The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 19, 1907, Page 8

: | OLYMPIA wi WORK VERY SLOWLY Insurgent Fight Against Old Line Politicians Delays oars onan ations other than munio ue Naming of House and Senate Committees, Thus Holding Up a Small Army of Bills-Many Bills Submitted Apparently in Interest of Honest Legis- lation. (Star Special Service.) OLYMPLA, Jan. 19%—-The first woek—seven of the 60 days to whieh the sqsaion is limtied by law are practioniily past Yesterday afternoon both house and senate adjourned until Monday morning The record of accomplishment ts by nO means as great as had been at} With no sena| first dtiticipated. torial fight on, with the speaker practically elected days before the convening of the session, and with the repablicans almost unval fm either chamber, It waa be! that work would be taken up with vigor almost from the opening day, Thstead, came tho committee con tests In the senate, the insurgent fight against the oldline organtan tion, and it wae not until Friday afterfeon that the regular stand ing committees were named in either body Of course, the Mood of bills could not be kept pent up, There were toe Many bow members whose pet bills they feared would be Jeopard ined unless introduced almost as soon as the presiding officers rap- ped for order, The fact that there were no committees to whom these | the | | dille could be referred, that proposed measures would simply be filed away in the clerk's pigeon- holes, cut no ice with these neo phyte statesmen. The result ts—33 bills have ben introduced in the senate and 66 In the house. Two of these, house bill No. 1, appre priating $90,000 for immediate pur chase of jute for the penitentiary mill; the other senate dill No. 9, appropriating $70,000 for legislative expenses, have passed both houses were signed by the governor on Fri day and immediately became laws The senate, with (ts lees complex Tulus than the house, when. its bills were introduced, promptly provided @ach should be referred to a spe- cially named committee as soon a6 the committees were appointed, so that the 32 senate bills yet unacted imour)abollah the Heved other to give Treawi the state tide cast and weat of the mountatns, now conducting game preserves, as well as probably other sportamen. There are bille to cure election }lawa, to amend the school lawa, to | define new crimes, felonies and mis |demeanora, to provide for the elee |trecution of ertminals tnetead of the present death penalty by hang ing, to puniah jury bribera, witness leixers, and those who attempt to | improperty -inflyen public offt lelals. One bill te already in tax commission ; an jlwnds at Point Defiance park; an Jother to provide for the investment lof the permanent school funds, which for years have lain in banks, profitable to the bankers, but of ne |denefft to the state, Long bills and short bills, good bills and bad bitls, there are, bat almost without ex jception, every solitary measure so ifar proposed thin session ts de signod to serve an honest purpe }for good government and better ‘cithenahip. Aside from posatbly {the ratiroad liability bills, there } does not seem to be one bill so far this geasion, either with a graft be hind it or designed to nerve some special or corporate Interest. | OLYMPIA, Jan. 19.--Committee |chairmen were named in the house land senate yesterday, The follow ing shows the chairmanship drawn | dy each lucky jegislator. in the Senate. Allen oalarfes, Anderson coun ' ties, Blair agriculture, Boone banks, | Booth purchases and supplies, Bratt lroads, Brown medicine, Condon commerce, Cotterti! harbors, Davis lcorporations, Bidemiller claims, Graves fudtetary, Guan borticulture, Hunter labor, Hutson tasurance, | Jones cities of first class, Keanedy printing, Kline mines, Knicker jboeker library, McGowan memort als, MeGregor dairy and live stock, Metealf enrolled bills, Minklerr dikes and ditches, Nichols educa-} table labor, Jackson (F. ©.) pent »yhoson trrigation, Lam ipal, Long house arrangements, « Coy tide land MeCrae