, 1889-08-08

results were perihellau Hoods. wars, cpl
denies and lewd literature, such as are
contained In the various police gazettes
of Washington terra-tory, now called
newspapers, whose reporters aud editors
imagine they know how to build shiE
or construct Il railroad. Consider this
there is not newspaper on the Pacific
coast and not Il commercial writer en-
gagged on any Journal west of the MissOu
ri river. That is the kind of fires press
as are pressing into Ecentious constitu'
tions, to thwart virtuous legislation by
surreptitious paper laws, that al. nature
of SUP, air aud steam set at Daught
Consider tie Pennsylvania foods"
Are you delegates assembled in con
stitutitionai convention flaming build,
ing or are storing one with refuse mer,
chandise?"
us preamble to a constitution the
Does not the main body OF any constitu,
ted thing wag the head adversely? Con
slider this, for pity sake; it cursed Cali
fornia and beggared its builders. Don't
disgrace Washington.
Constitutions are misnomers nova
days. The name should be indigestions
Climatic changes between now and l90C
will render ycnr Conventional laws void
Simply create in your constitution Ger
tain state officers; fix salaries i'll minimum
and regulate duties and taxes. That is
| all you are elected to do. Let future
legislatures fix terms of office and pa, s
general laws for public approval. This
| is sense and will be sustained by sun
air and stream, the great creators trinity
of forces.
The militia article was then taken up
and with little discussion vas put to
vote, and resulted 6l in favo= and l3
against. MIR. Joues and Mr.. Weir voted
against the article. not because they were
opposed to a militia system, but because
the article as amended was not far
reaching in It's provisions; because IL ey
believed it would not accom- plish the
| purpose desired.
A communication from tie chamber
of commerce of Tacoma was laid before
the convention. That organization asks
that the codyentiOn insert IN the consti,
tuition, an article or articles, nuthoriZ-
ing and directing the legislature OF the
futu. state of Washington, to enact
law or laws directing the sale of
school lands, tide flats and the shore
lands OF the navigab!e waters OF the
state.
They further ask, that The legislature
shall, in the law directing the sale oi
said tide fats and shore lands of the
uavigable waters of the safe, provide,
that the owner o. owuers of the lnud
above and abutting upon the de lands,
have prior right ot purchase.
A protest WAS received by the cot ven
tion against q uniform system ut text
books In the public schools of this state.
From Anderson Island came a request
Of q wood chopper, against any, bat citi-
Zeus or those who have declared inten-
ton to be SO, being emplayed IN this
state.
Again the convention took up the
question as to wbaf language should
enter into tie construction of the pre-
amble Of the constitution. With little
debate the convention proceeded TO
vote upon the following amendm ment:
I'VE the people of the state of Washing.
ton, grateful to tue Supreme RuIer of
the universe for our liberties, do Or
dam this constitution" This anne ld-
ment was carried by vote of 20 10 20.
The delegation from Jefferson county
we're unity upon this question aud
voted With the majority. l am pleased
to note this fact, not because / profess
great religious zeal, but for the reason
that such examples produe beneficial ef-
feet upon the rising generation. The
knowl edge that Sduits believe in Su-
preme Being causes children even in
their conduct to emulate their seniors,
aud thus model tlcir behavior in ac-
cordauce with such Views.
Petitions were received from num-
Der of physicians asking for state
board of health.
Mr. Kinnear presented 4 proposition
relative to having buildings in the ma
ture OF state warehouses.
Further consideration of the article
upon militia then took place.
The gentlemen who argue&HEGinst the
article as reported were Turner, God
man; Griffiths, Browne, Moore and
Stiles, Jones, Kinnear, Weisenberger,
Cosgroye, Prosser, sullivan and Power
in favor of the report.
Those favorable to the organization OF
militia system, by an article in the
constitution, were very earnest in their
arguments. Many OF the delegates felt
that the opposition was uncalled for and
at the same time discoultesy to the
ticle.
If it had been intended that this con-
vention should not provide for militia
system, then many argued that the con,
vention should not have made provision
in its rules for such committee.
The necessity for militia was strong
ly advocated and the good services per
formed by the territorial militia, during
the terrible disaster that visited Seattle
was largely dwelt upon and used as an
argument.
The opponents to the article said thai
their opposition was not because there
was no necessity for Il militia, but be
cause they believed that it was a matter
entirely Legislative in character and con
sequently should be left to the Iegisla
ture TO determine.
Judge Turner said he thought that al
this convention ought to do was to de
| clare that there shall he a militia system