The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-24
HOUSE.

OLYMPIA. FEB = speciai-'The open
ing invocation Ras delivered By Rev. Dir.
"a win-
The house then took up the canati
freight bsll. Gale Of King opened the de-
bate with strong argument against the
bill. re said In part.
Il suppose that the majority In this
holsaa has determined TO pass this hsll. ana
that An effort Tlil be made 20 smut out
fair criticism OF the measure. but Air.
Speaker 1 do not believe that / would Dc
doing my duty as member of taLs legia-
iaturs II / did not snfer ms protest against
this bill, which / consider most VICIOUS
Reference has been made TO me eenirs4
washington. which Is now tn the hands
OF a receiver under the existing rates
am told that the property Of that road u
30 badly run down that even ties can DC
kicked 20 pieces by q mans boot heel
The other day I called attention 20 the
fact tina; the railroad committee had not
presented q single argument or maze "A
Fair showing o. facts 70 saos ssr f in
stead Of this the bin places that duty upon
the railroad companies waich must under
the bin go into the courts ana MAKE
xAowfng or tho cost Of construction. equip
unent and operation of their roads, and o.
the opera tons Of the act on their roads
The Bill has many most oojeetlQuapse Tea
lures. instead OF reducing rates IN some IN
asafrs~ the rates on coal are actually
made higher. Under this Dill. on eoa5
hauled over tho Northern Pacific railroad
from Carbon 70 seattle, the AANs ~ i~sNSN
from SO 60 " cents per ton
Mr. Cute showed eonclusively that the
bul was drawn solely with the idea OF
ben-nttng one section OF the. state and
one class of people. Western WASHINGTON
was sacrificed 20 the demands Of the farm
era In the Palouse and Bis Bend country
The Northern Pacific. he said, had paia
out IN wages On last Friday $4,000 10 II
employees between Elisnshurg and Seattle
-. -. IL 49, f4ssFs A.
IRE imagine that the wages OF these en-
ptoyea would remain untouched If this
hill. with its radical ard unreasonable cut
in rates. becomes law
RAIDER of Kitsap roasted the high
prioef attorneys OF the railroads. who. he
claimed had attempted To deprive the
legislature OF It's right 10 reduce rates
lie claimed that the railroads had al
ready reduced the wages Of employees. but
ne did not produce any figures TO back np
hts statements He said:
This r. a j,ss, bill. A Is psr cent. cut Is
not unjust. and ~ the III men IN the les.
islafure pass this sasAsure the railroad
companies should accept IL. There Is
demand for the passage OF thls Dill from
thu people of the state. and | Say PASS
this bin without regard 20 what the su-
preme court VIII DC.
These were the only speeches on the
final passage Of the hsil. for. as RAIDER I'm
teheds 4. T. BUSH InostN tA7 bNTfsN"S
question. thus shutting OF those orators
who might have consumed the entire az
termoon with their arguments.
Bash's motion tit hard Ia several places.
Warner and Frank Baker rose with an
objection Baker made the point az order
that the house had made special order
fer .;sa this aftsrnooa for the eonsidera-
ton OF Hoopers passenger rate bhl II
was thcn 2.B aud his point Was that the
house could not transact any other busl-
ness.
The speaker ruled against Baker. ant
Rtshs motion 30 cut of debate was car
ried.
The ron was then called and the bin
passed. yeas 81, nays Il, absent : Iaohey.
Republican. OF jefferson. voted with the
9tgSionists Cor the nslL