schools, MeMuators university, Meg ler congressional appointinenta, Mil ler printing, Olsen normal sebools, tyeord hortioulture, Ramsey ed ucation, Ranok miscellaneous, Reeves waterways, Keld judictary, mick revente and taxa’ Kiee ite Hbrary, Sayer public morals, herfey state college, Blayden me rials, Stephens (laanc N.) fed ral relations, Stevenseo roads and bridges, Strobridge privileges and elections, Taylor endorsed bills, by Judge Hurke, Speci Thompson (D, M.) appropriations, | cases jong de in the mathe Troy dairy and live stock were cited to Mr, Colkett for ome —_———— planatt Meyer Bros, wholesal@ BILLS INTRODUCED, Jewelers, complained that a letter mailed to them from within the OLYMPIA, Jan, 19%-—The follow tng bills were introduced in the leg- islature Friday and referred to eom- mitteca In the Senate. 8, B, Sty Alien Allowing une of Indigent soldiers’ fund for relief of Bpanish-American war veterans and soldiers who served in the Philippines, Appropriations com- nitter BB. 28—-My Cottertil: Requiring voters to be identified by signature to be kept in realstration books, Ju- dietary B&B, 2%—My Ruth: Providing for investment of state permanont funda in etate, county, munteipal and whool district bonds. Educational comipittee & BD. 36-—Hy Pauihamus; Repeal. ing 1965 law allowing corporations to own and held stock of other cerperstions, and allows two yeare to dispose of hold Railroads. & 31—Hy Moetestf; Authorts tne decd by state to Tacoma eft Point Defiance shore and tide lands Tide lands com | for park purposes, mittee 8. B. 82-——Ry Metcalf; Direct pri- mary bill—that of the league, Elec- tions and privilemes & B thy Metcalf: Requiring corporations annually to file let of stockholders with secretary of wtate Corporations a the Mouse. Olving see- sentation on HB. 40-—ny Me ond clase cities county beards of equalization, and that especial assessment of euch Jeittes shall be collected by county treasurer. HM 4l—Ty Reeve: Allowing | physicians to testify in damage wuite without consent of patient B. BR. 42—T | tng allen child lattending state pubtic H. B 43-—-By Cartyon Mutehicen; Requir- n to pay tuition for eehools Providing upon are actually now before the! tional institutions, Pauthamus rath | cor investment of state permanent committees for consideration. The house neglected this plan and, a @ result, a good share of Monday's session of the house will necessar fly be taken up with the rereading of the titles of the 55 bills remain- ing there, so that they may be re ferred to appropriate committees. Ac¥eP. E. Appropriation. The only exposition bil! in Is that providing $690,000 for new build- fmge for the university, As this fe drawn to provide payment from the general fund, and as the A.-Y.- P. friends have practically agreed that the expeaition appropriations should be made from « specia! fund | Byerly hosplials and Insane, created by a special levy. thix meas. ure will probably be amended or) capitol, Coles banks and banking.) “yy 51 killed in committee. There are sev eral primary election bills in, and & congressional apportionment bill Chairman Croft, of the house com mittee on game and game fich, bas evidenced where he stands by ie ttoductng billie to probibit the use | of repeating shotguns, prohibiting the dynamiting of streams for fiah, and prohibiting the sale of salmon roe. The pampgun dill will cer tainly be fought, and another game DIM, which prohibits the feeding of ‘wild water fow!, will have the unit lroads, Pauly penitentiary, Piper military, Pogue engrossed bills, | Pelson granted lands, Potts game and game fish, Presby elections, | Rands charitable Institutions, Reed eduestion, Resemhagpt congress | tonal districts, Ruth public build } ings, Scott irrigation, Smith muni cipal corporations, Stevenson sen — employes, Somaer revenue and taxation, Vetiees appropriations, | Watson fisheries, Williams const | tution. In the Mouse. Bassett insurance, Beach con«th | tuttom revision, Blackmore mileage, Cam jeron agriculture, Carlyon state Croft game and game