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  4. Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 09:00

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 13259: 1889-08-10 09:00:00

A message was presented. An adverse report of the Committee on Agriculture was then read. The Committee on Harbors, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams submitted an article and a minority report, both of which were ordered printed. The articles on Corporations Other Than Municipal; Homesteads and Property Exemptions; Water and Water Rights; Education; Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration; and the Compact with the United States were all discussed and finally agreed to as amended.

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

  • Adverse Report on the Proposition of Mr. Kinnear on Warehouses (e987769) imports from Committee on Agriculture, Manufacture, Fisheries and Commerce,
    on Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Report on Committee on Harbor, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams (e896496) imports from Committee on Harbors, Tidewater and Navigable Streams,
    on Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 09:00
  • Minority Report from Committee on Harbors (e896500) imports from Committee on Harbors, Tidewater and Navigable Streams,
    on Friday, 09 August 1889, at 00:00

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Communication in Relation to State Seal (e896490)
  • Report on Committee on Harbor, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams (e896496)
  • Article XII [Corporations other than Municipal] (e862300)
    • Imported by 'Article XII [Corporations Other Than Municipal, Committee on Revision]' (e862470) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
      on Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Article on Homesteads and Property Exemptions (e847016)
  • Second Report of the Committee on Water and Water Rights (e864466)
    • Imported by 'Article XXI [Water and Water Rights, Committee on Revision]' (e864483) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
      on Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Article on Education and Educational Institutions (e847048)
  • Article IX [Education and Educational Institutions, Convention] (e866479)
    • Imported by 'Article IX [Education and Educational Institutions, Committee on Revision]' (e866512) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
      on Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Compact with the United States (e861841)
    • Imported by 'Article XXVI [Compact with the United States, Committee on Revision]' (e864482) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
      on Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Article on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration (e847025)
    • Imported by 'Article on Federal Relations, Boundaries, and Immigration' (e861455) in Committee on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration,
      on Saturday, 10 August 1889, at 00:00

Exported Amendments

Resources (6):

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1889-08-15 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 3 (Discussion of Aug 10th) - (file)

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

1889-08-16 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-08-16 Washington Standard, Page 02 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-08-16 Washington Standard, Page 03 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-08-16 Washington Standard, Page 04 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 32 (August 10) Journal of Washington - (file)

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