, 1889-11-14
A DETAILED REPORT.
What Was Done in Both Houses o
tho Legis1ature.

tno IAo4nsiNtures
OLYMPIA, WASH, Nov. 1.-THE senate
was called to order promptly at 1
o'clock.
Senator Fairweather, chairman of the
committee on organization, reported
that the committee recommended that
the senate employ one chief secretary
vt SO per day, one assistant secretary at
80 per day, one journal clerk at IS per
day, one .ensrossing clerk at IS per day,
one enrolling clerk vt IS per day, one
sergeant-at-arrns at 20 per day, one as
sistant scrgcant.at-arms at IS per day,
one messenger at So per day, one porter
NJ 81 90 per day, two pages at 81 so per
day, one warchman at S2 so per day
md six committee clerks at $5 per day.
The committee further recommended
that II president pro TEN. be elected, and
also messenger to act as postmaster.
On the question of chaplain the commit
tee could not agree and respectfully sub.
mittcd the matter to the senate as a
com mittec of the whole.
Owings suggested that the enrolling
and engrossinG clerks be left out of the
report and those clerks selected with re-
gard to their fitness. There had been
some miserable work in that line by
clerks under the territorial council, and
the senate owed IL to itself and to the
people to get proper persons to do this
work.
Senator Parkinson was in hearty
sympathy with the suggestion. He
suggested that mono but male clerks be
employed in such positions.
Before the report was disposed of the
secretary's salary WAS raised to IS per
day, that of the wstchman to 50 so, and
the committees were authorized to hire
their own clerks.
Cushing's Manual was voted 10 be the
official guide of tho senate.
A far n recess of fiftpeu min nufoa the
senate began electing Its clerks. Austin,
Parkinson, Wilson and Wooding were
appointed q committee to select enroll.
ing and engrossing clerks.
G. NJ. Barton of Tacoma was unani-
mously elected secretary, and j. w. Ro-
Eain Of Okanogan assistant secretary.
Other officers elected were
Journal clerk-M. Il. Crawford.
superintendent A. Clark of Spo-
kane Falls.
Assistant ergeant-at-arms--Jo ohm Con.
ma Of Tacoma.
Messenger Cowles of Olympia.
Porter--J. w. Orr Of Seattle.
Copying clerks Miss Fannie Troupe
Of Vancouver, and Miss Adela Gage Of
pagos-Willism Lynch, William Hag-
ermen and G. D. Recs.
INSTRUMENTATION Burlingame.
For president pro tem-Parkinson of
w n8tCOIu WAS IlOtIllIldLBu DY hlnneur.
and Long of Lewis by Owings. Parkin-
son received II votes and Long 10. Park
inson's election was made Unanimous.
He IN ade brief speech thanking the
senate for the honor.
HOUSE.
Speaker Feighan spent ten minutes
looking tor q clergyman TO open the pro-
ceedings Of the house with prayer but
vyas unnble m find nna
A tall, gray whiskered man, who wns
standing outside Of the railing was asked
by the speaker If he was preacher Of
tho gospel
II beg pardon, l am not, sir" He
retired amid laughter.
After tho minutes had been approved,
the committee on permanent UIganza-
tion reported that i'll addition TO the
officers already elected. the following
officers were needed to com mplete the or.
ganization OF the house:
Secretary to speaker to bc selected by
him; assistant scrgeant-at-arms; as
sistgnt to chief clerk; enrolling and en-
crossing clerks, with assistants for each
journal CLERK; doorEeeper and an as.
sistant. who shall be janitor; messenger
und an assistant, und three pages.
In regard to the selection Of Il chaplain,
the committee called tho attention of the
house to Section II Of Article 1 of the
constitution, which says: mo public
money or property shall be appropriated
Tor or applied to any religious worship,
exercise or instruction, or to the support
Of any religious establishment"
I'VE have no further business on
schedule. What is the pleasure of the
houscY" said the speaker, when the rc.
port of the committee had bccn filed.
pickrcirs motion to complete tho
organization Of the house was voted
down.
kuhn's motion to take the report of
the committee on permanent organiza.
which the house voted down Kuhn's
motion 10 strike cut assistant sergeant-at.
arms and assistant onrolling clerk, and
proceeded to tho election ofthc officers
named.
Robert Ehman Of Seattle, having no