Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-29

A1@As nulaaS g1EeEMiSe rE8si1ea. arply
ana be ApElisa6la 10 tie assas slnR. iaRS.
inc azd e8iieaafng Of tRxsa upnn u
RsepsFtF q railroad c0mpankaa.
Hse. & That nil tbs acts or part4 0i
a1ts IN eunAief wffh ahs prpTfsiDns III
this aat be and TIE same aEe heEshs
repeaia3.
Sec. .. Thss aeA 10 taxa aiEaea ara ha
ln f9Ess from and after ths essi day q
March. a. d. 1883.
| II pzssed haalIy ia exaaaly fhis faah-
ann- Mf- G0way atepped outside she
Oar ana engaged In 9o1eaFezflan With
0eufRA D. Shamnan. AK. White dniealv
siippsd oTeg 70 MF. Gable and whis-
ReEsd into snas assuts eantiemanss ear.
golouel eeesie became szddaniy greatly
interested - sonaeshing. Mr. White
taen crossed oFsF b 5RdRe 6harpsaain
snd poaeed s1methinR mighty inierea9
szR Inln hia ear. Al the same time
7eogRs y. Hhannon bad snterea wifhlm
fAa Aag q TIE eoanri. ard ora of fhe
nioude aaFicnlsr appendaaea Of the
Yo1shfuf ana henaKahie member from
Kinz e0antg was rnade the channel 81
whispered Suggestions or nrusaakakSona,
or both. Mr.. WhIbs took q printed
e0py % the bill and caxFie8 e 10 Prnai-
dent Thompson for his fnspaatlon and
embraced the Gpp0rtunity 90 talk into
Mr. Thompaon'a left ear until Mr..
Ih0mp@On'e face aeinaily h9sana r0sy.
By this time Mr.. Shannou lad retired
beyond the bar. Mr.. white had r.
turned 10 his seat, and MF. Gowsy, too,
and then the look Of fKrapTnsRible a.
gacity which spresd itself over the fanea
Of the aforesaid gentIenaen was aimrly
| inaiaeribahie. Previously q motion had
besn made By Mr.. ehaFpstein shat she
bill be tabled subjecs 70 call. This was
seconded by Mr.. Gahel. Then Mr..
Gswey said thai, fFcm present appear
ancas, there vas no possibility OF the
house passing his his bill for the taxa
fioa OF railroad properties (drRwn BY
ME. Oanfeld), and he thought Il any
taxation bill was 10 be pass6d this ses-
sioD, the council had better pass ths one
now under consideration.
MF. White said be intended compsy-
ing With the demands OF the people as
expressed in the platforms Of the two
great political parties. he said be
would support the bill.
Mr.. Gabel explained that be had
seconded the motion 10 table the bill
subjaes to call because the coancil bill
for the same puFp0se was pending In
the house, buA he nov feared the latter
bill would fail to pass the house. There
fore he would sappost ths bill. He
considered 70 the most impoFtane Iegis-
lasioA before the Legislature.
JedRs ShaFpstein said that his motion
20 table the bill had not been made
With desire 10 delay its consideration. |
ME. Lewis moved that the bill be |
amended, and made q speech and sat
down without either wording his amend. |
mens or doing anything which called |
for q vote.
Then The ayes and nays we're called, |
and the great men dtssributed them |
selves on this subject as foilews: |
Ayes- Barker, Foster, Gabel, Hawiey, |
Lswis. Roeder, ShaEpstein, White and /
Thompson. Hays-Gowey and Steele.
Absent-Oook. MF. Thompson fEss |
voted nay, and afterwards changed |
his vote 10 aye.
He thsn announced that the bill had
passed.
Then there vas q mysterious later
change Of looks about the chamber.
Ex-Lieutenant Goyern0E Lawtons for
merry Of Nevada, now of Tacoma.
llked within the bar and TO the pFeai.
q OTIS desk, whera for some tiEne he i
@t1U1 81Q tf0akG0 . HGAA4Ge 4aAGaA2 VI 4
whispered words ieko MT. 4hompson'a /
orthodox ear. Then he retired aud Mf.
Thompson smiled as IL brother Law
ton had been telling him q last years.
joke.
Az to this episode ID may trufhfully
b. said, with MF. GA0ei, that il Is the
most important legislation before the
legislature. The bill wss not consider
ed by the council. IL was reported
from the ways and means committee
aud was pat upon its final passage
uadeR suspension Of the rules.
The following bills were then pass d:
Mr.. steveuson's house bill providing
for conveying prisoners TO the terrific
rial penitentiary; also, Mr.. GabePs bill
providing for the printing OF I2.000
copies Of the governors message aud
report; slse, Mr.. GsbePs bill. introdaced
yesterday, aPpropsiating $500 for the
relief of the Province OF British O0lum-
bis, for g. king care Of oeFsain Thomas
Pierre, a fugitive murderer. This bill
b 3 been presented TO each Of the last
tive or three legislatures. The vote vas
unanimous. MessFs. Barker and Cook
absent.
The council then took up Mr.. Thomp-
sens bill regulating the granting Of
liquor licenses, il having been made the
special order. Mr.. Thompscn's bill is
very voluminous, and leaves the ques-
tian Of the granting Of licenses 10 q vote
Of tie people, two-dfshs OF the legal
voters in the city or town being sufh /
cient TO require the issuance Of licenses
to candidates applying therefor. Then
IN cities Of ten Thousand Inhabitants
and over the license fee IL fixed at $1,000 /
and the beer license at $500. In cities
and towns containing lets population /
than ten thousand the license fee is /
fixsd at $500 and the hseF license at /
$50. Section seven provides thst who /
ever sells, gives away, baFteFs or ether /
wise cisposes of any Intoxicating liquors |
wikhout first obtaining a license as re |
unired By this act, shall be Ruiity Of q 1
uaisdemeanoF, hHed not less than $50
nor more than 500, and he may be sent |
10 jail besides.
Mr.. Covers sabstitute provides that |
on and after Msy 1st pext any person,
fsrm or corporation selling any intoxi- |
ca ting liquors ahsli pay 10 the terrific /
rial treasurer 800 as q tsrKitaFial |
license, one-half Of vhich sun shall 20 /
90 the general fund Of the terrisory ana /
be transferred 20 the treasury Of the /
county from which tie license wss re-
ceived, for the benefit Of the common |
school fund Of the said county. No /
license 10 required of druggists OF regu- |
lariy pEacaioira phycisns. This leaves |
the general and local laws already /
enacted untouched. There vas q good |
deal OF speech masking, all OF which |
night have been considered q not very
harmonious death song Of Mr. Thomp- |
ssn's bill.
Tie substitute vas adopted BY the |
fallowing vote. Ayes-MessFs. Barker, |
Gabel, Convey, RoedeE. SharpsteiB and |
white. Nays-Messrs. Festsr, Hawiey, |
Lewis and Thampson. Absent -
Messrs. Cook and Steele.
The silence which followed the an.
noancemsna Of the result vas thick !
enough 10 make Son n-int0xicafinR sand. |
wiches. Toe ordinary course, after the |
adoption Of 3 substitute is that Il BE- |
placsd upon is nnai passage. bat no
one said anything.
SIR. Lewis vas in the chair. After q !
painful prulanRation OF this silenes
studded With scinkiilating iatsEroza-
sion points. Mr.. Gowsy arose and
moved that the substitute be Elaced on
fta fnal uassace. Than if wAs 3iaeuvax-