, 1856-12-26
Council IOInl RESOLUTION, No. 5,

Company A, Of the second regiment of Washington
Territory volunteers, which company mad iuly serV,
ed out the period of their enlistment, and received
honorable discharge from such service; Therefore
be
Rssolred bv The Legislative Assembly of ths Ter
riorg Of Harrington, That the said James lilton be-
and is hereby instructed to receive and place on file
in the office of the Adutant General of Washington
Territory the final muster roll of said company A,
and that said company be placed IN all respects on
the same footing all other companies Of the said I'd
regiment Washington Territory volunteers.
Rssoired That copies Of this resolution be sent to
the said James Tilton and to the Governor Of Wash
ington Territory.
The above resolution was introduced in
the Council by Mr.. DENNY, Of King coun-
ty, last week. On its introduction, and
after having been read second time, Mr.
Poe, of Wbatcom, moved that the Coun-
ell resolve itself into committee of the
whole, in order to discuss the merits Of the
bill. WILEY, of Thurston, moved to amend
by striking out committee of the whole"
and insert, "refer to the committee on
Military Affairs;" which motion was lost
WILEY then introduced resolution Of the
following purport:-
"Resolred, That tho Adjutant General
and the Governor of the Territory be re-
quested to appear here, and show cause
why the final muster roll Of company "a"
has not been placed on file in the proper
Office"
Upon vote being taken, the resolution
was lost. Then, on motion, the original
was read third time and passed.
However, during the pendency of the
resolutions, committee was appointed to
wait upon the Governor, and obtain the
correspondence relating to the matter Of
difference between this company and the
executive; but before that correspondence
could be received, final vote was taken
The yeas and nays we're frequently called
for during the pendency of the resolution
in the Council. But one opinion, we think,
prevailed with regard TO the rights of COM
pany "a" King county volunteers, to re-
ceive pay for their services during the late
Indian war. No one denied but that they
should be remunerated for the time con-
sumed in the service The question, when
final vote was taken in the Council, was
not whether the said company had, or had
not, performed its duty, but whether the
resolution above recited should be referred
at once, TO the committee of the whole, or
the committee on Military Affairs. Those
who voted nay on its final passage, we are
at liberty to say, were not operated upon
by any feeling Of hostility towards the
company or its interests. They only want
ed time to investigate, and to ascertain
whether they were voting understandingly
in the premises, as to the meaning Of the
preamble and resolutions An evident de-
sire prevailed to choke of Investigation
at least temporarily-and send the subject
matter to the House.
On its advent into the House, the ques-
tiOn was forthwith sprung, shall we not
Immediately go into committee Of the
whole, to investigate this subjecti" There,
too, the same action was had. A strong
effort was made to gain time-to refer to
the committee on Military Affairs, &C., but
the House finally went into committee of
tho whole OIL the matter, and persons and
papers were sent forA A trial was had,
which occupied several days. Evidence
was given by Gov. STEVENS, Chief Justice
LANDER, Maj. TnToN, Hon. A. A. DENNY,
ISAAC HAYS, esq, H. R. CRosBIE, esq, to-
gether with number of others; and it is
simply q matter Of curiosity that the above
resolution passed without an investigation,
with regard to the evidence elected. The
time occupied in the investigation consumed
q majority Of the time between the assem-
bling and adjournment of the Legislature
for the holidays. A debate on the resolu-
tion was heartily entered into, not only by
the whole House, but the lobby, and out
siders from the Council.
The entertainment given by this invesii-
cation is very important A decision has
been had upon matters that were decided
months ago, There has been vast amount
Of discrimination in the movements that
have been made between branch and branch
showing an evidently cultivated taste as to
what should be law, and what should not.
Aside from all further investigation, we
speak from knowledge, that the members
of both branches, who voted against the
above resolutions, did not do so because
they had desire to keep the volunteers of
King county out Of the allowance of pay
that might be awarded by the commission
appointed to adjudicate the war debt of