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The Daily World
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Governor Cosgrove may find some compensation for his sickness in
the fact that he will not have the disagreeable duty to perform of
using the pruning knife on some of the bills passed by the legislature
during its closing sessions. A governor has a duty to perform to the
state and at the same time it is difficult to decide whether certain
measures are really meritorious or not. This matter of approving or
disapproving certain bills is one which governors usually dislike, but
it is a duty incident to the office. A man dislikes to incur enmities,
or to disappoint friends, but it sometimes becomes necessary to do so,
if the interests of the whole people are to be consulted.
President Taft in encouraging cabinet members to make tours of
inspection coupled with personal investigation of intricate problems
is instituting a wise policy. This indicates that the president is going
to insist on efficiency in administration. When administrative heads
of departments have first hand knowledge of subjects, there will be
fewer attempts made by special intersts to bring undue influence to
bear on them to grant special favors; besides personal visits will have
a tendency to make subordinates a little more circumspect in the dis
charge of their duties. Had this policy been instituted earlier, the
land and timber frauds against the government would not have been
so numerous. The Taft administration is going to achieve results.
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
The organization of a North Central Washington development
league is attracting favorable comment throughout the state. The
Tacoma Daily News has the following complimentary reference:
"Citizens of the Columbia and Wenatchee valleys have the right
ideas and will hold a convention of representatives in Wenatchee next
week to consider the interests of their section. They will begin work
by the organization of a development league.
"There is in these great valleys and their confluents a fine field for
a large and prosperous farming and fruit growing population, which
will be secured at an early day by the efforts of the public spirited!
citizens already there.
"This united effort will be much more effective for the entire section
than the individual efforts of various cities and sections, and it is the
best thing possible for any portion of the state, where unity is possible.
"It would be well if in other parts of the state such united action
could be instituted for the general good, in place of the spasmodic
individual efforts in vogue in the past."
Columbia Valley Bank
"The Old Strong Bank"
Capital $100,000.00 Established 1892
We extend a cordial invitation to newcomers and prospective res
idents of the Wenatchee Valley to make use of our extensive facili
ties for the transfer of funds from other localities, and welcome
new accounts, no matter whether large or small.
J. J. Browne, President Guy C. Browne, Vice President
M. Horan, Vice President. Frank D. Case, Assistant Cashie
Charles E. Owens, Cashier.
Wenatchee - Washington
A Money Maker
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4 MISSION STREET PHONE 1305
THE WENATCHEE DAILY WORLD, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1909.
INSIDE HISTORY OF THE
WENATCHEE BRIDGE BILL
OLYMPIA CORRESPONDENT
TELLS OF FRAME-UPS MADE
TO SECURE VARIOUS APPRO
PRIATIONS OF THE STATE.
Wenatchee people know that the
Wenatchee bridge bill passed. It is
known that the bill had no trouble
in passing the senate but it was held
in the house committee and fears
were entertained that the bill would
be buried there. It was finally res
urrected, thanks to the untiring
work of the Chelan county represen
tative, and passed. The governor
signed the bill, and it is now a law.
The following is a little inside his
tory on the bridge bill legislation
and is from an Associated Press cor
respondent:
Olympia, March 15.—The eleventh
sesion of the Washington legislature
has gone down into history as the
most extravagant in the annals of
the state. The omnibus appropria
tions made two years ago by $1,478,-
--000, and state officers and institu
tions received nearly everything:
which they asked. In addition de-j
ficiency bills amounting to $141,-:
349.61 were passed. * Old state debts!
which were refused by other legisla
tures were paid during the present
session. Chief among these is $209,-
--000 for the payment of the Cheney
and Whatcom normal school war
rants, which were issued fourteen
years ago.
To tell the story of the passing of
these appropriation bills is to recite
a tale of a series of combinations and
"frame ups" that were begun when
the legislature convened. Nearly
every member in the house traded
his vote to secure money for his dis
i
trict or for appropriations whirh
would affect his constituents. All of;
the tie-ups centered around the pass
ing of five bills, consisting of the!
Wenatchee bridge bill, $190,000; the
Columbia river improvement bill,
$50,000; the Stuck river drift bar
rier bill, $50,000; the appropriation
of $30,000.f0r the entertainment of
the National Irrigation Congress at
Spokane next summer and the ap
propriation of $250,000 of Lake
Washington shore land funds for the
building up of a ship canal %etween
Lake Union and Puget Sound. It
became apparent early in the ses
sion that the men behind these meas
ures held the balance of power and
to them flocked the "little fellows"
who wanted small appropriations for
their districts.
The tie-up plan was aided by the
methods which were adopted soon
after the opening of the session in
the house appropriations committee,
where it was agreed that all appro
priations bills should be held in
committee until the omnibus bill was
reported and passed. This was me
nded to prevent trading but had
:he opposite effect. As the. end of
he session approached and the* ora
libus bill was still a matter of dis
cission it became apparent that the
sills would have to be called from
committee by two-thirds of the
louse.
