The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-01-22
LAW MAKING AT
THE STATE CAPITAL
Brief Outline of Most Important Matters
Under Consideration the
Past Week

Week rev Oils covering important
questions have yet been introduced.
Men who want to be governor in evil
dence. The vets seem to be in con-
troll. Insurance code to be revised.
Effort to be made to revise horse
racing.
Olympia. - Notwithstanding there
was no contest over organization be-
cause both presiding officers were
known for weeks before the session
opened and each had his committees
practically framed, little more was &C
complished during the first week OF
the present session than two years
ago, when the legislature had to wait
until Wednesday for the retiring gov
ernor and the incoming governor to
deliver their addresses.
In one way, at least, the legislature
has made twice as much progress the
first week of this session as 1t did In
the same period two years ago-two
DlIlS nave SuOCcSSiuiiy P~S
houses so far this session, while the
first week of last session but one had
reached the governor.
One remarkable feature of the first
week of this session is the compare
lively small number of bills introduce
ed. Two years ago this time the
house had introduced SO bills as
against but II this session, while the
senate had 81 bills, as against 81 this
time And at that, mighty few OF the
big bills have come in.
Would Consolidate Educational Boards
The two which will probably cause
as much fight as any are house Dill l.
by Zednick, which would abolish the
individual boards which. control the
state university, state college ana
three normal schools and in their
place provide but one general board;
and the bill which would permit day
light saloons to a limited number in
cities of more than $500 population.
Other measures which attract at
tention would repeal the mothers pen
sion act, repeal the law providing
bounty on wild animals killed, three
bills to reduce the interest, now 10
per cent, on delinquent tax certlfi-
Gates, eliminating second choice IN
primary elections, permitting racing
and selling of pools on the contests
and a bill which would prevent grant
ing of a franchise TO competitive
public utility until the state public
service commission has authorized the
same by resolution finding necessity
for the new company.
Freak Bills Are Few.
OF the bills in the freak class there
are few SO far, unless one would SO
class a bill requiring vehicles drawn
by animals to carry head and tail
lights when travelling at night, or the
bill changing the day of school cleo
tons from Saturday to Monday so the
Seventh Day Adventists may have
chance to vote without violating their
religious principles.
With sole exception of the bill to
wipe out bounties, none of the admin
istrative measures has yet been intro
duced. and in the use of the word ad-
ministrative, is meant all of the state
elective officers, rather than the ex-
ecutive alone.
There has been a general under
standing that so far as possible all OF
the legislation urged by the governor,
the treasurer, secretary of state, IN
surance commissioner and other Of
ficers will go in as committee bills
Next week, after the committees get
down to work, a flood of these meas
ures may be expected.
ns-Too Many Prospective Governors
4 Contrary to the opinion of most po-
litical prophets, who looked for an
instant resumption of the hostilities
of last session between republican
legislature and democratic governor
such conflicts as have developed dur
ing the first week of the session OF the
Washington assembly have been be-
tween different republican aspirants
for leadership.
With the opinion general that the
collapse of the progressive party last
November portended the election OF a
republican governor in 1916, many pol
iticians have been looking to the pres
emf legislature to develop a suitable
candidate. The present situation is
that too many prospective governors
have been developed and that each
thus far is getting only his own vote
Vets Lead in First Test Vote.
The first test of strength between
the vets and drys in the house was
taken on a resolution proposed by
Frank Reeves, OF Wenatchee, deeiar-
inc it to be the purpose of the legis-
lature to consider no bill dealing with
the liouor traffic or in any way modi-
fving initiative measure No. 3.
On the roll call the drys had Al
g.. sha xuata The vote in