Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-02-23
Lieut.-Gov. Good at Repartee

Lieutenant Governor Meyers injects
a great deal Of personality into his
duties as president of the senate. He
Yields his gravel generously trying to
keep decorum. At one time when
several senators were trying to talk
at once he finally got recognition with
the remark, 1.-THE chair has the floor"
Once when senator was trying to
get reconsideration of question Mr..
Meyers ruled that it could not be
brought up until there had been other
business transacted. A member moved
to suspend the no-smoking rule ana
then the motion to reconsider was i'm
mediately made. The lieutenant gov
ernor rules, There is no business
about smoking" When q member
called the attention of the chair to
rule of procedure he replied, "You
don't have to call the attention of
the chair to anything"
The lieutenant governor appeared to
enjoy working late at night when he
held the senate through long session
Friday night. Despite several at
tempts to adjourn Meyers insisted up
on completion Of the 10 bill calendar.
That was the first time the senate
had worked after the dinner hour al
though the house was burned con-
siderable night oil. Night sessions will
be the usual thing during the closing
weeks of the session, however.
Third House Solves Depression
The traditional third house, burles-
que session put on by outsiders, for
the entertainment of the legislators
and state officers, was held on We'd
nesday night of last week. Charles
Maybury, director of licenses, acted as
speaker and there were caricatures of
Governor Martin delivering mess
age, Lieutenant Governor Meyers
leading en- orchestra, and senate and
floor leaders and several prominent
members of the house and senate dis
playing their most prominent char
acteristic. The barefoot school boy"
was there sans shoes and the "for-
gotten man" with taxes plastered all
over him. A bill was introduced for
the printing OF money and forthwith
q printing press set up in the room
was unveiled and the currency was
Immediately printed and everybody
was supplied with $40 bills.
Scott 2. Henderson, Tacoma attor-
ney, impersonated Governor Martin
and his makeup was so perfect that
he was addressed as Governor" sew
eral times as he walked up and down
the halls leading to the committee
rooms before he actually appeared In
the house chamber. His message"
was received and adopted" even with
out vote.
Hunger Marchers" Worry
Olympia will be hard-put to handle
the 5000 hunger marchefs which now
appear certain to descend upon the
state capital March /. The former
visit of 1000 was handled with effic-
iency and without disorder and they
were all fed and housed by donations
coming from unexplained sources, but
generally understood to have been
furnished by the authorities to avoid
trouble. The city has no means for
caring for such an additional crowd
and Mayor E. N. Steele has urged
those planning to come not to do so.
While trouble Is not expected steps are
being taken by state and city author
tiles to handle any outbreak or
demonstration that might occur. 1t
Is hard to see people go without food
or shelter, and to see them unable to
go home because of lack of gasoline,
even If they have brought the condi-
ton voluntarily upon themselves.