Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-18

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that the Snoqualmie Pass road is to
be constructed, and another wrangle
probably will grow out of that.
Will Governor Lister permit this
3-mill increase? doubt it. His
campaign was made solely on prom
ises Of economy. The veto of the
Cheney normal school appropriation
indicates he intends to do what he
said he would. An interview he gave
out this week adds further light.
1T must be borne in mind that this
state has not as yet the machinery !.
for permanent road construction on
large SCALE" he said. 1--WE have
not equipped ourselves so as to be
in position to know that when
large expenditures are authorized,
really permanent highways will be
the result. This will come from APP
piled knowledge-in other words,
from knowledge plus experience Our
efforts up to this time have not been
so brilliantly successful as to cause
me to think that it will be good pol
icy to pile up enormous amounts Of
,tion, for it might result in all the
money being spent without obtaining,
the class of highways which, the peo-
pie would have right to exiect from
the size, of the exp enditure.
hhis inaigurai message fatfcS Stedt
ly opposed the issuance of bonds for
road construction, and questioned very
strongly the advisability of increas-
ing the tax levy for at least two
years. What else can he do, then,
if he wants to be consistent, than to
veto this 3-mill increase? Or, to put
it another way, what else can We
expect him to do in view of these
statements, than to veto the increase?
And as the consideration of tha
bills continues the belief that that
is exactly what he will do is b.
coming more and more paramount.
Even some of the Republicans are
trying to figure out how he can do
any thing else consistently II he
does not, he will disappoint many
of his followers-and he will add
about 100000 to the cost Of the
state government during the next Z
years. Ernest Lister will not u
fhot small irovaooo v,,SUh< A~->
been accepted, If the legislature dis
closed any inclination to reduce the
cost Of the government in those de-
partments where 1t can be reduced.
but so large an increase doubtless
will be vetoed and the Republicans
apparent intention not to permit the
elimination of certain high-salaried
officials and deputies may have some
thing to do with 1t.
1t is not out of the way at thfs
point to call attention to an arti-
Gle published in another column of
this paper, relating how Southwest
Washington has been jobbed by the
Republican leaders in the good roads
"pork barrel" program.
This is to be just passing refer
ence, reiteration of the fact that
Senator Nichols of King county will
put through that program If he poss-
IDLY can-and it appears to lie with
in his power-and suggestion. that
Southwest Washington, holding the
sack as she is in this frame-up, may
profit by any vetoes Lister may make.
Certainly she could not receive any
worse treatment.
Lister Bars Official Lobbying
Then, while we are thinking these
things over we do not want to for
get that Governor Lister established
precedent this week that should
have been set years ago. a preced-
ent which has caused no little ex-
citement in legislative as we'll as Of
fetal circles and which, too, has been
received with general appreciation ex-
cept from those personally affected.
l am referring to the executive or.
der that any departmental head or
deputy under his control, including
therein the superintendents of the
various state institutions, who lobbys
for any measure or measures will be
Immediately fired. The full scope of
the order will dawn on you when you
think it over; it removes a pest that
has Inhabited every previous legisla-
ture.