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Atout one year ago I inaugurated a Special Silver Sale and that
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been sold before, regardless of cost. I do this to close out my en
tire btock of silver goods, which is the largest in the city of Port
land. A call will convince you that if you have the least use for any
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IN THE END.
OREGON'S EIGHTEENTH
The State Legislature Again in
Biennial Session.
PREST SIMON, SPEAKER M00RES
Tlic Caucus Vote for Speaker of the
House Satinfactorj- in Every War
to Dolph's Supporters.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 14. One of Secretary
of State' KIncald's first official acts was
the swearing in of the members of the
house. This he did in a quiet and unpre
tentious way, standing on the floor of
the house, directly in front of the clerk's
desk. He subsequently ascended the
speaker's platform and administered the
oath of office to Speaker Moores.
It is easy to see that the house is to
be a very talkative body. There is an un
usual number of young members, very
bright, brainy-appearing fellows, -who evi
dently Jiave an unlimited supply of ora
tory bottled up ready for instant un
corking. They talk very steadily on their
feet and make a good showing. There
must be 20 men of 30 years cr less, native
sons and energet jc young fellows, who evi
dence a disposition to stand on their own
footing and resist efforts to influence
them. The house has decidedly a busi
ness air, and if the conflicting elements
can be harmonized at all, some practical
legislation ought to be evolved.
Moores is making a very good Impres
sion. He is a little nervous today, as
all -speakers aro their first day, but he Is
very quick to see a point and prompt in
asserting it. One of his noticeable pecu
liarities is a decided disposition to help
things along by making suggestions in
the way of reconciling differences. One
can see, however, that he can be deter
mined, and If a member gets in his way
he would little rather, than anything else,
have an appeal go at once to the house.
On roll call, Moores voted for Stewart, the
populist school teacher of Curry county.
His speech on taking the chair was short
and in good taste, extending his thanks
and pointing out that results and not his
own promises would show the wisdom or
the error of the choice of the house.
Templeton, of Brownsvflle, distinguished
himself by getting through, against some
opposition, his reform amendment for
the general appropriation bill being re
ported from the ways and means com
mittee two weeks before the close of the
session. It will probably cause some
awkardness about subsequent insertion of
amounts appropriated, but the precedent
of having the measure before public at
tention will be of great' value.
The spirit of the star-eyed goddess per
meates the galleries in the house, and
everything savoring of economy is ap
plauded to the echo. The great demon
stration of the day was on the defeat of
the customary resolution calling for five
copies otrTiewsnapers for each- member.
... ...in., lu Luuivimiuai; ui iiue copies
was swept off Its feet in a wave of econ
omy, and the galleries- tumultously tes
tified to their approval. Finally, on mo
tion of Paxton, the whole subject was in
definitely postponed.
The house was unable to do anything at
all about clerkships, having got itself into
deep water, parliamentary, and got out
of the mess by laying the question on
the table and adjourning.
The senate committee on revision of
rules, consisting of Simon, Cogswell and
Steiwer, will report in the morning in
favor of 26 standing committees, to con
sist of three members each, except the
committee on judiciary, ways and means,
public lands, roads and highways, rail
roads, astessment and taxation, revision
of laws and counties, which shall consist
of five members, to be appointed by the
president at the commencement of the
session. These committees will be:
Agriculture and forestry, assessment
and taxation, claims, commerce and navi
gation, counties, education, elections and
privileges, engrossed bills, enrolled bill3,
federal relations, fishing Industries, horti
culture, insurance and banking, irrigation,
judiciary, revision of the laws, medicine,
pharmacy and dentistry, military affairs,
mining, municipal corporations, printing,
public buildings and institutions, public
lands, railroads, roads and highways, and
ways and means.
Senator Huston voted against the reso
lution inviting clergymen to open ses
sions with prayer.
As was expected, an effort will be made
to supplant the state board of horticul
ture by a state horticultural inspector.
