The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-01-17
earnest appeal for the legislature to
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earnest appeal for the legislature to
redeem it's pledges to the people.
| It is urged that a law, to take
effect on the expiration Of the pres
ent encumbent's term of office be
enacted, reducing the fees of the
state printer, and that a great deal
of the matter now printed in the
state printing Office be Topped off in
the matter of economy. It is also
recommended that the county
courts Of the various counties be au-
therized to have the books of coun.
ty officials exported each year, and
that the governor be empowered
to employ an expert to perform a
similar function on the books of
the various state officers, such ex-
porting to take place while the in
cumbents are still in. Office. It is,
urged that in the matter of econo-
my, convicts from the various coun-
ties to be taken to the penitentiary
by the superintendent of the peni-
tentiary or his assistants, and that
the conveyance of insane patients
to the insane asylum be by similar
em ployes at the asylum, the latter
course being particularly recon-
mended in the interest. not only of
economy, but of humanity. It is
urged that circuit courts be given
larger scope in suspension of judge
ment in the case of criminals con
victed between the ages of 16 and
81, and that all executions by
hanging take place within the walls
at the state penitentiary. An earn.
est plea is made in the message for
the common schools, which are de-.
clared to be the chief educational
bulwark of the country, and it is
urged that the normal schools be
reduced to two, and that admission
to them be>restricted.
The message urges that the Office
of health officer at Astoria with
salary of $1,000 per year, is sine
cure and useless because of the
quarantine arrangements Of the fed
eral government be abolished, and
that the salaries of health officers
at Coos Bay. Siuslaw and Yaquina
Bay be redu ed to an amount CO.
mensurate with the duties perform.
ed.
The enactment is urged Of a law
providing for arbitration in case Of
disagreement between capital and
labor, and the present is set forth
as the proper time for such enact
ment in view of the ra apid industrial
development about to begin in the
state, when adoption of such meas.
ures will not be resisted. The mes
sage declares belief in the right of
labor to organize, and urges enact
ment of law prohibiting child la
Dor. Mr.. Chamberlain says emf
nent legal authority takes the
ground that no further legal steps
are necessary in order to perfect the
initiative and referendum, and that
equally eminent authority takes
the opposite view. He declares that
he belongs to the latter class, and
that to make the law perfect and
ready for effective operation such
further provisions as are necf ssary
to make the law complete should
be adopted by the present assem-
bly,. It is recommended that law
be passed requiring the relatives of
insane or incorrigib1e persons, when
they are financially able to do SO, to
bear a part of the expenses of the
maintenance of such insane or in
corrigible persons in the asylum or
reform school. =:
It is urged that stoves made at
the penitentiary by convict labor at
35 cents per day comes in competi-
ton with free labor within the state
and that other provision should be
made for the convicts now employ
ed in the :penitentiafy when the pres
ent contract expires in 1905. 1t
is urged that an, open river to the
mouth of the Columbia is impera-
tive for the best interests Of the
whole state, and that the legislative1
assembly should memorialize con.
gress to take steps to maintain such
an open waterway to the sea. The
governor urges that the canal and
locks at Oregon city should be pur-
chased by the federal government
aud be thrown open to free naviga-
ton, and that distractions. in the
Columbia at The Dalles should be
removed.