The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-26

eco Of Walia Walls, essSirn 81 81 tkse een-
raitf1< ca g45Asse neyn1s. Eom. Thasnps0n
81 Wesis WsgIa. IL really shzn fsli0N.
wei nask. = ~ hsgsiy eozaigai disposition,
and friend "a nj The boTs. 7ke s&fcasFn
e. hss s<ssezkon hsSnss sfruek kim ret and
he 4 solemnls trying 10 and . ssfation 20
tie vsxed pvDhsena about designation 81 >
shspt.sn, soIsnniy reserssd 70 today.
Hnn6ngton made puhlIe ehasgs In tbs
aonss seainss tns psorle 81 DiyDpsa of
exorkksenes o. rates q roona rent. and he
wanted tie Legislature 70 E.keee Itself On
record aeafnss sn<h nni1irness. The other
members did not fhEnk the charges unEsuaa
under the eircurnsfAncss. snd besides. they
dtdns think they we're called npon
20 take seton az . Legislature.
Some indigestion IL expressed By citizens
here ovsF ne matter. Thsy soy thsT hare
dgrs everything passthis 70 sceommodafe
tie sezisixturs, and they cant bslp = =
rates sre high. This - doubtless TIE truth
Mr.. Tor. ths snrcEting clerk who made
goose 81 himseA - esttfng erunk LAST
week. via be ksnrd 81 no more after %
morrow. Re wisl then either resign or Be
dismissed, ca m0fson Of Foster chairman
of The snroiIlng committee
The board Of regents Of the TERRITORIAL
university beId nssttng hsre tas other
day and dseldsd 10 memo sslizs the legs
lsfure 70 locate tire State University ~
Seattle. and also 70 allow the present site
10 b. cold and rev location 70 be pns-
chased somewhere ae3T the city. IL ishara
e, cDnisctnss iaxt shat course The lsgssla-
tglrs vii parsns toxesd the State Lnivsr-
atty. but some sort o. appropriation
for its fnaintenance vii no eoast
be nssde. Governor Ferry made
. strong appeal 4or the institaticn
III bis message. and Hsrrin Of Lewis, one
of tie repeats. viii endsavor 20 arouse the
legislature to . sense Of its duty for tlls
support Of TEE highest Institution of learn
fne ia tse state II the King county dele
gnti0n in ths constitutional convention had
been fully alive 70 the Interests Of Seattle.
Il might hare secured for that city the
Foundation Of great educational institu-
ZION. Landslsy OF Clarke introduced . sec
ton 70 the educational article, providing
for the estahlishn.ens q . unI-
versity com bieing literary, agri-
euisural. scientific and technical
branches. ard. Ia faet, eeniersng IN one IN
Normal. This combination has made Ana
Artsor one Of the most famous schools IN
the verdi. aud seattle might in time hare
keegme . seat o. leaFniag barely leEs wide
Iy knoNn than Ann ArDor. But through
the spatby Of friends OF The
university the measure Was al
lowed TO be ceiesssd almost
without protest and without attempt 70
secure &c passage. and now the state
university can never be university except
ia name. bot oniy 3 college. inaSEnuch as
IT, eo-ofssssaats branches viii now uncoubt-
eddy be scattered to varioes towns through
out the state. Whitman county Il already
after tbs agricultural college. and urgent
claims win - put ia for the remainder u
tie schools % other ssseek.
The easiest way to provide for support Of
the university would b. 70 impose an an
naal state tsx Of. say. ons-tenta Of mill.
Oregon found this the best method. and
the innofne derived il sufficient 20 make its
state school one Of tbs best IN The North
west. One-fsnsh OF . mill tax In Washing
ton would rive the university an income Of
ahout so. 0te per annnm for pfesent--nos
more than enough fer its needs
The constitution makes imperative the
establishment ef . soldiers home. and the
hekest siIi probably be compiled with early
IN fAa sesxion. Every Grand Army post
IN the state vii vent The home iocated ia
ia si<insty. bat Is IL doubtful Il 80 pless-
ant and E4iubgi0ns q location ear BE found
anywhere Is near tie lakes a seattle. IL
proper effort 9ers made the home could be
secured there.
The cities of the Sound are deeply con-
eernsd In the appointment Of the proposed
harhoS commission. whose duty II shall be
70 iessfe aud establish The harboF lines OF
ali harbors In front Of incorporated cities or
fowns. A Law 20 be devised complying
with terms Of this constitutional provision
must of course be general in its
nasnrs; but Seattle viii be more
nearly affected than any other city.
and ths King county delegation viii there
fore look with special care afier the enact
ment II . law thar shall allow the sanstrue-
ton Of whaFses on the water front on an
saaifAhle basis. and plan all on an equal
footing. Charges may he regulated BY a
uniform Law OF The power OF such reguia-
ton may be delegated 10 cities, bus the
state must Always eoatsel tee area between
hAFiof ine and tine Of or1ffArk hi "a tide.
seattle Il particularly interested also in
the En- aetment OF q saw regulating incor-
poTatsnn Of cities 81 over - GOO inhabitants.
Fly the terms 81 the constitution nj such
cities have the power 20 frame their own
charters and 10 extend the limits AZ the
pleasure Of the inhabitants ii the bound.
ari<s * Seattle are Ia be extended and It's
growing snherhs absorbed. ID Is time % pre-
pare te frame aasw charter 81 once. Indeed,
= charter can .now he prepared ready 10
- submitted 10 the people immediately
npen passage 81 The law; for The constisu-
ton presesthes The exacs manner Ia which
such charters shall be devised and sub
snitted and the legislature can make no
alteration that can smAsrsA@ or interfere
with preparations made a present
The House u likely 60 become enw7rs9
in . wrangie 0vxs the question es the
spesksrs salary. There ara }ust seventy
astate Interpreters % the constitutional
law in TIE House. and each has his ewn ia.
ssyisnAi construction Of section =. article
:, ct sh9 constitution, whsch declares:
Tue texislasare sAan never grant say extra
ssain F~nsssiea 81 any naslse Uness, axaat. seF
vsat ~ eeakFsasax. afses sgTsers shasl have heea
ssaassed. 81 esasgsct suasrea into, aes shall tie
sstsspea&ssso@ 81 ans pRhsir assSvF BE laxrxMsaa
"a stlsaselsAea ..arsax as ssrg 81 Seaee-
II il claimed the othes IA nd. shas
che speaker + . pahi4e osssexg. and that this
rfavsssen very clearly denies him any
eoEeT~asaioa aeycna bis Pay a. anenher.
bat "a ths ether hauA IL Is ArEueA very lr.