The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-03-19

been passed and 100000 additional
appropriated for the University of
Washington since that time. However,
the savings in general items will run
well over the million mark.
Aside from the labor, elections and
appropriation measures referred to,
achievements of the legislature in
cluded passage of bills establishing
the budget system for expenditures Of
the state and all its political subdivi-
sions, enactment of fish code that
will increase state revenues $4,000
annually, increasing automobile IL
censes for benefit of highway funds,
uniform bills of lading act, warehouse
receipts act, and long lists of meas
ures important TO the banking and in
surance business.
Many Measures Die.
The list of measures which the leg
islature either killed by specific vote
or upon which it declined to take any
action includes bills dealing with some
of the most important measures under
consideration. The measures either
rejected or not acted upon include:
Submission of new liquor bills.
Constitutional convention proposal
of Governor Lister.
Preferential presidential primary.
Reinstatement of death penalty for
first degree murder.
Amendments to revenue and taxa
ton sections of constitution, recon-
mended by different state tax commits
sions for five successive sessions.
Water code, to prohibit holding of
unused water rights through riparian
ownership, recommended by Water
Code commission for three successive
sessions.
| Reapportionment of state senators
and representatives to conform with
the 1910 federal census, a constitution
al duty of the legislature neglected for
three successive sessions.
Repeal of second choice voting pro-
vision of primary act and requirement
of statement of party affiliation at
republican state platform.
The new fish code probably will
make unnecessary any further legis-
lation affecting the salmon industry
for many years. The tax imposed on
the industry will bring to the state an
average of $125,000 year instead of
the present average of $4,000.
| The new auto code, regulating and
licensing automobiles, will bring in
100000 a year and will put an end to
a heavy loss in revenues now impossi-
BILE to prevent
Error Not Vital, Tanner Says.
Attorney General Tanner said that
the error discovered by progressives
after it had been passed over the gov
ernor's veto would not impair its val
idity.
The bill as passed refers to article
IL of the constitution. Article 2 is
the initiative and referendum portion.
The mistake evidently occurred from
the use of Roman numerals in place
of Arabic characters, the Roman two"
being mistaken for an Arabic eleven"
and transcribed as Roman eleven"
Legislative Brevities.
A law was passed requiring weekly
flag exercises in public schools.
A first aid bill was passed, also bills
forbidding picketing and boycotting
by strikers and bill to repeal the
eight-hour law on road work.
Shortly before adjournment, Lieu
tenant Governor Hart received hand
some silver service from the senators.
A similar gift was made to Speaker
Conner by the house members.
| Governor Lister, whose veto of eight
bills was overruled, has absolute veto
power over many bills passed in the
last five days of the session and is ex-
pected to exercise his privilege against
several measures.
Both houses adopted the report of
the legal committee appointed to in
vestigate the board of controls DISC
! bedience of the order of the legislature
in erecting $250,OOO worth of new
buildings for the feeble minded insti-
tuition at Medical Lake, and which
states that the state board acted I'M
lawfully and entirely without authori-
| ty.
The democratic members of the
house and senate signed joint tele-
gram to their constituents in various
counties urging them to begin at once
the circulation of referendum petit
tons on the primary election bill and
the two bills requiring that signers of
recall, initiative and referendum petit
tions must sign in the registration Of
fees.
In vetoing the jitney bus bill Gov
eruor Lister said, after giving the mat
ter full consideration, he believed the
new problem of the jitney bus had not
developed sufficiently for state legisla-
! ton of this character, recommending