The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-24
SESSION At
OLYMPIA IS
NOWATEND
People Must Vote on Appro'
priations to Reward Vet
Grams OF State

OLYMPIA. March .t.--The
/ special session Of the legislature
came to an ~ad At t.eo this morn
| Ing. after the senate reluctantly
agreed to accept the referen-
dunn ON the soldier bonus bill.
The referendum. which puts
the measure up 10 vote
ef the people In Novem-
ber. was insisted upon by Mark
Rresi. floor leader Of the house.
and the members Of tho lower
body sustained him time and
again.
The bonus bill. originating this
time In the house. carried a r.feren.
dun provision when Il reached the
senate. This provision was obnor.
ious 10 the American Legion repre-.
a~ntatives. who had prepared the bill.
The senate struck /, from tho bill
yesterday and substituted an amend.
ment making the SIT 900 900 bond Is
sue Immediately available.
The emergency clause thus insert.
ed provided that II tho supreme
court declared the bond issue unoon-
s;itutional because IL had not been
referred 60 a direct vote Of the poo
pie. the measure should stiii be deem.
cd valid and the referendum held.
This amendment. offered by senA.
tor French. was the bone Of eon,er-
ton. II was passed In the senate by
a vote OF 81 to IL. The house turned
Il down by a vote Of 81 to "a. Con.
ference committees were then ap-
pointed. wAile m the senate the
committees appointed represented
both views Of the question. Speaker
Adams. in the house. took no
chances.
Tho three members he appointed
were pronounced opponents OF the
emergency clause. They were Rep
resenfatlves Lucas. Elliott and Me
Coy. The senate conf-rees wers
Senators French. Croft and Hall.
At . O'Clock the conference report.
ed by a majority and minority report
and the senate adopted the minority
report
1 A new conference committee was
then appointed In the senate and tho
same was requested OF the house
Speaker Adams. however. proceeded
10 appoint the Old COMMITTEES. But
the evident unfalrncss Of such pro-
cedure was too much even for the
members OF well oiled machine.
and several members began protes,
I ing
| Mark Reed. floor leader Of the
house. walked up TO the speakers
platfogm. whispered in his ear. and
the speaker appointed a new com
mittee. Again. however. the entire
committee was against the emerg.
ency clause. His committee consist
ed of Zyis,ra. Happy and Marts.
/ Again the conference committee
failed 10 agree. a majority report
asking the senate 10 recede from its
position and accept the referendum.
4 The senate again refused and a
free conference was then appointed.
/ This authorized the committeeman
70 act for the respective houses and
I IL was a foreRone conclusion that
sooner or later the senate members
would have to yield. The senate
vote earlier In the day on the bonus
bin was "a 20 Z. Those who voted
against IL were Bolinger. Cor. Co
man. Goae. Han, Mccoy and Taylor.
The senators who voted against
the emergency. however. were more
numerous. They were Barnes.
Bishop. BolinRer. Brown. Conan,
Cornwell. Cox. Crawford. Gose. Hall.
w. Lon Johnson. Mccoy. North
land. Sinclair, Taylor and Wells.
Senator Iamping. who introduced
similar measure in 1919, found keen
enjoyment In reading the names of
2f senators who defeated the bill.
1T viii be interesting to watch
their votes now" he announced.
This brought nearly every one Of the
2i to his feet. and numerous alibis
! and explanations ensued.
Il voted against the Lamping
bin" Senator Bishop explained, De
cause II was supported by The Seat
tie Star and because Senator Lamp
ing WIS employing II to boost his
candidacy for governor"
4 Then o rose by any other name
/ does not smell as sweet to YOU" re-
/ piled Lamping.