Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-07

that he would not make known the
names OF the offenders this time.
Hamilton introduced bill to au
thorize foreign corporations to invest
capital in Washington, except in real
estate. The object is to encourage the
investment of foreign capital in mines
J 1t has been found difficult to get homo
capital to develop the mines of the
Northwestern part OF the State ant
it is said that English money car
he obtained il its investment is L.
galized.
The original copy OF Megler's deed
commissioners bill, which has passed
both Houses, has been lost, and the
Chief Clerk of the House was in
structed to-day to send certified copy
to the Senate.
Evans bill authorizing counties tC
issue bonds to erect county buildings
passed.
Adjourned.
The Senate held but twenty min
utes' session Monday.
Bakers bill making property subject
to debts incurred during marriage wa:
passed with amendments suggested by
the Judiciary committee.
The following new bills were intro
duced:
BY Rinehart, relating to serving o
processes in justice courts. Referred
to Judiciary committee.
By same, relating to appeals from
Justice courts. Referred to Judiciary
committee.
By Landes, creating the Office Of
Public Administrator. Referred tC
Judiciary committee.
The Senate then adjourned until II
o'clock tomorrow morning.
In the House Senator Austins' free
coinage memorial was killed. 1t asked
Congress to pass law requiring the
Secretary of the Treasury to receive
all the gold and silver offered and is
sue one dollar silver certificates fol-
% $40 grains of gold and 4l2t grains
of silver 900 fine, and to make no dis
tinction between gold and silver in the
cost of coinage. The House refused
to reconsider.
Browne, of Pierce, who is finan
cier, says that if Congress should enact
such a law all the silver of the country
would be locked up in the Treasury
vaults at Washington in a few years
and a financial panic would follow.
Geohegan opposed the memorial be
cause it made coinage unlimited.
Acknowledgement Jones came in fol
q little scoring in the House to-day
Moultray offered a resolution calling
on him for an opinion whether upland
owners can legally vote on the tide
land bill recognizing tito rights Of
AUDITING owners. Article 2, section
30 OF the Constitution requires mem
bers interested in bills to so notify the
House and abstain from voting there
on.
Clarke opposed the resolution and
at the same time embraced the oppor
tunity of jabbing the Attorney-Gener
al, who he suspects has inspired Ger
tain newspaper articles against his tide
lands bill. State conventions" III
said, have a good deal to do will
making Attorney-Generals, but no
with making lawyers"
The resolution was then indefinitel,
postponed.
Person offered q resolution in the
House this afternoon fixing March II
as the date of final adjournment. L
was referred, without debate, to thu
committee recently appointed to ex
anime pending business and suggest /:
date of adjournment.
Governor Ferry's veto of DIR. Power,
medical bill was sustained by unani
nous vote in the House. Shortly after
ward DR.. Power, Chairman of tn,
Committee of Medicine and Surgery
introduced a new bill.
Eddy made an unsuccessful attemp
to defeat motion to read the bill
twice by title and lay it on the table
subject to call. He wanted it indefin
itely postponed, saying that the PEG
pie were not suffering because of thu
quacks.
DIR. Power retorted that the people
did not suffer half as much from thu
doctors as from Eddy's speeches.
Lull introduced memorial maxim,
Port Angeles, Clallam county, q sui
port of entry. It was passed.
The House considered the bill re
ported by its Committee on Insurance
and ordered it engrossed. The bill
makes the Secretary of State ex-officit
Insurance Commissioner, and make
it his duty to make detailed exami
nation of all companies organized il
the State. Companies doing business
must have subscribed capital of no
less than 100000, % per cent. o
which must be paid in cash before tn,
issuance of policy, and the remain
ing 70 per cent. must be paid within
twelve months. When property is in
sured for larger sum than is allowet
by the adjuster the company issuing
the policy must refund the premium
for the excessive amount.
Senator Wilson's bill prescribin,
qualifications of locomotive engineer
was killed in the House this afternoon
after being amended to death by strik
ing out the sections making maste
mechanics the examiners of engineer
and prohibiting any engineer from
having charge of passenger train I'm
less he has been freight enginee
for one year.
Introduction of bills:
BY Pickrell, authorizing school di
rectors to levy a special tax for tuition
purposes; education.
By Pickrell, to protect liens; judi
ciary.
Third reading of bills:
By Geoghegan, for the selection O
indemnity lands in lieu of sections II
and 36 that may have been sold
passed.
By Senator Austin, allowing schoo
districts to issue bonds not exceedin,
5 per cent. of their taxable valuation
to build school houses; passed.
Adjourned.
On Tuesday, in the Senate, a peti
ton was presented from the Commits
sioners Of Yakima county, asking TO
the enactment Of law, or a constitu
tional amendment, or a change in tn,
United States statutes, or whateve
else is necessary, to enable the State Il
tax the road-bed Of the Northern Pa
cific.
S. B. 11S, creating State Horticul
tural Association, came from the com
mittee with an adverse report, which
was adopted, carrying with it the fatt
of the bill.