Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-27
LEeIAIarIvs Dsuxcs o. Nrrsssr,
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MILITIA ELL

uTxPIA, Jan. Is, 1855.
MILITIA ELL.
A soon a. ,tis bill came % for &C
tion u vas very apparent that il would
meet WITH c5isctiona The srss move
vas made by Mr.. Fudge. to indefinitely
postpone
MT. Aunday srened tbs. because the
OIL happened 20 be lengthy one vas
Ne reason that nembers need be
anxious to kill q good measure. The
o'ii 10 only code containing rules for
military cen psuies. and entailed no ex-
p@nsss on the Territory. Every State
and Territory had their military codes.
aud 1t vas cert ,iniy DO harm to be on
an equality WITH others on such . sab
iect.
Mr. Fadss vAs opposed to appropris-
ting money for military purposes.
Mr.. Arrssmith could see no neeessi.y
Tor the passage of the hill or the organ.
lzstion or militia, as be considered IL
Tar more ornamental than useful.
certain persons only derive any benefit
from u, and the taxpayers have 70 pay
for 10.
Mr.. klnnear cousendsd that the bill
does not appropriate meaey. This Lesis-
iature mas been Appropristing largely
tnis session for expenses of various
hiDds without questions, and nov when
a really necessary measure ID intro
dueed without an appropriation be
hoped the bill would be passed. There
are no salaries to officers, but it merely
asked for rules Of discipline. The com
panies already organized have incurred
considerable expense which they have
paid DOT Of their Own pockets.
Mr.. Goedell hoped the motion to
indefinitely postpone would be lost
There 10 q bull nov before Congress 70
appropriate $500 zoo yeariv to support
the militia, Of which SUN go, coo would
10 allowed TO this Territory. aud unless
the militia was organized the appro-
pristion would be lest. He therefore
asked that this amount might NOS be
thrown away.
Mr.. Hill was in favor of the bill il ne
expense vas incurred.
DIR. Ostrander favored the bill on the
same grounds.
Mr.. kinnear called attention to the
large number Of petitions received pray
ing Tor the passage of this bill.
MI. Arrasnith stated that the major
itv Of the petitioners we're interested in
and we're not taxpayers to any great sX-
tent.
Mr.. Munday read from the petition
from King county, from which it sp-
peared that Dost Of the sigDers were
merchants, lawyers, professional men,
and Others not interested in military
afain.
The House refused to indefinitely
ha
finai passage. with the following re.
sult:
Ayss-Messrs. Cooke. Crutcher, Den
nison. Devar, Fem, Gsodell, Hill. Kin
near. Lewis, Lindsay, Manly, Munday,
Ostrand Z, Terry, Wells-l5.
Nays - Aessrs. Arrasmith, Brewer,
Byrd. Fudge, Knowles. MCCALL, Perkins,
Teft-S.
CRIGINAL BILLS.
Quite little breeze took place this
afternoon on the subject of depositinR
all original bills and other dosume is
IN the hands of the Secretary Of the
Territory at the close Of the session. Ii
seems Q resolution bad already been
adopted In the House giving the Speak
or the custody of all such documents,
and nov Gomez q joint resolution intro
duced in the Council directing the chief
clerks to deposit all original papers In
the hands Of the Secretary. Mr.. Nun
dav objsoted to the Council resolution
on the grouBds that the Secretary being
the custodian Of all the enrolled bills,
had no right TO the original documents.
and that the principle was q bad one.
Ii made no difference to him whether
other Legislatures had done 90, the pre-
cedent vas q bad one. As far AZ the
safety Of the documents Was conoerned.
he felt they we're all right. but il Gas
the principle Of allowing the same per
son TO hold both classes Of documents
he objected TO.
Mr.. Lewis stated that 1t had bean re-
ported that there were persons brought
here from Portland who were la the
habit of abstractin9 bills. and to pre-
vent any suoh danger the House rssolu-
tton was adopted. giving the Speaker the
charge Of all bills, etc. The honorable
gentleman then commented In severe
terms on the remarks Of the gentleman
from King, after which the Council
joint resolution vas indefinitely post
ponsd.
HOSPITAL FOB INsAsR.
The bill spprepristing 500, 900 for
building o hospital for the IL zane at
Steil8coom, which was amended and
passed In the Council last week, was
brought up In the Hopse today, and all
OF the first amendments (9rammaticL
errors) we're soon sonourred in, bat
when it became known that the Couu-
oil was opposed 10 putting mp brick OF
stone building. the House Immediately
refused 10 concur, - they wanted stone
or brick or noshipe. They did not care
10 have the inmates exposed to the hor-
rors Of cremation, and therefore they
refused TO concur in that amendment.
Messrs Manly, Dewar and Byrd we're
appointed q committee on conference,
and probably tomorrow the joint com
mittee will come to some conclusion on
the subject.