The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-02-09
THE LAWMAKERS.

Washington's solons Tireless In Their
Work Of Legislation-Normal
Schools Get ss5, 900.
As passed by the Washington state
senate Wednesday, the normal school
bill appropriates $25, 600 for each of
the three normal schools at Ellensburg,
Cheney and New Whatcom, and $l6,-
900 additional for equipping and i'm
proving the last named.
The committee on roads and bridges
followed with 100000 OF state road
bills. This committee favored $25.-
600 for the Lyle and Washougal CO.
lumbia river road, $780, for the
Buckley Yakima road, and $15, 900 for
tie Monetsano Brookfield road. The
roads-signboard bill was ordered de-
capitated by the committee, and it
likewise opposed compelling county
commissioners to work the depth of
streams at high and low water.
Wharburton, Preston, Schofield,
Crow. Republicans, and Baum and
Yeend. fusionists, presented a majority
report from the judiciary committee in
the Mantz-Gray election contest, hold
ing that no election had been held
the Stevens-Spokane senatorial district.
This report, as already reported, pre-
vents either Mantz or Gray from occu-
plying the contested seat. Failure to
elect or to hold an election is charged
ub. both by the majority and minority
of the committee. to County Auditor
Metcalf, of Stevens county, for not
properly publishing the names of the
candidates. The minority report.
however, signed by Chairman Plummer
and Carper. scores Metcalf and others
for "skullduggery," but does not con-
trovert the findings of the majority.
The Republicans of the state legis.
lature went into caucus Thursday night
at 8 O'Clock. Speaker Guie, of the
house of representatives, presided. By
order Of the caucus the call balloting
was restricted to the roll call. Three
ballots were taken, all resulting:
Foster 81, Wilson 26, Humes 30, An
keny 10. The caucus adjourned with
out making nomination.
The feature of the senatorial contest
Friday was the change of one King
county senator from Foster to Wilson,
which offsets the loss of one vote which
went from Wilson to Foster on pre-
| vious ballot. The last ballot resulted:
Foster 81. Wilson 20, Humes 30. An
keny 10. Lewis "a, Bridges /.
The following bills were passed by
the senate: Appropriating from the
military fund $31l for the relief of
Captain Percy, and $500 for the relief
of Captain James Ross. both of whom.
it is averred, were put to much ex-
pense in preparing men for service in
the war with Spain; preventing the
killing of game water fowl between
February Is and August Is.
In the senate were introduced the
following bills during the past week:
Imposing lien upon horses for charges
due for shoeing horses; appropriating
| SIS, 900 for wagon road from Sulphur
springs, on the Cowlitz river, through
the Tieton basin to Cowishe, on the
Natchez river; for payment OF judg-
ments and costs due counties from the
state; taxing sleeping and parlor car
companies per cent OF their gross
earnings upon report of earnings to
be made each May to the state auditor;
appropriatlng SIS, 900 to continue the
public printing Office to March 81,
1899, for which purpose $55, 900 was
appropriated two years ago, and which
appropriation this bill announces is ex-
hausted; authorizing jurors to take the
| instructions of the court into the jury
room; assessing the cost fur repairing
streets and sidewalks to property d.
rectly AUDITING upon the side OF such
street; appropriating $l.505 for sew
erage system and $5,048 for water
system for the Vancouver school for
defective youth-also providing for
right of way; compelling foreign COR
porations doing business in Washing
ton to file articles of Incorporation with
the secretary of state and pay the filing
fees thel efor; appropriating s., 400 for
the relief of w. E. Boone for the prep
aration of plans for the Washington
university buildings.
The following bills were introduced
in the house during the past week: 10
encourage propagation OF small feather
game in Kittitas; appropriating 5000
for the relief of the portrait OF George
Washington and framing the same Tor
the Washington worlds fair exhibl
ton; appropIiating $500 for fish lad
der at Myers falls, on Colville river;
relieving from taxation the property OF
posts of the Grand Army OF the Re-
nublic; providing for compromising at
torneys appointed by the court for IN
dioent persons; amending the statute
governing the leasing of mineral lands,
to include provision foi the arbitration
Of differences between the parties; pro-
yiding that the filing Of deed OF dedl-
cation Of land to cemetery purposes
NAV have the effect of exempting the
same from taxation: prohibiting the
sale OF mountain, lake, stream or brook
trout; by request, to restrict the indis-
criminate organization of beneficiary
orders or associations; approprlatlng
AZ 600 for the relief Of Dora I. I'D,
hata. for money paid to the state ana
improvements upon land bought from
| the state. to which it had no title; Tor
the better ventilation of coal mines;
oonferring upon supreme and superior
;ndv.s the authority to solemnize mar
y;aoes: appropriatiDg SIC, 900 for pro-
tertine the banks Of Puyallup r'ver;
sr,andine the act extending the right
| ao,,o;r IA electric power