Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-25
STEAM ROLLER BADLY
IN NEED Of REPAIRS
And Time Too Short to Make
Them, Organizations Plan
Will Probably Fail.
WEST WINS BIG VICTORY
House Undertook to Cinch West by
Killing His Special Official BILL
But Fell Down.
WEST WINS BIG VICTORY

The legislature will adjourn tomor-
row night for five days, at the end Of
which time the members will return
to act on the bills that Governor West
has vetoed. r-r
This was the program decided on
late last night at Republican caucus
attended by AZ members Of the house,
held in Speaker McArthur's office. 1t
is claimed that through proxies SO
members were represented in the eau
Gus. 1t is known that the organiza-
ton in control of the senate is agree
able to the house program.
The house organization leaders
claim that they have 4S members
pledged to an agreement to return at
the end of the five days adjournment,
but canvas Of the house today re-
vealed the. fact that nine members
who are claimed TO be pedged assert
that they will lonly come back If 1t is
very, very necessary. They are very
lukewarm on the proposition,
May Be Double Crossed.
In order to have quorum 1t Is nee
essary that forty members return al
the end of the adjournment period
So 1t can be seen that the plans OF
the leaders are founded on very thin
ice, and the spectacle may be witness,
ed Of less than that number wander
ing around the state house disconso-
late, full of revenge and out of pocket
in car fare and other expenses.
In fact a number Of members are 81
sore at the steam roller crowd tina
they would take keen delight in ad
ministering what is, known as .th'
double cross.
The above program, however, ma!
be smashed to smithereens before to
morrow night, considering the presen
temper of many members of the house
There are signs of the house machine
disintegrating and everything going Il
smash with a hurly-burly time Of
wind-up. Senator Miller Of Linn in
troduced a resolution in the senat
this forenoon to have that body ad
journ finally tomorrow noon. lnas
much as he is not in the organization
crowd his resolution is without spe
cial significance and will probably b
killed when reported on this after
noon,
House Machine Smashed.
J The steam roller was given one O
, the hardest smashes of the season thi
noon when the organization was in
gloriously defeated in its efforts to dt
, feat the bill that gives the governc
E power to appoint special officials fc
: ninety-day periods to replace the o
: ficers of counties and cities and town
r including sherlffs and district attol
neys, when such officials, in the go,
. ernor's opinion, are not enforcing III
laws. It was a tremendous victory fC
Governor West,
The fight made on the bill was ais
b one of the most bitter and determine
Of the session. The bill had passC
both the house and senate after hal
. fights. The house machine leader
" however, feeling that the steam roll
y was in extra good working conditiC
" last night decided to have the vote {
= the bin reconsidered and cause It's d
j feat.
The plot was sprung last night al
" a hard fight ensued on the floor {
VI the matter of reconsideration, but I
machine won by a narrow margin
~ votes. Then further action on the b
: was made a special order for this for
noon at 1890 o'clock
II Parsons Of Lane, who hitherto h
been one Of the most bitter foes Of t
house organization, climbed on t
steam roller and with llinkle, Forb
IN and others made n determined ng
be against the bill. Reames schueb
e. Gill, Eaton led the fgh. for the bill
AT passage, aided by Heltzel who forso
~ the steam roller crowd. They &C
al tended that the constitution puts It
to the governor to preserve law a
order and enforce the laws Of {
state and that without such author
as this bill would give him It wol
d he impossible for him to enforce
OF avs.
ru Band Wagon Scramble.
III Gill warned the members that
liS people had their eyes on the leglslatl
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