The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-07

nsh commission fund for the enforcement OF the
hsh laws.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Metropolitan Police and North Yakims
Fair Bills Passed.
OLYMPIA, March 6-fSpecial. The senate met
u iu a H., twenty-five senators being present
The committee on military returned senate
Dill No. 90. providing for a naval battalion In
connection with tho National Guard. with the
recommendation that it pass.
Senate bill No. 2s9. to remove the state normal
school from Cheney to Davenport Lincoln
county, was returned without recOmm ondafion.
Action on bills was a. follows:
II. B. No 5o2, by the committee on roads and
highways, in relation to the repair and location
OF public roads; passed.
3 b. n q. e4l, for the relief OF Stevens county
by az rpropria,iug S7Iy for cost fees in criminat
=: B: No 100. for tho relief Of Elisha F. Ferry
advanced for fling fees in tho selection OF
granted lands: passed.
s. b. No. 19a, empowering counties to correct
Senate memorial No .. by Richards. abolish.
Ing the consular seal privilege: passed.
The senate concurred in the house amsnd.-
menfs TO the state library bill, making the sal.
ary OF the librarian u so aud his assistant $sO0
> b. No 2iS, To provide for voting on a consti.
tutional amendment relating to investment OF
school funds; failed. Forrest gave notice that
at the proper time he would move to reconsider.
:. H. No Sol, to amend the constitution so %
70 permit any state banks 10 issue their notes
ana circulate said notes the same money;
failed.
The senate committee ON appropriations re-
turned Horr's bill for the erection Of state
capitol. with the recommendation that 1t do not
pass
Claypool's senate bill No. l3l, the mstropol.
itan police bill. providing for the appointments
by the governor of a board OF police commits.
soners In cities OF the first class, being read
at the hour OF noon, when q recess was taken
until after the joint session.
s. B. Nc. 2s9, to establish a state board OF char.
ities and corrections, was indefinitely postponed.
At the afternoon session the metropolitan po-
lice bill was again taken up and championsd BY
Senator ClaypOOl in q spirited advocacy OF Ito
passage. The bill provides that the governor
shall appoint . commission Of three citisens In
the cities of the frat class, Tacoma, Seattle and
Spokane, which commission 10 to have the oon-
troll and appointment Of the police departments
OF such cities. Claypool said he had been
charged, ~ the author Of this bill. with being
the tool Of . political ring He said he was
fully satisfied that the present chief executive
had enough political sense TO appoint good and
capable men TO carry out the Requirements Of
this Law. He said that there was No disputing
the fact that the police departments el Tacoma
and Seattle were rotten 10 the cora.
Kinnsar vigorously opposed the bill and did
not approve Of the state creating . commission
to manage the polioo al8hiyo ol any city Of this
stata The eoust1tullon, b urged, fully en-
powered cities to create their freehold charters
and manage their own a1Alra Hs had no objec-
ton 70 the governor appointing . eommission II
it were necessary. q u 70 eealA b tolerated,
and it, only purpose would b - create onlcee
and concentrate political power. He said he
saw no good - como 1tom e, and heard NO
clamor for II, and thas tAo one purpose Of the
Legislature seemed 70 b 70 create numbsrless
Offices. That the people OF che cities mentioned
furnished the money % run I'll this machinery.
and yet they were dspr1vsa Of The power 70 con-
troll their own a6ai1A
senator Forrest strongly supported the bill.
urging that the farther politics are removed
from municipal govsrnmsnts the better. The
bill does not multiply onlcss. he contended.
and throws the direct rssponsibility upon the
governor.
Campbell Of Pierce said that Senator Claypool
remarked that the police force Of Tacoma was
rotten TO the core. and yet It was . signihcant
fact not necessary 70 b further commented upon
that the present chief Of police Of Tacoma and
all his friends have been here since the opening
OF the session lobbying for its passage.
Senators Eastefday and Brown both oppossd
the measure. and Clay pool closed In . brilliant
and cutting oratorical display that won tho~ad-
miration Of the throng Of spectators.
The roll on the Hnsl passage OF the bill was
called amid almost bresthless silence. and when
the result was announced, 10 ayes and l3 noes,
the applause was long continued. Those voting
In the negative were:
Senators Brown. Campbell. Dyer. Donahos.
yesterday, Eshelman, Foss, Hutchinson, Kin
near. McCroskey. McManus, Miller an snaw
Absent. Kellogg anu Ide.
Senator Claypool stated that in order to save
time he would move that the emergency clause
be stricken out: carried.
s. b. No. io7, prohibiting the placing OF poison
In dangerous places, was passed unanimously.
The committee on corporations returned .
majority report on the Aueerson railroad bill.
recommending its passage with the amendment
providing for only 10 Per cont reduction,
which leaves the rate from the great wheat belt
al &is sfx per ton aud strikes out potatoes and
hay. Tae dill ~ IL came from the house nxed
the at not greater than sA3l per ton on the
greatest distance in the state. The committee
submitted with its report lengthy argument TO
the effect that railroads could not carry freight
at the rates contained in the bill. tA3i The re-
port was signed by Senators Van Houtcn, Clay
pool and Shaw.
The minority report, signed BY Smith and Van
de Vanter, favors the bill a. Il came from the
house. with the 3i3l rate. The bill. with both
reports. is TO Do considered . special order on
Tuesday morning NJ 10 o'clock.
Ii. b. No. 1I7. TO establish q state agricultural
fair 1t North Yakima, consumed the remainder
of the afternoon. The drst amendment. 70
change the place OF meeting OF the commission
ers from Olympia to North Yakima. was carried.
An amendment by KutteF, to strike out North
Yakima as the place for holding tho fair, thus
permitting the commission TO select its own
location, was defeated after lengthy discus
sion. participated In By nearly all tho senators
The motion 70 amend Was iost-ayes II, nays H.
Those voting in the negative we're:
Brown. Campbell. Dyer. Easterdsy, Ishslmsn,
Forrest, Foss. Frink. Hastings, Helm. Hutchln-
eou. Kinnsar, AcManus, Roberts, Sergeant.
shaw and Van Houten.
Not voting McCTosksy and Edens.
RuttcP again attempted 70 amend BY pfovid-
ing that the fair should b held at North Yakima
and at Kent Van de Vantsf made . nowery
and iorciblo speech. dwelling upon the parricu-
lar advantages Ot Kent. and upon the thousands
OF dollars expended on the improvement Of
grounds, fences and buildings.
Sergeant of Pierce opposed the smenimsnt
Miller Of walia Wails opposed the bill from
moral standpoint. and bis amendments 70 strike
out any portions Of the bill that would admit al
bsttins or the selling OF pools failed.
On nnal passage. there were = ayes. 10 nosa
Those voting in the negative were:
Belknsp, Cooper, Donahos, Foss. Kellogg. No
Croskey. Miller, Richards. Ruttef and 6mitn.
The emergency clause passed. syss ~ nose 7.
Adjourned
ROUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The Revenue Dlll Cesses Long and
Lively Diseuseiea.