This was the scheme fathered by Repre
sentative Upton last session, and whose
advocates succeeded in defeating the bill
of the practical fruitmen like Coon, Ton
er, x. x ueer ana Ormsby. The bill pro
vides that fruit of any kind infested by
any insect of disease, injurious to fruit
or fruit trees, and liable to spread con
tagion, shall be prohibited from sale, or
distribution, until disinfected in such man
ner as may be required by the state hor
ticultural inspector. Any person shipping
fruit must affix to each box, package or
parcel containing the same a distinct
mark, showing the name of the producer
and shipper of the same and the locality
where grown. Any person having in his
possession any fruit or plants Infested
with any injurious insects or disease, or
who shall sell or offer for sale such fruit
or trees, or who shall neclect to .ittnoii n
distinct mark thereto, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not
for his services is fixed at 51300 per year
horticultural inspector must, biennially,
in January, report to the legislature a
statement of his official acts and present
the actual condition and progress of hor
ticulture in the state. The compensation
for his services is fixed at $500 per year
and his actual traveling expenses when
engaged in the duties of his office, which
must not exceed J500. The act Is effectual
from date of approval.
Senator Huston is at work on a bill to
reform the code with reference to the
transfer of the property of a man or
woman whose wife or husband is in the
insane asylum. According to the law-
many transfers are prevented. Persons
of property are desirous of conveying or
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mortgaging real estate, and as their wives
or husbands are in the insane asylum
nothing can be done. The. method pro
posed is for the county court to be au-
thorized to make an order for such sale
or mortgage, this order operating as a
release of the dower or husband's in
terest. The Bar Association has appoint
ed a committee to draw up such a bill.
Senator Huston will wait to see whether
it has one ready, and if not, will intro
duce his.
Senator Huston also has a bill regulat
ing the manufacture and S3le of oleomar
garine. The dairymen have a meeting
here "Wednesday and he will submit his
bill to them. The bill contemplates in
effect, with a few amendments, the Mas
sachusetts law, which has just stood the
test of the United States supreme court,
and has been sustained.
Senator Gbwan, who represents a dis
trict 250 miles long, and is much interested
in Irrigation, says that the bill emanat
ing from the irrigation committee, and
printed in The Oregonian the other day,
is good enough for him. He is satisfied
with its provisions and thinks that the
legislature will pass a bill substantially
in that form.
Selection, of George T. Meyers, as tem
porary speaker of the house, was accepted
by him aa a graceful compliment to his
popularity. During WsKJfle administra
tion he made an able and impartial pre
siding officer. t
THE ROUTISE..WOnK:.
Fall Proceedings of flketFirst Day of
the SeloHi
SALEM, Jan. 14. The-Wnate was called
to order at 11:30 A. J&py Judge O. N.
Denny, of Multnomah. -In doing so, the
senator said: J
"As one of the holdover-senators I have
been requested to call the senate to order."
Nominations for temporary officers
were requested. Senator O. N. Denny
nominated "W. W. Steiwer, republican,
representing Gilliam, Harney and Mor
row counties, for temporary president of
the senate. Senator Raley, of Umatilla,
nominated N. L. Butler, democrat, of
Polk county, fcr the position. Senator
Will R. King placed in nomination S. H.
Holt, populist, of Jackson.' Senator Ban
croft moved that the vote be by ballot,
and Senators J. H. Raley, democrat, and
J. H. McClung, republican, were appoint
ed tellers. The vote resulted as follows:
Steiwer TTlButlec o
Holt 4!
The following committee on creden
tials was appointed in the senate: A. W.
Gowan, republican, Harney; S. A. Daw
son, republican, Linn; A. J. Johnson, re
publican, Linn; J. A. Smith, democrat,
Clatsop; S. B. Huston, democrat, Wash
ington. The senate then adjourned until after
noon, and upon reassembling the report of
the committee on credentials was read
and adopted without comment Patter
son. Raley and Gowan were appointed
a committee to wait upon Chief Justice
Bean and Invite him to administer the
oath of office to the newly-elected sena
tors, which duty was performed and the
oath administered. Then McGinn intro
duced senate resolut'on No. J, providing
for the election of a permanent officer.
