The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02


floor of the House and the sergeant
at arms was instructed to eject her.
Japanese Interested In Memorial.
The representatives of the emperor
of Japan are taking a lively interest
in the Senate joint memorial, protest
ing to the President and the Senate
of the United States against any
treaty with Japan which would per-
NIT Japanese coolie labor to come to
this country.
K. Satow, secretary to the imperial
Japanese consul at Seattle, came to
Olympia to get copy of the resolu-
ton and to ascertain the sentiment of
the legislature
Would Repeal State Aid Law.
Plans are being made by the oppo
nents of the present state aid road
law to force an entire repeal of the
law and a substitution of a bill now
in the progress of construction. The
joint committee of the House and
Senate has before it dozens of amend
ments and substitutes to the bill and
will draft from these a new law.
1t is understood that the Investigate
ing committee which examined the
rock crushing plant on Fidalgo Island
will criticise the manner in which that
plant was erected and the amount of
money expended. The committee is
satisfied that the plant is a good one,
but too expensive for the purposes of
the state. The greatest fault found
with the plant Is the position of the
loading bunkers.
Houses Disagree on Wenatchee Bill.
After an extended debate attended
by large delegation of Wenatchee
citizens, the Senate passed a resolu-
ton accepting the compromise offer
OF the Washington Bridge Company
for the purchase of the steel bridge
across the Columbia River at Wenat-
chez for $125.OO0.
Holding that the bill passed by the
1909 legislature providing for the pur-
chase OF the. Wenatchee bridge across
the Columbia River was the biggest
blunder of the last session, and that
the state had no use for the structure.
the House failed to pass a Senate
joint resolution providing for the pur-
chase Of the bridge for $125,OOO.
Eisht-Hour Law Attacked.
One subject of legislation that is
becoming of statewide interest is the
proposed eight-hour labor law for wo-
men. 1t has been sanctioned by the
State Federation of Labor and is in
reality an organized labor measure. It
Is receiving strong support from vari-
GUS women's organizations in the
state and from churches and religious
organizations. Mrs. May Arkwright
Hutton, of Spokane, one of the leaders
for women's rights in Washington, has
been in Olympia two weeks in inter-
est Of the measure.
Opposed to the bin are cannery.
men, hotelmen, laundrymen and de-
partment-store proprietors. Represen-
tatives Of these interests are In Olym-
pia in an endeavor to defeat the
measure.
Lien Bill interests Many.
Contractors, material men, archi.
tects and homebuilders in Washing.
ton swarmed to Olympia last week to
take up the question of legislation on
property liens with the lawmakers.
Each interest seems to be divided on
the subject and as result some want
1t amended and others want it re.
pealed and substitute passed.
Would Abolish State Offices.
The majority of the Senate Judi
ciary committee recommended aboli.
tio1 VI TIA &C StdIG OIQCCS, lieutenant.
governor, insurance commissioner.
and land commissioner. Three sepa.
rate reports were brought in. The
bill as originally introduced provided
also for the abolition of the auditor.
and Senator Nichols, also a member of
the committee, stood up for this con.
tention. bringing in separate report.
Would Unite Veterans Homes.
The consolidation of the veterans
home at Port Orchard and the sol.
diers' home at Orting is provided In q
House bill introduced by E. H. Eshle-
man. OF Spokane. The bill provides
that the new home shall be located
at Port Orchard and that s463.131 be
appropriated for new buildings there
The bill carries out the recommends
ton OF the board Of control.