The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-03-06

0o1n9s at Olympia az Seer, by the
Tribune Correspondent.

NOPtAOA VI du OlllCldl stdtc iid6
The house machinery did its par
when it passed these bills for Mr.
Hughes in return for his wheeling
the Democrats into line on the "un
holy compact" and now that thu
bills are killed in the senate th'
house doesn't care.
The senate passed .Troy's bill
creating a department of agricul
ture, and placing several OF tht
boards under this department in
stead of under separate heads. Il
! this bill becomes a law. as it shoult
it will mean a saving OF severa
thousand dollars every biennium.
BY the action of the house this
week the governor is prohibited
from pardoning a convict on first
degree murder. charge until he shal
have served 20 years OF sentence
except on grounds OF innocence.
About the only thing Of much
moment in the legislature this weeh
was the treatment by the house Df
the vetoes of Governor Lister OF
the Cheney normal appropriation
of 100000 and the road levy rails.
ing $1.50O.OOO per year for the
next two years. The first veto
was sent to the house last week
but the road veto came in on Mon
day, and was sent to its commit
tee, where the Cheney normal veto
had been reposing for several days
Tuesday they were made a special
order of business for 1880 a. IN
1t didn't take the house very long
to pass the Cheney normal meas
ure. brought up first, over the
governors veto, the vote being ~
ayes, 16 nays, and being absent
The real surprise OF the session
came when the vote was taken on
the road levy veto. the house ma
chine being unable to pass the
measure over the veto, although
lacking but three or four votes of
a necessary number to do SO The
vote as announced was 81 ayes. 33
uays. and 8 absent. Sims, floor
leader of the Republicans. was very
much astounded over the result,
having been given CD ITO under
stand by members of the "unholy
alliance" that they would vote for
the measure over the governors
veto provided the necessary sup
port was given to the Cheney nor
NAL. However, he was able after
few minutes consideration to be-
gin a fight that il still on.
Sims moved for reconsidera-
ton Of the vote. but upon being
hxy Hill nomARYat
of Walla Wala. through the use ot
rule SO, which does not permit Oh
a reconsideration of any vote under
"a hours, then moved that rule %
be suspended. A vote was TAX
en- and the motion lost. whereup.
on Sims gave notice that on TIE
Following day he would move for
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 ar
ray for the fray. 1t was Sims
move and he lost no time In max
ing it. He addressed the house
soon after 10 o'clock calling atten-
ton to the action of that body OF
the day before and said the COVER
nor had felt insulted over what
the house did. and he therefore de-
sired to offer an amendment. which
in effect was to expunge from the
journal all the record of the pre-
yious days proceedings relating TO
H. B. 164 and H. B. 389. For
time many OF the members could
not get through their craniums
lust what Sims action meant. but
before the vote was taken 1t be-
came 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 a vote of 56
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 nor
NAL unless the Eastern Washington
solons give their support to over
riding the governors veto on the
road levy. 1t Is certainty that
Sims and his gang" will not bring
up the vetoes until they are posi-
tive they have enough votes in their
hands to do as they please. And
right here it might not be amiss
to state that there are a number
Of solons who. having no mind OF
their own and wishing to be in
with the majority, will more thar
likely change their votes to please
Mr.. Sims, for to displease him
seems with them to be a worse Ca
lamity than to displease their own
constituents.
The sProgressives almost solidly
voted against the governors veto
on the Cheney normal appropria.
ton, because it was made very ap
parent that there was a necessity
for the continuance Of the school
in Eastern Washington and that
the appropriation was absolutely
necessary for the erection and furn'
ishing of the new administration
building to take the place OF the
one destroyed by fire last summer
On the road levy the Progressive.
almost to a man voted to sustain
the governors veto. being strength
ened by a few Democrats, who evt