The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-03-08
OLYMPIA Is THE WINNER.
Legislature Voted to Buy Court
house For a Capitol.


Olympia, March 1.-The state will buv
the ThurstOn county courthouse for
S25O,OOO, remodel the building and use
1T for a state capitol building. By n
majority OF six votes today, the house
| gave Its sanction to the Ruth bill, which
provides for purchase of the building.
| The measure passed the senate three
weeks ago. Governor Rogers has recon-
mended the purchase twice in his animal
messages, and all doubt has now been
removed that Olympia will continue to
be the capital city. FOrty-six members
OF the house voted today to buy the
IhurstOn county courthouse. There
we're ~ votes against the purchase.
The absentees were republicans, DR..
Brown of Spokane and Mr.. O'Brien of
Franklin. The vote was taken amid
the greatest quiet, as it was thought
the result would be very close and only
the most sanguine Olympia supporters
expressed any confidence in the outcome.
Dispensary Bill Killed.
Olympia, March 2.-The house this
morning indefinitely postponed Lewis
house bill No. 139, providing for sub
mitting to a vote OF the people propo-
sitiOn to adopt state dispensAries for
the regulation of the liquor traffic. The
vote stood 33 to 32 for postponement.
The bill came up under special order.
Lewis made strong plea for the bill.
Most OF the democrats voted for the bill.
Fifteen members were absent.
Over Governors Veto.
Olympia, Wash, Feb. 2S.-Represent
ative Browns bill to license physicians
and regulate the practice of medicine
passed both houses today over the gov
ernOr's veto. Fifty-twO members of the
house voted to make the bill a law de-
spite the governors disapprOvaI, and IL
upheld the executive. Only three senat-
Ors stood with the governor, the vote
resulting 81 to 3, with three absent.
Those voting to sustain the veto we're
Senators CARRIER, Hallett and Mantz, all
democrats. There was no debate in
either house.
Eleven members of the house were alb
sent. Some of these hau agreed with
the physicians that they would not be
present in case they could not vote for
the bill, and this was accepted. Five
democrats voted with the republicans to
pass the bill over the veto. Five re-
publicans voted to sustain the governor.
Olympia, Wash, March A strictly
party vote in the senate carried the re-
publican reappOrtiOnment bill over the
governors veto. The bill came back
with the governors objections, he hav-
ing agreed to the demand made by the
democrats that he veto the measure and
not allow it to become law without
his signature as he had intended. His
objections given are the increased cost
n hn OF Il -
representation as compared with popu-
lation and violation of the constitution.
Taxing Mines.
Olympia, Wash, March 2.-Senator
| TOlman introduced bill today to pro-
| vide for the assessment and taxation of
mining properties. Under the present
law there is no systematic plan OF as
sessing mines and assessors differ widely
in their methods OF getting at valua-
| tiOns. Senator TOlman's bill follows the
| Montana plan in general. 1t provides
| for the listing of all claims as soon as
patented, the assessing OF improvements
and the net proceeds as soon as the
mine is shipper. Owners or superin-
| tendents are required to give sworn
statements of the earnings yearly to the
| assessor.
Railways Win Again.
Olympia, Wash, March 5-The last
| hope of passing any kind of railway
commission bill expired in the senate
this afternoon. The joint committee on
railroads had presented a bill which
made the state auditor eX-officio state
railway commissioner and gave him
power to appoint deputy for the col
lection of information regarding the
roads and their rates. Senator Preston
called up the bill and dwelt at length
on tbe difficulty of securing information
upon which to base railway legislation.
He pleaded for the passage OF the bill,
claiming it would result in preparing
data for the next legislature to act upon.
No other speeches were made. The bill
was lost by the following votes:
Ayes-Angle, H. D. Crow, CARRIER, Hal
lett, Hall, Hammer, Mantz, Preston,
Sharp, Toman, Welty, Wilshire-12.
Noes-Andrews, Baker, Baumeister,
Biggs, Clapp, Cornwell, Davis, Hamilton,
Land, LeCrone, Megler, Rands, Ruth,
Scofeld, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, War
burton-18. Absent 6, among them
Senator l.. C. Crow OF Whitman.