Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-02-14
OREGON LAWMAKERS :
WORK AS REVIEWED
Senate Well Up with Work but
House Congested
s25 MEASURES PROPOSED

Flood OF Measures Appeared Last Day
For introducing BiIIs-Approprla.
tlons Asked Reach Huge Total
Compensation and Board Of Control
Bills Pass House---oovernor signs
Widows Pension Bill.
Salem. THE close Of the fourth
week OF the legislative session found
the senate well up with its work. only
a few measures being left over for a
third reading and final passage.
The situation was quite different In
the house. That branch Of the assem-.
bly, is so badly clogged that the task
OF clearing the calendar before the
close Of the 30 day period viii be a
prodlgious undertaking.
The trouble In the house is that they
have been indulging in too much ora
tory lately. Unless the talk is cut out
the result will be great confusion dur
Ing the closing hours OF the session.
the death OF many good measures and
nasty hctlou On OtneTb.
The Job for the house is especially
distressing. for In that body col bills
have been presented. and the senate
has already sent over 81 bills. total
Of nearly TOO for that wing Of the
Legislature to act upon. Up to the
present time the house has passed 95
Of It's COL bills over to the senate,
and has killed off or withdrawn nearly
that many more.
e25 Bills Proposed.
The last day for introduction Of bills
brought forth an avalanche In both
the senate and the house that nearly
swamped the clerks. With adjourn.
ment s25 bills had been introduced in
the senate 80 far this session and an
even 600 in the house. or a total Of
s25 bills for the session. This 10 Just
200 more bills than were introduced
two years ago.
Several Important Measures Passed.
Among the important measures pas.
sing the house were the workmen's
compensation act and the board Of
control bill. Both branches passed
the widows pension bill and the Multi
nomah school teachers measure. The
home rule amendment was defeated
In the house. The senate passed the
minimum wage bill for women and
minors. the measure placing all chart
table institutions under state super.
vision. the bill amending the direct
primary and the railroad headlight
measure. No large appropriation bills
have passed either house. The outlook
for the passage Of good roads legisla.
tion next week is excellent.
Legislature Asked to Give $e,2e7 ,efe
Appropriations already asked from
the Oregon legislature, and now under
consideration by the joint ways and
means committees of the house and
senate, have reached the huge total
of sS.2s7.s1s.O7.
BY the time all requests for state
money are in, the total may reach
ss,000.000. This will be a record.
breaker for requests, but there is no
reason to believe that when the smoke
has blown away and the final tale
has been told that this win be a much
more expensive legislature than the
one two years ago. when the appro-
priations totaled $5.760,000.
Compensation Bill Passes House
The Lawrence employees compensa-
tion bill passed the house, after a bat. |
tie on the floor Of az hours. with only |
Murnane and Upton voting against the |
measure, and Campbell. Lofgren and |
Hagood absent
May Gust Officials For 90 Days.
Only four votes were mustered |
against the substitute bill by the SEN
ate judiciary committee giving power
to supplant district attorneys, sheriffs |
and constables. and the substitute
measure passed the senate.
The drastic provisions of the ori.
ginal bill, which allowed the governor
summarily to supplant such officials,
were materially softened in the new
bill. Under the new bill officials may
be supplanted for periods Of 80 days, |
but only after they have been given a
hearing in court and the circuit Judge |
decides that such officer has not been
faithfully executing the criminal laws
OF the state.
Widows Pension Bill ls Signed.
With no member but Dimick voting
in the negative, the Widows pension
measure, introduced by the committee
on health and public morals by re-
quest Of the Oregon congress Of mo-
theirs, passed the senate. and on being
enrolled, was sent to the governor,
who signed the bill
Primary Amendment Passes.
Seven senators went against the
Smith bill to amend the presidential