Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-10-16


Council adjourned to O'Clock Friday.
MONDAY, Oct. II, 1869.
Mr.. Cation arose to question of rrivil-
eye and obtained leave to enter upon the
Journal the following
PROTEST.
l. Nathan T. Cation. Representative Of
this House from the county of Walla Wal
Ia, enter my protest against the action Of
Hon. George II. Steward, Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the Washing
ton Territory Legislature, on the 9th day
of October. 1869, Oh the ground that said
action was illegal and without authority.
and against and subvcrsivc of.the rights of
the members of this body in this: LIST.
The House by its vote adjourned on said
9th day of October. 1869, 10 meet again
at lo'clock r. NJ. of the same day; at >
O'Clock aud , minutes the said Speaker
callcl the House to order. OF the stand
ing -ulcs of House. Rule provides that
The speaker shall take the chair at the
hon, to which the House adjourned" Said
! Speakers attention was called to the time
as shown by the clock in the Hall of this
House, and objection made to his right to
take the chair aud call the House to order
II embcrs being entitled to al! the bcnc-
fits arising out of his failure to comply with
the requirements ofthe rules of this House.
Rule ii provides for the selection of
speaker pro tenn . In case the speaker shall
be absent at the hour to which the House
was adjourned; the members failing to
avail themselves Of this privilege the House
under operation of the Rules stood adj
journcd until Monday, October llth, at
the usual hour.
The conduct Of the Speaker was, there
fore. wrongful and without authority, he
having no other or greater powers than
those conferred by the standing rules Of
| this House.
further protest against the action Of
the body calling itself Il Joint Convention
ofboth Houses ofthc Legislative Assem-
bly,, on the following grounds to-wit: LIST,
| That the same was not constituted rs pro-
vidcd by law. The law provides for
Joint Convention Of both Houses, and nei-
ther house can transact any business what
ever under the laws governing tho same,
where, upon calling the roll a quorum fails
to appear except to compel the attendance
of absentecs. The Council is composed
by apportioumcnt of the last session Of the
legislature, of nine members, FIVE Of whom
constitute quorum for the transaction of
business. The action of the legislative
Council, in joining the House for the pur
poses specified by law is certainly business
of the highest order, being made special
duty by legislative enactment. W. Nc
Lane, II. &. Strive, G.. NJ. Bradshaw and
J. NJ. Nansyckle being minority of said
Council and constituting no quorum Of
their said Council, had no legal rights in
their official character here, and were sim.
ply intrudcrs upon this House.
I'd. The meeting Of the two Houses, fail.
ing to meet and comply with the require
ments of law, had no power to issue pro-
cess, and the attempt of W. McLanc to do
so was an assumption and usurpation on his
part, and an insult to the dignity of the
Speaker and every member ofthis House,
which if passed unrebukedby the represen-
tatives of free people will justly draw
upon them the contempt of an intelligent
community.
NATHAN T. CATION.
The Speaker announced the following
Standing Committees
Elections-Mcssrs. Cock, Slime, Nc
Donald, Kelly and Trecn.
Federal Relations and 1irm0riaIs-
Messrs. Dyer, Cation, Doane, Foster and
Cock.
| Ways and Mans-Messrs. Brace,
Timmons. Swift. Clark and Mcmillan.
Elucation-Messrs. Cation, Frost, Dyer
McReavy and Scammon.
.1udic;ary-Messrs. Mix, Dyer, Lasatcr,
Peck and Mcdonald.
Military A6a;rs-Messrs. Mcmillan,
Tullis and Swift.
Roads and HyAways-Mcssrs. Barlow,
Cation and Peck.
Engrossed BiUs-Mcssrs. Treen, Foster,
Maggs, Montgomery and Doane.
Enrolled BHNs-Messrs. McReavy, Bar
low. Miller. Kelly and Treen.
Indian A6airs-Messrs. Maggs, Bar
low, Mix, Frost and Scammon.
Commerce-Messrs. Roeder, Doane,
O'Bryant, Swift and Miller.
Printing-Mcssrs Mcdonald, Page and
Clark.
Corporat;ons-Mcssrs. Miller, Brace
and Timmons
Counties-Messrs. Scammon, Dyer and
Montgomery.
Rules and Onlers-Messrs. Timmons,
Miller aud Foster
| Aqriculturc-Messrs Peck, AIontgom-