The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-22

House Bill for Additional Judge "a
King County Defeated.

House Bill for Additional Judge foe
King County Defeated.
OLYMPrA, Feb. 21.-[Special. lin the
house this morning the first important
business was the consideration. of house
bill No. Sc. providing for an additional
Judge of the superior court for King
county.
McElwain presented petition from res.
idents of King county asking for the pas
sage of the bill.
After an hours debate on the measure
it was defeated by the following vote:
Yeas--Anderson Of Pierce, Anderson OF What.
com. Buah Of Pacific, Helliker, Hools, Hurd.
Keller, Kelly, Letterman. Ludden, Mead, ,Meany.
McElwain. Mckenzie, Nash, Nelson. Pierce Of
Klickitat. Pierce of Lewis. Rinehart. Roscoe.
Roth. shadle. sherman, Temple. washburn.
Webb. Weed, westfalI. Wheeler, White, Mr..
Speaker-3L
Nays-Baker. Burton, Bush Of Chchalis, Col.
lin, Crockett, Denu, Durant, Edmonds, Ed.
wards. Egbert, Parrish. Foster. Gilman, Green.
Grsenberg, HAmill, Judson, Karr. Kline, Leo,
Mays, Merchant, Moore, Mcmillan. McMurphy,
McNew, Neergaard, Payne, sallee, Shelton, Smith
of Douglas, Smithson. Speck, Tucker, Tull, Tur-
pin, winchell. woodworth-S9
The bill having been lost. Gilman meved
a suspension Of the rules to take up senate
bill No. 165, the Dyer bill to provide for
the holding of sessions of the superior
court in anv county in the state by Judge
of the superior court Of any other county
or counties therein, which is intended to
meet the needs of counties whose court
business is in arrears. The motion was
carried and the bill was passed unani-
mously.
The house took a recess until o'clock.
at which hour Representative Morrison
was chosen speaker pro tem., Speaker Ar.
rasmith having been excused for the after
noon. Before Morrison's election Hoole
and Judson were nominated. the latter by
Morrison, but both withdrew.
Leo made an attempt to have senate
concurrent resolution. No. II. directing
the purchase Of $50 copies of "Abbott's
Real Property Statutes" which had been
reported unfavorabiy by the appropria-
tions committee, recommitted to the Judi
ciary committee. A fight was made on the
proposition, during the progress Of which
Chairman Temple, of the appropriations
committee, stated that while no price was
named in the bill. il was understood that
SIS per copy would be charged for the
book. and that the total cost therefore
would be $50. The motion to recom-
nit was lost and the adverse report
adopted.
The Gilman bill, providing for the sub
mission TO vote of the people of an
amendment to the constitution authoriz.
ing alien ownership of lands within the
corporate limits of any city or town. or to
lands containing any valuable deposit Of
minerals. provoked lengthy discussion,
in which the whole question Of the alien
ownership of lands was considered. Tho
bill was lost, 80 to 23. the necessary two
thirds not voting IN the affirmative
The house went into committee Of the
whole. with Ludden in the chair, to re-
sumo the consideration of the Hoole bill
to- create a railway and steamboat commits
sion bill. After debate Hoole decided that
IT would be useless to attempt to pass the
bill, and moved that the commit.
tee risea and recommend the in-
definite postponemcnt of the meas
ure. The motion was carried. When
the report OF the committee IN favor Of in
definite postponement was made to the
house, Hoole demanded roll call on .
motion to adopt. As only four others
seconded the demand the roll call was not
ordered, the rules requiring the demand
TO be made by thirteen members. The bill
was then indefinitely postponed with prac-
tcal unanimity.
House bill No. 2s3. granting bounty
for the production and manufacture OF su.
par in the state Of Washington, was made
A special order for Thursday next, at z
p. ~.
Action was taken on bills as follows:
H.B. No. 49, providlas that prisoners, whom
found guilty shall BE- Charged with cost OF
board. sssgs and fare II a the Judgment OF
the court they are able TO pay the same: ip.
definitely postponed
II. T. No 80, providing ths: any peeson wha