Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-07
Senate Calls
HighwayBiM
BackByVote
Necessary Majority To-
Reconsider Measure
Not Secured In Up
per House, However

The senate this morning by -
vote of IS to IL voted to recall
from the house senate bill SO, by
Norblad and Hall, making available
$2,50O, 600 for the Roosevelt coast
| highway. The action was prelilu-
mary to the ultimate slaughter OF
the bill which has met with violent
opposition from the state highway
commission. What action this ex-
ecution will take is still pr0ts-~
lematic. On the face of the vote t0r
recall the measure, reconsideration
of the senate's vote on the bflI
| which requires a two-third's v0tes
hardly appears practical,
Speaking in defense of the ulIf
Senator'S Hall and Norblad resented
insinuations of trade" which had
been intimated in connection with
the success Of the bill on its fest
appearance in the upper house and
charged r, A. Booth chairman OF
the state highway commission. with
"the worst kind of lobbying in TN
attempt to defeat the coast high
way program.
Booth, it was charged by Nor
blad, had promised to Lincoln codn
ty road funds aggregating $1.6fd.-
600 If the coast highway bin urse
with defeat. Lane county, he
charged had also been promised
certain local road improvement bF
the highway commission If II would
get out from under the Roosevelt
highway.
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privilege Senator Hall took excep-
tion to charges OF "trade" which,
had been made in connection with
the coast highway program and ex--
pressed his resentment of the posi-
ton taken by the highway commas
sion in opposition to the proposed
coast road.
He denied any desire to Interfere
with the state highway program
but declared that IL his hill was
killed he would use every means
within his power to prevent the III
version OF the $2,500,00O authorized
for expenditure on the coast road
by vote OF the people, to the gem
eral fund of the highway depart
ment. This money, he insisted. had
been voted for use on the proposed
Roosevelt highway, and could not
he used in other manner.
The about face of the senate on
the coast highway program wns
accompanied by many explanations
on the part of the individual sena-
tors who have found occasion to-
change their mind since the bill
was put through the upper house
last week.
Senator Jones of Lane county
prefaced his vote for the recall with
an expression of confidence I'm
Commissioned Booth.
Senator Eberhard declared that
he was still open to conviction ami
only wanted such additional facts
as might be advanced at a further
consideration of the bill.
Senator Lachmund insisted that
he had been persuaded to vote for
the bill under a misapprehensfon
of the facts while Senator Thomas
admitted that he had gotten into
the wrong camp in lining up with
the coast highway program and
his willingness to eat
crow along with the rest Of his err
ing colleagues.
With eleven of the thirty senas-
tors still loyal to the Roosevelt
highway program the next move
promises to develop into a real par
entanglement. While
some of the senators insist upon
their right to table the bill in the
event of their failure to reconsid-
pr the move others contend that
such "A course is not open except
when "A bill is up for consideration
Eailure to reconsider the vote OF
he vote OF the senate viii auto
naticllly send the bill back to the
house II is contcnded.