The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-01-17
RFN10N-FRANKu|N LEGISLATORS
FIRST TO ASK FOR BRIDGE FUNDS
REPRESENTATIVES Rowland and Hongan Lose No Time Introducing
s Bill for Kennewick-Pasco Structure Keeps
Party Leaders Guessng-Two Women and
Two Socialists in Legislature



Representatives Herbert K. Row.
,ond. of Benton county, and B. B.
Horrigan, of Franklin county, COM
bined forces Wednesday to intro
duce a joint bill appropriatings25O,-
mn for the construction of bridge
ocross the Columbia river connect
;np Pasco and Kennewick. The
hill in every detail is similar to the
one introduced at the last session by
Mr.. Horrigan and Nelson Rich.
By taking advantage of the early
opportunity, Rowland and Horrigan
heat out all other petitioners for
bridge funds. If the legislature
should grant every one of the num-
erous requests for money to build
bridges, half, if not all, the state
institutions would have to be shut
down. Vancouver, Wash, wants a
million-dollar bridge built across
the Columbia to Portland. Clarks-
ton, Idaho, wants the states OF
Washington and Idaho to join in
.appropriating $4,000 to buy a
bridge already in use, but operated
on a toll basis. Pend Oreille, the
baby county of the state, also comes
forward with a request for bridge
funds for an interstate span between
Newport, Wash, and Newport, Ida.
It has been reported that Metaline
and Metaline Falls, in the same
county, want bridge appropria-
ton, though Jens Jenson, the pro-
gressive chosen at the special cleo
ton in Pend Oreille, says he is not
backing this scheme in spite of the
fact that his home is at Metaline
Falls. However, there will be plenty
of other applicants that have not
made their wishes known yet.
There is considerable doubt as 10
whether the Pasco- Kennewick
bridge can be secured at this session.
Governor Ernest Lister will try to
keep appropriations down to the
limit. Approximately $4,000, 900
more is asked in appropriations
this year than at the last session.
However, Rowland and Horrigan
have taken advantage of an early
opportunity to get in their request.
Horrigan, being an old member,
occupies choice position on the
appropriations committee in which
he expects to make the principal
fight for. the bridge.
G. 0. P. or BULL Moose!
Olympia politicians frankly are
puzzled to know whether Represent
ative Herbert K. Rowland of Ben
ton county is a republican or bull
moose. If keeping the other fell
low guessing is the best way tn sue
coed in politcis, and some past
masters claim it is, Mr.. Rowland
should rank close to the top of the
list, Elected on the republican
ticket, Rowland appeared at Seattle
last week at the progressive confer
ence one of the most earnest and
enthusiastic of the Roosevelt men.
Aside from attending the general
meetings and whooping things up,
the Benton county representative
attended the caucus of representa-
atlves elected on the progressive
e1ket. He was present and voting
at the session of this caucus that
decided unanimously to support T.
j. Corkery, of Spokane, for speaker.
AS the caucus majority is sup
posed to bind all participating
thereon, the bull moose counted on
Rowland as a sure recruit. They be-
gan to have some doubts later when,
at a caucus in Olympia he failed to
appear among those present. The
ooubt was crystalized to a certainty
When the following day Rowland,
according to report, approached
progressive leader and informed him
he could not afford to vote for
losing man.