Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-02-12
THE LEGISLATURE.

| The first business that came up VA,
numcrouSly signed petition from
Wait-hurg, praying for the passage d"
the woman'> suffrage hill 1t wa,
referred To- the committee ON Cunsti
tutional Revision.
\ petition was read from the may0l
and city council Of Anacort"a fav"rabl,
to the continuation Of fish traps. \
petition to the same effect, signed by
800 residents OF San Juan county wa!
read and placed on file.
Crow presented petition from the
Palouse Creamery Association asking
that the Dairy Commissioners oiiic,
be continued. Referred to the com
mittee on Agriculture.
A petition was presented from
business men, asking that the bill
abolishing pound nets he not passed.
A petition was presented by Fricl
from Whitman county relative to the
proposed change in the practice o
the law. Referred to the Judiciar!
committee.
A petition pas presented by Davis
from King county, asking for tn,
enactment of law creating Il mining
bureau.
A petition from Dayton, praying fol
the retention of the Dairy Commits
sioncr was read and referred to tn,
committee on Agriculture.
Senate Bill No. 5, by Taylor, came
up on special order, and was st
amended rs to provide that no judg
mcnt shall be in force for longer
period than six years, and repeating
the statutory provisions for renewal
of judgment. The bill was ordered
engroSsed.
Houghton moved for II rcconsidera-
ton of the vote by which Senate bill
No. SO, requiring the residence of the
Attorney General at the capital, was
passed. The vote, after n short de-
bate, was reconsidsred and the bill re-
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
Vetoed Senate bill No. 1876, for the
relief of John Dorsey, was taken up
and the veto sustained.
Senate bill No. 35, by High, pro-
viding for n constitutional amend
ment relative to the reduction of the
salary of the Attorney General, was
taken up and tabled.
Senate bill, No. 80, by High, pro-
viding for a constitutional amend
ment reducing the salaries of SUI
preme Judges from $4,000 to $500;
also reducing salaries of Superior
Judges from $1,000 to $4,000, was
taken up.
Lesh moved to strike out the SUI
preme Judges.
Miller, of Thurston, said he desired
to go on record as in favor of reduc-
ing salaries. The Populist party had
pledged itself to reduce the excessive
salaries.
Miller, of Walla Walla, as an
amendment, moved that the salaries
of the Supreme Judges be made 50 800
and Superior Judges $1,000. This
amendment was adopted. The bill
was not passed because it failed to
receive the necessary two-thirds vote.
The vote was II yeas, IL nays.
Senate bill No. 80, by High, which
provides that constitutional amend
ments shall be submitted to the peo-
pie which shall provide that the SAL
airy of the Governor shall be fixed
at $1,000 per year and shall not ex-
coed $4,000, was debated at length.
The sentiment of the Republican
minority was opposed to the reduc-
ton of the salary of the chief cxecu-
tive. The Populist majority favored
such move. When the bill came up
for final passage it was defeated be-
cause it failed to get the two.thirds
majority of all the votes in the SEN
ate. The vote was yeas 81, nays7.
Senate bill No. 33, by High, reduc-
ing the salary of the Secretary of
State to $4,000 year, provided the
people declare by their vote that they
favor such an amendment to the
constitution, was passed, yeas SO,
nays 6.
Senate bill No. 81, providing for the
reduction of the salary of the State
Auditor, and Senate bill No. "a, pro.
viding for the reduction of the salary
of the State Treasurer, were indefi.
nitely postponed. This was done be.
cause it was claimed that it did not
require a constitutional amendment
to lower the salaries of those State
officials.
Senate bill No. SO, by High, reduc.
ing the salary of the State Superin.
tendent of Public Instruction from
800 to - 600 by means of consti
tutional amendment, was taken UP
and passed, yeas "a, nays 5.
Senate bill No. 81, to provide for q
constitutional amendment so as tc
confer the right to vote on women
was taken up and referred back to the
committee ON Education.
The following bills were introduced
No. 1913, by Judiciary committee
amending the code prescribing the
jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace
i'll criminal actions.
No. 164, by Miller of Walla Walla
to regulate common carriers, to pre-.
vent discrimination and providing for
State Railroad Commissioner. This
is the bill proposed by U. S. Senator.
elect Turner.
No. 165, by Davis, to expedite the
completion of the State capitol build.
ing and making appropriation there
for.
No. 166, by same, providing for and
regulating appeals from Superior
Courts by order of County Commits,
sioners. =.
No. 167, by same, to provide for the
establishment. maintenance and sup.
port of State Mining Bureau.
In the House, Monday, Rev. Mr.
Diven opened the session with PRAYER
after which the following routine bust.
ness was transacted:
The committee on Soldiers Home
reported joint resolution calling for
the appointment of joint committee
to visit the Soldiers Home at Ortinp
and inquire into proposition to re.
move the home to a more suitable loca.
ton.
Williams of King gave notice that