The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-05
DOINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE
House Passes Local Option, Anti-Raoe
Track and Woman Suffrage Bills
All Strike a Snag in
the Senate

The principal event of the week in
point of general interest was the in
auguration of Governor Cosgrove il
joint session Wednesday and the mair
topic Of conversation is the health o.
the governor and whether or not he
will return at later date to fill out his
term.
One thing is certain. The COVER
nor is very sick man, much ema-
ciated and very feeble. If, as re-
ported, he is on the gain he must GER
tainly have been very close to the
Shadow of the Valley. He remained
here in his private car, which he never
left save for the inaugural services at
the Capitol until Friday evening when
he started on the long return journey
to Southern California accompanied by
the good wishes of all.
Aside from the appointment of his
son Howard as private secretary, one
or two comparatively minor appoint
ments and the signing Of couple of
unimportant bills he transacted no Of
fetal business and the crowd of Office
seekers were skillfully shunted off to
save his strength as much as possible,
The wait between inaugural and return
being no doubt for him to have a chance
to rest up from the journey and the
fatigue of the inaugural.
The inaugural was impressive in the
extreme and not without strong touch
Of pathos. Though feeble in body the
governors mind is unimpaired, a good
symptom for his ultimate recovery, and
his address though very brief was a
strong speech and trumpet call to
the Legislators to redeem the pied
ges which had placed them in Office.
That Capt. Maurice Thompson, son
of Will H. Thompson and though not
generally mentioned, brother Of Chester
Thompson will succeed Gen. Ortis
Hamilton as adjutant General is the
prevailing opinion, though the appoint
ment may be somewhat delayed in re-
sponse to the strong demand from ma
tional guardsmen for the retention of
Hamilton.
The local option bill (the anti-sa-
loon league measure) the anti-race
track gambling bill and the submission
Of the equal suffrage amendment have
passed the house, thus put on record for
the redemption of platform pledges.
the senate seems disposed to trust the
constitutional amendment to the tender
mercies of the people but the thing it
is expected to do to the other two
laws are sin and shame. Both have
been referred to the judiciary com
mittee, which it is openly charged are
packed against them.
Dr.. Beach, Of Mason county, gave
as his reasons for voting against the
submission of the equal suffrage amend
ment, that Mrs. Beach had ordered
him not to do so, and if the house has
any sense of humor he will be Mr..
Henry Peck" for the balance of its
session and Mason county will send
his better half as the first represent
alive under the provisions of the equal
suffrage law if it should happen to
carry.
Ruth, Of Thurston, now active presi-
dent of the Senate, made a great play
to the galleries when he declared his
action on the Hanson bill would have
been the same if he knew his con-
stituents would take him from the
chair and hurl him from the senate.
He got away with it, too, for it oc-
cured to but few that the constituents
didn't have another guess coming for
four years, before which time they may
very reasonably be expected to forget,
as Mr.. Ruth knows.
Ex-Governor Mead has returned to
Bellingham. Here in Olympia, where
he was best known nothing but good
wishes follow him, even from those
who considered him not a biggish fl
for the gubernatorial chair. II may be
out Of order to strew flowers in the
path Of retiring officer. A perusal o.
the congressional record (unexpurgated