The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-09

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lO:3o. with twenty seven members present.
Wood moved 10 take up II. B. No. n.
The Hiil code hill; out or order
Drum hoped she hill would he made =
large attendance. Woods mct5on pre-
vailed. rs too
By koneral consent, on motion of KIM
near. 8 b No. 1ls. 10 sstahlish soidiers'
home. was made special order for We'd
nesday.
Houghton moved that the code bill be
made special order for Monday. but sub
sequentty Withdrew the motion.
Drum renewed IL He did not think the
movement fair. There were only twenty
one senators in the chamber, some having
zone on special committee duty. He
named Tuesday, 1t p m. - tho time Tor
the special order.
Kinnsar thought this proper. A similar
bill has been referred to committee, and
both bills should come up together
Wooding moved 10 amend by making the
day Wednesday.
The motion to make tho bin special
order was defeated. II 10 Is.
The bill Was then read.
Drum moved to amend section By
striking out the clause which directs the
compiling OF the laws contained in the ter
fitorial code and those subsequently
passed. He said thai some Of the laws
had been omitted from the territorial code.
Kinnear said that Hill was unwilling to
60 back to the code Of 1881 70 look up the
missing laws. He opposed the amend
ment
Drum said he wanted 10 vote for law
that viii be satisfactory 70 the people, not
merely to Mr.. Hill. III Mr.. Hill is not
willing TO codify al the existing laws, il
would be better to give the job 10 some one
else.
Owings said that all the laws are not in
the code He caused to be read the title
page Of compilation Of such omitted laws.
made in 1854. II includes fifty pages Of
printed matter, and there are still other
existing laws not included even In this.
Houghton said these omissions were not
important. He thought the code OF 1851
contained all the vital laws of the territory.
the omissions being obsolete. He opposed
the amendment. The amendment was do
feated.
Drum moved to amend section by re-
qniring the printing OF the code to be done
by some competent printing and publish
ing house in this state. When $l6 900 are
appropriated for the compilation. and the
sale Of the books Is given to the compiler.
the printing At least ought to be done in
this state.
Owings said he was opposed to the bill
from top to bottom. He was in favor Of
having code prepared by one commits
sioner. not by three. But he could not sup
port an Objectionable bill like this To bar
ter away the goods and chatfels Of this
state to : foreign corporation was going too
far. He was not in favor Of surrendering
. valuable franchise in exchange for few
hundred books. In the interest Of . foreign
corporation. The proposed amendment
would help the hill some and be favored Il.
He wanted code made hut did not wish
He considered this one II the worst jobs
that evsf came hefofe aleGialataro.
Hou&htnn thought ouinee Ras hAlf
right He consumed b ~ tdea that one
code commissioners IL better than three.
He denied that there Il any job in the bin,
and said Il II . simple business propOsi-
tion. He didn't discover any foreign COR
porations in the bill. The trade is with
Lair Hill The bill gets good code 1t the
lowest possible price.
Owings said that the legislature OF 1881
had compiled the territorial code and
passed many session laws, In . session con-
fined to forty days. He thought Mr.. Hill
could do the work better than anybody
else. He wanted him 70 do the work and
to be paid very well for IL. but he did not
want him to be paid royalty for al time.
The plan Of paying him . good price now
would savs half . million dollars to the
state. II Houghton did not know there Is
. foreign corporation in this, everybody
else does.
Parkinson said il Is easy to cry ous "job-
berry" but al the stories Of this sort are
falling Nat. He believed Mr. Hill the very
man to do the work. He. had heard that
Mr.. Hill said he could not get the printing
done in first-cisss style in this state. and il
Is said that II the contract were let in this
state the work would 60 out Of It to be
done.
Drum said that the very fact OF spring
ing this bill on Saturday morning. and In
the way in which il was done, showed that
the minority could accomplish nothing to
defeat il. There was no use to kick
against the pricks." Still. he would state
his reasons for believing that the minority
were trying to serve the interests Of the
state. When this bill first came up here il
could not have received . majority vote.
because the friends of the plan Of doing the
printing Of the state within the state were
strongly opposed 10 IL. For some reasons
they are silent now.
Kinnear did not believe that members
have been induced to support this bill from
improper motives. He knew that this bill
originated honestly. Any man who says
il did not says what Is not true. He had
never been approached by anybody for his
influence or his vote on this question. II
Is firm and honest proposition and comes
honestly before this legislature.
Drum asked II Kinnear was opposed 70
the amendment.
Kinnear said be would be very well salts
fed TO have the work done Ia this state.
and he would be very well satisfied to leave
the matter in Mr.. Hills hands. 70 do the
lest be could with IL
Landes said that he believed every mem-
Der OF the Senate ID inoorrupiible, and he
was tired of these cries Of JOB. lob." But
he favored the amendment
owings said he had facts and figures At
his office relating TO this matter, but he
was caught out. as he had not expected
that this bill would be sprung today. He
said that for what viii cost about ti2.ODD
the people of the state viii have 10 pay in