The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-03
SECTION AGAINST SECTION.
Rivalry Between Eastern and westerl
WashingtOn-COuntr Unjust to Cities

Rivalry Between Eastern and Western
WashingtOn-COuntry Unjust to Cities
OLYMPIA, March Especial 1.-The agricul-
tural college and school of science bill was
reached by the House today aud occasioned .
very sharp and interesting debate, the
senatorial matter and allegations of COM
binato1 for the location of the school being
dragged In bodily and knocked about freely by
the members. There were five bills on the sub
ject four Of which sought to locate the school at
stated points east of the mountains, and the
fifth, by Adams of King, to provide for location
by commission east of the Cascades. The lat
ter bill had been reported favorably by the COM
mittee, which deemed it inadvisable to attempt
to settle such afght in the legislature.
Hutchinson, who wanted the schoot In Nneoln
county, was anything but satisfied with this
arrangement, and he moved to take up and dis
pose of the other bills at the same time. He re-
ferred in his usual emphatic manner to the re-
ported trade between the senatorship and agri-
cultural college interests
81 allude to the repors of the Metcalfe investi-
CATION committee" said Hutchinson, "where il
appears that eighteen votes were offered on the
agricultural college for three for senator. The
fellows on the other side must have offered
more for they got them" Hutchinson meant
Judge Houghtons testimony, in which he says
he offered to trade sixteen votes on the agricul-
tural college for three for Calkins on the sena-
torial question.
Powell of Spokane replied that he understood
himself and Representatives Candy and Rein
hardt to be referred to. He wished to state that
not only had no proposition OF this kind been
considered or accepted in behalf OF Senator
Squire, but it had never been offered. Candy
replied in the same vein, declaring that there 10
not scintilla Of truth in the statement
The four bills were indefinitely postponed, and
consideration of the Adams bill was begun.
Off lon ~ Hvno 4
ing that the school should be located by three
men, to be selected by the legislature subject
to approval of the regents of the state university
This proposition was debated at great length,
and Goldman was freely accused of attempting
to deprive the governor OF the appointive power
He denied this ac cusation with good deal of
earnestness, protesting that his motives were
purely philanthropic, inasmuen as he desired to
relieve the governor OF an embarrassing re-
sponsibility in making these appointments
Goldman was supported by Snively, his
Be sssne sasy pBsseo eBs be By
Strangely enough, when the question came to =
vote nearly all the Democrats and Calkins men
voted for the amendment. 1t was lost by vote
Goldman then attempted to insert an amend
ment providing that the commissioners should
not receive as bonus more than 200 acres of
land, instead OF $50, as provided in the bill.
This was likewise defeated.
Spokane county was the butt of another at.
tack by Hutchinson, and he offered an amend
county which now has state institution. Spo-
kane now has the Medical Lake asylum and the
Cheney normal school. The motion prevailed,
amid great applause from the demonstratiye
Hutchinson.
Walker objected to drawing geographical lines
on the location OF this institution and he moved
to strike out "east of the Cascades" leaving the
location anywhere within the state The mo-
ton was nearly passed, falling by seven votes.
The Hutchinson amendment was a death
blow TO the hopes of Walla walla county. a
q oV,N
stein tried hard to &c. in an amendment exempt
Ing from Its operation counties which have
penal institutions The motion was voted down
by an emphatic vote. After the adoption of
many other minor amendments by the commit
tee the bill was passed, 81 ayes and l5 nays. Spo
kane and Walla Walla counties voting nay.
In its present shape the bill provides for a
commission OF three, to be appointed by tbe
governor, which shall locate the agricultural COL
iege, experiment station and school OF science
in q county east of the mountains except sno.
kane, Walla Walla and Kittitaa This narrows
the contest down to Whitman, GARFIELD, Asotin.
Lincoln, Douglas, Franklin, Adams, Yakima
kliekitat, okanogan and Stevens, with the
chances in favor of the more prominent ag-
rieultural counties, such Whitman Yakims
aud Lincoln. The opinion is freely expressed
that the bill viii be beaten In the Senate. Pre-
cisely the same kind OF debate, with the uosi-
tions of Eastern and Western Washington re-
versed, came up in the Senate. 1t was
new normal school, and to provide for a commits
sion to locate il somewhere west of the noun
tains. The discussion arose particularly over
the nature OF the commission there. There be-
ing division OF opinion as to whether an i'm.
partial commission could be selected TO ioca fe
the school on the merits OF the locality Senator
Drum offered an amendment providing that ali
the members of such commission be oil Eastern
Washington. The amendment was carried hut
the bill was defeated on its hnal passage Knee
Land gave notice OF reconsideration.
The fight between city and country members
settled in the House last week BY the defeat of
the Taylor bill, was renewed in the Senate ,odsy
by the discussion of = bill seeking to extend the
exemption now enjoyed by cities of more than
10000 inhabitants TO cities of over 5000 The
bill was prepared by the committee on ecuca.
ton as q substitute for Senator richardson .
bill. similar in character. After q red hot de-
bate during which time considerable eloouenee
MAS eiieited and much disorder created. the bill
was defeated and the country members were