Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-02-03

that they are citizens OF the Unite,
States, and provides a penalty of iron
one to five years for perjury. Their
were 32 yeas and | nay.
s. B. No. 70. to increase the punish
ment for crimes and misdemeanor
committed second or more times
was passed, by 30 yeas, 3 nays, Kin
near excused.
S. b. No. 60, to secure creditors
just division of the estates of debtors
who convey to assignees for the bene
ut OF creditors, was passed by vot,
Of a to 10.
Bills were introduced and referred:
BY kinnear-TO amend an act pro
viding for the sale and distribution o
Supreme Court reports; to amend the
penal code, making penalty of life
imprisonment for criminal abuse, by
force, of any female under Is years O
age.
BY Helm-For Superior Court
Judge for Douglas and Okanogar
counties jointly; the present Judge
for the counties of Lincoln, Adams
Okanogan and Douglas to remain dur.
ing his term of office the Judge OIL
Lincoln and Adams counties.
Adjourned to 10 O'Clock to-day.
In the House Thursday morning the
joint memorial on the death of James
q. Blaine was, on motion OF Hoole,
unanimously adopted.
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
BY MISUNDERSTANDING to the cleo
ton of city officers and making the
Marshal Clerk and City Attorney cleo
tive officers.
BY Roth-To provide for the valida-
ton of municipal Indebtedness in
cases where city or town has, since
the attempted mourning of such in
debtedness, or may hereafter, become
consolidated with any other city or
town, or has annexed, or may here
alter annex, any new territory; to
provide for the submission to vote of
the people of the question of funding
the Indebtedness to which former bill
relates.
BY Roscoe-To prevent combina-
tiOns or pools of insurance companies
or their agents, tending to defeat OF
lessen competition in the business of
fire insurance and providing for the
revocation OF licenses of companies so
combining.
BY Mentzer-To define and punish
an attempt to break and the breaking
into OF a railway car, and to protect
property therein contained.
BY Smith OF Douglas-Regulating
the foreclosure of mortgages on real
estate, and declaring void all con-
tracts waving redemption rights
also providing the taxation OF attor-
ney's fees in favor of prevailing parties
in suits at law, and regulating the
payment of attorneys fees in suits on
notes and other instruments.
By White-TO regulate railroads
and other transportation lines, to pre-
vent unjust discrimination, and to
provide for q railroad and transporta-
ton commission.
Egbert presented set of resolutions
censuring Senators who absented
themselves from the national capitol
during Senatorial elections.
Those produced quite breeze.
Neergaard moved to lay them on the
table, which was voted down by So
ayes to SO noes.
Neergaard then moved to indefinite
ly postpone, and made a pathetic plea
in defense of the Senator who now in
neglect of duty at Washington was
here log-rolling for re election.
I.udden, likewise, came to the res
cue, and protested against the slight
to his chief, and closed by declaring
Aliens character to be as white and
spotless as the driven snow"
The motion to postpone was adopted
by a vote of 80 to 81.
ii. b. No. 135, providing for the le-
CALLING Of marriage where divorce has
been granted and marriage has taken
place within six months from the time
the divorce was granted, was passed by
a vote of GA to 10.
II. b. No. 1877, relating to crimes
against property, was indefinitely post
poned.
II. b. No. 142, amending the COM
mon school law, was passed, with
amendments, unanimously.
5. b. No. 10, to provide for the cleo
ton Of judges of the Supreme Court,
was passed unanimously.
ii. b. No. liz, providing for the use
of the American flag on the school
houses of the State, was indefinitely
postponed.
II. b. No. 100, relating to costs in
civil actions before justices of the
Peace and to provide for taxing an at
torney's fee as part OF the costs in such
actions, was passed, Al to 35. Mays
moved to amend the title by adding
the words "to rob unforlunates."
The motion was ruled out of order.
II. b. No. LOG was passed unani-
mously. 1t provides for the custody,
control and delivery of wills, and for
the punishment for the crime of sup
pressing. secreting or destroying will,
or consenting to the same.
IL. ID. NO. 90, 10 regulate the prac-
tice of dentistry, was laid ON the table
until tomorrow.
Shade and Heliker were excused
until Saturday.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock to day.
AZ yesterdays joint convention ITO
votes were cast. Winchell and Bur-
ton were paired. There we're no
changes, the various candidates re-
ceiving the following votes: Allen
40, Turner %, Griggs u, Teats 8,
Dunbar |.
The people OF Wenatchee want q
new county. Okanogan Smith says
he is willing to grant their request if
they keep below Lake Chelan. Kline,
the Wenatchee member OF the Legis-
lature. is doing what he can to for
ward the measure. There may be a