, 1889-08-22
NEAR THE END.
The Delegates Getting Ready
to Go Home and Fix
Their Fences"
The Chair and Delegate Have q
Few Words About the
Tide Lands.
As Usual, Without Doing Any
Work, the Convention Ad-
journs Till 8 A. M.

srHctAJ TELEGRAM TO THE REVIEW
OLYMPIA, Avg. 20--Thc convention
met at 0 O'Clock Convey in the chair.
Prayer By the chaplin. Tho roll showed
thirty.thrce vacant chairs, and nine alb
sentecs.
Henry rose to point of order. He
declared that the chair was occupied by
an usurpor. [LauEhter.l
Tho chair was willing that any other
member should "usurp," Records read
corrected and approved
Miner reported articles 3, G, Z, 8, 0, 10,
from the revision committee, article 3
only being in print. The committee
were unable to get the printing done on
the remainder, and rather than keep the
committee waiting it decided to report
in manuscript. The articles will be
printed later.
Articles 3, g. 7, o and 10 were read,
agreed to and sent to the enrolment
committee.
Dunbar presented separate report
from the state, tide and school lands
committee. The tide land report was
FIRST considered. 1t Is a condensation
and compilation of the article defeated
yesterday. After considerable talk on
the tide and school lands the convention
proposed to adjourn, but Turner said
that motion was not IN order until our
business was finished.
The chair sustained that view, and
Sullivan appealed, but the chair was
sustained
stiles said that W. w. Newlin of Seat.
tle had written him regarding some pu-
,,xr,s tybiph NO hu1 hrOuUlr IDr tho t,Sp
OF the committee on county organization
and wished to recover them. If any
gentleman had them stiles wished he
would
HAND THEN ~,
Turner claimed that the motion for re-
cess was not privileged, and the chair so
held. Moore moved then to adjourn
and called for the ayes and noes by
which vote the convention refused to
adjourn.
Hindslev moved recess till . o'clock.
The chair decided this motion not In
order, Il motion being already before the
house to suspend the rules and to con-
slider the tide lands report.
Il. VI. Reed claimed hat this motion,
having been already voted down once
and no business transacted since, II WAS
not in order.
The chair differed with him. A roll
call was demanded on the pending
motion to suspend the rules and re-
oulted-ayes 30, noes y.
Grifiitts moved to suspend the rules
and take up the report of the committee
on school lands. Roll call again and
failure again.
Lindsey moved recess until ..
l.. III. Sullivan moved TO adjourn and
had o roll call. Again refused-ayes IL,
nays 46.
Manly moved call of the house and
II was ordered, five members, including
the president, were found absent with
out leave.
sullivan claimed that Hungate was
excused.
Grifitts moved that the sergeant.at-
arms be sent after members absent with
out leave and called for the ayes and
noes.
The chair said there was a motion
pending to dispense with further pro-
cecdings which he should put.
Griffitts said that motion had not
been entertained nor put by the chair
and that the chair had put other motions
since. He insisted on his motion
being put
The char said that pending the mo-
tion to dispense with the proceedings he
had put Il motion to adjourn, which
had failed and now he
should put the motion to
dispense with further proceedings. If
any gentleman dldh icei ,satished ne
could appeal, but Sullivan made call
Tor the ayes and noes and got them.
Further proceedings were dispensed
with by--ayes 40, noes 26
Lindsey moved To take II recess.
Co.grovo moved to adjourn, but the
chair Thought
THU FILGBUsTERs
had had their innings long enough and
didn't hear him, and before anybody
else could catch their breath to get in
another motion he put the question and
declared the ayes had 1t and brought the
gavel down with the announcement that
the convention stood adjourned until 2
p. NJ. amidst shouts OF laughter