The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-04

OLYMPIA, Feb. 25.-Although he ad
mitted before the appropriation com
mittee that he was member of the
! Pacific Livestock Insurance association
of Spokane, now defunct, while he wat
a state officer, and had pocketed the feet
received from the various insurance
companies, the house OF representatives
today refused to conduct an investiga
ton into the affairs OF the insurance
commission and the conduct OF COmmi
sioner Schively.
A resolution by Scott Of Adams, de
manding an investigation was defeated
by three votes after q lengthy discus
custom. The vote stood 81 to ~.
The fact that the investigation waf
denied by the small margin OF three
votes. however, demonstrates the near
~ one. half OF the house members be.
lieve that there is something wrong;
that the office should be thoroughly In
vestigated, and that MIR. Shively, if In
nocent, should be the first one to ask
for an investigation. They declare
that they are not through with the
matter and that, il it Is possible, the
question will be brought up again.
They are anxious to know Why Mr..
Schively does not wish the investiga-
tion II his Office has been conducted in
an honest and satisfactory manner. 1t
is stated here that for several days the
insurance com nississer lcbbleA amoss
the members, urging that they vote
against an investigation.
The following men voted against an
investigation:
Beach, Bell, Bird, Bishop, Brads-
berry, Bugge, Cameron, J. E. Camp
bell, Carlyon, Clark, Coggswell, Erick'
son, Fisher, French, Client, Hall,
Hayward, Jeffries. Kayser. Krouse,
Kenoyer, Lambert, Locke, Macarthur.
McGreeor, McInnis, Mcmillan, Morse,
Norris, Palmer Rogers, Sims. Stevens
A. NJ. J, Stevens (E. NJ. Stuart, Sweet,
Taylor, Tenant, Thayer, Thompson
r. A J, Tonkin. Ward, Webster, Wier,
and Young.
The following members favored and
voted for an investigation:
Anderson John. Anderson (Nels),
Anderson wv. T), Bolinger, Boone,
Buchanan, Buck, Byerly, Calkins,
Campbell (F IT,, Christensen, Cline,
David, Denman, Edge, Eldridge,
Francher, Farnsworth, Gordon, Hal.
ferty, Halsey, Hanson III. H., Hanson
lOlel Hewitt, Holm, Hubbell, jackson
IF. c., Leonard, Mcclure, Mckinney,
McMaster,, Miller, Reeve, Sayre,
Scott, Shut, Sparks. Spedden, Stone.
Thompson, (H. W., Todd, Vollmer,
Whalley and Speaker Meigs.
Absent or not voting.
jackson iR. Az, Morris, Renick and
Rudene.
Representative Scott, 10 moving the
adoption of his resolution, declared
that the people OF the state were look
ing upon the Office of the insurance
commissioner with suspicion becaues Of
the rumOrs of misconduct.
III the conduct OF the Office Is as il,
should be Mr.. Schively should court an
, , Investigations, said Mr.. Scott.
An amendment to the resolution, I"
include all state officers, was offered
by French OF Clark, which was quickly
followed by J. Z. Campbell Of Snohom-
ish, the labor representative, moving
that the resolution be indefinitely post
poned. Bishop seconded the motion,
declaring there was no need for an in
vestigatiOn
In UNFOLDING the indefinite postpone.
ment motion Beach of Mason said
Schively had never been q state official,
simply q deputy, who followed the in'
structions Of his chief, Sam Nichols.
III you are going to conduct an In
vestig alton you should investigate the
employer, not the employee" he con-
tinued. "Schively has just started this
office and am in favor of giving him a
chance"
The opposite view was taken by jack
son of King who said:
81 don't believe that this legislature