Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-03-12
THURSDAY SEES END
OF 60.DAY SESSION
HISTORY-VARIOUS OPINIONS
ON IFS WORK.

ON IFS WORK.
The fourteenth legislature passed
into history last night.
With decks all cleared late
Wednesday night for the final days
work, with calendars in both houses
disposed of. the work of the last day
was more or less routine, consisting
of the handling of various conference
committee reports, action on various
amendments and the like.
Thursday the governor approved
the road appropriation bill, though
returning it with a letter stating
that he disapproved of several items.
He also approved all but about
$4,000 of the omnibus appropria-
tion bill, the principal items vetoed
being $4,000 for the automobile de-
partment of the secretary of states
Office, $1,000 for domestic help at
the residence of the superintendent
of the state reformatory, and $500
for the relief of one Morrison. 1t
was not necessary for him to act on
the other bills before him, before the
session closed.
The passage Of three more meas
ures over the governors veto en-
livened Wednesdays sessions, though
the organization choked on practi-
cally all debate. One was the Whit
ney party convention bill, one to
facilitate" the initiative and refer
endum by requiring petitions to be
signed at registration points, and the
other placing similar restrictions
around recall provisions. All three
went through the house swimmingly.
the frst two by votes Of ~ to IS. the
last bysSs to Fl. In the senate the
vote was considerably closer on the
last two. the initiative and referen-
dunn going over by Just enough votes,
90 to ~. and the recall BY 20 to -,
AnAAhnx xrgbttpey bill went over BY u
III Rll three were parts of the
organisation's election program. and
their final passage over the governors
veto threw the organization leaders
into smiles.
Previous Question Kills Debate.
The governors veto messages on
the whitney and the initiative and
referendum bills were quite lengthy.
The former he Characterised - step
backward; the title Of the latter, he
said. should have been to obstruct
the Initiative and referendum. rather
than to facilitate It. the same refer
ence being made to the recall bill
Little attention was paid to the mes-
sages as they were read. Representa-
tive Lowman Of Skagit, Democrat.
spoke briefly against the Whitney bill
in the house, and Immediately after
he had finished McArdle moved the
previous question and the bill was
put through; Representative Frank
Reeves Of Wenatchee. Democrat.
spoke quite heatedly against the ini-
tiative and referendum measure. ana
"Jimmy" Dayis moved the previous
question; and then when the recall
bill came up Lowman. with the re-
mark that he wanted to help the
s'steam roller along. himself moved
the previous question and there was
no discussion of it 1t all.
The Whitney bill came up first in
the senate Wednesday morning ana
its passage was not accomplished
until after there had been . warm
discussion, but when the initiative
and referendum bill came up In the
evening the clerk had hardly finished
reading before Senator Carlyon
Jumped up and moved the previous
question and all debate was shut on.
Senator Palmer tried to do the same
thing on the recall bill, but Landon.
Progressive, and Mcclure. Democrat
made such strong objections that the
organization finally yielded and Lam
don and Mcclure sailed into" the
leaders, promising to meet them
again in 1916" their remarks being
answered by Boner. sharpstein ana
others. ~ I
Solons Put In Busy Week.
The week was Of course the busiest
of the session. Monday each house
passed % bills. the senate killing
three; Tuesday the senate passed ~
bills and the house SO: Wednesday
the last for considering bills. the
house got away with 81 and killed
two, the senate killed four and passes
21. the house covering up the CLOCK
and remaining In session until