Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-24
The House
Trims the
Governor
Passes Three Vetoed Bills
over His Head Hagard
Madea Hard FightfOr Him
but Was Not in It

My, oh, my, fellow citizens Of the
great commonwealth Of Oregon, but
.one Oswald West did get trimming
in the house today, that august body
passing three vetoed bills over his
head. Trimming is hardly the word.
He was knocked galleywest spanked,
jumped upon, mutilated, gouged,
mascerated and then thrown out Of
the window for good luck, But, be-
ware, gentlemen of the house. When
the fighting governor gets his breath |
and proper repairs, there is liable to |
be very much something doing in the
way Of retaliation. Extra guards and |
scouts had better be put out
Whether the vetoed measures were
passed with malice aforethought and
intent to show Mr.. West that he is not
the entire state government, or wheth-
.er the votes against his vetoes were
influenced solely by the merits Of the
bills, or whether cast from both mo-
tives, the fact remains that he got an
awful lambasting, even being deserted
by his stalwart Democratic friends and
supporters on the last bill voted on.
Hagood Of Multnomah, led a vain
fight in behalf of the governor. He
denounced the salary bills as "politic-
al pap" but he might just as well
have shouted "fire" or fudge" for all
the effect 1t had on the house.
The massacre was started when the
committee on vetoed bills reported,
with recommendation for passage, the
three bills in questionable county re-
vision bill, the bill increasing salar-
les in the fifth judicial district and
the bill oraise the salaries in the
fourth prosecuting attorney district,
The county revision bill, the first to
come up was passed by vote Of 81 to
s. The debate on 1t was rather lop-
sided, and uninterestlng, except for
the fact that Blanchard, of Josephine,
and several others announced that,
while they were going to vote for the
bill, they wanted 1t distinctly under
stood they were not lined up against
the governor, but were influenced sole
Iy by the merits of the measure.
Hughes, of Marion, wanted 1t also
Just as distinctly understood that he
was lined up for the bill, and that he
would be lined up on all measures for
the best interests of the people,
The bill provides for the concentra-
ton and organization Of new counties,
and to provide for the changes Of
boundaries Of counties now in exist
ence. Hagood said that the governors
chief objection was that the bill does
not provide for holding elections when
two or more counties are to be carved
into q new county, and where the
boundaries of the proposed new coun-
ty would cut through an election pre-
cinct, endless confusion would be the
result, the governor held.
"If this house chooses to pass such
defective legislation as this" Hagood
shouted melodramatically why the
governor has no objection"
Then the house did It,
The debate on the bill to increase
the salary of District Attorney Tongue,
OF the fifth judicial district, and his
deputies, was a little more spirited The
counties Of Washington, Clatsop, ClaclS
amas and Columbia are involved The
bill increases the salary Of District
Attorney Tongue, Of Hillsboro, from
$500 to $35OO, and gives the deputies
substantial increases, thus adding
about $1,000 to the cost of maintaining
this office. schubel, of Clackamas, led
the fight for this bill, while Anderson
of Clatsop, announced that the Clatsor
delegation was opposed to It first, last
and all the time. Hagood declared
that the bill was "just little piece oI
political pap" He, as well as others
opposed to the measure, declared
against the policy of man running
for public office and then trying tc
get salary raises after they were II
office.
The bill passed BY vote Of 45 to IA
The noes were Anderson Of Clatsop
Belland, Blanchard, Brunk, Hagood
Hill, Homan, Howard, Hurd, Johnson
Laughlin, Thomas and Weeks.
The bill to increase the salary o
District Attorney q. P. Bryson and hi
deputies, in the fourth district, com