Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-11
EMERGENCY BOARD
HAS HOT SESSION
Senator Day Tells Governor
He Is Economical In His
Use Of Truth

"There has been a continual lack of
co-opera ton in this flax matter. Sher-
wood and Minto and the rest of them
have tried to kill the flax industry. j
have worked myself almost blind in an
endeavor to make the flax experiment
success, but my every move has been
opposed by Mr.. Olcott and the Portland
Journal, and now Senator Day has
joined the opposition"
Thus in effect did Governor Witty
combe express himself this morning
when the shortage in the amount of
money necessary to carry the flax work
to the first of January was brought in
to the discussion by Senator Day.
Senator Day replied to the governor,
"That is deliberate falschood, he
said. ~ did not come up here to be
insulted by you, SIR"
The state emergency board, winch
consists of Senators Selling and Day
and Mr.. Cobb, met this morning for the
purpose of considering the question of
deficiency existing in the amount OF
funds required by several of the state
institutions, as well as the flax depart
ment, to carry them over until the
legislature shall have made appropria-
tions covering the matter. This defici'
ency is explained on the grounds that
the appropriations by the last legisla-
ture did not provide for the increase in
population in the institutions, which
increase has been general.
According to the estimates made by
the superintendent of the various IN
stitutions and presented at this meet.
ing, a total of $4,000 will be needed
before relief can come otherwise than
through the board.
An opinion from the attorney general
favorable to the creation of dcfici'
encv in all the items except the flax,
was presented, but even this did not
satisfy Senator Day, who was here, he
said, to get at the bottom of things. ,
GAS | understand the constitution,
he said. eve cannot expend more than
$4,000.
II was the opinion of the other
members of the board that their au'
thority was ample to provide for the
entire deficiency, and this question in
its discussion occupied greater por'
tion of the time consumed in the morn
ing's deliberations of the board
These deliberations were marked by
frequent personal flurries, the governor
rising to the defense of the flax IN
dustrv whenever that particular branch
of the states activities was brought
up.
"Mr. Olcott has referred to it as
Ipolitical quibble," said the governor
INDIGNANTLY" " He has been in consul
tation with Senator Day this morning
for the purpose of discrediting the in
dustry." =,
81 met Senator Day this morning,
said Secretary Olcott, "and he asked
to see copy of the code, that is all
The charges of the governor are an
solute piffle."
Another feature of the morning s ses-
sion was the appearance between the
board of Supreme Court Reporter
Turner. who stated that the appropria-
tion provided for paying for his serv-
ices in compiling the supreme court re-
ports had been exhausted, and that he
would ask that provision be made to
nav him for four volumes at the usual
rate of $500 per volume. This brought
up a query or two from Mr.. Cobb, who
wanted to know whether the state
wasn't paying too much for this serv
ice. But the matter was not settled.
In session tnis afternoon the boarc
decided to provide for all deticiencle'
excepting in flax.