Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-27

Senator Drum supported the bill be- J
.au>e it was in the direction OF hour
abor which he thought was the prop
n solution oE the labor question.
Senator ClaypoOl stated that it was
lis opinion and ilopcd the bill would
pass.
On final Vote the bill failed to pass.
:. l.. 81 hy the Joint Committee on
The State University, relative to the
location and support OF
the University OF Washington was de-
icated.
\ telegram was received 10y Prcsi- .
dent Wilson, relative to naming Nj.
Rainier Mt. Sherman.
The committee on state prison made
a lengthy report which was ordered
printed.
:. c. Il. No. %, by the Committee
on State Prison, relative to the cree
ton OF a pcni;entiarl in the State OF
Washington was read and referred.
:. b. No. 23G by Sen. kneeland, an
act to amend an act providing Tor the
incorporation and government of Mu-
nicipal Corporations, was referred.
The Senate at l. 10 adjourned till
! 80 Z. NJ.
Sixty-three members were present
at roll, Tuesday, in the House.
Garrctson, Goldman and Ne 5lcr were
appointed as the House contingent of
Il Joint committee to investigate the
title to the Capital Grounds.
\ veto message was received from
the Governor on the House bill re-
quiring corporations owning land to
file articles of interpretations with
County Auditor, on the ground that
the title does not embrace the subject
matter of the bill. The House failed
to pass the bill over the veto.
The Fellows bill was made special
order for Friday at II o'clock.
House bill No. 272, was introduced
by Ready, providing for the relief OF
persons making improvements on
school lands and referred to Judiciary.
House bill No. 273, by Jones, regu-
lating building of booms; to Forestry.
House bill No. 274, by Mckay, en-
towering County Commissioners to
construct bridges; to Roads and
Highways.
House bill No. 275, by DeSteiguer,
relating to indexing instruments filed
for record; to Judiciary.
House bill No. 276, by Smythc, de-
fining certain crimes; to Judiciary.
House bill No. 277, by Powell, APP
portioning the State into congressional
districts; to Federal Relations.
House Memorial No. ID, by Putney,
for improvement of Willapa harbor;
passed.
House Memorial No. II, by Peter
son, for reclamation of desert lands;
passed.
House bill No. 27S, by Snively, for
appraising and disposing of tide lands.
Referred to Judiciary and Tide Lands
committee jointly.
Several Senate bills were referred.
The following bills passed: Senate
bill relating to marks and brands.
Senate memorial relative to draining
shallow ponds.
Recess at = o'clock.
The Powell apportionment bill di-
vides the Representative Districts as
follows:
First District-D ouglas, Island,
King, Kitsap, kittitas, Lincoln, Okan-
Ogan, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish,
Spokane, Stevens and Whatcom.
Second District-Adams, Asotin,
Chchalis, Clallam, Clark, Columbia,
Cowlitz, Franklin, Garfield, Jefferson,
Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce,
Skamania, Thurston, Wahkiakum,
Walla Walla, Whitman and Yakima.
The House took up the railroad
committees bill, concerning passen-
ger fares on railroads. The bill fixes
maximum rate of four cents mile,
and during the discussion there arose
the conflicting interests of the long
and short roads. After several I'M
successful attempts to get the bill
amended the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
Collins bill providing for the trans
portation of prisoners 10 the Peniten-
tiary passed.