Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-19
PERKINS BILL KILLED
BY HOUSE YESTERDAY
Creased Slids We're Ready
But Allen Backs Down
and Vote Fails

"The oft laid plans of mice and
men, etc. This old axiom never APP
piled so aptly as it did to the trimming
that was put Csi to Senator Perkins
bill, senate bill IS, which had for its
purpose the turning over of the entire
Oregon field Of development to the
tender mercies of the corporate inter
ests and which was defeated at the
hands of the house last night.
The stage mas been so well set and
the skids so perfectly creased for the
occasion, and the author Of the bill and
several other members of the machine
organization of the senate were on hand
to witness the triumph of their master
piece, but when the showdown came,
so confident were they that everything
was lovely and would be pulled off ac-
cording to program, there was constern-
alton in the ranks when Representative
Allen kicked over the traces, "spiled
the beans as it were, and refused to
stand without tying. The measure was
defeated 26 to 25 and would have been
tie vote with Speaker Selling to cast
the deciding vote had Allen stayed in
line
1t may be that the organization of
the senate is dominated by the corpor-
ate interests, but if last night s action
on the committee report of the house
upon the Perkins bill is to be taken as
a criterion, that machine has lost It's
control over the majority Of the lower
branch Of the assembly.
This situation developed clearly and
distinctly in the decision upon the des
tiny of this bill, the issue having beer
precipitated by the divided report q
the committee on railways and trans
portation-the majority, composed Of
Davey, Lafferty and Woodel favorinl
indefinite postponement, and the minor
ity, composed Of Chairman Wentwortl
and Representative Grjer, that the bill
do pass-and the motion to substitut,
the minority report for the majority
The result was the adoption Of the ma
/ ionty report and the only thing tha
saved the bill from indefinite postpone
: ment was the failure Of Speaker Selling
to put the question, which automatcal
ly followed under the rules of parlia
mentary usnge. The lineup for an,
against the measure follows:
, Ayes-Anderson (Wasco), Bowman
z Brown CThos.) Childs, billiard, Forbes
Gill, Gner, llandey, Hare, Hinkle, JEFF
fries, Jones, Kelly, Lewis, Littlefield
, Olds, Olsn, Pierce Of Linn; Risley
Ritner, Smith, Of klamath; Stanfield
/ Stott, Thoms, Wentworth; 25 ayes.
r Nqyes-Allen, Anderson (Catsop)
q Barrow, Brown (Sam), Cardwell, Cart
mill, Collins, Davey, Eaton, Fenwick
Horne, Hunt, Huston, Irwin, Kuehr
/ Lafferty, Michelbook, Paisley, Porter
Schucbel, Stewart, Towne, Vawtel
( Wagner Weeks, Woodelli 90 hayes.
4 Absent ind not yotng-Blanchart
, Clark, Cobb, Gilmore, llandley IIur
{ burt, Pierce Coos aud Curry, Smit
(Multnomah); total Z.
I Speaker Selling did not vote, an
when asked how he had voted by Rel
resentatiye Childs, he replied that "th
speaker does not have to vote upon sue
questions; he is not supposed to vot
except in case Of tic" which stat,
! mcut caused a ripple Of laughter.
Was olean.out Victory
y The argument upon the merits Of tn
!. question was one Of the cleauest Gu
and most digniiied debates that ha
r, been staged in the house during III
d present session, and It was participate
}. in upon both sides Of the issue by SON
Il e. the ablest speakers and orators q
the floor of the mouse, The questio