Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-24

rate of premiums. Handles amend
nlent prevailed 10y a vote OF 80 to u.
The hill was placed on lis third
reading.
Gc"ghrgan thought til" hill directly
aimed Al the money interests of the
state, and would prevent capital from
coming within our borders
Moultray then moved to place the
bill on its third reading. The clerk
read the bill for information. lIcrrcn
and Gcoghegan then attacked the hill
in a mastery manner Gcoghegan
thought the bill directly aimed at the
money interests Of the State. 1t
would prevent the influx OF further
capital into Washington.
Minis contcndcd that the bill was
unconstitutional Il believe these
labor combinations" said Minis, re-
ferring to Section Z, are the curse If
the laboring men and think they
should not be exempted from the oper
ations of the bill"
Eddy spoke in favor OF the bill. We
have the following trusts in the state ::
Coal, mining, telephone and telegraph
trusts-lumber trusts are last of ALL
We have add to the list a medical
trust. SAID Eddy: find that lum-
Der sells in Spokane for SIP per thous-
and, i'll Yakima IS per thousand, in
Tacoma SO, IN Seattle SD. find Il
bushel of wheat in Spokane is worth
80 cents per bushel and at the docks
i'll Tacoma is worth II cents. Thus
the railroads have profit of II cents
per bushel due to the trust" con
cluded Eddy.
Evans came to time, and again got
in some stirring blows upon the bill.
He contended that it was unconstitu-
tional. Il am friend OF corpora
; tons" said Evans. 81 came from Il
county that has been built up by cor
porations. 1t is no good policy when
We stab at our material interests"
MOultray then selected for his an
tagonist the champion heavyweight
, from Lewis. If that gentleman had
amended the bill to suit his wishes,
its title would read An act to pro-
tcct trusts and monopolists,' declared
Monltray. 1t must be evident to
every one" he affirmed, "that the
people want this kind of legislation"
Candy, of Spokane, objected to the
bill. 1t is a direct stab at the money
interests % the State.
. Plummcr characterized the measure
as Il most vicious one. The exemp-
ton % labor organizations was an out
rage. There are only two places to-
!, day" said Plummer, "whcre boy
, can learn a trade, and one is in the
penitentiary and the other on an In
dian reservation. Labor organizations
have brought about just such state
of things. This bill will be the means
of $500, 600 OF money being withdrawn
from Jefferson county"
Judson, OF Pierce, then spoke in IA
vor OF the bill He referred to the
arguments made against the bill as
hair splitting and shystering. 1t had
amazed him, and he sometimes thinks
he is i'll Il ltlnatic asylum.
On final passage, it was defeated by
one vote, rs follows:
Ayes - Allen, Bird, Blackburn.
Blackfan, Bothell, Brown, of Spokane,
Dean, Eddy, Edens, Farris, Flummcr-
felt, Grant, Grub, Hutchinson, judi
son, OF Whatcom, Judson, of Pierce,
Kennedy, Moultray, Oliphant, Ostran-
der, Painter, Person, Pickrell, Purdy,
Robertson, Rutter, Sharpe, Spencer,
, Turner, Wcatherforl-29.
Noes-Brown, of Pierce, Bush,
Clark, Cleman, Cook, Cornwell, Day,
, Evans, Candy, Geoghegan, Herren,
Handle, Kuhn, Lull, McReavy, Meade,
Medcalf, Megler, Minklcr, Morse,
Nash, Minis, Plummer, Power, Ran
dali, Shinn, Stevenson, Straight,
Tucker, Mr.. Spcaker-30.
A motion to reconsider was laid on
the table, thus placing hardknot on
the measure.
A motion to adjourn to Monday ut
, 80 then prevailed.