Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-23
THE SESSION CLOSES
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
ENDS SATURDAY.
Senate Turns Down the Income Tax
Amendment. Lawmakers Nppro-
priafed $237,5O5 and Passed 81
treasures. Senate Continues as
Impeachment Court.

impeachment IOucI.
OLYMPIA, Aug. 21.-With the
closing of the special session of the
legislature today, a checking up of
the work done finds that the law
makers have appropriated from vari-
Gus funds for various purposes $237,-
505; have put through 81 bills in
both houses, eight of which have been
signed by Governor Hay and part
of one vetoed. His veto was sus-
tanned by the house. The legisla-
ture was called together primarily
to hear the report of the legislative
investigating committee on the con-
ditiOns found in the office of J. H.
Schively, state insurance commission
er, who is now being tried before the
senate sitting as high court of i'm
parchment
The legislature has mad PRACTICAL
ly two sessions within the 60 days
| fixed by the constitution, which ex-
pired tonight. They first met in
Olympia, June 23, and after the arti-
cles of impeachment had been filed
with the senate by the house, fol-
| lowing the failure of the senate to
pass the bill abolishing the office,
recess was taken on July until Au-
gust II. Since the latter date the
lawmakers have been in Olympia.
| The appropriations made by the
| Cosgrove funeral deficiency, $427;
printing of accountancy board, 81
600: printing constitutional amend
ments, $2,400; impeachment trial
expenses $4,000; for Port Orchard
veterans home $4,000; continuing
capitol land cruise, $4,000; main
tenance national guard, s36,67S;
special session expense, $4,000,
| legislative investigation committee,
100000. Total, $237,5O5
In the senate today the resolution
| to ratify the income tax amendent
to the federal constitution was put
over until the next regular session of
the legislature.
After Schively had left the stand
the senate, sitting as a legislative
body, revived the congressional di-
rect primary bill as voted down at
the morning session and passed it.
Two votes were changed-Piper of
King and HuXtable of Spokane
changing over The emergency
clause failed to pass, so the law will
not go into effect for 80 days,and it
is possible that Governor Hay will
delay calling an election until that
time for the purpose of electing a
successor to the late Representative
Francis w. Cushman.
The friends of the direct primary
won a final victory in the senate late
this afternoon when, through the
efforts of Senator Metcalf and Paul
hamus of Pierce and other senators
H. b. 33 by Bell was passed in the
senate by a bare majority, after hav-
ing suffered defeat in the same body
in the morning session.
The house having sent the bill ov-
er without an emergency clause the
senate passed it as received. 1t will
not be effective for 90 days. Cover
nor Hay announced that he will call
the special election for November 2,
but without the emergency clause
this will be impossible unless nomin-
alton is made by convention.
H. B. is, by Campbell, to restore
the nomination of supreme court
candidates to direct primary was
killed in the senate.
The senate also spent $4,000 Be-
fore adjourning sine die at 6:20
o'clock they passed the Beach bill
appropriating $4,000 for the relief
of the Indian war veterans, and the
bill appropriating $4,000 for print
ing the house and senate journals.
These swelled the total appropria-
tions for the special session to
s237,5O5.
Although numerous bills were in
troduced to repeal some of the many
appropriations made at the regular
session last winter, not one of them
passed.
The house committee appointed to
! investigate the supreme court is dead
and can make no report. The senate
failed to act on the concurrent REQ
luton prolonging the life of the coln-
mittee.