Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-02-07


stitutQ to refer all the bills to special I
committee, consisting of the chair
men OF all the standing committees OF .
the House, to report substitute bill
within ten days. This was voted .
down.
Many other motions were made and .
voted down, and the committee got I
itself into a terrible parliamentary !
snarl. Finally progress was reported
and the House adjourned until 80 p.
Ne, next day.
On Tuesday twenty-scven Senators
reported for duty.
Austin presented resolution in the
form Of a bill from the tide land COM
mittee, asking for an appropriation OF
5000 to cover expenses OF the late
junketing trip. Referred to commit
tee on claims.
Wood asked unanimous consent to
reconsider the vote by which kinnear's
soldiers home bill was indefinitely
postponed yesterday.
Rinehart read endorsements from
all the q. A. X. posts in King county
urging him to support the Kinnear
bill. He wanted the vote be indeii-
nitely postpone reconsidered, which
was done unanimously, and it was
again placed on general file.
The resolution authorizing a joint
committee to visit the Vancouver
school was found and passed the Sen
ate unanimously.
Thompson, of Walla Walla, asked
unanimous consent TO reconsider
House bill 80, locating State fair,
which had been indefinitely postponed
yesterday. Granted. The vote was
reconsidered and the bill again placed
on general file.
Only one bill was introduced to day !;
Senate bill 156, by Rinehart, prescrib-
ing jurisdiction of Justices OF the
Peace. Referred to the Judiciary COM
mittee.
Payne's bill relative to inspection
and measurement of logs and to create
inspection districts, was reported back
from the committee with amendments
the most important o! which was the
substitution of Scribner's log book in
the place OF Mcraggert's.
The bill WAS indefinitely postponed
on motion of Payne.
Owings gave notice that he would
move to reconsider Tomorrow.
The following passed:
House memorial 10, asking Con-
gress for an appropriation to improve
Gray's Harbor.
Fairweather's bill l3l, AN act to
provide for the payment of the debt OF
the Territory"
House bill No. LOG, by Clark, defin-
ing the duties of persons running
traction engines upon public Ugh
ways.
| House bill ISL, by Geoghegan, rela-
tive to Grand Jurors for Superior
courts.
House bill No. G4, by Ostrander, to
protect stock breeders in the State of
Washington.
Senate bill No. 81, by the Agricultu-
raj committee, authorizing County
Commissioners to offer bounty for
predatory animals or birds.
Senate bill 50, by Whalley, relating
to State Printing and Binding, was re-
ported back from Engrossing COM
mittee.
Wilson moved to amend that the al
lOwance in waste be reduced from Is
to 10 per cent. Carried.
He moved to amend further by
striking out the sentence at the end
OF clause seven, allowing a compensa-
ton for publishing the Supreme court
syllabi, which was also carried.
Long said he had always been n
friend of the bill, but he wished some
body would explain to him the prin-
ters' paragraph in Section 3, which
was so much Chinook to him. He
was informed by an expert printer that
the space allowed between the lines
was entirely too much and did not
agree with Senate bill ID.
Wilson explained, and, as it resolved
itself into a question of veracity be-
tween the speaker and an unknown
printer, Long agreed to give Wilson
the benefit of the doubt.
1t was finally moved by Long that
Section be so amended as to leave
only plea slug between the lines, in
stead of double plea, as proposed in
Section 3. He thought it would re-
duce the expense.
Senators Lawrence and Austin pre-
ferred the space between the lines as
proposed in Section 3 of the bill He
thought it would be more convenient
and would not cost any more for the
reason that the double plea space
would cost only 40 cents per thousand
ems and the plea space 90 cents per
thousand ems"
Section 3 was finally amended to
adopt the plea space.
The bill was then put to vote and
passed by vote of % to 3. Senators
Jones, kinnear and Kneeland being
the only ones voting in the negative
on the emergency clause.
Kneeland stated that he had voted
wrong, he intended to vote for the BILL
AS it had passed, he would not change
his vote, but would vote yes on the
, emergency clause.
Senate bill 1875, by Guilfoil, from Lii
brary committee, regarding State Ii
brary, was taken up.
On motion OF Wood the bill was
substituted for the two Senate bills al
ready before the Senate, and the read
ing was considered the third reading,
on Woods motion.
Long moved to reduce the salary OF
the librarian from 81 500 to 81 600.
Owings moved to amend by making
it$1,2OO
, Lawrence favored 81 800, and Long
said the present salary was only $3.50
and he had at least two candidates who
would take the Office at $1,000, and
there were plenty of others who would
do the same
Kneeland was willing to vote for
81 800 and get good, competent men
for the Office. They would have
, something else to do besides brushing
the books and the library.
Woods favored 1880 and having
responsible librarians, who should not
be women.
Owings amendment failed.
: Long said his two candidates were
men, and willing and able to do the
duties for 1000.
Owing's didn't think legislation
should be adjusted to fit special cases.
Another Legislature would be along in
eleven months and they could fix it if
it was not right. The library had
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