Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.


Senate convened at 10 A. NJ. A reso.
tion offered by High for committee
of three to see if the scale of charges
for public printing is correct was
adopted.
A resolution by McReavy directing
the Sergeant-at-Arms to provide 81
worth of postage stamps for each Sen
ator, prevailed with but one negative
vote.
House bill No. 1S7, by Land, came
up on special order. This is the bill
to provide for requiring registration CT
voters for school elections in cities
having 10000 or more inhabitants. 1t
was once indefinitely postponed by
the Senate, but through the exertions
of Mrs. Mitchell, fair lobbyist of Sc
attle, it was not only resuscitated, but
was given the prominence of a special
order on the calendar.
Warburton opposed the bill be.
cause of its expensiveness. After a
long debate the bill was passed by a
vote of "a yeas to 4 nays.
A large number OF bills, memorials,
etc, were reported from committees.
The Senate went into committee OF
the Whole to consider Senate bill No.
81, by Senator Hill, for a constitu-
tional amendment to confer the elec-
tive franchise on women.
After the reading of the bill the
committee arose and reported the bill
back to the House without amend.
ment.
The bill, on motion of Range, was
read third time and placed on final
passage.
Hill addressed the Senate i'll behalf
of his measure. The cause, he said,
has been met with ridicule and derision,
and had progressed against the popu-
lar prejudice of conservatism. The
existing order of things, he said, is
clung to with great tenacity. He
eulogized the martyrdom of those who
have devoted their lives to the cause
of human liberty-the suffrage Of wo-
men.
McReavy said he had sat in the
Legislature while the women were
voters in the Territory, and had served
on juries with them, and that he
could say upon his personal knowl-
edge that woman franchise was not a
failure.
Range said it will have been ten
years since the subject was passed
upon by the bill, and that it is time
to submit it again.
Crow advocated it as a measure in
volving the true principle of the Swiss
referendum. He said 65 per cent. of
the vote cast in Colorado last year was
cast by women.
Warburton was in the midst of a
fine speech in opposition to the meas
ure, saying he would rather see his
wife or his sister shoveling in the
streets than in the modern jury box,
when Reinhart took the wind out of
his sails with the remark, ayes, l
should think so."
The bill passed by vote of "a to TO-
and Deckebach gave notice that he
would move a reconsideration.
Senate bill No. 227, by the Educa-
tional committee. to adopt and
establish q code of laws of the state OF
Washington, and providing for the
official adoption of the Mclaughlin
code, and which was especially cham
pioned by Keith, was recommitted to
the committee on Judiciary.
Senate bill No. 259, substitute for
the Hansen anti-fish-trap bill, was
read and referred to committee on
Fisheries.
Senate bill No. 50, by Van Patten
to confer certain powers upon certain
benevolent or charitable corporations
in relation to the control of homeless
neglected or abused children, came up
on special order, but its consideration
was not completed at the time of ad-
journment.
In the House, Thursday, Fritz in
troduced resolution asking for a
sitting committee of nine to take from
the 500 bills on file the more impor.
tant ones. Though the Senate took
similar action several days ago, the
House was not ready for it and the
resolution failed.
Powell asked for the appointment ol
the Penitentiary investigating COM
mittee. He said that the session was
nearly over and that, as the Senate
had appointed its members, the House
should take immediate action. His
motion failed by vote of "a to 80
Then Powell moved that a committee
be appointed to notify the Senate ol
the Houses action. Tabled.
Mohundro's memorial praying con-
gress to establish National Soldiers
Home at Fort Sheridan, Idaho, was
passed.
Bush had the arid lands bill taken
from the committee of the Whole and
! put on the calendar.
The Speaker appointed RAIDER, Guie
and S. w. Baker as the special COM
mittee on conference for House bill
No. II.