The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11
THE WORLDS FAIE MIDDLE.
mr. u. % Meany Thinks the Governor
and Auditor Are Wrong.

1AT' - % Meany Thinks the Governor
ana Auditor Are Wrong.
WALLA wALLA, Aug. 8, 1891.
To THE EDITOR: Inotice In the Posr-INrELLr-
aEScER of August an article entitled sin too
greats hurry, setting forth that the organization
OF the washington Worlds fair commission was
Illegal because the bill creating the commission
had no emergency clause, and the commission
was organized before the expiration OF the re-
CURED ninety days.
IL 10 reported that Attorney General Jones
gives II a. his opinion that such is the case and
oeneve that these officers will disavow the en-
tsrtainment OF such ideas and that they have
been misrepresented.
Section 81 Of article OF the state constitution
excerpts appropriation bills from that ninety day
limitation, and as as chairman OF the Worlds fair
committee in the last House OF Representatives
know that the emergency clause was purpose
~ omitted a. IL had always been held that no
appropriation bill needed such clause.
Ii at this late day IL is to be decided that these
appropriation bills were imperative until the
lapse OF ninety days from their approval by the
governor. there will be vast amount OF unnsc-
essary trouble caused in this state.
Here in Walla Walla, for instance, work was
at once begun on the jute mill to furnish labor
for convicts. though House bill No. 10i, proyid-
Ing for 1t and setting forth the details OF its
went into immediate effect because 1t made an
approximation of 100000
House bill No. 1876 provides for insuring the
state capitol building from March 5, 1891 (one
day after its approva), and it went into imme-
dfate effect without an emergency clause, be-
cause 1t appropriated $3.50 for the purpose set
forth in the bill
The state fish commission located the new
state fish hatchery before the ninety-day limit
had lapsed, and yet House bill 262, establishing
the hatchery, carried no emergency clause It
became operative at once because 1t appr0pri-
ated $1,000 to establish the hatchery.
Senate bill PIT had no emergency clause, yet II
provided for maintaining the state reform school
from April 1, 1891, to April 1, 1925. 1t appropri
ated 81, 500 for that purpose.
Barton's legislative handbook was distributed
before the ninety-day limit expired, yet Senate
bill 175. providing 81, 400 therefor, had no emer.
gency clause attached.
Another bill in point is House bill 297, Great
Ing commission empowered to lease the
McHenry building in Olympia for state Offices.
The bill was approved on March z, but 1t pro-
vided to start the said lease on June /, or only
ffty-four days after the approval of the bill. II
the new opinion reported to be held by Attorney
General Jones prevails, this law and lease Is
invalid, though the bill appropriated sls,5OO to
carry out its purposes.
And 30 on through the whole list Of laws
passed by the last session of the Legislature
know of but one law that appropriated any
money that also carried an emergency clause.
That one was the bill creating the state board of
horticulture.
DR.. N. G. Blalock, president of the Washing
ton Worlds fair commission, said this evening
that he did rot believe the reports circulating
around about the organization of the commits
sion being illegal. "If there are any minor ir-
regularities," said the doctor, "about the or
ganization, the state officials can notify the
commission, and when we meet at Seattle on
August q we can rectify the errors. No one,
who has the best interests OF the state at heart,
wishes to see the slightest hindrance In the
proper progress of this Worlds fair work. i am
satisfied that after the next meeting of the COM
mission there will be no more Lack OF harmoni-
Gus, enthusiastic work on behalf OF the commits
sion and its officers in this Worlds fair work."