Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-03-10

ing to crimes against public morals
passed unanimously.
The House refused to concur in tn,
Senate amendments to the Anderson
railroad bill. Senator McCroske,
moved that the Senate receie from it,
amendments. Motion to recede wa.
lost and the President appointed a,
the conference committee, on the par
OF the Senate, Senator Ide, Edens anc
Miller.
Senate bill No. 100, by Dyer, to ale
the State Historical Society, wa.
passed. Senator Dyer said he urgeC
the passage of the bill in the Interest
of Pierce county. That they wanted
some kind OF Il public institution in
that county and he thought this q
good starter. The bill passed, 81 ayes
nay.
A recess was taken until 7 80 p. NJ.
At the evening session the Senate
took up House bill No. 80, creating d
board OF harbor line commissioners
and passed it.
House bill No. y, to encourage
home industries, was indefinitely post
poned.
The Mentzer bill appropriating 50,
OOO,OJO for erection of a capitol al
Olympia, passed the Senate by vote
of % to 3.
When the bill was taken up it re.
ceived its first halt from an amend
ment by Dyer proposing to locate the
capitol on the present site, with q
proviso that the citizens of Olympus
donate to the State of Washington, in
fee simple, all that property, consist
ing OF about III acres, lying in and out
of the present grounds and bordering
on Budd's Inlet. He argued that the
people OF Olympia could well afford to
donate this land, and that N. H.
Owings, who was at the last session
Senator from Thurston county, strong
ly advocated at that session the pur-
chase of this land, by the State. Over
was OF the opinion that one day the
State may want to locate on this
ground Il Governors mansion, State
armory and perhaps State printing
office.
Claypool opposed the amendment
because it would be unjust to the peo-
pie of Olympia to virtually compel
them to purchase this appropriation.
Nnnear supported the amendment.
saying that the State was about to
erect magnificent building from the
proceeds OF the sale of 10000 acres OF
land, and he thought the State should
have ample and unobstructed grounds.
Van de Nanter stated that two years
ago brilliant and able Senator
(Owings) who was representing the
county OF Thurston in this body was
on this floor with brilliant scheme,
and nobody would deny that he is as
full OF schemes as dog is of fieas, to
sell to this State for $4,000 this very
piece of land the amendment now re.
ierred to, and he would be here again
two years hence with this self-same
scheme, or bill to appropriate $780,
OOO to purchase this land.
Forrest Of King vigorously opposed
the amendment as unjust.
Horr earnestly defended his prede-
cessor, denying that the land was
owned by any others than citizens
who had lived here many, many years,
and have purchased and made their
homes near the present grounds.
Claypool closed with a most forcible
argument against the amendment, and
when the vote was taken the amend
ment was lost by 6 ayes to % noes,
the ayes being Senators Dyer, Ide,
kinnear, Rutter, Smith and Van de
Nanter.
An amendment by Idle to prevent
appropriations for the capitol, to be
available until all money from the
sale OF lands are paid in was lost, as
was also an amendment by Smith, of
Whitman, providing that the contrac.
tor snail accept in payment for erect
ing the building, all lands granted to
the State for this purpose.
Smith wanted to make a few re-
marks as a protest against passage of
this bill, and said: alt is simply a
proposition of real estate owners of
the city of Olympia who argue that
1t will settle values. 1t is the most
gigantic scheme before this legislature.
Ii this land grant will pay the $1,000
900 to erect this capital, l shall be
perfectly willing to turn the land over
to the commission and let them pro-
ceed."
He did not believe the land grant
would net more than $500 900, and the
people of the State would therefore
have an Indebtedness of $l,2OOOOO
saddled upon them.
Claypool again defended the bill,
summing up Smiths remarks as mere
and the amendment was
lost.
An amendment by Rutter, that
neither OF the members of the COM
mission should be residents OF the City
OF Olympia, was carried.
Dyer moved to amend by making
the cost of the building Sl,000,00O in
stead of 100000 as the bill provided.
The friends of the bill were not on the
alert, and the amendment was
adopted.
The bill was then placed on final
passage, there being 80 ayes and 3
noes. Those voting no, being Sena-
tors Dyer, Easterly and McCroskey.
Smith of Whitman changed to aye,
and gave notice that at the proper
time he would move to reconsider.
The emergency clause also passed and
the result was greeted with continued
applause by the large number of spec
tators.
The Senate then passed House bill
No. 1913, providing for the sale of the
132 600 acres granted for capitol pur-
poses.
The House Tuesday morning, re-
sumed consideration of the revenue
bill in committee of the whole, with
Ludden in the chair. The committee
amended the bill in a few minor par
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