, 1888-01-12
The WOmen's Suffrage Bill
Passes the Council.
Grave Fears that the Lower
House will Follow Suit.
A Lot OF New Bills introduced
Yesterday.
Special 10 the REVIEW.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 1l-Whites WON Nn
suffrage bill, which Was the special or
der for this morning in the council,
passed by the following vote: Ayes
Foster, Gabel. Convey, Hawley, Roe
der, Steele, White and President
Thompson. Nays-Lewis, sharpstein
and Barker, Roeder said lie WAS u
democrat, but was not unmindful that
his constituency was republican and
favorable to woman suffrage, and he
voted aye.
Lewis's substitute, to submit the
question to IL vote of the oeople, had
been previously killed by the same
vote, except that Convey voted for the
substitute. Cook, who is confined to
his room by illness, would have voted
for Whites bill.
Governor Semple, Chief Justice
Jones. Judges Allyn, Langford ard
Turner, Territorial Secretary Owings,
Auditor Reed, Treasurer McMicksn,
and many other spectators and IL score
OF ladies were present. Lewis made u
very howery, but not particularly
pointed speech against the bin. Cow
ey spoke briefly in fa vor of the substi
tate, and President Thompson and
White made strong speeches for the
bill. There was quite brisk applause
when it passed.
1t will go to the house tomorrow and
probably pass this week. TITS friends
claim fourteen or fifteen votes for it in
the house
The following bill was introduced by
Cover: An net for the relief OF Gen
eral Ross G. O'Brien in the SUM OF
$500 for expenses incurred in rrgan-
iEing the national uard OF the terri
tory.
The following bills were passed:
Sharpstein's bill, changing the manner
of commencing civil actions; Conveys
bin repeating the law requiring
certain size of ballots to be used;
Sharpstein's bill providing for admis-
sion to the bar OF foreigners who have
declared their intentions Sharpstein's
bill in relation to the election of JUS
tices of the peace; Roeder's bill appro.
priating $4,000 for salary of governors
private secretary.
HOUSE.
In the house telegram was received
from Representative Bucey, who is
i'll ut Spragne, asking to pair with
some member on the woman suffrage
question and stating that he was un-
conditionally opposed to it.
BY Payne--Creating tho district
court of Kitsap county.
BY Roed-Providing for the assess.
ment ann taxation Of the property of
telegraph companies.
BY Speaker Clark-Providing for
the recompense OF attorneys in prose-
cutting for crimes Of burglary, larceny
and robbery.
BY Baker-requiring county audit
to keep incumbrance records.
BY Baker-Providing for annexing
a portion Of Skagit county to What
com county.
BY Stewart--To regulate the sale OF
pOisOns and medicines.
BY Knapp-A bill relating to county
roads and bridges.
BY Humes-Repealing the section
OF the code relating to the joinder of
husband and wife, in the sale of the
lattcr's real estate or affecting dowers.
BY Humes--To repeal the section
OF the code relating to descent of com.
munity property.
BY Relating to the control
of husbands over their separate prop
erty.
BY DEMONSTRATING to the control
OF wives over their separate property.
BY Case--To regulate attorneys
fees recoverable in civil actions.
The following bills were passed:
Changing school age from 8 to 6 years;
u bill making 1t a inisdemeanor for u
person to ask to 20 on y jury, or for
sherifs to accept such person; y bill
appropriating IS worth Of postage