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to fix the salaries of the county judge and 

 treasurer thereof. 



An act making provisions for the incorpora- 

 tion of cemetery associations. 



An act for the protection of fish and game. 



An act to create the county of Klamath, and 

 fix the salaries of county judge and treasurer. 



An act to incorporate the city of Philomath. 



An act to change the time of meeting of the 

 Legislature of the State of Oregon. 



An act to authorize the Governor of the 

 State to contract for keeping the insane and 

 idiotic. 



An act to define the boundaries of Coos and 

 Douglas Counties. 



An act to provide for the erection of a fish- 

 way or ladder at the falls of the Willamette 

 River, and to appropriate money therefor. 



An act redistricting the State into judicial 

 districts, and to provide for time and place 

 of holding the Supreme, Circuit, and County 

 Courts, etc. 



An act to protect the ring-neck Mongolian 

 pheasant in the State of Oregon. 



An act to protect laborers in timber and 

 logging camps. 



An act providing for the establishing of State 

 Normal Schools. 



The most important provision of the law 

 regulating the salmon-fishery in the Columbia 

 River is one prohibiting fishing on the bar or 

 in its immediate vicinity. The bill provides 

 that it shall be unlawful to fish with gill-nets, 

 of any description whatsoever, on or in the 

 vicinity of the Columbia River bar. Hereafter 

 it will be unlawful to take salmon in the Co- 

 lumbia River or its tributaries during March, 

 August, and September, and during the "close 

 times " in April, May, June, and July such 

 close times to be between six o'clock in the after- 

 noon on Saturday and six o'clock on Sunday. 

 The size of mesh for gill-nets is four and one 

 eighth inches square. It is also made unlawful 

 to put sawdust and mill-refuse into the Co- 

 lumbia River or its tributaries. Severe penal- 

 ties are prescribed for violation of these various 

 provisions. 



Both branches of the Legislature ratified the 

 proposed woman's suffrage amendment to the 

 Constitution. The vote in its favor was unex- 

 pectedly large, it being 21 yeas to 7 nays in the 

 Senate, and 47 yeas to 9 nays in the House of 

 Representatives. The resolution had previously 

 passed the Legislature of 1880. It now goes 

 to the people. 



Hereafter the Legislature will meet, and the 

 terms of office of the State officers will end, on 

 the 1st of January. Governor Moody and his 

 colleagues will hold office until January 1, 1887. 

 A heated contest over the United States sen- 

 atorship continued through the entire session. 

 The Republicans were divided, a majority of 

 them supporting obstinately ex-Senator Mitch- 

 ell. On the seventy-fifth ballot, on the last 

 day of the session, just before adjournment, 

 Joseph N. Dolph, of Portland, Republican, was 



chosen, receiving 51 votes, against 36 for all 

 others. 



PARTY CONVENTIONS. The Democratic State 

 Convention met in Portland on the 5th of 

 April, and nominated the following ticket: 

 Congressman, William D. Fenton, of Yamhill ; 

 Governor, Joseph S. Smith, of Portland ; Sec- 

 retary of State, J. K. Weatherf ord, of Linn ; 

 Treasurer, Hyman Abraham, of Douglas ; Su- 

 perintendent of Instruction, W. L. Worthing- 

 ton, of Wasco; State Printer, Wilbur Cornell, 

 of Marion; Supreme Judge, E. D. Shattuck, 

 of Portland. 



The platform adopted contained the follow- 

 ing among other resolutions : 



The Democratic party of the State of Oregon, in con- 

 vention assembled, cognizant of the important conse- 

 quences depending upon its deliberations, and affirm- 

 ing the principles of popular liberty and rights laid 

 down by the founders of this Government, do declare 

 as follows : 



1. That we favor honesty, efficiency, and economy 

 in every department of the Government, both State 

 and Federal. 



2. That we favor the equal protection of the rights 

 of labor and capital under just laws. 



3. That while we recognize and respect the legal 

 rights of railroad enterprises, we demand that our 

 Legislatures, State and Federal, enact such laws reg- 

 ulating the same, as may be necessary to prevent un- 

 just discrimination and oppression of the people. 



4. That we denounce the present tariff system as 

 class legislation favorable to the few and oppressive 

 to the many ; and therefore demand an immediate 

 revision thereof, a reduction of all import duties to a 

 strict revenue standard ; and that the free list be so 

 enlarged as to include all articles of mechanical, agri- 

 cultural, and domestic use among the people, as far as 

 the needed revenues of the Government will permit. 



5. That the President' s veto of the Chinese Immi- 

 gration Bill is a public misfortune. It sets the degrad- 

 ing mark of competition with coolies of China upon 

 the labor of the working-men of America, and it treats 

 with contemptuous disregard the unanimous protests 

 and appeals of the entire Pacific coast. In behalf of 

 the people of Oregon we disapprove and condemn it, 

 and declare it to be the duty of every citizen, regard- 

 less of party j to express his disapproval with his vote 

 as well as with his voice. . . . 



8. That we are in favor of a repeal of the naviga- 

 tion laws, and the removal of the duties on all mate- 

 rials that enter into the construction of vessels^ so 

 that American produce can be carried in American 

 bottoms, and the American people be able to enter 

 into competition for the carrying-trade of the world. 



The Republican State Convention met in 

 Portland on the 20th of April, and nominated 

 the following ticket: Congressman, M. C. 

 George; Governor, Z. F. Moody; Secretary 

 of State, R. P. Earhart ; Treasurer, Edward 

 Hirsch ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 E. B. McElroy; State Printer, W. H. Byars; 

 Judge of Supreme Court, W. P. Lord. The 

 platform adopted contained the following, 

 among other resolutions : 



The Republican party of Oregon, in convention as- 

 sembled, do make and affirm the following declaration 

 of our political principles : 



Resolved, 1. That we favor honest, efficient, and 

 economic administration of every department of the 

 Government. 



2. That we favor the equal protection of the rights 

 of labor and capital. 



3. We are in favor of regulating the salaries of 



