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• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Referred to committee on printing.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Referred to the committee on state, county and municipal debt.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 16 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Personal Statement by Mr. Moore

  People: James Z. Moore
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Moore—That is the committee which has just reported it. Mr. Henry—I understand that, and will explain if I can get a second. Several voices seconded his motion, and Mr. Henry then objected to doing his work by piecemeal or until the legislative...

  People: James Z. Moore Trusten P. Dyer Daniel Buchanan Francis Henry Daniel J. Crowley
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Resolution on the First House and Senate

  People: James Z. Moore
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Griffitts wished the report of the committee to take the usual course, and be referred and printed. If not, he gave notice he should debate it, which, under the rule, would carry it over until to-morrow.

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Place the Resolution on Passage

  People: Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: Melvin M. Godman
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The chair said the point was not well taken. This was a report of a committee, and did not have to be referred.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Cosgrove asked if the question under debate was not a motion to substitute a resolution for that report.

  People: Samuel G. Cosgrove
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Griffitt's claimed that a two-thirds vote was necessary, but the chair differed with him and declared the motion carried and called Mr. Lindsley to the chair.

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Partial Report of the Committee on Legislative Department

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Section 2: Mr. Comegys' Amendment

  People: George Comegys
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Notice of a Desire to Debate

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The chair said those rules were not applicable to the committee of the whole.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Warner, referring to the last decision of the chair, claimed that the rules were to be in committee of the whole "so far as applicable." The chair ruled in this case that they were not applicable.

  People: Addison A. Lindsley C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Dunbar inquired if there was any question or motion before the convention. The Chair—Yes; the motion of Mr. Comegys.

  People: Addison A. Lindsley Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: Trusten P. Dyer
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The chair sustained the point, and ruled Mr. Suksdorf's proposed substitute out.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Section 2: Mr. Turner's Amendment to Mr. Comegys' Amendment

  People: George Turner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: E. H. Sullivan P. C. Sullivan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Turner—This is an amendment to that amendment, which I have the right to move.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Section: Mr. Gowey's Amendment to Mr. Turner's Amendment

  People: John F. Gowey
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Suksdorf's Substitute to the Partial Report

  People: H. F. Suksdorf
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  [Mr. Turner.] (Then proceeding)—nor more than 50, and the house not less than 99 nor more than 150, and the first legislature shall consist of a senate of 33 and a house of 99, and so remain until otherwise ordered. In support of his motion, JUDGE...

  People: C. H. Warner James Z. Moore John F. Gowey George Turner John R. Kinnear George Comegys John J. Browne
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: George Turner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Several voices were heard saying: "This was a substitute and not an amendment," but Judge Turner claimed that it all came to the same thing. Judge Hoyt said the calling an amendment a substitute did not alter it any; that it was an amendment just the...

  People: John P. Hoyt George Turner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The chair—On such HIGH AUTHORITY I cheerfully rule it out of order.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: Thomas T. Minor
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The chair—The convention dispensed with the reading.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Rise

  People: John R. Kinnear
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The vote, when declared by the reading clerk, who had done counting, was ayes 32, noes 26, but the chair received a reverse impression and declared the motion lost.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Stiles took the floor, and while he was speaking there was a buzz of excitement around the chairman's desk over the last decision. The reading clerk called the chairman's attention to the error, but one or two gentlemen in the chairman's vicinity...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Stiles thought valuable time was being lost in useless debate. He thought the ratio of 1 to 2 was the correct one and that a senate of 35 and a house of 70 was the right figure. As coming from one of the larger counties he saw no reason, from the...

  People: Matt J. McElroy Thomas C. Griffitts Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Rise

  People: John McReavey
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Lay the Matter on the Table

  People: David E. Durie
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Durie moved to lay the whole matter on the table, which was negatived.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Rise

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The vote stood: Ayes 38. The chairman decided the motion carried, saying there was no need to call for the noes, as 38 was a majority of the convention. The committee then rose and Mr. Warner resumed the chair.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Report on the Committee of the Whole

  People: Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Major Barton said that the result was that nothing had been done in committee of the whole regarding sections 1 and 2. (Laughter).

