Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-06

ties and fixing the compensation Cf
Supreme Court reporter
The rcmaindcrof the day wa, passed
in consideration OF the bill authoriz-
ing the publication and distribution
OF Supreme court reports. The bill
Proposes to let the contract to the
lowest bidder for term of years, and
the endeavor was to amend so as to
resignate that the contract shall not
lie let outside OF the State.
While this amendment was pend
ing House adjourned to Thursday
afternoon at 80.
In the Senate Thursday, the bill re-
lating t. trusts and combinations for
fixing TIE price, limiting the produc
tons, or regulating the transportation
OF any produce or commodity, came
from the committee on Commerce
with favorable report.
Objection was made to Sec. Z, Mr..
Owings claiming that in his opinion
its features bore evidence of pointing
to combinations on wool.
A motion to strike out Sec. Z was
lost, and the bill on its passage re-
the following vote:
Ayes-Austin, Baker, Clough, Fair
weather, Farris, Forsythe, Guilfoil,
Hunsaker, Hyde, Jones, kinnear,
kneeland, Landes, Lawrence, Luce,
Preston, Payne, Parkinson, Rinehari,
Seaborg, Thompson of Pierce, Thomp
son of Walla Walla, Nestal, Watt,
Wilson, Whalley, Wolfe, Wooding-2S
Nays - Drum, Houghton, Long,
Owings, Van Houten-5.
The rules were suspended and
Thompson of Walla Walla introduced
memorial addressed to Congress ask
ing prompt action in the adjustment
of land claims existing between the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
and the settlers along the southern
border OF the State. Read the first
and second times and referred to the
committee on Memorials.
After the transaction Of consider
able unimportant business Senate adj
journed to the usual hOur-1 p. NJ.
succeeding day.
| In the House, after eXpunglnS from
the journal all reference to the at
tempted rtprimand Of Mr.. Herren,
House memorial, praying for the
opening OF the Colvillc Indian rcscr-
walton to settlement, passed.
| Minis of Chehalis presented Il joint
resolution that the Secretary of State
be authorized to advertise for bids for
the incidental printing Of the Legs
lature after December 81, 1889, the
present contract with the State Print
ing and Publishing company expiring
at that time. The resolution received
fifty nine votes, six voting no.
The Committee ON Commerce and
Manufacturers reported back Clark S
bill relating to the exchange OF mill
stuffs, with a recommendation that it
do not pass.
This provoked the ire of its origina-
tor, and he denounced the report in
unmeasured terms. The bill makes
it compulsory upon steam mills to
give at least thirty-tive pounds of flour
and nine pounds of shorts and bran
for every bushel of merchantable
wheat, and for water-power mills at
least thirty pounds of -four and eleven
pounds OF bran and shorts.
Several "retired" millmen among
the members declared that the amount
of toll prescribed was ont of all rea-
: son; that wheat frequently was not
worth 90 pounds OF flour.
, Notwithstanding this, on motion of
Clark, the report of the committee
was rejected.
The following bills were introduced,
read twice and referred:
By Kennedy, requiring that all rail
, roads be fenced.
By Eddy, to provide rooms for the
sitting of the Supreme Court.
/, Also, to amend Section l of an act
relating to the study of physiology and
hygiene in the public schools.
This bill provides that physiology
and hygiene be taught separately and
without special reference to alcoholic
drinks as now. 1t likewise provides
that temperance shall be taught sepa-
rately not less than ten minutes each
day.
By Ostrander, to protect stock
breeders.
Also to provide penalty for false
representations for stock entered at
!, exhibitions.
Geohegan's bill, to provide for pub
LEGATION of Supreme Court reports
came up on its third reading. 1t is
admittedly in the interest of the Ban
croft-Whitney Publishing Co. of San
Francisco. 1t provides for ten years
contract, to be made with the lowest
|, bidder. The reports to be furnished
in the style of Volume 3, of Washing
} ton Territory Reports, at price not
to exceed $3.50 per volume, the State
to purchase 300 copies. Also that
4 Volume l, shall be reprinted. AS it
is understood that the Bancroft's have
plates of Volume l, and are now bet
ter prepared than any other house on
the coast to do this work, the passage
of the bill would be virtually award
ing them the contract by law.
Hughes amendment that the work
be let within the State caused lively
discussion, participated in by Grant,
Geohegan, Kuhn, Allen and Herren.
The amendment was adopted by a vote
OF 43 to 20.
The second part of the amendment,
"to the lowest bidder" was then
adopted; also one to reduce the term
of contract to five years instead of ten.
Grant submitted an amendment
providing that the contractor who
prints such reports shall not copyright
the volumes thereof, or any portion OF
such volumes, or any notes, indexes or
tables of contents that may be published
in connection Herewith, and a bond
given by such person or persons for
the fulfillment of the terms of the con-
tract shall contain the acceptance OF
the requirements herein as to such
copyright. which likewise carried.
Several other amendments were
made to the bill, one being that the
price at which the reports shall be
sold be reduced to $3.50, and the bill
was ordered engrossed.
1 The House then adjourned to 10 A.
NJ, the succeeding day.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.