The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-02-28
MANY BILLS BEFORE
STATE LEGISLATURE
Thomas COrkery, Progressive Candidate
For Speaker, Makes Interest
ing Address

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state legislature intends getting down
to actual work in the last half of the
session, but with over 1000 bills to
be disposed of it will have strenuous
time to dispose of them in fair and
equitable manner. Unquestionably in
the rush of the closing days a number
of meritorious measures will find a
slumbering place in the bill ceme-
terry" but it was ever thus. The time
is practically up for the introduction Of
bills, but doubtless members will be
granted the courtesy of introducing
bills for some days to come if they can
be shown to be of necessity.
At banquet in Olympia this week
given by local democrats to Governor
Lister and the democratic Legislators,
the governor made a speech and
frankly notified the Legislators that if
the Legislature made any appropriation
greater than 100000 for the San
Francisco and San Diego expositions
that he would just as certainly veto
the measure. He contended that any
amount greater than 100000 was
more than the state could afford and
besides the smaller sum was entirely
large enough for creditable display.
As an evidence that the governor
touched popular chord when he We
toed the Cheney normal appropriation,
the chief executive has received no
less than Is letters each day the past
week congratulating and commencing
him for his course, the majority OF
these letters coming from Oranges
and farmers organizations and indi-
vidual small property owners, many OF
whom have also urged upon him a
veto of excessive highway levy meas
ures. In this matter, the governor
has unofficially limited that he will veto
the measures passing the legislature
by which the public highway levies
have been doubled.
The senate the past week killed
both the senate bills providing for
home rule for cities of the first class,
by indefinitely postponing the same.
One of the most important legisla-
tive acts passed this session, OF in
terest to farmers, which now awaits
action by the governor, is the measure
known as the cooperative Associa-
ton Act" introduced in the house.
For some time the Farmers unions
and the State Grange have been work
ing for such law. The National
Grange, at its last session in Spokane,
adopted resolutions favoring the pass
age of such laws in every state OF the
Union.
The act legalizes cooperative asso-
Citations of farmers already organized
and prohibits any organization OF an
other character from using the term
'co-operative'' as a portion OF Its
name.
The following is clipped from the
Everett Herald, and is the condensed
speech of Thomas Cookery. Progress
siye candidate for speaker of the house,
which was delivered at Everett on
Lincoln's birthday:
Representative Cookery, OF Spokane,
said he would refrain from oratory, and
try TO explain what the Progressive
members of the Legislature have to
contend with. He said the Progress
siye members had not attempted to
maintain warfare against their oppo-
nents. Being in minority, they had
RETAINED from radical action and had
endeavored to secure all Legislation
they could by standing on the obvious
Justice of the measures they promoted.
The Progressives wanted to get all the
results possible, and something had
been accomplished by taking a con-
ciliatory course. He related the ef-
forts which Progressives had made to
have the autocratic power of the speak
err of the house taken away from him.
He told Of the Progressive proposition
to have a committee appointed, con-
sisting of three republicans, three Pro-
gressives and three democrats, to name
the committee on rules so the proceed
ure would not be left under control OF
an autocratic presiding officer. The