The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-03
HOUSE PROCEEDrNos.

tons, was passed.
Adjourned.
House PROCEEDIN00.
The Sugar bounty Bill Psssss-A Veto
Message From the GovsrnoY.
OLYMPIA, March 2 lSpecial - The
house this morning adopted the Tucker
rule, providing that no member shall
speak more than five minutes on any
question. Mays opposed the rule. Scott
also objected TO being gagged. Wheeler
made an effective point when he declared
that Mays speeches. at from S. to $lOeach.
were too expensive to the state. The rule
was adopted by a vote Of s. toe
Wellington NJ Clark. Of Pierce. speaker
OF the last territorial house. occupied .
seat at Speaker Arrasmith's side during
the morning session.
The mileage committee presented for al.
lowance the mileage and expense accounts
of the members Of the agricultural col
lege investigating committee and OF the
COMMITTEES appointed to visit the Soldiers
home. Mays opposed the allowance OF
mileage to Sergeant-at-Arms Ward.
amounting to $1,000, in connection with
the college committees accounts. on the
ground that Ward was at home in Whit
man county on other business when de-
tailed TO serve the committee. II was
allowed.
The joint committee appointed to visit
the hospitals for the insane presented its
report.
House bill No. AS, providing for liens
upon saw-iogs. spars. piles or other tim
Der. and upon lumber and shingles. came
up as special order. and SO numerous
were the amendments that were offered to
it that its consideration was not finished
at the expiration OF the morning session.
When the house reconvened in the after
noon the bill was passed.
House concurrent resolution No q. to
permit tho introduction of . general ap-
preparation bill, was presented by Temple,
chairman Of the appropriations commit
tee. and adopted by the two-thirds vote re-
Quired by the constitution.
Roscoe extended an invitation to the
house and its employees and the press cor
respondents to visit Everett on Saturday
and Sunday, and read the following tele-
EVERETT. March ITO Hon. John L NcManus:
We have engaged the state OF Warrington to
bring the state Legislators and their wives to
Everett. leaving Olympia at o'clock saturday
next; 20 BY Everett & Monte Cristo railway on
Sunday to Snoaomish and return. and return 70
Olympia sunday night. Answer II they will
come aud how many approximately. that We
may arrange for their comfort
HENRY HEWITT. IN
The invitation was accepted with but
two or three dissenting votes.
Bush of Chehalis presented a petition
from citizens of Cheha!is county asking
for the passage of the Roscoe time check
bill.
The hidden sugar bounty bill provoked
another vigorous discussion of principles
Of political economy. The bill came up on
. motion to concur in the senate amend.
ments striking out the Webb proviso sus.
pending this payment Of state bounty
until the Federal bounty ceases. and re.
ducing the bounty from cents to cent
per pound. Ludden, Sherman, Hoole
Hu-d and Neergaard supported the motion
to concur, and Gilman. Baker. Leo and
Scott opposed It. Those who favored the
bill were applauded. Mays also won ap
plsuse by prefacing his remarks with thu
announcement: III don't want to make
speech on this BILL" So pleasing was this
declaration 70 the house that demonstra
ton prevented Mays for short time from
continuing. The motion was carried or
roll call By . vote of s. TO %. All The
Democrats except Mays, Mulkey and
Payne. and the Populists except Collin
and Smith Of Douglas. voted in the mega
tive. Roscoe was the only Republican
who voted against the bill. Those absent
were: Heliker. McElwain, Turpin and
White.
The house concurred in the senat.
amendments to house bill No. i5e, rela
tive to boards Of health in cities and
towns
A message was read from the governor
= vetoing house bill No. 49,. permitting
second appeal in certain felony cases.
When the reading of the message wa.
concluded, Leo, OF Pierce. called for 4
statement of the record relative to the bill
The clerks record showed that the meas
ure was sent to the governor on Februar,
%. Leo then insisted that the bill hat
become law. rs yesterday was the las
day on which the governor could veto il
He moved that the bill be sent TO tn,
office of the secretary of state withou
further action. 1t was developed tina
though the veto message had not beer
received by the house until today, it haC
been signed by the governor yesterday
and a question arose as to whethe
II was necessary to actually de
liver the message to the hous
within the five days. This was decide,
IN the affirmative. and the opinion pre-
vailed that the bill had become law by
lapse Of time. Leo opposed a motion b,
Wheeler 20 postpone consideration of tn,
matter until tomorrow, and made plei
for speedy action on humane grounds, a
he had introduced the bill for the especia
purpose OF giving Pecani, whose execu;io,
has been fixed for March ut Trcoma, All
other chance for his life. He declared tha
the hanging of the Italian wou Ia be Judi
ciai murder.
Judson stated that he was opposed {,
the bill. and would have voted TO sustair
the governors veto If il had been received
in time. but he was convinced that il wa
now beyond the reach OF q veto. Tn,
house agreed 10 Leo's motion.
Meanv gave notice that he would asi
consent t. introduce bill TO repeal tn,
act. County Attorney Smell. Of Pierc,
county. who VAS nresen. during the dis
cussion, had. before the question wa
raised IS 20 the regularity of the veto
authorized Nash. of Pierce, 10 state that i
the veto should be sustained he wouit
stipulate with the attorneys for Pecan
% that the case OF the condemned mar