Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-31

dy, Gilchri>t. Grant, Hamilton,
Hughes, Huntington, Hutchinson,
Judson, OF Whatcom, JudsOn OF Pierce,
HANDLE, Kennedy, Kuhn, Lull. Nc
Reavy. Mead, Medcalf, Megler, Morse,
Moultry, Nash, Minis. Oliphant, Os-
trander, Person, Peterson, Pickrcll,
Plummer, Randall, Rotch, Rutter,
Spencer, Stevenson, Straight, Turner,
Weatherford, Mr.. Speakcr-42
Geoghegan, of Clarke, then moved
that the report of the committee be
adopted
by this you mean,' asked Evans,
" that they be allowed to resign?"
Yes" replied Geoghegan, This
house has engaged in this parcel OF
nonsense long enough. To me the
whole business looks Ike farce. The
Legislature Is engage | in chasing wind
mills and important work is delayed
by this foolishness. ! submit that the
the matter be dropped at once"
Evans in seconding Geoghegans
resolution characterized the proceed
lngs of the Investigation Committee as
humbug. 1t was the privilege of Mr..
Browne to refuse to answer questions
put to him by the committee and the
fact that the members of that COM
mittee undertook such a job is sufii-
cient evidence that this farce has gone
far enough.
Evans remarks brought Grant to his
feet with an explosion. He said Ev-
ans had been lavish in his structures
OF the committee. "This House." said
Grant, declared by its vote when this
committee was appointed that it
wished these charges investigated and
the anti-boOdle sensation sifted to the
bottom, and now the committee has
reached point III its proceedings
where it either must have power to
compel witnesses to give evidence or
else cease its labOrs. For my part"
said the member from King with a
burst of anger, am perfectly willing
to resign, glad to resign and at once"
MOultray said it would be short
sightedness on behalf of the Republi-
can party to bring the matter to such
a sudden termination as proposed by
GeOghegan. at would lead the peO-
pie" said Moultray, "to believe that
we have found something in the testi-
mony which it would be better to bury
than to bring to the light of day"
Browne, of Spokane, asked that he
might explain the charges made
against him by the committee. He
waxed warm on his subject and made
very telling speech. al find on re-
ferring to the constitution" he said,
that a member may be compelled to
testify against another member only
when specific charge is made against
such member of bribery or corruption
l am not aware that any member here
is at the present time charged with
receiving Doodle. On the contrary
this is all anti-boodle. l have meant
no disrespect to this committee, but
when was called to testify on Satur-
day evening l did not think the ques-
tons were pertinent. Moreover, Speak
er Fcighan was present at the meet
ing and asked leave to ask me some
questions. l objected to this"
At this moment Feighan began to
lose his temper, and after Browne had
gave him two or three more sallies, the
chief executive of the House called
Minis to the chair and begged the at
tention of the House. He referred to
the fact that he was present at the
meeting merely as a disinterested
party. He had heard that certain
member of the House (glancing at
Browne) had charged him with being
influenced in the selection OF the com
mittee. 1.-THE man who makes such
charges as that is capable of dishonor,"
he said. Here Browne interrupted.
He said the speaker was casting per-
sOnal reflections on his character and
asked the protection of the House.
The chairman, however, called him to
order and Feighan continued to pull
Browne over the Goals.
1t seemed evident that row was
brewing. Members began rising in all
parts of the room, and it became al
most impossible to preserve order
GeOghegan, again referring to the
investigation, said: This has been
miserable farce Nc have been chas-
ing windmills from the start, and if we
are not tired of such nonsense l am
sure our constituents are"
Plummer came up the aisle from his
seat in the rear OF the house and said
that Geoghegan WAS unfair to Moul
tray. Moultray had been made the
subject of charges, and it was the duty
Mt least of the committee to either eX-
Onerate Moultray or else find him
guilty"
Candy, of Spokane, here got in side
shot at Grant, and made the gentle
man from King very wrothy. al I'M
derstood," said the Spokane member,
that this committee has ascertained
nothing, and l think the humbug
should cease"
Grant wished to know how Candy
knew this.
Candy commenced to reply, but the
Speaker called him to order. For a
period then of three minutes great
confusion reigned. Members began
raising points of order and other ques-
tons SO frequently that Speaker Fei-
CHAN was obliged to call for silence
Plummer then got in resolution that
the committee be instructed to report
at 2 o'clock tomorrow, and thus the
matter dropped.
! The following bills passed their
third reading in the House to-day:
By Evans, to secure to creditors just
division of the funds of assigned debt
ors. Passed.
BY Geoghegan, to provide grand
jurors for Superior Courts. Passed.
By Megler, for the appointment of a
state fish commissioner. Passed.
By Blackfan, making it lawful to
castrate bulls over 10 months old rum
ming at large. Passed.
The following bills were introduced
in the House to-day:
By Lull, to provide for the removal
of county seats.
BY Cook, to amend section 2,263 Of
the code OF 1881.
By Cornwall, for the relief Of Payne
Bros, of Walla Walla.
By Stevens, to declare and regulate
! the powers OF corporations doing a log