Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-02-14

vote for it.
Reference having been made to the
recent report OF the Grand Jury OF
King county, to the effect that the
present law is working well, Allen said
that q member of the same Grand
Jury had said to him that he was glad
the Legislature had abolished Grand
Jurics, for they were id humbugs"
He believed the proposed law was alb
solutely necessary for the preservation
OF human lives, which were lust as
precious here as anywhere in the East.
Evans opposed the bill as an impor-
tation from Pennsylvania and as
wholly unnecessary.
Plummcr regarded the present law
AS more explicit and in every way
more desirable than the one proposed.
The bill WAS rejected-ayes 81. noes
81, as follows:
Ayes-Allen, Eddy, Parrish, Grant,
Hughes, Huntington, Hutchinson,
Judson of Whatcom, Lull, Minkler,
Moultray, Oliphant, Painter, Person,
Pnrdy, Robertson, Rutter, Sharp,
Shinn, Tucker, Feighan-2l.
Noes-Brown of Pierce, Bush,
Clarke, Cleman, Cornwall, Drew,
Edens, Evans, Flummerfelt, Candy,
Geoghegan, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Her
rem, Judson OF Pierce, Handle, Kuhn,
McReavy, Medcalie, Megler, Nash,
Minis, Ostrander, Peterson, Pickrell,
Plummer, Rotch, Shaw, Stevenson,
Straight, WeatherfOrd-3l.
Adjourned to next day.
In the Senate, Friday, the following
bills were introduced:
BY Fairweather, for the relief of
Miles c. Moore
By Watt. providing for the organiza-
ton of new counties.
BY Wood, to provide for summary
disposition of actions for fOrcible en-.
try and detainer or unlawful detainer;
Judiciary.
BY Wood, relating to the mode of
proceeding for appropriation of land
by corporations; Committee on State
Tide Lands.
BY the Revenue and Taxation Com
mittee for the relief Of John Sullivan
and John Miller Murphy; Committee
on Claims.
BY Payne, to create a Code Com
mission: Committee on Judiciary.
BY the State, School and Granted
Committee, substitute for Senate bill
146; ordered printed.
BY Drum, to legalize conveyances.
etc, Judiciary Committee.
By Drum, concerning ownership of
property of husband and wife; Judic-
larry Committee.
BY the Joint Committee for the re-
lief of the late Territorial Code Com
missioners
By Baker, to regulate the practice
OF architecture; referred to the Judic-
larry Committee.
BY Preston, for the relief of F. J.
Parker; Committee on Claims.
When the House met Pickrell
moved to reconsider the vote by which
Rutter's mining bill was defeated
yesterday. The motion was laid Oh
the table. The Secretary of State was
requested to return Grants territory
bill for the purpose of giving it an
enacting clause
The following passed:
BY Sharp, providing for water for
irrigation purposes.
by Robertson, authorizing road dis
tricts to levy special taxes for road
purposes. !
The Senate Saturday opened with
q members. The time mainly was
taken up by consideration of the Hill
code bill. Its friends were we'll or
ganized and defeated the most strenu-
Gus efforts of its opponents to delay
action, and when this was denied, to |
defeat the bill by amendments. Ow-
ings led the opposing forces and Wood
the supporters of the bill. Its oppon-
ents were defeated at every point, not
because they opposed the main object
OF the bill, the manner of performing
the work or the cost but simply be-
cause it did not provide that the print
ing should be done within the State.
The Senate seemed to think, however,
that the public interest was at least
paramount with those of the State Pub
fishing Co., and passed the bill by the
following vote:
Ayes-Austin, Clough, Fairweather,
Fariss, Guilfoil, Houghton, Hyde,
Jones, Kinnear, Landes, Luce, Parkin-
son, Rinehart, Snow. Watt, Whalley,
Wilson, Wood, Wooding-19.'
NOes-Drum, Forsyth, Hunsaker.
Lawrence, Owings, Payne, Thompson,
G. T., Vestal, Wolfe-9.
The emergency clause was rejected,
lacking the necessary majority. The
vote was 10 to 8.
IL. B. No. 208, providing for addi-
tional Superior Judges, was made .
special order for Tuesday next at 2r.
N.
Adjourned at 10 till l 80 next day.
! In the House Al members were pres
ent at the opening.
| McReavy asked for clerk for the |
Committee on HarbOrs and Navigable
Waters. There was strenuous OBJ
lection, but the clerk was finally al
lowed-2O ayes, 13 noes.
Representative Candy and Brown
presented remOnstrance, containing |
over l 600 new names, against the for !
nation of the new county of Steptoe.
Handle presented n petition from
Tacoma, asking for the passage of the
bill creating the soldiers and sailors
home; referred.
The following bills we're presented:
BY Committee on Compensation, H. |
d. 254, substitute for H. b. SO, relative
to salary of Supreme Court Clerk.
Places the salary at $1,000 per an
num-
By Evans, bill for the protection
of stable keepers.
BY Cleman and Flummerfelt, to
provide for the organization and gov
eminent of irrigating districts and the
sale of bonds arising therefrom.
By McReavy, for the protection OF
hotel, inn, clearinghouse and boarding
house keepers.
By McReavy, to prevent and punish
the dcfrauding OF hotel keepers, etc.
BY Drew, relative to location of q |
navy yard at Point Turner, Port Or
chard; passed.
H B. No. 233, by Rutter, making
eight hours legal work day on pub
lie works came up in order.
Candy moved to insert ten hours in
stead of eight.
Rutter objected, saying this bill was
introduced at the request OF q large