The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-02-20
WIN ONB LITTLE HBAT
Commission Bill Has Not Yet
Been Lost in the House.
Members of that Body Demand
that They Be Placed On Rec
ord on the Bill.

Olympia, Wash, Feb 1.-THE rela.
i've strength of the railroad commission
forces ana their opponents in the lower
| mousse at olympia came to the test to-
| day on vote on indefinite POSTPONE
| thent of the bill. The motion was lost
Oy vote OF 40 to Al, with four absent
OF palred. vi these four, three are rail
| ROAD ana one commission man an
that a poll OF the house with all present
would show for the bill 30, against the
bill a. '"'' '"e
lue commission men succeeded 90 we'll
that they now have the bill back on the
calendar at the loot Of the list OF bills
on second reading. The measure made
q very lively scene in the house when it
escaped from the enemy today, and in
placing some OF their number on record
on the measure, the commission men to-
day won the first victory of the session.
Mr. Lewis, the floor leader for the
COMMISSION forces, who became tangled
up Ia maze OF parliamentary law last
fHday,Was Strengthened out by Speaker
mare IN decision regarding the atatua
o. the OIL, the speakers opinion being so
convincing that Lewis abandoned any
lurther proceedings in that direction
Speaker Hare is quite friendly to the
Dill, and 1t was through his ruling that
majority, and not a twO-thirds vote.
enahied the commission men to suspend
the rules and again get action on the
bill
The speaker then quoted at consider
able length from Speaker Reeds rules.
and cited numerous cases to sustain his
decision. One case which be cited was
on House bill 499 at the last session of
the Eighth legislature, which was con-
sldered 1our times by the house i'm com
mlttee OF the whole, three times rising to
report progress, and the fourth time re-
porting lt back to the house, with the
recommendation that it pass as
amended.
with no opportunity Ofgetting action
on the bill without again going into
committee of the whole, Lewis took ad-
vantage OF the speakers ruling that a
majority OF the house could again 90
into such committee, and made q mo-
ton to that effect.
Inc motion was seconded by Cole, but
before it was put Roth rose to point
OF order, which was that the bill could
not be reached, except in the regular
Order OF business, unless the rules we're
suspended. lie protested that il q ma
!Ority vote was sufficient to bring a bill
up from the foot of the calendar, no end
OF trouble would result. The speaker
refused TO entertain the point of order,
and roll call being demanded, the bill
again went into committee OF the whole
by the following vote:
Ayes-Allis, Bassett, Benn, Butler,
Cameron, Child, Coe, Collins, Corliss'
Denton, Dickson, DilliDg, Dix. Dunn,
Durham, FrOstad, Field, Gray, Gunder
son, Haynes, Henry, Howard, Howell,
Jones, Knoblock, Lewis, Lindsley, Mac
kenzie, Megler, Molestad, Muse, Parcel,
Philbric, Pogue, Quinn, Raine, Ranck,
Stark, Tibbitts, Veness, Wells, Williams,
Wilson OF Walla Walla, Witter, Zenkner,
Mr.. Speaker-47.
Noes-Brewer, Brown, Carrie, Clark,
Coate, COmstock, Craigue, Crandall, De-
lanty, Eitemiller, Emery, Fitzgerald,
Gleason, Griffin, Hastings, Hopp,
Hunter, Jeffries, Kees, King, Levy.
Lingerman, Lyons, Mccoy, McNicoil,
Merrill, Morgan, Morrill,, Palmer, Reise,
Roth, Stevenson, Thacker, Weir, White
Whitney, YOrk-37
Absent or not vOting-CoOney, Easter
day, Ferguson, Fletcher, Johnson of
Ferry, Johnston OF SnohOmish, Peaslee,
Roberts, Thompson, Wilson of Kittitas