Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-30
RELIGIOUS SEcTS
TO RECIEv [ 10
MORE STATE FUNDS
That Is the Intent of Bowman
Bill Passed by House
Today
MEASURE BITTERLY AS
SAILED HAS MAJORITY
Senate Grinds On Routine
Work and DispOses Of
Several Bills


was accused of having ulterior motives
in introducing house bill No. a which
rleverses the policy of the state regard
ing the giving of state money to seetar-
IAN institutions for the caring of de-
pendent and delinquent children and
prohibits further commitments to such
seetarlan institutions, and the question
OF religious prejudice brought up by
both Representatives Mueller and Stott
IN an attempt to pick the bill apart and
qulbbie over minor points and throw
fldicule on the author of the bin and its
provisions, the bin passed the house this
morning by vote of practically two to
one. The vote was 3S to 20, with one
absent and one excused.
The members voting against the bill
to prohibit further commitments 10 see
tartan institutions are as follows: Ash
ley, Belland, Brown, Brownell, Bur-
dick, Burton, Callan, Clark Corbett.
Eaton, Forbes, Hodgen. All Jones. Mat.
thieu Mueller, Portwood, Ritner.
Schimpff, Stott, Willett.
Debate is Vigorous.
The debate ON this measure com
menced yesterday afternoon after house
bill No. 100 had passed and was con-
tinued until the house adjourned. Rep
resentative Bowman, in explaining the
measures of the bill stated he had been
charged with discriminating against
certain religious orders. He declared
there was no secret or uItefior purposes
behind his effort to divert the state 4
money from the seetarian institutions
into institutions that are controlled and
regulated by the state officers, He said
that the time was coming when the
state would be compelled to face the
question Of caring for its dependent and
delinquent children, and il was time
start was made in this direction. As
to the objections raised by those who
oppose the bill and try to make it ont
inadequate, unconstitutional imperative
and silly, he replied that if the bill was
read carefully it will be found to meet
the objections.
Representative Mueller, who attempt
ed to pick flaws in the measure the 9th
er time it was before the house, repeat-
ed his same assertions, and began to
lmpung the motives of Mr.. Bowman at
the same time disclaiming any ulterior
motive for his statements than that he
was i'll favor of the bill and opposed to
the way it was drawn. He stated that
he did not believe in this republic that
the church and state should be united
and the sooner the separation was com
plete the better He said the bin was
not the proper kind of a measure and
that the time for its introduction was
not proper He declared the bill was
absurd.
He said he had no prejudice in the
matter and then started in to hold the
bill up to ridicule and raise the religious
issue. He said that at the public hear
ing ON this bill Dan Malarkey, Dr. Ro-
berg, secretary Of the state board of
health, and Attorney Logan, of Port
land, who practically admitted he was
employed by Archbishop Christie to
fight the measure, stated that it would
cost the state $500,000 to erect buildings
to accommodate the delinquent and de-
pendents
After Representative Mueller talked
until everyone got tired and no one
was listening, Representative Sheldon
moved that the discussion be postponed
until 1920 o'clock this morning The
motion carried.
This morning Representative Mueller
again took the floor and charged Bow
man again with having ulterioF motives
in bringing the bill up and attempted to
throw ridicule over the whole PROPOSE
tion.
Representative Stott, of Multnomah
county, took up the attack on the meas
ure and went over it piece meal. He