Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19

of years for Mrs. John Mackey when
he ordered her to help wash dishes
and take hubby to an occasional movie.
He was being tried for cruelty.
representative of tn people bow to the
will of certain influential interests.
He stated emphatically that the fish
ing industry is harmed and crippled by
the use of the traps and is practically
killed by the big companies. "Why
should these companies arrogate to
themselves these rights2'' he asked
"'They are antagonistic to the best in
terests of the state. The bill ought to
be adopted. One of the causes of un-
rest is the belief in the minds of the
men who have no wealth that men of
wealth have special privileges.
"Great cannery men, he asserted,
"have no desire to save the fish but
ouly to get as many out Of the Colum
bia as possible. /"
Representative Anderson declared the
fish bills were perennial in the house
and had the same standing as the single
tax. AS for Tichenor making his prom
Use to oppose such measure in his cam
paign, he said he had now fulfilled that
promise. Regarding the number of fish
caught in the Willamette, he asserted
that SO per cent were caugha before
they ever reached the Willamette and
that only five per cent were caught in
those waters. He said the only way to
get the fish in the Willamette was by
fish traps. He hoped the report Of the
committee would be sustained.
.aI al Ia.
that soon all that will be left of the
royal chinook salmon will be pictures,
as the fish wheels and traups are taking
them all. He said the fish were not in
the stream for the cannery men but
placed there by God Almighty for the
use of the people.
The sentiment of the house was even
ly divided. On roll call the report Of
the committee was sustained by 81 to
28, with Lewis absent. The bill was then
indefinitely postponed
House bill No 4, the discussion Of
which created q sensation yesterday, re-
lating to delinquent and dependent chill
dren and changing the policy of the
state in farming out these children to
sectarian institutions, came up for final
passage this morning, and its merits
outlined by Representative Bowman,
who introduced it.
He stated at the outset the purpose of
the bill was to change the policy of
the state in regard to committing chill.
dren to sectarian institutions and to
provide for the care Of the dependent
and delinquent children by the state it
self. 1t provides that the state shall
take complete charge. As the state
now has asylums, schools for boys and
girls, jails for its other dependents, it
was only right that the state should
care for its children.
He declared that the measure viii
prove a great saving to the state and
that then the state could have complete
supervision over its wards.
Representative Mueller said he did
not disagree with the purpose of the bin
but stated that in his opinion it had
not been framed correctly. After criti-
cizing several parts of the bill, one of
which was that it excluded only Cath
olies, Protestants and Jews, while it
should exclude also Theosophists, Bud.
dihists, Confucians, Atheists and Agnos-
ties.
Representative Eaton moved that the
bill be re-referred to the committee on
health and public morals without in
structions. The motion carried and the
bill was re-referred.
House bill No. AZ. by Representative
Bean, providing for approval of loans
from the school fund on lands under
certificates of sale, reported back from
the committee ON judiciary with the
accommodation that it do pass, was
passed this morning.
House bin No, 81, by Representative
Goode, relating to bids for school sun
plies, which was reported back from the
committee on education with the recon-
mendation that it pass with amend
mems, was re-referred and recommend
ed that il pass as amended, with amend
ment left off the penalty clause. was
passed without the penalty clause. 1t
is aied to remedy this in the senate.
House bin No. 60, introduced by Rep
resentative Stott at the request Of the
clerk of the school board OF Portland
relative to purchasing of school proper
~ bv condemnation proceedings, was
passed.
A message from the governor an
nounced that he had approved II. b. No.
so. and II. b. No. 10.
A message from the senate announced
that senate joint memorial No. to con