Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-02

twice elected to that office, likes her
| job and is trying to get the legislature
! TO fix things so she can hold over in
| definitely by amending the law that
! county officer can serve only two con.
! secutive terms. Mrs. Trumbull was
caught red handed lobbying on the
! moor 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.
X. 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 substitution of 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 investigat.
ing committee which examined the
j rock crushing plant on Fdalgo 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
1or the purchase of the steel bridge
across the Columbia River at Wenat-
chez for $125, 900.
Holding that the bin 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 tina.
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 Sl25,OOO
Eght-Hour Law Attacked.
| One subject of legislation that is
becoming OF statewide interest is the
! proposed eighthour labor law for wo.
men, 1t has been sanctioned by the
! State Federation of Labor and is in
reality an organized labor measure. 1t
is receiving strong support from yari-
GUS women's organizations in the
state and from churches and religion =
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 bill 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
it amended and others want it re-
pealed and substitute passed
Would Abolish State Offices.
The majority of the Senate Judi
ciary committee recommended aboli-
ton OF three state offices, 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 a 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 a