Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-13

part OF The ha!D To prevent icgiSia-
ton on some Important subjects. The
motion was lost, and the bill went OH
the file to come up in its order to.
morrow.
Grants bill 20 regulate primary
elections was put on its final passage
and lost.
/ House then adjourned.
In the Senate, Tuesday, Thompson
OF Pierce introduced Memorial re
latlng to the granting OF right-of-way
over the Puyallup reservation to the
Tacoma & Seattle Electric Railroad
known as the Puyallup railway. The
rules were suspended, the memorial
read three times and passed by unan
imous vote.
Clough introduced memorial pray
ing Congress for an appropriation o
$9,OOO for the removal of a sand bal
from the Columbia river near Van
coaver, in Washington; read twice
and referred to the Committee or
Memorials.
The committee on Printing reported
back the resolution which passed the
House few days ago with but SIX
dissenting votes, providing for letting
the Legislative printing to bids, sug
costing that it would be impossible tc
let the contract for printing to tho
lowest bidder, as the largest share Of
1T must be done at Olympia atpresent
and this would allow combination oil
the printers here upon an excessive
price. Report was adopted. The com
mittee recommended fixing the prices
of printing by statute.
The wisdom of the cynical philos.
Opher who declared that Language
is given to man to conceal his ideas,
was never better illustrated than in
this report Of the Senate Printing
Committee. The idea that as the
work "must be done at Olympia"
that to let the printing to bids would
"allow a combination of the printers
here upon an excessive price," is
worthy of its source, and its intent is
to deliberately deceive those who
know little or nothing of such matters.
The fact is bona fde tender of bid
by responsible and experienced prin-
ter to do the work for % per cent. less
than the State Printing Co. was re-
jected by the joint printing committee
and the reason given was that the
Legislature being Republican the
printing should go to Republican
newspaper without regard to cost.
The Oregonidn report, in commenting
upon the resolution to submit the
work to bids ingenuously remarks:
This is the same resolution which
slipped through the House the other
day without the friends OF the State
Printing Co. discovering its purport."
So the Senate has decreed that the
slip" OF the House shall not result in
defeat OF the scheme TO extract the
sinews Of party warfare from the peo-
pies pockets. This is what Dorsey
called SOAP" when he was so vigor-
ously applauded at the memorable
Grant banquet few years ago.
A message was received from the
Governor announcing the appoint
ment of Daniel F. Percival as commits
sioner of Medical Lake asylum, vice
Daniel M. Drumheller, resigned.
Placed on file.
The following communication was
received from the State Auditor.
II respectfully submit the following
general and special estimate for the
appropriation required for this Office
and request that the same or that the
amounts thereof in condensed form
be incorporated III the bill appropriate
ing money for the expenses incident
to the State Office, viz: salary of the
Auditor, 1000; salary of the Deputy
Auditor and Accountant, 81 500; rent
of Office, fuel and lights, $500; mes
senger and janitor, 5000; postage,
stationery and incidentals, $50;
Office books and furniture, $431; to-
tai, $4,6S5.
Respectfully submitted,
T. NJ. REED, State Auditor.
Referred to committee on Salaries.
House bill providing for the pay
ment of the members of the Legisla-
ture, was passed by vote of 20 to 6;
emergency. clause, % yeas, no nays.
Senate Memorial 2 came up for
third reading. 1t asks Congress to
take action to reserve to the State
lands granted by the enabling act.
Long moved to amend by inserting a
proviso that the right Of homestead
shall not be denied at any time;
adopted. HOughton offered an amend
ment restricting the proposed with
drawal of land from entry, to so much
as may be required to carry into effect
the provisions of said act of Congress;
to the Engrossing committee.
Senate bill relating to the Withdrawn
lands of the Northern Pacific, was
read the third time and passed.
The Senate went into executive SEES
sion to consider the message of the
Governor announcing his appointment
OF Daniel F. Percival as Commissioner
Of the Medical Lake Asylum. The ap-
pointment was unanimously con-
firmed.
After considerable unimportant bust.
ness Senate adjourned.
In the House Edens' memorial relat-
ing to the dredging of Samamish chan
mel passed.
Also one by Allen relative to con.
nection Of Lakes Union, Washington
and Samamish with Puget Sound.
The Committee on Education rec
commended that House bill "a, relating
to the temperance matter in schools
do not pass. Adopted.
Rutter called up his proposed
amendment of the rules SO that all
bills be printed before being placed ON
final passage.
Kuhn objected to this motion, saw
ing it had already been voted down a
third time.
Rutter warmly supported the mo-
ton and protested against the "Pennv.
wise, pound foolish" policy of the
House in refusing to have all neccs-
sary bills printed.
Geoghegan, Moultray and Meeler
supported the resolution, and Judson.
Of Pierce, declared against it. "Tbis
is the most suspicious body of men I
ever saw" he declared, What's the
use of printing little appropriation
bills; we all know what's in them"
The speaker went on indefinitely to
hint that certain members owned
stock in the printing company.
Eddy accused the Democrats of
wanting to make canital ont IF THE