Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-01
STATE CAPITOL GOSSIP
OLYMPIA. Jan. 30. 1sa8.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 80, 1898.
Goldsmth's deserted village was
booming town compaIed with Olym
pia on Sunday. The members of tn
Legislature religiously promise the pas
tors OF local churches that they will at
tend services at their churches ant
then pack their grips and leave for Sc
attic or Tacoma every Saturday night
The town then relapses into what tn,
next president would call inocuo
desuetude. The oysters sleep calmly il
their beds with the assurance that they
will not lie disturbed until compal
of hungry legislators arrive Monday
morning. There are Of course several
members who miss the Saturday even
ing train, and they are the center of an
admiring group of hotel porters and
other employees of the hotel. All last
Sunday there was the sound of a VIC
lin manipulated by skillful hands in
one of the rooms of the Olympia hotel,
and this has informed everyone who
has heard IL that EX-Acting-Govern
Laughton missed the train last Satur-
day evening. Laughton may not gov
will of the people, but when it comes
to playing old-fashioned tunes on an
old-fashioned fiddle there is not his
peer in many miles. One of the Popu-
lists remains here every Sunday. He
received a railroad pass some time ago,
and returned it to the company, aud
employs the Sabbath in thinking
over the mistakes he has made i'm life,
among which he conceives the return
ing of the pass to be the greatest. He
is very proud of the fact that he re-
turned the pass and very anxious that
everyone in the state shall know that
he did not accept the pass, which
accounts for the fact that his name is
not mentioned in the foregoing refer
ence to him. The inquiry, "How
many members travel on railway
passes2" has been made so frequently
that it will perhaps be interesting to
know that shortly after the legislature
convened each member received a
brown envelope containing a pass and
the card of James NJ. Ashton. All of
the members have travelled more fire.
quently since that date.
To casual observer il would appear
that senatorial situation was about
the same as it was at this time last
week. This, however, IL not the case
Turner's chances are little better than
they were a week ago, and Aliens are
slightly diminished As predicted by
the HERALD correspondent there has
been change in the personnel of the
Allen managers. The minister Of Bo
livia has gone somewhere, presumabl y
in the direction of Bolivia Burleigh,
the general counsel for tue Oregon I'm.
provement company, has been alb
Quoted TO Seattle. The well-knowu
tragedian, Senator Vandevanter, ant
ID. a. Mckenzie have charge Of tn,
Allen interests.
The departing chiefs were given Q
banquet ut their own expense befor
they departed and merry time they
had of it. There was SlS5 worth o
champagne disposed of and the bill
was paid by Messrs Grant and Bur
leigh. The intervals which took plac
when the porter was bringing up tn
baskets were celebrated by the crow
marching through the streets yellin
"Allen, John B. Allen.n There wer
some members in the crowd that coul
give utterance to a yell that woul
have put a Comanche to blush bu
there were none who could yell loudc
than John b. Allen. His cries wer
maniacal and reverbeTated from on
end of the city to the other. After
while they went to Turner's head
quarters and invited the Turnerite,
Frank Graves, Judge Turner's la'
partner met them at the door and fc
the first time i'm his life declined an II
vitation to drink. There was regret
ful expression ON his countenanee, bt
he felt that the best interests OF III
party required heroic devotion and
voice choking with emotion lie d.
elined. The reason that Aliens char
ces are not so great as they were som
time ago was unconsciously explaine
by Bush OF Pacific, when he change
his vote. from Allen tO Dunbar one ia
last week. Mr.. Bush said that he Ina
an eighteen year old boy at home an
II he thought that he could not maj
age a campaign better than Aliens ha
been managed he would never allo'
him TO enter politics. Until the sem
torial question is settled the constitt
ents Of the various members must nc
expect that there will be many ne,
laws enacted or old ones repealed. Tn
time that the members do not spend /
balloting Is occupied by stimulatin
their courage sufficiently to enabl
them to vote I'm exactly the same wa
the following day. Allenites now "a
that they are very well satisfied wit
the situation as they will continue I
vote their candidate to the end Of III
session, when II their candidate Is nc