The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-25

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the report.
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been eleesei on . parase agzsrats,ersl
platform. ard he wss sEs.x be lad acted in
Arcor1s1es With the wishes Of his sx,Dssss
gSflss hen re signed Il
5acAaEAEs, a. enc Of abe majority. SAID
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srtsese = Essrziesy as asly one GA the as.or.
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willing 10 sahEait sne article sspa-assly,
ens De cstl1s. want 70 step ASIDE ssd grsr,
TIE Eeisfioners what they sffdnr ask.
lAlIIs suyysorses: the majority report Hs
would be gilllBg hereafter 81 submit :
separate clarse. II would be an suizssfs~
70 rse cofnEnistce 10 saeps anything Suf The
majority report
MeKisoy endorsed the majority.
sES0 fH& Atk4& THING BACK
Warner moved to rseenTnit to tAe caiA-
tR1'tee Without instructions. The infen-
tlea was. however. fhss they might reeng.
slider tue reports and adopt the majority.
ard also rysom mef.d tAe Submission OF .
sesarsre ylank
tsrltlfEs sincerely hased Warmers motion
would not pass. He for one Was ready 90
ss'se on this question iscs. and as he uu-
isrstooi IL iae committee wished TO OBJ
sFf
whether or tos IL wished the clause places.
Ia the cons tuition.
4. II. sullivan was opposed N prohibit
ton. bat he thought Il might b. Submitted
70 the people.
TIE COMMITTEE Knows IT'S BUSINESS.
tomegys opposed the motion 10 recon
nit lf would be q virtual statement that
ties.
Browne thought IL evident that new facts
We're now before the committee and II v as
proper that The matter b. referred back
taAttney might ne-iases. igzte tAe whole
thing.
Was 10 sustain the dignity of the majority
OF the committee. He believed in re
ferias the matter back The present re-
port as simply doaging the issue The
committee could jast as well have denied
the request Of the petitioners. aud then
sadei that II was wiIliag 10 submit the
matter 10 the people.
IMPATIENT Fog ACTION.
At this iancture Question was louai,
eatls d.
Reed, AS member Of the committee.
want d II referred ba. K
t'rles of Question were again renewed
seurdeyaut thought the minority report
Irrelevant and injudlcions
Goldman urged action now. The conyen-
Il as TIA
had better do it fow. The tao reports
were Dot inconsistent, and both coGfd be
atopted WHY send them back to The COM
nittee to have Is DO cxscliy the same
thing over
DEBATE SHUT OFF, AND THE QUESTION Pur.
Moore moved the previous question I,
was 80 ordered
The motion TO recommit WAS thea pu,
and lost, ~ 10 70
The question was then on Sharpstein,s
amendment, that the majority report he
adopted. The melton Was carried aEi
then the original melton as amended was
adopted by heavy vote
Dickey moved that the minority report
also be adopted. kutd out of order
Reed moved tina. the recommendation of
The committee be adopted. Ruled out of
order
The president then submitted to the
house the question as to whether or not the
minority report be considered. 1t was lost
and therefore not considered.
THE next ARTICLE CALLED.
The president then called the regular
order. on county, city and township organ
lxstion. The convention resolved itself
into committee vi the whole, and Dunbar
Was called TO the chair. The article was
read g. a whole and then taken up section
by section. The first was.
'-seciion J. The several counties of the
territory of Washington existing AT the
adoption of this constitution ate hereby
recognized as legal subdivisions of this
state
Tue section wss adopted.
How COUNTY STATS NAY BE CHANGED.
The next section wss considered:
Sec. 2 No county seat shall be removed
unless a majority of the qualified electors
OF the county voting on the proposition, AT
general election, shall vote in iavor OF
shch removal, and a majority of all votes
cast on the proposition shall be required
20 relocate a county seat A pro position of
removal shall not be submitted In the
same county more than oBce in four years"
6iascock offered su amendment to sab
stltute ''two-thirds" instead OF ''one half -
Power, Moore, Warner, suies and Others
spoke on The amendment, and after q
lengthy debate IL was lost IS TO 80.
Warner moved thar the whole section be
stricken out, that tic matter might be left
TO the legislature: lost
Dyer moved that majority" be stricken
out and "three fiiths" inserted in its stead.
Amendment was lost S5 To 81
Weisenburser offered To amend that the
word four be stricken out OF the last
llue and ten inserted; lost.
The section WAS then adopted.
An OBJECTIONABLE SECTION.
Section 5 also awakened opposition.
section 3 No new county shall be es
taolished which shall reduce any county
To a population OF less than four Thousand
tso0a), nor sbaii new county Re formed
containing less population than two
thousand t2,tpl. There shall be no terri.
tnry stricken from any county uniess Q
msjosity of voters liying I'm s1ch territory
shall petition for surh division. Every
county which shsll be enlarged or
created from Territory taken from
any other county OF COUNT shall be
liable for last proportion of the existing
debts and liabilities OF the county or
counties from which such territory shall
be taken. prerided, that In such account
ing neither county shall be charged with
any debt or liability thea existing Incurred
ia the purchase of any property. or ia the
buildings then ia use or Hnder cousiruc-
ton which shall fall within and be re-
faiued by the either county. pr0rsded,
ffsghey, that this shall not be construed To
affect tae rights of creditors"
sEgIEs oF aagSDxESTs LOST.
sullivan, oi Pierce, offered an amend
ment 10 he added after the words Two
thousand "nos shall new county tie
created uaiess twe.thirds OF the electors
vote for such division AT an election pro-
yi,ssssl fof the purpose" lost.
~ohns moved 10 strike ont the word 'tcr-
ritory and insert the word county be
fore shall petition.
nurie offered an amendment that q spe~
cial or general election be required in each
county asking for aisision, 10 vote for that
purpose; lost.
Sslk sdoFf wanted to strike out the last
proyIso sdied 80 the section; lost.
Judge Turner moved that the words
there snail b no territory stricken from
any county uniess q majority of the voters
living 10 such terrific shall petition for
said division" be stricken out. The
sifn.sifi m. M aiteE aehafe. Vas lost