, 1889-08-22
AFTERNOON SESSION.
valuable Time Lost in FriyoIity on
the start.


The convention met ut % clock, Dyer
in the chair. The chair submitted me
mortal of Frank W. Castle, president OF
the carpenters local union, asking that
labor day bc made legal holiday.
Tabled temporarily. CosgrOve present
ed resolution, jOcOSc in terms, provid-
ing that children born west of the noun
tuius should no longer be- called "clHm
eaters, nor those cast OF the mountains
bunch grasscrs, bat that all be called
"chinoOks. Committee on seized.
ulc.
sullivan of Tacoma, asked how we
stood. The chair said the convention
was in committee OF the whole, informs
ally.
Sullivan moved to go out of committee
informally, and Hoyt said he wasn't
aware they ever went in, and upon the
records no second could be found on that
subject, 80 the chair decided there was
no committee OF thc whole, formally or
informally, but that the convention was
sitting In formal fashion,
section provides that none of the
lands granted To tllc state shall be sold
otherwise thau at public auction to the
highest bidder aiCcr the value cher of
less the Improvements shall bcapprui ,cd
by board OF Appraisers TO be provided
tor by law, the terms of payment also
to be prtsCriucc 10y law, md no sale
NAAblAll NC NNilil NllllNN lllt NNult SUM Il'
equal to the appraised value Of said
land.
HOyt offered Il substitute and Crowley
offered an addition 20 tho substitute by
which the state OF Washington disClainis
all title 10 school and university lands
heretofore sold by thc commissioners of
any county or by the university COM
missiuucrs pursuant 10 the statutes
where tho purchase price has been paid
in good iAith.
Turner thought this out of order, and
Crowley said IL was In order.
The chair, having the last word,
thought II wasn't out of order.
stiles moved that the convention go
into committee of the whole on the rr.
port OF the committee on stutc lands
so vOtcd--yCas -, noes not counted.
Sullivan OF IaeonN thought this con-
YeutiOn had no right 10 sit as a court to
determine whether somebody, claiming
under u United States patent, or some.
body else, claiming under some other
ttle, should have land, and that was
.Whut Huyts argument came to.
Weir concurTCd in Sulliyan's state.
mont of the case, There was either II
present or
PROSPECTIVE LAWSUIT
over some land in Seattle, and this con.
YentiOn was asked 10 decide 1t. lie did
not think that COtlrsc was proper.
Sullivan of Whitman took the same
ground. The argument of Hoyt was II
line one If this was u jury, but this was
not jury, nor w9s IL a place to scttlc
the private quarrcls and rows of some
people in Seattle. lie was not going to
do that, nor did he believe the mem Dcrs
of the convention dared to do It either;
10 allow the confirmation of these private
titles and the settlements. of these quar-
rels. a private dispute between two or
three fellows In Seattle, to stand betwecr,
MS and statehood was moonshinc and
we were not sent here for such purpose.
lie did not want amy more
FIERY SPEECHES.
lie had not known until Hoyt spoke
what was behind all this. Now he saw
that IL was a half dozen fellows who
wanted to force this on us for their own
private interests. Seattle was fine
pluCe and We liked her us Il part of our
selves, but we didn't like her so much
as that.
Moore recalled his previous remark
that all were in ;fc dark and without in
formation. Now what had occurred &?
The gentleman from King (Hoyt) took
the floor and in tie heat OF his argument
tand its most significant thing In this
whole mattcr) showed "tho Mig
ger in the woodpile." 1t ought
TO be absolutely conclusive With
this convention. lie wanted this sec
tiohfor the purpose of cutting or an
adverse claim III Seattle. All he was
contcnding iOr could be presented. The
"od settler dodge was to be rung in
OH lls.
a wordy fight cnued, in which almost
all of the members Of the convention
took part, and in which each AIRED his
knowledge or lack of knowledge OF tie
laws of the United States, and some of
h.sr = Il
Tho space of thc REVIEW Is too valuable
TO allow OF free advertising for these
gentlemen, so the convention adjourned
till the usual hour.