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Call to Order: 1889-07-11, Afternoon

  People: C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The chair—The regular order will be resumed.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 1

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 2

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rule 2.—The rights and duties of president; adopted.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 3

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 4

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 5

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 6

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Motion to Enter the Committee of the Whole

  People: John F. Gowey
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The motion was not seconded.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention: Clerical Amendments

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Griffitts suggested two clerical amendments, which were made. [Editors' Note: The content of these clerical amendments is not provided in the source material. For this reason, this event shows no proposed change to the text.]

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Report from the Committee on Rules and Order of Business: Recommendation on Officers

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Report from the Committee on Rules and Order of Business: Sullivan's Amendment to the Recommendation on Officers

  People: P. C. Sullivan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Adopted, 34 year [sic], 16 nays.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Report from the Committee on Rules and Order of Business: Recommendation on Committee Clerks

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Motion to Adopt the Recommendation

  People: Trusten P. Dyer
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Report from the Committee on Rules and Order of Business: Recommendation on Additional Committees

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Motion to Adopt the Recommendation

  People: Thomas M. Reed John M. Reed
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  ...and as to the additional standing committees on motion of Er. [sic] Reed.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Shoudy's Amendment to Rule 1

  People: John A. Shoudy
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Shandy moved to amend to 2 o'clock; lost.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Motion to Consider Each Rule Adopted if No Amendments Were Offered

  People: John M. Reed
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  On motion of J.M. Reid it was ordered that all rules be considered adopted if no amendments were offered.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 7

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 8

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention: Rule 9

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 10

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 11

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 12

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 13

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 14

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 15

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 16

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 17

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 19

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 20

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 21

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 22

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 23

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 24

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 25

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 26

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 27

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 28

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 29

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 30

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 31

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 32

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 33

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 34

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 35

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 36

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 37

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 38

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 39

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 40

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 41

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 42

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 43

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 43

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 44 was reached, which requires the ascent of a majority of all delegates elected on final vote on any constitutional proposition. [Editor's Note: The description of Rule 44...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 45

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 4[9] was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 46

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 4[9] was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 47

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 4[9] was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 48

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The reading proceeded wtth [sic] merely clerical amendments until rule 4[9] was reached...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 49

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Dunbar's Amendment to Rule 49

  People: Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Prosser opposed this, and declared that no constitutional proposition ought to go out from this convention to the people which did not at least receive the assent of a majority of the convention. Messrs. Dunbar, Comegys and Reed spoke in favor of...

  People: Thomas M. Reed Samuel G. Cosgrove Thomas C. Griffitts William F. Prosser George Comegys John M. Reed
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The amendment was lost.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The remaining rules were read and adopted without further debate.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 50

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The remaining rules were read and adopted without further debate.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 51

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The remaining rules were read and adopted without further debate.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 52

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The remaining rules were read and adopted without further debate.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 53

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The remaining rules were read and adopted without further debate.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Rules of the Convention [Committee of the Whole]: Rule 54

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  The remaining rules were read and adopted without further debate.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Instruction to Number the Rules

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  On motion of Mr. Reed of Olympia the clerk was instructed to PROPERLY NUMBER all the rules consecutively.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Motion to Make a Nomination for Journal Clerk

  People: John R. Kinnear
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Kinnear desired to make a nomination but objection was made.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Motion to Allow Kinnear to Make His Nomination

  People: Thomas M. Reed
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Reed of Olympia moved that Mr. Kinnear be allowed to make his nomination, but his motion was lost by a decided negative.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Cosgrove though the resolution NOT BROAD ENOUGH; that it ought to include the corporations and monopolies that fix the freights and railroad fares, which he considered to be the greatest present evil in the state. He believed the poorest man and...

  People: Samuel G. Cosgrove Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Griffitts asked in what form the matter would to the committee, and the president explained that the resolution was not now on its passage, but was simply to be referred to the committee on corporations other than municipal. Mr. Comegys preferred...

  People: George Comegys Thomas C. Griffitts John R. Kinnear C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Motion to Call the Roll

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Griffitts called for the ayes and nayes [sic].

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Telegram from the Mayor of Ellensburg

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  While the ballot was being counted up the following telegram was read:

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Kinnear of Seattle argued briefly in favor of the resolution as submitted. Mr. Buchanan of Ritzville followed in earnest speech AGAINST TRUSTS and the accumulation of immense fortunes at the expense of the people, who received no adequate return...