It was agreed that the Spokane
aill should be first, the Wenatchee
bill second. the Stuck river bill
hird, the Columbia river bill fourth
find the canal appropriation fifth on
th list of appropriations to be called
out. An opportunity for turning the
trick did not arrive until the last
week of the session, and then on
Monday evening, during the time of
waiting, the combination made an
inner ring. The Wenatchee bridge
bill and the Lake Washington canal
bill were selected for slaughter. Thej
Spokane, Columbia and Stuck river j
men agreed that in the night session,
Monday they would get their bills
out of committee, pass them and ad
journ. Then during the next day
session, after getting the Seattle and
Wenatchee bridge votes they would j
protest against the latter named bills
and declare them to be a $500,000
steal from the public treasury.
The line of argument was to be
that the Wenatchee bridge scheme
was an attempt on the part of a cor-;
poration to unload a white elephant*
on the state. It was to have been!
argued that no vouchers of expense
of building the bridge had been filed;
with the legislature, that the bridge;
for years would only benefit the peo
ple of the Wenatchee valley. The
canal scheme was to have been
fought on the ground that it was a
grab of public money.
The canal men, through J. W.
Clise, of Seattle, and others, had sil
enced the opposition of the Duwam
ish river men, and W. T. Clark,
president of the Wenatchee Canal
company, for whose benefit the
bridge was built, had lobbied during
all of the session and had his sup
port ready. So when the schemers
attempted to carry out their plan
they were blocked by the bridge peo
ple, who held off adjournment of
Monday until their bill was passed.
On Tuesday the canal bill was push
ed through.
It was necessary to get the united
support of the little fellows to make
the scheme a complete success. The
Spokane delegation would jiave been
satisfied with a third of the $30,000
which they actually received, but the
Wenachee river bridge had been of
fered to the state for $150,000 dur
ing the tenth session. The men be
hind the Columbia river scheme have
worked for years to open the upper
river, and although they asked for
$100,000 in their bill, they would
have been satisfied with a tenth part
of the sum for the present. They,
however, agreed with the Stuck river
men, who also asked for $100,000,
to allow the appropriations to be cut
in two.
So the trades were made. By
hanging together the little fish hatch
ery bills were passed with the big
ones. W. W. Sparks, of Clark, got
$20,000 for the relief of the veterans
of the Indian wars of 1855-1856.
Kenoyer, of Lewis, got $15,000 for
the Southwest Washington Fair asso
ciation, although at the beginning of
the session it was expected that one
third of the amount was all that he
could possibly get.
In some way or other, suited to
each individual who was in the game,
votes to swell the appropriation ma
jorities were secured. Dr. W. M.
Beach, of Mason, had a bill which
permits oyster men to get a fee sim
ple title to oyster lands. His sup
port was secured on the promising of
passing his bill. The weaknesses of
others were ferreted out and the
trades were made.
The size of the omnibus approprin
tions bill is declared in the house to
be entirely the fault of the senate.
During the session a sub-appropria
tions committee heard state officers,
considered appropriations to be made
and made an effort to hold down the
expenses of the state for the next
two years. But when the report of
the sub-committee, which had work
ed for weeks in absolute secrecy, was
made to the joint appropriations
committee, the senate members of
the committee passed a motion that
the senate committee only should
consider the report. The house com
mittee was packed out of the room
and the senate decided upon the ap
propriations for the next two years.
The report of the sub-committee was
torn to shreds. The state offices that
had asked increases were allowed.
Other state officers were allowed
their estimates of expenditures be
cause they were satisfactory as they
stood. An.instance of the lavishness
of the senate committee is the in
crease of the appropriations in the
governor's office. In the original bud
get he was allowed $34,700, but the
senate committee cheerfully raised
the appropriation to $46,600. Other
State officers who asked for increases
fared equally well.
When the state institutions were
considered the bars were let down.
By a system of trading between men
behind special appropriatiin bills the
friends of state institutions were able
to increase their appropriations by
$935,000. The principal increase was
made to the three normal schools,
whose appropriations were twice in
creased; the state university the
state college and the reformatory.
Then the senators, with their will
worked, held the appropriations bill
until the house had only the after
noon of the last day of the session
in which to consider it.
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At last I thought of *my mother's
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Ferry at Orondo starts Monday,
March 15. •••
Seed Potatoes
*
Owing to poor crop here last year and the fact that the local
grown potatoes are about run out, we are shipping in a carload of
Burbanks from White River.
Car of Early Ohios from the east.
Wenatchee Produce Co.
The Secret of
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a Bushel
To the Poultry Cranks:
This secret lias been widely adver
tised for sale the past winter, in all
the leading magazines and news
pa[>ers, at prices ranging from 50c
to $25, according to the nerve of the
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years ago with the best results. You
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you want it.
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Phone 1132.
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14 MISSION STREET PHONEE 2375
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