The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-31

thought IT would be imprscticsble
10 carry cut the provisions o.
the oill in cases where Ioen were
employed 81 distance from the EN- ployer's
Office. HooIe ironically said that the lucid
explanation 81 Mays had thrown favorable
light On the bill. Speaking seriously.
HooIe declared that no party dare 60 BE-
fore the rsoDle after opposing these bills.
6aisee thought the bill needed one.
"for, said he, "a logger will run his cheek
and bis Jaw first for oxen, then for tim
Der and then for labor, and will pay
his men in time checks that have 20 be dis
counted" Roth spoke Of the discussion
es being Of the buncombe order, a. ia his
opinion the time checks drew interest
after maturity anyway and the act was un-
necessary. Baker favored the passage Of
. lag making the issuance Of time checks
q misdemeanor. The bill was then passed.
The bill 70 require railroad companies
10 construct and maintain connections
from one railroad 70 another" was paused
without debate.
The veto Of section 3 Of the agricultural
college bill was sustained. A number of
those first On the roll call voted 20 pass
the section, but changed before the vote
was announced. Baker, In changing. said
that he had voted In the affirmative
simply because be thought /, safe TO vote
for any bill vetoed by Laugbton.
When the WATSON bill was taken up
Eentzef upheld the veto on the ground
that the bill vas unconstitutional. because
II Disseminated in favor Of shippers Of
rrein. He wanted bill that would re-
Once rates on all classes Of freight.
keany. Baker and Scot. opposed the
veto. ssllee said he wanted a
better bill. Mays thought the bill
ought not 10 pass. az It did
not go far enough and offered no relief
30 the people OF his district. He wanted
m act passed that would affect lines in
Eastern Washington connecting with the
sorthern Pacific, 80 that the people Of bis
county could ship their grain to Seattle
and Tacoma, where they could get higher
prices than at Portland. lApplause.
He thought action ought TO be deferred.
as the Legislature was IN a mood 20 pass
more beneficial legislation. He said he
had been asked by colleague 20 vote for
this bill to rebuke I.aughton, but ne was
not here for that purpose.
Mays was proceeding 10 relate q CONVEX
sation he bad had with Union Pacific
superintendent on the subject OF rates,
him 10 order on the ground that the con-
yersation could have no bearing on the bill.
The speaker overruied the point Of order.
Mays then said thai the only answer the
railway official gave 70 bis plea for lower
rates was, Mays. let's go and take a
drink" WAS that in order?" inquired
Judson. "Yes. sir, perfectly" responded
Mays, and the house was convused.
Judson argued in favor OF the irnmedi-
ate passage of the bill, as this was the
third state legislature and no railroad law
had vet been enacted Ludden vigorously
favored the bill. Anderson Of Whitman
reminded the house OF the Indignation the
veto Of the bill had caused.
On the roll call Mays explained that he
voted in the affirmative because be wanted
this measure IL no better could be obtained.
and Judson again called him 70 order and
was again overruled by the speaker. Jud-
sons discourteous treatment OF his
brother Democrat today is supposed TO be
due 10 Mays unwilIingness to submit to
the dictation Of the Pierce county Demo-
or attic bosses.