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Corvallis Gazette
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon
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In the Oregon Senate, a fierce debate results in a 22-7 vote to establish two normal schools instead of four, with locations to be decided by regents. Senators Coshow, Booth, Miller, and Malarkey lead efforts to defeat a compromise preserving three schools, including Ashland, Monmouth, and Weston, while cutting funding for Drain.
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A dispatch in Saturday's Portland Journal gives information on the normal school situation, as follows:
'That there are to be two normal schools in Oregon instead of four is the will of the senate. This desire found expression yesterday afternoon by the vote of 22 to 7 after two hours of the hottest fighting that has ever been waged in the senate during the present session: The location of the two schools was left to a board of normal school regents.
The normal school bills had all been made a special order for 2 o'clock. During the last 24 hours before the hour of the special order arrived the battle had waged in the lobby and in every place where senators could be found. A compromise combination to sacrifice Drain and give the remaining three schools maintenance had been formed. This combination was opposed both by the people who wanted to retain all four.
To the efforts of Senators Coshow Booth, M. A. Miller and Dan. J. Malarkey the overthrow of the compromise combination is largely due. Coshow, Booth and Miller had worked incessantly since day before yesterday to break the combination, and they were materially aided by the clever generalship of Malarkey on the floor.
The fight was begun at two o'clock by an attempt to indefinitely postpone Senator M. A. Miller's bill which abolished the schools at Drain and Monmouth After one of the most able debates of the session by Senator Miller the bill was put on its final passage and was defeated by the vote of 19 to 10.
The house committee on ways and means had taken the bit in its teeth on the normal school question and at a meeting today reported appropriations for three normal schools--the ones at Ashland, at Monmouth and at Weston. To the Ashland school was given $50,000, to Weston $35,000 and to Monmouth $45,000.
These sums are for maintenance alone, the items asked for betterments having been cut out. The Ashland school asked for $10,000 for new buildings, the Weston school $5,000 and Monmouth school $115,000.
The estimates of the Drain school have not been placed before the committee.
Senator Smith of Marion, chairman of the senate committee, opposed the action of the committee as far as the normal school fight is concerned is uncertain, but it seems to be the fine hand of the combination which has decided upon keeping three schools and allowing Drain to pass by the board.'
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The Oregon Senate votes 22-7 to reduce normal schools from four to two, leaving locations to regents, after intense lobbying and debate led by Senators Coshow, Booth, Miller, and Malarkey defeats a compromise to keep three schools and eliminate Drain. House committee approves funding for Ashland ($50,000), Weston ($35,000), and Monmouth ($45,000) for maintenance.