The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-25

are passed BY your hororaole body Scr
the still further reduction IN fre.gSr ana
passenger rates. they VIII tend no. orly
to check TIE further construction OF rail-
ways IN the state and thus block for the
present the 6eve1opnenf o. the state nus
the loss % revenue 10 the existing COM
save tneraselv from loss and bankruptcy
or reducing the service ard oy eIfun8
The wages o. all employees below what they
The railway LEGISLATION, now pending
tefore your honorable BODY VIII a1ord
not only AT excuse. bur JUSTIFICATION
the proposed measures might just as we'll
be entitled at once an act 70 re1Hce the
wages OF all railway employees IN the state
OF Washington.
we therefore, respectfully submit 10
your honorable body hat al the railway
bills relating 70 freight and passenger
rates now under consideration should Be
rejected as they stand la1 rr.,ss
"P DENNFY.
Wv. A LEoNHARDT,
Committee"
Senate bill 50 was made a special order
for tomorrow az = .. m
n 3. 81 was made a special ORDER for
March 81 2.3o o. IN
Senate bfH -. 20 enable gardeners and
manufa cturers 70 DISPOSE OF their prod
ucts. was taken UP n committee OF the
whole This bill provides that & shall be
person without license TO sell, deliver or
psddle any fruits, vegetables, berries. but
ter. eggs. fish. milk. poultry, meats, or
any farm produce or eAhses raised,
caught. produced or manufactured by
such person in any place in this state.
each and every day except Sunday. and
all city or town ordinances IN violation
hereof are hereby declared void. and no
city or town shall pass or enforce any or
dinance requiring license from the produc-
ers or manufacturers OF farm produce
and edib3ss.
A long debate ensued on this bill. The
sentiment seemed 10 De in favor OF shut
ting out everybody but the farmer and
gardener from the benefits OF the bill.
Keith said he had been IN the fruit bust
ness for a long time, and he found thu
mIddlemsn. such as grocers and commits
sion men, heartless and hard 20 deal with.
The peddler was just good a middle
man as the grocer and the commission
merchant. He wanted TO have the ped
der protected
The attention Of the senate was called
TO the fact By Miller that the bill provid-
ed that the farmer or gardener must
raise or produce the articles which ne
offers for sale. Under its provisions a
farmer could not sell his produce 10 a
pedd!er. TO be sod by him. unless the ped
der paid a license. lie was in favor OF
allowing the hunter and fisherman TO sell
AsA or game as the case might be.
An amendment by High was read. 1;
provides thai nothing IN the act shall
prohibit the sale or delivery Of dairy prod
ucts on Sunday.
Range moved as an amendment that
nothing in the act shall prevent the sale
of milk on Sunday. Ranges amendment
was lost and Highs amendment prevailed.
Deckebach moved as an amendment
that farmers etc, shall only sell such
goods and products as he may raise ION
his own premises" The motion was lost.
After few mora futile attempts TO
amend the bill it was reported back 10 the
senate from the committee OF the whole
with . recommendation that it pass
The bill was passed. yeas % nays ). The
emergency clause was defeated, yeas Ii.
nays I.
II. B. 244. by Parker. was taken from the
general dle, but as there was an attempt
10 cut down the rate OF interest 10 and
per cent. instead of per cent. per an
nun, IL was recomulitted 10 the commit
list measure. and Is designed to prevent
uSuTy.
Hicks bill. to prevent capital punish
ment. was taken from the file.
Dorr moved that the bill be indefinitely
postponed. The effect OF this, he said,
"OG4d De 10 turn l0sose q number or men
under sentence Of death. New York had
passed a similar law forty years ago. and
It's effect was TO turn murderers loose.
Hanging murdersrs, in tire opinion OF
Cole was judicial murder. and a relic OF
baroarism. 1t was time that this state
took step in advance
A good many lives depend on the pass
age Of this bill. said Miller of Thurston.
He wished to act conscientiouSsy II II
turned red-handed murderers loose he was
opposed to II. but still he thought It a hui
man measure. and would like 20 hear it's
merits discussed.
Van Patten said as a result of hts study
and observation, that as legal restraints
were removed crime increased.
IL vas the opinion OF Deckebach that the
adjustment OF capital punishment would
result in an increase in crime.
The biz. Range said. provided that those
under sentence OF death should have their
sentence commuted to Imprisonment for
life
on motion OF Wilson, and for the reason
that several senators desired TO amend the
bill, it was laid on the table, subject 10
can
The senate after lively debate on a
resolution asking the governor for fnfor-
nation as 70 the state penitentiary. ad-
Journed until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.