Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-22
BILL TO DIVIDE
CLACKAMAS IS
LOST IN SENATE
Debate Was Long and Some
What Stormy Over
Measure
MEDICAL SOCIETY URGES
STERILIZATION MEASURE
House Passes Three Bills and
Receives Several New
Measures

1t was a day of oratory in the senate
so far as the morning session was CON
cerned. Rev. Edwin ingalls,, of the
Jason Lee NJ. Z. church, starting the
day with prayer, and the governor with
"a message brief and unimportant A pc
tition from the medical society asking
the passing Of the bill in relation to
sterilization of the feeble minded moral
pereerts and degenerations was received
and referred.
Senate resolution No. 80, by Steiwer,
regarding change Of senate rules as to
printing was referred. Then Senator
Garland introduced S. R. No g, pointing.
out that the house had refused TO concur
in the senate resolution for the crea-
tion of joint committee to act in the
matter of consolidating boards and com
missions, and again asking the house to
unite with the senate in solving this
question. This started the verbal fire
works. Garland spoke feelingly on tho
subject. SO did Eddy who thought it
was no time for petty jealousies, il was
| on important measure and he was not
going to allow his personal feelings in
, terfere with the business the legislature
p, had before it.
Barrett objected, because the senate
had offered to act jointly with the
house, which had refused and he did
not feel 1t comported with the dignity
of the.senate, to make second request.
Vinton indorsed the resolution strongly.
His pride was not hurt SO badly it w0afd
not recover, and be thought the senate
should make the effort to get the house
to act with it.
Orton asked: IF the house again re-
fuses to eonsur will the senator ash still
q third timeq"
Orton replied most emphatieally that
he would if there was any chance Of
having the offer accepted. - Then, lust
when the debate was getting interesting.
Orton, who is on the senate committees
named for the consolidation work, ask
ed the matter be made the special order
for 2 O'Clock this afternoon, and the
war of words ended.
Following this Dimick asked the
courtesies of the senate be extended the
Hon. George w. Joseph, who he deserib-
ed as distinguished Irishman who at
the last session took great interes. in
the pawn brokers bill, He is now broke.
said Dimick, and is dodgipg anything
that looks like a pawnbroker. Gill want
ed to know il Dimick Is remarks were
to be considered the "usual courtesies
of the senateq' and President Moser
said anything goes between Dimiek and
Joseph,
Clackamas County Wins
Senate bill No, 20 was reported back
| by the committee on counties with the
recommendation that it do not pass and
Orton submitted q minority report, that
| it do pass, and moved the substitution
of the minority report for that Of the
majority.
The bill was for taking some 13
square miles OF territory from Ciaeka-
mas county and annexing it to Multi
nomah.
Senator Dimick got the floor and
made the first real red-hot argument
of the session. He said Mr.. Wilson who
is backing the bill and who claimed he
was overburdened with taxes in Clacka-
mas paid some $lS in that line, but he
might be one of those "who put their
property and their religion in their
wives names" 1t was he and "other
suit case residents who were signers
of the petition asking the change. Be-
hind it all though was the Oregon Iron
and Steel company which had large
number of town lots it wanted to sell,
and which hoped by getting into Multi
nomah county to have boulevard built
from Portland c1ear around their proper
ty. 1t was real estate boom and moth
ing else. There were from 1900 to 1000
people in the district and from GOO to
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