Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-16
SENATE DEBATE
RULE STRICTLY
ENFORCED NOW

Preparatory to clearing the senator
ial decks" for adjournment of the leg
|islature Saturday noon, as provided in
a resolution which mas peen adopted by
both houses, President Vinton an
nounced this morning that from now
on the rule limiting debate on meas
ures to five minutes for any member
would be rigidly enforced. Explana-
tions of votes must be confined to one
minute. A total of forty-nine bills now
grace the senate calendar.
Single Fight In Prospect.
With the mill grinding smoothly in
the consideration of bills on the calen-
dar this morning the only prospect for
an argument which now looms in the
offing is based upon consideration of
Representative )Hosford's attempt to
repeal Portland's city coming law The
bill will come onto the floor of the SEN
ate today on a unanimous adverse rt-
port from the judiciary committee.
The committees unfavorable view of
the bill is due in large measure to the
presence before the committee last
night of large delegation from Port
land headed by Mayor Baker, who sue
ceeded in convincing the committee
men that the move is not altogether
popular in the state metropolis. Its ap-
pearance is expected to preciptate a
fight when friends Of the measure will
attempt to force favorable consdera-
ton in spite of the adverse report of
the committee.
Aid Bill Is Passed.
The bill by Senator Pierce correct
ing defects discovered in the soldiers
educational act was passed by the SEN
ate this morning without opposition ex
cept that Senator Eberhard objected
to the senate's whiting down a meas
use that had been passed by the peo."
Under the bill as passed by the svn
ate only those ex-service men who
were in the service for three months or
more and who were drafted or enlisted
in the service before the signing of the
armistic, November IL, 1918, will be
entitled to partake of the financial
benefits provided by the measure
due diligence and satisfactory pro-
gress' on the part of the student will
also be required before participation
in the fund in order to eliminate
"slackers" who have been merely
| Sitting in at some of the schools in
order to participate in the educational
and while devotiny the greater part OF
their time working or merely loafing
about town. Sixty hours Of actual
school work per month will also be re-
quired of students in order to receive
the maximum benefit of $25 per
month Attendance for lesser num-
Der of hours at either day or night
school will meet with proportionate
compensation. Students at night law
schools, however would be allowed
their books and tuition, except that the
aggregate cost must not exceed $25 per
month. The state superintendent oi
public instruction is given general su-
pervisory powers in the administration
Of the act and $500 is set aside from
the fund to cover the expenses Of. su-
perfision. The emergency clause Is
stripped from the bil las passed by the
senate and the bin will become effec-
tive July !, next II passed by the house.
A companion bill to the soldiers edu
cational aid dill also fathered by Sen
ators Pierce and I. s. Smith, providing
for an increase in the millage tax car
ried in the measure from two-tenth Of
mill to four-tenths of a mill was also
passed without opposition. The increase
is expected to provide Approximately
s4O0,0 900 per year for the administra-
ton of the act. II approved in the
house the measure will go on the BAL
lot at the May election, inasmuch as Il
involves special tax