, 1889-08-01

question now being on Turner'S motion
to strike out section |.
Blalock and Browne favored the mo-
ton, and Sturdevant and Lillis opposed
II, and at the end of half an hour q vote
was taken, and the motion failed.
Tho question rccurrcd on Cosgrove's
amendment.
Minor now renewed his motion to
substitute as above printed.
Comegys claimed again that II was
out of order, and the chair sustained
him.. yosgrovo's motion was voted on
and ia He'd.
Mr.. Minor again renewed his substi-
tute, and this time II got to vote, aud
was lost.
Iillis moved TO increase from $iOO, 900
to 100000. Lost.
stiles moved to substitute one-half of
per cent of the assessed valuation for
100000. Lost; ayes Ia, noes Al.
Mircs moved TO make 1t per cent.
Lost; ayes very faint
Section / was adopted.
Section . was adopted as follows: In
addition to the above limited power to
contract deb,s, ! lie state may contract
debts to repel invasion, suppress insur-
rcction, or to defend the state in war,
but the money arising from the contract
ing of such debts shall be applied 10 the
purpose for which II was raised and to
no other purpose whatever.
Section 3 was taken up, consisting of
the first portion of Minors substitute as
above printed up TO tho words provided
that" and an additional clause provid-
ing for the repeal of such law.
Turner moved Ia strike out all of such
section except the first sentence. He did
not believe in treating the state
LIKE A LITTLE CiifLp
If legislatures arc not to be trusted, then
representative government is a failure.
We are trying to rcat the state az the
little people of Lilliput treated Gulliver
tying every hair oi his head and every
limb aud finger to the ground so he
could not move.
Stiles of Tacoma heartily endorsed
this view, and did not believe in such
frequent elections or In asking the pco-
pie to go through an election every time
a public building might be wanted.
Sullivan of Whitman moved 10 amend
by striking out the whole section.
Griflitts planted himself on the side of
THE VOICE or THE pgorLE,
and preferred consulting them when
their property was to be taken for a mil
lion dollar state house or ANYTHING of
that sort.
Cosgroye favored striking out all that
referred to repeating such II law after IL
was once passed, and opposed SO many
elections.
Dunbar believed in trusting the legis-
laturc and was getting heartily sick and
tired of so much talk about consulting
the dear people.
Sturdovunt opposed striking out,
Weir favored stri king out and would
20 good deal further If he could to pre-
vent 80 much legislation getting into the
Power didn't believe the retention of
this wise provision III the constitution
would endanger II when people came to
vote on it..
Stiles made the point that as the sec
ton now stands, the legislature can
erect as many public buildings as IL
likes ii IL only leVies tax enough to pay
for them, and also this additional point
that the enabling act OF congress dis
tinctiy puts the
CONTROL or THE sTAlE LANDS
into the hands of thc legislature, so that
the people cannot have anything to do
with Il.
Grifiitts asked IL the expenditure of the
proceeds of the sale of the tide lands,
said to he worth so, 100000 was not also
in control of the legislature.
Stiles said certainly. The legislature
could spend 1t, though he could say
Browne defended the reports of the
and argued for the retention
of the section, closing the debate with an
able speech.
Turner's motion TO strike out was put
and failcd--Ayes 10, noes SO.
stiles moved to strike out the clause
II repeal of the law mem
toned in the foregoing portion of the
section. lie claimed this was pure and
simple redundancy Of no possible effect,
for the lcgi stature can do now what that
clause processes to permit. The motion
%, noes II,
Minor moved to strike out all relating
to the publication of notices in news
papers. The motion was lost-Aycs %,
noes 36, and the section was adopted.
Section Twas read, that no moneys
shall ever be paid ont of the treasury of
this state or any Of its funds, or any of
the funds under its management, except
in pursuance OF an appropriation by law,
nor unless such payment be made with
in two years next after the passage of
such appropriation act, and every such
law making new appropriation or con-
tinuing or rcviving an appropriation
shall distinctly specify the sum appro-
priatcd and the object to which IL Is to
he applied and IL shall not be sufficient
for such law to refer 20 any other law to
fix such sum.
Grlftitts asked the meaning Of the two
years clause.
Browne said that was simply to pre-
vent any legislature from authorizing
expenditures to he made any further on
appeal than two ycnrs, and would give
reasons for that II Griffitts wanted them.
Grititts did and Browne said that de-
spite prohibitions ii was possible for the
legislature to run the state into debt be-
yond tho limit of $4,000. Under this.
same clause in California q debt was
created of 81, 5Oo,OO, through a plnn of
postponed payments which the courts
sustained.
4. NJ. Reed said this clause also pre-
vented the state from paying interest on
money lying idle under specific appro-
priations.
Stiles moved to amend so that each of
such two year periods should begin on
May 1, following the date of passage.
The motion. prevailed and the section
was adopted
Section 8 was taken up: The credit of
the state shall not in any manner be
given or loaned to, or in aid OF, any in
association, company or cor
poration.
Sullivan Of Whitman, moved to strike
IL out because this same subject was
treated in section II of the article recon-
meyded by the committee on corpora
tions.
Tnrner proposed to hold on to what
they had as far as II was good. The
motion failed.
Griflitts thought this section would
not cover donations, and proposed an
to meet that point.
Dunbar and buchanan thought the
words sin any maprIrr be given" We're
sufficient. So did the convention, for 1t
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