Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-02-05
STEAM ROLLER" IS
DEMOCRATIC KNELL.
REPUBLICANS TAKE SLAP AT
WILSON - HOUSE PASSES
MARBLE BILLS.

Passage Of the McArdle tax boards
bills by the "steam roller" Of the
house, confirmation by the senate OF
the appointment of C. A. Reynolds
as chairman of the public service
commission, adoption by both houseay
Of memorial to congress urging tha-
passage of the immigration bill oveR
the presidents veto of it on account
of the literacy test, and the defeat
of the library commission bill by the
senate. were the principal events OF.
the week in the legislature.
The adoption of the memorial to-.
congress on the immigration bill was..
not consummated until both housea
had INDUCED in a good deal of jock
eying. In both houses it was de-
feated on the first roll call, by a des~
vote Of 1S to 18 in the senate
Wednesday afternoon. where 1t orig
mated. changed to the required mc
jority vote Thursday morning, when
1t was reconsidered, and by vote Of
48 to A., in the house where 1t was.
sent that same morning, the AZ
affirmative votes being less than tligs-
constitutional majority. On recon- I
sideration here, too, within & quartss-
hour. the memorial was adopted ~
. vote Of SO to A..
In Its consideration In the house,
Democratic Floor Leader Frank
Reeves sarcastically remarked that !.
''of course the president has sivsm
this question but superficial study.
and that the deep thought given thA=,
subject by the legislators Of the statov
Of Washington enables them to ace-.
on 1t wisely" and closed with ~
remark: II thank heaven the stea1k
roller that ID mauling his disciples
here cannot reach the president IL.
Washington-now pass It"
Democrats Fight Back
When the McArdle tax board bilIGr
were Up for consideration in the.
house Tuesday the Democratic mines
ity fought hard to Withstand tn
steam roller" Floor Leader Reeves
John Wiley Of Spokane and others Of
them attacking the McArdle bills
harshly. but the house organization,
after speeches BY McArdle, Sims :
Davis and others. simply smiled am
rolled up vote Of ~ to is on the
first Of the three bills. and like ma
jority on the others. Reeves part
ing shot in the debate was Z notion
to substitute IAN act to get the Cow
ernor's goat and furnish school for
embryonic Legislators" as the constd- :
tutional title for the bills. The bills :
were Immediately transmitted to the
senate under suspension Of the ruleg
and It il expected they will pass there
without dificulty. Just as It h ex-
pected the governor will veto them
when they reach him.
Common talk around the corridors
has 1t that the house organisation
proposes to eliminate other guberna-
torial appointees in much the same :
fashion, Davis, one OF the leaders,
proposing the consolidation Of the
state labor department with the in
dustrial insurance commission an6'
the state fire warden with the land
ofiice, among others. Bills carrying
out these and other changes, the sole
object of which seems to be the cur
tailment OF the governors power, are
said to be already prepared. but they
have not yet been introduced.
Road Levies to Remain Same.
The road levies, over which there
has been as serious division as over
any other issue, from surface fndica-
tions, will remain the same as fixed
two years ago. the permanent road
fund carrying levy Of mill and a.
half and the public highway fund one
mill. The fight over these levies has
threatened several times to create o.
split between the two houses. while
strong lobbies did hard work on both
sides, but apparently the good roads
contingent now has the best OF the
fight, and nothing remains but the
big scramble for pork taking placer
this week before the joint roads anf
bridges committee, which is holding
public hearings on road apportion=
ments.
This apportionment caused fghs'
at the last session Of the legislature
Eastern Washington legislators have