The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-12
Legislature Will Elect Squire
and Pass Good Laws.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE LEADERS.
Last Sessions Problems Solved and
Out Of the Way.
Scenes In the Senatorial Camps-"Gen-
erai" Ewing Returns-Appropriatio
VIII Not Exceed tho Revenues
Changes in the Tide Land Law.

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standing the distracting influence of the
senatorial question, both houses have
already manifested disposition to settle
| down to business. Permanent orraniza.
tion has been effected, rules adopted, the
salaries of employees mostly fixed, the
| Senate committees appointed, and tho
| House committees will be named by
| Speaker Shaw tomorrow. It looks as
though il wonld be session of much work
and mighty little play. The session must
end March !, and there is no time for pro.
crastination.
The members express themselves as gem
orally satisfied with the manner in which
President Wilson distributed the appoints
ments of the Senate committees. Every
member gets a craftsmanship, and some OF
them two. The Democrats were given fair
representation and secured four chairman
ships, one for each. Kinnear of King is
chairman of the Judiciary committee,
which position he filled SO capably last
session. Forrest Of King secures the COM
mittee on revenue and taxation, for which
his experience and qualifications tit him,
The committee is likely to be one of the
hardest-worked of the session. 0wings,
who had the Craftsmanship of the commits
tee on corporations year ago, is displaced
by VanHouten of Spokane. McCroskey,
Whitman county Democrat and member
of the Farmers Alliance, is chairman OF
the committee on agriculture. 0wings 10
allotted to the committees on public build
ings and grounds, and on constitutional
revision. Mr.. Owings is q resident of the
capital of the state, and has a special
knowledge of and interest in the subjects
likely to come before the former commit
tee. Luce. who is a physician, gets
the committee on medicine, surgery and
hygiene, and also the committee on
appropriations, the latter of which is very
important. Rutter is assigned to the COM
mittee on labor and labor statistics. Frink
gets the manufacturing committee,
Thompson, who was the last custodian Of
public morals, now has charge of the conl-
mittee on memorials. Eshelman Of Yak
lima, minister of the Christian denomi-
nation, displaces Thompson on the former
committee. Dyer, who was q militia
colonel in the East, has the committee on
military. Hyde of Spokane is chairman
of the committee on municipal corpora
tions. Edens of Skagit is the head of the
committee on roads and bridges, In which
his county is particularly interested. Yes
claims and rules and joint rules, both
good committees. Van de Vanter has the
committee ON salaries and mileage.
Thompson of Pierce secures the commit
tee on state school and granted lands, one
of the largest and most important on the
list. Long, Forrest and McCroskey are on
the elections committee. The composition
of this committee is ingenious. It will
al he ~. a. M~Co -
tested election case. Richards, the con-
testor, is Republican and his vote would
have an effect on the senatorial contest il
he is seated in time. Forrest is for Squire,
Long is said to be for Calkins, and McCros-
key is Democrat Easterly of Pierce gets
the committee on education, and Drum
that on printing Austin has the commit
tee on harbor and harbor lines, presided
over by Kneeland at the last session.
Parkinson has the committee on tide lands,
which may or may not be of great impor.
tance. 1t is large committee. Smith Of
Whitman gets counties and county bound.
aries. In case new attempt is made to
divide Whitman or any other county this
will he a good committee. Watt has the
committee on insane. He is from Spokane
county, in which the Medical Lake asylum
is located. The committees are divided
among the three leading counties as fol-
lows:
King-Judiciary, labor, manufacturers, mil IL
tary, public revenue and taxation, salaries and
mileage.
Pierce-Education, engrossed bills, printing
state granted and school lands, state library.
spokane-Corporation other than municipal
municipal interpretations, state insane.
Everybody is interested, of course, in
knowing how much the present session OF
the legislature will cost. and what is likely
TO be the amount of the appropriations.
In his report the state auditor makes an
estimate of receipts and expenditures for
the two years beginning April /, 1891, and
ending March 81, 1893. They are as fol,
lows:
RECEIPTS.
Twenty-Five per cent. of tax levy Of
Two and one-half mills tax on sDO,-
OO0.ODO. estimated property valua-
tions for 1891 ...... .....-.- fpsuU W
Seventy a. ve nor cent of tax levy on