Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-02-05


ing. The bill provide. for reducing
the salary of the reporter from $1,000
to 81 500 Il year. At present his cx-
pcnscs are also paid, while the bill pro
vldcs that he must pay his own cx-
pcnscs out of his $500 salary. An
] amendment WAS attached to the com
mite" report, which provides lur Il
still further reduction to 81 200 II year.
Several PopuliSt members made long
speeches III support OF the amend
ment. They did not believe that it
required man OF much ability to act
as reporter of the Supreme court, and
believed ST. 800 a year would be
too much. The amendment was OPP
posed by the members of the legal pro-
fession in the House, who contented
that the position required man OF
considerable ability. The amend
ment was adopted.
The following bills were introduced in
the Senate Monday:
No. l3l, by Baum, an act for the relief
OF members of the Agricultural College :;
Judiciary.
No. 1872, same, to fix the salary of the
Supreme Court Reporter, provide for
payment of the same and declaring an
emergency Judiciary, without printing
No. 1873, by High, an act to provide
for bonds and to allow certain corpora
tons to become surety on bonds and to
provide for payment therefor.
No. 1874, by yesterday, an act in re-
latiOn to proceedings in probate. Read
a second time and referred to Judiciary
committee.
No. 1876, by same, an act relating to
executors of wills and settlement of
estates by them without administration
No. 136, by Taylor, relating to chang
ing county boundaries.
No. 1877, by Harper, an act to further
regulate, license and restrain the sale
Of Intoxicating liquor.
No. 13, by yesterday, was taken from
the file and placed on final passage.
This is an act to provide for recording
satisfaction of mortgages. Ayas, 30;
absent and not voting 5.
No. l6, by same, amending section
100 of volume =, Hills code, relating
to order of payment of debts of de-
cedents, on favorable report from
Judiciary committee was read by sec
tons, considered, engrossed and placed
on final passage. Yeas, %; nays, /.
Absent and not voting 4.
Monday afternoon the Warner In
vestigating Committee was in session
several hours.
DIR. Calhoun was one of the first
witnesses examined. He swore that
Representative Warner approached
him with proposition to deliver
twenty votes for Senator Squire, the
consideration to be $1,000 down and
$1,000 contingent in case Squire was
elected. Warner said that he was
engaged in forming a club of this
character. Witness swOre he told
Senator Squire of the transaction. A
list of names had been written out of
members who could be handled. DIR.
Calhoun's testimony consumed an
hour, but adduced little beyond the
above
Senator Watson c. Squirewas sworn.
He testified that Warner had made
proposition similar to that outlined
above.
Witness swOre that Warner had
proposed to deliver him the twenty
votes in the combination. 1t was
necessary to have $1,000 in order to
handle the combine. According to
Warmers proposition 5000 was to be
paid if the votes were landed. Sena-
tor Squire swore that Senator Plum
mer had demanded $500.
This is about all the testimony bear
ing upon the question at issue. The
time of the committee was largely de-
voted to questioning the Senator as to
his manner of conducting his cam
paign, the amount of money he had
spent, etc.
At the night session of the COM
mittee Representative Conine told his
experience with a beautiful woman
lobbyist who he alleged had offered to
pay him consideration to vote for
Turner, but that he had repealed the
suggestion even as Samson thrice
repealed Delilah.
1t is claimed by Turner's friends
that the lady was a detective in the
employ of rival candidate, and had
it not been for the stalwart virtue of
Mr.. Conine his acquiescence would
have resulted in his eternal undoing.
At the session of the House, Mon
day, P. NJ. Smith, who is fathering
the compulsory pilotage bill, pre-
sented three petitions, all numer-
ously signed, reciting that Puget
Sound is the only port of Importance
not requiring inbound vessels to en-
ploy pilots and asking that the pilot
age bill be passed.
Williams of King and Wilkeson of
Skagit offered petitions from Skagit
river fishermen asking for a revision
of the fishing laws. The former petit
ton was signed by 200, the latter by
1,4OO names. The petitioners asked
that fish nets in the Skagit river ex-
tend but one-third the way across the
river, and that they be at least one
mile apart. They suggested that the
closed season be on one or two nights
a week.
In the House, Monday, F. X.
Baker moved that the committee
on investigation of corruption be
compelled to report at once. Baker
said that charges were made against
one man, and that he had demanded
an investigation. The scope of the
investigation had been enlarged so as
to include all charges. $50 far" said
Baker, "the investigation has been
directed in only one direction-that of
smirching the character of the man
We have elected Senator. What per-
sons have been investigated? George
Turner, Harry White, C. B. Nash,
George Foster, Judge Graves and
Colonel Ridpath.
"That committee, instead of investi-
eating the charges preferred, has gone
out of its way to secure testimony
that would send this Legislature out
branded as the most infamous gang of
boodlers ever assembled. For one
will not submit to it.
Persons have gone to defeated