The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-16

sasi % set 4 TIE creation of the orxron
st4se board q agriculture. 6Te or SIX years
ago, and an annual appropriation al s5,gs90
hsTs been the means Il relieving the Old
sszte fair association OF the diress faatcisl
distress ane, placing The institution on .
sound financial basss. The effect has been,
strangely enough. that the horse races and
exal0tts Of stock are now very fne bar the
tar : much poorer than OF yore in other
departments.
Inc aggregate OF appropriations asked
rom congress By memorials slrsady passed
or about 70 pass this legislature Is abcaf
maliloa dollars. Under the new regime 10
nay De expected that memorials Wi have
more weight than in the old territorial
dayS. Then WAshington's needs were
nrsed hy yogeaess delegate. who had only
the right TO make plea for his needy ter
Faiory on the floors of congress; and he
Was almost always heard in vain. But
now there are three Representatives in con-
gress, aud al have votes and influence. and
they are backed up bv a state thar has
three electoral votes and q RepaE-
hcan majority OF l0o00. which. under
3 Republican administration and before 8
nothing. Then the territory occasionally
got helping hand from the Oregon repre-
ssnTatsYes; but It was not much. for. ex-
cspt where the interests Of the state and
territory were common. they had AL they
could do 10 secure their own appropFia-
tons and could not be expected 70 sacri-
nee their own time and Interests TO the IN
teresLs OF the struggling territory.
Ia the territorial days appropriations for
the Improvements OF Washington 5 rivers
and harhors were shamefuIly measer.
They generally amounted 70 \ few thou
sand dollars for the improvement of the
Cowlitz, or 10 aid IN pulling snags cut Of
the skagit The smallest appropriations
TO the rivers aud hartors OF Oregon read
something ike the following. Column
bia river bar, $4,000; Cascade locks.
$4,000; Yaquina bay. s60o0: Coos
bay, sSo.09. while Tillamook hay
the Sinslaw, Umpqua. CoqEille aud
other coast rivers and the Upper
Willamette we're generally awarded many
thousands more. This was total Of $2o.-
go Tor Improvements in the Columb bia that
were OF benefit 70 Oregon, with next 20
nothing Tor the upper Culambis whege
they might be OF benefit to Washington.
All this nos will be, or ought 10 be
changed; and the manner in which it viii
be changed is already illustrated III bills
that haYe been introduced by the three
repTese kdhtives and that viii be urged By
them 10 adoption. One OF them is 3 bill
for the location OF public buildings at seat
tie. Tacoma and Spokane Falls. which now
have good chance CT passage, bur there
would have been no prospect whatever
under the territorial fortE OF government
Bills for appropriations for the improve
nlent OF Gray's harbor and Shoaiwater
bay, for various rivers Of Puges sound and
for the upper Columbia and Snake rivers,
will now have as good opportunity as the
Oregon bills.
Five constructions have been attempted
to be placed upon the following sentence in
Section q Article III. Of the constitution:
Sec 6 After the hrst election, the senators
shall be elected BY single districts OF convenient
and contiguous tertiary a. shs sane time and
in the same manner as members os the House Of
Representatives are required % be elected.
Ii this means what it says. each state
senator shall hereafter be elected from q
Is 70 make the apporrionmsns OF the coun@
ties into senatorial districts This rroyis-
ion was, no doubt, copied from the CalifoE-
MIA constitution. where senatorial elections
are conducted in this manner.
The settlement Of the code question is
awaited with anxiety by al. The delega-
ton of the work OF segregation. eoinpila-
ton and annotation viii relieve the legisla-
ture OF a great work that otherwise must
be undertaken by the body itself. OF the
several propositions that have been made,
formally and informally. all have ia view
the nomination Of Mr. w. Lair Hill as
commissioner.
Legislators have been amused during the
past few days by the exhibition OK s comic
picture of two bunko-steerers. disguised as
farmers. who have been attempting 80 work
their games upon each other and whose
mutual astonishment is depicted when
each discovers the game and identity OF
the other. The Bancroft. Company, OF San
Francisco, has two very energetic repreSen-
tatiyes In Olympia: bal they have no yis-
lille relations, and, in fact, pretend not 70
knew each other. The other night one was
playing game OF whist at the Carlton.
with Thompson. the tocuiar senator from
Walla WaliA and two Others, whea the
other strolied In and sat down by hiss con-
free. Noticing that the two agents did
nos speak, one 81 the players politely intro
dnsed them;
eMs. sAaborn. let me introduce goa 10
Mr.. Davis.
Mr.. SAnborn arose ard started 60 shake
hsnds with Mr. Davis. when Thompson
paralvEad the entire room BY breaking
forth ia 4 load explosion
eBnako. BY -
One hundred and sixty-two bits have 70
far been introduced of these. exscty ifa
are IN the Hou1e and sixty-two in the syn
ate
The House oonvenes tomorrow ~ =. 81.
and tls senate s. ~ The senator's aai
REPRESENTATIVES who have BEEN il attend
anes at aha memorial services IN seattle To-
aav are expected to Fetarn 10 the morning
THE TIpE LANDS,
No Deaalte PeIsoy Yet Outlined hy ahs
Hoase CammstEee.
tBf.gapya. Dec l5-The special commit