, 1855-12-21
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE-THIRD SESSION
ii C0UNeIL.s

council met pursuant 10 adjournment
President Catlin in the Chair.
Journal read aud approved.
Mr.: Huff, from special committee, made
the following report
"A majority of the special committee,
to whom was referred the right of Hon,
VIM. a. Sirickler to a seat in the Council.
have had the same under consideration.
and after mature dcliberation, are clearly
OF the opinion that no facts have been pre-
sented to them sufficient to invalidate his
claim, aud therefore report accordingly"
Mr.. Poe dissented from the majority re-
port.
Mr.. Wallace was in hopes that the
Committee would bring in full statement
of the facts, so that the Council could
have some tangible way to proceed. There
are no more facts elected now than there
were before the report was made. move
that the report be recommitted to the same
Committee, with instructions to state the
facts upon which they base their report.
Mr.. Poe-As a member of that COM
mittee, think it unnecessary re-commit
the report, as all the information we are
able to to procure is to be found in the
journal of the Council Of the last session.
A series Of Joint Resolutions were, at
this time, received from the House, by
their Clerk, Elwood Evans, Esq, in rela-
tion to the death Of Lieut.. Slaughter, which
were, subsequently, on the rules being sus-
pended, unanimously passed by the Coun-
Gil. The resolutions will be found in the
House proceedings Of to-day.
Mr.. Bigelow-I have no objections to
the recommitment of the report but from
all information can gather upon the sub
ject, | am still Of the opinion that there
can be no contest, unless both parties are
here to claim the seat From priNa faeia
evidence, II think Mr.. Strickler is the per
son that the people Of King county expect
TO represent them here, and, therefore l
shall vote for the adoption of the report
report adopted
The resolution introduced by Mr.. Poe
on Saturday, in relation to having bills,
resolutions, ETC., printed, was taken up.
Mr.. Cock offered an amendment to the
resolution, but subsequently Withdrew it.
Mr.. Wallace remarked-I am opposed to
the resolution in toto. The resolution pro-
vides for printing which, in my opinion, is
entirely needless. Look at the history of
the last session in regard to printing, and
you will find that q more shameless ex-
penditure Of public money was never before
made, in this or any other country. Some
of the bills were ordered printed three or
four times over ; the money might as well
be thrown into the deepest hole in the
Sound, as to be thrown away iI such a
manner. There is no earthly need Of SO
much printing, Funds are placed here by
the general government to meet the cur
rent expenses of the territory, and we areI
placed here 10 guard those funds, and that
carefully we are bound not to let it be
squandered in useless extravaganza. What
does this resolution propose 1t reads
that every memorial, bill and resolution
that is introduced into the Council, shall
be printed" whether the Council takes any
action upon them or not. 1t also provides
that all memorials, bills and resolutions
that come from the House, shall be printed,
even if they do not make more than one or
two lines. Is this needed ask you, in all
candor, do the people require this Do
the members of the Council require it Z
l certainly think not. 1t is useless ex-
penditure Of money placed in our trust.
For these reasons l shall vote against the
passage OF 'ne resolution . cd .1. s
Mr.. Poe-The honorable member from
Pierce takes rather On unfair view Of the
resolution. /, as the author Of that reso-
luton, did not intend to make useless ex-
penditure Of the public money. merely
offered the resolution that the Committee
on Printing would be authorized to order
such printing done as the convenience of the
Council might require.
Inc ayes and noes were called for and
resulted-Ayes 2, noes ., so the resolution
was lost -' a' r| i- ID "'. s2l'i
On motion the Oorncu ,,rocoodod a.