Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-23

was made and exploded that its pro-
. visions would grant railroads the in
disputable right to run their tele-
graph lines through any strip of
timber and NOW down valuable mon
archs of the forest indiscriminately
on both sides of the line until the
wires were cleared. The bill, osten-
sibly, simply give the railroads the
right to cut down such timber along
the line of their rights of way when
the trees or their branches inter-
fere with the line and the electrical
current but Barrett, of Washington.
thought he 'smelled a mouse" in
one particular line which would give
the railroads too much destructive
power to the detrlment of the states
forestry.
Anti-TippiDg Bill.
"Anti-tipping" is one of the many
proposed reforms which the house
will not put up for, as exemplified
by the result of the vote on senate
bill No. 151, by Bailey, which failed
to meet with the favorable consider
alton of the lower branch OF the as
sembly when IL came up for final
passage yesterday afternoon. The
object of the bill purported to be ito
prevent dishonesty in agents." ac
cording to the title. and provided
punishment for any person accept
ing. soliciting, or giving any consid-
Grafton for favors shown, employer,
principle, etc, but when the reading
clerk finished reading the bill It was
Jumped onto with both feet" by sew
eral members of the house as an
"antl-tipping" bill and, no sooner
was this suggestion sprung than
motion for indefinite postponement
was offered and, despite the efforts
of Northrup, of Multnomah, to ex-
plain that IL was merely an anti
bribery bill, It was counted down
and out on general principles, the
members preferring to take no
chances.
Normal School Action.
when recess was taken at noon
today the normal school question
was still in the air and no further
action will be taken until a Joint
committee of three members from
each branch of the assembly will
have held conference and arrive at
conclusion as to whether or not
/ there will be three or four schools,
or whether, II the latter course is de-
cided upon, the Drain normal shall
be appropriated sufficient money to
carry IL over two years or only for
the completion of the present years
work.
There is a strong determination
on the part OF the house that the
/ Drain normal shall be abolished and
It's willingness to permit OF a sufi-
cient allowance TO complete this
years work but no more was en-
phasized yesterday afternoon when
the house positively and declsively
refused TO concur In the senate's
amendments TO the Vawter bill, pro-
yiding for the creation OF one board
OF regents for all schools. inserting
a section appropriating S27.5OO to
support the Drain school for the en-
suing two years. Another amend
ment also passed il mp to the board
thus created to select which of the
normal schools should remain In ex-
istence and report its recommenda-
tions to the next legislature. This
provision was allowed to remain in
the bill.
The house made an effort to en-
tagle the governor in the mess again
by the introduction of resolution
inviting him to appear before the
Joint assemblage of the legislature
and state his views upon the ques-
ton and his opinion as TO which OF
the schools should be retained. This
resolution, however. was referred to
the resolutions committee and, II is
pretty well understood that Il will
never again make its appearance up
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