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joint resolution for joint committees
to visitpublic institutions, Senate reso-
lutions were adopted, and the Presi-
dent appointed the following:
To visit the Cheney Normal School
and Medical Lake Asylum-Runner,
Van Patton, Deckebach; to visit the
, Ellensburg Normal School and Pull
man College Miller, of Walla Walla,
Crow and Lewis.
The House bills passed by the SEN
ate are: By Hansen, to prevent vivi-
! section and dissection in the schools
: of the State, except in medical schools;
Barlow, fixing the salary of the Su-
: preme Court reporter at $1,000, in
, stead of $4,000.
The Senate bills passed are: By
Dorr, preventing the depositilg of bal
last in harbors, except where prescribed
by city councils; Taylor, making an
employer responsible for negligence.
and wiping out the fellow-servant rule
of law; Megler, providing for the in
corporation of cemetery associations ;
Plummer, to protect manufacturers,
bottlers and dealers in ale, porter, beer
and other beverages from loss of bot
ties, barrels, kegs and boxes contain.
ing their trade marks.
| In the House, Thursday, the capitol
bill Oh. B. 172) came up, and with H.
B. No. 2 were considered in committee
of the whole. After ample discussion,
the committee adopted a motion to
report both bills back for indefinite
postponement, and the report of the
committee was adopted SO far as it re-
lated to the first measure, which pro-
vided for commission to suggest a
site for the State capitol to be voted
for in competition with the present
site.
Williams of King threw the first
bomb, by moving to strike out the
first section, which meant, of course,
the destruction of the bill. He
claimed the measure was not only in
the interest solely of a real estate
syndicate, which proposed locating
the capital on barren tract of land
midway between Tacoma and Seattle,
but that its provisions were clearly un-
constitutional, inasmuch as the bill
practically selected a location to be
voted on.
| Hodgdon, who is always original,
was opposed to putting the capital
on wheels again" He said the capital
question had never been settled, and
he wanted it settled now. Don't let
this question:" he exclaimed, "flit
along like bird over a field"
Baker, the sarcastic Populist from
Pierce, was in favor of the bill, and he
thought Williams accusation about it
being real estate scheme were "con-
temptible and Infamous" especially
when he claimed that the syndicate"
expected to fix the committee having
the location i'll charge. He believed
it was a slur on the Speaker to insin-
uate that the members of the COM
mittee he should appoint would be
"fxed." He believed that Everett,
Whatcom, Snohomish, Seattle and
Tacoma all wanted the capital, and
one place had as good chance of Sc
curing it as another.
Speaker Cline replied that he did
not believe any slur was intended, that
he was opposed to the bill, first of all,
because he believed it to he unconsti-
tutional.
Williams repeated that he knew the
whole matter was nothing but real
estate scheme to locate the capital on
a barren plat of land, in order to reap
a harvest from the disposal of town
lots. He then moved that the bill be
reported back to the house, with the
recommendation that it be indefi-
nitely postponed. The motion car
ried unanimously, Baker joining the
affirmative.
Warmers bill was then taken up,
providing for the repeal of the act for
the construction of the capitol build
ing.
Warner made long speech in favor
of his bill. He claimed that the es-
Inmates of 5000 an acre placed on
the value of the lands in the western
part of the State, and $l3.18 on that
in the eastern part of the State, was
far too great; that no more than W
or So an acre could be realized on this
land at this time; that the $4,000
acres, for this reason, is not of sufficient
value to carry out the provisions OF
the act. Although the foundations
were already completed, at cost OF
about $4,000, he thought that a
cheaper upper structure might be
built, if any at all. Continuing in
this vein, he finally moved that the
committee of the Whole report the
bill back to the House with the rec
ommendation that it pass.
Williams moved to lay Warmers mo-
ton ON the table, which was lost, and
Warmers motion prevailed. When
the ommittee rose, both committee
reports were adopted by the House.
On motion, the rules were suspended
and Warmers bill placed on final
passage. Forty-one members - one