, 1890-02-20
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
Hon. T. G. Grifitts Returns-The
County Division Bill Is Prac-
tioally a Corpse.
The Charter Bill--The Scheme for
Disposing o. the Tide
Lands.

Hon. Thomas G. Grlffitts, who re-
turned from the Sound Thursday
morning, was seen by REVIEW
representative, who asked him what
he learned about the proposed divis-
ion of Spokane and Whitman coun-
ties while ut Olympia.
81 found less organized support
for the measure than | expected" /"
said Mr.. Grillitts. Clark, of Spo-
kane, IL in favor of IL. Senator
FaIrwcather has also promised TO
support gg,PE5nrd it; :ro anita . n,,r,,o, -, lob,
among them being IL. +. Suksdorf,
They have petition of about 800
names asking for the formation of
the new county. There Were l,025
names ON the remonstranccs sent in
from Spokane Falls, and there was
also u remonstrance from Spangle
with l03 names. The remoustrlnces
were read in full before the house,
and were ordered placed with the
bill, to be considered at the same
time. The bill was reported favor
ably by the committee and was
made IA special order for ncAt Mon
day.
"The remonstrances arrived Just
In time, and the bill is now practi-
cally dead"
THE CHARTER BILL.
alNNhnt Ia It.llnx.aa.
about the charter bill?n asked the
reporter.
"a bill has been prepared which
is designed for the benefit of Spo-
kane Falls, Seattle and Tacoma, as
they are the only towns in the state
large enough TO come under the con-
stitutional provision. The bill was
prepared by Parsons, who was en-
ployed by the citizens of Tacoma.
The bill is very voluminous and Is
wholly unnecessary. About all of
the bill that will pass will be that
portion fixing the manner of asccr-
talning the population of cities In
order 10 ascertain whether they be-
long to the class having 20,WL0 or
'''i'
ton ltself provides for the rest.
''The bill makes no provision for
extending the boundaries of cities,
but a hill will he introduced en-
abling cities to extend their bouIidar-
les whenever their increasing growth
shall demand 1t,
THE TIDE LAND BILL.
" i tell you the people should rise
In their might aud kick against the
passage of that tide land BILL" said
Mr.. Griflitts. at Is the most ingcn-
lous piece of villainy ever presented
before n legislature, and should be
beaten at all hazards.s
"The bill framed by the tide lands
committee Is the Clark bill in all
particulars, When it is
that Clark IL from a
section where people are not sup
posed TO he posted ON the matter of
tide lands, that he went to Olympia
knowing nothing whatever about
the subject, aud suddenly blossomed
out with II tide land bill in the In
tercst of II lot of freebooters on
Puget Sound, in an attempt to dis
pose of u valuable heritage of the
people it IL plain enough that Clark
did not draw the bill.
at Is bad policy to sell the tide
lands at this time any way, as they
will greatly increase In value.
Again, II the lands are sold In the
manner provided for in the bill the
purchasers will come into possession
ofa stupcndous monopoly
"When the question OF tide lands
was being discussed In the com
stitutlonal convention, II was esti-
mated that the tide lands OF the state
were worth 4O,00O,000. Aiterward,
when | WAS making my political
canvass, j had occasion to visit
places on tile Sound, and
from what ! then learned on the
subject was convinced that the
value of the lands was greatly un-
Speaker Fcluhan,
who was member of the jun.<cting
which visited various
points OH the Sound FOR the purpose
the subject, Informed
me that The lands were worth Ss0,-
0O0, 900.
"Ne can't afford TO have these
lands taken away. They belong to
the Whole peop.e of the state, but
the people some' ow can not bc
made to understand what an i'm
mensr stake is being played Tor ut
Oily mpia.
"lf This bill Is pissed not over S5,-
BOO, coo will be realized from the sale |
OF tho tide lands.
"lf The people do not do some
thing, however, the Bill Will cer-
lainly pass"
Nh fnh B.rnhardt III.