The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-07
FLING A BASIS
~ Action Of Improver and
Shore Owner.
EDDY APPOINTED.


III tWpxUy0 - k>S0E AalxSn ntsss
- lo11uus IL shore owner Ia prior
g = purchase the tide lands Of The
4 ~ Il texridc attack was made upon
~ ~ ~ opposition beaded BY
okoe 11fehan and Monltray. but u Was
y - unavailinG. and served 20 SOLID
~ hoxmcDise the tnc0ngYuous eie-
/ - thas mads up The majority rather
- y s1ssngthsn the opposition. II Was
o(tealIy . conflict between Eastern
81 o1ntngton and BeliIngham bay on the
- hond, ana DE remainder OF Puget
- md H. lower Columbia and Pacific
- oounties on the Othsr. With here and
~ : recruit for one or the other from
- opposing side. The theory that the
- should b soId q public auction. col
+ oQu1aily known - the bunch grass
49, vas literally knocked out In every
pe - which II was pressed, though In
- Instance 70 lacked only two votes OF In
Ettpn h The bill In very much modified
-. The policy Of the support was to
oke 4 broadly composite measure, pro-
61(in2 IN it. ample provisions all those
49, have bona tide interests in the tide
Mnds, a bill representing . single doc
1yfne would naturally have sntagonized all
0fhoBD Who were not benefited by It's
1op<Ion, and for that reason the commit
- hi - FIRST proposed stood not the
1ha6oW q . chance Of passing The cd
Noonoeo q the riparian doctrine are probar
~ = strong - any other distinctive
Gfooo, but they are long
10y from majority Of the
Housa II the bill was offered - m expcr-
lent q was very speedily ascertained that
- tompsr Of the House was largely
o0nfnot III Il became necessary 10 make
0nncossions and conciiiate . faction that
Nnnted the bill before the House In
nbeone shape. This was the origin Of the
unnatural alliance between the improvers
md the shore owncrs--a spectacle highly
oanusing and surprising 70 those who have
Known d the bitter conflicts between the
up1and owner and the jumper. continuing
s tksoush many years OF the unburied past.
Ii coalition, because absurd, was not the
49, eGective, and the shore owner and Inn
S Dsovor, erstwhfle stigmstixcd ~ the
1umpss and outlaw. linked By m indis-
soluble tie Of mutual interest, are firm
1Elonds from this time FORTH
The crucial tsst between the contsnding
s 1nqt1oos wss applied 10 Section 10, which
xooogniDod the claims Of both the riparian
! oppogition we're 70 alter, mutilats or
e1iminate IT. anything to weaken the
moosnse BY striking ct the vital part IL
! - ooeticn had been stricken out the bill
Would have boen killed. II Is successfully
u1thstood The nsrce assaults. the bill would
- paeood. The section did stand and the
e11oGxity of the measure Was preserved.
Uuoh ehangsa only - had been previously
t~~A~ A.
supa0nd UWnee were made. Indeed,
1kxouGhout The entire bill the alterations
I'D nmendments were Intended for
- perfection OF the bill and
~ The preparation Of . common
ground upon which the majority
0oulA stand. For instance, the amend
0snt allowing appeals ON matters of APP
rsaisal = said 70 have gained tho bin four
xotos, and other changes removed objec-
lions that had been pointed out and that.
4 allowed 70 remain. would have been GER
tain 10 result In dsfeal The bill was en-
einsersd with great good Judgment and
0usssa No strategic point was overlooked
and no Visible advantage not immediately
secured. The minority was persistent and
tfoprsssible and acknowledged defeat only
when u had exhausted every parliament
tAxy resource.
The majority. exuitant In LIS evident su-
periortty. tried to push the bill through TO
passage after al amendments had been
made. but Judson Of Pierce, Ruttsr,
and other friends Of the bin.
declared they would vote against
Is unless IL was engrossed and It's
many amendments properly and leglbly
inserted. The attempt was abandoned.
The vote on section 10 shows that there
were ferty-one who were for the bill today,
and &c IL claimed when IL comes up tomor-
row that II viii receive NJ least four more
than majority. No one believes tonight
& VIII not DO successful.
Il Is the expectation that the Senate viii
pass the bin with little or no change. Ii
VIII. Of course. meet with objection, bat IL
b known that riparian advocates and i'm.
provsrs are In the majority.
The discussion today was heard bv a
large number OF visitors II was so warm
and interesting that IL eniiccd many Sen.
atcrs from their duties upstairs and LETT
that body without working quorum. An
attempt was made TO bring the truanss
hack. but the attraction Was so great that
u sis tho Senate adjourned and went in
body to the House.
A hsies synopsis OF the tide land bin In
10 present shape IL Of interest There
shall Be state board Of equalization, con-
nistink Of i've members, va. the secretary
81 state, auditor and three electors IN he
Appointed by the governor. County boards
n counties where tide lands are situated
shall be appointed. They shall meet
within thirty DAYS after the location
q tho barber lines before incorpo-
YAled cities. and examine. survey and
oppfafse shore and tide lands. eaeA
appralscment shall exclude the value
a. improvements on lands. Appeals may
b taken from the finding OF the county
hoard 10 the state board and 10 courts on
questions Of appraisal. Law or fact. Ahat-
ding owners have prior right Of purchase OF
tide lands for sixty days after appraisal.
but owners ef valuable improvements made
prior "a the passage of this aes shah have
also prior right. Payments shssl be made
one-tenth down and The remainder in nine
equal annual payments, bearing 8 per cent
interest The purchaser NAV paw the
whole amount when he chooses aaa inter
ct shall cease.
The proposition 10 adjourn on March -
vas adopted in the Senate to-day BY q very
large vote. II was presented ia The share
a concurrent resolution. II IL had gone
down 20 the House before the tide land
ouestion Was taken up there Is little doahs
hat it would have beea adopted. The
urnctical disposition Of the tsls land gges.