The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-02-01
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE
DOING

blnatlOns In order 10 deIeaC SUCH Fn
positions as affect their interests.
The hill for,the -zsnaoEalr a-aapiteI
to Tacoma has been .intzoduced, and
an invitation was also extend to visit
that toxn and Ms Sunday settl PIE
nic gr6s,adsa ~ EhSg
u, aok spp ga ID isgsass sa
ND lay ndbS' s
wi, who 2 wish sa nssy . ss sss!ssa Re
'scofFe Of TAeUhi 3 iiieh sare On the ground
y. Heskkss feF. th .s; rhss~sse , Asda AaeSm-
blnation is formed it may be strong
ieincagh get the dusstlon again I be- j
fore the voters at thelnext election.
~ A re-apportionment bill is !, recon- con
.mended which. increases the house
repre- sentation to nifty and that 81 the
senate To SO. this il order not to reduce
theomemb'earnshfp from several c;odnnn ties
which do not not show much gain IN the
last,censulss.' If the representation re-:
main as, as at present Pierce County
willlose two sseanaa ltta and four four repre-
seutatives, Wife King " viii gain me even
more. It is rumored that If Pierce Co.
will accept a proposition to. go into a
congressional district . with. King and
Kitsap, counties, leaving the northern
counties Of the State IL in anpther district
and the southern counties the third,
they may receive. Tie, needed support
on the capitol question. So It can be
imagined that, in the senate at least, a
good deal Of legislation will depend on
what combination Oh tie railroad COM
mission Bill will" be :, made. This, is
nothing new new ii the upper house, but
theattempt has been, made to effect,a
combination On tie railroad commits
sionIbill which viii be closer t. :, the il in
terests Of the III majority OF the people
!, The Puget Sound Oystermen,s ,asso-
ciatlon met here Monday, and its COM
mittee spent several days in drafting
measures which would protect the in
terests Of the the oystermen. There
are two interests and this makes it diff
fcult to frame measures which suit
both. The established oystermen, who
can raise their own seed are not great
ly interested in the reserve beds, while
those who are trying to turn our mud
flats into producing beds want the re-
serve to remain, open. 1t is hardly
likely that the reserves which are now
welli-seeded will be sold, but some peo7
pie who failed to get. in on the, gound
floor want to secure slice Of some OF
the reserves for oyster ground and a
compromise may result in the sale of
those reserves which have already been
depletd d, or are claimed to be.
f. Senator Rand, Of Clarke, and Megler
Of WahRkiakum, were appointed on the
joint COMMITTEES to consult with a like
committee IF TIE Oregon legislature
regarding Columbia fisheries.
GOV. Rogers has signed the bill Civ.
ing Spokane County another: Superior
Judge and King County wants another
judge, '4l' 9 a''i' ''''''.
!, Along the line Of new new legislation is
q bill taxing collateral Inherit nheriitances,
slight as to direct heirs and aud as 81 high as
twelve per cent. when the bbeqnessts e goes e.
beyond the third degree o Or to strangers
to the blood ''9n'9a''a1 f!iE'i''''7 no
Two memorials we're 2 introduced 1e f ask SKI
ing Congress to renew the Chinese ex-
clusiol act which expires szji 'i ID. 1909, also
one asking that the u new 's Bat attt!esihip to
be built BY Moran Bros, be- e. cfhirrHistened
Washington. tsii'" y" = '
All Tie committees 81 ffsiba oat i--l houses
have considerable matter before fore them,
and INC il Keeps most : Of f. tie s members
jumping to make all their committee
appointaiehts,, lwheh no mhor & than one
come onlthe same evening.
. No M bill of indortsIlse g. Z. ssad Z
bIo3,,se ,yEff~bntl fosss as passsu '''e
been iintfoddsea and to soma da anse
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