Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-11
CLOSE OF THE SESSION.
Large Influx of RingSterS and
Strikers to See the End.
SCENES OF THE LAST HOURS
Snap Shots by Herald Special Cor
respondent-Vain Efforts to
Break the Deadlock.

OLYMPIA, March 10--[Special]-As
the last hours of the legislative session
drew nigh the fact was strongly evil
denced by the great influx Of strikers,
ringsters, senatorial aspirants and per
sons moved by curiosity to see how a
legislature which has lived to so little
purpose would conduct itself in the
throes of dissolution. BY train load
and by boat load the already large
crowd was swollen, until It became "A
difficult matter for all to find accom-
modati0ns. Each new arrival came
with great confidence in his own abil-
ity to in some way bring such influ-
ences to bear as would Immediately
break the deadlock. There were
dozen or more, each q whom felt en-
tirely sure that when the break sbop,d
come he would most certainly be the
layorite In the scramble. Mcmillan. of
island county, was q sure winner If
my Allen could he gotten out df the
way. Humes, Of Seattle, wanted no
better exercise than to walk over the
course if Allen would Withdraw.
asyor Huson, Of Tacoma, was equally
confident. Dunbar knew exactly how
the matter stood if only ballots enough
should be taken. Long thought he
had the longest pole and would surely
capture the persimmOn. Ankeny was
more than confident that in his own
proper person was centered all the ele-
ments OF success. Major Hewlett
could not understand how anyone else
could hope tOr any votes with Allen
and Turner laid aside. One would
have thought that Washington was in
"A fair way to have an abundance of
representation, bat Allen would not
Withdraw, and Turner's forces would
not give him up 50 long as Allen staid.
The death blow to all hopes was dealt
when the joint convention refused to
reciHd the rule of taking but two bal
lots at any one sitting of the conven-
tioh, and many heart that had been
buoyant with hope suddenly became
heavy with despair.
There was little of a sensational char
acter To mar the harmony or increase
the interest Of the last hours. Some
thing of fight took place when the
consideration of the Anderson railroad
bill was reached, but the limited time
for debate and the lateness of the hour, |
destroyed the discussion which would |
in all probability have taken place, and !
the bill was passed simply because there |
seemed 10 be an impression that some /
thing ought TO be done upon the sub |
ject, and members were not sufficiently |
Il. a Al "a a
to do.
The usual appropriation bill was
passed without much discussion, re- |
ductions in few appropriations hav-
ing been agreed TO.
a resolution was passed reciting that |
as the time of the assembly had been /
wasted, the members should return |
their salaries and pay to the state "A rea- |
sonable rental for the use Of the capital /
building during the session, The |
speaker declared the resolution out of |
order. The intended joke was not 80 |
apparent as it was expected to be, on
account Of the great amount Of unpal- !
atable truth contained in the preamble. |
The last act In the drama was an at
tempt to revive the bill providing for |
the establishment Of harbor lines, |
which led to great confusion and some !
hot words, but the customary resolu-
ti0ns Of thanks to the officers, aud obli- |
cations TO the pages and committee |
clerks had consumed the time and sat |
isfied the ambition Of the speaker, who !
promptly announced that the time had |
expired, aud the passage of any more |
bills would he an illegal act, thing |
not to be thought Of by that august
body Of law makers, and the session !
went into history, dying as 1t lived, in |
a state Of mental inactivity, and appar-
emily unconscious Of the great oppor-
tunities IL had lost.