The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-11
THE DISPENSARY BILL
Cline's Measure Laid on the
Table in the Senate.
SUBSTITUTE TO BE PRESENTED

The Turner Railroad Commission Bill
Refused Observation-Disclosures
.,re In House and Senate.
The opponents of the Cline dispen-
sary bill by their action on Friday be-
lieve they have succeeded in defeating
that measure, without the senate be-
ing aware of what was taking place.
Before the report Of the public morals
committee was made in the senate, as
agreed Thursday, by which majority
was to recommend the indefinite post
ponement and Chairman Van Patton
was to offer minority report, favoring
the passage of the bill, one of the OPP
ponents of the measure met Van Patton
and prevailed upon him to compromise
with the majority of the committee by
submitting a report recommending the
adoption of a substitute bill, favoring
the submission of the question OF dis
pensary law to the people, to be voted
upon at the next general election.
When this was agreed to, all of the
new report, and it was presented to the
senate. AS substitute bill was not
ready, Plummer offered a motion that
the Cline bill be laid on the table until
the substitute bill should come up for
consideration. The motion was adopted
without opposition, and the bill went
to the table. Friends Of the Cline bill
were surprised to find later in the day
that this proceeding was a preconcerted
plan, and that an effort will now be
made to prevent the bill from being
taken from the table for consideration.
Plummer claims the bill is already be-
yond recovery, and that it will be i'm
possible to get it up for consideration.
That a strong effort will be made to
have the bill properly considered is ap-
parent from the attitude of Cline's
friends.
The friends of the Turner railroad
commission bill Friday morning made
an effort to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was indefinitely postponed the
day before, but without success. Soon
after the house convened, j. M. Ed
wards made motion to reconsider, and
Jory of Yakima took the floor and deliv-
cred a speech in its favor. Day, Of
Pierce, then moved the previous ques-
ton, saying that the question was we'll
enough understood without delaying
the proceedings of the house by WINDY
oratory." The vote was taken by roll
call, with the result that forty-six voted
in the negative and thirty in the affirm
alive, with two absent.
The only legal way commission bill
can again come up for consideration
would be for one to be sent down by
the senate after passing that body.
This will probably be done some time
next week. 1t is said that majority
of the members of the senate favor
commission bill.
The following bills passed the house:
BY Crawford, memorializing congress
for an appropriation for the improve
ment of the Clearwater river; by Han
sen, amending the law prohibiting cru
city to children and animals; Nelson,
changing the time of holding elections
for county road supervisors from Sep
TENDER to June; Way, providing for
voting On constitutional amendment
to effect an amendment in the revenue
laws to exempt certain factories located
in the state from taxation.
The following passed to third read
ing: By Bush &C. P.) and Land, relat-
ing to arid lands; Phelps, appropriating
100000 for state wagon road from
Marcus, Stevens county, to Marble
Mount, Skagit county; Irwin, allowing
relations to remove insane persons from
the asylum by giving proper bond;
Carr, appropriating SIS, 900 for a state
wagon road from Wenatchee to the
mouth of the Twisp river, Okanogan
county; Moore, providing for leasing
mineral lands.
Most of the afternoon session of the
house was devoted to the considera-
ton Of Bush's bill to grant the Ilwaco
Railway & Navigation Company the
right to purchase a tract of tideland in
front of the town of Ilwaco, for the pur-
pose of maintaining wharf already
constructed. The bill was passed by a
vote of 81 to 10, although the emergen-
cy clause was defeated. The rules were
suspensded and the bill was immedi-
ately sent to the senate. Hargrave
precipitated fight On the measure by
moving its indefinite postponement,
and he was assisted by Baker, Winsor
and others. Williams, Warner and
others opposed the motion, which was
finally defeated and the bill passed.
These bills were introduced in the
house: By Couch, fixing the fees COL
lected by sheriffs; RAIDER, relating to
the publication of the session laws of
1897; Thacker, relating to the execu-
ton of the death penalty; Cute, rela-
tive to garnishments; Couch, provid-
ing for public accountant; Marshall,
for the relief of Louise Croy.
In the Senate.
A message from. the governor was
read notifying the legislature that .
delegation from the trans Mississippi
congress would be in Olympia. and ask
ing for a special joint meeting of the
legislature at O'Clock.
A joint resolution was passed order
ing the publications. Of 1000 copies of
the session laws, revenue laws, school
laws. etc.