Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-20
LOWER HOUSE IS
FIRM IN STAND
Held Up Senate's Pet Bills
For Sectarian Schools
Yesterday

aside from the big grist of apprc-
pration bills PASSED by the house at
last night s session, the most important,
and N fact the only other bill to aave
passed that branch of the assembly, was
senate bill IFS, by Senator Ragsdale
which authorizes 10 or more farmers to
organize and establish q farmer 5 banl,
with capital stock of not less than
$4,000, and to conduct a regular bank
ing business upon cooperative scale.
This bill, which will be signed by the
governor, will permit the farmers of
Oregon to establish banks Cd their own
and secure money AT low rate of in
terest and will place them in position to
take advantage Of the federal farmers
banking law should it pass congress at
this session.
When the bin was called up from
The table, where it had been temporarily
laid after passage by the senate, there
was small effort on the part of Rep
resentativcs Vawtcr and Stanfeld to
oppose the hill on behalf of the banking
interests Of the state, which were well
represented in the lobby and on the
floor Of the house, but when the friends
of the measure saw what was developing
they quickly nipped the movement in
the bud and the opposition laid down
and the bill went through with prac.
tically no opposition.
Three Bills Tabled.
The bills which the house tabled last
night upon agreement of those who had
attended the conference were
House bill 400, appropriating $4,000
for che support Of wayward girls.
House bill 4S9, appropriating 100000
for the support of homeless and neglect
ed children cared for by benevolent Or
charitable institutions.
House bill 4s7 appropriating $500
for Florence Crittenden refuge home in
Portland; 5000 for Patton home in Port.
land, and $4,000 for Oregon Historical
society, total of $25,5O0.
With the senate cutting down the ap.
preparation Of the girls Industrial
school to $3l 900 yesterday, after the
house by a large majority had allowed
the institution $4,000, the situation be-
VulHt IuOIe uCuIe.
The house refused to concur in the
senate amendment, holding out for the
full amount Of the appropriation orig
inally recommended. In retaliation
early last night the house members held
a conference and decided to pass all
The appropriations except those for the
different sectarian institutions. These
total $l45,000 This plan was followed
at the evening session.
The house loafed almost all day, pass.
ing few minor bills, but kept back
the big appropriation measures until
after the conference just before the
night session, when it was decided to
pass all the appropriation bills except
those for the sectarian institutions. An
abortive attempt was made by W. O.
Smith and Forbes to block the plan Of
not acting on the appropriations for
the sectarian institutions.
With a remarkable smoothness the
house, backed by Speaker Selling. Chris
Schoubel, Littlcfield and other house
leaders, pushed the appropriation meas.
ures through so fast that when the re.
cess was taken until this morning, a to.
tai Of Sl,3S9, lOS.SS in appropriation
measures had been passed,
In the Senate
Lqst night 5 session of the senate
was devoted to the presentation Of q
loving cup to President Thompson, ac.
companied by fulsome eulogies by Bing.