The resolution wns nrlnntArt nnd Rnnnlnr
?Ienny jjlaced Joseph- Slift-m of'TMult
.nomahj&i&iomlaatfon ICfsldentSof the
senate, itaiey, on behalf Of the minority,
nominated Huston, andiKing placed Van
derburg in nomination, on behalf of the
populists. 'The ballot had the following
result:
?imon lSHuston 7
vanderburg Cj
Brownell and Cogswell escorted Simon
to the chair. Briefly, the last named
thanked the senators for the token of
their confidence and esteem in elevating
him for a third time to the high office.
Chief Bean idministered the oath of of
fice. The organization of the senate was
then completed by the election of the re
publican caucus nominees as follows:
Chief clerk, Walter St Clair, of Coos
county; assistant to the chief clerk, A.
W. Severance, of Tillamook; calendar
clerk, J. M. Stott, of Multnomah; read
ing clerk, J. B. Huntington, of Harney:
sergeant-at-arms, J. B. Crosno, of -Lincoln;
doorke-aper, J. D. Irvine, of Linn,
and mailing clerk, L. H. Arneson, of Mult
nomah. President Simon next appointed Thomas
Dunn and Newman Kellaway pages,
after which the oath of office was ad
ministered to the officers of the senate.
These resolutions wore then adopted:
By Cogswell, that the rules of the last
senate be adopted as the rules of the
present one. with the president of the
senate and Cogswell and Steiwer as a
committee on revision; by McClung, that
the senators be provided with Hill's code
and tho house and senate journals; by
McGinn, that the morning session be
opened with prayer.
The senate was then adjourned until 10
A. M. tomorrow.
The House Proceedings. '
SALEM, Jan. 14. The house was called
to order this morning by Major D. C.
Sherman, chief clerk of the session of
1S93, at 11 o'clock. On "motion of O. F.
Paxton, of Multnomah, seconded by S. L.
Moorhead, of Lane. George T. Myers of
Multnomah was elected temporary speak
er. Mr. Myers took the chair, and on mo
tion of Colonel John McCraken, of Mult
nomah, seconded by E. Hofer, of Marion,
Major D. C. Sherman was elected tempo
rary chief clerk.
Mr. Paxton, of Multnomah, moved the
appointment of a committee of five on
credentials, which carried, and the tem
porary speaker named O. F. Paxton (rep.)
of Multnomah, S. L. Moorhead (rep.) of
Lane, S. M. Nealon (pop.) of Jackson, C.
J. Curtis (rep.) of Clatsop, and J. E.
Blundell (rep.) of Douglas. The house
then adjourned until 2:30 P. M., after the
speaker had announced a caucus of re
publican members at the Armory at noon.
Upon reassembling, Paxton, as chair
man of the committee on credentials,
presented the committee's report. It was
read by Clerk Sherman. Paxton then
moved that a committee of three be ap
pointed to Invite the secretary of state,
and, in case of his inability, one of the
justices of the supreme court, to adminis
ter the oath to the members. This car
ried, and Paxton, Moorhead and Coon
were so appointed. In response to the
invitation, the new secretary of state, the
Hon. Harrison R. Kincald, appeared and
administered the prescribed oath to all
members standing. On motion of Mc
Craken the house then proceeded to the
election of permanent officers. Paxton,
who was chairman of the republican cau-
(Concluded on sixth page.)
GORMAN,ALLISON,HiLL
They Monopolized the Attention
" ' of the Senate.
R PERSONAL fiND SPIGY DEBATE
The Maryland and Xctp York Senior
Senators Indulged In Much Keen.
Criticism and Satire.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Stirring inter
est was given to the senate proceedings
today by the speeches of Gorman and Hill
on various phases of the tariff and finan
cial situation. At times the debate be
tween the two senators took on an added
Interest from the keen personal criticism
and satire directed at each other. Gor
man spoke for two hours. The speech
was mainly remarkable in its arrayal of
facts to show that the tariff law, which
Morgan took sop large a part in framing,
was wholly insufficient in raising the rev
enue absolutely requisite to carry on the
government. In presenting this view Gor
man dwelt on the personal features of the
contest over the Wilson bill, and arraigned
Hill for his attitude then, and since on the
tariff question. The speech of Hill was
equally personal &nd equally vigorous,
and was received with the same close at
tention from his associates. Intense in
terest by the galleries has been shown
'in the Maryland senator. Hill directed
his remarks mainly at Gorman, who sat
only a few feet away. Allison also con
tributed to the features of the day by a
short, but effective presentation of the
need of immediate legislation on the tar
iff to raise revenue, instead of further
agitation on the currency question.
