Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-03-16
Deadlock of House and Senate
Result Of Political Asper-
atiOns
HAY MACHINE SLIPS COG
Needed Legislation is Neglec-
ted While Members Deal
Political Cards

OLYMPIA, Wash, March 14.-Out
of the tangled skeins of legislation
and politics there now is beginning
to assume something definite upon
which to base a program that will in
terest the politicians for the next two
years. The program of the legislature
included a political plan. which was
sharply defined. There were two Op-
posing camps, and the battle waged
fercely. Not until the CAV aNfnally
had fallen in both houses on a hope
less deadlock was it possible to de-
termine the victors. The result, how
ever, disclosed the real situation, and
the losers we're then. known to be
Governor M. E. Hay and w. H. Paul.
hamus, the president of the senate.
The winners of the political scrap
were: Howard d. Taylor, speaker of
the House; James McNeely. of Pierce
county, chairman of the roads and
bridges committee; E. w. Ross, COM
missioner of public lands, and John
H. Schively, insurance commissioner.
The lineup on either side Is not
exactly defined, but it runs something
like this: Governor Hay was slated
to succeed himself; Senator Paulha-
mus sought the United States sena-
torship four years hence; George
Dickson of Ellensburg, was slated for
a state job or as candidate for Con-
gress.
Rival Candidates Presented
The winning side backs Howard ID.
Taylor for governor two years from
now; for the senatorship, James Nc
Nicely or E. w. Ross; for congress in
the southwest district, DR.. W. Nj
Beach, of Mason county.
This, then, is the real explanation
of the antagonism that existed be
tween the two houses almost from
the start. Taylor made one Of the
the House ever had. He lives a
Eagle Gorge in King county, and this
was his third term in the House. He
is 33 years old and is wealthy.
Concerning McNeely, it may be said
that he is a man who rose to extra
ordinary heights. He was made chair
man of the roads and bridges com
mittee at psychological moment
Just when the great question was al
stake. 1t seems certain that he took
the popular side, because he was or
the side of the farmers of the state
The result cannot be told for year
or two, until it is seen how the Nc
Nicely road plan works out. He will
probably have the enmity of most
of King county.
Playing for Big Stakes.
On that memorable night last
Thursday, when the legislature vas
in deadlock over the good roads que-s
tion, the committee was locked be
hind committee room doors, and the
battle ragged tiercely. The merrymak
ing crowds that sat on the floors and
in the galleries little dreamed tha,
when a report was made, or a vote
taken on the report that governor
ship and senatorship as we'll as other
high places, hung in the balance. But
such was the case.
1t was 3 o'clock in the morning
when the senate had hurled back its
ultimatum to the house. The free
conference committee filed in to make
what was conceded to be the last
report. A little group of weary news
paper men crowded to the door and
as the committee flied by they said:
"How about it, JIM"
The McNeely smile broke out fresh
ly, even after the bitter wrangle OF
the night. He replied:
Absolutely impossible" and there
was a sigh of relief and a look that
flashed back and forth among the
reporters. They knew that the big
battle had been won, and that Taylor
and McNeely had stood firm.
Ross Was indicated.
Now comes the other part Land
Commissioner Ross has been fighting
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