Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-08

! DlnuinS law IL provides That the Stat,
Expert Printer shall be clerk in IN,
Secretary of States office; that futur
contractor OF State printing shall pa
the maximum scale Of wages now pai,
by the State Printer. and prescribe
what class of work shall be done a
the State capital.
! These bills failed to pass:
S. B. 2l5, providing for submission
OF ordinances and questions concern
ing municipal affairs in cities of tn,
first class to the people.
No. 1863, creating the office of off
cial court stenographer.
These bills passed:
5. b. 81, giving University Regent
the power to dispose of old universit,
site at Seattle.
Substitute for S. b. 1913, creatin,
the office OF Sheep Inspector and pre-
scribing the duties thereof.
S. B. 257, an act TO abolish tn,
Board of Trustees of the Vancouve
School for Defective Youth.
No. 269, to put the penitentiary OF
" TSh-oupPoi tAuS DdSiS
The committee to visit State Insti
tutions presented its bill of expense,
amounting $13S.50 for each of The
members.
In the House, Wednesday, a mo
ton was carried that speeches here
after be limited to ten minutes.
The report of the committee TO in
vestigate the Steilacoom and Medical
Lake insane asylums, Chalmers, Cor.
liss and Comstock, was read. The re-
port criticises the management Of the
Medical Lake asylum, but finds the
Steilacoom institution in fairly good
shape. The committee declares in its
report that at Medical Lake there is a
lack of proper executive ability.
The House refused to concur in the
Senate amendments. to H. B. Dol
This is the measure providing for the
erection of a monument over the Phil
ippine soldier dead. The Philbrick
bill provided for its erection in the
cemetery south OF this city, but it was
amended so that it should be placed in
Sylvester park. The Senate was at
once notified of the action OF the
House in standing out for the location
of the monument in Masonic Gene
terry.
Ii. ID. ID, Jones' primary election
measure, providing for the selection
OF candidates for election by popular
vote, was taken up on special order at
III o'clock. Jones made an argument
in favor of the measure and yesterday
made the principal speech against it.
The bill was defeated: Yeas 80, nays
SO.
At o'clock the House went into
committee OF the whole on the gene
raj appropriation bill, Jones of King in
the chair. After considering the bill
by sections until 2 AS the committee
arose, in order to allow the special Or
der, the Governors veto of the reap
portionment bill, TO be acted upon,
Merritt, Democrat, spoke fayoring the
Governors veto, at did also Pickett
and Raymer.
Jones, one of the authors of the
bill, spoke strongly in its favor. The
bill passed notwithstanding the veto:
Yeas 81. nays 81, absent 2. Jerard.
Republican, Of Columbia, voted with
the Democrats.
An effort to reconsider the vote by
which Jones primary election bill
was defeated during the forenoon ses.
sion was made, but it was unsuccess-
full. The vote was SO for to &c
against, and the motion was declared
lost.
Consideration of the Appropriations
bill was resumed and occupied the re-
mainder of the afternoon.
In the Senate, yesterday, the Rines
anti-cigarette bill came back from the
Judiciary committee without recon-
mendstion.
The committee to whom was re-
ferred the resolution providing for a
recess investigation of the State OF.
fees reported it back yesterday morn
ing without recommendation.
At IL O'Clock the Senate went into
committee Of Whole to consider the
general appropriation bill, with Sena-
tor Tolman, Democrat. OF Spokane, in
the chair.
Many of the items as reported by
the committee were allowed to stand,
while others were changed materially.
As in the House the State university
came in for considerable discussion.
The bill on final passage secured 26
votes for to 5 against.
In the House, a resolution was
adopted employing Harry w. Carroll,
of Seattle, as assistant reading clerk
for the last five days OF the session, at
S. per day.
All committee clerks not otherwise
employed were ordered to report to
the Enrolling and Engrossing COM
mittee for duty.
Governor Rogers reported to the
House that he had approved the fol-
lowing bills: House bills Nos. 1876,
l16, AIS, Sc, 211.
At 1O:40 the House again went into
committee of the Whole on the gene
raj appropriation bill. The only con.
tests of importance were in connec-
ton with the appropriations for the
insane asylums and the State univsr-
sity. A clause in the bill, adopted
Wednesday, to the effect that not
more than one.third of the mainten.
ance fund should be used for salaries,
was allowed to remain after strong
fight to strike it out. The university
fight arose over an effort to cut the
figures for maintenance and new
buildings to considerable degree.
The House at the beginning of the
afternoon session renewed considera-
ton of the appropriation bill. The
fight on on the appropriation asked
for the State university was again
taken up. Falknor assisted the King