The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-22
STATE TIDE LANDS.
The Bill Passed Is : Compromise
By the Senate.
A,aEnDMEnrs osJecrED TO.


"A sAsrs DsAsss.
OrYurrA. March 1-h The eana1o n IL
asssenoon he comntssos @ t1de lan0s rupegsed
n. h ~ relative 70 tide landA without ssco0'
men0asson. Austin moved - place TIE hGl q
anal paaag nov.
Ho1ghf0n moved 10 amend ~ 1akinx the
hill spocial ordor tog to0ofrov g p -: ioeQ
IA yeas, - nayG Austin's moetoa then ear'
.ried on viva voee vueA The se0eeazy heoan
reading the hill
Van Hosten offered the following substitute
for section 8:
section Z The sovernor shah appoint Q
board Of appraisers committing OF nve distnssf-
anime and sppsaiss the shore and ads iands In
this state q hereinaftef provided"
Wood objected TO the amendment. saying thai
he would oppose any change In ne h<ll - 1ar q
any had bean suggested 70 him
.Here We are" he said. ''1n the Last days Of
the ssasion. and u 10 essential 10. n TO pesl
some bill do not want - jeopardise the Lin
Of the ball"
wilson suggested thss the friends Of the bin
were afraid thar It would b beaten II amend
mens were allowed and Il vas returned % the
House.
Parkinson opposed the snsndnent ana
Payne said the excuses Of the friends OF The bill
Long sad he would Ike 70 - the bin
amended. but he thought the necessity Of the
passage Of some measure paraDoons - III seAas
considerations
Tho amendment was then deiesssd By The
following vote:
Yeas-sariss. Forsyth. Houshtop. Hunsaker.
Hyde. Lawrence, Payne. Preston. Van Ho1tsn.
vestal. watt. Wilson. wolfs-l2
Nsys-Austfn. Baker. Clough. Drum. Pair
weather, Guilfoil. Jones. Kinnear, KneelAnd,
LAndes, Long. Snow. owinga, Parkinson. Sea-
borg. Luce, Thompson, G. T., wood. wooding
-l9
Absent and mot voting Rinshart Thompson.
L F. whalley-a
Hoaghton here offered . lengthy substitute
for sections TO II inclusive. providing that the
commission Of appraisal shall survey and plat
into lots and blocks tide lands Inside the har.
Dor reserve The streets, however. shall to-
inmate where there are now valuable improve.
ments: sale Of lots and blocks after appeaisal -
public auction II provided for; oWners Of valu-
and any SHORE owner Who hes valuable improve
ments shall be entitled TO - much Of IL tide
lands - the commission shall decide are neceo-
sary to Be used In connection with his improve
menta
Payne moved 70 strike eat the psoviso in the
substitute that the right over the tide dsts Ter.
inmate at substantial improvements; lost
Houghton said he Wa ready b aocepe he
inevitable. for he saw that nineteen was moro
than one-half OF thirty-nve. But this Wa day
when W are making history and he desired %
write his name upon one paso Of Il The
speaker had read with much interest ths
apology of b. g. Struvc for the actfon Of their
predecessors in selling the university lands.
He hoped that this legislature In the future
would have g able and lenieut an opologist g
Mr.. Struve for It's action ON the tide landa M.
Houshton then attacked the bill He saad that
there was no means By which the wharf strip
provided BY the constitution could b reached
over the tide lands OF othera The primary
purpose Of this amendment was 70 provide This
open highway
Xneeland. replying to HoughAon, declared
that this bill had bsen carefully framed with
reference 70 harbor lineA Two hills were now
pending for harbor lines and public water ways
and simple egress and ingress was afforded over
the tide lands 70 the reserve strip Kneeland
also called the attention Of Houshtou 70 the
hill which had passed, exfsnding streets over
tide landA
A colloquy ensued between ne senators, in
which Houghton insisted upon his poeition that
NO OPEN way was provided In this bin 70 the 10
serve strip.
The vote on tho amendment was n ysas, -
maya
The main question was loudly called for. but
Houshton desired 10 speak. He vs. opposed 20
the bill Tor three reasons: First ~ was not in
favor Of any tide lands bill q eli this session
Second. he was not In favor Of the sale of tbs
tide lands at all Third. he VS. opposed to the
manner Of detail provided for In this bill. -
radically wrong In principle He declared that
he had never heard . good reason for the pas-
sage Of the bill
The old settler argumsnt." he said, ''is not
good. They have been here . long time and
have done much, but though they came here q
an early time they came here foe sxacsly the
same purpose did They were not philanthrop-
fsts- The state owes no one anything-not one
citixen more than another
lido not believe" he continued, chat this
bill has received the fair and impartial consider
cetve. still 1 cannot fmpugu the motives Of
friends Of the bin because Ill do not think a.
do"
The senator exhausted his time OF Ave min
utes and the savel dropped. Ths Senate gave
consent for him TO 90 on, but he decli1ed, say
ing that further speeches st this time we're nm
| necessary.
| There were again loud calls for the question
and the ball vas put to vote. II resulted - fol-
| lows:
Yeas-Austin. Baker. Clough, Drum, Fair.
| weather. Gutlfoil. Jones. Ktnnear. Kneeland,
LAndes, Long. Luce, owings. Parkinson, eea-
borg. SNOW. Thompson. 9. T., Wood. woodins
lis.
Nays-Farrin. Fouyth, Houshson. Hlnsaker,
| Hyde, LAwrsucs. Payne, Preston. Rinehast Van
| Houten. vestal. wsef. Wilson. wolfs-lA
| Ahsent-Thompson. l. y. whAllsy.
s. B. No. 2l8, by committee on ha1bor lines
| To constitute board OF hayboe line conniasieu-
| en- and prescribing their duties. vs. innedi-
sicily taken up.
| Long moved thatthe bill be rerefcrred. with In
strucsions 70 amend that the sovssnos appoint
| i've commissioners to b counrmod By the Cen.
| ate The original bill provided that the con-
| mission consist Of four members, to b elected
| BY the Legislature and lieutenant governor
Kneeiand opposed the motion. saying Il would
| tend TO delay matser& He wanted this bin pu,
| through. now that the tide land bill had been
| passed.
| There's no uss beating about the bush" said
| wilson. the object Of this motion Il 10 remove
| the Lieutenant governor from this commisaion.