Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-03-14

their interests even more carefully, as
a result of their inability to present
their side of the question to you.
In submitting this message to the
Legislature | do so with full realiZa
ton of the fact that there are members
here who will now endeavor to go be-
fore the public and say that the govern
or of the state of Washington must be
held accountable if there is no road
legislation during the present session
Replying to that, desire to say that |
have noticed during the present session
it has been possible for this legislature
to pass bills in both houses and have
them presented to the governor OF the
state for his consideration within a
period of six hours. Are you going to
take the position that on account of
this veto being presented to you that
your ability to do what has already
been done has ceased to exist?
Il desire at this time to put the mat
ter squarely before you. If the person
al interest of certain members of this
body are laid aside and each member
of the legislature will do his and her
duty in an endeavor to consider this
matter from the standpoint of the in
terests of the people of the entire state
it can and will be settled before the
legislature adjourns next Thursday
night. After having the record for
rapid passing of bills, the legislature
cannot stand in the position of saying
that they do not have sufficient time
for the consideration Of this matter.
Forget personal desires and prejudices,
handle this matter honestly and earn
estly in an endeavor to arrive at an
agreement and when your honorable
body adjourns on next Thursday night
you will, without doubt, be able to go
before the people of the state and say
that the real work in behalf of the good
roads movement of the state has been
started by you and in a manner that
will not load upon the tax payers of the
state a burden that at this time they
can i'll afford to carry.
ut has been said that certain pledges
have been made by members of the leg
islature which tie their hands to the
program followed in the bills just
passed by this body. If this be the case
has not the time arrived when such
pledges made by members of the leg
islature, to other members should be
recOnsidered and as a result of this re-
consideration arrive at decision that
will best serve the interests of the state
at large?
For the reasons above given this
bill is vetoed. In conclusion | sincere
ly hope that you will give this matter
careful consideration and decide upon
plan that will not only result in great
benefit to our road system but will also
bring about this result without con-
fiscation Of property as a result of ex-
cessive taxation"
Leaving his typewriter message at
one point the governor broke forth
into that militant fighting spirit which
carried him through the campaign
and, referring TO the incident of last
Friday night when the house leaders
tried to force their way into the execu-
tive mansion to present him with the
road appropriation bill based on the
III mill levy, he vehemently declared
| amid cheers:
1T occurs to me that great deal
has been said about the occurrences of
last night and l desire to state the
facts as they exist. Last night the Of
flee of the governor of the state of
Washington was open until $3.50
o'clock. At that time l, with my FAM
lily, took an auto trip and returned to
the residence at $50. At no time since
the opening of this session of the leg
islature has any bill been presented to
that Office by the legislature later
than o'clock, and find that attempts
were made last evening to present to
me some certain measure, and speak
ing of that particular measure l wish
to call the attention of some of the
members of the legislature to the fact
that the governor has pleaded with
both houses of the legislature to pre-
sent that bill to him before the time
came when / would have an opportun-
ity to veto it if / desired, and yet
that bill was held up for the purpose
of endeavoring to make trades in the
house that would get sufficient votes
to pass that bill over the governors
veto. I want to ask this question. Is
the governor of the state of Washing
ton presumed to stay in his Office at
all hours of the day and night, waiting
for the elimination of deal, SO that
a bill can be passed over his veto as
a result of that kind of trades and
deals?
II am ready to say today that the
state of Washington has governor
who will not lend a hand to that kind
of deal.
ri find that certain member of the
lower house of this legislature, accom-
panied by certain officials of that
house, called at the residence last even
ing while was there and endeavored
to see the governor. was busy, as
have stated, in the preparation of this
message l am now reading to you, and
the information was given that I was
busy. The wife of the governor stated
to that member of the legislature that
the governor was busy. He said. DO
l understand that the governor of the
state has refused to see me" Mrs.
Lister said in reply that the governor
was busy and could see no one.
What do you think of this effort to put
words in the mouth of woman that
were never stated? l want to say this
right now, that if any gang of ruff
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