The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-18
THE CONVENTION.
Changes in the Judicial
System.
rHE srarE sfr Hr srEn
The Report Of the Committee On
County Organization The
Detailed Report.

tSssh>s- AE0e% changes WHICH M. ETDwD,
wili advocate are largely "a serras and sx
preston. There Is one. however. viii
which be- viii fad sericns fauis. suS tia
Is the matter Of saiaYies The &s-ga To h.
paid annually 70 each OF the ssrsseYg.
Judges browns considers too large, sns
he viii arrange also a reduction of ths
500 sssafy OF the superior Iu:g.S q
3--aS- Son OF she delegates also favo,
ne payment al tAe sAsAries OF The <rat .-.g.,,
Judges by the state. ant will ehssr pian
. that change. There ls ob5erg.on aj~T
70 the appointment Of tnes jesige,
made By she committee a.
delegates from several counties win en- ~.
tieaxor q, secure separate additional dis.
triets Pierce wss q; frss the oslv a,nty
IN 4 district 6y itself aad then a, the las,
moment ktug was also stY1rafss3 srnfsl
SnohoEnish and cYested into one siis
Fiet. Dissatisfaction i expressed hecaass
spokane and stevens are essssed together
but probably this VIII be allowed 20 rea,a al .
as IL Is The six usesaheEs OF the con,
inittee who advocated that the snprcnas
bench corsist of Ege members. in
stead OF three. viii make a ssrops
plea fer their views. and these
VINO want she terms of the
superior judges fixed sf four wears ,1,siss I;
Of SIX viii alo ke heard from 50 alto
gesher the Judiciary report viii! rot trd
Piair sailing through the Convention
when II cssui.s mp io4aorrow, and IL is NOT
hsey that Il VIII be disposed OF in ons
sessiyn
THE STATE NAY he srEn.
Following Is The elanse WI iea STYLES. oil
Tacoma, wants incorporated ia the con,
stifution:
= ction -.citizens OF the state shah have
The right 10 sue the ate upon aay claim
or demand legal or equitable
\ large majority OF the states for
bid. either By constitutional pro
vision OF BY statute. any sui,
asaihsi the state by ettszen-an
arbitrary and uure aso1ahle law that srose
from the ancient protect ON accorded the
SOY erelgn from has subjects. some of fhe
states. recognizing the injustice of the
custom. have made provision by statute
that the citizen may sue the state. and an
Aef OF congress allows action against the
United States in certain of It's courts. II
Washington Incorporates this clause in its
organic law, IL will Insure to the cifixea a
right that Is nor now 30 he found in the
constitution OF any other state.
AGAINST THE MALTA waiIA SCHEME
The Farmers Alliance of whitman
county has forwarded 10 the membegs oi
the convention Il series of resolutions. de-
elsTing against irasts and nonopolies,
against uiscTimi nation by railroads. ia
favor of the separate submission of
prohItitory amendment to the
peopie, and ia favor of equitable taxation.
The alliance views with alarm the effort
made IN the convention 70 bond the eoun-
ties OF Washington lu utehaf of The rail.
roads, on gTuuA DIS tha' IL is bad policy.
aud u<srnc,s its delegates from Whitman
to use all he efforts In their power TO de-
feat the measure.
THE TAxEs OF THE STATE
The committee on revenue and taxation
has adopted the following two sections OF
the report they viii make to the conven-
tson.
The legislature shall provide BY law for
an annual tax sufficient TO defray esei-
mated ordinary expenses Of the state for
each fi>tai year, not 10 exceed in any one
year mills on the dollar OF the assessed
valuation of AL taxable property In the
stale, ~ be aSeertainea 10y the last
assessment made for state and county pur.
poses, and ioF the purpose OF paying the
state debt, II there he any 10 pay. the an.
naal interest ard principal " sueh debt
within twenty years from the final passage
of The law creating the debt.
section =. The legislature shall provide
by law uniform and equal rate of assess
ment and taxation on al property in the
state according to is value in money. and
shall prescribe such regulations by gen.
