Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-01-14
10 CORRECF HILLS 5 CODE
Acts to Rectify Forty Odd Errors to
Be Drafted
SENATOR RICHARDS BILLS
The Democracy Unite Upon O. w. origgs
as Candidate for the United
States Senate
SENATOR RICHARDS BILLS

OLYMPIA, Jan. I3-The senate met
at 10 o'clock this morning. As forty
odd errors have been discovered in the
Hill code, Kinnear, Of King, moved
that the work OF drafting acts TO rectify
such errors be referred to a judiciary
committee Of both houses. Carried.
Kinnear, Of King, offered resolution
that committee of three from the
house and two from the senate be APP
pointed on joint rules and order Of bus
iness. Adopted. Richards, of What
com, introduced bill appropriating
So, 900 for the relief of local tide land
appraisers for different Sound counties.
In the senate this afternoon Senator
Claypool moved that the temporary
rules adopted be made permanent.
Carried
The various wings Of the Democracy
met together in caucus last night after
the third ballot, when the nomination
of Chauncey w. Griggs, Of Tacoma,
was made unanimous. Representative
and Secretary McManus was secretary
Before the business of the caucus was
commenced care was taken TO prevent
the proceedings from becoming known
The curtains in the smoking room la
the Olympia hotel, where the meeting
was held, were drawn down and the
door bolted, and those who favored
secrecy had reason to believe that the
al LOT tuil IL .f "A
become public. The entire Democratic
membership, twenty-seven, was in at
tendance. Moore, of Skamania, who
has been classed ~ Democrat, IL act
ing IA an Independent.
1t was decided to nominate a candi-
date for senator, and an informal ballot
was ordered. II resulted: G.. w.
Griggs II, Hugh Wallace 5, James
Okanogan Smith 4. Col. lGiiggs
had clear majority, but his friends
were seeking union and harmony, and
a motion TO make the ballot formal
one was pressed The Griggs men did
not even ask that the next ballot be a
| formal one, and another informal bal
lot was ordered. This resulted Griggs
| II, Wallace 5, Lewis 3, Church 2. The
J 6ehh iiANNN ~ Nft'kto Alllt Nilt
time was ripe for clincher, but still
the convention method Of transforming
an informal ballot into "A formal one
was not adopted. The Griggs people
gave the opposition another chance. A
formal ballot was agreed 10, and the
GFiggs strength went up To 22. The
other votes were divided thus Wallace
2, Brown 2, Lewis /. The nomination
of Griggs was then made unanimous.
Senator Richards, Of Whatcom, yes
terday introduced senate bill No. 2, 10
extend the term Of Office OF the harbor
| line commissioners to March 10, whose
term under the act creating the COM
mission would expire January ID, and
declaring AN emergency. The commits
sion had completed nineteen Of the har-
bor lines in the state harbors, leaving
J four To be established.
Senator Richards explained his bill
saying that the act authorizing the
commission provided for no successors
To the present members; that there was
much litigation 10 be settled, besides
many minor details; the secretary Of
war had approved the harbor maps, all
of which had been prepared. The bill
was In time read and passed by "A unan-
imous vote. The clruse relative to the
emergency was voted on Immediately
and likewise passed.