, 1889-08-08

Mr.. Sturdevant said he understood
that II these amendments were made
there would be nothing done by the
United States government.
Mr.. G,ittitts asked If appropriations
were not granted upon cession of juris-
Mr.. sturdevant-Yes, that is condi.
tion precedent to all such appropria-
tions.
Mr.. Turner said there was very wide
difference between ceding jurisdiction
and allowing legal process to be served
on these reservations. He did not think
executive jurisdiction should be granted
over all these unoccupicd lands on Puget
Sound, and did not propose to lbc dra-
gooned into voting for what he
KNEW TO DE WRONG
by threat that we should get no APP
propriations. The United States made
this article broad enough to cover every
species, of jurisdiction that the states
might be willing to grant, but the state
did not intend, he thought, to grant this
Jurisdiction over isolated buildings like
postoftices.
Mr.. S;les--Is II NOT customary to
grant such jurisdiction when 1t Is United
States land on which postolfces, ETC.,
stand?
Mr., Turner think not, though it
may sometimes be done.
Mr.. Dyer--What do understand the
chairman OF the committee TO say will
be the result of adopting these amend
mcnts?
Mr.. Comegys-That 1t will do nothing.
Mr.. Wilson said this was an unusual
grant by states In such cases.
Mr.. Moore moved to lay on the table,
and was proceeding to explain his
reasons.
Mr.. Griftitts-Out of order and mo.
tion to lie on the table is not debatablc,
The Chair-The gentleman is in order;
he has right to explain his motion.
Mr.. Griiiitts-But he is going to argue
his motion.
Mr.. Moore--.A point of order. The
gentleman is arguing something that the
chair has decided. He has only one OF
two things to do, either sit down Oh. take
an appeal. He sat down.
Mr.. Stiles called for division of the
question and 1t was divided. The qtcs.
tion on amending was taken up and the
motion failed. On striking out land
other neediul buildings" Griffitts asked
the chairman ofthe committee what he
unde rstood to be the meaning of these
words.
Mr.. Comegys-Only that they apply
to the buildings. etc, already men.
toned.
Mr.. Power thought the same applied
to other needful buildings on those res
eryations connected with or related to
forts, magazines, arsenals, dockJ yards
and light houses.
Mr.. Turner was satisfied that the con.
struction of Powers was wrong; that
this language was applied to all tracts
and parcels of lands, either for forts or
for arsenals or for other needful build.
ings.
MIR. Prosser thought that If some
words would show that these buildings
we're TO be SO connected with or related
IN tho hnilIitnoz nan,a1 thny xAtiIl
bridge over the difficulty.
MIR. Turner said he was about to sug-
gest some such scheme, and modified
his amendment so as to leave the words
to read land other n,edful buildings in
connecti,os herewith
cover quarantine stations, which the
United States had proposed to build.
MIR. Jones didn't fear the granting of
jurisdiction even over postotfices or any
public buildings.
MIR. Moore thought there was no good
in this
HAIR'srLITTrSG PROCESS;
that the constitution of the United
States covered this point, and that the
language of the commi ttee might as well
be adopted now and be done with il.
Mr.. Griffitts instanced the custom
house and quarantine station at Port
Townsend as cases where no more np-
propriations would be granted until
such jurisdiction was ceded.
The chair suggested that the debate
hadn't touched ON an important word,
viz: maintained"
Il. II. sullivan contended that the
ordinary rules of construction would
connect these words with those which
went before.
Mr.. Dyer thought the words might
just as well be adopted as they stood.
.F tI
statutes of the United States to the eff
feet that no appropriations could be
made by congress until this cession had
been made.
Mr.. Turner srid that vas simply a
statute of the United stat, and could
be unmade and easily made.
Mr.. Comcgys called Turner to order
for speaking more than once.
Tho Chair-The gentleman is entitled
to close the debate on his own motion.
Mr.. Stiles--Then before that would
like to read IA clause from the statutes of
California; and he read it, 1t was sim.
liar to the clause under debate.
Turner was closing again when Grif-
fits called him to order for wandering
from the point of debate. The chair
thought the gentleman had right to
close, being the maker of the motion.
Grifitts insisted on a ruling The
chair proposed to take the sense of the
CoIlIlllltltc Us " WUttlltT IuTfltT sIOlllu
be allowed to proceed, but 80 many
voices cried ''go on" that Gritfitts said
ION, LET 1T GO on"
Mr.. Turner proceeded, claiming that
the statutes of California could not con.
troll here. The amendment was lost
Mr.. Goldman proposed an amendment
to the effect thut land so used should
not he larger than necessary, but this
was laughed out.
Mr.. Moore renewed his amendment TO
make the seventeenth clause re ad the
seventeenth paragraph" Lost by ayes
20, noes Is.
Mr.. Moore offered an amendment
making the last words, las If the consent
herein had not been given" but laugh
ter beat it,
Mr.. Griffitts moved that tho rules be
suspended and the article be read third
time and put upon its passage. Rules
were suspended and the article read q
third time. The vote on the final pas
sage was as follows:
Ayes-Allen, Berry Bowen, Buchan-
an, Burke, Coric, Comegys, Dickey,
Dyer, Eldredge, Fay, Gray, Gritiitts, Hay
ton, Hicks, Hungate, Jamison, Jones,
Joy, Lindsay. McCroskic, McElroy,
Myers, Moore, Neace, y over, Reed, J
NJ. Schooley, Sturdeyant, Stiles, Sulli-
van, Il. II. Travis, Weir, Wes t, Wilson,
Winsor-37
Noes-Ciothier, Dunbar, Glasscock.
Goldman. Convey, Henry, Lillis, Minor,
Moore j; z. Morgan T. M; Reed,
SMGo;udyii Mo;ad,ii. ii.ruaI3'z Turner Van Name Warner
Absent and not .,voting--Blalocl',
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