, 1890-03-27
THE TIDE LANDS LOST,
A Victory for Doodle in IN
Senate.
PLANS WERE CAREFULLY LAID
The Friends of the Bill Wai,oa
Until They Were Sure of
Winning.


OLYMPIA, Wash, March 2L-Th.
great tido lands fight is over at la,
The bill which was adopted by the hons.
passed the senate to-day by vote of n
to II. The fight in the senate was eba,-
actorizod by the absence OF the featurc,
which made the contest in tho house %
furious and picturesque.
In the upper chamber to-day thsr.
was no cross-fring of words or yolloy,
Of eloquencc. There were nineteen sena.
tors In favor OF the measure, and thev
passed II without u solitary amendment.
The East Sido members opposed the
measure generally, with the exception Of
Messr,. Snow, Luce, Thompson. of Walla
Wall, Austin ana Fairwcather. Senator
Rinehart, Of King, voted against the bIk
The balance OF the Eastern contingent. 4
with the exception OF MoSsrs. Payne, Of
sksgt, and Ves,al, of Snohomish, sup
ported the measure.
It was bitter fight from the begin
ming to the end, but II was q fight with
out words. The reason of thi. is uppat-
ent. The friends OF the measure would
not let the bill come up until they had
enough votes 10 pass It. Al noon to-
day the time was up. Accordinely,
matters were brought to a focus. Nine.
teen senators had plocged themselves to
support tho bill, and they sat with an
unbruken line throughout the session,
voting down every amendment the op.
position offered.
The opposition realized the condition
OF affairs and submitted TO the inoyi.a.
bic.
Mr.. Wood accused the opposition Of
dilntory tactics In Offering amendments
Mr. Payne, OF Skngit, replied with
withering sarcasm: Accusations OF dila.
torinCss come with a bid grace from the
friends OF the bill. We have been ready
! aud willing to consider 1t at any time,
and the excuse that 1t Is too lnto now to
/ get better bill Is TO gauzy rot 10 DO un-
derstood."
Mr. lIoughton championed the cause
ofthc opposition. llo was brilliant aud
/ eloquent, and he hurled his WEAPONS
/ with scathing force upon the friends Of
| the big steal.
Tho passage of tho bill did not consume
| quito an hour.
MIR. Austin, who Is chairman of the
tide lands cOminittec. reported the bill
back without recommendation. Mr..
Luce moved 10 take up the bill at once.
and Mr, HoughtOn moved to make II
the special order Tor tomorrow at /
O'Clock.
Mr.. I.ucc's motion prevailed. and the
bill was put on the third reading,
Mr.. Van Huuten set tho ball rolling
by offering u substitute for section Q, as
follows; "Ihe governor shall appoint a
board OF appraisers, consisting OF five
disintorcstcd frechulders, whose duty Il
shall be to examine aud appraise tho
shore and tide lands in tho state, "a
hereinafter provided"
The object of Mr.. Van Houtens
amendment was that the governor
should not be limited to the Western
counties for his selection OF the APP
praiseTs.
MIR. Wood, Of King, thought tn,
amendment very proper, but was afraid
that any amendments might ieopariizs
the passage Of the bill.
Mr.. Wilson, of kittitas. said that thCr,
was u disposition on the part Of th,
friends Of the bill 10 avoid amendin,
the bill, for fear the house would NOD
concur.
MIR. Houghton then moved to strik,
out the sections from 4 To ~ inclusive
OF the bill, and offered q substitute, pro
yiding for the disposal OF all the It'd,
lands not improved.
The spokanc senator followed In ar
eloquent appeal In behalf Of his amend
ment, but 1t was defeated by vote o
10 70 ":
Mr.. Houghion then made u final pro-
test against the bill. III would not i'm
pugn the motives OF any member who u
IN favor Of the measure he said, "bu
would simply state that ! thinl
the measure has not received proper con
sideration at the hands OF the legislature
IL has been said that the state Of Wash
ingion ought to bo mindful Of the inter
ests OF the old settlers, and on this yeif
Of sympathy the measure has game
many friends. but the state Of Wash