Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-02-02
THE LAW MAKERS.
Vashington's soions Tirriess In iheir
Work of Legislation
Schools Get $50, 900.

Schools Get $4,000.
Az nassed by the Washington state
senate Wednesday, the normal school
.bill appropriates $25, 900 for each OF
,,e three normal schools at Ellens burg,
Cheney and New Whatcom, and Sl6,-
900 additional for equlpping and I'M
proving the last named.
The committee on roads and bridges
followed with 100000 of state road
bills. This committee favored s2o,-
OOO for the Lyle and Washougal Co.
lulnbia river road, 100000 for the
Buckley Yakima road, and Sl5, 900 for
the Monetsano Brookfield road. The
roads-signboard bill was ordered de-
capitated by the committee, and 1t
likewise opposed compelling county
commissioners to work the depth Of
streams at high and low water.
Wharburton, Preston, Schoiield,
Grow, Republicans, and Baum and
Yeend, fusionists, presented majority
report from the judiciary committee In
the Mantz- Gray election contest, hold
ing that no election had been held IN
the Stevens Spokane senatorial district.
This report, as already reported, pre-
vents either Mantz or Gray from occu-
pying the contested seat. Failure to
elect or to hold an election is charged
~, 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.
at O'Clock. Speaker Cute, of the
house of representatives, presided. By
order of the caucus the call balloting
was restricted to the roll call. Three
ballots We're taken, all resulting:
Foster ~, Wilson 26, Humes 90, An
keny 10. The caucus adjourned with
out making a 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 a pre-
vious ballot. The last ballot resulted:
Foster 81, Wilson 26, Humes 20. An.
keny 10. Lewis "a, Bridges /.
The following bills were passed by
the senate: Appropriating from the
military fund $3ll 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 3 and August 10.
In the senate We're introduced the
following bills during the past week:
Imposing lien upon horses for charges
due for shoeing horses; appropriating
SIS, 600 for wagon road from Sulphur
springs, on the Cowltz river, through
the Teton 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 B per cent Of their gross
earnings upon report of earnings to
be made each May to the state auditor;
appropriatlng $4,000 to continue the
public printing Office to March 81,
1899, for which purpose $4,000 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 for repairing
streets and sidewalks to property di.
fectly abutting upon the side of such
street, appropriating 81. 800 for sew.
erage system and $5,O4S for a water
system for the Vancouver school for
defective youth-aIso 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
lees therefor; appropriating 81 400 for
the relief of W. E Boone for the prep.
atatlon OF plans for the Washington
university buildings.
The following bills were introducoJ
IN the house during the past week: To
encourage propagation of small feather
game in Kttitas; appropriatine $500
Tor the relief of the portait of George
Washington and framing the same for
the Washington worlds fair exbibi.
tion; appropriating $500 for fish lad
DER at Myers falls, on Colville river:
rereVlng from taxation the property of
posts OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
PUBLIC; providing for compensating at.
torneys appointed by the court for in.
olgent persons; amending the statute
governing the leasing of mineral lands.
TO include provision TO, the arbitration
OF ninerences between the parties; pro.
WONG that the filing of a deed of dedi.
cation of land to cemetery purposes
may nave the effect of exempting the
same from taxation: prohibitino Tho