, 1890-02-27
"A HOT BATTLE.
First Days Fight on tho
Tide Lands.
THE SPOILERS WIN.
And the Bunohgrassers Are
Defeated.
NOBODY YET HAS A MAJORITY,
Tho Governor vetoes tho Power
Medical Biii-The Work in
Detail.
NOBODY YET HAS A MAJORITY,

OLYNprA, Wash, Feb. 20.-Thc hrsl
4 days battle on tho tide land question
! ended IN the complete rout OF the East
ern Washington delegation, headed by
Speaker Teiennn. who favored bill pro
I viding fpr the sale Of the tide lands al
bubiic auction, recognizing the rights of
noiti,sr tho upland owners nor tho
oWners OF valuable Improvements II
Was q battle botween Western and East
M Washingio on and the Westcrncrs won,
xhs uplsnd owners and the owners ol
oubstArsiai improvements were prach-
eaily combined against tho enemy,
though there was no decided unity In
their forcss. Neither has any use for
K lhc othsr, and either would have grakpcd
nny opportunity that would have en-.
obksd II 10 down the other. Tho up
1and owners Ind tho best Of what little
victory thers Is 10 boast of, in that tho
jmprovsmcnt men were foiled In ono OF
Two efforts they mnde TO establish rights.
The house spent nearly the whole day
- IN question. After little routine
business had been dono II went into com
miesse Of >he whole with Grant in the
chair, and tho bills prepared by the
specIsl committee Representative Clark,
tke toiat committee, Representative
H0ul(ray aud Representative Foster @
oyster land bill were read, after which
tbs jcL1t co,nmIttec biil W. was tax taken -, up Z
a3>d fne<rostirg. and there was consider
Felehnn and CLARK had TIT and tho
lnifoF had little the bcst Of IL Nearly
III th< senators were present to get point
an - thoy will bc in the throes
q To- tide land question tomorrow.
~ one time the scnate chamber was de-
.ssffed, Iieutenant Governor l.aughton
oaiisd President pro tenn Parkinson to
~ chair, and no In turn called Gull
1on<l and Joined the interested crowd
doFnstsirs. AT one time there was no
enc present bat Guilford and the as
sisfa1t secretary, who was reading n
leoe tlll. Whom there were hut few
sanskoFs present whuIley offered reso =
luton Inviting tho attorney general TO
h pFesene his views ON the tide land
question 70 the senate in writing IL
Vas voted down.
The amendment which Speaker
FeIRhAn offered TO tho bill in the house
st->s.-S ss,c.sses the attorney generars $
When tho committee arose IL asked,
and was granted, leave to sit again.
Tho battle will bc continued Tomorrow.
II IL to the interest OF the improve
mont owners to prolonr the hght Tor
they gain strength right along. They
have the largest single following and
hold lhe balance OF power, but can /
swing n sufficient nurnber OF votes TO
pass d bill Of their own liking. Even bJ
combjnlng with the shore owners they
did nos have sufficient strength to-day.
Tho test vote was on kuhn's amend :
nnsnt 70 section 10, which was offered In
tho interest OF the impfovcrsi there were
2s for II and 33 against II. The actual
ttengtA OF tho friends Of the bill, with
the amendment as proposed by Kuhn,
Is thirty-one votes, or five less than the
numhcf necessary 20 pass y IN the house.
There are elcven doubtful votes and the
other twenty eight are against tho bill.
The if,proyers hope 10 draw both from
the other portion and from the doubt
full eleven. Moultray has been
trying To elect combination between
1iis forces and the irnPfoyers, and thinks
this would result In the passage of tho
bill. The iniproyers wcuId not hesitate
20 Join tho ccon,binntion, but they have
weIl-grounded fears that the senate
would kll Noultray's bill, end they
would rather accept the joint committee
bill. with suitable amendments, than
take chances OF receiving no Legislation
nt all They don't care u snap for the
upland owners, but those individuals
happen TO have n respectable following,
which the improvcrs are inclined to
cultivate, as by pooling issue with them,
and the addition OF a few recruits, the
combined forces can pass bill
which will recognize the rights OF both
the riparian and improvement owners
the only one for which there is any de-
gree on certainty OF favorable action In
tho beuate. IL section 10 is eliminated
the death kneil to tho bill will be
sonnded. and there WILL probably DC no
tS~ Anu Ies.s.ht'on.
na pasih ~ ~ ,i,n,,,',,e,,,a ,ya, ,,,isi
,.o.ts Ne i,ili obnoxlous and finally
compel even It's own friends to vote
against II. They sec that they can't
win, and are trying 70 prevent tho tri-
umph q the others. Inc friends oi me
olu uneo '..,. s.u ~ .,snl ~. 49,.
1.h*, 1alh 'S' "'SN
THE riour-
Mr.. Pickrell started the ball rolling by
moving to- strike out sechon ~,
Nhich1is really the milki thc cocoanut'
1t recognizes iirst OF all the rights oi
the shutting owner.
A long debate ensued upon ME.
8ddy's anne nument 70 strike out thst
porfl0n OF section ~ recognizing the
PRIOR pre-empiion rights OF ahutting
dwners MI Eddy held that IL was mol
for the legislature. to decide as 70 tho
Ylehu Of the riparian owners That wns
the duty of tue courts- nat risn'l
he asked, "has man TO the land an
ffonfof him. because lie happens to front
on the tide waserr
1fr. Moultray said that the recognition
Of the rights OF the atutiins owner
would throw cloud upon the title OF
the land.