Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-01-16
FIRST WEEK OF
LEGISLATURE
TWELFTH SESSION STANDS WITH
ECONOMY FOR WATCHWORD
CONGRESSIONAL AppOR ON.
MENT THAT GIVES GRAYS HAR.
BOR A CHANGE. LIQUOR LOe-
SYISTS AND LOG ROLLING DIS.
cOURAGEO. EFFORTS FOR 6Usl.
NESS SESSION.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 1t-(SpeciaD.-
The first week of the legislative ses-
sion has broken all records for the
economy and efficiency that vas the
keynote Of Gov. Hays message, and
if the pace is maintained 10 the close
he twelfth session will have earn
ed the thanks OF the taxpayers OF the
state
To organize. hire help and dispose
of other necessary preliminaries iii
he short space OF 90 mirutes-this
is record making pace 1t holds out
hope that the legislature will apply
the principles of scientific manage
ment to its administration of the rest
of the peoples business this winter.
and show how speedily business-like e
handling of public affairs can bring
about the end of a session.
Early in the week Speaker TayiGr
and his assistants arranged a program
which resulted in saving of so per
day in the house expenses. Not to
be outdone by the lower house. Presi.
Gent Paulhamus called his cohorts TO.
sether and succeeded in perfecting an
organization of the senate working
force which resulted in cutting down
expenses there of 800 per day or
about $4,000 for the 60-day session.
Congressional Apportionment
The apportionment scheme of
was to control its congressional dis
trict absolutely. received a set back
| Thursday night, when about 80 men,
bers of the house met in caucus and
after adopting q resolution to the
effect that the representation of none
of the counties be reduced in the leg
islature, agreed upon gressionaI
apportionment that will appeal to
most as eminently fair. The scheme
of appOrtionment was based largely
upon contiguity and of course. popu.
lation, but special care was taken to
group counties having identical inter
ests in districts. Following are the
districts as agreed upon in the eau
Gus:
Northwest district-Whatcom Cial-
| lam, Skagit. Jefferson. Snohomish,
kitsap, San Jaun, Island, Chehals.
Mason and Thurston.
Seattle separate district.
Southwest district-king county. ex-
cept Seattle; Pierce. Lewis. Pacific,
Wakiakum and Cowlitz.
Northeast district-Spokane Ste
yens, Douglas, Okanogan, Chelan, Fer
ry and Lincoln
Columbia river district Clarke
Whitman, Columbia Garfield, Asotin
Franklin, Skamania Adams. Grant.
Walla Walla, Benton. kittitas. Yaki-
ma and Klickitat.
Wet and Dry Lobbyists Hit
Liquor legislation. that was so pro
life of log rolling and its concOmitant
extravaganza at the last session. re-
ceived set back Tuesday when the
house, by vote of 53 to Al, adopted
resolution that sends all liquor liti-
cation in the house to the rules com.
mittee without debate While this
vote may not indicate the exact
strength of the west and drys. it does
point that the house positively refuses
to recognize further legislation on this
question of such importance as TO pre-
vent the decorOus transaction of the
really pressing business of the state,
and the action is taken as a notifica-
ton to Dry Lobbyist Doty and Wet
Lobbyist Davis that they may as we'll
quit their jobs for this session. Mr..
Doty has taken the hint and gone
back to Seattle.
Military Fund Exhausted
Unless the legislature passes a de-
fciency bill for the military at once.
the armories of the state will have
to close down on account of the ex-
haustion of the maintenance fund
which was voted by the legislature
TWO years ago. An examination of
the military fund books in the Office
OF State Auditor Claussen this after
noon showed a balance of s706.14 in
the maintenance fund and this will
have TO pay the cost OF upkeep of the
armories uptil April l. 1911, when the
appropriation which the 18th legisia-