The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-03
HIGHTY.KIGHrR BALLOT.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Election Purity Bills and Ennis. q
ubiquitous. MonOpolises Attention.

Election Purity Bills and Ennis. the
Ubiquitous. Monopolises Asssatien.
OLYMPIA, March 2-fSpccial. AT to-
days session of the senate Moore's house
bill No. 252, amending the code in relation
to tho duties OF prosecuting attorneys,
passed.
The bill providing for the creation Of Q
board of harbor line commissioners, was
reported without recommendation.
The senate passed senate bill No. 2os By
Foss, amending the code relative to tho
printing and distribution of ballots. The
amendments proposing to use rubber
stamps or indelible pencils in marking the
cross after the name were lost and an
amendment striking out the word link"
was adopted, thus leaving the Law - at
present and making it optional with the
voter in marking his ballot.
Ludden's house bill providing bounty
for the manufacture of beet sugar passed
ayes 25, noes Z. The bill 40 IL passed the
house provided q bounty OF I cent per
pound for tho manufacture Of the sugar
and cent to the producer Of tho beets.
with the proviso that the state bounty
should not be operative while the govern
ment is paying . bounty as at present.
The government now pays q bounty Of
cents per pound to the manufacturer of
sugar and nothing to the producer.
McCroskey, Of Whitman, submitted an
amendment striking out the paragraph
making the state bounty imperative
while the government bounty prevailed,
and reducing the state bounty to n cent
per pound. thus making the bounty to tho
sugar manufacturer with the government
bounty 2X cents, and to the producer u
cent per pound. Tho amendments were
adopted. Tho bill was sent to the house
for concurrence in the amendments.
Tho Gilman bill, for the prevention Of
corruption at elections and requiring the
publicity of election expenses was taken
up. Van de Vanter contended that action
on this bill was waste OF time, and
moved indefinite postponement
Kinnear vigorously opposed, aided by
Senator Dyer and Senator Frink. Van
de vanter preferred returning to the old
law.
Sergeant contended that the bill was i'm
practicable and would be imperative. and
moved to strike out the enacting clause.
thus killing the bill.
Claypool claimed tho passage Of the bill
would be ridiculous.
The motion to strike out the enactina
clause was lost by . vote of % to L.
Just then Van de Vanter attracted tho
attention OF the senate by announcing
that q man had just been within the bar
and informed him that unless he voted
for this measure the people would be after
him. Van de Vanter continued:
He has also been talking to several other
members OF this senate, and am opposed to any
body attempting to coerce this senate or any Of
its members into the passage OF demagogic
TAANx- vxrxfA sk~~
preacher.
EYES," replied Ennis, a. he slid out Of the
senate chamber, "and I'm one OF the people"
Kinnear resented the statement of Van
de Vanter that the bill was a demagogic
measure. Section 8 of the bill was stricken
out. 1t reads as follows:
Sec 3 No person shall, In order 10 rid or pro.
mote his own election to q public once, d.
r,ctly or indirectly. by himself or through sn.
other person. give, pay. expend or contribute or
promise to give, pay, expend or contribute, any
money or other valuable thing, except to q po-
litical committee for personal ex pensss, a.
hereinafter provided.
Claypool then submitted an mendment
to strike from the election ticket tho
name Of any candidate not paying his as
sessment. The amendment was lost, and
a lively discussion followed as to the ac-
curacy of the vote. The bill was placed
on its final passage and was lost by IL yeas
and II nays, as follows:
Yea.-Brown. Campbell. Donahoe. Dyer, Eas.
terdsy. Edens, Eshelman, Forsyth, Frink. Hast.
inss, Helm, Hutchinson, Kinnear, McCroskey.
McMauus. Miller, Roberts-l7.
Nays-Belknap. Ciaypooi, Cooper, Forrest.
Foss. Gilbert, Horr, Ide. Kellogg. O'NeiiI, Rich
ards, Rutser. sergeant, shaw. smith, Van Hou.
ten. Van de Vanter-H.
After the defeat Of the bill Shaw of
Clarke notified the senate that at the
proper time he would move TO reconsider.
Senator Claypool submitted report from
the conference committee on the Roscoe
cigarette bill, recommending that the sem
ate recede from its amendment making it
an offense to have cigarettes in ones pos.
session." The report was adopted and
the senate feceded from the amendment.
A telegram to Senator McMsnus from
Henry Hewitt, jr., inviting the members
of the legislature to visit the city Of Ever.
EFT on Sunday next was read. and the in.
yitation was accepted with thanks. A re-
cess was taken until o'clock.
At the afternoon session two bills for
| the construction Of state roads connecting
| Eastern and Western Washington were
passed. The first bill was by Sergeant Of
| Pierce for the construction OF road
through yatchez pass. from Buckley to
North Yakima, and appropriated 10000.
| The bill PASSED. yeas IS, naysa
The other bill is Hutchnson's. and also
appropriates $oD0 for q road through
Skaeit pass. north Of Mount Baker. from
the north boundary Of the city of What.
com, and thence by the best possible and
practicable route 10 point on the Methow
river, in 0kanogan county. The bill
passed. yeas "A, nays 8. absent or not vot.
ing5
House bill No. l04. relating 70 liens q