The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-03-07
GOVERNOR LISTER IS
PLEASING THE PEOPLE
Continued from LIST page)

on the Calendar LOT MONDAY, march D,
1918.
The senate passed Troy's bill crea-
ting a department Of agriculture, and
placing several of the boards under
this department instead of under sepa-
rate heads. II this bill becomes law,
as it should, it will mean a saving Of
several thousand dollars every bien-
mum.
The senate also passed senate bills
Nos. 21S, providing for the steriliza-
ton OF criminals, and 100, establish
ing a state trade school at Everett.
By the action of the house this week
the governor is prohibited from par
doning convict on first degree MUIR
der charge until he shall have served
20 years of sentence, except on
grounds of innocence.
About the only thing Of much mo-
ment in the Legislature last week was
the treatment by the house OF the We
toes Of Governor Lister of the Cheney
normal appropriation Of 100000 and
the road levy raising $l,500,000 per
year for the next two years. The first
veto was sent to the house last week,
but the road veto came in on Monday,
and was sent to its committee, where
the Cheney normal veto had been re-
posing for several days. Tuesday they
were made a special order of business
for 1890 a. m. 1t didn't take the
house very long to pass the Cheney
normal measure, brought up first, over
the governors veto, the vote being 70
ayes, 16 nays, and 8 being absent.
The real surprise of the session came
when the vote was taken on the road
levy veto, the house machine being
unable to pass the measure over the
veto, although lacking but three or
four votes Of necessary number to do
so. The vote as announced was 81
ayes, SO hayes, and 8 absent. Sims,
floor leader OF the republicans, was
very much astounded over the result,
having been given CD to understand
by members Of the "unholy alliance"
that they would vote for the measure
over the governors veto provided the
necessary support was given to the
Cheney normal. However, he was
able after few minutes consideration
to begin fight that is still on.
Sims moved for a reconsideration Of
the vote, but upon being called
down. by Hill, democrat of Walla
Walla, through the use OF rule so,
which does not permit of a reconsid-
Grafton of any vote under "a hours,
then moved that rule so be suspended.
A vote was taken and the motion lost,
whereupon Sims gave notice that on
the following day he would move for a
reconsideration, and the house at 11:25
a. m. went into recess until afternoon
in order to allow Sims and the other
republicans to get their breath and line
up their army for the next day.
Wednesday dawned clear but frosty,
and it found Sims with his fighting
clothes on and in full array for the
fray. 1t was Sims move and he lost
no time in making it. He addressed
the house soon after 10 o'clock calling
attention to the action of that body Of
the day before and said the governor
had felt insulted over what the house
did, and he therefore desired to offer
an amendment, which in effect was to
expunge from the Journal all the rec
ord of the previous days proceedings
relating to H. B. 164 and H. B. 33o.
For a time many of the members could
not get through their craniums just
what Sims action meant, but before
the vote was taken it became quite
evident that what the republican floor
leader desired to accomplish was to
bring the vetoes back before the house.
And he carried his point by vote Of
Sc to 40. But this does not neces-
sarily mean that Sims and his clique
will be able to carry their point still
further in the threat to sustain the
governors veto on Cheney normal un-
less the Eastern Washington solons
give their support to overriding the
governors veto on the road levy. 1t