The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-08
TAXATION OF LAND
The Article Passed by the
Convention.
THE HEsRT GEORGE IDEA
4 Frepeaisiea - Taz BssA KqsaiI,
Voted Dcu.-Kxsspsisn of
cAareA Property.

0LyHsfAs Aaz- -.-The article on revsrrs
apd saxzsson ran the gsuasEet selsy and
saEsrs q . xrea. many severe bsows. The
sirss section was badly wusfAssd. IL.
fsaTsh entirely changed ard TIE cf,h
eighth and fhiss=enfh altogether af.0lfshed
Two minority reports hsI been xnsmits<.s.
one By God man and suxxdosf aad the
other by Berry. The former took exseD-
fion particularly fo the provisiau that The
state shall nsyef levy ~ one tine q greater
tar than 3 mills on she dollar f,e gesteral
purposes ant siso feausd property sssz,
vas taSsbse- Thea Is was Recommended
that cultivated ard aneulsisasess
land similarly situated be equally taxed
aud that 30 exception be made In favor n
ehnsch property. Afsrf OF the minerity
recommendation was engrafssss npon the
nrss section al the mssority ~esion. the
definition of tsxanle property being
stricken from the one and the limit from
the other. long debate over the iand prob
iefn s;sstlet and Il Gnatly ended In the
matter being left as IL MAS af 6rss. no PRO-
yisssr besur made for the assessment OF
tlssfe1 aud auCuisiyated land. Sections
=, ana - were abolished because they
were Legislative.
80 ACTION os cEr1Ga PROPERTY.
The great diseussfon OF the day was
awakened over the proposition 81 comegys
so lsfait amount OF non ASS ssslie chavh
property 20 sl.oCo- This lei ,sxrcve Ca
declare ir feryid tones that an ATTEMPT 10
Tax aay purely ehnreh property woalsi be
aetGsfea oEiy by bizosry. and GosmAn.
sho. by the way, Il cosgrovess law part
ner. msse equally as vigorous a speech
against . measure which he declared was
tepdesey toward the mnisn Of
sharfh and state crowisy said that
to this discrimination than were
benevolent organizations. conegys,
answering tie arguments that churches
were great moral agents and the balance
wheel OF government. wanted to
~, no~ e.,r,sd Msy me s,,,,. principle was
churches subsidized by the state. Grifsitrs.
Dyer. Buchanan. Weir aud Others p,sced
themselves firmly on the ground OF no tax
alton and stiles read petition against
exemption from nearly 2t9 business aud
professional men OF Tacoma. headed,
ne declared, by as able, In
clersyman a. he had ever met He re-
fvrred TO W Il. Copeland OF the Unitarian
church. Hoyt attempted TO strike d happy
medium. aud he moved 10 raise the limit
10 s., 900. This lacked two votes Of carry
ing. the division being - 10 80 Comegys
proposition was killed By sn overwhcsm
ing viva yoce vote.
THE CLAUSE ABOLISHED
The committee. 10 should be stated, had
en1eayored 20 cosige their responsibility
by J. sying the whole question TO the legIs-
istnre, anu this Was tue reason ~ the sec
tion upon which the amendments were
usnt IL b. made. After All ih. tslk had
been exhausted aud IL Was about settled
and the conYentson bad Eassesi Ia The con-
s!desatIou OF another part of the same
clause, orifsiits moved TO strike ont the
" hoe exemption provision, and his mo-
tlon seat through with very little cpposi-
tion. All ehdsasors to restore the Clause
In the convention were fruitless. and SD
the constitution will be silenf on the sub
lcct of taxation of church and kindred
20 pass what laws il pleases.
PROPERTY THAT Is ExEMrT.
TIE report sf the committee on home
stead and properly exemption was:
ARTICLE
''sEeTioS l. The legislature shall BRO
tect by iaw from forced sale = certain por-
Ton CT The homestead aud o.h.r prop srty
of all heads OF families
eIrlEs TO CONTROL WATER FgoSTs.
B 4 one committee meeting GAS held to-
night. II Was the committee on harbors.
tidc wafer and nasigaole streams. IL was
decided 10 tecomneRd tGat the control of
the " aieE frunts be vested by the state ia
the various clriss. The srtscle has not
been drawn up yet, nor has the exact
declaration oi powers with which cities
are to te vested bsen made. The COM
iaitree will meet tomorrow nisht. snd
viii then formulate its article.
QUESTION That WILL NOT DOWN.
TIE ghost of the waiia wsi.a subsidy
scheme sii | va Ks aud II will haunt the
even more before adjourn
mcnf. IL IS now learned that an attempt
viii be made Io incorporate the provision
IN the schedule giving the counties of
wslla Maila, Columbia, klickitst and
y akima power 10 vote uponsthe question of
subsidies The same conditions Will be
I'M posed as In the former proposition.