Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-01-29
WEEK sells FIRST
BREAK WITH LISTER
FAILS, HOWEVER
TO KILL GOVERNORS TAX
BOARD BILLS.


tion Thursday morning to smother
the administration bills for the re-
adjustment of the tax commission
and affiliated boards, by efforts to
postpone them indefinitely, resulted
in failure for the organization and
gave little longer lease on life to
the administration measures, by hav-
ing them referred to the rules COM
mittee, where the organization bills
also are.
This action Thursday followed a
week of jockeying on the measures,
but the rules committee. controlled
by the organization, is expected to
report out it's own bills first. Their
passage, however, of which the or
ganization SENS confident, will not
be attained without a vigorous fight
to compel consideration of the ad-
ministration bills at the same time.
The reference to the rules committee,
obtained on a point of order that the
administration bills could not be in
definitely postponed when other bills
on the same subject were under con-
sideration, stopped the progress of
the 'steam roller" temporarily and
may develop into bigger obstruction
than the organization now antici-
pates.
Jobs for McArdle and Zetlnick?
AS an outgrowth of the jockeying
on these measures, Joe Gilbert, staff
representative :. the Seattle Post
Intelligencer, a Republican paper.
was called to the floor Of the house
Thursday morning on question Of
personal privil ye raised by Repre-
sentative McAi le, because in tho
issue of that paper that morning ap-
peared under Gilbert's signature the
statement:
"The Democrats are openly charg-
ing that when the Republican meas
ures become law, both Represents
tive L. d. McArdle and Representa-
tiXe Victor Zednick will get jobs In
the land commissioners ONCE. These
Democratic charges are supported
somewhat by rumor which has been
heard in the capitol corridors for sew
eral days that Mr.. McArdle win be
the assistant tax commissioner, and
that Mr.. Zednick will be a deputy
land commissioner, also assigned to
the tax department"
McArdle wanted to know whore
Gilbert got his information and Gill
bert cited several Republicans, DEM
ocrats and Progressives. though not
by name. and the general talk in the
corridors. It was the first time in
the legislatures history that such
action had been taken: incidentally.
Gilbert's statements on the door Of
the house semed to be quite generally
credited, inasmuch as he called atten-
tion also to the fact that McArdle
and Zednick. both members Of the
18th legislature, had in the last two
years been on the state payroll. Nc
Ardle connected with the auditors
office principally and Zednick with
the state land Office.
Storm Breaks EARLY.
The fore part of the week was quite
stormy, with the rumpus breaking
out when the solons came back Nom
day afternoon, in the public hearing
on Senator Taylor's public utilities
bill, designed to take "home rule''
away from the cities and vest the
government of public service corpo-
rations in the public service commits
sion, opposed by the officials Of every
city in the state. The Republicans
tried to hang some of the blame on
Governor Lister because of the state
ment in his message that he believed
the commissions powers should be
increased rather than curtailed, but
they didn't succeed. That afternoon,
too, was when the Republican organ
izations in both house forced through
a resolution calling upon Governor
Lister and all of his departments to
furnish drafts of bills recommended
by the governor.
Tuesda- was quiet, but little being
done in her house in the morning
and the usual memorial exercises
taking pl .ce in the afternoon. Fact
is, thoug.' the senate has started on
swimmin, y, the Republican organi-
cation in the house is not yet perfect
and the leaders are still "stalling"
for time, whether because of lack of
fNonfiuued m mage ~