The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-28
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TudeGnfts Psstronemsns Of Delicate
Question:
OLYMPIA. Feb. 97.--Speaker Feighan
called tbs House TO order st 10 q. IN Roll
call showed sixfs-one members present.
Records Of yesterday read and approved
sEroErs on COMMITTEES.
Committee on h9rbors reported favor
sRiy the Stesenzor- g0tcb BID 81. relative
70 corporations improving streams and
charging sosls for floating logs thereon.
KENNEDY dissenting
judiciary committee reported fsvorably
s. d. No s.. for the release Of srresles on
ot1irsal honds and undertaking.. Also s.
b. Ne. ifs5, amending act relating to pro-
ceedings 80 appropriate land by corpora
tIsns. Also withous Recommendation ii.
.. No. go 20 prevent Discriminate by
tug boats. also, fsvorabiy, II. 3. No. 264.
elafive 10 recording e. s receivers cgrsifi.
cafes: also Fl D. No. 2Gi. 10 exempt GER
taia insurance money also X B. No. 219,
authorizing the board Of trustees of stella
COON asyiam TO ssil certain lands; H. d.
No. 255, for the protection OF livery stable
keepers trscommistedl. II. b. No.
2s7s requiring county and other
tysasurers 20 submit quarterly reports
Of license moneys received: II b. No 242.
IN relation To the commencement OF civil
actions IN the superior court; II. b No.
~. 10 enable che Pax aliap fnaians 70 sell
their lands: T. B. No "a. relating TO sum-
mary proceedings for obtaining possession
Ok real proserty: s. b. No. Is. In relation
80 the organization and powers OF the sl-
perser court.
ConuIsEiee on appropriations reported
favorabiy S. o. No. l67 for the relief of
John Miller Murphy aud John Sullivan,
also favorably ). b. No. f62, for the relief
OF Niles G. Moore: also in favor of refer
ring 20 the special COMMITTEES on appro-
pristicns II. b. No 20. appropriating sio.-
90 for the maintenance OF prisoners at
Waiia Walia pcnitensiary.
The SPEAKER announced as the House
part OF the joint com mittee TO consider and
report sh.l business Is yet to be done with
view to reaching bnai adjournment,
Messrs. Geoghegan, Brown of Pierce, Moui-
tray, Herren, McReavy, Minis, Grubb.
Edens. ostrander and Kuhn.
Huschin on offered resolution deciar-
inx that all clerks aud employees OF the
House are public officers and servants. He
explained his object 10 be TO get the sense
OF the House IS 10 the stains OF these EN-
rloyes. Recenty the per diem OF several
clerks was raised and dated back TO the
time of their appointment which was
probably Unconstitutional, and would be
clearly SO II the House declared them 70 be
public OH GERS or servants.
Kuhn said II the resolution passed, the
House would have TO discharges all its fe-
mae employees, for there could be no Ie-
male officers. according to Governor Fer
rvs opinion
The resolution was indefinitely post
ponea.
l. II. No. %. In relation 10 70 the duties
and compensation of court commissioners
vas taken up out OF It's order and passed.
Emergency clause passed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House reconvened at Up. m. The
special order for the tfay was the sch sol
lands Bill, II, B No 26s, substitute for H.
BIS No. las, i55, TO and 2I6. Pickere,i's
motion 10 90 into committee OF the Whole
on the tile lands bills was lost Kuhn
moved that the tide lands bills be made q
special order for Thursday next, a. 2 o'clock
Ganisy's motion TO make special order
for tomorrow was lost 3 10 IS, as vas also
a notion TO MAKE a special order for 5 D. m.
today, the vote on the latter being Is to IS
The motion 70 make q special order for
Thursday next, at p. m.. as carried
yeas g. navs a0
Tux school LAsps BILL
The House then weut into committee OF
the whole for the consideration OF the
school lansis hii, Hutchinson IN the chair.
IL. t. No. -, introduced by Cook OF
Clarke, was read fer Information.
4 desaItofy discussion aa1 a large num-
Der 81 amsisd meats occupied nearly Two
hours. waea progress wss reported and the
House AaieaFned aasl - a. g4s tomorrow