The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-16

Businsss Moves Along smoOthly-Clev,
land-Gresham ResOl utiOns Tabled.

D0osnUbo MOVcS Along SmOOtOIy-ClOVO"
land-Gresham Resolutions Tabled.
OLYMPIA, Feb. l5.-[Special. 1.-THE house
was working body today. passing adozen
or more bills and giving attention to sew
eral others. The tide Of debate was at its
ebb. A number of the principal takers
were away and those who were present
were not as voluble as usual. Mays, who
is an outspoken member, and whose inter-
ruption of roll calls to explain his vote has
become the regular order on the passage
OF bills. kept his seat more than usual.
Baker, the Pierce Populist, who has talked
at least once on nearly every bill that has
been before the house, caused surprise by
being silent for considerable stretches.
Egbert limited himself almost entirely to
the proposal of Populistic reform in the
manner Of posing. to be observed by men,
bers while on the floor. requiring them to
stand on one leg when talking. The propo-
sition was adopted by the house in play
full spirit, and Bush Of Chehalls attempted
to enforce the new rule against Mays, who
rose to his feet instead of to his foot.
While Mays was more subdued than
usual. he yet achieved distinction.
Though he served in tho war as Confed-
crate, he gave evidence today of his recon-
struction by introducing bill to make
February Il. Abraham Lincoln birthday,
legal holiday. In the debate over the bill
TO provide for the transfer of incorrigibe
inmates of the reform school to the peni-
Tertiary. he was conspicuous in all attack
on the bill, which he declared to be "crueI
and inhuman." Gilman, in replying to
him. excited laughter by the confession,
II am the inhuman being who drafted
this BILL" Tucker thus characterized
Mays speech: "It was q nice flow of ora
tory, bu. it has no weight" and Pierce of
Lewis. drove the nail by declaring: 1.-THE
gentleman is off his base"
Burton gave the house a surprise today
that showed the quiet Snohomish Populist
90 be something Of a humorlst. The house
was both amused and astonished by his
resolutions complimentlng Cleveland and
Gresham. The preamble. in which he
spoke Of Clcveland's "intinite wisdom"
read like the introduction to the usual
resolutions Of respect adopted by societies
on the death of a brother. Meany made
an effort to send the resolution to the COM
mittee on Federal relations. but Sallee sug-
gested more speedy form Of death by .
motion to table. A number of Democrats,
it is said. who are not pleased with the selec-
ton Of Gresham, voted in the affirmative
on the proposition to table. though if roll
call had been demanded, it is not believed
that any Of them would have been willing
to 60 on record against Growers "intnite
wisdom" The Hoole bill extending the
time for the payment of taxes was passed
with great rapidity today, exhibiting the
progress of legislation at its swiftest pace.
Within half an hour the measure passed
both the house and senate. The house to-
day sympathized with the sensitiveness of
the people of Slaughter, who want the
name Of their town changed to Auburn, by
passing without dissenting vote the Nor
rison bill for that purpose.