The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-23
State to Make improvements
When i'm Control.
SHORT SESSIONS YESTERDAY.
Neither House Entirely Recovered
From the Contest.
Mr.. Calkins, of Ocosta. Sends Out a
Letter of Thanks to His Late sun
porters-They Were Never willing
to Go Into Caucus.

son Oh flerce, IN speaking OF the Joint resolu
ton he introduced in the Senate today, author
izing state, granted and school lands committees
OF each house to act eonjointy in all matters
concerning and effeeting the State University at
Seattle, said that if the House acted favorably
on the resolution, the joint committee would go
TO Seattle next Tuesday Wednesday aud in
quire into all matters touching its interests.
Senator Thompson is chairman OF the Senate
committee on state. granted and school lands,
and takes deep interest in all legislation re-
ferred to that committee. He says the main
feature Of the joint committee visit to Seattle
is to confer with the city authorities there rela
tive 10 the city giving the state quit claim
deed 10 the university property, comprising
some ten In the heart of the city said to be
worth in the vicinity Of s15o,0o0. The committee
will ask the city for this property for the state,
and Senator Thompson says there is no question
but that the request will be granted, inasmuch
as it is necessary that the state have the prop
erty in order to make any decided improve
ments. Once the state has absolute control of
the property it will be sold aud the money de-
fiFed from the sale devoted to building a
splendid new university. The intention is to
buy hundred or more acres in the suburbs OF
Seattle and erect fine buildings and make fine
grounds that would be credit to any state
IN the Union~ In fact, u is expected to arrange
all preliminsries in view of the future. when
Washington must have one OF the best univer-
compose the joint committee: senate-Thomp-
son OF Pierce, chairman. Van Houten, Austin,
Dyer, Forsythe, Smith, Preston: House-Ander-
son OF Mason, chairman, Fellows, Parrish,
Palmer. Barlow, Lawton, Megler, Young, Troy,
Metcalie.
1t is curious fact that there is no law cover
ing the disposition of such funds as the 500
paid Representative Metcalfe for his vote.
sharpstein OF Walla Walla today introduced
bill providing that when certain funds are in the
hands of public officers, TO which they have
no right, and no person claims or is entitled to
the same, they shall revert to the school fund.
The emergency clause states that inasmuch as
there is $500 In the hands of public officers,
for the disposal of which there is no provision
the law shall take effect Immediately. 1t is said
that the 5000 bribery money, in the famous
Kansas case, lay in the state treasury tor ten
years before disposition was made of it,
Today Bothell and sallee OF King asked to be
excused from attendance for several days, and
Tyler OF Pierce, who is already acquiring
reputation as the humorist of the House, said:
/ suggest that the order be made ex post
facto, and thatth entire King county delegation
be excused from yesterday, before the vote
Mr. J. H. Mctsraw left today for Seattle on the
steamer T. J. Potter. Mr.. McGraw has been con-
fined to his room at Olympia for the past few
days. having been prostrated by overwork dur.
ing the senatorial contest Before he started Mr.
McGraw said:
'I feel that we have won remarkable vic
tory. The Squire forces triumphed in one bal
lot over combined Democratic and Republican
opposition. do not see how our victory could
have been more sweeping or complete ] notice
that the assertion is made that the Squire sup
porters were not in favor of caucus until the
last minute, when they thought they had a
majority of all the Republicans. The
Calkins forces, they say, dared the Squire
men to go into caucus. / desire to say that we
were at all times willing to meet in caucus. l
believe in caucus rule, and that the proper way
for Republicans and Democrats to settle their
differences is by caucus The Calkins people |
found were opposed violently to a caucus, and
would listen TO no suggestions of the kind.
/ understand that Colonel Ewing, who was
recognized as one OF the Calkins leaders, Sc
cured from one of the King county delegation q
promise TO stay out of the caucus in case
one was held. When the caucus was finally
held the Calkins men were urged TO sign, and
they declined. with one or two exceptions, and
these did not abide by the finding of the caucus
The claim that the Calkins men were at any
time willing to go into caucus is bosh. They
never were, and they know, on the contrary,
that we always Were"
The need of uniform fishery laws relating 10
the Columbia river has been felt for a number
OF years, but the statutes OF Oregon and Wash
ington have always been in conflict TO greater
or less extent. This morning Megler presented
10 the House a resolution Tor the appointment
of a committee 10 meet like committee from
the Oregon legislature for the purpose Of devils
ing and recommending statutes. The Oregon
committee has already been appointed.
Morse OF Island this morning introduced a
bill to locate a normal school at San de Fuca,
Island county. She bill asks for appropria-
tion Of 5000 per annum for maintenance OF the
institution. The citizens of Island county do
nate twenty acres of land and $500
The governor this morning signed II. B. No. Z,
extending the time of payment of taxes from
January to March |. 1t is now a law.
State Treasurer Lindsey, who has been i'll in
Portland for many weeks, has returned and is at
his post OF duty. He has almost entirely re-
covered.
A relapse OF interest in legislative proceed
ings has followed the excitement OF the sena-
torial contest, and both houses find il hard TO
settle down 10 steady work. The House met to-
day at 10 O'Clock, and adjourned shortly after
Il, and the senate did not meet till ,, aud ad-
iourned before 4.
The Metcalfe bribery investigation is going
ahead, but is not making great progress. The
committee held a session today and ex-
exclusively as to the representations
of Clarke and Metcalfe. The case has resolved
itself almost entirely into question OF verseity
between Metealfe and Clarke, the testimony OF
the former being aided eireumstantially by the
proven fact that interviews between himself aud
Clarke were held. II defense can establish
Clarke's good reputation and Metealie's bad,
they will probably have won. and wee versa
Each side vet wants TO examine witnesses. most
ly from Spokane Falls and stevens county. and
il may be that the committee viii consider it
advisable 20 90 TO Spokane Fails for the parpoSe
of taking testimony. Counsel for each side will
tomorrow morning file a statement as 10 the
number OF witnesses desired.
In the Senate today Owings introduced reso-
luton calling attention to charges of corruption
made By the state press and also 10 the fact that
a particular charge was made in the House by
Metcalfe, and asking for the appointment OF
committee to investigate. Just how far Mr..
owings' committee is to 20 in making inquiries
Is not known.
The argument in the Richards -Mccarty con-
test ease was completed today and the commit
tee will probably make its report in few days
The Joint judiciary committees tonight de-
cided to invite Code Commissioner William
Lair Hill 10 appear before the committee next
Monday and explain the provisions OF his pro-
posed amendments 10 the laws.
senator Van Houten introduced bill in the
Senate today providing an additional superior
Judge for Spokane and stevens counties. There
are already fwo judges there, but the business
has increased so much during the past year
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