The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31
THE CONVENTION.
Article on Military Affairs
Not Agreed To.
MsST SECTIONS gE.,EsTEn
a Home fsr oh. Solder. Provided
All eitsx.ne are sassses .s
military Baty.
xssr SECTIONS sE,Ee1

0IrgEEA, Eniy s7--TAe eoavention t,s I
very eLssse Fose rsfasea p sEreS to tse ~
f~1-s Of the eaE1faSssse o2 fasikza-S sfyssrS
ts'isy, sEsl certain R4rss ~ il we're stricken
OUT IneT we-e EhaSe sexsiors which
Easde sFeeIEe psoy sion fer he raaurer "a
fo-rnszian If Sh~ EssEsaa, zsss 10 ahich Oh
lection was made or tee score thss taey
properly b l9agea 10 tie leSss:s
iare. The assz section, providing
for STATE nj ItiA and declaring certain
persons snhlect 20 military dasy pass i
without se1 soas objection, bat when sezr-
tloa vas reached, the committee split
and talked sbopt it al day. oae
OF the chief arsunae nts relied uyor,
/ By the opposition 70 the section vas tina;
the new sEafs would t.e In imminent dan
ger OF military dsxposssm," and mil
/ itsry arissoeraey' II the article were
adopted This speclaus plea appeared 10
have some weight, feg when the question
came % vote the substitute offered BY
/ Browne was carried by taree majority.
This was the whole victory, for eight sec.
/ tioas altogether were thereafter done away
with without say trouble
An exception was made. however, when
section 30. psuyie ina sor soldiers home.
Ass cached. and those who had eontendesf
s.rSngsss aga;nss legislative enact.
nsEt were loud ia their iervid
professions of feaity to the
cause Of sthe old solkiier This surprising
change Of bsse 40 s1gerei Buchanan, who
had hitherto voted for al the clauses of
the EaeasnEe. that he switched eir aud pro-
noueeyd against the inconsistency
AMI vscilatson sf tae opposi.
ton III the UGsE direct and
/ Indignant terms Then ne got ap aud left
the hsu- IFS yir uoas protest did not
make any difference aith the convention.
however. ior il went right ahead aud
directed the Legislature To estab-
lish solaiers hone by a
vote that vas practically unanimous.
The remaining sections OF tue article were
also sgsesssi %. when the report Of the
committee OF the whole vas made To the
eonyeation its finding were coneurTsd in
upon the syes and nays by vote OF II To
So
TIE cESsioS or JURISDICTION.
Lieutenant J. Z. Ruacie, Judge advocate
of the United states. arrived in the city
again today aud will probably be invited
TO sstGress the ecaven ioa on tho
proposed oSssion of jurisdiction
over military reservations aud of
ii ls TO certain tide lands
10 1t e cnitsd states There are some
poluts sbout TIE proposition reported on
by The committee on Iedeial rights TO the
convention that are no. clearly under
stood. snd these I.ieutensn, kuni ie win
en- plain
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The committee on esas ation met To-
night and decided 10 reeorn mend the sFt!-
c.e prs pared ty the board of education.
The committee on elections sud elective
rEhts had decided that 10 alien can be
come a yoter who has rot taken ont ali the
papers OF eitiz snship,
The report of tie committee on legisla-
tive department will probably be submit
ted tomorrow.
PERSONAL
Co,onsi g. 6. Lyons, of seattle, chair
man, and b. ". Coiner. of TacoIna, seere
tary Of the Repahiieaa territorial central
com nli tee, afe ia TIE city.
Allen G. Mason, us Tacoma, and I. IL,
Breats, OF Walia wa1la. arr smong ate HrTi
yals TN Olympia.
W. B. Turner, of Spokane Falls "A mem
Der Of the state board Of education, is a
candidate for superintendent of public IN
slruCtio8.