Senate remonstrance No. 1 was referred to the committee on counties. Senator Reed introduced senate concurrent resolution No. 5. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5. Resolved by the senate, the house concurring, That the secretary of state be instructed to furnish to the state printer for publication, as required by law, true copies of the records of the proceedings of the legislative assembly, as shown by the journals thereof, and the laws, resolutions and memorials passed at this session, the compensation for such transcripts to be such as is prescribed by law for like services in other cases, and such copies of the laws to be furnished within sixty days from the date of the adjournment of this assembly. The original copies of said laws, journals, resolutions and memorials shall be safely kept on file in the office of the secretary of state, as required by law. On motion of Senator Reed, senate concurrent resolution No. 5 was adopted. Mr. President: MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,) January 30, 1899.) I am directed by the speaker to inform you that he has signed senate joint memorial No. 2, relating to improvement of Yaquina bav. And the same is herewith returned to you for your signature. A. C. JENNINGS, The president announced that he was about to sign senate joint memorial No. 2, and soon thereafter stated that he had signed the same. Senator Mulkey, chairman of the committee on assessment and taxation, submitted the following report: Mr. President: REPORT. SENATE CHAMBER, January 30, 1899. Your committee on assessment and taxation, to whom was referred senate bill No. 75, beg leave to report that we have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report it back to the senate with the recommendation that it do pass, with the following amendment : AMENDMENT. In line 1, section 1, strike out the word "shall" and insert in lieu thereof the word "may." B. F. MULKEY, On motion of Senator Mulkey, the amendment was adopted. Senator Mulkey, chairman of the committee on assessment and taxation, submitted the following report: REPORT. SENATE CHAMBER, January 30, 1899.) Mr. President: Your committee on assessment and taxation, to whom was referred senate bill No. 121, beg leave to report that we have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report it back to the senate with the recommendation that it do pass. B. F. MULKEY, Senator Mulkey, chairman of the committee on assessment and taxation, submitted the following report: REPORT. Mr. President: SENATE CHAMBER, Your committee on assessment and taxation, to whom was referred senate bill No. 144, beg leave to report that we have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report it back to the senate with the recommendation that it do pass. B. F. MULKEY, Senate bill No. 197. Senator Mulkey. A bill for an act to amend a law relative to the employment of prisoners. Senator Mulkey moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be read first time by title only. On this question the roll was called and the vote was: Senators Adams, Bates, Brownell, Cameron, Clem, Daly of Benton, Daly of Lake, Driver, Dufur, Fulton, Haines, Harmon, Haseltine, Howe, Josephi, Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney, Mackay, Michell, Mulkey, Patterson, Porter, Reed, Selling, Smith, Wade and Mr. President-28. Nays - None. Absent-Senators Morrow and Proebstel-2. So the rules were suspended and the bill was read first time by title only and passed to second reading. Senate bill No. 198. Senator Fulton. A bill for an act to amend an act incorporating the city of Astoria. Senator Fulton moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be read first time by title only. On this question the roll was called and the vote was: Senators Adams, Bates, Brownell, Cameron, Clem, Daly of Benton, Daly of Lake, Driver, Dufur, Fulton, Haines, Harmon, Haseltine, Howe, Josephi, Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney, Mackay, Michell, Mulkey, Patterson, Porter, Reed, Selling, Smith, Wade and Mr. President-28. Nays- None. Absent-Senators Morrow and Proebstel-2. So the rules were suspended and the bill was read first time by title only and passed to second reading. Senator Fulton moved that the rules be further suspended and that the bill be read second time now and by title only. On this question the roll was called and the vote was: Senators Adams, Bates, Brownell, Cameron, Clem, Daly of Benton, Daly of Lake, Driver, Dufur, Fulton, Haines, Harmon, Haseltine, Howe, Josephi, Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney, Mackay, Michell, Mulkey, Patterson, Porter, Reed, Selling, Smith, Wade and Mr. President-28. Nays-None. Absent-Senators Morrow and Proebstel-2. So the rules were suspended and the bill read second time by title only, and, on motion of Senator Fulton, considered engrossed and passed to third reading. Senate bill No. 199. Senator Mackay. A bill for an act to amend section 2333 and 2354 of chapter XI of Hill's annotated laws of Oregon. Senator Mackay moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be read first time by title only. On this question the roll was called and the vote was: Senators Adams, Bates, Brownell, Cameron, Clem, Daly of Benton, Daly of