The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07


However" Cham berlain
charges. provisions were inserted
in the substitute bill designed to
defeat the purposes of the original
bill. Stripped Of camouflage,
these provisions stand out as fol-
lows.
"U. The requirement was
inserted that an election be
held before power district
may acquire any properties or
issue any revenue bonds.
"(2). JOkers were inserted
In the provisions relating to
the type OF revenue bonds in
such a nature as to render II
impossible for the districts TO
market such bonds, even IL
they were successful in issuing
Them"
Grangemen predict the bill will
not pass the house as easily as it
did the senate. if it passes in its
present form at all. In fact, it is
known that already one left winger
and an eastern Washington Re-
publican are collaborating on pre-
paration of amendments.
Incidentally. Tacoma's mu-
nicipal power syste EN- APP
parently has no more to fear
from this legislature. Re-
naming bills aimed at plants
90
when the time expired for each
house to consider its own
measures.
Majority Democrats, Republic
cans. and left wingers who voted
for John Sylvester for speaker,
were called into caucus by the
speaker as the last week of the
legislature opened.
Sylvester appealed to them to
support the majority program"
No binding agreement was
reached. but II appeared. as
the conference ended. that the
house majority will remain
unbrokcn.
The speaker of the house and
the senate presidents have signed
the bill to permit a new PORTAGE
ma development plan to be put be-
for the people.
A committee. representing Ia
coma industry, business, labor and
officialdom. is expected to call on
Gov. Martin and urge him to sign.
Sen. Ted Schroeder's sustained
yield forest management bill is
now in house committee, having
passed the senate.
Only Sen. Ralph Metcalf
from Pierce county voted mo-"
when the senate reversed itself
and decided the people should
be allowed to vote on the pro-
posed income tax amendment
to the constitution. All other
Tacoma senators were favor
able.
The amendment. if adopted by
the legislature, would allow the
people To vote in 1910 on whether
to permit the legislature to levy an
income tax. now forbidden by the
constitution.
Roll call on the vote to sllot 5
per cent of Seattle's state road
funds to relief of taxpayers in the
Aurora avenue assessment district
shows Pierce county's house men,
bers voted this way:
For the proposal, Edward Pet
tus, Hugh Rosellini, Paul Sande-
gren. 2. A. Vane, Charles Tromb-
ley.
Against. DR.. w. G. Cameron,
Frank Chervenka. Gerald Dixon,
H. y. jackson and Tom Mont
gomery. The plan carried, 81 to
As. All Spokane members voted
no"
7 All Pierce county housemen
voted yes" on the highways ap-
preparations measure.
Dixon saw the precedent set
nv the Aurora vote, 80. with
his tongue In his cheek. he
moved to allot 100000 Of
Pierce county's road "cut" to
South 3Sth street paving. The
speaker ruled he had lost
voice vote, but II really sounded
rs though he won.
I
Every member of the senate got
box of candy when the bill pre-
scribing public health and stan
dardization regulations 10 the
sweetmeats industry passed the
upper house. II was sponsored by
Sens. Percivsl and Schroeder Of
Pierce.
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When legislative chamber clocks
stopped al 5:44 p. m. Saturday
IS .. m. was the deadline for each
chamber 10 consider its own bills).
A lot of folks in the galleries were
late for dinner.