Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-09
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Mr.. Mlrcs, from Committee on Wa
ter and Water Rights, reported an ar
t-clc declaring the waters to he public
for irrigating purposes. Laid over and
ordered printed.
Mr.. Bowen offered a resolution that
the President appoint committee OF
three to prepare device for a seal for
the State OF Washington. Carried.
Mr.. Minor by unanimous consent,
presented resolution, that all reports
of Standing Committees, except from
the Committees ON Schedule and Re
vision, be filed by Saturday Aug 10.
Carried.
/ When the spccia! or,ier.was reached,
being the report of the Committee on
State, School and Granted lands, and
there being several minority reports,
Mr.. Sulsdorf moved to re-commit all
/ the reports to the Committee from
whence they came. Lost.
WhereupOn, Mr.. McElroy moved
that the consideration of the reports,
above referred to be postponed to
Tuesday next and be made the special
order OF that day. Carried.
T. NJ. Reed gave notice that he
would move a reconsideration of the
vote on the article on Revenue and
Taxation" and Mr.. Griilitts moved to
reconsider the same at this time, and
Mr.. Stiles moved to lay the motion on
In -
taken on reconsideration by ayes and
noes. the Convention refused to recon-
slider by 81 ayes to 81 noes.
On motion of Mr.. Dyer, the Conven-
ton went into Committee of the
Whole, Mr.. Crowley in the chair, to
consider the articles on the State Cap
itol and Public Buildings.
The first section provides that the
State shall foster and support educa-
tional, reformatory and penal institu-
tons, and those for the benefit of the
blind, deaf and dumb or otherwise de-
fective youth, for the insane or idiotic
and such other institutions as the
public good may require, and the re-
gents trustees or commissioners of all
such institutions shall be appointed
by the Governor, by and with the ad-
wee and consent of the Senate, and
this section was agreed to.
The second section being purely leg
islatiye was stricken out.
Then came up the section for locat- |
ing the permanent seat of govern
ment of the State, and the article re-
ported by the Committee requiring a
vote of the people to be taken on the
first Tuesday i'll October, 1889, was
proposed to be amended by Mr.. Pros
ser making the time for taking the
first vote at the general election in
November, 1890. Mr.. Convey proposed
to make the first vote at the general
election in 1896, and supported his mo-
ton.
Mr.. Dyer favored Mr.. Prosser's
amendment.
Mr.. Gritiitts favored the report of
the Committee and hoped that we
would dispose of it at once, that the
public buildings may be erected with
out unnecessary delay.
Messrs. Goldman, Dunbar and Nc
Elroy also spoke in favor of the report
OF the Committee. Mr.. McElroy was
emphatic and eloquent in his advocacy
OF fixing the permanent seat of gov
eminent at Olympia, which ought to
have been done by this Convention,
and take it out of future political
complications, and he held that it
was best to determine the matter as
early as possible.
Messrs. Stiles, J. z. Moore, Lillis |
and Sturdevant favored Mr. Prosser's
amendment for a vote in 1890.
Mr.. Power wanted to give the cities
that have been destroyed by fire a
chance to secure the capital and he,
therefore. favored postponing the ques-
ton to 1896.
L. NJ. Reed said he was from the
first i'll favor of putting the question
off five or six years, and in that he
echoed the sentiment of the people OF
Olympia, and therefore he opposed the
rest of the committee to fix the capital
at Olympia in the Constitution, but
after further consultation the commit
tee changed their first determination
and agreed upon their present report,
and he further spoke in defense of
Judge Hoyt in forming the commit
tees, and denied the report that he
(Reed) was chairman of the Olympia
ring.
Upon Il vote being taken on the
amendments, they were both defeated
and the section reported by the COM
mittee was agreed to.
Mr.. Goldman offered substitute for
Section 3, as follows:
"The legislature shall make no ap-
preparations or expenditures for capt.
tel buildings or grounds Except to
keep the Territorial capitol buildings
and grounds in repair and for making
all necessary additions thereto) until
the seat OF government shall have been
permanently located, and the public
buildings are erected at the perma-
nent capital in pursuance of law"
which was adopted, 50 to Is.
The Committee of the Whole rose
and the President resumed the chair,
and the amendments were concurred
in.
Mr.. Griffitts moved to suspend the
rules, consider the article cngrossed
passed to its third reading and put
its final passage carried, and the first
article was agreed to.
The second article was agreed to by
90 ayes to 3 noes, and was referred to
Committee on Revision.
The President presented n telegram
from the Port Townsend Chamber of
Commerce in favor of granting to oc-
cupants of lands abutting on tide
lands preference in purchase
The Convention then took recess
to p. NJ
THURSToN COUNTY.