The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-10-04
lettings from the Capital.
OLYMPIA, Oct. /, 1877.

OLYMPIA, Oct. !, 1877.
Ed. INTELLIGENCER:-T war ha>
actually begun in earnest and the or
ganization though but temporaril,
done. will be complete by Tomorrow
morrfing at ii o'clock. This plan Of
temporary organization IS something
new to me. as far as Legislative bodies
are concerned. In conventions of po-
litical parties it has always been rul-
able. but in legislatures it seems like
novelty 1t is ho mater whether
men are elected or not If contest il
made over seat, the legislature cal.
Dust man at once If it likes. l was
little astonished at ex-Clerk = rkin
entertaining such a motion. but 1t WA
the smoothest way to get along and per.
haps 1t is best that he did 80. The tenn
porary organization Of the House went
as far AS the election Of J. b !.adu, o!
Cow litz. rs spoo ker. and II. G. OBrie,
MS cbi,i clerk The House then took
recess and on rr-aS~embling took All al
inurment till 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
when the battle will be renewed.
IN THE COUNCIL,
The action seemed tariv at first. The
Democrats We're on hand ut the call OF
time but the Republicans w-'e slow
in coming int" the Chamber The cleo
# II .,.f,Arl D.
ident was not Of his preterenct. and it is
my opinion that he does not intend to
occupy that position when the perma-
n-nt organization is made: Merry was
elected chief clerk by g vote ct 5 Ia 4;
j. T. Berry. of Lewis. assistant clerk
|. V. M"ssman was chosen sergeant at
arms, but there are also ,loub.. whether
he will stay put from what | hear to-
night. The yonng ladies secured four
positions. Miss Hathaway beng chosen
messenger; Miss + Baldwin. donrkrep
or; Miss Annie knightoa, engros.iug
clerk; and Miss Clara Myers. enrolling
clerk. +. W. Hastings was elected
wa,chman.
HE SLATE
Came very near being broken III the
House, but an unforeseen accident saved
the Republicans AS is we'll known. the
political complexion of tn House is ii
Republicans, II Democrats and indie
pendents. One Of these was Demo-
crat who kicked over the traces, and
the other was Republican who
"wouldn't have it as they had it put
up. The job was to take in both these
wandering lambs "out of the wet" aud
make Ladu (the Democra,) Speaker
But the plan was upset by the sudden
summons Of Hon. Joseph Foster to Se-
attic. to attend the bedside of his sick
child. If Joe had been here yesterday,
the hair wonld have "f1ur," as the say
ing goes. But guess the pot is upset
and the Republicans will organize the
House from top to bottom. There will
be rattling sharp fight for Assistant
Clerk of the House to-day and Billy
Hughes, foreman of the Seattle papers.
had the inside track up to dark.
TIE TERRITORIAL. FAIR
Begins next Monday and already arti-
Giles for exhibition are beginning to
pour in. If they have clear weather,
it will be q grand success. They have
n splendid Fair Ground with half
mile track and fine buildings upon it
for the exhibition of products of the
the soil and live stock. The society is
in good financial condition and carried
over a cash balance from last years
fair; so that if it has good weather it
will carry over large balance this
year. There will be five races for libe-
raj prices. and already large number
Of horses are in training at the track
and more are daily expected. The la
dies are all enthusiastic over the Fair
and will endeavor to render it more at
tractive than any of It's predecessors.
THE THURsToN COUNTY RAILROAD
Extending from this place to Tenino
will be fully graded by the 10th of this
month. as they have less than mile to
grade. and there aw no heavy cuts or
fills in the incomplete work. Charles
b. Pond is the riding boss" of the
joo, aud is spuring the thing along with
live Yankee energy The solid men"
Of Olympia have held back. while the
men of limited means have been the
soul of this enterprise. The croakers
have predicted the failure of this work,
but John p Judson, who is the prime
moter in the matter. is hard working
man. and very clear-headed one
predict rapid advance in Olympus
property valuations as soon as the track
is laid. but that will no. burt Seattle
or any other point on the Sound We
cannot help any point on Puget Sound
without indirectly helping all the 9th =
er ports. There is a mutusliiy Of in
terest between ali places on the Sound
Where nnrest rictefi trade Is narnnitta1