Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-27
WILL t COME BACK
NOW THE QUESTION
Legislature Adjourned at 2::30
This Morning to Meet Again
Next Tuesday.
WORKED LIKE TR0JANS
Machine Got In Bad With Country
Members and Their Return Tues.
days Is Very Much Doubted,

The legislature has adjourned until
next Tuesday, when 1t is supposed to
come back and spend couple of days
in considering the veto messages Of
the governor.
However, 1t is problematical, In fact
very doubtful, IL a quorum will re-
turn. Leaders of the organization in
control Of the house, today admitted
this possibility, but hope that the bitter
feeling engendered against the house
machine the past two weeks, and es-
pecially last night, would die away,
and the insurgent element would re-
turn. 1t takes 40 men to make a
quorum.
In the event that less than 40 return,
then there will be nothing left but for
the minority to adjourn the legisla-
ture sine die, and forget their troubles
incidentally the house steam roller
crowd went all to pieces last night
its members swapping and snarling
among themselves, and all denouncing
their poor leadership, especially of the
past few days. If a quorum Of the leg
islathre does return next Tuesday and
the organization men are able to heal
up their internal dissensions and get
together, the machine will be very
chastened one, and will be guided more
conservatively.
AS an illustration of poor judgment
on the part Of the machine, it has been
a well-known fact that to hold the in
surgent rural element In line the or.
ganization held back the district road
Legislation bill, that the rural districts
wanted badly to almost the last min
ute for passage. Then, about /
o'clock this morning, instead of pass
ing this bill, the leaders passed around
the word to defeat it,
The country members and others
who favored this bill were almost
crazy with anger The machine lead
ers then saw their huge blunder, and
alarmed by the threats Of many, that
they would not come back next Tues
day, short time later had the vote on
the bill reconsidered, and passed the
bill A short time after that the or
ganization also aided in the passage
of the bill providing for state aid in
building highways.
The adjournment Of senate and
house came at 2:40 o'clock this morn
ing, following a session in both bodies,
In which bills were ground out by
the tired soons like sausage, either
killed or defeated, and with numerous
rows and quarrels between. 1t was
hurly-burly night
In the house, especially, in their
hurry to get through with the mass Of
business and adjourn many bills were
passed without members knowing any
thing about them 1t was rush, rush,
rush, and discovered not a few bills
defeated that were really meritorious
measures, against which no one had
any objections, and some time after
the defeat Of such a bill some one
would discover this and move a recon-
I sideration, and It would be passed.
Another feature Of the night session
was that numerous bills were amend
ed in one body or the other, and then
would have to 90 to conference com
mitees, Then the conference commit
tee would reach an agreement, and
the bills would be passed after a brief
explanation by one Of the conferees
without the members really under
standing what changes had been
made in the bill.
Naturally the rush with which so
much legislation was passed, especial
ly after 10 o'clock last night, will fur
nlsh much exercise for the governors
veto writing hand.
Up to II p m Governor West had
sent in IS vetoes on bills to the house,
and almost as many to the senate.
Then he got tired and quit. Today he
was on the job again, and It Is expect
ed that there will be many more We
toes.
Following the adjournment this
morning members Of the senate came
over to the house, and then followed
an lmpromptu singing bee, following
which the solons, still singing,
marched down town to their hotels
BY this afternoon nearly all Of the
members OF the Legislature had de-
parted for their homes in the various
parts Of the state.
VIII majority come back next