The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-08
TRUCE TILL MONDAY.
The Legislature Effects Organ
ization and Adioarns.
NO BALLOT FoR SENATOR.
Delay wot Due 70 EEoEts Of FArsasans or
Msnnr Candidates s-Govsgnor Ferry
Discusses she Situation.

OETMissA. Nov. THE legislature hy It's
action sasaay inaicassd plainsv that II pro-
posed tsl ralnsain is organisation during
the anne os transition from territory 70 a
state Adjournment was taken TIL nexf
Monday. hy which tlnae il Is expected the
proclamation viii hare been issued and the
new state eEleials empowered % enfer
upon The discharge os their duties npon the
following Monday. when washington i
islliy equipped with the power Of state
hood.
Soveznor Ferry has somewhat modified
MS position that the Legislature row in
session, when il has organize6 and elected
na1ed States senator's. vii be compelled
70 a. ioul-E, % ee convened in special seS-
son % the geyernor alter tie stale officers
hAVe beea snaugurasea. ii the legislature
cen 'annes n session from now until after
haFe taken NY seat. and then notifies rne
t,'st = : really % transact business. said
lse governor today, viii hardly be In the
province q the executive 20 inquire as 20
whefiler sr 40: the sessiaa before The iSsu-
ance e Tie proclamation was legal. that
would oa ascrpsGg 5 function OF fAe isssss-
ciai department. Il Is perfectly clear %
ne however. that the leessfatsaFe eanno4
take NJ the business 81 tie state until is
coordinate. executive and judicial
branches are likewise ready for action. I
VII. Of coarse. recognize tie election of
Nna1ed States senators hv tbs present the-
tore stateheodl leg dafnre as lawfal. besre
iaisy authorized by the enabling acf.
De situation. shen, Is practically an.
chaagef White tae governor ssegs not
now coasser Is fseees arg 50 eaA the leels-
lasnre tosesheF Ia specal session. il is
pain that nothing eaa he done beyond or
ganfzatiea aHd election Of senator's. IL naav
Nle eSspect,d hat both houses Will eomnlete
organization next Monday and then. on
that d@y CIR tuesday. ballGtiug for senators
viii aegiH, Probable aeslon viii he also the
designation OF number Of committees.
ana tnsn, unless some other preliminary
business can be discovered and hrorght up.
ad1oarnmsnt viii be taken uatil the follow.
lng Aonaty. AlI tais is In Anticipation of
The issue OF the proclamation Of President
Harrison ilsxs II ed. By az much longer
as i IS postponed, ay 80 much viii the be-
ginning of tae cuisine of the legislature
&c deferred. IL is expected. however. that
the proclamation wiil be forthcoming BY
Tuesday a. the latest.
r. %s9-AAt~A " At-QtA h@-AAf fEttittl
70 John +. CarreTe. at OLYMPIA, that he
would reach Washington tonight, and that
ne would Immediately call upon President
Harrison and urge the necessity OF prompt
action.
The aotien oi the Senate in gdjournins
until next Monday is somewhat difficult 10
understand. 1t was unexpected and can
: be explained only on the ground OF slisin-
ciination OF the members To act precipi-
tatefy in electing senators. 1t was fully
understood last night that the Squire and
Allen forces would combine TO force bal
lot, and, iniieed, Ii was definitely arranged
that clock should be the time for the
ballotIng to begin in both houses. but this
plan was changed to-day by those
who thought il might be prudent TO
defer the election for the present. The
motion to take recess was made bv
Preston, an avowed Allen man, and was
generally supported by the adherents of
Squire, Alien, Thompson and Surague.
Those fourteen who opposed adjournment
were about equally divided between Squire
aad Alien men who we're anxious to reach
ballot and have the thing done with.
The action OF the House in adiournine
was forced by the action of the Senate.
there BEING no division on the question.
The only noteworthy incident in the pro-
ceedings Of the House was the very close
division upon the question OF proceeding
with permanent organization. The first
vote was 35 TO 81 in favor Of electing a per-
inahent speaker. Errors were discovered
in the count, and the roll was called aeain
the vote resulting exactly the same. No
Vntjticaf siantfi fieanre syhatarer s4tarha. -
the vote.
Feighan was the only candidate for
speaker and his election was universally
conceded. There was no faction trying 10
defeat him. Those members sho voted in
slle negative simply thought Il useless TO
organize permanently nov. 6eoghegan.
shen nominated for sT@aker, did a verv
handsome thing in Withdrawing and euio-
gazing IN the warmest terms mis- opponent.
Coieael Fesghsu, as 3 gallant soldier and a
legislator OF experience and ability. The
applause which greeted Mr. Geoghegan nj
the close continued for some seconds.