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

Egbert, Gilman, Greenberg, Hoole,
Kelly, Kline, Leo, Morrison, McElwain,
Nash, Neergaard, Sallee, Washburn-
10.
Absent and not voting-Anderson
OF Whitman, Collin, Helliker, Roscoe,
Speck, Temple-6.
The companion bill. House bill No.
293, providing for the sale OF lands
granted to the State for the purpose
OF erecting public buildings at the
capital, and for the preservation of
said lands and the proceeds thereof,
was then taken up and passed.
The ninetieth Senatorial ballot
taken Friday resulted: Allen 40, Tur-
ner Il, Griggs 81, Van Patten 9, Gil.
man 3, Dunbar /, McCroskey l, Can
non l. The five votes for Represen.
tative Gilman were cast by Cowan,
Edwards, Hutchinson, Mulkey, and
Turpin. Tull changed from Turner
to A. NJ. Cannon. of Spokane. Nc
Manus voted for McCroskey. On the
ninety-frst ballot Tull returned to
Turner, while Hurd and Moore
changed from Turner to Senator Clay
pool, Hurd naming him as Senator
Claypool of Mt. Rainier" The pairs
were: "O'Neill and Van Houten, Van
de Vanter and Ide.
The Senate Saturday went into the
committee of the whole for the con.
sideration of the capitol appropriation
bill, which passed the House on FRI
day, aud .upo-ted ii back without
recommendation. Efforts to have the
bill placed on final passage ont of it's
regular order were defeated by the OBJ
lection of Rutter.
Senate bill No. POT, appropriating
$72 900 for the reform school, passed
unanimously.
Senate bill No. 206, for the protec-
ton of the owners OF stock from injury
thereto by moving railroad trains, was
passed without objection.
House bill No. 262, to enable cities
of the first-class to exercise the right
OF eminent domain for the taking and
damaging of land for public purposes,
was passed. and Rutter gave notice
that at the proper time he would
move to reconsider.
House bill No. AIS, providing fol-
the assessment and collection OF taxes
OF cities of the frst-class, was passed.
Several bills suggested by the Labor
Congress recently in session in this
city, were reported favorably by the
Committee on Labor and Labor Stats.
tics. They we're: Senate bill No
I'll, to prevent the letting of sub-con'
contracts on public work; Senate bill
No. 2l2, defining legal working day
as eight hours; Senate bill No. 2l3
restricting days labor ON all public
work to eight hours; Senate bill No
pa. in relation to negligence, and
Senate bill No. ZIG, to prevent foreign
or alien seamen handling cargoes o.
vessels in the waters in the State o
Washington.
House bill No. 1874, prohibiting the
collection of hospital dues from EN-.
ployes was reported by the Committee
on Corporations other than municipal
with the recommendation that it be
indefinitely postponed. The rspor,
was not adopted, and the bill went on
file.
House bill No. 377, relative to the
taking OF exceptions and the filing ol
statements of facts, passed unani.
mously.
McCroskey presented q concurrent
resolution asking permission to intro.
duce Senate bill regulating grain
warehouses, and the haudling, weigh.
ing and inspection OF grain at Seattle,
Tacoma and Spokane. The resolution
was adopted.
House bill No. 232, by Rutter, to ap.
propriate $640, for the insurance oil
the State library, passed the Senate,
and was transmitted Immediately to
the House. The present policy on the
library, which is for $1,000, expired
to-day. The estimated value of the
library is 100000.
Adjourned.
At the opening OF Saturdays session
of the House, Speaker Arrasmith ap-
pointed the following committee to
investigate the Adjutant Generals
office: Roth, Pierce OF Lewis, Judson
Greenburg, Letterman.
Roscoe made an effort to have his
time check bill made a special order
for Monday. Requests from other
members to make other bills special
orders, followed. Mcmillan raised the
point that sll were out of order as a
committee had been appointed to
make calendar of preferred bills.
The Speaker sustained the point Of
order.
Wheeler gave notice that he would
move the adoption of the following
rule on Monday: "There shall be
three sessions of the House, commenc
ing respectively at 10 A. NJ, 2P. ", and
Z 80 P. NJ"
The House refused to suspend the
rules for the purpose of voting on S.
c. r. No. 13, authorizing the intro
duction OF bill regulating grain ware
houses and the inspection, handling
and weighing of grain at Seattle, Ia
coma and Spokane, Later the resolu-
tiOn was concurred in.
House bill No. 349, relative to the
excavation of waterways through tide
lands was made special order for
Monday at 3 o'clock.
The following bills were introduced ::
House bill No. 4S3, amending the
act allowing ~ second appeal to the