fish, Davis (D. J.) commerce and maunfactur (B. ©.) emrotied bitis. Dickson railroads, Erickson chal land auditing, Fulton Gaches dykes and ditches, Gilbert (B P.) military, Glen county snd /county boundaries, Griffia compen sation state and county officers, |Halteman mines, Hanson munict- |pal corporations first class, Heo iderson water rights, Hogen munt cipal corporations other thaa first [elass, Hornberger granted lands, @4 opposition of the cinba, both Hutchinson internal affairs, Hox . | funds, Same as & fi. 29 HB 44—By Pancher: Providing for destruction of tumbling, mus- tard and other weeds HM. Bf th-—By Fancher: Providing ifor payment of old Cheney normal | warrant No. 168,799. HH. B 46——Ry Tidbette: Changing state highway fund levy to ty mill Instead of present KH. Bh 4 By J.B. Gilbert: Pro- of liquors within five college. ly Croft: Prohibiting of salmon roe or dynamiting fish in streams H. B. 4¢-—Ry Croft use of magaxine o l hunting birds ; wR & ption bill Prohibiting ump gun for By Johnson: Locat Ry Passett: Limiting | public Hbrary levy to $1.060 tn cith with lose than $2,000,000 taxable property } HB St—ty Davie: Allowing jmpecial levy of & mills for Union jachoo! Metrict Hh Sy Weber: Allowing to eatablieh eatraye jon Provta- ad of hang- rtentnale on Authorts- t exes In countion S¢—-By Klovrberg: Prohib- iting falae representations In seeur- ing labor Who won the fight to have Green Lake cars circle the lake one way---T. P. FAY Who has built up not only the west side but the entire Green Lake region---T. P. FAY cam ee Tere t Peer Tt eee Efforts to obtain an emergency Appropriation from congress for the rellef of the Seattle postoffice will probably be made by the Chamber of Commerce through the Wash- ington senators and representatives, This weome to be the only way open to obtain relief from present nditions in the matl service of jthe city, which if characterized as intolerable by members of the com- mittee on national affuire of the e or of Commerce, which held a rension with Assistant Portmaster W. J, Colkett yesterday afternoon. The committee. will make ite red port at the regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce next Weds benday The meeting yesterday was eal! State December #2 was not detive 1 to them until January % com ng ten days’ time in reaching Another letter matied from the Chamber of Commerce to a city address tool two days to reach ite destination tee atead of the fow hours it should pave taken. In explaining these delays to a Star representative, Mr, Colkett de. | ctared that little relief te possibile j wert more help is secured for the | pestoffiee. & matter which could not accomplished save through an ney appropriation from eon wun them inetead of 14 hours be } ene areas. ‘The postoffice department ts da- } ing al! In ite power to help us” sald | ee — TALLEST BULDING IN THE WORLD INN. Y. Better opportunities exist now than ever before---Talk With Fay Thousands have been made comfortable---thousands more be made rich--- Main Office—311-12 Bailey Phone Ind. 3836 MEIER IEEE IRIE T. P. FAY & COMPANY, Main 3253 ° MEAS IRAE Branch @ inter La Phone in Korth 46th and hi THE SEATTLE STAR-SATURDAY, JAN. 19, 1907. LL ASK CONGRESS FOR APPROPREITION * o@ In sections and will occupy the METROPOLITAN LAFF RUM, BING AB IT WILL Lo | “FIGHTI t ite funds are lim nnot give Beattle the ited and it help needed without getting more money from congress, The delay ONE OF THE FAMOUS CIVIL im handling mails is due to the fact] WAR GENERALS, BATTLING there has been a «reat in IN A CHICAGO HOSPITA © in powtal receipts In the tant are without a corresponding increase in the number of clerks ployed, We are doing the ean under present condition that ore AND DEEDS. (Beattle Bpecial Service.) OHICAL n, LFull of yeu and rheumatiom and courage, Ge t we CONSULTING ENGINEER HERE thie vioinity, Mr. Inaace leaves for 7 4 thie afterneon. provtinad tain -eftery wae taken to the hospital Stil, with Nie son in (nesm Denver, the two brothers remaint of the five who went Into the ct