The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-30

Grave Differences OF Opinlon-waftiuG
for Auditor Frost

Olympia. New. &.-Special Audi
fer FTost - not expected 20 arrive here
oeEoEe saturday 20 take formal charge %
as once S.nce ire death % =. r.
1f1sies ~as announced \ considerable
amount q business has accumulated
Which mus. await arrival OF the new
ofiaee-. Ts1s being the case. no meeting
or IAe capitol commission IS likely "a 0c-
cur before the middle 90 nsxt week, no an
nouncefrent OF date having been made
II reports - true. the affairs % the capt.
To- commission are - such state as 20
make ere presence o. tia hfsh member
necessary on account % divergence Of in
6ividual opinion On questions 90 finance.
That the full amount 90 the arrrop-is-
ton, SaSe0e. CO, % funded under certain
conditions there IS little Doubt. but the
question % TIE power % the commission
IN the premises furnishes question upon
which the Individual members have not
REACHED conclusion. and probably VIII
not do SO unfit a fun board has been con-
vened. The members of the commission
so report goes. are not unit upon the
question Of the ACCESSIBILITY Of submitting
disputed questions 20 the supreme court
for anal decision chief Of which IS that OF
the right OF the state capitol commission
20 issue and sell 500. 90 in warrants be-
fore the commencement OF the work. or
whether the same should be issued from
time 20 time as the work OF construction
proceeds
No conclusion has bean reached regard
ing the question ~ who "a the lowest and
best Bidder the latter consideration being
one OF great Importance, as the commits
sion VIII require good and substantial
bond for the proper performance Of the
work. The governor and doubtless the
commissioners are anxious 20 make . con-
tract and proceed with the work. proyid-
ing i can be done without a sacrifice OF
the best interests Of the state. which they
are determined 20 protect.
Regarding the argument OF the oppo-
nents OF the proposition 20 issue the fun
amount OF warrants at present because
the payment OF interest must necessarily
commence at once on the full amount. a
gentleman OF this city today stated 10 a
Post-Inteilgencer representative that he
did not believe the proposition could DO
maintained. because al interest must be
paid from the land grant fund and none
other. and under such circumstances II
mattered little what amount OF interest
was PAID. The argument IS made stronger.
he thought, when 10 was wei known that
even the most bitter opponents OF the cap
itol appropriation in the last legislature
expressed themselves as perfectly willing
10 vote for a proposition looking toward
the erection OF a capitol by any contractor
who would be willing 20 take the entire
capitol land grant in payment for his
work.
Gov. MeGraw is not averse 10 approving
the pan announced by an Olympia corre-
spondent, 20 dispense with the allegorical
nSures On the proposed building and sub
sttute therefor statues OF Isaac I. Ste
vens, the first governor OF the territory.
and Elisha L. Ferry. the first governor
OF the state, but cannot give his personal
sanction 10 the proposition so far as Il
seeks 10 bestow the same honor upon
himself