Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-16
OUR LAW TRAINERS.
SATURDAY, Aug. 10, 1889. , p. NJ.

ton the third section OF the article o
Education and Educational lnst.tl
tons and some amendments WEI
made
Section l. All schools maintaine
or supported wholly or in part by tn
public funds shall he forever free fror
sectarian control or influence"
Section ). All losses to the perms
nent common school or any State, co
lege or university fund, which sha,
have been caused by deialcation, mi,
management OF fraud OF the agents Q
officers controlling or managing tn
same, shall be audited by the prope
authorities OF the state, and tn
amount he permanent debt agains
the State in favor of the particula
fund sustaining such loss, upon whicl
not less than six per cent. annual in
tcrest shall he paid.
The rules were suspended, the arti
Gle was considered engrossed, passe'
to it's third reading and it was put OF
its final passage. The article wa
adopted, J3 ayes, , noes, and 1t was re
ferred to Committee on Revision.
The Convention then proceeded t
consider the article reported by tn
Committee on Federal Relations, beinl
ARTICLE -.
Compact with the United States
The following article shall be irrevo
cable without the consent OF the
United States and the people OF thi
State:
First, That perfect liberation of re
ligious sentiment shall he secured ant
that no inhabitant of this State shall
ever be molested in person or prop
erty on account of his or her mode o
religious worship.
Second, That the people inhabitinl
this State do agree and declare tina
they forever disclaim all right ant
title to the unappropriated public
lands lying within the boundaries o
this State, and to all lands lying with
in said limits owned or held by any
Indian or Indian tribes; and that un
til the title thereto shall have beer
extinguished by the United States, tht
same shall be and remain subject t(
the disposition Of the United States
and said Indian lands shall remain
under the absolute jurisdiction and
control of the Congress of the United
States and that the lands belonging
to the citizens of the United States
residing without the limits of this
State shall never be taxed at higher
rate than the lands belonging to resi-
dents thereof; and that no taxes shall
be imposed by the State on lands OF
property therein belonging to or which
may be hereafter purchased by the
United States or reserved for its use.
Prorided, That nothing in this arti
Gle shall preclude the State from tax
ing, as other lands are taxed, any lands
owned or held by any Indian who has
severed his tribal relations, and has
obtained from the United States, OF
from any person, title thereto bypat
ent or other grant, save and except
such lands as have been or may bt
granted to any Indian or Indians un
der any Act of Congress, containing q
provision exempting the lands thus
granted from taxation, which exemp
ton shall continue so long and to such
extent as such Act of Congress may
prescribe.
That provision shall be made for the
establishment of systems OF public
schools, which shall be open to al
the children of this State. and free
from sectarian control.
The debts and liabilities of the Ter
ritory of Washington, and payment o.
the same, are hereby assumed by This
State.
The rules being suspended, the arti
Gle was adopted unanimously, and re-
ferred to Committee on Revision.
The report of the Committee or
Federal Relations and Boundaries, be
ing an article on the boundaries of the
State of Washington, was taken up
and after some consideration it was re
committed to the committee from
which it came.
The temper Of the Convention was
adverse to doing any further business
and although some wanted to remain
in session longer, nothing but dilatory
motions were made, until finally an
adjournment was made to Monday,
August IL, at SAN.
MONDAY, Aug. IL, 1889, ga M.
The Convention met, the President
in the chair.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
After reading the minutes the Con-
vention resolved itself into Commit
tee of the Whole, the President in the
chair, to consider the article on " Elec-
tons and Elective Rights" and the
whole article was read and then con-
sidered by sections.
Upon taking up section one. which
is as follows, viz:
Section l. All male persons of twen-
ty-one years or over possessing the fol-
lowing qualifications shall be entitled
to vote at all elections: They shall be
citizens of the United States, procided,
that Indians not taxed shall never be
allowed the elective franchise: Pro-
rided further, that all male persons
who at the time of the adoption of
this Constitution are qualified electors
of the Territory shall be electors. They
shall have lived in the State one year,
and in the county ninety days, and in
the city, town or precinct thirty days
Immediately preceding the election at
which they offer to vote.
Mr.. Eldridge moved to strike the
word male from the first, section, and
made a lengthy and able speech in
support of his motion and cited the
Declaration of Independence and
called the attention oil members to
their oath to frame a Constitution in
accordance with said declaration, and
that said all men, which includes We
men, have an inalienable right to life,
liberty and pursuit of happiness, and
that governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned. He also called attention to
the fact that the legislature passed an
act granting the suffrage to women
which was reaffirmed and re-enacted
by subsequent legislative assembly
and he also quoted the platform of the
Republican and Democratic parties
which committed them unreservedly to
woman suffrage. He also read from
the decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States which maintained
that the organic act of Utah conferred
the power ON the legislature to grant
female suffrage. His speech was both
eloquent and exhaustive, and he
showed that it was just, wise and ex-
pedient to strike the word male from
the article and thus put women on q
level and equality with men and Sc