Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-22

Judge Lewis one from kitsar
pr"yin: for a law to prevent hunting
deer with dogs.
Ilou,e blli relating to the assess
ment of migratory stock, passed.
Ii. B. 13S, to provide for the 10.
cation and construction of a Hospital
for the Insane at Fort Steilacoom
Provides for the appointment Of
three Commissioners, who shall meet
on the third Monday in March, 1886
who shall make all the arrangements
for the ere ction of the hospital build
Ings; they shall visit the Asylum in
Oregon, before letting the contract
for construction of buildings, which
shall he Of brick of sufficient capacity
for 80 patients; they shall maintain
an office at Fort Steilacoom and
each receive SO per diem for not to
exceed 100 days each year; appro-
PIRATES 500, 900 for the object con-
templa,ed.
Judge Dennison, DR.. Ostrander
and Mr.. Dewar spoke in favor of the
appropriation. They did not be-
lieve in pursuing niggardly policy
for the maintenance of this untortu-
nate class of persons.
Mccall said it was not question
of generosity but one of expediency.
He claimed the right of deciding
how this generosity should be APP
piled. He favored a branch hos
pital for Eastern Washington. The
amount paid for transportation of
patients from east of the mountains,
about 81 900 per annum, would pay
a large interest on the cost of build
ings for Eastern Washington and
leave large surplus. Nor will an
additional physician and employees
cost more, for an increase is already
demanded. The gentleman dwelt
much on the generosity of certain
members in appropriating $50, 900
for the penitentiary at Walla Walla.
1t cas a wonderful generosity
But what had Eastern Was lington
ever received before? Not a single
public institution had ,ve' bean To-
Gated in that part Of the Territory.
The penitentiary WAS not desirable
institution. but with the asylum, no
competition with labor was afforded,
and everybody was benefited there
by. He would not curtail the ap-
preparation for a permanent iustitu-
ton; but when it was necessary from
year to make appropriations, part
of the money should so to the East
ern people.
Vote good compensation for
maintaining the Asylum for the next
two years; appoint a commission to
decide upon a location, and let the
next Assembly recommend whore
the main building shall be located,
and the branch established.
He therefore moved that the sum
of $1,000 be stricken out and $780,
600 DO inserted.
Judge Lewis opposed the reduc
ton. He was glad he was member
of Legislature which was composed
of men of liberal ideas, and free
from the sectionalism which ha |
characterized former assemblies
He had begun soon as he was elected
to break down the barriers between
the east and the west. He had COM
municated with members and ascer-
tanned their views on questions of
public policy. The result was har-
mony aud united action. While he
favored permanent location of the
asylum at Fort Steilacoom, and the
erection of a creditable edifce, he
did not oppose n branch for Eastern
Washington. We should have that
too, soon as We were able to pay for
it. The concluding sentences of
the Judges speech overfowed with
pathos. Every line of his benevo-
lent countenance radiated from lips
that trembled with the accents of
brotherly love, while the tumultuous
heaving Of the chest indicated in a
language palmer than words that
the "milk of human kindness"
surged with lightning speel through
his capacious bosom.
Mr.. Perkins was much affected.
Like Jacob of old he fell upon the
neck of this modern Esau and wept.
He declared that in whatever direc-
ton he turned he discovered antago-
nisms. There were heat and cold,
light and darkness, summer and
winter, virtue and vice, happiness
and misery, everywhere apparent.
Here alone there seemed to be no
disturbing element; here all was
peace and harmony. he was glad
the rocky barriers had been broken
down; his heart filled with Joy at
the prospect that hereafter there
would be no East, no West, but one
contented commonwealth. He re-
lated story of n beautiful maiden
and brave young man who were
united in marriage. In the usual
course of events a son gladdened the
hearthstone. When this lad was
about fifteen years of age, he asked
his father for his horse and buggy
to take a ride. His father, after
much Importantly, consented to heir
use, but admonished him when he
came to u certain point in his jour
ney, where three roads met, to take
the middle road. And when the
mother stood at the door and bid
her offspring goodbye the last loving
words that were borne to his ears
upon the wings of the wind were:
".Hy son take The middle rOdd"
The narrator did not take up
the time Of the House to state
precisely why the other roads
should have been avoided, but the
presumption was that they wore
filled were hidden dangers. The
application seemed to be to impress
the importance of a golden mean /;
to avoid extremes; but when the ap-
preparation of 500 900 was involved,