, 1889-08-08
STATE SCHOOLS.
A Minority of the Committee Present
u Report.


Mr.. Dunbar presented report of the
committee on state, school and granted
lands, as printed in Wednesdays RE-
VIEW, signed by Dunbar, Bowen, kel-
logg, Dickey, Shoudy and Eshelman /;
minority, Stiles, Henry, Joy, Eldredge.
The minority report recommended the
addition of the following section:
SEC. Z. All persons occupying shore
land and having thereon valuable i'm
provements in actual use and necessity
for commerce, trade or business, (such
lands being other than the extension of
any street, alley or public highway, shall
have have tn the Prior sbos right .nd to purchase
necessary for the purposes for which
such Improvements were made, at the
valuation fixed by the board of apprais-
ers, which board shall fix such valuation
irrespective of the improvements there
on
Messrs. Cosgrove and Browne said
they had not signed the report, not sup
posing it was to be presented this morn
ing,
The chair said the members of the
committee had right to file their views
at any time later. Both reports were
ordered to lay over one day and printed
Mr.. Dyer submitted an amendment to
the rules and gave notice that he shall
call it up tomorrow. 1t provides ten
minute limit to all speeches, unless the
convention by two-thirds vote extends
the time, except that the mover of an
Amendment or proposition may have
i've minutes to close the debate.
On motion of Mr.. Weir, the conven-
ton went into committee of the whole
on the article on state, county and muni-
.ipul indebtedness, with Dyer in the
chair.
SEc. Z, as proposed by the majority re-
port and the substitute therefore as rec
1mmended by the minority report, were
taken up as follows, the question being
on Mr.. Dunbar's motion to adopt the
majority report.
Mr.. Buchanan opposed the motion as
violating the great principles of govern
ment, and believed the remedy lay in
the regulation of railroad rates and fares.
He cited the tulip craze in England and
Holland, the George Law excitement in
France, the Scotch railway mania of
1916, and the Wisconsin railroad excite
ment of 1850 to 1860, as leading examples
Of what people were liable To do and
how they were liable to vote if allowed.
Mr.. Sturdevant favored the motion.
He said there was nothing in the argu-
ment as TO what Missouri did in the
matter of railroad subsidies, because
,here were no limitations on the amount
which they could vote, and nothing re-
auircd but bare majority of the votes
to pass subsidy. But this section pro-
yides against the
DANGER FROM EXCITEMENT
of the people by requiring two-thirds of
the property voters to consent, and even
hen they can never create q liability
greater than per cent of the
assessed valuation, With similar
restrictions in Missouri no one
present troubles would have existed.
He likened the position of the few OBJ
,ectors to this Hunt road subsidy (only
100 in vote of 1900 at the last electioO
to the position of an old bachelor who
always voted no at a meeting for school
appropriation becase he has no children
to 20 to school. The greatest good of the
greatest number was the principle of this
whole country, and even these objectors,
who said they had no interest, were
really interested in anything which in
creased business, manufacturing and pro-
perty valuesi and ifcounty carriage road
Is an entirely proper thing for county
to go in debt to build, why not help in
building railroad, the benefits of
which to the whole country are meal
culably greater than those of any car
riage road. Walla Walla county was
fruitful beyond nearly every section of
territory on earth, and had everything
necessary for the enjoyment of life, ex-
cept that the inhabitants were the alb
solute serfs of the y. r. Il N. Company
and the n. r. r. r. Company, who took
EVERY DROP OF FrNANoIAL BLOOD
put of every farmer in the county. leav-
ing merely enough to get through the
year with and raise another crop. All
this county. acks is a chance to get out
Of this bondage.
Mr.. Prosser fully and heartily en-
dorsed sn that had been said by Dun
bar. Crowley and Sturdeyant on this
question, and said Walla Walla county
was not the only county interested in
having this proposition placed in the
constitution. Every county west of the
mountains would, yet see the benefit,
and feel the need OF such provision.
lie belle 7ed that the people of every
county had right TO tax themselves for
any purpose of public benefit. From
the beginning 1t had been considered
that the province Of government was to
provide for the general good of the peo-
pie, and this right Of voting subsidy
hinder such restrictions as are herein