Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-03-20
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS
SENATE

III.
ployes, passed; p ayes. ] nav. The !
introduced bY the committee uu 81.
school aud granted lands. defining /
dulles OF public land commissioner. A
lhen taken up IN committee of 4
Whole. \ long debate cnsucd over +
salary of a clerk to the commission
which was finally reduced from SlsOO
sl,2O Another debate cnsued over stri
n ing OUT section Of the bill. which. bn,
- ever, was concurrcd in Wilson then a
Tered a substitute for the section "th,
re 500 be- allowed the commissioner Il
a. clerical assistance" OWings mnvrd
nf make the amount 2.jOD: carried. Sru,I
: thth TOOK recess until d. m
hedssembled at =. Consent was piNp
= senator Austin 10 introduce roucurrp,
l. resolution with bill relative Ia hondin
\ school districts. The bill will not De- rra
ihtll concurrence is given by the hons,
> Ihr medical committee rrcommrud.
u lhdennlt" postponcment of Nulfr's mcdi
A cal blll. carried. Committee ON r.tu
nerce recommended the passage of hi
lor building ship canal from head a
I salmon Bay 10 deep water az Admiralt,
;, ! lhlel. The senate then resumed consider
alOn oi bill defining duties of land com
missioner. After several minor amend
hents had been made. the hill passed
: including emergency clauses 4 comm.
/ nlcation was then received from the hons,
: Informing the senate that the house had
eohcuffed. Concurrent resolution allow.
ing the Introduction Of Austn'S bill wa,
read referred To the judiciary committee
Oh motion OF Austin the senate resolved
ltSell into committee Of the whole to con-
slider oliphantS bill relative tu a commis-
sion OF technical instruction. The hin
appropflates slo.ob for establishing a
technical school. and Kinnpar's marian
that sj.OO be- appropriated Instead "r
SlO.DD was accepted. Bin was then la i'll
on the table. House bill "a proy idinp
| Tor leasing and sale Of school lands Ma.
taken up for final passage.
/ twenty -oue senators were present "A hon
ihe senate met this evening to copSidcr.
Hughes revenue bill. Before taking rim
! up The Governor Informed the srnat,, thai
ne had signed senate hill Ne. D. entitled
! an act allowing school districts To borrov
money and issue bonds for building and
furnishing school houses. etc. also Kin
near blll providing for printing and dis
tflbuting ballots at public expense. aiSn
senate blll ll9. providing forth construr-
ilon OF drains and bitches. Ilourhtup
started the ball rolling by submitting AN
amendment prescribing the manner in
which assessors shall ascertain the yalir
OF mime and mining claims. Ia April one
oN hef OF president Of mines shall file a
statement Of the net profits aud thai shall
be taken as the net value of mines. Coal
mines were excluded. OWings Summarized
The amendment, aud Thompson. nf Fierce
told how he had spent ~ $40 for the pur-
po>e OF discovering oil near sumner. The
speaker did not believe in taxing capital
when II was anxious 10 dcyclop The Siatr
Before taking a vote Houphton furtb.i
amended his amendment by also includ- ]
ing machinery. kiuuear oDpp-ed This .
ahu iloughton withdrew his last amend .
ment. The amendment was adopted.
Luce next submitted au amendment
that Insurance companies nav into tLr
"A fHlk nj
near thought that one aud "A half ppr
cent. was better aud suggested this a an
amendment to the amendment. lurp
asked the King county senator what hr
thought would be- "A fair taN for Insurance
companies To pay. aud kinnear frankly
anhlltru ms ignorance uf the .uhiert
Nuod thought one per cent was high
enough Tor any company to paw. Riup-
mart sald foreign companies Baid their
taNes where they were organized The
OBJECT OF taxing foreign corporations i'm
.le state. was Tor the purpose of placing
ulenl on more equitable basis with com
panlts organized la the state. OWiups .
Jailed 10 see the force Of he arguments i
l ne presumption of the law was that the :
companies paid taxes somcW here. If for ,
ilgh companies paid taxes at home they ,
should not b. asked to paw take, /.
~ y, aShlngtoh. The idea was a a
'ulnOus one. Whatever the STATE .
'harged companies the people who insure
would have 10 pay the difference. Drum ,.
ooked upon the taN as a license To !,
AIRY on business. However IL We Werr .
obliged to havSa tax let II br a. small !,
) possible. khceland thought the state :,
vas tfeadlng ON delicate ground II was .
Unfair 10 ask insurance companies to pay "
axes after the losses that they had been "
'llt tO last summer aud after a lively mas
age of arms between Owings and Rine-
art the Thurstun senator said he re-
fetled that the King county senator had 2
,eu Oi'g"ii as an example for Wash 81
iflahS ~ fiscal matters they lived in ~
'Irgon IN financial matters people in u
hal Slale were positively Supid He l.
GREETED 50 great state a. Washington le
h0nld be mentioned in the same breath M
W oregon. His remarks were greeted &C
lth applause. kinnrar's amendment IN
as loSi. IL noes ayes. The original q
inchdment was then adopted. 11 ayes u
HOughtOn next submitted an amend. "
ent that the state tan shall be- u NJ
Islead ot mills. aS suggested la
me cnnlhlttcr ON revenue and nc
INation. Rinehart seconded the amend. Lee
ent; carried. Lawrcucc's amendment hl
make school taN ten mills instead of or
y mills aroused the wrath of Long. who be
ated that in view of the prospective gl
migration 10 the state that il would be- az
ghly lmprovident 10 have such school pr
y. Lost; II ayes. ~ noes. Rinchart th
llOwcd with an amendment that All he
'0ds, chattcls. monies aud credits. cX- tn
pl as security by mortgage or realty.
aH DE- construed to include personal
opcrty. llOughton hoped the amend
rnl would not prevail. aud in advucat- Of
9 the amendment Rnehart said that 10
had lived in bcnghtcd Oregon twenty Ed
e or thirty years and knew that Wash ch
gtOn was getting much of Oregon. uf
,alth and money through Oregon'S mis-. da
ken financial policy. OwingS Thought a
cap capital would enrich our state nu
lre than anything else. The sneaker Ell
Is in favor Of the amendment liz fro
ew many who made notes over in orc da
u lo escape the payment of taxes in the thi
ite. lie would not tax credits of any eat
ld. Long moved as an amendment to vcl
e amendment To strike out credits" da,
nnear was not in favor of cNpmptiug lu
'dits. The debate was continued m
lgth. Longs amendment was tinaIl,
opted: 10 ayes. noes. Rinehart with
NV MS amendment bcfOpc the vote was Sqj
nOunced. Several other minor amend Sl5
ntS were suggested aud adopted and eat
zen o CLOCK the senate adjourned after PA
? ltveliest session yet held in the cham smi
r. vote on the bill will be taken in con
morning. |of
uousE sha
The house met at at 10 with % meme mr
: present. GeOghan's bill to appru- ems
ate s3.GD for an exhibit Of Washing ms
products at the national cncamp- Ynt
nt Of the Grand Army at BOSTON was
'avorably reported by the committee
appropriations. Gcoghan spoke In -
or Of its passage. but motion to iu- ace
nitely postpone was carried ~ to IL. at {
gistrati0n aud primary election laws con
= made special order for tomorrow arOl
,hlng. ne blil confirming shcrf's be c
Is was indefinitely postponed. The an
lker signed enrolled copy Of city The
rter bill. Common school bill came brid
gam ana motion to strike out the star
lon allowing clerk 10 the state sup Kill
tehdent prevailed. Ostrandcr moved resi-