Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-02-24

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if that was his excuse for saddling a
great burden on the people he could
return to his constituents and tell
them why he voted for removal, and
they would see that he did not have
to sleep i'll a cold room again because
they would not send him back. l say
the people who want this capital re-
moved are not taxpayers; they are not
my constituents; they are not your
constituents. Neither are they people
of Pierce county. | want to say that
the people OF Pierce county have been
eminently fair in this matter. They
did not try to railroad the bill through
the committee. Both Mr.. Crandall
and Mr.. Reid favored a fair consdera-
tion OF this bill, and l know that the
people OF Tacoma and Pierce county
did not ask for removal until the bill
passed the Senate.
81 asked Mayor Wright, a few days
ago, for the title deeds to Wright park
and he said that he could get them
when we asked them to show us the
order OF the County Commissioners OF
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for a temporary home for the Supreme
Court it transpired that somebody had
heard that somebody had said that
they could get an order. and when we
asked if any ordinance had been
passed by the City Council OF Ia
coma authorizing the use Of the third
floor OF the city hall for library pur-
poses we were told that it was thought
such an ordinance could be passed.
No certified check was produced to
guarantee us the beautiful sixteen
story structure in Wright park to be
erected at a cost of $4,000 for a
temporary capitol. They have made
these promises, bnt nothing has been
placed in escrow.
at is true that certain professional
lobbyist does not like these quarters,
or Olympia, and wants to move. He
does not like the way Thurston voted
for United States Senator. He leads
the men who say, We hold the Legis.
lature in the hollow OF our hands and
what we say goes They have said to
the Eastside members that they will
give them a new railroad into the
mountains and give them school at
Medical Lake."
Falconer, the next Speaker, began
by stating that undoubtedly there
were some members like himself, who
had not yet paid all OF last years
taxes. These were the people who
would be most interested when they
came to pay a large increased per.
centage OF tax for many years, to fol.
low passage OF this act, il successful.
The rapidity with which this meas.
ure passed the Senate" he continued,
"gives ground for the suspicion there
is some ulterior motive back of it.
The Supreme Court does not want to
60 to Tacoma. This unit rule is
amusing. Let three or four men settle
it. That's the way the Senate did it.
We don't want your Wright park at
$500, 900, but give us that amount OF
money in United States bonds and we
shall consider the matter.
Bishop followed with an address d.
rected against an increase in taxes.
"When the bill was first intro.
duced into the Senate l thought it
was josh" he began. "But in twen-
ty-four hours the bill passed. The
news came as thunderbolt. No one
spoke for it and I wanted to know
why it passed. No one has been able
to explain. 1 hope the House mem.
bers can explain, especially those who
in 1901 and 1903 voted to place the
bonded Indebtedness ON this land"
They have said to Spokane county
if you vote for capital removal we will
give you the Home for Defective
Youth and take it away from Van.
couver; they have said to other mem.
bers OF this House il you vote for CAPT.
tai removal we will give you appropri-
ations for State wagon roads up the
mountain sides, vote for US and we
will give you anything you want.
"These are the men to whom Gov.
Mead few short days ago referred to
in his message when he scored the
professional lobbyist"
Here Mr.. Todd read the denuncia.
tion of the lobbyists as contained in
the Governors first message, continu.
ing:
"This statement was almost pro-
phetic. am told to vote for this
measure and stand by tho Republican
organization by man who worked
against the Republican party last fall
and did all that lay in his power to
defeat the Republicans. 1 want to
say here that man who works against
the Republican party is not Republi-
can, and for one will be responsible
to my constituents and not to the Re.
publican organization under such cir
cumstances. shall vote as my con-
science dictates"
The House gallery was we'll filled,
principally by people of Olympia, and
when Representative Reid rose and in
pompous manner stated "This is not a
measure to move the capital" the
wonderful assurance OF the member
caused ripple Of merriment among
the spectators, and the member imme.
mediately assumed an attitude OF Ajax
Defying the LightniDg and exclaimed
with biting sarkasm," as Artemus
Ward would say, admire. at least
the good manners of tho people OF
Olympia. What was intended for a
shalt OF censure went wide of it's mark
and fell like the stick of q rocket no.
body knew or cared where.
The vote, given in our last issue, in
advance of all State contemporaries
Immediately after the vote was cast,
was as follows:
Ayes-Allen. Benn, Blaker, Bolinger,
Bowers Brown, Clarke, Coate, era ndall,
Dawes, Dickson, Dobson, Dyke, Erick.
son, Eidemiller, Fancher, Gleason, Har-
per, Hamilton, Henderson, Hoch, Hous-
ton, Huxtable, Irving, johnson Nee A. J.
Kellogg, Levin, Lindsey, q. b., Lyons,
McGregor, McNicol, McVay, Miller, Nor
rill, Poyns, Radcliffe. Reid, Reiter. Rob.
erts, Renick, Rudio, Scott, Sheets, Smith,
Stevenson, Stilson, Theurer, Todd, Twit.
chell, Ulsh, Van Slyke, Villas, Weather
ford. Weber, Weir-55.
Nays-Ayer. Bartlett, Bassett, Bishop,
Blackmore, Booth, Bradley, Byerly,
Crane, Davis I'd. j., Davis Geo. LIZ
DooIittle, Falconer, Fenton, Frostad,