Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-02-01

Columbia county. asking for relief in
relation to the payment of their as
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From 1000 people in Clallam
county, asking for equal suffrage.
A concurrent resolution was intro
duced by Wilson for the election of U.
S. Senator by the people.
The following bills were introduced ::
By Frfnk of King, providing for the
appraisement of land and tenements
before sale on execution or on the
order or decree of any court, and that
no sale be made for less than two
thirds of the appraised cash value
thereof, and declaring an emergency.
McManus of Snohomish, to make
counties, cities, towns and school dis
tricts validate certain warrants.
yesterday of Pierce, to amend the
code in relation to the practice Of
medicine.
Crow of Whitman, to call for bids
for feeding all county prisoners at q
rate not in excess of so cents per day.
Van Houten of Spokane, for q de.
iciency appropriation of $3,O24 for q
main building of the Agricultural
College.
In the House, Friday, a petition was
presented by Gibson OF 1,457 persons
praying for equal suffrage.
Also one was submitted by Ball ol
Whitman for legislation to regulate
railroad freight charges.
Mills OF Clarke, introduced a con
current resolution providing for the
appointment of joint committee o
five, to confer with like committee
of the Oregon legislature relative te
the passage of laws to promote the
interests of horticulture in both States
A memorial was introduced BY
Scobey of Thurston asking Congress
for an appropriation of lands to the
heirs Of Charles Bulfinch member o.
the Gray.Kenderick expedition whose
exploration, the heirs claimed, gave
this State to the United States. Re
ferred.
The following bills were introduced
By Rogers Of Pierce, to exempt from
taxation all homesteads and making
free from attachment, execution OF
sale for debt.
Goddard OF King, providing for the
issuance Of deficiency certificates for
road work performed in excess of road
tax assessed against any certain prop.
erty, and providing for their receipt in
payment of other taxes.
Williams of King, requiring person.
who serve as jurors to be electors
male inhabitants of the county at
least . year proceeding; over twenty.
one years old; in possession of natural
faculties; householders and taxpayers
and who have never been convicted oil
felony.
Mcdonnell of King, requiring en-
ployers to pay employees once every
six days wages due within six days Of
each payment; providing that all en-
ployes shall be paid when discharged,
in full within three days following
such discharge; also one establishing
eight hours ss the period Of q days
work for all employees of the State or
of any county or municipality thereof
and proper regulations; also to amend
the general statutes to enable corpora
tions organized to construct railroads,
canals, bitches. bridges etc., to enter
and cross any land granted to the
state for school, university or other
purposes, and to appropriate such
amount of land is as necessary for
such construction and providing
against unnecessary damage to such
lands.
Terry of leland, to amend the ex-
isting road laws and repeating the poll
tax law.
Mcdonnell of King. making it a
misdemeanor for employers to dis
charge employees for joining or belong
ing to any club or other organization
not organized in violation of law; for
using An agreement not to enter such
organizations prerequisite to employ
ment, or for endeavoring to persuade
by coercion, any employe from join
ing such an organization.
Miles of Douglas. providing for State
grain weighing and grading, creating
the Office of grain inspector and ap-
propriating 5000 to pay him.
On the ballot in joint session, FRI
day, five ballots were taken for U. 8
Senator, the last standing: Ankeny,
20; Wilson, Is; Allen, 10; Turner,
IL; Mcmillan. 6; Rogers, %; Wallace
5; Warner l, and Manning /.
There were Ill votes cast, with sc
necessary to . choice.
In the Senate, Saturday, Taylor o
Pierce, presented q memorial from the
Tacoma Academy of Science. The
memorial prayed for an appropriation
Of $4,000 for the purpose of making 6
geological survey of this State. Il
WAS referred to the Committee or
Memorials.
The Committee on Judiciary recon-
mended the indefinite pOstpOnemen