Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
the Interior, which elected the FOL-

turc are prohibited hV Section lN"1 al tl'
Revised Statutes from voting themselves
any additional compensatory. '""Sif>'
hr the act uf March ,, eel. having made
AN appropriation for postage for offices "i
the Territory, the members ot li' lis
laturc are prcrludcd from VOTING tl' Ill
selves any additional amount Tor tii' i'ur-
pose :. j. kIKkWoop.
Secretary.
Surely, with such backing, the f.X-
ccutive's position seemed to he i'm
pregnablc; but we find that on Oc;o-
Der 10Th, less than 4 week after the
Governor had expressed his deter
mination TO faithfully guard tie
Treasury, II. b. A. was introduced,
embodying the same purpose OF the
original resolution. 1t is said that
the Governor Immediately notified
the committee to which it had been
referred. that he could not give 1t
hla official sanction, and it was laid
on the table. During the last days
of the regular session, however, 1t
was taken up and passed, and on
the LIST day of December it received
the Governors approval. A certi-
fed copy Of the act reads as follows:
An act for the relief of the Chief Clerks.
BE it enacted by the Legislative assembly n
The T,jTifoJU of UuShiu1tOU
SECTION |. That the sum of one hundred
and Seventy-tive dollars Il hereby aprfo-
priatel out of any money IN the ierrli"rl-
al Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the relief of the Chief Clerks OF tins
Eighth Biennial Session Oft the Legislature,
for postage stamps furnished 10y them for
the use of members at this session, one
hundred and fifteen dollars of which
amount shall he paid To +. X. Durk, Chief
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
and sixty dollars to Il. q. OBrien. Chief
Clerk of the Council and the Territorial
Auditor is hereby authorized TO draw his
warrants on the Territorial Treasurer
therefor.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect and be
| in force from and after its passage and ap-
prevail.
Approved Dee. l, 1891.
Now the queries arise: Isl, Does
H. B. 40 conflict with the above
quoted acts of Congress and the
instructions OF the Hon. Secretary
of the Interior There can be but
one answer to this, q decided af1irma-
tive. I'd, Was it not the duty OF
the Executive to have "prevented''
this payment of money without
law" as he declared his intention oil
doing on the Goth of October? This
| admits of an equally emphatic yes
Sd, What authority can be given fol-
subsequent approval of the act
This question we cannot answer
and we leave the matter with the
/ public, to form such an opinion as
the Governors record on other pub
lie affairs may warrant.
A SAD CATAsTRopHE.-A specia
dispatch to the Portland papers gives
the particulars of the sad casualty in
Lewis county, the first intimation Of
which was received here after the
papers last week had gone to press
1t appears that OH the Sth instant
Mrs. John Dobson, her infant chile
one year old, and Miss Dora West, al
amiable young lady aged nineteen
left Chehalis in two-horse Wagon
with the intention of visiting rela
tives in another part of the county
They and a young man named Thorn
as Phelps, were all drowned. in thu
Chehalis, near the junction of Lin
coin creek. The particulars, o
course can only be surmised. Tn
ladies of the party had been &C
customed to driving teams, and IL,
. uncasiness was felt about their abili
: ty to make their journey safely. Mr.
. Dobson told them to get Mr.. Phelps
who lived nearer the ford and wa
; familiar with it and competent t.
: drive the team over the river, whicl
!. the did, and it was thought they la,
safely reached their journeys en-,
until "a hours after, when relative
that they had intended to visit hear
l that the party started. They i'm
5 mediately went to the river an
D found the team about one-fourth G
a mile below the fond sti
hitched to the forward part of III
wagon, the horses standing in waite
9 knee deep, the tongue of the WACO
r out of the neck yoke and run ha
a its length into the river bank. Th
u team stood in this condition 2
o hours, and further below the foun
o the remainder of the wagon and th
: box bottom up. Mr.. Devlin col
Y veyed the sad news to the neighbor,
j who Immediately went in search {
n the bodies. That of Mrs. Dobso
was recovered yesterday noon, ont
n half mile below where the accider
4 happened. Search is continued fo
q the others. The river at the for
1 is swift and was, at the time of eros
}, ing, on the wagon box about thre
@ inches. 1t was considered sal
l. fording, as teams cross at sue
o stage.
: The adage that Misfortune
o never come singly," is verified by
Y second death in Mr.. Vests famil
q that of son, last Monday, fro,
brain fever. The afflicted parer
q has our heartfelt sympathy in thi
y sad hour.