The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-23
Fifteen BILLS HAVE
so FAR BECOME LAW
Buckles Down to
Hard Work and No More
Bills Will Be introduced.

Bills Will Be introduced.
Olympia.-The indications are that
the Legislature will really get down
to hard work during the coming
week. The flood of bills will stop.
for Monday the barrier was raised
against the introduction of new bills
and from now on it will require. the
consent of two-thirds of either branch
to introduce bill, except measures
which carry appropriations.
Little Of Importance has been &C.
complished thus far. Out of 694 bills
which have been presented in both
houses OF the Legislature only Is have
been made laws by the signature OF
Governor M. e. Hay. Of all the bills
introduced 436 have come from
House members of the Senate.
important Work Scheduled.
The Legislature has for its SEIZED
ule this week number of measures
considered of much Importance. Such
measures as the workingmen's COM
pensation act, the insurance code, the
county unit or local option bill. the
bill revising the banking laws and the
bill amending the present highway
law will come up for final action.
The Senate will consider for the
first time the initiative and referen-
dunn bill, the House having already
passed two bills on direct legislation,
one amending the constitution permit
ting the initiative and the other pro-
viding for the operation of the initiar
tive and referendum 1t Is expected
that these bills will have hard sled
ding In the Senate as it is known that
large percentage of the members
are not strongly in favor of direct
legislation. It is understood that the
Senate Is about evenly divided on the
direct legislation issue.
Appropriations Will BE Large.
The sentiment for economy which
pervaded the legislative halls during
the early days of the session seems
to have disappeared judging from the
horde Of special appropriation bills
now under consideration.
The biennial budget, which provides
for the state Institutions and depart
ments, carrying appropriations for
$6,675,000, was filed in both houses
Monday. In addition to the budget,
there are appropriation bills for near
~ every purpose under the sun, ag-
gregating more than $5,000,0O0, now
pending. The total of these bills
added to the biennial budget makes
neat little total of $11,675, 900.
The appropriations committees of
the House and Senate have cut the
allowance for state departments and
institutions to the lowest limit. Rep
resentative J. Fl. Davis, of the House
committee, and Senator ]. A. Fal-
coner. chairman of the Senate COM
mittee. announced that there would
be merciless slaughter of the pet
bills which enthusiastic legislators
have introduced.
Los-RolIing Is Expected.
In order to save few of these pet
bills from the appropriation commit
tees ak. the week will see the begin
ming Of log-rolling. The local option
bill, the initiative and referendum,
the apportionment bill and the EN-.
ployers' liability bill are measures
which are looked upon by the legis-
lators as things full Of promise in this
direction.
One OF the big fights likely to take
place in the Senate before the end of
the week will be over the county-unit
bill. OF tn AZ members of the Senate.
1t is understood that rs are lined I'D
for the bill. leaving II as the minority
to oppose 1t in behalf of the wet"
element Of the state. This bill is said
to be In direct line with Governor
Hays political scheme and it's pass
age in the Senate seems certain. The
House will probably defeat the
measure.
To Amend Primary Law.
Representative e. I. Denman of Spo.
kane has plan which he believes
will keep members of the minority
parties off the majority party ticket
In the primaries. The Denman bill
provides that If a candidate for Office
in the primaries does not get Is per
cent TO the votes cast for the success
full nominee on the opposing ticket
then such candidate may not have his
name printed on the general election