Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-03-13
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
The free conference committee. ON Kim
near's soldiers home bill, agreed tonight
to Recommend the provision in dispute,
providing that the board of trustees shall
be composed of three veterans and
three miltamen, be stricken out. The
house did not want national guardsmen
TO have anything to do with the home
Gilchrist presented a petition of citi
zens of Lewis county. asking the passage
OF the soldiers home bill. Later in the
day Shaw reported from the committee of
free conference. that the governor
thought that all limitations upon his
power to appoint soldiers home commits
sioners should be stricken from the bill
The commission was declared competent
by thu house to exercise its Judgment in
the natter.
The following new bills were intro
duced: by Geohcgan. appropriating $500
to pay expenses of an exhibit of products
of the state at the Grand Army encamp-
ment at Boston. BY Plummer. appro-
priathg So for relief Of the pilot commits
sioners
The senate bill. relating to the Organi-
zation of new counties, was taken up in
the fhouse today kuhns amendment,
leaving the question To the voters OF the
proposal new county, instead OF all the
county or counties from which new
county is to be formed, was adopted after
cons'uefaoie dlSeuSSioh' three-iiihS
vote was decided upon.
AT II clock thls morning III the mousse
the special order report OF the committee
on 'he tlue-lahd pill was ealled lor by
Speakef felghhh' MeheaNy' ehairlnai'
asked Tor lllIie more uhe' flelu MAR
shai halhes occupied a commanding po-
siuon III the lopbN' ana MeheaNcy' num-
rinmmef ana stevenson leaders OF the
ude-iand army were eager alert ana
ready lof the ray TO oeglh. MHultray'
FeIghan and candy, commanding the OPP
posItion were nervous ana anxious.
There pad been rumors during the early
morning mat kuttef' Bird ana some
others, wanted the blll printed with the
proposed amendment before being put To
vote Al ll'l9 the commute submitted
lts report inserting amendments ana rec
commencing the passage oil the bill. The
report belng read, Pufdy moved that II he
printed as amended. stevenson moved
US an amendment, that the report be
adopted. hennedy made minority re-
port obJecting to one section OF the bill.
feighan took the iloor and opposed the
adoption OF the majority report. lie could
mt Ia xFfI hA Ia lNn HgR
mained in 1t that the upland owner should
havca prior right whether he had made
lmprovcments or not. Speaker Feighan
ilso IMPOSED extension of the limit to be
offered for sale to two miles on each side
,f elites. If this remained, the other
amendments were mere trash. Moultray
ilso opposed the adoption of the report.
The bill was amended so as to limit Sc
,cssion movements to townships; also to
cquire threc-lifths of the voters to ask
he change instead of mere majority.
va vote of thirty-ninc to twenty-eight
he amendments were adopted and the
iJvas brought before the house. Brown,
fSpokanc. then moved the bill be print
d. Minis moved that it be put on its pas
H4t. .iNtlittl OuA VI bluti. Is nbl HtIindln
thomotion sought To amend. Candy
a the bill could be printed in the after
m on<l considered at the night session
tin>Il, acted ON. McReavv and Grant
a1xkpus for the hin Ia no dismissed of
,nco<.3l,ro,yn. of SpoLanc. declared
biltI&1 been amended so much that
co,.s could not be Crashed by merely
nina IL the reading to tho II from tho
- e.1k A long dnhote ensuod ovcr
rintfoe of the hin both sides being
lv ran..s cnted. Rcplvino IN \ amos.
Allen mated that the hill could not
.,f..i f.,<lav Judson or piorco s,id
snrtnter had inst telepboned him
An could he printcd in three
..otion to print was lost twcnt.
q thirtv-Gyc. The bouse Then
uhtil , o'clock. During the in.
Raird and others insisted ON
rtb,. Nh printed before coming toa
.flS. TN fe-aSStlnnlln2. the vote DN