Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-22


remarked one of the gentlemen holding
up the banisters around the big hole in
the capital floor Friday to a member
from east of the mountains. "You We
got another guess coming" was the
reply. 'You fellows on the outside
don Z realize what is going on for the
reason that YOU have no vote in the
| giving the states money to the many
institutions and measures clamoring for
| II. Why it is the busiest session since
the good old days when Jonathan
| Bourne gave the state an example of
high life and equally high finance. You
dom see much of it in the corridors,
for every son-of-a-gun OF the fellows
interested in the appropriations is as
scared of being seen with a legislator
as the legislators used to be about be-
| ing seen with them, or as the members
now are of anything that spells prohi-
/ bition. Why say, there ism I a member,
Including myself but is afraid some
| prohibitionist is going to bite him. The
members won t admit il but bone dry
has 'em all buffaloed, and you just
watch when anything comes up in the
BarleycOrn and you can count 20 votes
whichever way spells prohibition. You
could count 30 but Bingham is absent
and his representative has no vote,
but even he wriggles and is uneasy.
. 1t S when a member permits himself
to be all by his lonesome for a minute
that the tronble begins-for him. Some
chap swoops down on him Just like a
boss trout on a fly and you can bet
your life he talks fast, for he don t
know with so many watching for that
legislator to light again when he will
have another chance to tell the real
necessity of whatever measure it is.
Anything from the hospital for sick
birds to funds for running the tourists
from the east.
Portland has it's advocates, and ev-
cry blamed one of them is loaded with
facts, figures and fancies that he pours
out lavishly. This however is only
the beginning. When the ways and
means committees of the two houses
report and the havoc that has been play
ed with this, that and the other meas
ure is shown, then the real fireworks
will begin. 1t wouldn t be so bad if
there were only two or three appropri-
ations that were going to have their
tails stepped on, but with dozens of
them you won't have to be in the state
house to hear the walls Its nice out
look for us fellows who will have to
take what s coming, but there is no way
to get unelected and back safe and
happy into that retirement we were
foolish enough to climb out of.
The only real wise and happy mem
ber of the legislature, is Bingham, and
he is only delaying his dose, for he
will be jumped onto for not being here
to help all the disappointed ones
g" Yes, its promising outlook for the
members, but as we have a week or
two of comparative calm, why worry?"
1t is reported that Lafferty is draft
ing bill to compel the Portland base
ball team to adopt some other nick
name than ''the Beavers
1t is pretty certain that there will be
a large and diligent delegation of tele-
phone and telegraph representatives in
the city during the week, and possibly
longer. Two bills have been introduced
in the house that will cause this. One
provides that either of these compan-
les shall guarantee the time of deliv-
cry of messages given them tor trans
mission. The other would force every
long distance telephone line to make
connection with the forwarding mana
gers of indefendent or local companies
and declares such telephone company a
common carrier. The members are due
70 nd
about the running of telephone and tel
| egraph companies that may be instruct.
i've and at the same time considerable
| of q bore.
With something more than 81, ,100,0 ,0O0
asked from the legislature more than
it can grant and with the amount grow
ing every day, it looks as though those
eastern tourists would have to continue
to take the southern route.
This week the bone dry bill should get
passed by both houses, and it may be
have the governor s signature by Satur
| day night. There may be vote or tive
against it in the house, but in the sen
ate the only vote not for it will be
that of Ike Bingham, who is inspecting
horses in New York, and is no doubt
glad of it. 1t is stated he is getting
fifty big plunks day from the French
government for inspecting horses as
they go aboard for Europe. This is a
better job than making laws at three
plunks day, and besides one does not
have to know anything to inspect hors
es under the conditions. If they did
maybe the senator would lose out. He
has never run a mine and eouldn t tell
porphry horse from any other horse
of any other color.