Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-28
THURspAY.'O Oct q,
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Council met as usual.

Mr.. Evans presented q claim fol
services by b. S. Miller, Sheriff o
Jefferson county, in securing the
of Henry Messie, on {
charge of murder, for which ne
provision is made by law.
Also growl from prisoner O
the Penitentiary at SeatcO.
MIR. Hoover moved for reconsider
alton of &. i. CD, the women's
suffrage bill, and to make it specia
order for tomorrow. Both motion.
lost.
Motion to reconsider now resulted
AS follows:
Ayes: Calhoun, Evans, Hoover
Kerns, Sharpstein, Stratton-G.
Noes: Graden, Hovey, Hunter
Long, Miller, Wallace-6.
SO the motion was lost.
e. j. Resolution No. 10, intro.
duced by Mr.. Miller, in relation t.
Hospital for Insane. Provides tina,
no member of the Board of Trustees
or official shall he concerned, di
rectly or indirectly, in purchases fol-
use of Hospital, aud that the Board
shall not meet oftener than once il
three months and shall not continue
in session over three days.
AS charge of corruption appeared
underneath the resolution, on mo.
ton u Committee of investigation
consisting of Messrs. Miller, Long
and Hoover was appointed to in
vesti9ate the matter, with power to
call for books, papers, sc.
c. b. Ga, introduced by Mr.. How
ey, to change the name of Emma So.
phia Foster to that of Emma Sophia
White, and to mako her the heir at
law of JOS. Il. and Deborah L. White
of kitsap Co., passed.
G. B. 81, to amend the Probate
Practive act, passed.
G. B. 10, Defining the rights OF
married persons. Considerable dis
cussion took place on the bill some
of the members feeling very tender
on the subject of woman suffrage
and evidently fearing they might be-
considered friendly to the measure.
Pending the final action upon
the bill it was made the special order
for 10 A. NJ. tomorrow.
Mr.. Hunter of the Committee on
Military affairs reported back the
petitions asking for local option re.
commencing that they be referred to
the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Adopted.
After which, the Council adjourned
to 2P.M NJ.
AFTERNOON SEs SION.
c. B. 65, presented by the Com.
mittee on Education, was ordered
printed.
c. B. G6, amending the Civil
Practice Act, passed.
The Council spent nearly the
whole session in Committee of the
Whole on the Auditors report. after
which it
Adjourned to 10 A. NJ. tomorrow.
House met as usual.
H. B. 81, introduced by Mr.. War
man, an act amending an act for the
cultivation of oysters. Prohibits
gathering oysters from June 18th to
Sept. LIST, of each year under o pen
atty of $50 and 20 days imprison-
ment.
H. B. So, by Mr.. Kuhn, an act to
incorporate the city of Port Town
send.
H. B. -, to close business on
Sunday, came up for consideration.
Bill provides for a penalty of not
less than $25 nor more than 500,
and makes it the duty of public Of
ticers to persecute under a like pen
atty. Exempts drug stores, hotels.
livery stables, barber shops and un-
dertskers.
Mr.. Kuhn moved to strike out
second section relating to the dis
posal of spurious liquors on Sun
days.
Mr.. Holcomb said he was in favor
of prohibiting the use of spirituous
liquors in churches on Sunday.
Mr.. Kincade moved to strike out
first section, euumerating the bust.
ness affected by the act. Lost.
Mr.. Judson moved to amend by
making the act applicable alone to
the liquor traffic. This was a new
country and it was q necessity for
some of the people to do their trad
ing on Sunday. The act would be
violated and q dead letter on tho
statute books.
Mr. Kuhn opposed the amend
ment. The object of the bill was to
give clerks day of rest.
Mr.. Preston thought that the sale
Of liquor should be restrained, it
was an evil, and he would be in favor
of prohibiting it altogether, on all
days of the week. But it was an
accommodation to the people some
times to be able to obtain supplies
on Sunday.
Mr.. Smith of Klickitat was in ia
vor of wiping out the liquor traffic
altogether, if the people were only
ready for the decision of the ques-
ton.
Mr.. Freeman favored tho bill as it
was framed and thought it would re-
suit in much good.
Mr.. Clark was opposed to the bill.
1t was oppressive.
Mr.. O'Neil said he was in favor of
suppressing the liquor traffic, but
was opposed to the remainder of the
bill.
Mr.. Holcomb took high moral
grounds for support of tn, bill.
Mr.. Smith of King said that many
people did not believe that the first
day of the week was Sunday, and
this bill did violence to their prejudi-
ces.