The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-01-20
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS
At THE STATE CAPITAL
Lid to Extravaganza Has Not
Yet Been Lifted.
whitman County's Representatives
Fare Well on Committees Local
Option Apparently Disposed Off,
National Guard on the GridIron.

Olympia, Jan. 1S Senator Oliver
Hall OF Colfax serves on more senate
committees than does any other member
OF the upper house OF the 18th legis
lature OF this state. In addition to the
chalrmanship of the senate committee
on horticulture and foresty he has been
named on eleven other committees.
Senator Joseph Arrasmith of Pslouse
has been given excellent assignments.
de heads the committee on agriculture
and has place on FIVE other important
committees. Whitman county is well
taken care OF with respect to committee
assignments in the senate.
In the house Representative Hugh c.
Todd heads the committee on mileage
and contingent expenses and serves on
five Others, and W. C. Mccoy is chairman
OF the Washington State College COM
mittee and is named on four other COM
mittees. Charles Larue has no chair
manship but serves on four committees.
II. ). Mcclure heads the committee on
house arrangements and is assigned to
three others
Local Option Disposed OF.
As presented by a resolution propos-
ing to exclude from consideration any
local option legislation at this session
the question OF local option aroused the
house on the third day OF the present
session to heated debate and brought
out the wet and dry lineup very clearly.
Ultimately the resolution passed. the
vote being yeas 53, nays Al, with two
members absent or not voting. Repre-
sentative Larue voted with the "wets"
and Representatives Mccoy, Mcclure and
Todd voted with the "drys."
In the senate Myers OF Lincoln county
has introduced bill prohibiting the use
OF preservatives and coloring matter in
meats and another measure relative to
sanitation Of dairies, bakeries and such
places.
Anent Live Stock Companies.
Unless live stock companies have a
capital stock of 100000, at least one
half paid up, it cannot transact business
in this state under provisions Of the bill
drafted by the insurance code commits.
sion and now receiving the consider
alton OF the legislature. The measure
also proposes the appointment OF the in
surance commissioner by the chief ex-
ecutiVe OF the state instead of the elec-
tion OF the commissioner as is now the
case. Several penalties are imposed on
agents who convert to their own use
funds entrusted to them for the COM
panies they represent. Mutual insurance
companies are placed under more strict
regulation, but home or domestic CON-
panies are given an abundance of time
within which to meet new regulations
the measure proposes.
After the National Guard.
There is before the senate a bill by the
appropriations committee providing for
the maintenance of the National Guard
- 'NDhiDSCOu v OuIiuB Tue uo4b TWO
years, but pending before the military
committee OF the house is a resolution
OF Frank P. Gose, representative from
King county, for the appointment of a
joint committee to investigate the Ma
tional Guard of Washington, which, it is
said, may result in the disbanding of
the organization. Representative Goss
charges the misuse OF funds OF the Guard
and says that officers hold their posi-.
tiOns through favoritsm and that the
head of the organization received his ap-
pointment in an irregular manner.
In the house the force of employees hs
been curtailed over 25 per cent from the
last regular session, and in the senate
the present force is but p as compared
with A two years ago