, 1889-08-01

was called to order and by the time the
roll was finished the number had risen
TO thirty. No quorum.
Mr.. Bowsn moved q call of the house,
and the clerk went through the roll
again with forty absentees. The names
of the absentees were called and the
ordered TO bar the
doors of the house and not allow mem.
bers to come In without q proper ex-
cuse.
Mr. Power appeared In the doorway,
and disregarding the suggestion of the
sergeant-at-arms, went to his seat. The
president said he would not be allowed
to take his seat without proper ex-
cuse. Mr. Power rose to q question of
privilege, saying he did not believe
such course was provided for by any
rule of the convention. The president
differed with him and the sergeant-at-
arms invited Mr., Power to step outside.
The president said Mr.. Power could pre-
sent his excuse from his seat
Mr.. Power said he was ten minutes
late and that was all there was about 1t.
The President-Shall the gentleman
be excused2
He was excused.
Mr.. Turner moved q recess. Declared
out of order, no quorum being present.
Mr.. Moore moved that the sergeant
alarms take in charge all the members
as as they appeared ana g bring them to the
Mr.. Stiles thought he ought to be
granted assistance.
Mr.. Power moved that the sergeant
alarms go after the members and arrest
them wherever found.
Mr.. Stiles said the sergeant alarms
was only one, and IL sent out, who would
take care of the membersp
MIR. Turner said that after the extreme
leniency shown to Mr.. Power, that was a
very belligerent motion.
The motion fuiled. The sergeant-at-
arms here appeared at the bar with Mr..
Gritfitts in charge.
The Chair-What has the gentlenl an
to say in excuse for his absence at roll
call. The gentleman Is in technical ar
rest until his excuse is accepted by the
house.
Mr. Griffitts-Then l move that the
arrest be discharged.
Mr.. Crowley moved that the gentle
man DO discharged upon payment of the
she riffs fees.
Mr. Griffitts--I'll agree to that.
Mr. Griffitts was excused by vote with
out further debate.
Mr. Convey was produced by the SER
geant.
The chair-What has the hegentleman
to say3
Mr.. Gowey-Ive been along with the
gentleman. from Spokane (Gritiitts),
Laughter.
He was excused.
Mr. Prosser appeared, and said he had
cuse said the convention. Mr.. Schooley
made the same excuse, and was excused.
Mr. Berry was asked what he had to say,
and said Nothing" He was allowed to
take his seat on that excuse amid con-
siderable merriment.
Mr.. Convey moved to dispense with
further proceedings under the call.
Lost.
Mr Travis and Mr.. Mcdonald said
said Ditto" and the president said
Ditto" the briefest proceedings on
record. Messrs. Burk and Dickey both
said "Cox," and were excused.
Mr.. Tibbetts moved that further pro.
ceedings the call be dispensed with.
Carried, and bunch of prisoners were
thus let loose from the sergeant-at-ar arms,
and took their seats.
The president submitted a telegram
from s. A. Wheelwright's secretary, in
behalf of the Tacoma chamber of COM
merce, endorsing, with certain excep-
tions, the memorial of the Olympia
chamber of commerce on the subject of
corporations. Referred to the corpora.
tions committee.
Mr.. Convey asked by what authority u
roll was called at the opening of a ses-
sion after recess.
The chair SAID II was the only way
whereby the chair could be officially ad-
vised that quorum was present.
Mr.. Durie gave notice that he should
tomorrow move TO amend the rules by
putting
4 FIVE MrNurEs' LIMITATION
on speeches unless a longer time was
granted by two-thirds vote.
Mr.. Turner gave notice that tomorrow
he should offer an amendment to the
rules changing the hour of meeting from
8 to $3.50 in the morning.
On motion of Mr. Moore the conven-
tion went into committee of the whole
to further consider the report on the ex-
ecutive department.
4. NJ Reed resumed the chair and
stated the pending question TO be on the
proposed amendment allowing ma
jority in the legislature to override the
governors veto.
Mr.. Prossor made an able and detailed
argument in support of the continuance
of veto power with two-thirds vote
to override it in the scheme OF state
government.
Mr.. Buchanan occupied five or six
minutes in following out the same line
of argument.
Mr.. Kinnear suspected the convention
was addicted to
TOO LONG SPEECHES
where long speeches were unnecessary.
So he only spoke about two minutes in
support ofthe committees report with
out any amendment.
Mr.. Power was opposed to any sort OF
veto power but favored overriding veto
by mere majority in the legislature II
he couldn't get rid of it altogether
Mr.. Henry didn't go quite so. far, but
thought majority was enough to re-
quire If the governor showed good
reasons.
Mr.. Lillis took the same ground ex-
actly and thought such state of things
was safe enough government for us to
live under.
Mr.. Stiles instanced the insurance
trust of San Francisco as the worst one
on this coast. except the Standard Oil
Company. The people of California
claimed they had a right to form mutual
insurance companies to rid themselves
of this trust. More than two-thirds of
the legislature adopted the view, but the
and then 1t failed by one vote less than
two-thirds in the legislature and the
people will attend to the governor when
he reaches the end of his term But
now the whole people In this state as
well as in California are suffering from
this one mans use of the veto power.
Mr.. Sudksdorf favored abolishing the
veto power altogether and hoped some
gentleman would give him chance to
vote to strike out the whole section. He
spoke six minutes.
Mr.. Turner considered this one of the
fundamental principles of government,
and did not believe that the time was
lost in exchanging views upon ". When