, 1889-12-05
HERREN RAISES a RUMPUs.
All Because He Made Changes In Ono
or His Bills.

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the house met this morning. II was all
brought about BY Hcrrens statement
yesterday morning that the State Print
ing company had beon too slow in print
ing his bill TO establish n state reform
school.
Rotch, chairman of the printing COM
mittee, opened the proceedings by rising
to question of privilege, lie said the
committee had been put in an enibarrass.
ing position by unauthorized persons,
who had gone to the State Printing office
and tampered with bills. He then read
the following letter:
OLYMPIA, WASH, Dec. I.
To Hon. Francis Rotch, chairman
house printing mmittee-Dear Sir;
As there seems 70 be quite clash OF au-
thority in connection with the printing
| for your honorable body, write ior in.
formation. Chairmcn of COMMITTEES
and authors OF bills assume the right to
read proof and TO make changes after
the bills have passed into the printers
hands and are ready for the press, all of
which is very embarrassing and matori-
ally retards the work of this office. An
instance, II. B. No. II was in
type last Saturday evening, but ow.
ing to tho uon.appcarancc of a
committee clerk who had, demanded the
| proof sheets, was not put on the press
until late Monday night, after the proof
hnd been read by copy, a revise taken
and corrected tho author OF the bill Mr.,
IIcrrcn OF Lewis again went over the re.
wise and marked In some words which
were not in the bill. Had | been pres.
cnt such changes would not have been
permitted. VIII you please inform me
who, IT anyone beside your committee
and the chief clerk, have tile authority
t..T ,r,t.. Nrtt ar tn len
rect the same, or 10 receipt for and tako
bills from this office. An early reply
will place me under renewed obligations.
Your friend, etc, .. c. WHITE,
Manager State Printing Il Publishing
Company.
Hcrren explained that tho changes
made consisted In tue substitution of
Judge" as the person vested with au--
ihority to appoint guardian for friend.
less children.
Shaw asked IL II was customary for
members OF u legislatureto go to print
ing Office and make corrections In bills
without consulting anybody.
Speaker Feighan was Of the, opinion
that all amendments to bills should be
made In tho house and in the proper
way.
Judson of Pierce thought this incident
ought to be warning to members not
to change bills after their introduction,
unless by amendment in open session.
Mr.. Herrcn, he said, no doubt did this
inadvertently and should be excused for
his lack of experience, but in a court of
law such an act would he deemed very
serious ofiense.
II looks now as II the row would be
smoothed over.
Tho house was proceeding to other
business when Brown OF Spokane gave IL
a fresh start. ut Is very evident that
the house has been offended" lie said
'and move thnt Mr.. Hcrrcn be brought
before the bar OF the house and repri-
manded."
Speaker Fcighan hoped Brown wou Id
not insist on his motion.
Grant moved TO lay the motion on the
table.
Herren hoped tho house would con-
slider the motion and give him n fair
show, and IL he had done wrong to rep
rimand him. He said he simply cor
rccted what he considered q clerical
error. He said that the printed bill was
simply a tabiiluted statement of the con-
fonts OF the original bill, and was not be-
fore the house. Hcrren said he knew
the source of the attack upon him. IL
came. he said, from persons who did not
like what he said yesterday. lie said
he stood on his own merits, aud asked
no fayors from the public printer or his
friends.
Brown insisted TINT his motion was
proper, and that the proper way tc