Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-04
THE SPECIAL Session
No Business Can be Trans
acted Until the Figures
are Received
superintendent Porter Makes
Another Promise For
Today
Fifty four Representatives and
Nineteen Senators Answer
the Roll Call


suecial telegram to the Herald.
OLYMPIA, Sept. 3-The senate was called
10 order promptly at IL o'clock by Lieu
tenant Governor Laughton. Secretary
BARTON read the proclamation of the gov
ernor for an extra session for apportion-
ment, after which the presiding officer
said: IAN economic public policy would
suggest the desirabiity of an earnest and
immediate consideration and determine
ton Of this question and no other" The
roll call was then called and Senators
Austin, Baker, Farris, Forsythe, Guilfoil.
Houghton, Kinnear, Landes, Long, Luce,
Parkinson, Payne, Preston, Rinehart. q
T. Thompson, Van Houghton, Vestal
Wilson and Wolfe answered. Those alb
sent were Senators Clough, Drum, Fair
weather. Hunsaker, Hyde. Jones, Knee
land, Lawrence, Owings, Seabrlg, Snow,
L. f. Thompson. Watt, Whalley, Wood
and Wooding. kilograms were received
| from Senators Hunsaker. Owings and
. Falrweather, who were excused for the
| day. The resignation of Harry A. Clarke.
sergeant at arms, was received from Spo-
kane Falls, read and adopted. Senator
Parkinson offered the following:
Resolved by the senate and house con-
| curing. that no business be considered by
this legislature except the passage of the
necessary Appropriation bills and appor-
senator Houghton said CONTINGENCIES
may arise which might make am excep-
ton TO the rule necessary. My judgment
for 1t, but ! think IL Is premature. and
move that the resolution be postponed
until tomorrow. The resolution was
postponed. The sergeant-at-arm of the
house appeared and reported that the
house was ready for business. Senator
Kinnear offered the following which was
unanimously adopted.
Resolved that the officers the late regu-
lar session of the senate be and are hereby
continued the officers of this special ses-
sion. except as TO the sergeant alarms, who
has resigned"
On motion OF Senator Houghton the
sergeant alarms was instructed to notify
the house that the senate was organized
and ready for business. On motion of
senator Long committee in connection
with similar committee of the house
was appointed to notify the governor that
the Legislature was organized and ready
TO receive any communication. The com
mittee appointed was Senators Long,
Forsyth and q. Il. Thompson. The sem
ate then on motion of Senator Houghton
took a recess until 3 O'Clock.
When the senate assembled at 3 o'clock
the message OF the governor was read re-
lative to calling the legislature together
for re-app0rtionment of the state. On
motion of Senator Owings $50 copies were
ordered TO be printed and on motion of
senator Long It was referred to the COM
mittee of the whole. The veto message
Of senate bill 1893 to provide for bridges
across navigable streams and across estu-
aries. ETC., outside of the line of navigabe
waters was read and laid aside
until tomorrow. Also the veto message
~ IN inn rff
way TO railroad companies over lands be-
longing to the state of Washington. The
message was laid over until tomorrow.
A communication was read from the Sec
rotary of state announcing that the SEN
ate Journals had been printed, and no
provision made TO distribute them. Re-
ferred to committee on printing. Ad-
iourned until D. m. tomorrow.
THE HOUSE.
Speaker Feighan called the house to
order, and at IL o'clock the proclamation
was read. There were tifty-four mem
bers present. Kuhn thought a new or
ganization was necessary, holding that
| all offices became vacant when the house
/ adjourned without date. lie moved the
election Of Speaker Feighan, which was
unanimously agreed to. committee
was then appointed to inform the gov
ernor that the house was ready TO re-
. ceive any communication as follows
| Drew. Meade. Allen. Brown. of Spokane,
Stevenson. Ostrander, Painter, Tucker,
| and HUM. Hughes moved TO
. appoint committee Of five to
ascertain the necessary number of
. clerks TO carry on the business
Of the house, adopted. Hughes. Geoge-
| han. Grant, Herren and Moultray were
| appainted. After adopting the rules of
| the lower house on motion OF shaw re-
| cess was taken at l2:20 tor half an hour.
| Evans, Judson and Peterson Of the house
and Dunn and l.. f. Thompson OF the
senate. all from Pierce. were absent The
| o'clock. {. T.. Give was chosen temper
airy chief clerk. The house then took a
recess until o'clock.
After recess G. Il. Give was elected
chief Clerk WIN. NJ. Chandles assistant.
4. j. Mills, sergeant-at-arms, w. ii.
Hazard doOrkeeper and messenger. Claud
Stock, Alma Clay. Matron Matson pages,
Nrs. NJ. Culver journal clerk. Adjourned
until two o'clock tomorrow.
Governor Ferry has received telegram
irUm Superintendent Porter that the
census figures will reach him tomorrow
morning. They will be laid before the
legislature when il meets.
During the session of the senate Sena-
Tor Long of Chehals desired to know
what had become of senate bill li7, an
act TO prevent the obstruction OF high
ways and TO abate instances on highways
and providing penalty. lie said IL had
passed both houses and became law ex-
cept sections Of nine and ten. which were
vetoed by the governor, but he did not
nee the bill among the printed laws. The
secretary was requested to examine and