, 1889-08-22
MAKING MILEAGE.
The Convention Apparently En-
ieavoring to Initiate One of
the Dakotas,
Which Expended $4,000 More
than the Government Appro-
priated for Expenses.
At Palouse City One Brother
Shoots and Kills Another
Held to Bail.

OLYMPIA, Aug. 16.--Thc convention
met at o o'clock, the president In the
chair. Prayer by the Rev Chaplin of
of olympia. The roll showed tNenty
vacant seats. Records read and ap'
proved.
y petition of NJ. V, l.. West and others
for woman suffrage was submitted by
the president and tabled.
Minor, from the revision committee
called attention to the fact that the arti-
Gle on corporations provided that cities
should never be chartered by special
law, and said IL was the Judgment of
the committee that to leave 1t stand
in that way would practically nuify the
ioction and prevent the incorporation Of
suturo cities. He suggested such
changes as would allow the legislature
to grant incorporation by special act in
order that boundaries may be defined
and leave the rest to general law.
The chair thought that unless the
rules were suspended the commit ee's
suggestion could not be entertained.
Convey moved that the rules he sus-
pended tor that purpose, but the neCes-
aary two-thirds would not consent.
Power presented the bill of John j..
CarrCre-f f6.00-for kilograms to Dakota
and Montana convention, but withheld
1t until the chair could add Il few more
telegraph bills.
stiles gave notice that there wonld be
meeting of the committee Oh county
and city organization Immediately after
recess.
The convention went into committee
of the whole ON the state lands article,
with Dyer in the chair,
The same old section 3 (Which has
twice before been up ana been twice su-
crsCdcd so that now IL Is section 5) was
taken up.
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tees the rights of those who hHd made
valuable improvements on school lands
in good faith when these lands come to
be sold at auction.
Browne wished to amend by eXclud-
ing only such improvements as were
made previous to February, 1880, which
was accepted by Bowen Us a substitute
for his amendment, and the substitute
was adopted,
Crowley offered again his proviso OF
yesterday, confirming the title to uni
ycrsity land whore the price had been
paid in good iuith.
Turner said one step had been taken
in the confirmation of titles yesterday,
and he hoped the convention would not
go any further He did not believe the
members knew enough about these
| lands 10
ACT IHTELLfdENTLY,
Moore again protested, as he did yes
| tcrday, against turning this convention
| into a court of ChanCery to settle the
| land titles, but he supposed member.
would not strain ut u gnat after
SWALLOWING 4 CAMEL,
and so the action of yesterday would
| probably he repeated. But at least he
| wished that the people who knew about
| these case, could be brought in to give
| the convention some information upon
which to act. In II sort of emotional in
sanity yesterday we had done something
about the old settler which we should
| probably seriously regret, but we ought
not to go any further without an exam.
! nation.
/ Shurpstein asked whether the article
| a. it stood did not cut oil any equitable
/ claim from b5ing allowed by the lcgisla-
| turc hereafter.
| Moore thought not, but Sharpstein
/ thought il did, and Moore declared that
| hc did not swallow any of the camel
| yesterday and he didn't propose to take
| any to-day,
| Sharpstein offered n substitute leaving
all this school and university land bust
| ness to the legislature and authorizing
I it to confirm these sales, ayes 27, noes
II.
I on motion the wind was shut Off til
O'Clock and the delegates went TO cal
| and drink.