Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-16

any bill or measure pending before tn,
legislature, shall disclose the fact tC
the house of which he is a member
and shall not vote thereon.
Section "a provides that no law, ex
cept appropriation bills, shall take ef
feet until ninety days after the adj
jOurnment of the session at which il
was enacted.
Section 80 requires every bill shall
be signed by the presiding officer ol
each house.
Section &c. The ownership of lands
by aliens is prohibited except where
acquired by inheritance or under mort.
gage, or in good faith in the ordinary
course of justice in the collection Of
debts, and all conveyances of lands
hereafter made to any alien, directly
or in trust for such alien, shall be
void. Prorided, that the provisions OF
this section shall not apply to lands
containing valuable deposits of min-
erals, metals, iron, copper or lead, and
the necessary land for mills and other
machinery to mine, and to be used in
the development thereof.
This section provoked much discus
sion. Messrs. Stiles and Sullivan
maintained that we should allow aliens
to own American land without let or
hindrance, while Messrs. Griffitts and
J. Il. Moore advocated the section be-
cause it practically secures American
soil to American citizens, and cited the
fact that aliens now own over twenty
two millions of acres of land in the
United States-a tract larger than the
whole of New England-and they show
ed the danger and evils of landlordism
by aliens. Judge Turner and Mr.. War
ner followed in the same vein and in
eloquent language urged the adoption
of the section.
The said section having been passed,
the Committee of the Whole rose, the
President resuming the chair, and ask.
ed leave to sit again which was granted
| On motion, the Convention took a
recess to 2 P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention assembled, the
President in the chair.
The Convention resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole, for the fur
ther consideration of the article on
Legislative department.
Section 81. every corporation, the
majority of the capital stock of which
is owned by aliens, shall be considered
an alien corporation for the purposes
OF this prohibition"
Sections 3S and 80 were stricken out
as the provisions therein contained
properly belong to the action of the
legislature.
Section 40. The legislature shall
pass necessary laws for the protection
of persons working in mines, factories
and other employments dangerous tG
life or deterious to health, and fl,
pains and penalties for the enforce
ment of same.
Mr.. Griffitts offered an additional
section, A." Each and every one of the
members OF this Convention is de
clared to be disqualified from holding
any Office created in, and the salary Of
which is fixed by, this Constitution
forever after the adoption of this arti
Gle by this Convention" Agreed to.
Mr.. Stiles offered an additional sec
ton: "No bill shall be considered in
either house of the legislature unless
it has been introduced at least ten days
before the final adjournment, unless il
be at a special session of the legisla
ture." Agreed to.
p. c. Sullivan offered an additional
section: "No act shall be revised OF
amended by its title but the act SC
amended or revised, unless it sets forth
the act at length" Agreed to.
Mr.. Stiles offered an additional sec
ton: "No amendment to any bill
shall be allowed which shall change
the original scope or objects of the
bill" Agreed to.
The Committee of the Whole rose
the President resumed the chair, and
the Convention proceeded to pass upon
concurrence in the amendments made
in Committee of the Whole, and the
same were concurred in, except that
section 80 was restored, which section
provides for the establishing in the Of
flee of Secretary OF State, a Bureau o
Statistics, Agriculture and Immigra
ton, and the Convention refused tc
adopt section Al, proposed by Mr.. Grif
fits.
Mr.. J. u. Moore offered an additional
section, viz:
Section -."It shall not be lawful
for any person holding public office in
this State to accept or use a pass or to
purchase transportation from any rail
road or other corporation other than
as the same may be purchased by the
general public, and the legislature shall
pass laws to enforce these provisions
which was adopted 81 to 80.
On motion of Mr.. Crowley, the rules
were suspended, the article considered
engrossed, passed to its third reading
and placed upon its final passage. A
vote being taken, it was agreed to. A
ayes noes, and referred to Committee
on Revision.
Adjourned to 8 A. V. tomorrow.
SATURDAY, Aug, 10, 8 A. NJ.
The Convention met, the President
in the chair.
The President presented a commu
nication from ID. w. DeCourcy, o.
Port Townsend, accompanied by rep
resentation of Washington's coat-of
arms and history Of the family,
f. II. Sullivan presented a report O
the Committee on Agriculture, Man
ufactures and Commerce" recommend
ing that the proposition OF Mr.. Kin
near, in relation to public warehouse
do not pass.
Mr.. Durie, from Committee on Har
Dor and Tide Waters, presented re
port of an article providing commits
sion to establish harbOrs.