The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-09
SOLONS TO REST
UNTIL AUGUST Il.
WILL DRAW NO SALARY WHILE
AT HOME.
REDUCE BOARD OF MANAGERS
Cost of Impeachment Trial Limited
to O,OOO-Total Appropria-
tions Aggregate $4,000.

Olympia-Both houses of the ex-
traordinary session of the legislature
took a recess Friday until August
IL at P. M, when the impeach-
ment trial of ]. H. Schively, state
insurance commissioner, will begin.
After a long debate the house cut
down the board of managers to
three, selected by direct primary
method" and decided that all men,
bers should return at the end of the
recess. The three members selected
are: Speaker Meigs, Sparks of
Clark and Edge of Spokane. Dur
ing the 40 days interim none of the
members of either house will draw
per diem, except the three impeach-
ment managers and President Ruth,
of the senate, each of whom is al
lowed $40 a day.
The general investigating commit
tee heretofore authorized to continue
its work was granted fund of $780,
900. The cost of the impeachment
trial has been limited to $4,000.
The total appropriations for the spe-
cial session aggregate $117,984, but
of this sum $4,000 is for future
legislative, impeachment and investi-
gaton expenses, and portion will
likely revert to the state treasury.
20 Counts Specified.
The articles of Impeachment
against ]. H. Schively specifies &c
include high crimes and INSIDE
meanors, malfeasance In office, per-
jury, extortion, unjust, arbitrary and
oppressive conduct In Office and neg
lect of official duties
The accused insurance commits
sioner formally appeared before the
senate, sitting for the first time In
the history of the state as a court
of impeachment, and his attorney
presented a motion for a continu-
ance and reserved the right to chal-
lenge the jurisdiction of the senate.
In arguing for the granting of the
motion, Attorney Israel declared 1t
was the intention of Mr. Schively to
deny each and every article in toto,
and to present an affirmative defense
20 Of iaIa
were stricken out or otherwise dis
posed of on motion or demurrer.
A motion was adopted giving Mr..
Schively nine days in which to file
with the encouragement an answer
to the charges; the encouragement
four days in which to prepare a re-
ply, and provides that both sides
shall have until August II to mar
shall their testimony and otherwise
prepare for trial.
Report to Governor.
The method OF continuing the in
vestigation of state offices and de-
partments was disposed of by the
adoption in both houses Of a reso-
luton continuing the present COM
mittee and requiring 1t to report
April 1, 1910, to the governor. AS
the matter now stands the present
committee is empowered to go
ahead under instructions of general
character.
A house committee will investi-
gate the charges preferred against
eight members of the supreme court
by II. N. DeWolfe, of Tacoma. De-
Wolfe asserts that the court has de-
cided four cases against his clients
when the law and the facts were
In opposition to the decision The
committee appointed under authori-
ty of the house is composed of Hal
sey of Asotin, Palmer of King, Thay-
er of Stevens, David of Pierce and
Bird of Snohomish. This committee
is also empowered to investigate any
charges that may be filed against
members of the 1909 legislature.
May Be More Charges.
1t is understood that there are
charges likely to be forthcoming
against some of the members In con-
nection with the passage of meas
ure by the last legislature creating
Board of Nurse Examiners and
known as the Nurses Trust Bill"
The ten days session of the spe-
cial legislature resulted in the pas
sage of eight bills, four concurrent
resolutions, one joint memorial and
the institution of impeachment pro-
ceedings In addition to these, the
senate adopted resolution directing
the legislative investigation commit
tee to investigate the deal by which
the regents of the university leased
the old university ground In Seattle
for a period of AZ years upon terms
which practically amount to giving
away the property.
The senate has recorded itself as
opposed to the repeal of the exemp-