The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-02
DETAILED REPORT.
Article ON IndebtaGEess Further
Coas1dered


Considered.
OLYMPIA. iNg. f-t,owsy was the
only member absent this morning.
aud he had leave. Prayer was offered
| by Rev. J. X. Thompson snd the min
utes were read and approved.
A communication was read FROM
Rev George 4. Tewkshury. OF Seattle,
calling attention 10 the fact that the
national monument to the Pilgrim
was 10 be oesiica'ed at Plymouth to-
day. August 1. 1889, with Masonic
| fhorized To send congrasglatory teis-
! gram.
The report of the committee ofi
water anu water rights was read, asd
ordered printed.
The report of the committee on
state, school and granted lands " as
read and ordered printed.
Over gave notice OF motion TO
strike out rule 6, and substitute rule
by which no member shall be allowed
70 speak more than oaace or more than
/ ten minutes GU sny question. except
] bx ccnsent; but the nipser Of me-
] tj1n may speak twice. bsIt not mere
lEan five ttllfsates yfa~ xc45sss fiasscsssss tfiassssst
oriered "a he over 0ne stAy.
IhH conyention vent INTO commit.
tee 81 the xholc ta c0ukinsse consider
atsogs uf The article on muaicirsi in-s
debseduess. 81
WRONG AND VICIOUS IN PsisryrLEs@
The first speaker was Buchanan.
He started out by declaring that a
principle was involved. The subsi-
dies was neither rlgat, just, nor con-
slitutional. lie admitted that Waiia
Walia had suffered from diScrimIna-
ton by the Oregon Railway & Nayi-
CATION, anu that people should have
their produce carried at the lowest
rates But there was legitimate and
an illegitimai- way OF doing it.
If he could get subsidy, any
Jake Sharp might come along with a
proposition TO build q cheese factory.
a disIiliery or a brewery. lie might
want to build peanut factory, and If
two-thirds of the taxpayers so decide
the county will lie bonded for that or
any other inflated scheme. This is
the logical conclusion according 10
the proposition. Yoa must do what
two-thirds of he people say"
To pat such "a provision in the con-
s,itu,ion would be to establish bad
precedent TO couutenance all evils
The remedy was in the establishment
of a railroad commission 10 regulate
traffic and fares. The speaker cited
Wasertown in Wisconsin as a place
that had suffered from the improvi-
dent substituting OF railroads.
CASE or COMMON NECESSITY.
Stnrdevant was willing to admit all
the facts about Missouri, Kansas and
Wisconsin brought out by the
speaker against the proposition. But
this, he said is where there was abso-
luteiy 10 restriction placed upon the
people. There was none OF these con-
stiiniions that contained such limit
and safeguard as provided in this
constitution. For that reason the
spea ker did not see why these facts
could be used as an argument against
this proposition. What are legisls-
tive purposes oi taxation p In the
first instance society vas organized
for The purpose of mutual protection.
Then there came other purposes and
other needs and regular system Of
taxation Vas resorted 10, Public ways,
! bridges. etc, became necessary aud
were provided for. Where there II
E SOnf ltADtt tiNttrNtAt AZ ~ tf%lAfft8tt IA
{ take il up bv public taxation. Because
other states have abused their subsidy
I right you want To prohibit us alto
sether. Seattle was burned down a
T little " hile ago. Why dent you pro-
I hibit iireg" Sturaevngt did not sup
port this section simply becaSse
: colnmb a county Was interested, but
( ne could look around him and see
/ how every other part % tue stale was
+ interested. We are serfs of the a.
I X. & y. Company. aad we want To
break our chains We are asking you
+ 10 give, tis the privilege which sober
candid and honest men woslld ask for
themselves.
THE PEorLE kgE THr ARHITERS.
prosscr desired To in,!orse tsse re-
nlsiks made by Messrs. Danbsr,
+ GROWER and Sturisvant. He called
attention To the position taken hy
opponents t. the measure. who. when
; i eni.ei their cunvsui-nce, declared
( ,,eopse were final sIbi,eFS os every
I lstestioIt. and sten IL Gidn'i, claimed
4 ti,. t-sopis couldn't be trusted lie
submitted that people we're entitled 70
10 ;has which would promote The GER
ergi welfare. II IL waS in voting s
2 tttESAtBl Nt Aft f~Asf NAtAtt AktH1 Ak&s
A CONCESSION OF WRONG.
tsonegxs sympathized Eilh the Isc9-
lie OF Walis Nsila. bat fe didu I
taink they we're sut.erieg 81 terribly
as had hesn pictured. The people Of
Wsila Walls mu-t skow tiFst that they
ars suppressed; second. that this pria-
eissal ! right They haTeB't sioHe
ether. They say thst I.-e} out VI
t~0 faxpayerx of the county want
this section adopted. Sos, Why don I
lais |. 100 simply subscribe toe money
and not undertake bard fight taF
this Questionable provision. 1ns
amount the other leo refuse TO $40
scribe would just shcat pay tor she
slgs.siau necessary uftseF the section.
This * 4 yioistic1 of iunss srse al
p~igeItze. The fact that sssey e4vs
ssa1 tie iso-t hifSis FesGrseisoa ia tas
EATON i stsef8 a concession thas j. i
wravx We mat ag-efsss<r 10 sasE =
es ssssr liberty thar IS ef1se3gtsiy n@e
e@ssry."
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. ana ss.ssssE. rssisse lie eaitx<i Alteration
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