The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-01-31
pfpRFSENTAT|VE SUSPICIOUS OF
: PROPOSED STATE WATER CODE
ond Declares Big Interests Too Well Represented on Commission
Which Drafted neutrality-suspicious. Plan Would
Give Every County Senator
(By Special Correspondent

necessary to make any such radical
change.
Should the change be made the
smaller counties would be sure to
control the senate at all times, while
the big three" King, Spokane
and Pierce, would have chance to
control the house if they could
make combination with one or
more of the counties of the second
class.
The present constitutional pro-
vision, which is for reapportion-
ment on a strict population basis,
was repudiated in the house last
week by a vote of 95 to 20, the
motion of representative Zednick
(King county, for a constitutional
apportionment being laid on the
table by this vote.
The cow county men now are en-
deavoring to line up both houses
for constitutional amendment of
the character indicated above. AS
every county now has one repre-
sentative, the big counties would,
in reality, gain under reappor-
tionment of this nature in the
house. In the senate, however, by
keeping within the present provis-
ion of the constitution in another
section, which limits the member
ship to 49, King county would get
only five senators, Spokane and
Pierce three each, Whatcomb and
Snohomish two each and each of
the other counties one. The net
result would be situation not al
together different, in it's main as
poets, from that obtaining in the
congress of the United States.
COLUMBIA BRIDGE MATTERS
The bill providing a millage levy
for Columbia river bridges, instead
of appearing in the senate, accord
ing to the original plans of Senators
Fairchild and French, was intro
duced in the house by Represent
ative Mccoy, of Clarke county. AL
so the levy proposed is a half-mill
instead of a quarter-mill, probably
to help a possible compromise on a
quarter mill later.
The bill, by title, provides the
money raised by the half-mill levy
proposed shall be used to con-
struct bridges across the Columbia
river and its tributaries" This
would appear fair enough and would
seem to include also the Pasco-
Kennewick bridge.
The joker" in the bill. however,
occurs in its body under the pro-
vision that this money shall be ex-
pended for interstate bridges
across the Columbia and its tribu-
taries, thus eliminating the Kenne-
wick Pasco span.
The further nature and purpose
of the measure is further illustrated
that accompanying it was intro
duced, also by Representative Nc
Coy, bill appropriating from the
money to be raised by the mill levy,
$3.50, 900 for Washington's share of
the Vancouver-Portland bridge, and
making no mention whatever of
any appropriation for any other
bridge.
The Rowland Horrigan bill pro-
viding a s25O.OOO appropriation for
the Kennewick. .Pasco bridge still is
sleeping in the house appropria-
tions committee. The committee
has decided to consider no special
appropriation bills until the work
on the general budget is completed
which will be sometime after IN,
middle of February.
| WOULD ESTABLISH ROAD RIGHT.
At present Mr.. Horrigan, as q
mem ber of the house committee O,
roads and bridges, is bending his
| Continued on mage eighth