After the routine business, Senator
Stewart resumed his speech begun Satur
day. Stewart spoke of the extent to which
the banks controlled congress, political
conventions, telegraph companies and the
press. The banks always maintained a
lobby in congress. They dominated the
national conventions, republican, demo
cratic and populist, and secured the nomi
nation of their friends. There had been
bank rule in the administration for 20
years. Stewart closed at 1 o'clock, and
then Gorman of Maryland rose for the
speech which had been expected for
some days. At the outset he gave his at
tention to the proposition to cripple the
income tax by cutting off its appropria
tion. He declared himself opposed to that
line of attack. He then proceeded to take
up the tariff legislation, as bearing on ex
isting conditions. The tariff bill whih
first came to the senate had brought
forth an era of demagoguery such as the
country has seldom seen." It overlooked
the greatest essential of legislation to
realize sufficient revenue to carry on the
government. The senator said that he,
for one, would never have voted for the
tariff bill if he had not believed It had
been shaped so as to raise ample revenue
ior expenses of the government. The sen
that' the revenues under the law vere in
sufficient for the ordinary expenses of '.lie
government.
"According to your estimates," inter
rupted Vest, "do you claim that the rev
enues for the present year will not meet
the expenses?"
"I do."
"Do you include in your estimates the
40 per cent tax on sugar and the increased
whisky tax, which will not be available
for this year? I desire to call the sen
ator's attention to the fact that the rev
enues of the government have been stead
ily increasing for three months, and that
it is reasonable to presume that by April
10 the revenues will meet the expendi
tures." "I will allow another to answer that
question." replied Gorman. "I will allow
the foremost man of finance in the dem
ocratic party to answer the secretary of
the treasury who amid all this turmoil
has stood for a tax sufficient to meet the
demands on the treasury. He stood ther?
while slander was rampant, and the vipers
of the press were spitting at him, and
he stands there now. The Wilson bill, cr
the Gorman bill, or the Brice bill, or the
Smith bill, or by whatever name you
desire to call it, was a compromise bill.
The senator from New York, Mr. Hill,
was not a party to it. There is something
about democrats from the section whence
he comes that prevents them from ever
compromising. The senator fcught the
bill manfully. I admire his manliness, but
in addition to opposing the income tax,
which, as I have shown, is necessary, the
senator from New York joined with all
the extreme tariff reformers to cut down
duties on imports. I will never follow one
who will in time of peace Increase the
national debt to pay the current expenses
of the government. Before the election
of 1892 it had already been demonstrated
that the McKinley law did not include
sufficient revenue to meet the demands of
the government. The estimates on which
that law had been made were erroneous,
just as the estimates on which this last
tariff law was fraired were erroneous.
It had been clearly pointed out, prior to
the election of 1892, that the McKinley bill
reduced revenues to the point of threat
ening the treasury with bankruptcy."
Gorman reviewed the circumstances un
der which the Wilson bill was taken up
in the senate, and declared that the ex
penses of the government could not be
reduced. He quoted from a report of the
condition of the treasury January 12,
showing that the deficit since July 1, 1S34,
or the excess of expenditures, as Mr. Car
lisle called it, was J34.000.0C0. Mr. Carlisle,
while the tariff bill was pending, had es
timated the receipts under the senate bill
for the ensuing fiscal year at $363,000,000,
and the expenditures at $378,000,000, or a
deficit of $15,000,000. The deficit was al
ready double that sum, and the year was
but half over. Gorman spoke of the dif
ficulty in makirg accurate prognostica
tions, and declared that in his opinion the
secretary ought not to be held to his fig
ures. Addressing the democratic side, he
said:
"But you cannot afford to trifle with
the situation. You must maintain, with
out party divisions, the honor and integ
rity of the government. We are raising
more taxes from our people than from
customs duties. Not enough revenue is
being raised from customs to pay the pen
sions. The bulk of taxation is now being
levied within our own borders. The cus
toms revenue will be many millions short
of the $140,000,000 required for pensions.
