East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-27
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Salem Or.-At the end of the sec
ond week of its laors, the Legislature
has passed three important bits of
legislation. all of these being vetoed
bills of the last session. All of the
important bills introduced this session
are yet in committee stage or have
not passed more than one house.
The important vetoed bills enacted
are the Hawley bill establishing
livestock sanitary board and appro-
priating $4,000 for the eradication
of contagious diseases, the Wood bill
providing method for drainage of
swamp lands in eastern Oregon.
The Malarkey minimum wage bill
is to be the subject of an open hear
ing Tuesday and the workmen's COM
pensation measure is being widely
discussed, in preparation for final re-
port by the committee in chargs.
The insurance code, the longest bill
ever introduced in the Oregon legis-
lature, has just been printed and
referred to committee.
The game code, another long bill,
has not yet been printed.
Crusade Bills winning.
Liquor and morals crusade legisla-
ton has made greater progress than
any other class several bills dealing
with this subject having come up for
final action in one house or the 9TH
er, and the votes so far taken indi-
cate that the temper of the legisla-
ture is to deal favorably with bids of
this class.
The house has passed Blanchard's
bill striking at the owners of places
of ill fame, and the senate has passed
Calkin's bill to give right of action
for damages to the family of an ha-
bitual drunkard or intoxicated per-
son to whom liquor is sold in viola
ton of law. Monday the senate is
expected to pass Hoskin's bill prohib-
iting the sale of any kind of intoxi-
cants outside the limits of incorpor-
ated cities and towns.
The widows pension bill has had
a favorable week, and now rests in
senate committee, after passage by
the house 1t seems likely to be-
come law.
The Perkins anti-revolver bill, aft
er one reserve in the senate, was rec
onsidersd and may receive support to
put it through, possibly in modified
form.
Bills Get Good Start.
The big appropriation bills for the
state educational institutions have
already been introduced in the house
giving an early start. Usually they
do not appear until about the fourth
week of the session. Much time must
yet be given them, but the ways and
means committees of the two houses
have heard the presidents and re-
gents of the two institutions as to
their needs, and much of the prelim-
mary work is out of the way.
Biennial Investigations of state in
stitutions are also we'll under way.
Many of these are what lawyers say
are pro forma proceedings, nobody
expecting they will gain any real in
formation, or will develop anything
more than a formal report. The ex-
ceptions are the Investigations of the
penitentiary and the eastern Oregon
asylum. Attention is centered on the
penitentiary because of the governors
demand that his management of az
fairs shall be rightly gone into, be-
cause of attempts made to discredit
him in connection with the handing
of convicts and accounts.
The Pendleton asylum investigation
has interest because it is a new insti-
tuition. just accepted by the state. and
because of the controversy over Sc
lection of a site two years ago, when
the governor and Jay Bowerman
locked horns This committee is ex-
pected to go into the construction of
the buildings and to make comment
on the site.