Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-15
30 Measures
Put Through
Upper House
Twenty Six Bills Are
Passed and Four Die
I'm Hands Of Senate
Monday

inc senate responded to the plea
Ior more speed voiced by President
Hltner at the opening Of the ses-
sion Monday morning with a will
tnat plainly Indicated its purpose
70 wade through the great mass Of
business now confronting the legis-
iature and adjourn Saturday night
Under the impetus of this will
LWenty-six measures--twenty Of
tnem senate bills and six house
piiis--Were passed through the
hopper Of the upper house while
1our more were ruthlessly slain by
indefinite postponement. The SEN
ate also refused to bring back for
reconsideration the Staples BIZ on
teachers tenure which was killed
saturday although the vote showed
the upper house divided fifteen TO
Hifteen in the effort to bring the
oii back TO life, as against a vote
of II TO 3 by which the measure
was put to sleep Saturday.
Doubic-crOssin@ Charged
Senator Moser In support of his
motion to reconsider the bin plain-
" lntimated that the proponents
" tile measure had been double
crossed by Senator Gill who. he
charged, had changed his position
on tho tenure question so often
that the people were entitled IN
Know once and for all lust whore
ne stood. Gill, it was charged hv
Moser. had pledged his support to
ule staples bill and had been re-
sardeu as one Of its supporters nm
til ne voted against 1t on roll coI
saturday noon. Other opponents
oI the measure were also scored
py moser for their Interference In
question which was purely
Muitnomah county affair
Responding to the insinuatjons
OF Moser, Senator Gill arose to
deny that he had broken faith with
any one In his vote on the Staples
PHI ana to assert his right to votn
ms convictions regardless of any
h-adVised promises he may or
may net have made,
Game Code Passed +,
With the open season on deer in
western Oregon moved back to the
time in effect heretofore-sep-
tember | to October 31-but with
the senate refusing to back SEN
ator Strayer In his attempt to re-
duce the yearly license fees from
three dollars to two dollars. the
game code was passed by the up
per house Monday afternoon.
The change in the deer season
was effected through amendments
offered by Senator GIL and with
the unanimous consent of the SEN ,
ate, Senator Hare had offered ,
strenuous objection to the attempt
to change the deer season by moy-
ing II ahead two weeks when it
was up for consideration Friday. {
Mondays amendments fully COW
cred the objections advanced by /
Hare. /
Reduced Fees Killed !
When Senator Strayer asked for
unanimous consent to reduce the q
license fees in the bill from three {
dollars to two dollars per year )
Senator Gill arose to interpose OBJ
Jections. Strayer then moved that
the senate resolve itself into
committee OF the whole with a
view TO amending this provision
of the bill. Rod and gun clubs :
throughout the state as well as
numerous individual sportsmen /,
We're up in arms against this at
tempt to double the indirect tax,on
hunters. he declared. The vote on /
Strayer's motion stood fifteen to !
fifteen and the motion failed
The code was then passed without /
further argument.
Marriage BlII Passes i
Or. Owens Adairs bill extending +
the health and mental test as a
condition to marriage to include i
women as well as men was passed q
with but little opposition. The
bill. which was introduced by !
Senator Smith. provides for the
examination of all applicants for
license as to health and
mental fitness and further pro- =
vides that no license shall issue to
persons physically or mentally sub 81
normal excepting after one or both .
rendered sterile, The bill. IL II Il
OF the applicants shall have been Il
passes the house, must be ar-
proved by the voters before he b.
effective. |.