The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-10-13
as to become positively Grim.

Every measure passed by the legislature
during this period Of appalling misruIe,
having for It's object the betterment and
amelioration Of the peoples condition,
Withered and died under the baleful
touch Of republican governor.
The world was iilled with q senatorial
scandal so rank and gross that the won
der grew that so young q state could be
% stepped in infamy.
Where three years ago this splendid
commonwealth sprang iorN ard on IT,
career, spotIessly arrayed In all the pos
sibilities which can make state power
ful and great, she stands before the
world at this houE, her one-time spotless
raiment in rags, her Judicial ermine
soiled and stained by contact with the
lowest gambling hells, her Legislative
toga besmirched by the failure to expel q
seli-coniessed bribe taker, and by q crm-
inal extravagance aud improvidence, and
her executive mantle alive with corporate
vermin. In the presence Of calamities
such as these is 1t strange that the people
are like Marius, weeping over the ruins
Of Carthage? Is it strange that that
certain point has been reached beyond
which the people can no longer be pa
tieutH Is il strange that loug-sufering
people have At last arisen in their strength
and might to denounce the penalty Of
overthrow to the architects Of all this dis
aster, iniamy and ruin?
viii anyone have the hardihood to
conlruverl the conclusions l have drawn
Men do not gather grapes Of thorn and
Hgs Of thistle.
Lest there be they who will challenge
this black and damning array, come with
me into the bowels Of one Of the most
abandoned. deprRved and reckless &d-
ministrations Of public affairs, under
which the people Of sovereign state have
grOaned and staggered since the recon-
struction days Of the south.
On the 18th day Of January, 1891,
Hon. John L. ShHrpstein, a democratic
representative from Wslla Walla county,
introduced a bill, (House Bill No. l8),
requiring railroad corporations 10 fence
their track, House Journal, 1891, p. 49,.
On February II, 1891, J. N. Ready,
the republican chairman Of the republl-
can committee on railroads in the house,
reported this bill, 10 vitality Important to
every farmer and stock raiser in The state
with recommendation that 1t be inde6-
nitely postponed, but, on motion Of Mr.
Sharpstein. the house refused to adopt
the report Of the committee. (House
Journal. 1891, p. 3J6l. M. Sharpsteiu
moved that the rules be suspended and
that the bill oe passed. blouse Journal,
1891, p. 1851. This motion, requiring
two-thirds Of those present and voting in
its favor, was defeated by q vote OF 81
syes to % nays. Every democrat, pres
ent and voting, voted for the passage oI
the bill. Upon motion Of Mr.. SharpsteIn
the vote, by which the bill failed To pass,
was reconsidsred and the bill was placed
on the calendar as bill upon third read
ing. blouse Journal, 1891, p. 36O.)
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