The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-26
Mr.. Gundsrson's Record.

H0iO lew years ago as ScnOO
teacher with the object of advancins
himself politically" l came like all
others to find more suitable place
and have found one In which / intend
to stay. I have never made an an
plication for any position outside O
this county since coming here. II
order to apply for government posi-
tion one must take the civil service
examination, a thing / have never
done in this state, since coming here
over eleven years ago. That is nothing
but Tribune fabrication. I certainly
ought to be as much of citizen as
any one living In the county.
In the other article, "Gunderson's
Legislative Work." / find that the
Tribune has either through ignorance
or otherwise, failed to correctly state
the record.
House bill SO, TO abolish fish traps
was badly defeated, not because of any
fault of mine, but because of the
money power behind the fish trap
combine. / am pleased to say TO the
Tribune that out of the number OF
fifteen on fish committee and also on
the floor of the house l had the honor
of being the only aggressive opponent
OF the fish trap. In the senate there
were no supporters, the member from
this district being friendly to the trap
interests.
Bill 40 was incorporated in the
general educational bill with number
of others. SO on page GIL of House
Journal voted with the committee to
indefinitely postpone my bill, since
had it advanced by being placed in
the omnibus bill and surer of passage
Look at the record and read a line
further, and don stop in the middle
of the sentence.
Bill 67 to establish fish hatcheries
on the Skokomish. Snohomish, Mes.
qually and Upper Columbia rivers was
placed in the substitute bill with all
others and passed, as anyone may see
by referring to session laws of 1899
page 268, Chap. 1873. The fact thai
the hatchery we are interested in, thai
on the Skokomish river in this county
exists, will probably not be denied by
the Tribune. Read one more line o
the record, Mr.. Tribune.
The Tribune man and myself are
fellow townsmen and friends and why
he will stuityfy himself by quoting
official records in such manner can,
not comprehend.
No. 68 was not voted against by my
self, but was in the end defeated.
Bill 14l, Tribune says, twas never
brought to VOTE" It relates to tht
registration of voters in school cleo
tions in cities and towns of less than
10000 inhabitants. Did the Tribune
man register for the school election
held here last June, as usual? Per
haps he did, but no one else did. Read
page SAT of House Journal, or page
1913 Session laws of 1899, or Section
153 School Code, and see what became
of it. I will be charitable and con
slider that the Tribune knows nothing
of the different processes of law
making, judging by the ignorance
shown.
Bill 247, he says, twas never brought
! forward by Mr.. Gunderson, but content
with introducing it he allowed it to
die natural DEATH" Indeed! NJ
doubt the trap men wish it had died
It related to tax on fish traps, tax or
canneries, and lifting traps out of tht
water at least one day in seven. Il
/ was embodied in Committee bill 379
with Nos. 244, 337 and 340), and yor
will find the record IN dozen differ
ent places, and in Session laws 1899
Chapter lit.
/ No. 3l5, an act to compel state
printer and others receiving pay from
! the state to pay fair wages, as the
state paid them fair prices for theil
work, postponed by vote of 80 to 81
This bill was called forth because o.
the refusal Of the fusion state printer
Hicks, to pay Union wages, shor'
time before.
No. 315, appropriating money fol
i the construction of fishway on the
Skokomish river. The original sun
appropriated had not been used within
the time limited by the constitution
and had reverted to the treasury. A
new bill with different provision wa'
needed, to secure the title to the lane
and construct the way. Whether tht
wording needed correction or not,
new bill was necessary.
i No. 333, was not mine, but simply
| introduced by request.
! voted, with the whole of the house
committee as well as the whole house
i for the postponement of McReavy's
bill and other senate bills, because ths
house committee bill embodied al
that was passed on fish legislation
containing much more than all th'
senate bills, and because the Skoko
mish fish hatchery, was included il
| nv bill which was about to pass
as an affront to Senator McReavy.
4 Tribune says: "Gunderson promised
rs that he would introduce and yot'
for a bill establishing fish hatcher!
on the Skokomish river. He ther
voted to kill McReavy's bill, intro
4 1duced one himself and voted agains
that
Wouldn't that beat your N,
hatchery bills had been introduces
! long before this, or Jan. 18th, ant
i Nc cReayy's bill was defeated Marcl
l8tb. SO this "absurdity" is apparent
The fact that the hatchery on th'
Skokomish Is built and in operation