The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-03
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Many Members in Seattle on Their Way
to Olympia.

number OF members Of the legislature were
in the city yesterday on their way to Olympia
Some will go down today, but most OF them on
Monday. The general feeling among them was
that Senator Squire would be elected on the first
ballot
Anderson, of shelton; ]. L. Metcalfe, of Spring
dale, Stevens county, and |. \. Cushman, of
Wilbur, Lincoln county. Mr.. Metcalfe said he
was chiefly interested in a bill for the creation
bill was demanded by the miners,
the farmers and the loggers, men
representing every single interest. There was
general feeling among them that the railroads
were having things little too much their own
way, and that some check should be put upon
them, in order to give the people chance
Eve must have railroad commission" he de-
clared. Mr. Metcalfe is enthusiastic over the
future of his county. stevens will be one of
the great counties OF the state he said 1--WE
have a wide variety of interests. agricultural
lumber and mining believe that Stevens will
be the great mining county of Washington in
time"
a railroad commission created. "The farmers in
our country feel that the railways are running
things with high hand, and the complaints are
many and bitter. There is no doubt in my mind
that the roads discriminate against the farmers
and in favor OF the elevators so far as wheat
shipping is concerned. The elevator companies
can get ten cars to one for farmer. While six
or seven hundred cars were lying at Pasco, and
two-thlrds OF them empty, Chicago buyers, who
were paving from to cents more a bushcI
were unable to get cars for shipments. The
Palouse country suffered particularly; but the
roads are doing better Just now"
DR.. J. E. Candy, of spokane Falls, who is
candidate for speaker OF the House, is at the
Diller hotel, and Representative W. L. Schrick-
er. of La Conner, is at the snoqnalmie.
At the Arlington were Representatives p E.
Berry, OF Douglas county, 4. Y. Ragsdale, Of
spokane, and q. w. Morse, of Oak Harbor, Island
county. Mr. J. T. Roberts, of Spokane was
with Mr.. Ragsdale. Captain Morse said that
Island county was all right so far as Senator
Squire was concerned. The county wanted two
things, a normal school and bill giving county
commissioners long and short terms, so that an
entirely new and inexperienced set of commits
sioners shall not so into Office at any election He
also dwelt with enthusiasm on the advantages of
Island county site for normal schOol-the
pure water, the mild air, and the equable eli
mate, which Captain Morse believes is the most
delightful in the world. Captain Morse, by the
way, is one of the pioneers OF Washington hay-
ing come to Puget sound in 1855; but though his
beard is snowy white, he carries himself with
all the Yigor OF youth.
Mr.. J. H. Friedlander, of sherman one of the
best known men in Lincoln county, is at the
Rainier with Representative Cushman. Mr.
Friedlander, who is candidate for the position
of sergeant-at-arms OF the House, declared last
evening: "The state east of the mountains is al
most solid Tor senator Squire. Lincoln county
people feel specially grateful to him for his zeal
in getting appropriations for the Columbia-a
thing which is very direct and marked benefit
10 our county"
Mr. Fred Bausman, OF Elleusburg, one of the
the Rainier, holds that the Demo rats have not
ghost of chance to elect senator, and that
after giving their complimentary vote to their
standard bearer in the last campaign, Thomas
Carr III, they should vote for the best Republic
can-proyided the Republicans have not already
made a choice.