Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-02-20
THE LEGISLATURE.


entertainment by the consideration of
Welty's resolution calling for an inves-
tigation of charges of immortality that
have been made against pupils OF the
State Reform School, for which, it is
alleged, the management is response.
BILE.
Senators Hamilton, Graves, Hallett,
Van de Venter and Davis, opposed the
resolution, taking the ground that as
the institution was under the supervis-
ion of the Board OF Control, it was the
proper authority to institute inquiry
and apply such remedial measures as
might be necessary.
The position was likewise taken that
some Of the boys were decidedly tough
or they would not be in the Reform
school, and it was not surprising that
cases of cussedness" would OCCASION
ally crop out. The gentlemen seemed
to lose sight, however, of the fact that
the bare exposure of such an ulcer on
the public service should command at
tention Of those who stand at the
fountain head Of eradication and re-
form.
The resolution was defeated by an
ov erwhelming vote.
The Senate passed the House bill
authorizing County Commissioner to
build whsrves and landings, and where
they are constructed over State tide
lands it vests the title OF the land in
the county to the width OF the road or
street connecting with the landing.
Eight bills were introduced, in
GLIDING one appropriating $135, 600
for the completion and furnishing OF
the State capitol building; also re-
pealing the libel law, chapter SO of the
laws Of 1899. which provides an op-
portunity of retracting libels, also to
regulate corporations authorized to
build booms and hold logs.
In the House, Tuesday. quite an
animated time ensued while that
body was considering the Railroad
Commission bill in com mittee OF the
while. The object of contention ap-
peared to be to place individual mem.
bers on record as opponents of meas
ure pledged by party platform, and
counter effort to make the party
elephant carry the burden.
The commission forces, to get the
bill from the committee OF the whole,
where it was likely to be strangled,
consented to report for indefinite
pOstponement, q justifiable expedient
although pledging nobody to sustain
the report before the House.
Soon As the matter carried, how.
ever, the opponents OF the bill tried to
force vote on the report. The vote
was taken viva Voce, and both sides
nearly shouted their heads off in re.
spouse to the question. Speaker Hare
declared the motion. for indefinite
postponement carried, notwithstand-
standing Lewis of King, had demand.
ed roll-call. This created Q tumult,
and amid the confusion somebody
moved to adjourn and the Speaker
put the question and declared it car.
ried.
Then bedlam began. The commits.
sion men crowded about the Speaker,
and shook their fists at him, with
loud invectiOn. "Job," cried Lewis;
Outrage" shouted Cole. Then Lewis
made a charge of "selling out" when
Hare started for him with face aglow
and the words No man can say that
to me-" Here is where arbitration
solved the problem Of peace or war,
and the situation was changed to a
suggestion OF settlement on the street
under Queensbury rules. This plan
was, however, rejected by the Hague
commission and the beligerents were
forced from each other by impenetra.
bic wall of friends of the respective
parties.
Lewis afterwards drew up a written
protest against the Speakers ruling
that a motion to adjourn had been
put and declared carried during a de-
mand for a roll-call. The Speaker, on
Resembling in the afternoon, held
that If one-fifth of the members had
joined in the call, he had been I'M
aware OF the fact, and if that number
would now on their honor signify
that they had made the call, he would
order the vote. Twenty or more
members arose in response and the
roll-call on indefinite postponement
was ordered, and the motion lost, as
follows:
Ayes-Brewer, Brown, Garlic, Clarke,
Coate, Comstock, Craigue, Crandall, De-
lanty, yesterday, Eidemiller, Fitzgerald,
Fletcher, Gleason, Griffin, Hastings,
Hopp, Hunter, Jeffries, johnson, Johns
ton, King, KEGS, Levy, Lingerman,
Lyons, McNichol, Mccoy, Morgan, Mer.
rill, Morrill,, Palmer, Philbrick, Roth,