Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-12

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ficer is to act as a Travelling Auditor
and is accountable to the board O.
control. The bill passed by vote o
Gl to IL. An emergency clause pre-
vailed by vote of 56 to Is.
House bill No. 209, by Williams, al
lowing surety companies to furnisl
bonds to persons holding positions o
public or private trust was passed by
a unanimous vote. An emergency
clause attaches.
House bill No. All, permitting
municipal control of water works
sewer systems, electric plants, street
railways, ETC., passed by n vote of Sc tt
10.
Powell called up Senate concurrent
resolution No. %, congratulating Nc
Kinley, and the resolution carried
Pierson alone voting no. He asked
that his name be so recorded. Struvt
moved that /" the House take reces.
of fifteen minutes and go out and rul
hot ashes ON its head"
The money appropriated from the
tide lands to pay legislative expense;
has run out, and to-day Frank Baker
introduced a concurrent resolution al.
lowing Z. J. Miller to introduce Sen.
ate bill appropriating $4,000 more
There was no objection to the resolu.
ton and another assault will be made
on the tide land funds.
House bill No. 264, by Nelson, rela.
tive to the division of the estate oi
debtors, passed by vote of 62 to 13
The bill merely prescribes the manner
in which the assignee shall file inven.
tories, etc.
House bill No. 1876, by Lusher, pro-
hibiting contracts on public works,
failed to pass, lacking the constitu-
tional majority. 1t mustered "a votes
while q were recorded against it.
Canutt moved to reconsider the
vote by which Senate memorial No.
was killed. Senator High was al
lowed to explain the memorial.
The bill providing for State inspec-
tion of steam boilers passed.
The Senate Friday convened at 3 30,
and addressed itself Immediately to
the consideration of the revenue bill.
Senator Plummer offered q SUBJ
stitute for the section of the bill which
proposed to remit penalties and in
terest ON taxes levied for the year 1895
and previous years, which simply pro-
vides that the tax shall bear 10 per
cent interest from April l, 1897, and
the payment to be made before Novem-
Der 30, 1897, to avail the delinquent OF
the benefit of the provision.
As the debate on the substitute pro-
gressed it became evident that the SUBJ
stitute would prevail. Senator Crow
became acrimonious in his remarks,
declaring that the proposed remittance
was cold-blooded steal, and that
should the Populist party become a
party to it the party would go down
in oblivion in ignominious defeat. He
laid so much stress upon the steal in
the matter and wept so copiously over
the political effect of it, as to stir up
Senator Plummer, who deplored that
partisan spirit or reference had en-
tered into the debate. He said that if
this measure of relief would bury the
Populist party, the sooner the Populist
party was relegated to oblivion, and
Senator Crow with it, the better.
There was a white Crow on the
floor of the Senate at this juncture,
demanding an apology. Senator Crow
and President Daniels were alone in
the strong resentment of the remarks
of Plummer, for really it did not ap-
pear that any serious personal rehec-
ton was cast by them upon Senator
Crow. But Plummer was duly called
down for the personal reference
Meantime Deckebach had availed him.
self of an opportunity to call attention
to the reflections, strongly implied al
least, of Crows insinuation of steal
in which those supporting the sub
stitute were engaged.
The House reported back Senate bill
No. 76, concerning discharge of money
obligations, with amendment, which
was in fact, new bill. The Senate
refused to concur, but notice of recon
sideration was given.
The revenue bill was again taken uT
and further amendments prevailed
An effort to strike out the provisions
exempting church property from taxa
ton was stubbornly fought and failed
of passage by a vote of "a to Is.
The rules were suspended by a vote
of % to 10, and the bill was considered
engrossed and placed on final passage
The bill passed by vote of % to s
The emergency clause prevailed by Q
vote of 20 to 4.
The bill was ordered re-engrossed
reprinted and sent to the House.
Senator Wilson now moved the re
consideration of the vote by which
Senate bill No. 116, known as the de-
ficiency judgment bill, was passed.
The motion re.Opened the whole
question and Senators Wilson anG
Frink pleaded eloquently for the re