The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-06

STILL UNSETTLED.
The Railroad Commission
Not Yet Established.
SYeT1oS ~ STRICKEN orr
cesssen of Jurisdie.isn 90 the
Uaited states Governneas-
Another PreAIbisiss Move.
SECTION II STRICKEN orr

OLYMPIA. Asg. "A railroad com mis-.
sion in the constitution. OF no railroad
commission In the constitution. is sssil
an unsettled question. bat the ts-
nons section Il we killed soday
IN committee OF the whole hy q de-
scls!ve vote. Consideration Of the question
ssas resumed this afternoon and Q numb :
os amendments were ofeTcs ca IL. one
after the ether. The opposition 60 the sec
ton. however. pers ssently aeeliEed s0 al
iow any mofifieafions. and With one rnine.
exception they were ell voted down.
The section was al last defeated,
and II viii be reported 70 the
convention without Recommendation.
The fight VII doubtless be resumed there,
hut there Is no chance Of the original sec
lion going into the constitution An
amendment made By Sullivan 10 section
=, providing sast the legislature may es.
taliixh railroad commission. renders i,
cOubtfni II anything az all Will be done
with the original section. though, o. al
ressiy stated. Il is far from bling setfled
question
THE eEssfos GRANTED.
The effort TO reconsider the no,ian by
which taere WAS q esssion of jurisdiction
10 certain lands TO the government. was re
fnsef OF Saturday. A little objection was
made 20 IL. but IL was not strong.
NEW rKoresirIox.
The woman sutf.a2ists have gone of on
another tangent insisting that their plank
be inserted In the constitution or not xt all
They have now concluded 10 ask that .
special vote be taken npon the question on
the second Tuesday In November, fSs0
Iney want to remove the question 4 ON
any undue influence that might be exer-
cised at the time OF the general election.
sErTLED AT LAST
The prohibition question was very
quietly settled this morning and 10 viii lot
oogher the convention sgsin IL came up
on the consideration of the report Of the
committee On miscellaneous subjects
recommending that the matter be left to
The popular vote. All the ohjectisu that
was made was on account of the ambiguity
In the eommittee's recommendation, bat
tbis was satisfactorily settled aud the
separate plank ordered submitted.
LosEss By THE FIRE.
None OF the delegates are heavy losers In
the Spokane Falls FIRE. J J. Browne loses
the Browne National bank building, fix
lures etc. aud his loss. Ii is thought, viii
not reach $4,000 II. ". Fairweather
owned the First National bank building.
tidfftts and J. Z. Meo-e, of the
firm of 6riifitts, Moore & Fe;ghsn
lose their Office aud they sup
posed their books 10 be worth 5000
A telegram this sfternoon. however, stated
that their books were safe. II. L. Allen
loses his ofsiee and, he thinks, his library
valued at s ,5D3 or more. judge Turner 10
minus bis office aud library. worta about
s5,0eo. j. l. Booge, chief clerk. had an ele-
CANT Office ia the Frankfort block. Nessrs
Browne and Boogc left for the scene of the
IRE today and Mr.. Farweather may so to-
morrow.
TaK FIRE AT SPOKANE FALLS.
nr. Minor referred 10 the Spokane Falls
FIRE this morning In the following Ian
guage.
''Iu view Of the sad tiiings that We have
received this morning Of most frightful
calamity that has afflicted one OF our
young and growing cities-a city whose
wonderful progress ana prosperity, whose
enferprise and sslf-rshaace has been the
pride OF our whole territory would make
the motion that the sincere sympathy of
this convention he rendered To that com
mnnity ard that city, and that the presi-
dent of tbis convention be authorized, In
fitting language. 20 telegraph the fact 20
them. refer In the destruction OF the
city Of Spokane Falls by fire. -