Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-14
Legislative Gossip.

two OF whom snail De TesllIeACo Vi O-o
same county. 1t is said that this bill
has the support OF the majority OF the
senate and also the house, but as the
commission is to meet at Waitsburg 1t
would seem that it was not intended to
be in the interests of Whitman. The
representatives from this county are too
Jealous Of each other to accomplish much
for the county at large, and we need not
be much surprised if Whitman will ''get
lin the soup" as usual.
It has been the practice of county and
state officials to deposit the funds of
their Office in banks and draw interest
thereon, which they Of course approprl-
ated to their own "behoof and benefit"
To prevent this pernicious habit bill
has passed the senate and should become
a law.
Senator Fariss introduced a resolution
that committee be appointed to ascer-
tain the needs of state officers in the way
of furniture and fixtures, and bill pro-
hibiting public officers investing public
funds for private purposes.
The report of the code commission has
been indefinitely postponed, and the
committee on the code wrote to W.
Laird Hill asking him how much it
would cost to compile an annotated code,
and asking him how long it would take
and tho probable costs. Mr.. Hill re-
piled that it would take year to com
pile it and the probable costs to the state
would be $4,000. He offered to DO the
work and supply the state with what it
required for $4,000, provided he was
given the exclusive privilege Of selling
to citizens the code for the next six
years.
A bill has passed the senate prohibit
ing the formation Of trusts or combina-
lions by corporations for the purpose OF
fixing the price or limiting the produc-
ton, or regulating the transportation OF
any product or commodity. Section Z
which reads as follows, caused consider
able contention: The provisions Of
this act shall not apply to agricultural
products or live stock while IN the hands
of the producer or raiser, nor to the ser
vices of laborers or artisans who are
formed into societies or organizations fol
the benefit and protection of their mem
) bers." But this section was finally re
tanned Senators Fariss, Lawrence anC
IWhalley voted for the bill.
Thompson, of Walla Walla, intro
duced. in the senate, a memorial to Con
gress asking that the lands withheld,
from settlement since August 1870, 70
the benefit of the n. P. railway, b
. granted to the state.
The house refused to adopt the advers
report of the committee on the bill reg
+ ulating the exchange of -four for whea
by grist mills.
Ostrander introduced a bill giving TIL
owners of studs lien on the otfsprln
u by fling the proper affidavit with th
auditor. He also introduced bill pre-
viding for penalty for false represents
lions as to the pedigree of any animi
kept for breeding purposes.
The house are homo protectionists b
a vote OF 43 to 81. They favored til
printing of the supreme court report
by printers of the state of Washington
A bill has been introduced in til
house appropriating $4,000 for four al
). tesian wells in Yakima county. The tel
ritorial legislature Of 1885 appropriate
$500 for the same purpose withou
success.
The bill which passed the house pro
= hibiting the sale OF cigarettes or cigar
to persons under the age Of IS, is no
favored by the senate.
The most expeditions legislation don
SO far was the senate bill authoriz
ing supreme court judges to sol
emnize marriages. The bill BASED bot
houses with an emergency clause whicl
was claimed to be in the interest of Sen
ator Landsrs, who is about to be mar
ried and desires Judge Hoyt to perform
the ceremony. Tt only required two day
to put it through both houses.
a bill has been introduced in the sen
ate and one in the house providing for
uniform system Of education; it treats
of the disposal Of school lands. It fol
lows the Indiana law which is said to b,
the best in the United States. 1t is es
timated that in twenty years from nov
the schools Of the state will have 500,
OOG,O0O of fund derived from the sale
of lands, if these lands are properly
handled; at 6 per cent. interest this
would give yearly income of $4,000
Whalley introduced a bill in the sen
ate providing for state printer to be
elected every four years. His duties
will be to do the printing of the state.
Herren, OF Lewis introduced bill foi
a university to be located at or near Sc
o++Ia IN he called sTba TTDiverc;tv "A