The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-11-11

THE COURIER-R
who was quoted as having made
statements relative to the Bullitt
expenditures which caused Summer
to demand the senatorial probe,
wired Senator Charles McNary,
declaring that he had never made
such statements and demanding
that his flat denial be incorporat-
| ed in the record of the hearing.
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One of the first blasts for bus
mess legislation was heard at
Vancouver, B. C. recently when
contractors from the Pacific
Northwest gathered there and dis
cussed the state laws governing
the contracting of public work. As
a result of this hearing during
which there was a general airing
Of views, the contractors from this
side of the line returned home, de-
handing that the legislature put
teeth in the public works act. In
other words they claim that coun-
ty commissioners are not comply
ing with the state law because
there is no penalty for non-com-
pliance and that by letting public
work by day labor it is costing
the taxpayers many tens and hum
dreds of thousands of dollars.
/ So one of the first bills which
will be introduced at Olympia will
be an amendment to the public
works act, to force the calling for
bids on virtually all public work,
and providing stiff penalties for
failure to do so.
The movement to recall Gov
ernor Hartley is continuing to
circulate petitions in the drive for
the $4,000 necessary to make the
recall effective. The movement was
launched election day and accord
ing to reports something like So
900 signatures were obtained. The
committee in charge of the move
ment, however, refuses to divulge
the number of signatures obtained
then or since.
The defeat of A.. Scott Bullitt,
i democratic candidate for the u.
4 S. senate after one of the most
spectacular senatorial battles in
years has not dampened the ardor
of the democrats, in fact they are
now talking of running fBullitt
two years hence for the governor
ship, and then four years later
jam him into the senatorial con-
test against Senator Jones once
more.
In the first district where young
Steve Chadwick gave John F. Mil
Ter the scare of his life, Chadwick
is preparing for another throw at
the game against Miller again.
and with the start he had this
year might make a better showing
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| A study of the complexion OF
the coming session of the legis-
lature is not one to cause much
worrying on the part of the cleo
torate. If it were not, for the
controversy within the republican
ranks, the recall movement and
the antagonism on the. part Of the
majority to the governor, the 1927
session has the personel which
can do big things if the members
will forget the quarrel.
There are no rank radicals, and
no demogogues elected. Taken as
whole it is a fine body of in
telligent men and women, who il
they will settle down to Legislation
rather than battling can do big
things. Of course this is up to the
leaders and already there is con-
siderable talk that Mark Reed ma
jority leader and E. A. Sims, mi
nority leader of the republican
groups are preparing to force com
promise and agreement "if they
have to fight for peace"
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There were several, bond cleo.
lions thruout the state on general
election day, but it was not unit
after the votes had been counted
that majority of the people il
the districts where issues were uI
for ratification discovered that the
days of endorsement with hand.
full of votes had passed.
The regular session of 1925
adopted a bond law. It is simple
but hits many bond issues solar
plexus blows. This law simply re.
quires that no bond issue shall be
legal unless fifty per cent of the
votes of the last preceding gen.
eral election be cast in the bono
issue election.
In other words if in 1924 a dis.
trict voted 10000 voters, if there
was a bond election this year more
than 10000 voters had to ballot
upon it, even if 1899 only voted
and every one of these was il