The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-03-07
HARTLEY WINS
NLONG FIGHT
AT OLYMPIA
c.nate Majority Organization
'saI Has Been Broken Up as
lAnti-Hartley Group; lnde-
nsndents Have Whip Hand
- prcHARD HAMILTON

failed to put ms pio
! ,ao;slature, but already ne has
srsd = more success and satisfac-
ssu,' ~, than in either the 1925 legis-
,nturs .ltr s or the 1927 legislature.
m'Sadav ,ssu found Mr.. Hartley and the
,,otsalf ,us senate organizations, which
sMunstioned as an ant!-Hartiey
luie,i Iader IN the last two legislatures,
UIs .4ss;nc the anticipated clash and
both suffered.
O0t, n one respect, Mr.. Hartley has.
,ron long fight-the senate ma
wit ;or;tv organization has been final
= v broken up as an anti-Hartley
,o,,n. To be more precise, Senator
Tstcalf and his associates can no
Ionger muster % votes to stand pat
~ anv program that concerns the
cnvanor. - ~ several of their members
have Ibalked at "caucus agree
meuts.n which have recently been
stacked by Mr.. Hartley.
Instead, group of independent
senators. such as Senator Reba
Hurn Of Spokane and Senator Will
mer Of Whitman county, now holds
the fate of Mr.. Hartley's bills. The
new lineup shows that the Hartley
lovalists total 16, the anti-Hartley
bitterenders number 18, while the
sight Independents make up the
balance of power. But, to the sat
isfaction of the Metcalf erstwhile
majority, most of the Independents
show a disposition to oppose the
power under Mr.. Hartley.
displaying several flashes of in
dependence and a disposition to re-
volt against the leadership of Rep
nsntatives Mark Reed and Ed.
Sims, has settled down and can be
regarded as being favorable to
the Governor. It is true that the
house is not all ready to go whole
hog" on the Hartley program, bnt
several tests in the last few days
show that it can be depended upon
to stand by Mr.. Hartley-but not
because of Mr.. Reed or Mr.. Sims
IN majority of tests.
The senate has virtually wrecked
Mr.. Hartley's program. in 50 far
as it relates to the centralization
Of authority and power in the Gov
emor Tuesday, the senate turned
down four of Hartley's bills for
centralization of responsibility and
authority. The bill for the creation
Of department of highways, un-
der the Governor failed on a tie
vote Of 81 to 21; after which four
senator's, who might be regarded
As Independents, switched tor re-
lect by votes of IL to % the Gov
emor's bills to abolish the state
parks committee, TO reorganize
the state capitol committee and to
make the state tax commission an
auditor over the state land board
and the state capitol committee in
respect to the sales of land and
timber.
The senate, however, granted
three of Mr.. Hartley's reouests-it
voted to abolish the state library
committee and place it's duties un-
oer the state schools superintend-
eat, to give the state highway en-
gmeer control of state highways
IN cities and to abolish the mill
ary levy of 2 mills.
but Mr.. Hartley is quite likely
70 score vistories in the senate
something he failed to do in the
lAss two sessions. By the time this
,eacnes the readers, the senate will
nave reconsidered and probably
passed the Hartley bill to create
!. dse,partment of highways as part
=, tfe administrative code. 1t fail
g 90 Tuesday, the vote being 81 to
a. but Senator Conner, Seattle,
,aVors the bill-he voted against it
70 De IN position to move for re-
I. sso.nsideration-and the Hartley
n,ghway bill will probably be pass
Cd oy vote of % to 20.
Likewise the Hartley bill for a
central board of regents for the
university, college and normal
Snoois stands a good chance of
passage p "a in the senate. 1t will be
Up Thursday afternoon.
~ inese bills are the favorites of
CO. sa hartley, so, if passed by the
oenate, the Governor will have re-
,Ia sU.ued measure of success with
~ oalky senate. At least it will be
ie at tnan ne managed in the SEN
. I pen on the last two legislatures.
a. @oos,llng os up the unexpected vote
q. % 70 l, the house passed the
tba bato-market" road bill, making
the measure, which already passed
or senate, ready for the approval
mo.. se:o OF Mr.. Hartley. 1t is the
aeisd tst Important measure to be en-
R,; so lar, by this Legislature.
ine,aay' ,elly' the bill provides for an
line ease ts OF one cent in the gaso-
N' making a three-cent gas