Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-03-02
SESSION ENTERING
ITS CLOSING DAYS
NEXT THURSDAY LAST OF 191.
LEGISLATURE-H
BREAKING UP.

bnEItnINN
Next Thursday is the last day OF
the current legislative session, and
with the end OF their labors near at
hand, the legislators have been hold
ing day and night sessions this week,
grinding a lot of measures through
the hopper. and at the same time
they have been breaking loose from
ties that have held them more or less
together during the weeks to date.
and the situation is more tense, the
likelihood of divisions and deadlocks
and the accompanying fireworks
much stronger than at any previous
time, especially in the senate.
The outstanding events of the week
are the signing of the first aid bill
by Governor Lister Thursday morn
ing, the passage by the senate Tues
day of the 1.9O mill educational levy
in which the house has refused TO
concur, the killing by the senate
Wednesday night of the Zednick bill
previously passed by the house
directing a form of compulsory mill
tary training in the high schools of
the state, the passage of the general
appropriation bill through both
houses, and, of local interest, final
action by the house Thursday on the
capitol building bill.
Statement on First Aid.
In signing the first aid bill Cover
nor Lister issued the following state
ment:
I'm signing the first aid bill do
so realizing that this bill is not en-
tirely acceptable to many who are
vitally interested in it. A number Of
employers Of labor feel that in pay
ing a part of the cost Of first aid a
burden not properly theirs is being
placed upon them. On the other
hand, many employees and those who
represent them feel that the indus
tries ought to pay the entire cost and
that the employe ought not to be
called upon to meet any part of it.
This measure is compromise be-
tween the two, a portion Of the cost
being paid by both employer and en-
ploye.
Il may say also that there are a
number of changes made in the in
dustrial insurance act by this new
measure which are of great impor-
tance to employees, and. taking the
bill as a whole, l believe it to be one
that ought to be given a thorough
trial.
Opposes u Referendum.
"The emergency clause, as attached
to the bill when it was originally in
troduced, has been eliminated and
the law will take effect on June 7th,
unless it should be held up by refer
endum. I sincerely hope that a ref
erendum will not be taken on this
bill and that an opportunity will be
given, during the next two years. to
Judge its value as a result of operat-
ing under it."
The governor ALSO signed the bill
which permits counties to advance
funds for the presentation of county
fairs, and vetoed the emergency
clause of an unimportant measure re-
ferring to the publication of state
codes. He also approved large
number of miscellaneous measures
which had gone through the legisla-
tive hopper this week. He is now
considering the general appropriation
bill.
Some mighty important legislation
remains to be acted on, the educa-
tional levy. the road appropriations,
and the military budget, to mention
a few, and it is over these that the
harmony which has generally pre-
vailed before is going to pieces. The
house appears to be in a better mood
and actuated by a better motive than
the senate and disposed to continue
the harmonious relations with the
governor, but the senate has broken
loose several times lately and some
Of its eminent members have gotten
quite personal in their illusions to the
chief executive, which brought forth
from him a characteristic statement
to the general effect that he had no
disposition to run the legislature and
didn't care to assume any RESPONSE
bility for what It did, but that he
proposed to use his veto power to
protect the taxpayers from the effect
Of Legislature running Wild"
Mrs. Harry Sigmund Of Seattle