war now tn Philadelphia and Hai ford, and few friends within ef striking distance, Gege MeCook not flinching tn bie againet dt Haid the general, in his little roc on the second f ‘There iw just one RECEIVER APPOINTED, Judge Albertson has appolnted Harvey B. Jordan receiver for the American Investment @& Improve ent company, Netite Keleo was Mefendant in the case, and it trans. ived that the company had beer making false conveyances: The property now owned by the com. pany was put at $400,000 man's mize a medica, they tell me, fiteted with. However, that a fan't rheumatiom, f am bandag pretty wei watla direct or th WELLINGTON COURT BOLD. Wellington Court, a new apart ment house at 12th and ive, ¥ movement te ‘There are 1* three and four-room modern apartments ature, but his snow white mu) h, shaggy eyeh te 1 anywhere, Firet Armed Force. “Ia there anything Interesting ean tell about the war?” he cor ued, “I think there is one plece history I have never read about (Seattle Star Gpecial Service.) NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—A tower in| tom Tt was shortly « 200n to be added to the office build. | *ueuretion din, Those wei ing of the Metropolitan Life Inaur- | rvublor s in Washington ance Co. on Madison square, which | fising Within was feared ax muc wil] make that bullding rank as the | 4t firet a# atteck from without highest, tallest business structure | t¥o in the world tly orm ‘The tower willerise to the ox- traordinary height of 468 feet from§ Senator Jim Lane, of Kanne | men, with the first flush of the goid | OFF the street. happened to be in Washington at| fever upon them, 1 fear I am one | fs i ‘The daring ingenuity of construct. | the time, concerned with the organ-| of the Inet of them left, and the far| H.W. Schoebel tzation of the territory of Colorad then Arapahoe county. Kansas. guarde sineping tn the east re ive man has never attempted such & project. The Eiffel tower, tn Paria, ig 826 foct taller than the new tower to be built here, but it t# a great ateet frame which te not used for tw practical bustness to 200 of ws, Anyway, we tried to/time before the war, and most ot | of ice and snow from theme ‘Tre new Ginger butiding, on|™ake up in quality what we may|the time atnes, it has been Colorado, | gehoetel ts the first man ial Broadway, will have & tower 893] Dave lacked in numbers, We were) California and Mexico, where I once | rested on that charge not uniformed firet arme in Washington between the government feet from the street when tt ie com- plete, it will rank ae the second Righest business building im the| * world: Washington monument, «| possible trouble few years ago considered a marvel) ¢° no fs only 665 feet from Ste bane. any rate The Metropoiiian tower will cost | Washington $2,000,000. It wilt top a giant office | troops arrived—a Penn butiding, which has been construct- 1 believe, 1 in ne record thie statwerd bar yur police guard lasted until the ground formerly the site of the Parkherst church. the entrance of nurse, bearing @ cup of te thie a Yankee or 4rink, please?” queried the general and, after an appreciative stp, as torrid as the authoritie low, I'll be bound, Thar After the nilecless nuree Gen, Mot continued Jokes With Nurses. with the purses, though. knows, some of them act as if the newer had run aerom one befor But Sundays are who drop tn some visitors who and. stn, Is there a man v Would you take property ? = =? There are just as good bargains to be I Will selk you property anywhere and will guarantee you handsome profits-- Tath With Fay Offices Mi pe: Dp Av. RALAE ILE OGRA He IIL A FOILS IEF IR ICAAHO IA IIRIENE ALIEN AS? BIE IEE CA FIGHTING HARD AT 7 TELLS OF STIRAING TIMES Edward M. MeCook, perhaps the most famous of the “Fighting Me ance, of Chicago, ea ‘ ; ‘ ie pose mp “ot (uoaeaaraeecars Cooks,” is in the Chicago Baptist tem, has been in the Puget sound meee . Byph Fae ot in bg bountry for me days arranging for on ” iid oo w “ a”) f the terminals and brid a el eon teeGaen ens tae ro or & Washington ratiroad in [70M