, 1889-07-11
WESTERN LIBERALITy.
Members OF the Convention Take a
Collection for Ellonsburgh.


OLYMPIA, July 6.-WeStern liberalitv
was displayed in the constitutional con
vcntion just as soon as the adjourn
mont was effected to-day, when Prcsi-
dent Hoyt laid before the body the tcle.
gram he had received in response to one
sent a member suggested that some
thing practical be done, and il was done
and done quickly.
have seen some organized bodies dis.
pcrso In short order when collection
was announced, but when Iindsley of
Clarke and Fairweuthcr of Lincoln
passed the hat, the members crowded
around the men and began throwing in
their silver and notes promisCuously.
When they had about finished and
brought the hat to the reporters table,
1t was found that S257 10 was the amount
collected.
Eve must have more than that" said
Fair,weather, and more coin was thrown
on the table until the sum of S2s1 80 was
piled up. At this point Mr. Sohns of
vancouver came up and regretted that
he had only been able to put in 50, rs he
only had that much about him in
change, Mr. Fairwoathcr promptly pro-
duced what you would call wad, and
rendered any nccdhll amount, where
upon WI sunni. IhlNtu lllt bOt anu SAID I:
MAKE IT NJ EVEN $500
"for me, and the additional $3.50 went
i'm forthwith. This amount was promptly
tclcgrdphed by Mr.. FairweathCr To the
order OF w. II. Abrams, mayor of FL
lenSburg. II Is pretty tough on the
three Ellensburg members of the Conven-
tion to have their property DESTROYED
while away from home. Mr.. Shoudy
had brought his family here to spend
the tliVp with him aud a 80,
return. Mr.. Miers goes back Tonight.
He learned to-day that his home had
escaped the flames, but his law library, a
good one, and many personal effects
were destroyed. Mr.. Mcdonald will re-
main here and let his losses go until hc
returns, after the work of the convention
is over.
1t was not a very busy day in the con-
ycntion, and the adjournment until next
Tuesday afternoon will give President
Hoyt time To fix up his committees and
then the convention will settle down to
busincs in earnest. Who the Chairmcn
of the various committees will he will
not be known until the convention re-
assemblies. Judge Hoyt is a reticcnt
man and is fully aware of the propriety
of not announcing them until they are
read i'll the convention.
There was II little skirmish in the con-
ventiOn
RELATIVE TO THE METHOD
of appointing their committees.
Colonel Prosser, chairman, had sub
mitted the report of the committee on
rules, but it was plainly seen by the vote
that the power went where it belonged,
To the president.
All the Sound delegates who could get
away left this evening on the boats and
trains, and many of those east of the
mountains left for Sound points on II
visit.
The delegates from the sagebrush and
tho grass regions, where there has been
so much intense heat, are just fairly
revoling IN the cool mornings and even
ings of the Capital City. Some of them
were out on the long wharf last evening,
smiling the. cool sea breczes of Budd's
inlet, and wished that they could trans
Ter some OF the salt water areas of the
Sound to points east ofthe mountains.
1t has, been ascertained that the orti-
nary mileage of the thirty-six members
OF the legislature of Washington Terri
tory is $4,000. The mileage Of the mem
bers of this convention will amount to
$4,000. The allowance for printing is
1890, This leaves just $3.50 over TO
PAY THE PER Diem
of the members the salary of the clerks
and the miscellaneous expenses, so that
the old comptroller of the treasury de-
partment, Durham, was right in saving
that Congrcss--when it passed the en-
abling act, had no conception of the cost
of the running of a constitutional con-
yention. The appropriation should have
been $4O, 1000 instead of $50 600. The con-
vention will doubtless act as oconomi-
cally as possible, but il will have to ask
tho first legislature to pay the amount
expended beyond that spent by the en-
abling act. The general government
was exceedingly. generous unoor the
heavy pressure in giving statehood to
the four territories, but the cheese par
ing policy of the friends of Bill Springer
cropped out in the bill of expenses nee
essary to the performance of the act.
STATIONERY WAS GIVEN
out to the members this morning, and
the hall began TO assume the appearance
of a congress or free reading room,
especially so, after the noon mail and
the buying of the newspapers. About
sixty of the seventy-tvc members had
papers spread out before them reading
them. They were paying about as much
attention to the chairman and what was
going ON as the statesmen at Washing
ton usually do to the speaker of the
house of representatives. Two mails u
day arrive at.Olympia, one at twelve and
the other at night, and the members of
the convention, rs well rs the president,
here, have been chasing up the postottice
for two days ut "A lively rate.
The building in which the mails are
handled Is on rollers; yesterday, 1t was