, 1888-01-19
The WOman's Suffra g Bill to
Pass Monday.
A Go sipy Letter II M Our Cor
r pne mt.
Special TO the REVIEW.
HOUSE,

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Friday:
Felowcs made another futile effort
for adjournment.
Fellowes' bill appropriatingS1OO,OO0
for the insane asylum at Medical Lake
was finally passed with an appropria-
ton of $4,000, Elder, Forrest and
Payne voting no.
Thompson removed his motion TO
read council bills second time 1t
was again lost by the same vote.
Adjourned until o'clock in the eve-
ming.
In the council bill for securing
rights of way for logging roads passed
yesterday, was reconsidered and re
terred back to the judiciary commit
tee.
Bills for the relief of Payne Bros,
el2O, and Frank w. Payne, $S6, were
passed, as were bills for the protection
of dykes and dams, defining the stand
ard of weights and measures, and ap.
propriating $37 900 for the Vancouver
school for defective youth.
The following bills were introduced !.
BY Cook-Creating the district court
of Douglas county.
BY Steele-Providi'.g for the sup
port OF INDECENT soldiers and sailors
and their families. Adjourned.
HOUSE, SATURDAY.
In the house TINS mornia McMs.-
lan's bill, providing for the appoint
me of an examiner of stationary
steam engines, passed by vote Of IL
to 8.
II was soon evident that the anti
suffrugists intended to continue cs-
terdays policy to prevent II second
, reading OF the woman suffrage bill and
its reference.
Humes moved the consideration of
all railroad bills, which would consume
several days.
strict anti-sufl'rage vote, Is s.
The following new bills were intro
duced:
BY Irwin Providing that animals
kept for breeding purposes shall be
licensed.
BY Helm-To amend the code so
teat inmates of insane asylums may
write one letter weekly.
The clerk was reading bills second
time when Fellowes discovered tat
he was ~eading council bills. He
iun,ped to his feet and stoutly main.
tained that il was out OF order to read
any but house bills at that time.
The speaker ruled the point not
we'll taken, and directly after tn, coun-
Gil bills the woman suffrage bills were
read and referred TO the educational
committee, anti-suffragists refraining
from voting. All but one member Of
the educational committee are women
suffragists, and the bill will doubtless
be reported favorably and pass Mon.
day.
The house adjourned until 6 o'clock
this evening during discussion OF
McMillan's bill providing for the incor-
poration Of cities and towns.
COUNCIL SATURDAY.
In the council, Saturday the council
appropriation bill for the establish.
ment and maintenance of the Van
couver school for defective youth was
reconsidered and the appropriation in
creased to $4,000.
Sharpstein introduced substitute
for his local option bill, which was de-
feated recently.
The following bills passed: Lewis
bill providing that laborers shall be
paid in cash or evidence OF
debt negotiable at par house. bill in
relation to holidays; house bill defin.
ing the crime OF burglary; house bill
making it misdemeanor to ask to be
placed on u jury or for sheriffs to ac-
sept such person. House bill relating
to the crime OF burglary was reconsid-
cred and referred to the judiciary COM
nnttee. Adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
McMillan's general incorporation
bill for towns and villages was being