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

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Parkinsons senate hin for the establish
nsent ot soldiers hozne Is IN compliance
with the Constitutional direction. II PRO-
vl1es for the appointment Of . commission
Of three % be appointed By the governor.
20 select . location.
Kinnearss bill against arned hoaies az
nen in the state l. aimed against isnporsa.
ton Of posses Ike the Pinksrsun detectives,
who have created such discomfort and
made 80 much trouble ia many "a the
Eastern states. II IL made unlnwfni FOR
any person. corporation Or association of
persons or agents TO organize. maintain or
employ an arEned body Of men In this
state for any rnrpeSa whatever, under pen.
atty of being deemed guilty of = criminal
conspiracy. Provision is msSie for the ina-
position Of sne OF NOS less than 81. 60 nor
lssere than $500 for violation af the provis-
ions OF the law
kinnear's bill regulating voting introduces
what is known aS the Australian system
OF voting. It is provided, in hriek that all
ballots shall BE printed and distributed at
public expsnse. and in great detail the bin
makes provision for nomination ct eanda-
dates. how their certificates Of nomination
shall be filed and puhlished. how the bal-
lots shall be printed by county clerks. with
the names Of candidates OF the duly re-
cognizea parties. and in fact covers thor
onghly the familiar system OF voting. The
bill takes np nineteen pages Of typewriter
manuscript and has thirsy-six esctions aad
Is IN ali respects similar 70 that recently
vetoed by Governor HfIl in New York
The Senate bfll 20 locate the State Nor
NAL school At Ellenshnrg. provides that
two-tenths of . nail tar shall he levied dur
ing fSSo-i for the hEilding fund. The sup
erintendent Of public instruction and tAree
others, 20 he appointed BY the governor.
shall be The board Of trustees The loca-
ton Is in Ellensburg on condition that the
city donate certain grounds Tor the site.
Lieutenant-G Governor. Laughton's appoint
ment OF Senate committees made today is
meeting with the universal disaafi1fzction
Of all who were FIRST opposed TO leaving the
appointive power in his hands, and ol
others who did not get the chairmanships
they think they had reasons % expecE, and
in consequence charges Of discrimination
aud bias are made against the lieutenant
eoyernes openly and without hesitation.
The presidnnt narrowly escaped having
the right Of selection taken out of his
hands, and Il i claimed he has not failet
TO reward richly and eonspicuously these
fntimates who stood in the breach and de-
Tended his alleged prerog atiye.
The circumstances leading 10 the present.
state az affairs il about as follows: Just
before the orsianixation Of the legislature
Sn informal caucus Of Republicans was
held, and it was there proposed that Lieu-
tenanf-ssovernor Laughtnu be ASKED 20
preside over the Senate until the stais was
admitted ahd the legislature became hodF
with legal standing and authority. This
was agreed 20 out OF q feeling 0f courtesy
70 the lieutenant governor. and then II was
further proposed by Parkinson of What
com, to place che selection of the commit
tees In the hands Of the iieutsnant eoger-
nor. There Was Some demurrni "a this
premature prcposition. bus if was auisted
and the proposal passiseiy endorsed.
When the Senate wms of3nnlxz,d. F1fkfnsom
OF Whnfc0fn. now web understood 20 hs an
active fiicnd and hacker Of f.sugkton, ran for
president pro tem., and was elected hy one
majority, his nearly successful opponent
being Long of Lewis. who was not . candi-
date. and whose name was sprung ut the
last moment. If was notorious among the
senators that Parkinson was urging bis
own candidacy with diligence and without
delicacy, and he was very nearly defcased
on that account Then, when the rules
came up to he adopted. the discomfort at
the permission given 20 the president 20
nominate the committees, which had been
siumbering since the caucus. again burst
forth. and Rineharf and Laaghton made
up their minds TO take the power out Of
hts hands, bat when they called upon their
friends 10 stand by them they fonnd tbsy
we're alone. for the lieutenant governor.
who, despite bis great snavity Of
manner and innocence Of appearance. hai
all along been aware OF the opposition
against the power be SO dearly coveted, had
egfectuaiiy spiked their guns. He bad Ia
terviewed personally and Otherwise. every
senator he thought likely to oppose his
wishes, and he silencsd opposition by the
tempting bait of desirable ehasFmansh1ps
when he appointed the committees. When
their vanity 50 nearly concerned, the sen-
stors could not ind il IN their
hearts TO deprive Langhton Of tha
right 10 appoint, and they didnt, 70
Houghton and Rinehart. finding them
selves alone. reluctantly surrendered
and the hensengnt governor named she
committees, inasmuch as there were thirty
six or more 20 be made up osif Of thirty
i've senator's. II WAS very easy Cor him to
fnlfiIl the promises made % the suscepts-
be senators. II il due % many Of them 70
say. howeyer. that they declined 70 inter-
sere with che appointment os the commit
tees. because they hNd been m the eanens
that allowed PArkinsona melton 20 pass
One Of these latter vas Ksunear Of King.
Bat this is not all. The names ol many
known friends Of corporations appear nn-
sunrously and conspienouziy upon the com
snftfees that hare tie interests Of corpora-
sions in their haneis. and sre ia iaet the
greatest eanss OF the dissatisfaction s9
widely felt aud sEnphaticaiiy expressed.
All else Hight be eoado1ed u we're not
for this. Cor. IAughton manipulated the
senators wifh the bnesse Of . trained poli-
tician, bot be did ngs make bis appoint
ments with the fairness they ~xpecled. ana
shsy viii make Il decidedly unpleasant foz
him hereafter.
The house sy.ent l&Fgs part Of the dny
in discussing TElep Of procedure IbeY
wsre fsnalgy adopted xishoak much altesa-
t3sa together with rules fer the government
Of suhqrdinats cfEiceTs. But the anfuns Of
she eouplieassen b~twesu the 6snass ard
house arose cver the joint rniem. II was
svsr trivial matteg nos worth he bother q
A g0nx and heated diseusesan. aaeh iess
the appointment 0f commissioners uf con-
serence BY beth bodiss. The senate bad