Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-25
BIG SCRAP over
APPOINTMENT
Continued from Page One).

the afternoon Sims forced a recon
sideration and with the COW counties
behind him forced the bill to final
passage in spite of Murphine's at
tempted filibuster and the efforts of
the city solons to amend it and it
was passed as finally adopted Wednes-
day afternoon
Congressional Districts Bill
Once more Friday morning. howev-
er, the King county solons tempted
fate. led by Murphine. but the Pro-
gressive leaders efforts were a dis
NAL failure. He and the rest of the
King county solons had planned an
attempt to expunge Thursdays action
from the record, but the first coup
which was to get the minutes read,
failed when the Pierce county men
went back on their brothers from the
north, declaring the fight to be hope
less in the house though they looked
with faith toward the Senate. So the
re-appOrtionment as it now stands is:
First district: City of Seattle and
Kitsap county.
Second district: King county out
side Seattle, jefferson, Clallam, Sno-
homish. Skagit, Whatcom, Island and
San Juan counties.
Third district Pierce, Thurston,
Mason, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowltz,
Pacific, Chehalis, Clarke and Ska
mania counties.
Fourth district; Klickitat. Yakima,
Benton, Kitttas, Grant, Adams,
Franklin Walla Walla, Columbia,
Garfield, Asotin and Whitman coun-
ties.
Fifth district Lincoln, Ferry, Stev
ems, Pend Oreille. Spokane, Chelan,
Okanogan and Douglas counties.
The Democrats Jared fairly well in
this lineup. While the fight will
doubtless continue close west of the
mountains though the next four years
may bring about re-alignment of
parties east of the mountains the
Democrats succeeded in obtaining
the division to suit their wishes and
the lineup Is such as to give a Dem
ocratc candidate for Congress
mighty good show for election.
Just a word in closing about the
miX-up between the governor and the
auditor you heard something about
last week. The auditors statement
asserted that $71945 had been charg-
ed to the maintenance fund which
should have come out of the improve
ment fund for the executive man.
sion. Previously, at Governor Lis
ter's request, he had certified a
statement that the maintenance fund
contained but $21.69. His statement
last week, however, proposes to
transfer the $719.45 to what was call
ed the proper" fund and stated
balance of S741.14 would thereby left
in the maintenance fund, and this
amount added to the legislative ap-
preparation of $3.50 was seized by GER
tain people as an opportunity to
charge extravaganza in the mainten-
ance of the executive mansion by
Governor Lister.
Those who reported the incident
and they were the local Perkins press
forgot to say that the juggling of
these accounts as made last week by
the auditors department was sug-
gested to the incoming administration
last month upon the retirement Of the
Hay administration and that the
member of the Hay administration
who suggested 1t was informed that
the states new executive would not
countenance such methods and that
if expenses had been charged to the
wrong fund it was the retiring ad-
ministration's place to straighten out
it's own. accounts. That puts diff.
ferent light on it entirely.