Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-01-20

Upon motion oi Winchell, OF King,
provision was made for the appoint
ment of committee of seven, to
whom will he referred all matters per
tanning to the Worlds Fair exhibit at
Chicago. The committee consists OF
Wincholl Judson, Weed, Roth, Mays,
Cowan and Nelson.
\ number of bills were introduced,
read the first and second time and re-
ferred to standing committees.
At the close oil the introduction OF
bills and upon motion Of Brock, Of
Cowlitz, the House at III o'clock took
recess until ii 80 to prepare for the
Joint meeting,
THE JOINT CONVENTION.
Promptly at II 80 the House was
called to order by Speaker Arrasmith
and in II few seconds the prevailing
confusion gave WAY to Il respectable
degree of quietncSs. After the pre-
liminary notice had been given by the
House and Senate announcing readi-
ness for Joint convention, the Senate
/ filed into the House in body and
! took seats in the center of the hall.
The roll call of the Senate showed all
Senators present with the exception of
Senator Sergeant. All Representa-
tives responded to roll call. Present
81 Senators and IS Representatives
necessary to a choice So votes.
No nominations were made. The
roll OF the Senate was called, resulting
the same as yesterday. Allen Is, Tur-
ner 8, Griggs 8. The House in the
first joint ballot stood by the vote
taken yesterday; Allen, "a; Turner.
II; Griggs, Is; Teats, 0.
Total vote-Allen, 40; Turner, 26
Griggs, q; Teats, 8, Total number
OF votes cast, Ill.
There was no change in the second
and third ballots.
During the roll call on the fourth
ballot Roscoe, of Snohomish, rose and
stated he had decided to vote his
honest convictions and changed from
Allen to Turner amidst great applause.
He said he had come uninstructed on
the senatorial question and that in the
caucus and at the first ballot yester-
day, he had voted for Allan. Roscoe
was the first one to change his vote.
He did it like man, without the
least show OF fear or tlinching. Tur.
ner's friends were loud in their dem.
onstration of approval, in which the
spectators heartily joined. This gave
Turner u votes and Allen 4S.
At the close of the fifth ballot,
Senator Rutter, of King, offered
Il resolution that the joint convention
adjourn for the day out of respect to
the memory of ex-President Ruther-
ford b. Hayes, and moved its adop.
ton.
Senator Frink, of King, wanted to
amend the resolution to allow ten more
ballots to be taken before adjourning,
but Senator yesterday suggested that
in the event of an election before the
ten ballots had been cast the conven-
ton would be in an awful dilemma,
and the amendment was tabled. The
resolution gave rise to a heated dis
cussion. Rutter said it was due the
m"mnry OF the dead now lying in
state mat the Legislature should show
him this respect.
Senator Forrest, of King. thought it
was rather late for the convention to
adjourn after having already taken
five ballots. "There is no more
harm in taking fifteen ballots than
there is in taking FIVE" he said. He
referred to Mr.. Mays as "humble
follower of the stuffed prophet" and
this brought Gilman of King to his
feet in anger. He said there might be
some question as to the propriety of
adJourning, "but there ought to be
but one opinion of any member OF a
legislature who will rise before a Joint
convention OF the two houses and refer
to an honored ex-president and the
incoming chief executive in such terms
as was done by the Senator from
King"
Baker, the Pierce county populist,
was opposed to adjourning. He said
the people had sent their representa-
tives to Olympia to work, and some
respect was due to the living.
Sallee thought it would be a severe
reflection on the Legislature if it
should refuse to adjourn as a mark OF
respect to dead ex-president whose
family and friends are now bowed in
grief around his bier.
The resolution was adopted by a
vote of 20 to fl.
In the Senate yesterday morning. 81
members responded at roll-call, Sena-
tor Sargent, of Buckley, who had been