Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-20

money i'll the late Senatorial campaign
IL We'll a. the charges preferred 10y
himself; a,lortcd.
TIL, S.r ,te Wa lilrl To- order Tues
dav AT 10 4. NJ. IT,: no quorum being
present ADJOURNED or 81 minutes.
At IL 80. -; senators were present.
those absent being Baker, yesterday,
Long. Luce. Thompson. G. /. Ih"mp-
son. l.. f. Tnrnp>on, Van Dcvanter,
NC>:al and Watt.
! 4 hi,l was introduced hy senator
Forrest. an act To better prevent acct
dents Iy trc in railroad. passenger and
! sleeping ears. Referred.
/ House hill No. % 10y Mr.. Sharp>tcin
IN act to provide Tor the disposal OF
mo-. = in certain cases and declaring
an en-, ,rncy, passed without amend
mcnt. Yeas 20: nays none.
The President appointed Senators
/ Austin and O'Ncil to act on the part OF
the Senate to arrange the memorial
service for General Shcrman'S funeral.
II. b. No. j3, hv Mr.. Snivciy, an act
providing for official stcnograrhcrS for
! the supreme courts was Indefinitely
POSTPONED 10y vote Of l. to >.
\ House bill 10y the judiciary, rela-
tive to trademarks was read and PASSED
without amendment, unanimously
senator smith introduced a rcSolu-
ton relative to tclcgraphing the Ser
atGrs and Representatives i'll Congress
urging them to secure an appropriation
of ! iu0, 900 for the construction OF Il
portage railway around the Dallcs Of
the Columbia, which was read and
adopted.
II. b. No. 81, 10y GarrctSon, an act
to prescribe the duties and fix the
compensation OF the Reporter OF the
Supreme Court, was amended 10y strik-
ing out the compensation OF $4,000
and inserting $3.50. The bill failed
to pass 10y vote Il yeas, l. nays.
The Senate at L. 0J adjourned till ,
Z. NJ.
On Resembling, twcnty-threc Sen
atorS were noted present.
Senate bill No. % by Kinncar, an
act relating to trusts and combinations
carried on for the purpose Of fixing the
price and regulating the transportation
of Il product or commodity and pro
viding penalties for the violation there
for, came up.
Senator Owings presented an amend
ment to include any labor organization
as well as incorporate companies.
Senator Kinnear vigorously opposed
such an amendment and considered it
an attempt to kill the bill. The yeas
and nays were called for and the
amendment was adopted. Yeas IL.
Nays II.
Senator kinncar then declared him.
self an enemy Of the bill and stated he
would vote against it.
Senator Drum then presented an
amendment to Sec. 6, so that the pro-
visions OF the act might include agri-
cultural products or live stock, which
was adopted.
Seven.y-onc members answered roll
call Tuesday, in the House.
| The amendment To the constitution
relating to loaning the school funds
was taken up and passed
Holt presented Il remonstrancc by
residents Of Whitman county against
division OF that county.
The committee On County Lines re-
ported recommending that the bill ere
ating Sherman county be indefinitely
postponed. 4 minority did not occur.
Walker moved that the subject he
made Il special order for Friday. Lost.
The majority report was adopted.
Senate bill creating the county OF
Ferry was Indefinitely postponed.
The committee reported against ere
ating the county of Palouse.
Moore urged Il consideration Of the
bill and it was laid on the table.
Sharpstein II owed to suspend the
rules to consider II memorial to Con
grcss relative to opening the Columbia
river; carried a'.d memorial adopted.
Dysart. moye,. to suspend the rules
and reconsider the vote on the school
bill; lost.
The Fellows road bill was taken uI
af special order and the majority re-
port adopted; ayes l6, noes 23.
Tyler offered an amendment giving
shippers equal rights, the object being
to prevent rebates.
Snivcly thought the amendment
would destroy the bill, as it conilictet
with the interstate commerce law.
Meany said the amendment was il
the interests of Tacoma and agains
Seattle, but Tyler maintained sucl
was not the case. The amendment
was lost.
Plummer moved to strike from The
bill that provision fixing rates Tia,
same as those charged by the Northern
Pacific on the first day of December
adopted.
Adjourned to o'clock.
In the afternoon the Fellows bill
was discussed the greAer part of the
session. Several amendments wer,
adopted and the bill then ordered
printed.
The vote defeating Taylor's schoo
bill was reconsidered anu the bill made
a special order for Friday morning.
Senate met at 1910 Wednesday
Absent, Austin, Baker, Luce, Smith
q. Il. Thompson, NanDeVanter, Var
Houghton and Watt.
Tele grams were received from Con
gresham Wilson and Squire giving
assurance OF intention to support /;
bill for aid in constructing railroad
around The Dalles.
The following bills were introduced
No. III, by Preston, declaring Labor
Day a legal holiday.
No, 1l3, by Richards, amendatory o
an act relating to the common schoo
system.
The following bills were read q thirt
times.
5. b. 81, Ivy Rutter, for the estab
lishmeut of Bureau OF Labor Sta
tistics, which was laid on the table.
III. b. "a, 10y Adams, declaring eigh
hours days work was lost, and Rut
ter gave notice OF a motion for recon
sidcration.
S. b. I22, by Senator Long, an &C
authorizing County Commissioners t,
build bridges across nayigable streams
amended and passed; yeas 20, nays Q
S. b. 1914, by Senator Hastings, rela
tive to placing flag over every public
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