The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-03

4hr0ttie opprsatson 10 she ring In power
1ney bad changed places sna had bezone
he Hnf. Representative DRys Of Pierce.
dld Not aee this when Re Offered house Oh
Ho- ~. ITO pfesen. corr1vs practices at
elect1Qps," Tor ksu1gh be got tEs. Dbl
through the heuS@ Z. ". Tayior. FUN
net E3sd Paul fagTsei a coxsrssttse reisor.
~ indenHtteiy postponed This report vas
adopted and sae bill was killed. E. w.
Taylor Is now Chairman OF che S-yer ke-
Iubsicen STATE csnsrsa eosnsnlttes. 30 -: %
efal c3ncts sails agatnx. corporations ard
bnkfng powder companies, proposed III
HOUSED No. SIS TO rsn@sa avress and IN
fim,4zkscn of voters and hss ball aiso
poz1ed the house Dat was zznoshese9 IN the
tud4n senate.
H1tn are two germs OF Popliistin ana
QNNoxStic dsHagogy. The arsi wac .
GfnNk adopted ~ the Popuiixts IL -; aL.a.
6 Aee hitter was in tho Democratic paatt0f ~
ave demand sr that the
1e9fplat nre pass y Iaw In con-
foenfly will, onr state c"nstasa-
tfOn making II a felony for s"s
eoo4fy, city or state officer ."
ac<ept or use . railroad or efsef
transportation pass"
Ssp4hereas, The railroad eompa-
si1p Of this state have from time
- 1lme tasued free passes To leg
lslators and other public Officers,
th4eeby influencing their action.
No demand that the ieGisintors
nheDl promptly pass adequate
1asSe 20 enforce the constitution
n nroyIston against the granting
- 4fee passes to public officers,
anA the nsc of same b, such OFF,
eeFn..
Ia1k3e p.anxs were pretty things 20 &c
cure totes nus what Effort was made 10
pessxuch z lax? 4 majority Of the fti-aon-
lists ~ ri ffssm Their homes 10 ftia legssla-
tureautcn railroad FSasses, aud 80 per cent.
went 30 their homes from Olympia when
3be DDR.on had ended upon passsa Tney
had really earned them. from their way, cs
thinking for cut Of fifty b.lks PRESCRIBED
oSRf4st the railroads only one--and euaacu-
lcfe6 aad ssiofYa or harm-was enacted INTO
INV The anfi-rass bill was susnthered 20
dean. 1t was another broken promise.
eve demand i + that school
books be furnished to the peo-
p1e's pupils I'm our pmbIie schools
NJ The expense nj the state"
The PopilIlsts had this plank In their
platform to-saseh-votes Of $50; Was II
enfofced7 Did fhe legislature enact a law
- the peoples pupils fires? 1t did not and
had no desire 10 do 80.
eNNe demand 80 . 4 kener-
~. system of neutrality-suspicious.
ing warrants, receivable for
ta1es throughout the state"
The above VAS another plank in the ia
wrfftn TO secure yoses. or the eighty
Aye lsi9nIsis sieeted on that platform y =
IT efnrted into law. That was TobiasFen:
Of Wbaicom county Tohiasscn presented
II. B.s 200 for constitutional amendment
relative 10 receiving uon-inserest- bearing
a{at0 warrants for taxes. Later Mr..
RAIDER. offered bill on the same subject.
and ahe committee dished the Tdhlasseil
bill and recommended that the RAIDER Dill
passs The recommendation was listened
to, the bill passing the house by a vote OF
- Yeas 10 p nays, The RAIDER bill went
up 70 the senate chamber March and q
weelf later TIL. Miiief. P-uminer and
Range, all Populsts. sent 1t back TO tie
never again up for consideration. The fu-
sion periatc allowed 1t to die without even
The Popullst platform sad in 1896:
1--WE demand y the adop-
tieh Of the Torr~ns system Of
regtsterfnG land titles"
Has any one heard OF The Torrens sys-
come. law? Is this another broken prom
ieeg Nothing could have been palmer
than the Torrens plank L, tho platform.
The party demanded e. aid The party gel
e afeer X e.ected = biz Popusist majority
in the legislature? Here are the facts:
There we're two bills introduced, one
ne c e s Tsy o Were sd both ns anes
In the house March Q and the Way bill
was discarded, the Cline bill passing the
house by . vote OF - yeas to is nays.
there were twenty -one fustonists out OF
thtrty-fnur members, and where there
was enough fusion strength to take Up
n a ssow that a sae Gina aay s s was I re
ceived from the hoase March 10. that IL
was read for the first time. the rules were
suspsndrd, Il was read The second time
by tile -and-piacsd on general file, where
the fUsish senate meant that IL should
s.eep forever. II WIS never called up
again. and IN consequence 1t never passed
In ths platform of the populist party In
this ssate In 1896 was tbs. which esnanated
from the Democrats:
Eve condemn the refusal Of
the .1SRshfscan party ef this
state to- divide Ii into congress
aiUHMl districts. aud pledge our
parry to fair division Of the
samer.-
Ii Was merely a broken promise. Not
much for the Peoples party. 10 I've sure, FOR
the record OF that legislature WAS sirewn
Of how the. pledge" was kept.
On thc fourth day OF the session. as
room ~ II was fairly organized, Senator
TAylox. % Pierce. offered senate bill No, :.
Taylor - the chairman OF the state een-
trail QemInittsa ~ the Silver Republicans
and VII be real glad &c have this story
told. Taylor's sssIatw bill No. ! was in
accordance with the Peoples party plank
~ Ii crowded for the division OF tho
state unto congressional districts" The
coMmtatee on January - recamm cnsed
that The bill pa~s. When the hli came up
February 2 Miller of Nals Malta DEM
moved. 10 lay 1t on the table The motion
WAS lest. Hall moved that II he Indefinite
~ poAlponed The motion Was lost. IL
was then made n special order Cor EeLgS,-
ary sseon that dat. Il failed 10 pass by the
following vote.
YeaSs-Eo.e. Crow. Davis. peckelach.
Dcrr.- EasteFday. High. tiiH. MiiieF. n :
Taylor. Van Pasten. Wooalng ana Neeaa-
Is. =
Maya - Fled, Frink. Hall. lIarper.
Hcugtston Keith, i4esh. Lewis McReavy,
Meglsf. Miller. I. j.; Hummer. Pasey.
Range. Reinhast. Runner. Washbugn and
Wiixoa-is
This vote shows that only ten Of tas.
twenty-ane fesionss;s In the senate tried
TO keep their party pledge. three RepAAit-
cans voting In the affirmative. Mine of
the pDUplaS ufHa AsasflsS StaseFS