The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-03
THE SPECIAL SESSION.
Two-Thirds Of Members win
Answer Roll-CalL
No Business Except Re-Apportion-
ment win Be Transacted.
King County wm Ne Ear Ahsaa q
Any oshsr-shall Lisss csansiss K.eA
Get Representatives. -orx.ntsstssa
Of Lsgislasurs.


Any ofher-shalI Lfstls Csansiss K.eh
Get . Esprsssatstivsy-orx.ntsstio.
OF Legislature.
OLYNrrA, Sept z-When the ssats leris-
iafure responds aomcrrow at noon 10 The
governors call for q special session. two.
thirds OF the members win urobnhlv
answer to their names. The hotea reristern
form muster of the members who touirhH
are exchanging civilities and speculaf.
ing upon the probabilities ef the session.
Ii the opinion of thoss who hsye arrived
continues unchanged IL may he predicted
that the organization viii remain the same
as last session. that no business other than
that Tor which the session IN called Win ~
transacted. and that : reapportionment
wlii De made There are some members Who
despair OF arriving at any solution OF the
complex problem. but they ars In minor.
ity. There Is no difficulty g to tie lower
house. although there Is . differences oY
opinion as to the best method Of appor-
nonment. but the determination Of sorae
OF the senators from the eyen-numbered
districts not to be legislated out Of exist-
ence VIII prove serious obstacle in the
upper house.
The subject OF first interest during the
day mas been that Of organization Of he
House OF Representatives. Soma Of tha
feeling which manifested itself seafnss
the speaker foTard the close of The lass
session found expression in movement to
reorganize the whole executive AZ
rangement. and an attempt has
been made to excite interest
in it by talking successfully Of Rotch
Thurston, Geoghegan Of Clark, Plummsr
OF Jefferson. Herren Of Lewis, and Grans
OF King, as suitable SUCCESSORS 20 Speaker
Feighan OF Spokane.
Fred. ]. Grant was amene the axriynln
BY tonight's train. and he vas Immediately
surrounded by Legislators and corrsspond-
ents, who, with little ceremony. broached
the subject He promptly disavowed
any purpose of being party =
Q change Of affairs, and declared
his opinion that It would b inexpedisnk
His decided tone had . marked effect, and
at later hour one Of those Who had becn
most active in fostering the change pro-
claimed it as his Judgment that The quss-
ton viii now be raised.
OF the King county delegation, Moore.
Hughes, Bothell. Rutter and Blackburn
are on the ground. The speal1r arrived
today, and among other men fxon the
Northwest are Senators Vestal, Pafk1nson.
Payne of 6kagit, and Rspresentn4iYss
Eddy and Robertson Of Snoh0mish. Ju1.
son and Moultray Of Whascom, Moxso e
Island, Tucker Of San Juan. Grub u
Spokane and Meade of Pierce aro n1oo
among those here.
No plan of arportionnent can b mado
which win not meet with ebiertion g tho
outset. The King county dslekAx1ou hasu
made draft upon the basis Of oue sena-
population, this making . Senate Of forty-
eight and House Of ninety-six, or three
less than the legal maximum
This would involve the grouping Of ssv-
eral counties and attracting portion Of
some TO others. IS in the present scheme ck
distribution. That would give King county
nine senators, Pierce seven. Spokane s.
Thurston and Chehalis jointly 8. Whit
mau and Adams 5. Whatcom 2 Paciac
.. Louis 2, and the others
one each, except few cases where tho
counties would be joined. Mason and
Kitsay would thus be together: Ciallan.
San Juan, Island and part OF Whatcom
would get one between them; Stevens
would share in with part of Lincoln: 70
Oksnogan. to Douglas and Frank
lin would be added slice of
Kittitas; Whitman and Adams. Yakima
and Klickitat, would form couples, or
trio would be formed Of Garfield. Asotin
and Columbia. In order to include SKA
mania ouartette could Be formed of tAat
county, together with Clarke, Cowlitz and
Wahkiakurn, which would Jointly have
three senator's. This plan comes - nenx
an equal division of counties and popuIe-
ton as can be conveniently figured; hut =
is sure of opposition, because It wonld CON-
pel some of the hold-over senators = -
tire.
There Is difference Of opinion - - the
representation. The Western members. -
o rule, favor strict regard to populaaon-
The Eastern members are disposed -
favor basis of ~ least one member -
each county, although that viii givs veEy
undue proportion. In such cases -
Franklin with only 6a5 popoIs6on.
Okanoran with I,465. Mason with -
and Skamania with 10. svsraees
1000 each. they would have . rsprssensa-
ton that would give King county r. IT,
same ratio sixty-five members and Rieroe
fifty-one members.
Geohegsn Of Clarke has . plan Hhick
calls for ninefy-four representative aad
thirtv-nine senator's. giving King county
fourfeen representatives and seven sener
tors. Pierce twelve representatives -
suokane eight representatives.
The meeting tomorrow viii b mefofy
formal. and the propositions zneEofy
tantative. The result OF the session VII -
: p.tch work Of sectional compromisos.
OLYMPIA. Sept. 2--H the figures neeoo.
sarv TO make the reapportionment afe -
presented 10 the legislature when it g.
semhles tomorrow is viii not Be- ne m0H
cf Governor Ferry. The chief execuuye
az the stste is indignant at the mAnner -
which he has been treated BY the csn9m
.uthorities about the census fgures Ter III
state. They have repeatedly mads pro1
ises which hare not been kept supeas
tsnaent Porter autographed Some day -
th.t the returns would Be here he lnseH
rart az last week. Today the govsFno<
isIsyraphed him back word for word -
,rnrn;.e thus made, and wanted - 80
rhv the returns had not arTivsd uo
ernor Ferry has been teiegraphing rs2see
ssIv for the last month to the cene1s g 3. :.
but the figures have not arrived 49,
was on the strength Of positivs pre11' a
made that the extra session wss cal'ea
this time. Senator Squire. too, spPe
hard 10 reach by telegraph. - pronps
plies do not come from him. .-...,-
whatGovernor Ferry Is waiting 1or Z - - s'.s.
susretarns Of the stats b. couns1es 4. - -
and precincts. Ther may arrsvs sos1F ,l... 7.
to-morrow. II shsy % not tns s. - a'.,,,