East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-23
Effort Is Useless.

Salem, Ore, Feb. 23.-Because the
members of the twenty-fifth legisla-
ture will not return TO Salem to rem
edy bungling legislation without the
regularly per diem the special is off.
DR.. Griffith of the asylum staff, which
is most interested, on account of its
improvement Appropriation being in
jeopardy. telephoned to Senator Kay
yesterday afternoon from Portland
that the effort to reconVene the legis-
lature was useless.
Speaker Macarthur, according To
Griffith has not endeavored to assist
in getting promises from members of
the house to return as it was under
stood he would do when he left Sa-
lem. Griffith told Senator Kay that
he was unable TO find Macarthur in
Portland.
A number of the members of both
the senate and the house are in Port
land and Senator Kay believes they
could have been persuaded 10 reas-
semble for an hour if the promise of
Speaker Macarthur had been kept
Senator Kay says the senate could
have been reconvened easily enough,
for eight members were still in Sa-
lem waiting developments at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The governor feels that the respon-
sibility lies entirely with the legis-
lature, and was willing to assist
them He told the conference last
night when Speaker Macarthur and
President Bowerman were present
that II they would assemble a quorum
he would then issue n proclamation
calling a special session. He also
told them that he would issue no such
proclamation unless a quorum were
assembled and unless they would
promise 10 come without expense TO
the state.
Need For Session.
The need of a special session ar
ose from the failure of Representa-
.ivee Bonebrake and Farrell to report !
% the house the finding of a confer |
'nce committee appointed Friday last |
o fix up a controversy between the !
.wo houses over the item of fire pro-
ection for the main insane asylum |
building amounting to 10000. This
allure resulted in the senate passing
me bill and the house another, neith-
r of which is now effective. Presi-
lent Bowerman has refused TO sign
he enrolled bill becouse of the dis
repancy, and unless the legislature
meets for a few minutes and corrects
he error the state institutions will
e out $S5O,964 for betterments.
Peculiar Action.
There are peculiar features about
he mistake that has been made. 1t
: not intimated that there was any
crooked work" but it is considered
ecular that the bill came back from
he hands of the clerks of the senate
nrolling committee with the house
which had been repudi-
ted by the senate, tackled onto the
i'll. II wos the discovery of this fact
nat led President Bowerman to re-
lse to sign the bill. and which start
/ the investigation that led to the
iscovery that the measure had never
| reality been enacted by the legis-
lture.
The bill originated in the senate.
eing introduced by the ways and
Ieans committe 1t provided. am
ng other things for a new wing for
lie asylum, for other extensive i'm,
rovements for that institution. for ;
atterments at the penitentiary, blind /,
hool, institute for the feeble mind
|. the Soldiers home and the re-
rm school.
Passed Senate.
The bill passed the senate carrying
l appropriation item of $S2.222 for d
'tterments at the main asylum Il
Hiding. Included in this amount {
rs an item of $4,000 for the install
tion OF a sprinkling system for fire
otection. When the bill came into