Can we reduce the expenditures? I an
swer no. In 1392 the pension budget
reached $180,000,000, its highest point. It
is now down to $140,000,000, and will dimin
ish as the old soldiers die. It will aver
age $123,000,000 for the next 10 years. The
expenditures for postal service, the navy,
rivers and harbors must go on. The sen
ator from Pennsylvania (Quay) has said
the democratic party had been rebuked
and turned out of power. I think the
senator from Colorado (Teller) stated the
case Saturday last, when, addressing his
republican colleagues, he warned them
that the republicans were swept into I
power last fall, not because the people 1
ever had confidence in that party, but
because, in their present distress, they
would have removed from power any
p?xty. You will come into power 4fearch
4 next, under circumstances more favor
able than we did. We have removed many
of the obstructions from your path. You
will have in the house as big a majority
as we have now. and in the senate a
majority as big as ours for ours hangs
but by a thread. I say now to the sen
ator from Pennsylvania, when he and his
colleagues meet the question that con
fronts us now, I will treat him and his
friends in a spirit different from that
which he has manifested toward us. I will
say to him, when any question affecting
the finances of the government arises, any
proposition to prevent the bankruptcy of
the government, or to give the country a
sound currency, 'I will help you through
in the hour of peril, although you refused
to aid us.' "
Aldrlch said: "As the senator from
Maryland says the responsibility will be
on the republican side of the chamber
after March 4. let me ask him If we will
have the president with us after that
date?"
Gorman paused for a moment, and then
in eloquent terms declared the president
of the United States could be depended
upon to meet any emergency presented
to him with a patriotism uninfluenced by
party feeling, causing Hale to remark:
"Let me suggest that while the senator
from Maryland places the responsiblllty
on this side of the chamber after March
4. yet the administrative branch of the
government remains with the democrats.
Now, when the senator says the president
will patriotically join us in preparing a
remedy, does he mean to say the presi
dent will approve such-a bill for raising
revenue as this side of the chamber may
prepare? We have our owr ideas as to
how this revenue should be raised. It is
part of the republican policy of protection.
Now, is the senator authorized to say
the president will help us in defeating
this measure?"
Gorman disclaimed any authority to
speak for the president or to indicate his
course, but said that if the republican
congress, after March 4, meets this grave
responsibility with patriotism, unswerved
by party feeling, he felt confident that
every man, from the president down to
the humblest man in the democratic party,
would, help in securing that end. Aldrich
then suggested that Gorman had pointed
out that the government needed more
revenue, asking:
"And now, what remedy does the sena
tor propose?"
"The first thing to do is to pass the ap
propriation for collecting the income tax,"
said Gorman. "For one, I am convinced
the masses of the people who comprise
the brawn and sinew of the land; who
love justice and honest dealings; the peo
ple whom Mr.. Lincoln said could not be
fooled all the time, will come back and
render a verdict in favor of those who
knew when their party was in the minor
ity that there was a deficiency, and who
had the courage, when in the majority,
to Insist on trying to make the receipts
meet the expenditures. They will give
duo credit and to the great statesmen
whom they had treated unjustly."
"Why not pass some bill now to in
creaso the revenue?" asked Aldrich.
"We have no power to do so."
"There are some mjisifro's nn tvio i
Uendar(aUudtngt33he.bilJs-ta.placeirori
uuu coax on tne tree list and to abolish
the differential on refined sugar.)
"But they decrease the revenue," re
plied Gorman.
"We could alter their character," said
Aldrich.
Vest Will you aid us to take them up?
Aldrich If you will change their char
acter, yes.
"Certainly," observed Vest, with a
smile, "if we will substitute the McKin
ley act."
In concluding Gorman said: "It would
be good policy and good politics for the
republicans to join us; sink party differ
ences, meet the emergency and not let
this question be made a football any
longer."
Hill and Allison were instantly on their
feet, asking recognition. The latter was
recognized. He complimented the Mary
land senator for clearly and for the first
time making it clear, from the demo
cratic standpoint, that tho country was
now face to face with a great deficit.
