The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-09

Ordinary articles or ingredients Of articles
or offered for sale be distinctly lahled as
mixtures or compounds. with the name
ard per cent % each ingredient therein.
and are not Injurious 10 health
exposing FOR sale. or delivering 10 = pur-
chaser any article Of food included In the
provision Of this act. shall furnish 10 any
who shall apply 10 him for the purpose.
and shall tender him the value OF the sane,
a sample sufficient for the analysis Of any
session.
Sec. s. Whoever refuses to comply, up
on demand, with the requirements OF sec
ton 4. and whoever violates any of the
provisions OF this act. shall be guilty OF =
mssdeneanor, and shall be fined rot ex-
eeerisng 500 nor less than IS, or imprison-
"a the county jail not exceeding 100 nor
less than thirty days. or both. Any per-
son found guilty OF manufacturing. Offer
Ing for sale, or selling. an adu.;erated ar
ticie OF food under the provisions OF this
act shall be s9judged TO pay. in addition
10 the penalties hereinbefose provided for
all the necessary costs aad expenses in
CURED in inspecting and analyzing such
may have been found guilty of manufac-
turing, selling or Offering for sale
An Cnfavorahle Report.
The Piummer bill, appropriating sl5.ooo
Tor the purpose Of paying the outstanding
obligations incurred by the Washington
state commissioners to the Transmisssssip-
pi and International exposition at Omaha.
was reported back by the committee of the
whole with the recommendation that 1t do
not pass.
Gunderson's bill Oh. b. s1s,. appropriate
Ing &4e0 for a fish way in the Skokomish
river was recommended by the committee
OF the whole for passage, as was Frye's
III. r. 21s). appropriating Se3S for the relief
OF Capt. Edward E. Hardin.
- hal. l.
passage OF Englehart's bill Oh. B. 4os).
transferring to the general fund all moneys
In the state treasury TO the credit OF the
revolving fund Of the penitentiary
AT 1880 committee of the whole arose, re-
ported the bills back and took a recess
until 2:3o p. m.
Action Delayed ON the Veto.
When the senate met at 2:30 a message
was received from Gov. Rogers vetoing
the capitol commission bill. Senator T.
]. Miller. the father OF the bill. being alb
sent. objection was made to immediate
consideration. and it was agreed that il
should be taken up at 2:3o p. m. today.
State Auditor Cheetham notified the sem
ate that $30oO additional would be re-
auired to complete payment of the ex-
penses Of the legislature, making q total
cost Of So, 90.
Yeend this afternoon offered a resolu-
ton. which passed. limiting speeches to
two minutes with privilege to speak only
once on each bill.
The senate receded from amendments
to H. B. $40 the fish bin.
The senate refused to concur in the
house amendments TO the bill for a home
for the blind, the house endeavoring TO
locate the same at Vancouver.
The senate on motion Of Piummer re-
coded from the senate amendments to the
Bedford bin Oh. b. 24s). better known as
the delinquent tax bill. The Objectionable
section was in effect to allow "a board 10
sit In each county and allow rebates on
taxes and penalties when it was shown
that the same were excessive. The senate
also adopted the emergency clause.
Fish Hill Il Passed.
The senate during the afternoon consider
ed the fish bill for the protection and prop
agation Of food fishes. establishing licenses.
regulating the catch and sale OF fish. and
fixing penalties.
Wiltshire OF King attacked the BILL par
tculary section 6. which fixed the rate of
licenses. He moved TO reduce the license
fec for first-c!ass purse seines from $50 to
SIS He knew. he said. that In advocating
a reduction for the purse seine fishermen
he would be opposed oy the trapmen ana
the combine of wealth. But he was look
ing out for the poor fishermen. the men
with small incomes and large families.
pendent upon the FISH Industry for live
lihood the trap was the appliance of the
rich the seine OF the poor. Yet in this bill
the tax was as great fer the one as the
other. This was unfair. He proposed to
do all in his power 10 see that the indi-
v.iual fishermen secured justice. and 1,
was only Justice tina. the latter should pay
only half what the trapmen did
Riggs OF Whatcom believed the bill was
puutfahla had teen Looked int raSa.
fully. and was all right without amend
ment.
McReavy OF Mason said the trap men
paid cent for each Ash besides the license
fee. This had not been stated. and made
big difference in years business.
Megier of Wahkahkum said nine tenths
Of the purse se!nss were owned by Trap
men.
Davis OF Snohomish was opposed to the
amendment
The Wiltshire amendment failed. yeas 4,
nays %.
Wiltshire then attempted to reduce the
license fee of second-ciass purse seines
from SIS 10 $40 This too failed. The op-
position was too strong and Wiltshire gave
up the tight In disgust.
The bin passed without amendment
The Paul senate bill fixing the maxi
mum rate Of freight for steamboats, was
indefinitely postponed The opposition
came from Senator Baum. who explained
that in the swift waters Of the Columbia
river and poor wharfage facilities 1t would
be impossible 20 handle wheat at the rates
fixed in the bill. "Okanogan and Doug
las counties depend upon the steamboats,
on the Columbia" ne said land IL this
bin s passed IL will stop the building of
new boats and cripple an important sec
ton OF the state"
At the night session the governors veto
Of the capitol commission bin was called
up but action was postponed until Thurs
dag at $50 O'Clock There was great in
tercss IN the proposed contest, and Olym-
pia citizens had crowded the lobby OF the
senate chamber
The Carper bill 10 provide n more e.
fleient assessment and collection os rail-
road taxes failed to pass-yeas 2. nays la.
Several members ahsented themselves
from the chamber.
Resolution for n Conference.
Senator S.hotieli. just before adjourn,
Inent. offered the following which wac
adopted.
Whereas. The hotss has refused to con-
cur in the senate amendments 20 III. Ii. AZ.