The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-10-28
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that IL saw fit to have him say about
the constitution But, bedad. 1t should
have put the truth in his moutheSins,
and. gentle reader. both the governor
and the Oregonian are wrong in say
ing that the legislature has all the
powers in special session that 1t has
I'm the regular For instance, II can't
pay itself but twenty days at the spe.
cial session, while it can pay itself
for forty days at the regular session,
mighty important matter with a
legislature,
The constitution, art. 4, sec. 10, pro
vides that the sessions OF the legisla.
Itire shall be held biennially at the seat
Of government. Now that 1t is theFeg-
luar biennial session provided by law
as much SO as a school election.
I'm article V. section 8. the constltu'
tion provides how the votes for gov
arnor shall be counted and how that
official shall be declared elected Un'
fortunately for the Oregonan It says
il shall be done at the regular session
, Please look Il up governor and see II
lthe Oregonian did put wrong words
m your mouth In other words there
is no law for counting the votes foi
, governor only at a regular session.
, That does away with counting II
that wicked man Chamberlain will
q which Governor Geer has been threat
y ened as well as with other great evil
/. that would fan on his unprotecte'
q head II he called a special session
i. A special session cannot be hell
u exactly to what the governor calls
a together for Tho constitution say
y the governor shall declare by procl'
r. nation the purpose for which he COZ
yenes the legislative assembly in e'
rs traordmary session.
il. II would be convened then for IN
transaction of special business whic
NJ he would lay before IT, Although
Dr. might proceed to take a census OF a
the cattle pasturod on public lands,
n. is not likely that any such unrul
q cattle would be found in the mel
ct legislature.
IN When asked by the Oregonian whe
the special session would be callt
the governor said that's for the pc
pie TO decide" Now LEI us hope thi
Is another mislnterprctation OF n
y constitution which the Oregonian hi
n placed In his mouth, Nowhere do
n the constitution place the power
70 setting the time for holding speci
u sessions In the power OF the peopl
rs Il rests with the governor solely.
N The Oregonian argues In the san
4 paragraph Sunday that a fiat salal
$ law woul be unconstitutional. yet su
"A ported the platform pledging the e
y actment OF such law
n In the very next paragraph IL argu
At the 100000 appropriation for a
.e Lewis and Clark corporation, wh'
n article NJ. section G, declares that Il
N state shall not be interested in al
le stock company association or corr
4, ration. The legislature is specihcal
s. inhibited from doing such a thing
s, that. as any law student knows.
y Flat salaries would be benefit 4
% the whole state. and Is unconstit
N tional, but the fair appropriate,
al would be Tor Portland and Is all rigl
=. Flat salaries are not prohibited, III
"a words and no more" after the prese
o salary clause ia the constitution We
I, struck out ny the convention th
Y framed H. The legislature Is not 81
b lcifically Inhibited from enacting a
s salaries Il Is specifically inhtbit'
= from taking stock or having any 1
terest IN a stock company like Il
Lewis and Clark enterprise,
r No one could follow the Oregonia
in It's mad sOmmersaults against N
, closely cemented walls OF iudioil
learning known as the Oregon const
tuition Il is a visual imposslbnlty