Continuing, Allison said:
"The senator has not mentioned the
currency question. He has gone to the
really great emergency, the government's
grave emergency; it is lackingrevenuenow
and threatened with a still greater lack
of revenue. And yet, with the situation
before us, in two months congress sep
arates not to convene again for nearly a
year from the present time. But there Is
a remedy at hand. There are bills here,
sent from the house, to further reduce
the revenues on coal and iron. The duty
of the hour is to take these bills and in
stead of passing them to further reduce
revenues, to so frame them as to yield
$30,002,000 additional to our revenues."
Allison expressed amusement that the
president and secretary of the treasury
should remain passive with no suggestion
to congress as to the imperative neces
sity of increasing the revenues of the
government. With a tremendous major
ity in congress It was a plain duty that
they should be reminded In unmistakable
language, from the executive branch of
the government, that the revenues must
be increased to a point sufficient to susr
tain the credit of the government. This
was the presant pressing duty, instead of
vain conferences over a currency bill,
or the reform of greenbacks, or the many
financial plans under discussion. He
urged that the statistics he presented
showed that the McKinley law would have
yielded ample revenue. But from the
outset the normal action of that law was
interrupted by the threat of revising and
nullifying it. Allison closed with a vig
orous appeal to those in authority, the
president, the secretary of the treasury,
the administration and contrress. tn mpot
the emergency here and now instead of
waiting for a full year.
Hill said: "If the senator from Mary
land desires to vindicate himself, I see no
reason why he should not .have thfe op
portunity, but in urging this vindication
the senator from Maryland should not
seek to impeach those who supported the
wnson Diu. unat senator (Gorman) was
among those who voted for that bill. I
was not among those who voted for it. It
is a peculiar situation to find senators
who had voted against a law criticised for
its existence oy those who voted for it.
As to the income tax, I understood the
senator from Maryland to be opposed to
It, but after a time, presto, change, the
senator is found to favor that tax for a
period of five years."
Hill defined his position, which was to
repeal the tax. If it is to stand, he would
offer no opposition to the appropriation
for carrying it into effect.
"If the commission of internal revenue
should be enjoined from collecting the tax
by one party in the District of Columbia,
pending the determination of its constitu
tionality," asked Vilas, "would that not
prevent the collection of the tax any
where until the case was decided?"
"It would not," replied Hill, who pro
ceeded to argue that the injunction would
only bo for the benefit of any person
bringing the action.
"Why cannot a class have the benefit of
(Concluded on sixth pagcO
THE FOURTH SESSION
Formal Opening of the Washing
ton Legislature.
BOTH HOUSES FULLY ORGANIZED
The Senatorial Fight Takes On In
terest and the Results of the Day
Show Gains for Ankcny.
OLYMPIA. Jan. 14. The fourth session
of the Washington state legislature con
vened today at noon, and after the organ
isation of both upper and lower house an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow.
With the exception ot three or four mem
bers, all the legislators were present and
the lobbies of both houses were crowded
with spectators. Morrison of King was
elected speaker of the house, and the
other more important officers were chosen
in both branches. All were elected In a
formal manner, the contests having been
decided in caucus early in the morning.
The petty officers and clerks are yet to
be decided upon in the house.
The most Important features of the
day were the adopting of a resolution in
the house to reduce the salaries of em
ployes 20 per cent, and the adoption of a
concurrent resolution by the senate,
which provides for the appointment of
a committee to investigate the affairs
of the land commissioners. The latter
says that it appears from the report of
the board of land commissioners, and
from other sources, that there is good
reason for a thorough examination of and
investigation into the present methods
of conducting the state's land business,
and asks that a committee of five be ap
pointed, to consist of three members tjC
the house and two from the senate, which
shall at once proceed to examine into and
report upon the method of transacting
business and operation of the respective
offices of the board of land commissioners,
the commissioner of public lands and the
several county boards of tide-land ap
praisers, and it shall be the special duty
of said committee to report to the legis
lature as to whether the methods of con
ducting the business in each of the sev
eral offices referred to is the best ob
tainable or not; whether the service of
the officers of the state employed in the
several offices referred fo has been efficient
and satisfactory or nor; Whether or noc
any or all of the several offices should
be consolidated, abolished or continued.
