Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-19

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that when road 41a bailf ever shs
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nat. 1hs spaakeF REFERRED ta an aif.
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that no complaint Is made 10 EaskeFn
Washington ae4inss fxeiRhf rates. He
cited instaaees Of ths RATS charRed b.
the eosnpanies. He ahen referred a
/ pFoouets Of THE farmers whish eonla
not Be seat 70 maxke1 haeanss Of rates
uhien esfe 80 high aa % be prohihlfise.
Ihe point be desired b make YES that
the frsiaht ehzEEes we're oufFaoseu4
THIS commissisn bill reported by tue
eemmitsee pEupessd Fslisg. II cannot
harm anyone. He vas Opposed 20 the
NJ. Thompson denied having charged
tee Eaztffu WashinQton nembers with
disposition 70 sInch The railKoad Hs
meant thefs vas . disposition abroad 20
sIf. sharpstsin referred 70 Ghs desire
Of toe people for commission in some
form. II Mr.. Convey did nos understand
his substitute. The people certainly die
not want 20 spend even & fsg thousand
dollars for q. They wanted aonae insel
liRsnt effort Unless the railroad com
pauies want Mr.. Goweyas Substitute very
bad. DO not inflict Il on ths people. Fhe
speaker aid not waut Mr.. Covers sub
stltnte. He W0uld rather havs noshinn.
Mr. White called astention ta fho fact
that the opeTHiion Of Mr.. Lswis's bill did
not necessarily eontempiate the full ex
pendlsure Of the appropriation. He
called attention also. as Mr.. Shaxpasein
had done, 90 the platform adopted By
the Republican convention at Tacoma.
By which The party piedaed itself Ia "a
voF Of railroad commission. No Rs
publican member Ct this 90 noll eau
vote against shs Lswis commission bill
"a the substitute and 90 home AMI look
bis honest usnetituent 10 the face.
MF. Convey egain spoke infav0F Of The
Substitute. He said Il would affeot the
intended pnfpass and possessed fhe
Quality Of eeon0my.
Mr.. Gable desired 10 emphasizes tive
points, namely, that the frsighl rates
we're ext0Fti0nate and thGt the iegisla-
tnFe should make an intelligent eMort
10 correct them.
The vats vas called on Mr.. Conveys
substitute. u Resullad IS follows. Ayes
-Mesass. Barker, Foster, G5way and
Fh0mps0n. NAYS Messrs. aabsi. Haw-
lsy, Lavis, Shagpsteln and Waite. Alb
a6nt--MessFs- Cock R0eier and Steele.
Toe substitute was therefore lost. The
question then was BY motion on the
passage Of the original bill. IL resulted
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ley, Le@is. ShaFpsiein and White. NAYS
--Messra BARKER. Foster. GOwey and
Thompson. Ahaeue MeaaKs. Cook,
RoedeF and Steeie. The bill therefore
passed.
Mr.. Cooks bill creating Q new dis
trlct court Ia Douglass county waa
passed finally with few exceptions.
IRE vote on Mr. Lewis bill vas =
rf4a nffnafku assafAAana aNaA Ara ssSsnsa.a..s.
Of the railroad raan 90 transparent that
o1e ts SURPRISED that the disguise wa
not more eiabor - and inganloua. Il
stmpl means that the Northern Pacific
ID satisfied with the Lewis bill, which
vas 50 amended and patched up that
tbs committee had 90 draw new one.
raeFe was only one copy. Mr.. Covers
substitute vas so manifestiy defective
that he did not even attempt 20 reply 20
the aFgnments hy which Mr.. Lewis out
Il 70 places. Mr.. Convey accepted with
out argument or suggestioa an amend
msnt BY MF. Thompson changing the
Substitute 70 she biil in essential re
spects. A little mock hg3t was started
and much severity Of demeanor was
manifested By this lions and lambs which
do lie together. II needed only the
sage tfappings to make the whole af-
fair theatrical. Ihe policy Of the rail-
road men has had ne regard for form
and appeHfanos. They cannot olaah she
skeleton Of hypoosisy with fesh and
blood.
10 thoas wboas distances must judge
supeF6cially. and who can only Judge
Of the meFlsa OF bill By ita 0hisci, Ger
tain members Of the council can nov
say, saee how little Of a railroadeF am
H. When the Ieaistatnfe met there
were suuF eabiecss appeFnaost In the
minds Of the people at large. Fu0 re-
lated % the iaxAtion Of railroad proper
iies aud the FeQuIation of railroad
freight rates. As 10 both Of these the
sentiment vas general that Legislation
was needed. As 90 the two othar sub
i9cas the sentiments vas not il agree
meut. They we're woman suffrage and
the removal OF the capital. Tue taxa
tion bills we're infrodnced on DecenbeE
twelfth, and the bill adjusting freight
rates on December ninth. NeithaK Of
these bills shout which public sentiment
favored legislation has even been heard
from. The woman suffrage bin was
introducsd January 81 and passed the
council On the 1fsh and house the l6tn.
TIE capital renewal movement ia bab-
DlinR ali the time. The ooancii he's
sssd inslly forty three bills. Forty
ave days Of the session have gone aud
only fifsssn remain. II shere was any
esidenoe OF tnteIliesot. sincere, open
effort 90 solve the difdonlt probe ms Of
taxation and freight rates, the peopls
miehs be more chaFitabiy Inclined.
Noa only ass thsrs not been anything
done reiaiive 90 the cniss legislation bat
tbsFs has net been Q vaae tndieAiing tae
zeal sentiment Of tie coaneiimen 10
favur Of q tast settisment Is IL
wortby u noslee that 10 appropriation
bills hsve suffered similar Eeziecs.
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