The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-21


have been reduced to . minimum.
Such an official might be paid by . tee
charged for each examination. or each
institution might be required to pay a
certain sum per annum. No expense
to the people at large would be in
volved, and much good done.
THE FISHING INDUSTRY.
From the best sources Of informa.
tion at my command l am clearly Of
opinion that the law should, within q
reasonable limit of time, prohibit ut
terly all fish traps, wheels and other
stationary gear as means Of catching
fish in the waters under the control of
the state of Washington. AS means
of revenue to the state, it is probable
that an annual tax imposed upon each
boat engaged in fishing should be COL
lected. This would more than offset
the amount now collected from traps.
(Mr.. Rogers here read an extract
from Governor Sylvester Pennoyer's
message to the Oregon legislature in
1898, relative to the fishing industry,
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CONCLUDING REMARKS.
It is hoped that any member becom-
ing possessed of information which
would implicate any person in the
offense of corrupt solicitation of off,
Gals will Immediately cause prosecu-
ton to be brought against such person,
to the end that bribery may become
thing unknown in Washington. It will
afford me pleasure to aid so far as
may be able, in placing behind prison
bars, any person within the limits of
the state who shall be convicted Of this
crime. 1t is probable that if some
person highly connected and Of con-
siderable previous social standing could
be thus treated as an example, much
good would thereby result.
The statute passed at the last session
of the legislature, providing for and
allowing actions to be brought against
the state in the superior court Of
Thurston county, should be at once re-
pealed. By means of it, it will be
possible for designing men to loot the
state treasury, or cumber the records
with judgments against the state.
The legislature may be relied on to
prevent injustice to individuals as the
result of peculiar or particular circum-
stances or conditions.
It is universally recognized as true
that whenever large and great accumu-
lations of property are harassed and
rendered unproductive and Improbable
by the combined action of men of small
means and of no social standing, 80
called, state of anarchy and misrule
obtains, against which all the powers
of the state should be exerted for in
slant and expeditions repression.
Against this view, no good citizen will
raise his voice. Order is not only the
first law of heaven, but it should be, it
must be, and it will be, the first law
of the state. But there is another view
of this matter, which, while equally OBJ
vious to the mass of society as now con-
stituted. We become accustomed to
injustice by daily association, and what
at first would arouse the deepest indig-
nation becomes in time an apparent
necessity, and finally seems to the aver
age citizen neutral and Interchangeable
condition. 1t must be evident, how
ever, to the thoughtful and considerable
man, that the converse of the PROPOSE
ton stated must also be true. If the
property, the business and the Occupa-
tions of the great mass Of common and
ordinary citizens Of this country, pos
sessed of little or no wealth or social
standing, are not only rendered un-
profitable and unremunerative but are
actually taken from them by the opera
ton of causes set in motion by the few
members of society possessed Of wealth
and high social position, who appear
to be intent only upon pecuniary profit,
regardless of loss and suffering imposed
upon the many, then in this event, it
ought to seem that anarchy is as truly
fostered and produced as in the first and
most obvious instance.
Although it is clearly evident to all
thinking men that the people OF this
country are within the next few years
to pass through most critical period
of national existence, have firm and
abiding confidence in the wisdom, the
Justice and the abilities Of the great
American people. They will safely
surmount all opposition, for against
the threatening difficulties which may
seem to the timid to bar their advance,
they will oppose the steady purpose OF
an honest intention and an earnest as /
piration. The spirit of the fathers
animates them; for them there is no
such word as fail; they have hitched /
their wagon to a star, the Star OF
Hope; and the hope Of humanity in
them shall never perish.
As soon as the governor finished,
he was surrounded by admirers, who
were eager to grasp his hand, but he
soon left the hall, to repair to the exec
utive chambers, in the state officers
building.
The transfer of the senate gavel from
the retiring president, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Luce, to Thurston Daniels, oc-
Cured Immediately after the reading
of the governors message in the house.
Both the incoming and outgoing lieu
tenant-eovernors made brief remarks,
and resolution expressing the thanks
of the senate for the faithful and efh-
cient services of acknowledgements
Luce was offered and adopted by q
standing vote. Then President Daniels
took the gavel and complete change I
in the administration had occurred.
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