The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
THE OREGON BILL
TO Be Up AGAIN
ConstitutionaIity Of Measure Vetoed
by GOyernorto be Discussed.
NO MORE APPROPRIATIONS
An interesting Question viii be the
Bill Asking for $44s.s9 for Com
missioner Thorne, Turned Down
by Executive Council.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 27.-Special:
| The question of the constitutionality
of the Oregon primary election plan
passed by both houses of the Iowa
Legislature and vetoed by the COVER
nor, will be the subject of consider.
able oratory when the house takes uE
| the measure for reconsideration at
1880 in the morning of March 8.
The main objection made to the law
by the governor in his message trans.
mitted with his veto to the house was
that it was unconstitutional. Imme-
diately assertion was made that mas
much as the law was in force in Ore.
gon its constitutionality had been
passed upon. Immediately there was,
a rush for the state law library
ever since lawyers and members of
the house have been busy searching
the legal records of Oregon, but so
far have failed to find any court de-
cision bearing upon the constitution.
ality of the oregon primary law.
Representative Klay of Sioux coun-
ty, who championed the bill, will make
an extended argument a week from
next Wednesday when it comes up. He
is having legal brief prepared on
primary laws and expects to produce
an argument in favor of the measure
which he will attempt to have passed
over the governors veto. Consider.
able doubt, however, is expressed
about the passage of the BILL as a
number of progressive republicans
who voted for the measure originally
will not vote for it over the veto.
Should the house pass it by Two.
thirds vote then the governors mes.
sage and his veto with a record of
the action of the house will be mes.
saged to the senate.
No More Appropriations.
There will be no more appropria.
ton bills introduced in the house Of
representatives. At least, if they
are they will have no consideration
for the last day for the introduction
of such expired last Saturday, under
rule A.
The appropriations committee upon
lre-cOnyening will Immediately begin
the work of making up the biennial
budget for the support OF state insti.
buttons. After this is completed the
amount of available funds left will be
used for such appropriations as the
committee believes are in greatest de
mand in the state. That many ap.
preparations requested in measures in.
PRODUCED before the Iowa legislature
will not be granted goes without say
ing: inasmuch as nearly four times
as much money is asked for as the
state has to spend
Thorne's Expense.
An interesting question will arise
in the house appropriations commit.
tee from the bill introduced last Sat.
urday asking an appropriation OF
$445.99 to pay the personal expenses
of Clifford Thorne while attending the
interstate commerce commission hear,
ing in Washington last January in the
interest of a case he had started
while special counsel for the Corn
Belt Meat Producers association. Mr..
Thorne presented this bill first to the
executive council and that body re.
turned it to him with a request for an
explanation as to why the state
should pay it. Saturday Mr.. Thorne
sent note to the council withdrawing
the bill and had measure introduced
in the legislature providing for his
pay. This bill was not introduced,
alone, but was coupled with another
sum TO pay for certain transcripts Sc
cured by the board, which is asked
in a bill already introduced in the
Legislature. Two other bills have
previously been introduced in the
general assembly asking an extraor-
binary appropriation of 5000 each
for the board of railroad commission
ers TO pay expenses In prosecuting
cases on interstate rates and on intra.
state rates. In his demand of the
Legislature for this amount Mr.Thorns
claims that he is entitled to the money
because he was a railroad commits
sioner at the time he was in Wash
ington and because he claims the
state benefited from the Meat Pro.
ducers. He says that he severed his;
connection with the Meat Producers
January LIST. He took the oath of
Office he says at his home in Wash.
ington, Iowa, and went to Washing.
ton, ID. c.. for the rate hearing before
coming TO Des Moines to organize the
commission. He now claims theNright
TO collect his personal expenses be
canse OF resolution passed by tho
former board of railroad commission.
ers last August authorizing member
and the secretary to attend the hear
| ings.
| Two important questions will prob.
ably be raised by the appropriations
committee in considering This bill
and 1t is these two points Mr.. Thorne
will probably be asked to explain.
The first Is that II his bill is as he
claims proper for payment by tho
railroad commission why II cannot be
paid by such commission from the $25,
900 extraordinary appropriation 1t is
proposed to give the commission for
just such purposes. The second is