Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-01-20
THE LEGISLATURE.
Concluded from First Page.

Clallam, chairman; Bellows, Bedford
Curtiss, Palmer, Mutty, Colwell, Cal
vert. Langiitt, Stocking, Wilson, Ros
enhaut, Frick, Bishop and Conway.
r Observation-Disclosures Of Whitman
chairman; Smith, Dickson, Parrish
Bedford, Baldwin, Gerry. Pratt, Par.
kcr, Calvert, Mclean, Maxwell, Col
we'll, Bishop and Copeland.
Roads and Bridgcs-Clark of King
chairman; Moore, Harrison, Bishop
, Colwell, Thacker, Parrish, Minard
Brown, Totten, .Jerard, Lambert, Bcals
Moore, Wclty and Bison.
Rules an Orders-Mr. Speaker,
chairman; Frye, Wickersham, Myers
, Allen of Spokane, Baldwin and
Thacker.
State Buildings, Public Grounds
and Library.Falknor of Thurston
chairman; Kingsbury, Allen of Spo-
kane, Smith, Dickson, Calvert, Gund
erson, Minard and Conway.
State Normal School-Wilson OF
kittitas, chairman; Gunderson, Pat
terson, Langiitt, Harrison, Lambert
and White.
State, School and Granted Lands
Curtiss of Klickitat, chairman; Moore,
Baldwin, Bedford, Witter, White, Tot.
ten, Conway and Langfitt.
State Penitentiary-Gosc of Walia
Walla, chairman; Myers, Gerry, Mil
Ter. Somerindyke, Copeland, Jerard,
Thacker, Scott, Barlow, Mcdonald,
Welty and Field.
State School for Defective Youth
and Reform School-Danicls of
Clarke, chairman; Kingsbury, Sims,
Mccoy, Witter, Eames and Carpenter.
State University-Glerson of King,
chairman; Wickersham, Mcdonald,
LaFollette, Johnston, Wilson and
Thacker.
Tide Lands-Wickersham of Pierce,
chairman Mutty, Stockwell, Shelter,
Dorsey, Plummer, Clark and Smith.
Water, Water-Rights and Irrigation
Palmer of King, chairman; Gerry,
Lambert, Copeland, Sharp, Field, Sim
clair, Welty, Englehart, Boyce and
Rosenhaupt.
In tho Senate, Monday, another
clerk was added to the payroll.
On motion of Land, Judge Nc
Gilvra was granted permission to ad-
dress the Senate on q memorial for ap-
pointment of successor to Hon. Mel
son Dingley, deceased, from the Pa
cific Coast, to the United States and
British Commission for adjustment of
Canadian difficulties. After the
Judge had finished his appeal, Senator
Preston suggested that it might be
we'll to wait till Dingley was buried be-
fore filling his shoes. His view doubt
less prevailed for the matter was
made a special order for the next day.
The following bills were introduced:
Miller, Thurston-For fish hatch
cry on the Nisqually river. Approp-
ration, $1,000.
Hill - Constitutional amendment
may be submitted by majority vote
of the Legislature.
Hammer-Prohibiting trap-fishing
between the North Fork of the Skagit
river and Deception Pass.
Mentz - Compelling railroads to
| iChCC ttCif IlSut VI way.
Keith -Appropriating $4,000 for
Natchez pass State wagon road.
Mantz-For road district super
visors by ballot of electors.
Baum-For fish hatchery on Wen
atchee river. Appropriation, $1,000.
Biggs - Appropriating $4,000 for
Whatcom Normal school; So, 600 for
| Ellenshuru Norpnol sobooI ord elJ
600 for Cheney Normal school.
Keith - Prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes.
MISUNDERSTANDING the dismissal
of appeals to the Supreme Court on
informality or defect in notice:
Land-TO protect railway switches
and frogs.
Keith - Allowing guardians of
idiots and insane persons 5 per cent. of
estates less than $1,000 and per
cent. on larger estates.
The House convened at IL o'clock
A. NJ. Monday.
| The veto message submitted by his
accidancy instead of through the
constitutional authority, the Secre-
tary OF State, were taken up, the
House evidently failing to appreciate
the fact they were making themselves
the cat's-paw for direct "snub" to
the latter officer.
They were II. B. 666, locating a
roadway from Montesano to Brook
field; H. B. 1872 for State road from
Lyle to Washougal; II. b. 3O7, APP
propriating $4,000 to extend wagon
road from Grand Forks in Chehalis
county, to La Push, Clallam county.
The vetoes were sustained by consent
of Representatives from the districts
affected.
Resolutions of the Seattle Chamber
OF Commerce protesting against the
proposed exclusion OF American min
ers from the Atlin district, and praying
the President to Immediately place be-
fore the Canadian government and
the special commission appointed to
adjust differences between the two
governments, we're presented, and I'M
der a suspension of the rules the
clerk was authorized to cast the vote
OF the House for the resolutions, and
they were transmitted Immediately to
the Senate.
A concurrent resolution by Smith
OF King protesting against the pro-
posed arrangement of the joint com.
mission between America and Canada
for placing lumber and coal on the
free list, and calling upon the Senate
to refuse to ratify such treaty if made.
Under q suspension of the rules the
clerk cast the vote of the House in its
favor, and the resolution went to the
Senate.
Senate resolutions of respect to the
memory of the late Horace f. Hough-
ton, Senator from Spokane, were read
and adopted under suspension of
the rules.
The same course was taken with reso-
lutions to the memory of the late
Senator V. A. Pussy.
Committee on obtaining committee