Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-09-06
GIVES PAuLHAMUs' RECORD
Labor Federation Chief Shows Or
Past Acts of Progressive
Candidate.

The following communication, ad-
dressed by Charles r. Case, president
of the State Federation of Labor to
the newspapers Of Washington and
touching the candidacy of Senator w.
H. Paulhamus of Sumner. was re.
ceived by the STANDARD this week:
Since w. H. Paulhamus has an.
nounced his candidacy for governor.
many inquiries have been received at
this office asking information as to his
past legislative record.
During the COS Paulhamus was
known as the head of the railroad lob
byists and Is credited with having re.
sorted to every known method of cor.
ruption to prevent the enactment OF
any legislation inimical to railroad in.
terests. He was elected q member OF
the 1907 session Of the legislature and
has served continuously since as q
member Of the state senate.
During the 1909 session the senate
journal records him (page 1861 as v0t.
ing for the anti-pledge bill. which. had
1t become . law. would have denied all
candidates the right to make any
written statement as to what stand
they would take on any issue II
elected.
ION page 712 he Is recorded rs hav-
ing made the motion to indefinitely
postpone the women's eight-hour law
which motion prevailed by small ma
jority. The motion to indefinitely
postpone was purposely made by Sen
ator Paulhamus to prevent any possi-
bility of reconsideration. Two years
later, after women had heen granted
the right of franchise, ie became q
firm believer In eight hours for women.
Why? Because to longer oppose 1t
was political suicide.
ION page 754 he Is recorded as vot-
ing to exempt supreme court judges
from the direct primary. At later
session. he, with others, voted to put
the judges back under the direct pri-
mary after they had accomplished
their purpose Of electing . majority
of that court without submitting to
the primary Of 1910.
ION page 691 he signed q committee
report amending the miners eight
hour law so that It would not apply to
men engaged In hosting coal and ma
terial. On page S61 he voted for the
law after his committee report had
been stricken by q vote of the senate.
The bill passed unanimously but at q
later date Senator Paulhamus accom-
panied the miner operators to Olympia
and personally demanded that the gov
ernor veto the bill.
"At the 1911 session he was elected
president of the senate and as such re-
fused to appoint Senator Huxtable 1.-THE
only member of the senate who could
qualify as laboring mani chairman
of the labor committee, appointing in
stead . lawyer. lumber, shingle man.
ufacturer.
ION page 1914 he is recorded as vot-
ing to exempt judges from the recall
"Paulhamus was one of the six SEN
ators who agreed with Governor Hay
to prevent the passage Of the bill to
amend the constitution by the initia-
tive unless amended SO as to require
60 per cent of all votes cast In the
(instead of q majority of the
votes cast on the amendment) must
be in favor Of a constitutional amend
ment In order to adopt the same.
with such q record behind him
how can any man honestly and con-
60 before the people as
the candidate of the progressive party
with whose platform his past record
Is at such variance?"