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Washington legislature factions loom large in Stevens county notes
Stevens county representatives Henry R. Spedden and R. A. Thayer hold key committee posts in a session dominated by dry fighting forces. The column criticizes the assembly for adjourning beyond constitutional limits and questions the legality of laws shaped by saloon interests. It also surveys Governor Mead's proposed mining and stock purchasing reforms and roams from Oregon politics to Colville veterans and a local moonlighting robin tale.
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Stevens County
Henry R. Spedden
R. A. Thayer
Washington
Albert E. Mead
Olympia
Mead
Treasury
A. J. Laws
Vancouver
Wash
Laws
Fort Colville
Kettle Falls
Pierre Jerome
Philip Sheridan
Francis Wolff
Colville
Oregon