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  4. Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30

Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.

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Session 12701: 1889-07-12 13:30:00

Messages were received. The Committee on Printing, mileage and Contingent Expenses presented their majority and minority reports which were referred to the Judiciary Committee. The Committee on State and Granted Lands presented a proposition on eminent domain which was referred to the Committees on Harbors, Tidewater, and Navigable Streams and State, School and Granted Lands. Propositions of members of the Convention were then submitted and referred to their corresponding committees. The Rules of the Convention were then taken up for discussion and amending and resolutions in similar regard were presented.

Membership (at session start):

Hiram E. Allen, Samuel H. Berry, Nelson Gates Blalock, Ozra A. Bowen, John J. Browne, Daniel Buchanan, James A. Burk, Harrison Clothier, Charles P. Coey, George Comegys, Samuel G. Cosgrove, Daniel J. Crowley, Frank M. Dallam, Silvius A. Dickey, Ralph Oregon Dunbar, David E. Durie, Trusten P. Dyer, Edward Eldridge, Jacob T. Eshelman, Hanford Wentworth Fairweather, Charles T. Fay, Benjamin B. Glascock, Melvin M. Godman, John F. Gowey, W. B. Gray, Thomas C. Griffitts, Thomas Hayton, Francis Henry, Gwin Hicks, John P. Hoyt, James A. Hungate, Robert Jamieson, Richard Jeffs, George H. Jones, Oliver H. Joy, John C. Kellogg, John R. Kinnear, Henry M. Lillis, Addison A. Lindsley, S. H. Manly, Joshua Philander T. McCroskey, J. T. McDonald, Matt J. McElroy, John McReavey, Thomas T. Minor, Austin Mires, James Z. Moore, Robert S. More, Morgan Morgans, Lewis Neace, W. L. Newton, James Power, William F. Prosser, John M. Reed, Thomas M. Reed, Albert Schooley, B. L. Sharpstein, John A. Shoudy, Louis Sohns, George H. Stevenson, Theodore L. Stiles, Robert F. Sturdevant, H. F. Suksdorf, E. H. Sullivan, P. C. Sullivan, George W. Tibbetts, J. J. Travis, George Turner, J. F. Van Name, C. H. Warner, Allen Weir, J. J. Weisenburger, Arnold J. West, H. C. Willison, Henry Winsor (75 total)

Representing 25 delegations:

01. First District, 02. Second District, 03. Third District, 04. Fourth District, 05. Fifth District, 06. Sixth District, 07. Seventh District, 08. Eighth District, 09. Ninth District, 10. Tenth District, 11. Eleventh District, 12. Twelfth District , 13. Thirteenth District, 14. Fourteenth District, 15. Fifteenth District, 16. Sixteenth District, 17. Seventeenth District, 18. Eighteenth District , 19. Nineteenth District, 20. Twentieth District, 21. Twenty-first District , 22. Twenty-second District, 23. Twenty-third District, 24. Twenty-fourth District, 25. Twenty-fifth District

Imported Documents

  • Majority Report from the Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses (e831427) imports from Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses,
    on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Minority Report from the Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses (e831428) imports from Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses,
    on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Knight's Bid for Printer (e988943) imports from Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses,
    on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition No. 34 (Eminent Domain) (e988954) imports from Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
    on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Petition in Favor of Women's Suffrage (e831401)
  • Petition on Liquor Traffic (e831407)
    • Imported by 'Petition on Liquor Traffic' (e831409) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Treatise on State Constitutions (e831410)
  • Petition Relating to Oysters and Oyster Beds (e831417)
    • Imported by 'Petition Relating to Oysters and Oyster Beds' (e831422) in Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Petition Relating to Women's Suffrage (e831419)
  • Majority Report from the Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses (e831427)
    • Imported by 'Majority Report From the Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses' (e831431) in Committee on Judicial Department,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Minority Report from the Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses (e831428)
    • Imported by 'Minority Report From the Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses' (e831432) in Committee on Judicial Department,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Knight's Bid for Printer (e988943)
  • Proposition No. 34 (Eminent Domain): Sections 1 and 2 (e988957)
    • Imported by 'Proposition No. 34 (Eminent Domain): Sections 1 and 2' (e988966) in Committee on Harbors, Tidewater and Navigable Streams,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition No. 34 (Eminent Domain): Section 3 (e988959)
    • Imported by 'Proposition No. 34 (Eminent Domain): Section 3' (e988968) in Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition by Mr. Jones (Divorce) (e831440)
  • Proposition by Mr. Joy (Appointment to Civil Service) (e831442)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Joy (Appointment to Civil Service)' (e831471) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition by Mr. Griffitts (Days' Work) (e831444)
  • Proposition by Mr. Griffitts (Mines and Mining) (e831446)
  • Proposition by Mr. Griffitts (Mines and Mining) (e831446)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Griffitts: Mines and Mining' (e831473) in Committee on Mining and Mining Interests,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition by Mr. Kinnear (Home for Disabled Soldiers) (e831448)
  • Proposition by Mr. Buchanan (Judicial Department) (e831450)
  • Proposition by Mr. Dyer (Banking Institutions) (e831452)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Dyer (Banking Institutions)' (e831476) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition by Mr. Eshelman (Elections) (e831454)
  • Proposition by Mr. Lillis (Protection of Life) (e831456)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Lillis (Protection of Life)' (e831478) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition by Mr. Prosser (Elective Rights) (e831458)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Prosser (Elective Rights)' (e831479) in Committee on Elections and Elective Rights,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition by Mr. Prosser (School Lands) (e831460)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Prosser (School Lands)' (e831480) in Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Proposition by Mr. Newton (Mines and Mining) (e831462)
  • Proposition by Mr. Hicks (Sumptuary Laws) (e831464)
  • Proposition by Mr. Hicks (School Lands) (e831466)
  • Proposition by Mr. Weir (Shore Lands) (e831468)
  • Rules of the Convention [Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Convention] (e831673)
  • Resolution on the Rules by Mr. Stiles (e831697)
  • Rules of the Convention [Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Convention] (e831673)
    • Imported by 'Rules of the Convention [Committee on Rules and Order of Business]' (e1047818) in Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
      on Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30

Exported Amendments

  • Rules of the Convention: E.H. Sullivan's Amendment to Strike Out Rule 36 (e989182)
    • Imported by 'Rules of the Convention: E.H. Sullivan's Amendment to Strike Out Rule 36' (e1047819) in Committee on Rules and Order of Business, on
      Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Rules of the Convention: E.H. Sullivan's Amendment to Strike Out Rule 7 (e989184)
    • Imported by 'Rules of the Convention: E.H. Sullivan's Amendment to Strike Out Rule 7' (e1047820) in Committee on Rules and Order of Business, on
      Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30
  • Rules of the Convention: Gowey's Amendment to Rule 42 (e989248)
    • Imported by 'Rules of the Convention: Gowey's Amendment to Rule 42' (e1047821) in Committee on Rules and Order of Business, on
      Friday, 12 July 1889, at 13:30

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1889-07-18 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 5 (Discussion of July 11th, 12th, 13th) - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Spokane Falls Review.

1889-07-19 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-19 Washington Standard, Page 02 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-19 Washington Standard, Page 03 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 7 (July 12) Journal of Washington - (file)

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