The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-15

BILL PASSED
Big Progressive Measure
is Passed by Lower
House by Decisive Vote.

OLYMPIA. Feb 10 After three
hours debate. the foes Of the init
HtEa and referendum bin could
muster only an even dozen of votes
as against the - who favored u IN
the house yesterday
The overwhelming majority. how.
ever. does not tell the story Sub
terfuge alter aubtefiugo was ~
sorted 10 TO XIII the bill amend.
ment after amendment had % be
voted down
First. a majority Of the commit.
tee on constitutional amendments.
TO which the bin WAS referred, re-
ported % ont with 81 amendments
A minority recommended that II
pass as drafted
The test Of strength came upon
the first majority committee
amendment. an unimportnni one.
relating 10 punctuation chiefly But
10 tho friends Of the measure Il
spelled an opening towards the
other 20 amendments. which would
have defeated the whole intent ~
the bin
So the word went down the line.
Defeat every amendment" And
ig vas done
The first went by the wayaide
with 81 90 &c votes registered
against o. Then. with varying
majnritiea. the report 81 the ma
jOrity OF the constitutional commit
tee Was rejected. the minority re
port was adopted. aud nine amend
menta offered from the floor Of the
house we're voted down
when the fisal roll call on the
adoption Of the bill itself Was taken.
only the following " voted against
u beach. ByeFly. Driasler, Foster
Of King county. Client. Croft.
Martin. McArdle. Mcmillan. Sims.
W y Stephens. and Webster
Seven representative Joined in
the authorship Of the initiative and
referendum bill They are Teats.
Todd. n - buchanan. Denman.
phipps. Wright and Halaey To
Victor Zednick goes the credit Of
giving Dr Beach Of Mason county.
the caustic whip OF the aniipro
grcsslyc faction in the house. the
seyercst drubblng OF the present
aesAlon
Beach hAd characterized the IN
ifiatiye and referendum as social
istle nnarchiKlir. and unrspnbllcan.
Il have the utmost contempt.
said Zcdnlrk. for the men Who.
like the gentleman from Mason.
constitute themselves % judges toI
tell ua who are good republicans.
and calling everything that Navors
Of progrcsslyencHs a. not rcpubli
cans . am getting Tired Of being
called socialist. anarchist and Nhat
not BY these alleged republicans.
who gauge republican standards by
that which held good 30 years ago
4 say right nov. cried Iednick
lmprcsalvcly. that the true repub
leans are those Who heed the
wishes Of the people. and de
nounce those who DO not favor
these progressive wishes ~ the
people as derriici republicans IS ho
are not up 10 the times
n the Initiative and referendum
carries ia the senate. Il will be-
submitted 60 the people AZ a con.
stifuiional amendment al the
election ia November. 1912
There vas more ufafnry loi loose
on the Initiative aud referendum
bill yesterday. than on any other Ia
the present session Eighteen mes
took the floor during the debate.
as follows; Locke. Sims. Foster.
Todd. DenmRn. Beach. Teats.
Client. Wray. Bird. n T. Buchanan.
Wright. Croft. Faulkner. Atkinson.
Shut. French. and Zednick Several I
took the floor several times. eApoc
tally Denmnu for the bill. and Eos
ter and Beach against g. Zcdnicks /
roast of Beach seemed to settle the /
oratory. the final vote following II |
Immediately.