The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-20
THE SCHOOL LAND.
Important Legialation Pending
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0xYxYsA. March ls-Ina tDconv&1ience of
the csns<xEx1z0nAl limitation ahutfing cd new
hzil4, vos experienced IN ~ fHltoe meaning
today. Austin hod hsiI snsndine the btii tusf
Gxnod. allowing school distxtcss - imus ootf1s
for school purposes II had heon discovered
thas. By peculiar vurcsng of - consGafntsen.
cities cannot srail thesslvss of he Law fog this
resnos: No bonds can n issusd Tor more than
pr cent. Of ths taxsbae property IN the
discreet 70 b eecersained from the iagt genera
couasy e@eosuenI In c1ttes. however, TIE
amount y % - ascersained frun he city aase7s-
maaA I'D this latter pfoviston vas oyer1ookeds
and. ~ ball pssssd. cities were not classified
1oF - p1rpose Of saseDment In accofdAnce
with The provfsfous OF the constitution Aussin
gos his amendstory BID 10 only b. the pasnse
81 concurrent rusolusion through beth hcuse&
Governor Ferry today signed 3 D. No s..
allowing school districts 20 borrov money D.
b No III. relative 70 drains and ditchss. and :
b No. ls7. 20 distrihaH ballots as the public ex-
pcnseL
0liphant's bill 70 create . conmisaion Of tech
nical inseyueftoa and 70 amalgamste the ssate
agricultural college, and stats school Of science,
paased by the House many weeks since. y sfaii
hanging hre In the Sonata The bill 10 opposed
by the Whitman delegation, which wants the
agricultural college 10 be located In that county.
and every time II has been called up . vigorous
Aght hiss been made npon II. and 1t has been
tabled II was brought up again today aud
Lawrepce. Of whitman. moved 20 strike ffom
the hill I'll references 10 the agricultural college,
This WA OF cousse. direct blow at the life OF
tie bill. and IL brought forth warm discsssinn
- 10 the merits Of the measure. Finally 0wiugs
raised the question - 10 whether or not the
grant by congress of 10000 acres Of land for
the school Of science coald properly b devoted
10 . combined school Of technical instruction
and agricultural college" The bill was again
tabled 70 allow IN Investigation OF the question
The House bin to provide for the sale and the
lease Of school lands came up In the Senate to-
day. No very ssriops attack was made upon the
bin. which had occupied the attention OF the
House for several days Rinehart offered sew
efai amendments limiting the discretionary
power of county commissioners in disposing Of
the lands. One or two Of them were adopted.
The consideration Of the bill was deferred until
tomorrow morning. The chances are that II
will pass speedily and without much further
amendment
Much time OF the House today was occupied
in considering the general school bills There
was . Rrest deal Of debate over unimportant. -
well as important smendmentl Many changes
were made. in fact, the bill has been ehisessd
and carved ont OF IN sembiance to its former
self There was decided objection h the hill
on the ground that it had been drawn In the in
tsrest Of IL not by. teachen themselves. and sew
srAl doubted whether II II sny improvement
upon the present Law. After hasfng occupied
portions Of several days the bin was passed, mot
because II II generally liked, but in the hope
that the Senate. or . conferences committee. may
rerfecs II and strike out the Objectionable amend
ments. A bill regulating the schools in cities
was 20 paused.
The state spportionmcnt comnittss held :
conference with Governor Ferry today. The
governor explained fully his plan Of theuppoes
t0nment of the state into iegisiasiys dfstrtetA
The committee has not formally decided to &C.
cept the plan OF the governor. but IL undonbs-
edly will 81 its meeting tomorrow night Gov.
ernor Ferry's scheme, II 10 well known. II TO
divide the present senatorial districts into indi-
vidusl districts. from which one senator and
two representatives shall be elected
The Senate met tonight and further conxid-
cred the bill on revenue and taxation. very
long and interesting debate occurred on the frst
part of the section. which reads a. follows:
tion, he construed 70 mean ell goods. chatteis.
moneys, credits and effects. wheresoever
they may be" Rinehart frs; moved TO
exempt mortgages on realty from taxa
ton. making . very strong speech In
which he claimed that taxation Of mortgages
means double 0xat1on- The theory. however,
was comhafed By Houghton in an argument
showing that mortgages are property and there
fore proper subjects for taxation. Kinneaf
claimed that under the conssit alton no property
could be exempt. Long went . step further
than Rinehart and moyed . Substitute that ell
credits Be exempt from taxation. owings. In
advocating this, referred 10 the hscai policy Of
semi bsrharic" Oregon sad California. where
hostile legislation had driven capital from 10
eonhnea He urged liberal legislation looking
toward IN inducement for capital 10 the new
state.
Long, Kneeiand. Drum, Hunsaker. Wood and
other senators took part in the debate. and the
result Was that Longs amendment Vas carried
and .icredits' eliminated from the list Of taxa
bic property.
The action Of the Senate in adopting Longs
amendment 10 ~ bold thing ss has been done
this session. Those who voted for IL declare
that Il means that capital untrammelied by re-
strctive laws win pour into this state. 1t has
into no other west Of the Mississippi river. The
reason Of the surprisingly low rate of interest q
which the stat. bonds were placed wxs the fact
OF their exemption from taxation, and they
argue that like reduction will be made By this
means on the rate OF interest on private loanA
The victory. however. IS only half won, for IL il
very doubtful II the House will concur In the
change.
THE SENATE.