Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-17

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: sua - ene & b fssorabla % the bIil
A. hlso EfRpnR in the belief thn
q Rlses No Gog3 reason for 20 heinQ
J ou1 olami1ses 4 al1pay uith The saeonI
reeon@sndaiion, shat ne blil o
i This srraignmsna rather skoIs n,
i111eef Of tie haiiiauEsnt anA con
pfalnlng minnEil9 e. tAe Judiciary cen
mlt.1n. ME 1h0mpeun rose ard stafei
Mildly that & was veil knoun uhen hiI
Ne. - bad heen seut 10 tie commiftsI
On edncAtion that q uas 20 referred Do
cAuss of TIE feaE that II conaianed 4,
tie daaiciafy e0mmlttes Il w0nia nexsl
come eaek. He admitted that tia CON
lnittee bad postponed consideration q
ne bills until afier the holidays On hil
motinn. bat Be said he had bson harI
tnree days and had received no NOTES
% . meeting of ths eommittee.
woald like 20 ask aha gentleman. ,
inlssFupted MT. Hnmes, q dia you eve.
ask fog the eonsidsRaaion Of these hiilsf'
~. IhomDsoa adEnittsd thai be hat
@Was ihe consideration Of them no,
postponso - your request rs
Nj. Ihonpson said be had made the
motion bus believed the feeling VA
| unanimona.
TIE clark resumed tie reading Of ths
Eoports and bt0uQht Mr.. Hnmes euk n
strong relief ~ q prnphet.
me oommittes % education bad sim
ply Recommended that bill No. a do
pass.
TIE MAzR nERArx.
A motion vas made 10 adept The 70.
port which was instantly followed by
another to substitute THAI OF the fudi-
etAEy committee and on this the raain
debate on the merits Of the sufraRe
question took place.
Mf. Humes led away. BHe held THAI
tue eonferFiug OF snffEaRe upon q large
class vas q grave matter. He did net
beliave the women wanted ID, and wns
eonndeut that large maj 1Fify Of his
constituents did not want Il conferred
upon them; that 10 vas question which
tne people themselves wanted to de-
eide. "x0u say it was not an issue Of
the campaign In which vas elected.
say Il was, and II not shen wish 10
refer = back 20 the people until il is.
wish 10 give the people The important
privileges IN matter which they them.
selves wanted 10 decide. You say iE vas
1ot an issue Of tae campaign IN which
vas electsd. say it Was, and II not
then Wisn 80 refer Il back 10 the peo.
pie until u ts. wish 90 give the people
tue Important privilege 10 this matter
which they deiega ted 20 me-
One after the otheF the members fol-
lowed this one, each one claiming to the
standing IN with their respective con-
atitnenta.
when Mr.. Keane tosk bis turn be
ehAEEea MF. Humes straight with hav-
ING misrspresented his constituents,
whioh we're also bis (Keane'sl own.
He declared that his (Ksans's) major
lty Wa quits a. large IS that OF MF.
danes and they we're all strongly 10
favor Of Suffrage.
All right said Mr.. Hames Ia reply,
III is 0 little fough to be charged with
falsekood on the door OF the house, es-
peciallg By ones colleague, bus, yo1
sees am willing to submit she matter
10 them for proof. II you thrust the
question Of uaiorities at me,n be con-
tinued. II claim 10 be the onlyi legally
elected member Of this house"
That is debatable,n remarked Speak
er Clark.
There b no legal impedimsnt to my
dissosving this house. resumed Mr..
Humes, calmly. "No legal impediment.
| mag be lacking In force, the calling
out Of the militia, and all that, bat
there Is no legal tmpedimeut. When a
large n1ubeE Of illegal voters entered
IL, it vitiates the whole election. It
w0zld NOS be difieult to desaFmine By
the names on tue register that many
women voted at the last general eiec-
ton. Now, know Of what | speak,
when ! soy that my constituents do not
want the woman ssfrage Law re-enaoted.
No. Keane himself took great pains to
tell them ! vas strongly opposed 10 that
Law and asked them nol 80 vote for me
| for that reason. also told them so
and asked them to vote for me for that
reason. They have spoken and | am
heSe.n
WILLING 10 co eR RECORD.
Messrs. Arrasmith, Thompson and
EekIeF declared their willingness to 20
on Feeosd.
Ar. Stewart said that be was too, bua
| that be looked UPON himself as an agent
TO carry out the Wishes Of hiE people,
not as they we're q year and q half ago,
b1t ~ be knew them 10 BE- nov.
Me. MeElFoy read short speech
| from carefully prepared notes defining
his position and declaring that II the
minority we're 10 die they we're dying
| game.
Mr.. Case here undertook 10 shut Of
the discussion By moving the previous
| question.
Mr.. Knapp, who has al along been
strong IN his faith, protested aGainss the
mouths Of members being closed at
suoh time.
Mr.. Reed moved to lay the substitute
| on the table. watch motion takes pxece-
dence Of the previous question. The
eject would hays been 20 carry the
| whole matter 10 the table. This vas
lost, though Il vas here that Mr.. CfsVk
first discovered himeelf 10 the minority.
The preEions question was also loss, and
AIR. Knapp made bis speech. Theb MF.
Reed explained at some length t0st
Why the Judiciary committee favored
the substitute. Mr.. Thompson took
occasion 10 Fidicuis the argument that
the granting OF Suffrage to women
would stand IN the wsy Of admission 10
ssasehsod.
Mr.. Humes undertook 10 answer, bat
cries wese raised tha, be had already
exhausted the limit Of his privileges 10
havisg SPOKEN twice on ths subject.
Cries Of Question 70 folloSed and the
speaker ordered the call ef the roll on
substituting the Judiciary for the edu-
oatieaal report. Here Mr.. Hnmes rot
IN his little speech By way Of explain
in0 bis vote. he read the teleRFaus
fE0m United States senators which were
Published il the Pos1 -IETELLtGKECEs
yesterday. These meB. be said, were
earnestly desir0us.of the admisson Of
Washington, and they gave IL as their
opinion tbss tie passage Of the v0snas
suffrage ISw would bart cur chances.
Bsfogs be had qHite co1claded, Mr..
| Iruin, uho q bis desk-mats. ross quite
wfAthfnlly aud declared that the LOBBY
was interfering with sne PROCEEDINGS.
u vas quite eppsFebt tbst the lobby.
/ which US ergWe1 utth SPECTATORS
many OF whom we're l8eiss, was not In
sympathy With the majority, thOagh il
vas not apparent how tney sere inter.
feFine. - no Demonstration hsd been
made. Ths motion 10 adept the sub.