means
committee be paid s5 per day instead
Of SO.
McOulloch kicked against this aud
IL was lost.
House adopted senate amendments
to house bill s97, one of Curtis salmon
bills.
There was some discussion OF the
Harmon registration law. Thompson
OF Washington spoke briefly in its
favor and was followed by Moody, who
assured the house of the consti-
tutionality OF the bill
Ill spoke at some length explain
ing his position, and that he could
not support trls bill.
Hawson rose to explain that the
people in his portion OF Eastern Ore
Ron we're opposed TO registration
law. Reeder, Stillman and Freeland
Immediately testified that the people
In their respective portions Of East.
ern Oregon were emphdtically Ia
favor Of a registration law. The bill
was then passed,
When s. B. No. 3, the educational
bill came up long time was spent, ln
coming 10 an understanding as to
whether IL should be considered at
once OF postponed to give the n enb rs
time TO familiarize themselves with
the changes that had been made in
the bill since IL was printed.
Stillman, apparently in good faith,
moved to make II special order for
ii u. M, Friday for this purpose, but
this was opposed by Cummings and
voted down. Hawson asked some
questions, and Freeland proposed to
vote against the bill because it had
not beer printed.
McCulloch, Reeder and Stump at
tempted to speak In favor OF the
bill, but there was such noise and
confuson In the hall that they could
not be heard.
The speaker tried Ia vain 70 induce
the crowd to keep quiet, but without
effect. After repeated warnings, he
ordered the sergeant at arms to clear
the lobby, and said that III this did
not prove eifectual he would also
have the gallery cleared The SER
geant at arms carried out the order,
and tue effsct was like the calm after a
roaring thunder storm.
Reeder and Stewart now supported
the bill with short talks, and AFTER
the mem bers had satisfied themselves
as TO the salaries named Tor the school
superintendents OF the different cOun-
ties, the bill was placed on its inal
passage, meeting little opposition.
The resolution allowing additional
time To the committee for examina-
tion OF the books OF the secretary OF
state, brought on a very lively dis
cussion. The impresson OF the mem
bers seemed TO be that forty days was
ample time in which four clerks
might expert these books. Hawson
thought that, II they couldn't do
this work Ia forty days they ought TO
eat the books. Lewis said that he
had been chairman OF the committee
from the special session which ex-
amined these books for the years '95
and '96. lie thought that this COM
mittee had gone over the same ground
for the sake OF getting the money for
the work.
Whitney, Stillman, Roberts, Bayer
and Whalley advocated giving the
committee more time, claiming that
IL was doing its work 10 a more than
usually thorough manner; had dis
covered many errors; and should be
allowed to complete its work. Much
stress was laid on the character and
reputation OF the chief clerk Of the
the committee, Chas II. DOdd, and
this consideration carried the resolu-
tion TO adoption.
A joint resolution was IL troduced
by Hawson, for an amendment 10 the
constitution striking out the proYls-
ion requiring all state institutions TO
be located at the capitol, but was
ruled out OF order.
Roberts introduced a resolution al
lowing the House stenographers s.
each for rent OF typewriters, Adopted.
The committee on salaries recon-
mended that the chief clerk OF the