The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
SALARY MAD At OLYMPIA
Pau|hamus Thus Terms The
Senate For It's Actions
FILIbUSTER BLOCKS LEGISLATION
INSURGENT ELEMENT FORCED
INTO LINE BY TIMBER BAR
oNs DITCH BILLS.

OLYMPIA. Wash, March l.
Four times this week the IN
surgent group has shown it's hand. The
majority combination in the senate has
passed the bill prohibiting the sale OF
liquor within two miles of the state
college at Pullman, so as to put out
of business a $4,000 saloon and one
other place and to strike at Senator
Peter McGregor, who represents the
college district; passed the bill dlvid-
ing Chehalis county, which will pro-
woke long lawsuit that will call into
question the constitutionality of all
previous county divisions acts; killed
the state medical associations bill
preventing the pollution Of streams
used for sources of municipal water
supply because the timber barons de-
clared it would interfere with their
logging operations; sent the anti
cigarette bill to the committee on COM
merce and manufacturers, which is
headed by cigarette smokers.
The attitude of the timber barOns
in forcing the insurgent group into line
! to defeat the medical associations bill
recalls Dr. Sheets impassioned appeal
to the house when the measure was
pending there. DR.. Sheets called at
| tention to the fact that powerful influ-
ences were trying to kill the bill and
declared that such action was putting
| dollars above human lives.
Touching Taxpayers.
After one of the longest debates of
| the session the senate this morning
/ passed Ree's house bill IS6, adjusting
! the salaries of members of the state
! board of control to fit their enlarged
duties and the compensation of the
| heads of other institutions. The new
| schedule follows: Members of the
board of control, $4,000 per annum: su-
| perintendent of the hospitals for the
! insane, $4,000; superintendent of the
state penitentiary, $500; superinten-
dent of the state soldiers home, $1,000;
superintendent of the state school for
the deaf, dumb and blind. $500; super
intendent of the state school for de-
fectiVe youths, $500: superintendent
of the state institution for the feeble
minded, $1,000. This is an increase of
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year for the
members Of the board of control, and
an increase of from $500 to $4,000 for
superintendent Of asylums. These
figures represent the maximum sal
aries that the state may pay, leaN ing
the fixing of the actual salaries with
the board of control.
PaulhamuS fought the increase in
pay for the board of control and told
the senate that it has grown salary
10 ha
maximum salary to be paid superinten-
dents of asylums for the insane.
The following bills passed the SEN
ate Prescribing mode of cOndemna-
ton proceedings to appropriate state
lands; S. B. 179, amending act for
F.! plats and replats in municipalities; to
/ require voter to identify himself by
signature to correspond with that on
! the registration book; to increase du-
ties and salary of state board of con-
! troll and salaries of hospitals for in
| sane; to regulate sale of lands set
aside for higher educational purposes
demanding the cOncent of regents: to
| authorize the use of brick made in the
penitentiary for prison buildings; to
submit amendment to the constitution
| requiring a vote of the people before
a county can be divided: to require eX-
press companies to deliver packages
within city limits; to pay state high
way commissioners $500 a year: to
| license and inspect gasoline launches;
to distribute to counties money re-
ceived from United States government
! for forest reserves: making it a mis-
| demeanor to fraudulently wear a badge
| of any order: to grant right of way
! for Lake Washington canal through
state university; repeating act of 1885
/ to prevent the spread of disease among
animals.