Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1886-02-06
A SCENE IN TIE LEGISLATURES.

The Olympia correspondent of tie
Tacoma Ledger sends that paper the fol.
lowing:
"Just here the serenity that had marked
the proceedings OF the day was broken by
| the clerk reading bill Sent down from
the Council entitled IAN Act fer Certain
PurpOses." It went on in due legal form
to change the name of one J. II. Lewis.
a member Of the House of Representa-
tIvts, aud in rcponse to his own express
desire, to Arrasmith. That whereas, the
roll of the House OF Representatives was
called according 10 the alphabetical order
in which the first letter of the surname of
the member stood In relation to names of
the other members, OF the said House,
and the said J. II Lewis was extremely
ambitious to be placed upon the roll as
having first voted for the Local Option
bill, in order thai he might go down in
history as the bell>weather that had
led oil the other members TO vote for said
oil, and that one j. W. Arrasmlth, by
reason ofthe initial letter of his nam z,
now stood first upon the record as hay-
ing voted for that measure, and in defer
ence to the wishes OF ths said J. K Lewis
that he occupy that position, therefore
DO it enacted, etc"
During the reading of ths bill the lar
ger part OF the House was convulscd
with laughter. and during the first part
OF the reading even Lewis smiled at IT.,
and the other members were scarcely pre-.
pared 10 nave him take it seriously. He
rose and asked that the bill bc handed
him.
Mundsy rose to point of order
til AT the member WAS personally interest
ed. Tac 6;ll was handed Lawis aud he
said:
II an in favor, Mr.. Speaker, of a joke
up TO certain point, but when it reach
es point ei blagsrdisfn, am opposed to
it. This Is disgrace to the House
where 1t was introduced, anal on insult to
tins House that should be sent back in
such tones that they would understand it,
l move that ibe clerk OF this House he
sent to the Council to learn il this cman-
atcd there"
The motion c,rried. tha clerk was dis.
patched, and 'he gentleman continued
LEST night at the temperance meeting.
10 an address stated that | wished my
mamc was AIrasmith that | might have
voted first on the Local Option bill.
That meeting was made up Of ladies and
gentlemea, and that remark was taken as
tho j Ike it was intended to be. To make
of it piece OF business such "a this in a
coordinate branch of this ASSN Ily is an
outrage, u disgrace, and when this bill
comes shall point it out. ] say it
should be resented"
He sat down, and Dennisos, slew, dig
nii.d and synpathatically angsy, said:
II shall take it for granted that that
bill was submitted to and passed by the
Council. The clerk, who had returned,
said: 1T is verified by the clerk up stairs
that it was passed.'l say that it was
disgrace to that House and an iasult to
this This House should take such ac-
tion as shall promptly and thoroughly
resent the Iasult."
Dunbar was equally pronounced.
Perkins said that he would return the
measure to the house sbove with charity
Lewis thanked the members frr the
promp,ness and strength with which they
had condemned the action, and offered
reso ,ution that the sergeant at-arms OF
the Couacil be instructed to burn the bill
as an unfit one.
The resolution passed. and motion
prevailed that tho bill be not recorded.