Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-06

asked il bull he was selling was
/ Durham would a farmer be allowed (,
/ say he was about a Durhamsn
After a half hour of this Senator Gar
land made the most eloquent and pow
erful speech of the session. He moved
the previous question, and it carr,ec
with whoop. SO did the bill for tnt
Muitnomah bunch were unit for it.
Corporation Lobby Wins.
Senate bill No. 165, by Olson. requir.
ing the issuance of a certificate of con.
venience and necessity before compe-
tition in public utility would be allow.
ed, and placing the granting of the
same in the hands of the public service
commission caused another small storm.
Olson outlined the effects of the bill
and the reasons for its being neees-
sary.
Senator Vinton was the only one to
attack the bill but he went after it
like a pike after a minnow. He insist.
ed that McMinnville folks were better
judges of whether they wanted another
telephone line, or another electric light
plant, or anything else, than any com
mission of three. Salem knew what it
wanted better than did the public serv-
ice commission, and there he was cor
rect but he did not allude to a bridge.
He concluded: ooh, L fear the lobby
has got in its work on this bill' Ii
hadn't perhaps, but the Multnomah
delegation took a shot at it from be-
hind blind and it was all over. The
bill passed.
Eddy got stirred up over senate bill
No. ISL, which he said might result in
the county judges or many of them be.
ing sent to Jail, and a majority of the
senators agreed with him for that was
one little William that failed to get
by.
Routine Proceedings.
Outside of these side shows the after
noon showed considerable work. Senate
bills were acted on as follows:
$. B. No. 1873, by La Toilette. Pro.
viding for transfer of insane and feeble
minded to Oregon State hospital;
passed
S. B. No. 127, by Gill. To prohibit
sale of salmon caught with hook and
line during the closed season; passed.
S. B. No. POI, by Lienenweber. To
provide for minimum price, date and
manner of sale of tide and overflow
lands; passed.
5. B. No. $50, by joint consolidation
committee. Creating department of la.
Dor and industrial accident commission.
and merging other departments there
with. Special order Tuesday, at D. nj.
S. B. No. So, by D1inick. To prohibit
the batting Of ducks; failed to pass.
5. b. No. 26, by Dimick. Making a
closed season for Chinese pheasants;
failed to pass.
S. B. No. 16S, by Olson. Relating to
matters TO be entered and recorded in
the execution docket; passed
5. B. No. ll6, prohibiting misleading
and untrue advertising; passed.
$. B. No. 1917, making it crime to
brand any stock without first recording
such brand; passed.
S. B. No. l65, by committee on mu-
nicipal affairs. Requiring the issuance
of certificate Of convenience and neces-
sity before competing plants could be
installed; passed.
5. B. No. 1Sl, by Olson Declaring
the Indebtedness created by county
judges and commissioners in excess Of
the constitutional limitation violation
Of trust; failed to pass.
5. B. No. POI, by Pierce. Amending
laws relative to collection of taxes on
personal property; passed.
5. b. No. l19, by Wilbur. Providing
for more efficient militia of the state
was taken from the table, the senate
went into committee of the whole
made several amendments, rose and re.
ported the BILL the rules were suspend
d and tn bill passed.
Fourteen house bill were read first
time, and 16 read second time and re-
ferred.
Seven house bill were up for final
passage the first five being introduced
by the joint ways and means committee
as follows:
H. B. No. 276, appropriating money
FOR current expenses of governor secre-
tary of state and state treasurer;
passed.
II. B. No. 27S, appropriating money
for operation and maintenance of state
training school, buildings, etc.; passed.
H. B. No. 279, appropriating money
for the state school for the deaf; passed.
H. B. No. $50, appropriating money