The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-03-01
MANY HlOES
TWELVE MEASURES MEET
THEIR DEATH UNDER
HIS AXE
Johnson Road Law Killed-Pure
Food and Voting Machine Bills
Knocked Out-Other News.

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berlain welded the veto axe again
today with an abandon that may
!, well cause friends of all bills left to
grow anxious, for there is no tell
ling where the governor will stop.
In all, twelve bills were vetoed
today. AS before predicted, the
johnson road law bill, that carries
an appropriation of upwards of
$4OO, 600 met its fate. In his veto
message filed against this measure,
the governor expresses the opinion
that the present law provides a
means for raising revenue to. build
roads and go large an appropriation n
should not be made to undertake
an untried experiment.
! S. B. 1888, another of Senator
lJohnson's measures, was. s..nullifed
by the Governors veto. This is
known as the pure food law and
purported to regulate the sale of
concentrated stock food. The gov
ernor thought he saw In the meas
ure discrimination in favor of GER
tain foods and against others.
-Four bills appropriating about
$1,000 each for district agricultural
societies went down in the onslaught
of the governor on the legielature'E
work today. For the purpose oi
holding district fairs, money was
appropriated for tAe First Oregon
District Agricultural Society, and
there was created tue seVenlh. Ote
gon District Agricultural Society
The expense necessary for the main
i tanance of these, the governor
thinks, should not be saddled on Il
: the general taxpayer.
S. B. 19S, Be- C q voting uachin'
bill, was also knocked into cooked
hat. 1t provides that no machine
costing OVER $500 shall be consider
ed. In his veto message on thiI
bill, the governor Gays:
81 am forced to the conclusion
that there are machines that nigh
cost more than $500 which coult
not be considered because of tina
limitation, even if one of then
might do the work of two at th'
S lower price. It smacks of an efor
to legislate in the interest of one o.
more establishments with low-price,
machines, and Iscannot give it m,
assent. The officers named In tn
3 bill are just as competent to decid
as to the price as they are to d. cid
as to the quality, and howeve
meritorious the bill may belt ough
to be defeated unless it vests th
authority with absolute freedom t.
do what is best for the state afte
models have teen submitted ant
the bids Of all considered" - :.
Fl. B. 293, by Beals. created th'
Office Of cheese, dairy and chees
inspector. This was vetoed becaus
the governor holds the duties i'm
posed by it should be performed b,
the present dairy and food commits
sioner.
Kay's bill, S. B. No. 159, whicl
provides for the garnishment Q
wages of state employees was dis
approved fer two reasons. First
because the state has not consentet
to. become a. defendant in action
against its employees, and therefor
the bill would te imperative; an
I second, the governor saysthe bill i
mot in line with a eound public pei
icy. He says a business man ough
Ito know the credit and standing {
those to whom he extends credi
without harassing the employees G
1.-THE state with the matter.
H. B. No. 40, by Northup, amend
ling the code relating to the redemI
Ition ofproperty, was vetoed hecaus
/ There were two bills bearing on th
Same subject.
T H. B.. 13, by jackson, providin
FL closed season for salmon on th
/ Umpqua,, was vetoed for the reaso
: that it was covered by the preseu
| statute.
II s. B. II, by Hodson, amendato
T ~ relating to the sale of water ur
] der the Carey Act, was vetoed o