Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-13
The State Legislature.


Mr.. Parrish presented petition {
rom A>ntin county ior $1,000 apFro-
riatiun t"iini,h wagon road through
Blue mountains IN Oregon. II
The Judiciary commute. rcuortcd
cvrrAl OF the code bills with recon-
that they pass.
SharpStcin moved that the vote hy
Which the house concurrcd in the
;enatc resolution sending Investigate
NJ committees To- the Insane Hospital
,e rccOn>idcred.
Candy opposed reconsideration as
lid Walker and Thalman. The latter .
.laimed the report OF the engineer Is
detective. The House refused to re- .
consider, and Powell. Thalman and ,
Parrish Were appointed as the House .
part Of the committee.
Kennedy moved that J. :. McClin- /
ton, a Senate clerk, I've employed by
the House ~ supervising clerk at 81
per day, which w"s lost.
New bill, were introduced as fol-
lows: House bill number Us by Was
son to regulate the collection of vital
statistics; to Medicine, Surgery and
House bill number l79 by Ready,
to prevent the spread OF Canada
to Agriculture.
House bill number $50 by Meany,
requiring the appointment OF police
officers; to Municipal Corporations.
House bill number Isl 10y Iancy,
making void certain transfers; to
Judiciary.
Senate bill number 40, to provide
for the mileage of Attorney General
and Superior judges; to compcnsa-
ton of State and County Officers.
Senate bill number 60, to cede to
the United States jurisdiction over
certain harbors and rivers in the State !;
to harbors and navigable waters.
The House passed the Senate bill,
making the first Monday in Septcm
Der, Labor Day, a legal holiday.
The House then took a recess until
2 o'clock.
On rcassembling, the constitutional
amendment concerning loans of the
school fund was made Especial order
for Thursday, ut IL o'clock.
House bill for the relief and protec.
ton of workmen in the purchase of
store goods, and House bill to secure
to workmen the payment OF wages in
lawful money, were taken up on the
question of indefinite postponement,
as recommended by the committee on
Labor and Labor Statistics. The
House refused to indefinitely postpone
the bills.
The latter OF the bill was then taken
up.
1t prohibits employers from paying
their employees in store goods. Par
cell, the father of the bill, made an
earnest and feeling appeal for the
wage workers, particularly miners.
Taylor, Goldman and others thought
the bill worked an injury to farmers
and favored u rceommittal that the
bill might be perfected. 1t was re-
committed to the Judiciary committee.
The former bill was indefinitely post
poned.
The Senate met Tuesday at 10
o'clock. President Wilson in the
chair. Absent, Senators Eshelman,
Frink, Hyde, Kinnear, Luce, q. L.
Thompson, L. +. Thompson and Van
devauter.
Senator O'Neill presented Senate
concurrent resolution No. II, to en-
dorse Hon. Henry Failing, of Portland,
as Secretary of the Treasury, which was
passed unanimously.
Senate bill No. 1S5, by Senator Watt,
relative to savings banks was presented
and referred.
House Memorial No. s, relative to II
ship canal from Lake Washington to
Puget Sound was passed.
Senate Bill No. I4l, relative to CON-
pulsory and reformatory education OF
juvenile disorderly persons was passed.
Senate Bill No. I42, an act to au-
thOrize school directors to establish and
maintain libraries and provide for the
management OF the same was passed.
Senate Bill No. l3G, Owings' bill, re-
lative to condemnation of property for
St,rte purposes was made a special or
der for Wednesday at r. N.
Senate Bill No Sc, to validate the
general Indebtedness OF the city of Sc
attic in excess of II per cent. on the
assessed valuation was recOnsidered
and indefinitely postponed.
Senate Bill No. 81, by Edens, rela-
tive to community property was passed.
Senate Bill No. So, by Kneeland, an
act to have the legislature meet on the
second Monday of January, 1893, and
bi-ennially thereafter was passed. The
bill is to shorten the time between the
assembling of the legislature and the
time for the election of the United
States Senator.
Adjourned until p. NJ.
The Senate reassemblpd at 2 o'clock,
President Wilson in the chair.
Senate bill No. 81, by Kneeland, an
act relative to the commencement of
terms of State officers, was passed.
House joint resolution No. 3, by
Plummer, relative to q quarantine sta
ton at Port Townsend, was passed.
Senate Bill No. l27, relative to COM
mon schools, was passed.
Senate Bill No. %, by Senator Hou-
ten, to create State board of health,
was passed.
There were sixty three members
present in the House.
Candy presented remonstrance
from the Spokane Falls Chamber Of
Commerce against proposed railroad
legislation.
Frater presented a petition in favor
of nine jurors rendering verdict.
Several petitions were read against
the bill against scalpers.
A telegram from Spokane Falls was
read requesting the endorsement Of
Henry Failing, of Portland, for Secre-
tary of the the Treasury.
The Committee on Fisheries re-
ported bill making it unlawful to
catch certain trout in winter time.
The bill providing payment for
expenses of County Commissioners in
appraising school lands came up on
an amendment of the Senate, requir-
ing these expenses to be paid out of
the school fund instead of the State
Treasury. The House refused to
concur.
Senate concurrent resolution ask
ing the President to appoint Henry
Failing, of Portland, Secretary of the
Treasury was adopted.
Thalman introduced resolution
for the survey OF the Capitol grounds,