Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-24
House Waits
For Senatea at
Closing Hour
Speaker Bean Com
nended for Efficient
Work In Resolution;
Members Praised

Although the hands of the grea
M clock in the house of representa-
81 tives ceased to move at clever
minutes of twelve O'Clock Wed
Il nesday forenoon-the house AM
senate having adopted a Joint res
oiufion to adjourn at noon--th'
"A mctual last acts of business in th'
house were not concluded unit
two minutes after four o'clock II
the afternoon. A bare quorum wal
present to pass upon the last mat
X ter presented, the concurrence II
Il senate amendments to house bill
1875.
After rushing through the lasI
y grisf OF bills. passing a few and
killing others, the desk was de-
clared cleared at three o'clock. The
\ house had to remain in session
y awaiting the action of the senate
on matters under Joint confer
ence.
Representative Roberts of Was
4 co took the chair and Represent
alive Frank Davey of Marion coun
ty. introduced resolution, on
H which he spoke and which was
4 unanimously adopted. 1t read
Resolved by the house of repre-
sentatives of the state of Oregon
+ that we hereby express our deer
n and sincere appreciation OF the
Z able, fair and expeditions manner
in which our speaker, the Honor
" able Louis E. Bean, has presided
over our deliberations ana enc
uniform kindness and courtesy
which he has extended to one and
all during the trying days and
"A rights Of the session.
"Resolved, that we hereby cx'
4 tend to him the earnest wishes OF
4 this house for long continued sue
N cess as valuable factor In the
public life Of Oregon"
After Davey's remarks, in which
he declared his sincere apprecia-
n tion OF the able work of Speaker
Bean. he said:
II have passed through this ses-
sion of forty five DAYS in close OBJ
servation OF this house and wish to
say that / have seen no corrupt
movement of any member or 9th
err than a disposition to be the true
representative of the people that
sent them to this house"
Speaker Bean made "A feeling
response. and acting Speaker Rob
erts made most felicitous speech
in which he happily played upon
the names Of the various memb bers
OF the house. Then followed siae-
ing OF old time songs until the
last reports were received from
the senate, acted upon, and the
members started homeward.
House bill 125. providing a sal
ary increase for the district attor-
ney of Clatsop county, was made
the vehicle upon which the solons
attempted to load such surplus
state funds as the joint ways and
means committee had overlooked
In its four weeks deliverauons'
When half an hour had been spent
in hooking upon this measure sal
ary increases affecting more than
half the district attorneys in the
state IL was found that the load
was too big to carry without SER
ions embarrassment and the en-
tire load was dumped and the Dill
sent back to the judiciary commit
tee for attention. This committee
reported the measure back with
amendments providing salary in
creases for the district attorneys
OF Clatsop, Deschutes, Jefferson
klamath. Lane, Marion, Multno-
nah, Polk, Union, Washington ana
Yamhiil counties which dose the
INNER house swallowed with NUM-
erous dissenting votes. and in which
amendments the house concurred'
During the wait between roll
calls senator Dennis OF Union
county presented to President Roy
w. Ritner In behalf of the mem
hers and employees OF the upper
house a beautiful diamond ring
bearing design OF tie state house
In his presentation speech l'en-
mis- paid a glowing tribute to the
fairness and impartiality which
had marked Ritner's reign as pre-
siding officer OF the upper house
and uttered the prediction that the
senator from Umatilla county was
destined to at some tins rebre-
sent the second congressional DIS
trict at the national cao'iol ara
later to sit In the u1tted States
senate as a senator from the state
OF Oregon
The three senate pages-Charles
Prael and Rodney Banks of Port
land and Betty Frizeen OF Marsh
fleld-were each presented win
four dollars In cash oy the sena-
tors with an expression OF epprecl-
alton OF the services rendered
Senator Moser making the presen-
tatlon speech,
Dell Mon WILL