, 1879-11-13

LNhs Nl|U|AA NI'~NA va a'NNlh'
pIishing much OF Mr.. Whites ar.
gument We will say but lltlls; suf.
ice II for the present 20 mention the
TACT that he declared himself, during
hs speech, 10 be in favor oi temper
ancs-and even succeeded ia max.
ing a feS believe that he wss-and
tha, the whisky slsment boosted Of
him all the While as being their
chAmpioa "whsel.horse.' etc. At
at auy rate be was shrswd enough
to rule out the writer hereof, for fear
that ammunition would be efsctual.
ly used to bread down the uuan-
swered points, and thus carry the
bill over all opposition. We were
representing All order numbering
ing several hundred in the Territory
and appeared mainly on account of
q sense of duty. But the gentleman
who had been iorrmost in getting a
hs airing for Mrs. Packard, before the
lsgislaturs-a lady having neither
residence, property or interest in
our Territory and who had voted
to extend courtssies to othars, found
it in consonance with his peculiar
consistency to choke off all further
debate when he saw his advantage.
1 The bill was lost, although the fight
was a close one, and, on joint ballot,
the vota would have been 2l for and
IS against.
The friends Of temperance are not
bit discouraged, but have already
introduced civi! damage bill which
was promptly passed in the Council
and will receive favorable report
from the committee in the House to
,, whom it was referred. This, with a
,, bill, introduced by Mr.. White, to
raise liquor licenses, and bill to
, close after II o'clock at night, and a
bill to close saloons on Sunday will
: If they all pass-accomplish more
in the way of Temperance legisla
tion than has ever before bsan done
by any legislature Of Washington
Territory. We are sure that at least
as much will bs done in this direc.
: tion as will bs approved by the peo-
! Pile generally. The
PILOT BILL.
; introduced by Mr.. Tucker, is meet.
ing with the strongest kind OF oppo.
sitio --smanating, however from the
influence OF the Puget Mill company.
To save q few hundred dollars 10
pilot money on their vessels they
will spend thousands. The influence
Of the mill companies is powerful,
and may be triumphant. The log
gers hill, providing for scaling logs
passed both houses wit but few
amendments. A bill has passed the
Hover House, prohibiting the spread
of Canada thistle. A "no fence"
bill, for eastern Washington was de-
fsated.
Mr.. Troy will introduce to-day, a
bill to appropriate half the terri.
torrial tax OF Clallam coun ty for the
year 1880 to construct wagon road
from the Quillshuse valley to the
Straits of Face. All the other bills
relating to Clallam and San Juan
counties have passed. Mr.. McGiinn
has q bill through the Council and
pending in the House, to divide
Whatcom county and organize the
southern portion thsrdofin new
county to be called Skagit county,
The University appropriation bill
was amended in the Council by
striking out those portion relating
to free scholarships and reducing the
appropriation to $1,000 for next
year and $1,000 for the year after
next. 4 new bill will however be.
introduced, providing for the schol.
arships on different plan, and for
money to keep the University
grounds and building in repair.
Whether it will be successful or not,
remains to be seen. ......
y III Asthe session nears its close
next Friday being the day of ad.
journment--nsw bills are coming in
rapidly. About l40 have originated
in the House and nearly ifty in the
Council. Next week We will andesv-
or to review the work done, together
with the action in reference to the
new legislative apportionment--thi S
last matter being still under discus
sion. A. w.