Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-15
PACIFIC STATES.
The Observation-Disclosures at
Olympia
CHINESE MURDERS IN FRISCO.
French Citizens of the Bay City
Celebrate the French Cen
tennial.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

| Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
OLYMPIA, w. T., July 14.-The con-
vention held its first morning session
yesterday. Though the hour of ga. M.
was early, there was full attendance
present. No petitions were presented
and no committees ready to report. The
Judiciary will be ready Monday; Pre-
amble, Wednesday Legislative, during
the week. The time was taken up by
reading propositions, from members, OF
which the following are abstracts:
By Durre: Nothing in the constitu-
ton shall invalidate the land grant to
Seattle and Walla Walla railroads.
By Davis: No county shall be di-
vided or county seat moved or located
| without vote Of the majority OF the peo-
pie.
By Meyers: Declaring all natural
| waterways belong to the people, and may
be used for irrigation purposes if the
mestic, then agricultural, then manu-
| featuring purposes and right of way for
| irrigation bitches shall be granted.
| 10y bW WJCl AiA puullC LII uot
personally conduct official business. No
child under IA to be employed in busi-
ness dangerous to health or life.
no veto power; also, providing for the
official scaling of logs.
BY Schooley: Dividing the State into
fifty Senatorial districts, each district
two Representatives.
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roads connecting with the nearest rail.
road, to have the product of their mines
transported at reasonable rates.
By Jeffrey: Municipal property to be
exempt from execution.
By Weir: An article on executive
departments, which provides for a
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre
| tary of State, Auditor, Attorney General
Superintendent of Public instruction
| all holding Office four years except the
Lieutenant Governor and Inspector
only two years. and office to commence
the third Monday in January. 1t gives
the officials the usual power.
By Convey: Defining official bribery
By Barry Senators to hold office for
six years, one-third of the Senate going
out every two years also defaulters in.
eligible 10 office.
By T. NJ. Read: Fixing the salary oi
the Governor at $5,000 Chief Justice
Secretary and Auditor, SO, 800 each AS.
sociate Justice, $4,000 Other judges
| salaries fixed by the Legislature. Each
Senatorial district shall include three
Legislative districts. The House of Rep
resentatives to have minority representa-.
tion after the plan of the Illinois law.
Also, tide lands not to be sold, but to be
leased, not over fifty years also that
military must do no police duty.
By Turner: Only the interest of the
| School fund shall be used; also,
unclaimed jury or other fees or estates of
persons dying intestate to go to the
School fund.
By Dwyer: Establishing a Commits
sion of Public Printing.
III. J. Moore wanted the Land Com
mittee to report the history of school
lands, their disposition in other States,
extent. etc. The motion was lost.
By Schens School fund money to be
provemenls at no less than 4 per cent.
on bonds running fifteen to twenty-five
years.
Inc COtcmlttee on mileage reported,
but objections being made to the report,
it!was referred back.
The Committee on Lands has rented a
hall, and will hear arguments on the tide
land question. 1t is said $40, ,000 900
worth of property is involved in this
question, and strong lobby, who claim
a million dollars is behind them,
are here to push their interests, namely,
the sale of tide lands to private parties or
corporations.