, 1890-04-03

cupying that position have suffered
ahrlsiOn- of the shins. He realized
the magnitude and the importance
of the work, us we'll us the difficult
ties by the way. lie listened
patiently to suggestions and impor-
tunitics, but all his states were
broken 10y other suggestions and i'm
nortlnitics, The trouble was that
hc had either too many pegs or not
II sufficient number Of hulu-. Real
lllup this he took the masculine
bovine 10y the prutubcnnccs and
met the emergency IN his own way.
OF COuIse there were disgppulnt-
mCuts and consequent sentiment.
But in the chair bis superior knowl-
cdwo of parliamentary law and
usugcs, his keen perception and
quick decision, his digniiled but
courteous bearing, his accuracy and
fairness in NIL rulings, combined
with the facility with which hc con-
truilcd the huSluc-- of tie senate.
won back to him innuNof his tormcr
critics. All cOugcuc that he Is AN
exceptionally capable prcsding
officer and a very agreeable gentle
man.
ON the floor of the senate Hon.
Horace u. lloughton took rank
early iu the session as the ablcst
judge of law and one of the sOuudegt
thinkers and concise and torciblc
speakers In the body. This position
lac cnsily maintained la the finish
without any eNcrtion ON his part.
a
the point, aud were listened To with
close attention ANA careful consider
alton. y good .pg CiuIcn OF his ora
tory II found I'm the reports of his
-pecch on the tide lands bill: at
iuvtun ought to be mindful of the
Interests nt the old settlers, aud ON
this vein of sympathy the measure
hus gained many friends. HUT
the state Of Washington owes
no man anything. have
that reverence and respect for the
old settlers tnat / feel Tor old ags,
but lac would lee generous indeed
who would rob his poS,erity to en-
rich his ancestry. The stream of tf-
feet ON runs onward ana down, not
backward and up" A. u member
of the committee on judiciary ,-euJ-
tor lloughton frequently disagreed
with the chairman, senator Kin
near of King county, who appnr-
entity hurdeuCd himself with lHuurs
that no one man could be rcasouu-
bly, expected lo perform, and couse-
pueutlN could not give all questions
that came before his committee thut
thoughtful consideration thut II
supreme court would hc expected to
hcstow upon prc,eutntiOn To them of
an ucl of the Legislature. Senator
lloUghtun adhered to he broad
view that ii would bo folly for the
legislature to pass laws that were
clearly unconsi ltutioual, or that
would he imperative. He has moth
ing to be ashamed Of so far as his
record AT Olympia ia concerned.
Hon. Alex. Watt was one of the
most indclatigahlc workers in the
senate, As chairman of the conf
mittee on elections and privileges
he was confronted with herculean
task. Letters poured in upon him
from all parts of the state, clamor-
ing for the Australian ballot system.
lie answered all these carefully, and
wrote To other people requesting an
eN preston of their views, Having
satisfied himself that majority of
the people desired the adoption of
this law he formulated systematic
plan to win over to the proposition
the other members of the committee,
which hc succeeded in accomplish
ing, but II required time. There
were several bills before the commit
tee upon reassembling after the hol-
idny recess, nut none of them were
applicable TO the conditions prevail
ing in Washington under the con-
stitution and the laws that
hud been enacted having II bearing,
directly or indirectly, upon cleo
tiuns. Senator Watt spent much of
his time In the state library, and
even sent away for books ON his nc
count. About the time he was
ready to report series Of election
laws, including the Australian sys-
tenn, u registration law and u pri-
mary election uw, he was called
upon to unite with the committee
on municipal corporations in the
preparation of the bill classifying
cities, which proved TO be trcmcn-
dOtIs undertaking So late in the ses-
sion, requiring several weeks hard
work hy day and hy night. Finally
IL was all finished, and these four
laws, among the most important
passed 10y the legislature, ARE now ON
the statute books. senator Watt Is
also entitled to the credit of securing
the passage by the senate of the bill
locating n normal school ut Cheney.
II would have been lost without his
earnest and unliring efforts.
Hon. T., u. Hyde looked ut every
thing irum a business standpoint.
and his modest, genilemanly man
ncr and his practical views upon all
propositions gained for him ut the
beginning n strong array of friends
in the senate, who mllicd to his SUN
port In every ric..sur that he espc-
ciaiiy favored, because they were
satisfied that II was rlpht, or he
would not advocate ii. He was
chairman oi the committee on state
Insane, AUD visited the usyluns at
Medical Lake aud Fort S,cilncooui.
Money was needed to complete and
mruish tire structure at Medieal
Lake, and Senator iiyde's prescn-
talon Of The urrcnt necessity wasso
clonr, concise and forciblc that the
senate a.d house with li.ilc onpusi-
tion, pnscl the SlWl,ODO ap-
propripiiuu hlll and other aux
Hilary measlges. The snInc
method Was adopted with reference
10 the bills providing for the niain-
tcnnncc u the a-ylumat Steilacoom,