Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-16
GRANGE sUsTAINs
INITIATIVE LAW
Report of Master Buxton Suggesting
Change Debated -. McNfinnville
Next Convention.
eugene Guard.)

(Edgene Guard.)
The state grange at this mornings
session voted TO meet at McMinnvllle
next year. Corvallis also extended
an invitation to meet there, but
when the matter came up for vote
McMinnville won by 41 to 10.
| This forenoon's session was de-
voted principally to the report Of
the executive committee That por-
tion OF Master Buxton's report ad-
vocating changes In the initiative
law had been referred to this COM
mittee. When the report came up
for adoption the matter OF the ad-
disability of accepting the masters
suggestions preclpltated lively dis
cussion. The changes advocated by
the master are as follows: That no
bill should be initiated until first
introduced In the legls'ature that
no remuneration should be allowed
| for securing signatures to Initiative
petitions; that a majority vote
| should be had to pass an amend
ment TO the constitution. Discussion
on the motion 10 strike out that part
of the report brought out the senti-
ment that the grange Is opposed to
any changes In the law at this time.
| While IL Is realized that the law Is
rather crude In It's present state, II
was thought best not TO tamper with
Il. The final outcome was the refer
ring OF the matter back To the ex-
lecutive committee to report two
years hence.
The report OF the committee on
the Oregon Agricultural college was
adopted.
A resolution opposing proportion.
al representation in the legis' 'ature
was introduced by r. M. GIL and re-
ferred Mr. Gill also introduced
resolution TO create committee TO
investigate the banking laws of the
state and report back at the next
meeting OF the grange
II w Gill introduced a resolution
that no change be made In the ini-
tlative and referendum law at pres
ent, and one favoring the single dis
trict system for representation In the
legislature and the preparing OF an
amendment TO be introduced In the
next Legislature TO that effect
Last Nights Session
At last nights session resolu-
tion 10 appropriate $500 for de-
Tending the initiative and referen-
dun law was introduced A resolu-
tion In favor OF the lower Columbia
fish bill was introduced. both being
referred
a motion to consolidate the two
state grange papers was lost.
State School Superintendent j. VI.
Aekerman addressed the grange on
education.
Resolutions Adopted.
A number OF resolutions as fol-
lows were adopted at this after
Moons session:
Opposing the Reddy bill, which
gives municipalities the right TO reg
ulate the liquor qaestion: favoring
the recall amendment To the con-ti-
tuition; fayorlng the amendment pre-
pared by w. 8. U'Ren. compelling
all candidates for the legislature TO
subseribe 10 Statement No. /: op-
posing the single tax law: faVorlng
the parcels post and postal savings
banks; and II was the sense of the
meeting that the grange would not
support and tax efforts of the con-
gressmen on these two measures;
opposing proportional representation
in the legislatures; favoring the
single district system OF representa-
tion. and a resolution to the purport
that If thu s. p. land grants should
revert hack 10 the government they
should be given to the state of Or
egon for a forevt reserve.
The following resolutions were ta-
hled On the amendment proposed
by the Blue Mountain grange to
amend the initiative law requiring
a so per cent vote TO change the con-
stitntion. and favoring county fruit
examination and insDection.
The Election.
The election of officers was COM
pleted late last evening. The fol-
lowing were elected:
Master-A. 7. Buxton. of CASTOR.
reelected.
overs2er-A. II, shoemake, of Jo-
sephine county.
Lecturer! ]. Johnson. OF Port
land.
Steward-W, A. Young, of Arleta,
reelected.
Assistant steward-E. w. Stats.
of Airlie.
Chaplain-oscar Eaton. oswego,
reelected.
Treasurer-H. Hirschberg, Inde-
pendence, reelected.
= Secretary-Mrs. Mary S. Howard,
Mulino, reelected for sixth year.
Gate-keeper-L. S. Lambert. Stay
ton.
y ceres-Mrs. Cora Legg, OF St.
Helens.
Pomona-Mrs, Lulu L. Miller. of
Albany.
Flora-Mrs. Brown. of Lane coun-
y.
Member Of executive committee
Eugene Palmer. of Albany.
Legislative committee-A, I. Ma
son. of Hood River; +, NJ. Gill, Of /
Estacada.