The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-02-02
THE LAWMAKERS.
Washington's soions Tireless In Their
work of Legislation-Normal
Schools Get S25, 900.

senate Wednesday,, the normal school
bill appropriates $3.50 for each of
the three normal schools at Ellens burg,
Cheney and New Whatcom, and $780,
600 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 $685.
600 for the Lyle and Washougal Co.
lumbia river road, $4,000 for tho
Buckley Yakima road, and Sl5, 900 for
the Monetsano Brooktield 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, SchQfeld,
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, rs already reported, pre-
vents either Mantz or Gray from oCcu-
plying the contested seat. Failure to
elect or to hold an election is charged
up. 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 s O'Clock. Speaker Guie, of the
house OF representatives, presided. BY
order of the caucus the call bal0ting
was restricted to the roll call. Three
ballots were taken, all resulting:
Foster 81, Wilson 26, Humes 20, 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 pre-
Foster 81. Wilson 20, Humes 20, An.
keny 10. Lewis "a, Bridges /.
The following bills were passed by
the senate: Appropriating from the
military fund 1911 for the relief of
Captain Percy, and $500 for the relief
of Captain ,lam~ 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 10 and August 10.
In the senate We're introduced the
following bills during the past week:
Imposing lien upon horses for charges
due for shooting horses; approptiating
s 3, 600 for wagon road from sulphur
springs, on the Cowlitz 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 3 per cent of their gross
earnings upon report of earnings to
be made each May to the state auditor;
appiopriating Sl5, 900 to continue the
public printing Office to March 81.
1899, for which purpose $50, 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 for repairing
streets and sidewalks to property d.
rectly abutting upon the side of such
street; appropriating 1905 for sew
erage system and $5,04S ior water
system for the Vancouver school for
defective youth-also providing for a
right of way; compelling foreign corr
porations doing business in Washing
ton to file articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state and pay the filing
fees therefor; appropriating 81, 400 for
the relief of W. f. Boone for the prep
aration of plans for the Washington
university buildings.
The following bills were introduced
in the house during the past week: To
encourage propagation of small feather
game in Kittitas; appropriating $500
for the relief of the portrait of George
Washington and framing the same for
the Washington worlds fair exhibi.
ton; appropriating $500 for a fish lad
der at Myers falls, on Colville river;
relieving 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
digent persons: amending the statute
governing the leasing of mineral lands,
tn Ind "a ha orb tya
OF differences between the parties; pro-
viding that the filing of deed of dedi-
cation of land to cemetery purposes