Oem, Mecoee ween oes Paceuna unt other towne in{% Nard attack of rheumatian tn the Auditorlum Annex, and after six weeks of growing physical helpless- hard atragel of the hospital ment known tn the modern materia I am not af- ro my whole area, and today sold by MoGraw, Kittinger & line easiest thi I can tell you. Case to GO, Ale Male for KH. Fl with all these Impedimenta and the Fouts, The price was $50,000. orpa always In evidence.” k is not a large man sand strongly ined face would command attention ie the first armed force in Washing ter the in up- Bo, mpantes of home guards were nised and armed under command of Cassiua M. Clay and we i the White House, watching byl once furnt There may bave been close but we carried the all there | Ptlas mine and While we had to fighting we were ready, at over firet syivania reg- a reasonably been made of ‘The general was interrupted by a sunny -haired conmemme southern “1 find tt helps « little to joke roodners | et ae bile kaon Aeaeied aime active work was ‘7% Grant's lest ‘Save Your Old canter there are always a few G. A. R. men And then there are Fay has done more to build up the West Side of Green Lake than any other real estate man there. stance: Who got the Post Office there---T. P. FAY? has not doubled his money? Is there a man who has bought of FAY who would sell” for what he paid? 4 Ly re n in ne vil rt my ig on i ~ ne ed ” WE GuagDD Tm White Moves WARD M. w’COOK “rIGHTING” 1 nuch plessanter singing than|ing Mttle. Men, ike | rd Sundays in the 608, when | rubbing against others token of |it was the bullets that caroled bright, And, with all Qaamna loctors 1 fear | have Cautiness recent rubbing too much te: It ts too bad there is not painful method. Why cant Ring down the curtain ef And pin it with « ear As the western Scot, D | Cleod, put tt?” It] “About my active campaigning? Well, there tent much to may that you don't see in the histories, ad “After the war and my provistonal governorship of Miorida was over I hh} resigned. Since then I have con-| tinued to do my beat to « rheumatiam President Grant ap polnted me territorial governor of 7 Colorade, then « country of rough | ARRESTED FOR NOTE lo. | west #till har on appeal to me that! knitting factory at 281 nothing else really equals now.” lwes arrested yeat “Yes, bred an Ohloan and) by Officer Falkenburg, fori ed copy for Columbus! plying with the orders of i | and Cleveland papers, but for some | of police, relative to thes iw wae pert owner of the famous Bato/ Ata & number of RECIPROCAL DEM! of Burope, nine trips across | S8EO thmus, two before the ratiroad | le er was built, a good deal of law, and! you have sbout all of the exterhals. nent nee Western Memories. northwest lumber “And it was in the west that «| was to be held at 40) food many of the strongest friend. | ¢rnoon, bas been ships I bave known were formed.| gin this evening to Bret Harte I knew In the old days, | be present, who are ip and when he started the Overland | witnesses In the car Monthiy he od me to contribute | vestigation there wer articles, and several on Sh Griges, of the Pacific end other bat was the result, | ber Manufacturers’ “Bam Clemens also was @ rising | preside. writer. and practically known only[> 000" as Mark Twain, and we became close friends, although distance and work have made our meetings and communica ) infrequent of recent years. I remember 1 read ‘Innocents | be heard before the Abroaa’ tn manuscript | privileges and elections Yes, I went tm (or national pott- | Monday, Jan. 28. ¥| ties to some extent, but about my} is CO ‘The Cotteri!l-Lyons jcampaign, although have done ig jsome so-called ‘spellbinding’ since.| We make beautiful rage at “But now, since rhoumation et al. | First class carpet have been taking an unfair advan- Wwae: ug Co «| tage of me, I fear I am accompliah- Ind, For in- vho has done business with FAY who™ ANSP EREREN Ke twice as much as you paid for yout’ 1ad now as ever---Task With Fay Branch OQftiee No. t ountain View Station, W. Green Lake Phone ind, 7453 North 737