, 1889-07-11
The Constitutional Convention Di-
vides Its Work Among Sew
eral Standing Committees.
A Protracted Discussion Indulged
in as to the Rules and Or
der of Business.
A Test Proposition to Suppress
Trusts and Combinations Meets
With Unanimous Approval.

dent. The roll being called, all wcfe
present except GlascoCk, Jones, Kellogg,
Manly, Nlires (on leave of absc,,CeJ,
Moreans, Weir, Wilison. The records
OF Saturday were read and approved
THE STANDING COMMITTEES.
The president announced the follow.
ing standing committees
Preamble and bill of rghts.-W Warner,
Hicks, Comegys, Henry, Dallam, Kcl.
logg Sohns.
Elections and Elective Rights-H. c.
sullivan, J. u. Moore, Dyer Glascock,
Waltman Burk, Nedce.
Legislative Department.. Y. Moore,
buchanan, stevenson, Neace, McReavy,
Morgans, Coey, Gray, Iibbetts.
Executive Depart ment and Pardoniug
Power-Meir, Fairweather, Hicks, Cloth
ier, Hingate.
Judicial Department--Turner, Dunbar,
Convey, STILES, Goldman, Sturdevant,
Griifitts, ,Mires, Sharpstein Jones, Kin.
near Weiscnbergcr, Crowley.
Military Atlairs-Prosser Tibbetts,
Cosgrove, Berry, GlasCock.
State, county and municipal indebted
nesS--Browne, Blalock, L, NJ. Reed,
Davis, easy Hingate, Sturdevant, Fair
weather Fay.
Educational and educational institu-
tions-Blalock, Lindsey, Lillis, Dickey,
Eshclman, Dunbar, Allen.
state institutions and public buildings
7. NJ. Reed, Lindsey, Winsor, Hay.
ton, McCroskey, Waltnian, McElroy.
County, city and township organiZa.
tions--Stiles, Lindsey, Dallam, Bowen,
Glasscock, L. II. Sullivan, JEFF Gritttts,
Wilson.
Apportionment and representation
Crowley, Allen, Dyer, Convey, Hicks,
Eshelman, Sohns, West, L, c. Sullivan,
Prosser, Hungate, Van Name, Wilson,
,oseroVe, sturdevant.
Revenue and taxation--Gowey, Dyer,
Fairweather, Berry, Bowen Suksdorf
Goodman, Sohns, Browne.
Corporations, other than municipal
KinnGar, WeiSenberger, McCroskey, +.
c, sullivan, Nease, sharpstein, shoudy,
Henry Cary.
Miscellaneous subiects-scledule and
future -Sharpste tein, McEl.
roy, Buchanan, Lellis T. NJ. Reed, Come.
gys, Gray, Dickey and Jamison.
Revision, adjustment and enrolment
Minor, +. VI, Reed, j. NJ. Reed FL
bridge, Stevenson.
Water and water rights-Mires, Man.
y, r. i. Moore, McCroskey, L. II. Sui.
livan.
Agriculture, manufactures, fisheries
and commcrce-E II, sullivan, Burk,
Mcdonald, Newton, Mcdonald, Gray
and Weisenberger.
Printing, mileage and contingent ex.
penses-Power, JOY, Sudksdorf Van
Name, Gillis, Clothier, Dallam and Har.
bor,
Tidewster and navigable streams
Durcc, Prosser, Moore, West Power,
schooley, Stevenson, Weir and Turner.
Homesteads and property exemptions
GOODMAN, Jetts, Jones, Winsor, Allen.
State, school and granted lands Dun.
bar Bowen, Warner Dickey, Minor,
kenuoy, Shoudy, Schooley, Eldridge,
Wyksdorf .Waltman, Cosgrove, Eshel.
man, JOY, Kelly.
Federal relations, boundaries and i'm.
migration--Come Bushman, McEll-
roy, West, McReayy.
RULES AND ORDER.
Mr.. Prosscr, from tho committee on
rules and order, made renort recon-
mendiug the employment of Il journal
clerk and one additional page, and that
no committee clerks be employed except
upon the request of each committee re-
quiriug one, such request TO be made to
and acted upon by the convention; also
that the committee on rules and order be
continued as standing committee, and
that committee on engrOs.mcnt aud q
committee on public health and hyEone
be added to the list. The committee
also reported code OF rules
for the government of the con-
Vention, which were read. Cushing ;
manual Is adopted to govern in cases
where the rules do not, Mr.. Convey
moved 10 go into committee of tho
whole to consider this report. The mo.
ton was not seconded. Mr., Grittitts
suggested two clerical amendments
which were made. Mr.. Convey renewed
his motion, saying he did so to avoid
printing all their rulcS twice. lr CON
sidercd and amended by the committee
of the whole they could then be printed
finally. The motion prevailed and the
president called Dir. Convey to the chair
Mr., Eldridgc moved that the rules he
taken up separately and read. which was
so voted. The recommendation as to
additional officers was read. Mr.. Sulli-
van OF Tacoma moved To- amend by
striking out the additional page.
Adopted, "a year, l6 nays. The recon-
mendation as to the committee clerks
was adopted on motion of Mr.. Dwyer, and
as To the additional standing commit
tees on motion of Er. Reed. The rules
were then taken up.
DEBATING oS THE RULES.
Rule The conycntionto meet each
day at 80. Shandy moved to amend
10 2 O'Clock; lost.
Rule 2.-'rhe rights and duties of
president; adopted; ON motion OF J. NJ,
sidered adopted ii no amendments We're
offered. The reading proceeded with
merely clerical amendments until rule
"A was reached, which requires the as
sent of n majority ofall delegates elected
on final vote ON any constitutional
proposition. Mr. Dunbar moved to SO
amend that a majority of those voting
in each case shall be sufficient. Mr..
Prosser opposed this, and declared that
no constitutional proposition ought to
20 out from this convention to the peo-
pie which did not at least re-
Ceive the assent of a majority
of the convention. Messrs. Dunbar, Com
,,, "a - . -
amendment and Alessrs Prosser, Cos
grove and Grittitt against. The amend
ment was lost.
The remaining rules were read and
adopted without further debate. On
motion of Mr.. Reed of Olympia the clerk
was instructed to
PROPERLY NUMBER
all the rules consecutivcly. On motion
of Mr. kinnear, the committee of the
whole rose and President Hoyt resumed
the chair.
Mr. Convey submitted the report of the
committee Of the whole namely: That
the committee adopt the whole report of
the committee OH rules and order, except
that the recommendation for an ad-
ditional page be stricken out.
That report was also adopted and thus
the rules for the convention are estab-
ished
Mr.. Prosser moved that 300 copies of
the rules and list of the committees be
printed.
On motion of Mr.. Dyer the number
was increased to 500 and in that form it
was adopted,
Mr.. Warner had asked that additional
COMMITTEES he added and had been
answered by the president that he would
amend.
Mr.. Durce moved to proceed to the
election of a
JOURNAL CLERK,