ersl isw as shall secure A just valuation for
the taxation ef all property, so that
every person ami corporation shall psy
taxes Ia proportion 10 the value of his, her
ar its property; aud the legislature shall
provide by general law for the assessing
and leyying of taxes on all corporation
property ss nearly as may be by the same
methods as are prov iied for the assessing
and levying OF the taxes of individual
properly. At toiay's session of
the committee the question oi
the exemption oi church indebtedness
from taxation WIS dis assei a. soDe
-. A. a
the doctrine that churches shsuld be sub
ieet TO taxation exactly the same
a. other properly, ON the ground
that any provision others isc does
not seraratc entirely the church and state.
4 decision was parsed for TIE present, and
then The taxation OF institutions main
tanned for purely charitable purposes
Goldman again objected 60 the exemp-
ton Of such itstitations from
principle, ard rot. thcy said. because they
were not in sympathy with the purposes oi
such institutions. pom vote IL was de
eided 10 recommend an exemption clause
by vote ol 10 , An adjournment was
then taken.
COMPLETE CHAIN oY SCHOOLS.
The committee on education was In
session today, and adopted i've sections OF
The proposed article embosying the sug-
eeSfious submitted last week by the state
board OF edueaiion published al
the time ia the Posi- iSTgLLIGES.
CIR. The article makes provision
for complete system of schools from the
primary to ite state university. sectsriafi
schools and the conversion OF 81 hool funds
to seetarisn uses are especially guarded
against The funds ~ maintain
schools shall be eeriyed from school
lands and future lsnd grants which are
uot for specific purposes, the estates oi
a M al rtsfsT
lion II Is probable that the committee
viii recomnscud that the state school
board CONSIST OF three persons. the state
superintendent and TIVE Others.
RIGHTS esp RIPARIAN OWNERS
Atfhe session OF the Sosn ,ajiiee oa rub
lie lands this afternoon J. T. Gale. az s-e
attic. appeared in hehaif OF the riparian
ewuefs q land siong Pnge! soapd .iid
lie advanced the ifopest ttioti
ghst by a cosafncu iaad doctrine
al owners eg land shntt4ag on high wafes
marx are emitted - free access fgusa that
line to dcfp " ster, aud that when the state
secnres tltla "a those tide lands and al
iculEis 10 deprive riparian ovners
of this right they vii b. emitted - dam
ages Mr. Gale canrended that srbitfsTy
acpsiyation Of the righi would re anCpn
stitaijanal fasfge Bush, Of seattle,
held the same views a. Nj
Gsle. 4. " smith and George
Is JONES, IL Ftsrt llH iss+ ists4 aFErI upon
the rsiafastfee the equities that builders ol
w harves on the tide lands uf Puget sound
we're enSis esi ia n1lsfsr 81 Eet 0f toe lsgts
lsiare. They elaimes. that these person.
wees eutitlef - tuy ihe land ~ = maninsl
price.
A cEssspS - THE @pvEKSNESF
The committee on federal relations ts'iay
ssavisaesi u rspssrt isvarabig gPen the rrogso-
sstsan of ISenssnsas Runrse That isse state
ssssg 20 tho government is jurisdiction
over fae tnliaEary RESERVES ef Washington,
sxceTt ia ease ef tAe se5Fgce 81 cieiI
ssEsa-sSss
SoIgs
@amv 80 the delegates have ressss -
asmphlais on prohibition sfoEa Mrs. u
sasafsssr. ysss s8sst ut os . West a sSsiagiea
~ &. + T. Thc infid headlines "a
The alsegtasnt sxrsA n - ce1fe as
y atsg cstian ~ Pf b,h3s3sa AZ kAasss
sc F,ys2fa fIs,5est -ggC9asx e4 toe - AHft
~4sssssl >sasss. kxasas sud sa@a ''-txfs
sfx TpsssFmeaSGfs of the ss0gvfuf5T aaa
gsstess<. Raz.kers ssa3 tfass8<sz 2en Il
creased Prosperity, - eFssssa8 Grsm8asl
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