The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-24
NEWS OF LAWMAKERS AT OLYMPIA
f Resume of Proceedings Of the Peoples Representatives
a the state Capital Bills introduced. Passed, Rejected, ETC.
pROGRESsIvES ARE I'm BAD
All Patronage Divided Among Re
nublicans and Democrats.


OLYMPIA = The Republican-De Demo-
cratic combine, which has run 80
effectively the house of representa-
tives here since the 18th session OF
the Legislature began, handed two
more stiff solar plexus jolts to the
Progressives by gobbling up all the
house patronage and important COM
mittee assignments. Progressives got
what was left, which consisted of a
few unimportant committee chairman
ships and no patronage.
Everywhere the Bull Moosers signed
petitions asking for the appointment
of certain committee clerks or other
help of their choice, they were en-
tirely ignored. In Spokane county,
where seven out of eight of the house
delegation asked for the appointment
of young man of their district as
committee clerk, the request was not
CONSIDERED because CHe ucIcSoIoI
members were Progressives.
| In the committee assignments made
by Speaker Taylor, Bull Moosers with
% representatives in the house got
eight unimportant chairmanships. Re-
publicans, with so members, got 81
chairmanships, including all the more
important ones. Democrats, with IL
members, got II chairmanships. This
lineup brought much dissatisfaction
in Progressive circles.
The house employees were selected
by patronage committee appointed
by Speaker Taylor. When the names
were read and it dawned on the Pro-
gressives that they had been entirely
ignored, they stormed the house with
protests, which were only hushed when
Speaker Taylor told them they could
not expect consideration, because
"they were on the wrong side of the
fence"
Representative Neumann, of Spo-
kane, a Progressive, protested when
the names of employees were read and
the choice of his delegation was not
among them.
"Why is it" asked Neumann, "that
when our entire delegation asks for
the appointment of one committee
clerk out of about 20 the request is
ignored?"
| Representative Sims, member of
the committee, answered that the ma
jority rules in the legislature and that
the candidate offered by Spokane
county was not with the majority.
SIS it for political reasons?" asked
Representative Earle, of King county.
"There's no use beating around the
bush about this" interrupted Speaker
Taylor. 81 will tell you right out that
you are on the wrong side of the fence.
That's clear, isn't it?'
That stopped the debate and the re-
port of the committee was adopted
with only Bull Moosers voting against.
There are only two women employees
in the number.
The house passed by unanimous vote
a joint memorial asking President
elect Wilson to appoint Northwest
ern man secretary of the interior. The
memorial asks that man be appoint
ed who has lived in this section long
enough to be acquainted with condi-
lions. The same resolutions was
passed by the senate.
Following joint session, the senate
entered upon discussion of the posi-
tion of state printer, and the house
was declared by Speaker Taylor to be
ready for the introduction of bills.
The announcement brought shower
of II bills, for the most part of a
freakish or radical nature. Included
| in the list were the following:
A bill repeating an act to require
Superior Court judges to wear gowns,
introduced by Representative Cham
berlin.
A bill providing pension for school
teachers who have served 80 years or
more, introduced by Representative
Norton.
A bill prohibiting holder of pub
lie office from campaigning for another
office, introduced by Representative
Wray.
A bill known as sshome rule" bill,
giving cities the right to create re-
stricted districts if desired, introduced
by Representative Gray, of Spokane
A bill to require collection agencies
to furnish $4,000 bond to the state.
A bill making it impossible for
aliens who cannot become citizens of
the United States to own land in
Washington.
The first bill to be introduced was
women's minimum wage measure, by
Mrs. N. JOHN Croake, of Tacoma.
A bill was introduced by Represent
alive Halsey providing for an appropri-
alton for the purchase of the Wash
ington half of the Snake River bridge
at Lewiston.
By unanimous vote the house Gre
ated two standing committees, one on
industrial insurance and the other on
township organization.
Lister Is Inaugurated.
Olympia Amid applause from thou
sands of people from various parts of
the state, including members of both