The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-17
A TEDIOUS DAY.
Delegates inclined to Make
Windy Speeches.
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oIyNPfs. AEx. i&-TniS xas Tie rso~,
uncomfortable se ioas and wcarssonx
day that has bzen spent since the cousen
tioa began its session The debate va,
ss1oSefhsr over questions skss hare beer
fsily settled. has the E1ensb<fx persisted Ii
intsAe ipg eoElous tassS OF wiss4sv oxs.nyy
UPON tt~ss wssry felios members. o. :,
Esny OF them as were sFapxSxsse sr.aaxh ss
sssek ~ tsesr pests aud net zeek fcfuxs in
THE nall Ssys sEsd iothse-, where they wers
osss OF esrsiso. 81 the ssr~soz1e reeesssa, ol
deasi arguments Nobody wxs is a gcod
hnrsor and aesaosfy fell Ike sitting tswn
to ss'ual business 50 the day was hArvsn
n sctual fe.alfs. No matter vas psAses;
upon thai il not likely TO s,e oyenesd ur
zgsis. and the contention sevsseA in I'll is,
sesiioi>ness. The article On safe, school
aud granted ;ands has been psolinc OF dis,
agreements, sald as IL II now there is hardly
memb@r OF the convention who is en-
tirrly satisfied with al lis psovssions.
FoxSfSsr rHg OLD SETTLER
The morning was spent in q wrangse
over proposition of crowley 70 eoniirm
the saies OF sil school and university lands
srs This proposition. akin TO that which
vas ssopted yesterday diseiaiminx inter
esf in tide land United States pa:euts.
awakened all the forrnrr opposition 70
that measure. aud the discussion was re-
plese with references 10 the job by
which fhs, had been ngineere3 through.
Colonel Moose sieclainsed against the a.
tion of the convention. r. n. Sullivan
issued his little dlctHm, aud J. J. Browne,
who had not spoken oefnre. took the up-
porfunity OF protesting against il. TIE
western Washington members did not
think Il necesssry 10 renew the defense of
q measure 80 mauifessiy just, and shey
generally kepf quiet. The debate. how
ever. was ~ esuseless- that the
advocates of crowley's measure were
disposed 10 do anything Ia shut
1, IL. aud hnaily sharp-tein, when
iaany precious minu'fs had been wasted,
offered % leave The matter to the legis-
iature. THIS vas accepted zrutnolingiy.
for these who announced themselves as
iorfiiast ria aid settler were sore, and
they would NOT stop Kicking evel when
they got what they wanted.
Two SECTIONS PASSED.
passed without material amendment The
for isitr directs the tisses aud terms upon
which tae granted iaads shall be- sold
Browne wanted t1 make the policy of he
.tafe a comb'n alton OF the lease and sale
syst ms. bat his Jews were not aeeepyec
Then he wanted 20 redIlce ii: - elton the
price al which lands near incor
minimum of sto0 per sere. Neither
did this meet with faver. and ih-
seciions were pissed. Then The priority
right of pur hase question MSS reopenesi
ny 'he pres -iliaEion OF the minority report
The proyi-ion was quic IL fore 10 an
issne. snd 1hea it was ssfestesi Weir sub-
mItsed u substitute containing a siIui ar
provision IL wa then about 5 20, af " -Iieh
time a wfangie over adjournment inyari-
ably arises. About hall she convention in
sisis that after that hour only one motion
Is in ossisr. aud that is motion TO adjourn
The committee of the who.e spent ten
over ttlsbusts ring 5nofioaS, and
The opposition gave IL up aud aaree1 Ia
rise. IL decided. however, 10 report fhe
article back 10 the convention wtthHut rec
This means that all the
old bath over the amendments will b.
foaebt seain- Weir will insist upon bis
substitute. aud there Ia no guessing where
the debate will Isnd
IMPROVEMENTS WILL BIZ ExelEpEp.
pay holders of school lands for their i'm
provemenrs when the lands are sold, bad
AZ least the merit of cdtiity. He vac salts
fed, Aoweyer. with Bowen's substitute.
which was 10 the effect that the state will
exclude Improvements in estimating the
value of these lands for disposal, and will
no; lay claim 60 them.
THE RAILROAD SUBSIDY SCHEME
The Walla Wsiia subsidy scheme viii BE-
s-.A1 tom s.f ts.a
mitiee on schedule is reached. lis pre-
mofers have been very earnest In sdrocat-
Ing the measure during the week. They
have bees aided very materially by II. W
Paine. of wslia wslla. Hunts right.of-wsy
man. Tne section is 20 modified that the
'sa regarded with favor by The convention
10 includes Wslia Walls. Columbia. klieks-
taf. kittitas and Yakima counties and will
give these connttes power 10 issue SuhSi-
dies nndef the ssr e conditions ~ bci re-
bat the power lapScs in Eve years.
TO LEAsE SCHOOL LANDS.
Colonel Prosser made the one able stesch
nj the dav. He advocated the leasing oi
the sehes1l lands aud produced an array OF
these lands in other states that was inter.
esting. instructive aud convincing The
has reached that point. how,
ever. where 10 win not lis'en 20 arumsu.
or anything else 0xceft a move so expedite
business and 50 the Yakima delegates elo-
qnence was In vain.
A yoRNlpAsLE CoNBTNau0N.
The dissafisfsct' felt by Eastern wash
insYou delegates over the confirmation of
United states patents has ervstailixesi into
q com mhinsfion that will tomorrow attemps
90 defeat the patent sestiOn aud the whole
article. The scheme will be 10
burden tie article with smend
inents, aud then. IL these tasl,
to vote sxa3nss the whole thing. The
riparian mem oers arr disxrantled. and the
con binA'ion counts uson them for active
sympathy snd sappari. Then the maus
sigaers Of the minority reports which have
heeu sat upon, are supposed TO sse grievexl
aud those who wanted the constitution 20
sas soneshi8g directly about the disJscsl-
ton Of puhlic lands may stau9 in on gen
era prineipies The members who want
something ssii about priority at purchase
aud safeguard about Improvements al
ready made constitute a respectable
m norisy. The opposition altogether IL
and ihs hackers Of ffe ms jor
its rsstosi do Dot attempt to conceal their
sFpsss aenssan that she whole sr.scle may