Lake, Driver, Dufur, Fulton, Haines, Harmon, Haseltine, Howe, Josephi, Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney, Mackay, Michell, Mulkey, Patterson, Porter, Reed, Selling, Smith, Wade and Mr. President-28. Nays-None. Absent-Senators Morrow and Proebstel-2. So the rules were suspended and the bill was read first time by title only and passed to second reading. Senator Mackay moved that the rules be further suspended and that the bill be read second time now and by title only. On this question the roll was called and the vote was: Those voting aye were— Senators Adams, Bates, Brownell, Cameron, Clem, Daly of Benton, Daly of Lake, Driver, Dufur, Fulton, Haines, Harmon, Haseltine, Howe, Josephi, Kelly, Kuykendall, Looney, Mackay, Michell, Mulkey, Patterson, Porter, Reed, Selling Smith, Wade and Mr. President-28. Absent-Senators Morrow and Proebstel-2. So the rules were suspended and the bill was read second time. by title only, and, on motion of Senator Mackay, referred to a special committee consisting of the delegation from Multnomah county. Senator Daly of Benton, chairman of the committee on engrossed bills, submitted the following report: Mr. President: REPORT. SENATE CHAMBER, January 30, 1899. Your committee on engrossed bills, to whom was referred senate bill No. 27, beg leave to report the same back to the senate as correctly engrossed. JOHN D. DALY, Chairman. On motion of Senator Harmon, the senate adjourned. S. L. MOORHEAD, Chief clerk. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1899. MORNING SESSION. SENATE CHAMBER, January 31, 1899. The senate was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by the presi dent. The roll was called, and all the senators were present except Senators Morrow and Proebstel. The morning session was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Royal, of Salem, Oregon. On motion of Senator Haines, the reading of the journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. On motion of Senator Smith, the courtesies of the senate were extended to Hon. Geo. H. Chandler, ex-senator from Baker county, and he was invited to a seat within the bar. Unanimous consent being given, Senator Daly of Lake, chairman of the special committee appointed at the special session, provided under senate concurrent resolution No. 8, submttted the following report: REPORT. Mr. President: SENATE CHAMBER, The joint committee appointed under senate concurent resolution No. 8 to investigate the management and condition of the Oregon soldiers' home, beg leave to report: That we have made two visits to the home, one in October last, and one in the present month, and have made as careful and painstaking an examination of the condition of the home as possible; that we found the home and surroundings well kept and everything about the building extremely neat and clean; the grounds have been laid out, fronting the home and buildings, in systematic order, and are carefully tended and cared for. The inmates are neatly dressed; the hospital in splendid sanitary condition, and the inmates of the hospital regularly attended upon by the physician and well cared for by the nurses. The greater part of the land belonging to the state has been fully cleared, and under a management as conducted at present will soon produce sufficient fruit and vegetables for the support of the inmates. The complaints brought before us were based upon the following presentments: First-The board of trustees for the past three years have failed to work in harmony, and divisions and discord seem to have been carried to such an extent that not only the management of the home is divided, but the inmates also have participated in the division to some extent. Second-The grand army comprising the post at Roseburg complain of rules 13 and 14, relating to the pensions belonging to the inmates, passed by the board of trustees, which are in substance as follows: That any person admitted to "The Home" drawing a pension shall turn said pension over to the commandant with the exception of $4 per month to be used by him in such way as he may see fit; the balance to be paid over by the commandant to the dependent relatives or families of such inmate or pensioner, if he have any, and if not, such balance to be applied to the use of "The Home," and earnestly request that these rules to be rescinded and the former rules No. 13 and 14 reinstated. Third- The present management is in confusion by reason of a majority of the board of trustees placing a matron in charge of the hospital with full power to control the same, and out from under the control of the commandant, especially so far as the management of the inmates are concerned. These are the principal complaints and all that we deemed worthy of investigation. We have made a careful investigation of these matters, publicly inviting all who wished to come before the committee and make their statements to do so, and have had all these matters under consideration, and after having fully considered the same have arrived at the following conclusions: The charge that the board of trustees have not been working in harmony is fully sustained, and to their action is due, in a large measure, all the dissatisfaction existing under all the different conditions. The committee have |