The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-29
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oESwfra, Jan. = The main feature Of
interest III the Senate MAS Jones' store s'ils.
which esHse a, On A report o. The comfast-
tse recommending - rslscs5un. Hoggh-
Ton y IS among rs most vigorous OPP
T-pneuts
lfogeses desis0sie we mar be. said he.
s'sp pssels fstiaing and manufacturing COR
pogass9sss. Me ssnnet do asE He nssy want
70. So gegiAissiye enactment can interfere
with yesfed right He proceeded 20 argne
sgeEnss the validity ~ the proposed iav.
IL siennnneszf IL - The most Outrageous
legal proposition ever submitted to any IN
tesfsgsHE hossy.
kunesr saii be Was highly entertained
b. iIessgntoIl's dissertation bat SIS not pre-
parsd to agree with him on all his pfopo-
xifiors by any means. He favored putting
the hzs on the general file so that ans de-
sired amendments might be made. The
question OF Tie policy of the bill ID material.
He thought shere vas no doubt whatever
81 It's eons;isussonaiity. He admitted that
The language ~ the bsii was detective bat
painted ossf bow lew amendments would
naaks II al right iet roan psnfes run stores
II they wish. but prohibit shen from COM
PeSitng employees 20 bay 81 snct stores.
He fssofed protecting the rights Of copper
Athens al strongly - those u any indi-
vSdsgaI. hat tIe einpoye5 siaoaia also be
protected
WhaIiey considered the bin to sweeping.
He attacked the expeslieBcy Of the meas
ure fssfser than Is legality
II l. a
with contracts and vested rights. The Law
already makes 1t q crime 10 compel any
slaa 10 buy goods NJ any store. Wood OPP
posed the bill in It's present form. There Is
already on the statute books law TO pre-
yeni eoercsng anyone into buying goods at
any such store, bat IL Is not put in force
because ifnrracticahie.
Thompson OF Waila Walia thought 1t
practicable 10 foFmuIate hEll that would
be both constitutional aud effective.
Long felt that corporations are no more
and no less than individuals in the transac-
tinn Of any business. The Law should not
regard them otherwise. II y farmer hires
men 10 work on his farm il il not naturally
expected that the men working for him
should buy their potatoes, eggs and butter
from him2
Drum thought Long had struck the key
note. FL think we're on the wrong track
altogether. he said. .s'This is not the way
10 remedy such wrongs
Owings had hoped that this matter
would be disposed of without any talk. but
he would add "a word . He did not
doubt that injustice and wrongs exist. but
the ball Is so utterly and absolutely absurd
in all is provisions that IL Is past amend
ment
The question being on the adoption OF
the report OF the committee that the bill
he indefinitely postponed. the yeas and
nays we're called. with the following result:
Yeax-Anstin. Ciough. Drum, Fair
weather. Forsythe. tsuilfoil. Houghton,
Hnnsaker Hyde. Kneeland, Landes. Long,
Luce. OWING. Parkinson. Preston, Sea-
borg. Snow, Van Houten, vesial. whalley,
Waife~ -.
Nays Jones. kinnear. Lawrence,
Thompson. q. 4. Wood s.
Among the more Important business
transacted was The following:
II. r. No. rs. 70 provide for payment of
the cost Of printing reports OF the late terri
tofiai officers WAS fakenup and passed. 1t
apnroprsases seo0
:. Il. No. liz. by Luce, to Appropriate
sSsssu for the purchase OF furniture for the
state Offices by Joint legislative COM
mittee.
Long moved 10 amend hy authorizing
tho secretary Of state. auditor aud treasurer
10 do the purchasing: carried. f2 10 10
Lawrence moved To add the names OF
other state officers: lest.
Parkinson moved to reconsider the vote
by which Longs amendment was adopted;
LOST. $ to in. Recount called for; lost rs TO
Il. Finally the bill vas laid CA the table.
Adjourned at 5 10 until 81 Tomorrow