The committee is given authority to send
for persons and papers and to administer
oaths. The resolution was adopted unani
mously. There has been much talk during the
past several months about the land com
mission, and the fact that the resolution
to investigate the matter was one ot the
first acts of the senate is being dls-
OUSSed freelv tonight. Tho invnstti-lnn
promises to be one of the most absorbing
xcu.njrea 01 inesessionT-anofwin oe await
ed with Interest by all people of the state.
At the caucus of republican members
of the house tonight, to select petty offi
cers and clerks, the following candidates
were chosen to be elected tomorrow:
Reading clerk, Harry W. Carroll; docket
clerk, Miss Dorr; journal clerk, Lynch
Garrett; assistant, C. T. Hall; enrolling
clerk, Dan K. Proud; assistant, Margaret
Chisholm; engrossing clerk. Flora Bacon;
assistant, E. W. Porter; assistant sergeant-at-arms.
Joe Holder; doorkeeper,
Seigfred; postmaster, A. J. Bingham.
Governor McGraw will deliver his mes
sage to the legislature some time tomor
row. IX THE TWO HOUSES.
Story of the Jtontinc Proceeding's o
the Day.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 14. The organization
of the senate occurred at noon. Lieutenant-Governor
Luce presided and Secre
tary of State Price read the certificate
of election of the new members. Ex-Secretary
of State Weir, as secretary of the
last senate, called the roll. It showed
two populist members, Crow and Fish, to
be absent. When Chief Justice Hoyt was
Invited to administer the oath they were
still missing. They came in later, how
ever, and had a special oath given.
Campbell of Pierce nominated Senator
Van Houten of Spokane as president pro
tern. Foss, Lesh, Lewis and others sec
onded the nomination, and it was made
unanimous. The senator received the
honor gracefully and in a most modest
manner thanked the senate for hj se
lection. It came entirely unsolicited and
was a surprise to him.
Senator Brown submitted the report of
a non-partisan caucus on the election of
officers, and it was adopted. Those
elected are:
Secretary. T. G. Nicklin of Whatcom;
assistant secretary, A. B. Cowies of
Pierce; sergeant-at-arms, Joe T. Mitchell
of Pierce; assistantsergeant-at-arms, John
Inkster, jr., of Spokane; minute clerk,
Mrs. Ella B. Sparks of Pierce; bill clerk.
Miss Minnie Personeus of King; 'journal
clerk, Wiley of Yakima: engrossing clerk,
P. II. Helm of Kittitas: postmaster, Car
roll Hendron of Columbia; pages, Willie
Skinner and Ernest Range; janitor, Jer
ry Flowers of Spokane; watchman, Isaac
Carson of Pierce; enrolling clerk. Miss
Minnie Tannatt of Whitman.
A committee wa3 appointed to inform
the house that the senate was fully or
ganized and ready for business, after
which the rules of the last senate were
adopted for the fourth session.
Sergeant and Megler were appointed a
committee to act jointly with a house
committee to wait on Governor McGraw
and inform him the legislature was ready
to receive his message, after which a
recess was then taken until 2 o'clock.
The only business of importance in the
afternoon was the Introduction of a con
current resolution by Dcrr, relative to the "
granted tide and other lands.
In the Honte.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 14. At 12 o'clock, sharp.
T. G. Nicklin, chief clerk of the house at
the last session, rapped for order. He
announced that the session would be
opened by prayer and the Rev. J. H.
Shlvely, member from Whatcom, re
sponded. The reading of the certificates
of election followed, and on roll-call all
but four members were found present.
Chief Justice Dunbar then administered
the oath of office to the members. The
election of speaker being In order, Morri
son (rep.) of King, Biggs (dem.) of What
com, and Cline (pop.) of Whatcom, were
placed in nomination. Morrison was
elected, the vote standing:
Morrison 5t
Cline 19
Bigg3 3
Morrison then took the chair and was
greeted with hearty applause. E. C.
Finch, of Chehalis, was then nominated
for chief clerk. He was elected, the demo
crats and republicans voting for him and
the populists refusing to vote. Cline,
populist, of Whatcom, endeavored to in
troduce a resolution protesting against
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