  People: P. C. Sullivan Daniel Buchanan Thomas C. Griffitts John R. Kinnear
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 14:00
  Mr. Griffitts favoured the resolution in a spirited speech against trusts and such monopolies.

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee on Corporations other than Municipal, Date: 09 Jul 1889, 00:00
  Resolution on Trusts

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The president said this was an unusual method of handling a case of contested seat, but he could see no objection to such action so long as no objection was raised.

  People: John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion that the Committee Chairmen Meet to Discuss Rooms

  People: John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The president suggested that in view of the scarcity of committee rooms, the chairmen of the various committees meet after to-day's session and consult on the subject.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Establish a Committee on Alcoholic Drinks

  People: Gwin Hicks
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The president ruled the motion out of order, inasmuch as the rules provide that such amendments can not be made except upon previous notice...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  President's Speech on Pierce County's Representation in the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands

  People: John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Allow the Committee on Corporations to Appoint the Same Clerk

  People: John R. Kinnear
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Judge Turner preferred to have his proposition acted upon separately, which was done...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  ...Mr. Durie said the sentiment of the convention seemed to be in the proper method of procedure and it was for the convention to instruct its committees. Mr. Sullivan of Tacoma understood that the rules provide that propositions should be simply...

  People: C. H. Warner E. H. Sullivan John F. Gowey George Turner David E. Durie John J. Browne P. C. Sullivan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee on Agriculture, Manufacture, Fisheries and Commerce, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Request from the Committee on Agriculture to Appoint a Clerk

  People: Thomas Hayton Charles T. Fay James A. Burk E. H. Sullivan W. L. Newton John M. Reed J. T. McDonald
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee on Agriculture, Manufacture, Fisheries and Commerce, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Reed of Olympia making a motion to that effect, Mr. Crowley, on behalf of the committee on apportionment and representation, asked leave to employ Mr. Pratt as clerk and suggested that, as the committee on agriculture, manufactures, fisheries and...

  People: O. C. Pratt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Request from the Committee on Agriculture to Appoint a Clerk

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Warner understood that the duties of the committee on agriculture, etc., were not arduous, and asked why they needed a committee. Mr. Warner said that the apportionment committee would require the services of a clerk nearly all the time, and as the...

  People: C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Proposition No. 3 [...] Was read first and second time...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Query on Second Readings

  People: Edward Eldridge
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point on the Committee's Work under the Rules

  People: Samuel G. Cosgrove
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention: Stiles' Notice of an Amendment

  People: Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The president said as the rules had not yet been presented he had no copy of them before him, but his impression was that all propositions must be read a second time by title; at any rate he thought himself on the safe side in so ruling. He was...

  People: John P. Hoyt James Power Allen Weir
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Referred to committee on corporations other than municipal.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee on Corporations other than Municipal, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Proposition No. 9 (Corporations other than Municipal)

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Query on the Duties of the Committees

  People: Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention: E.H. Sullivan's Notice of an Amendment

  People: E. H. Sullivan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Shoudy declared that he took the same position as the last speaker, and proceeded to say that while the president may not in all cases have picked out the best men for the respective committees, yet he believed he had acted fairly and with his best...

  People: John A. Shoudy
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 10 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: Melvin M. Godman
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Communication Requesting Travel Details

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Browne thought not; that if adopted, the resolution was only a suggestion to the members, and not binding on them like a rule.

  People: John J. Browne
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The president called Mr. Warner to the chair.

  People: C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Sullivan of Tacoma asked which rule that was, but the chair ruled that it must be read the second time.

  People: P. C. Sullivan C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Print the Substitute

  People: Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Stiles said he didn't want to act on any point of this convention unless he could see it in print and fairly consider it. Mr. Griffitts said he was in the same position. Mr. Dunbar said if any member could not understand and remember so simple a...

  People: Addison A. Lindsley Thomas C. Griffitts Ralph Oregon Dunbar Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Consider the Report by Paragraph

  People: Trusten P. Dyer
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Take Up the Second Paragraph First

  People: Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Dyer hoped the gentlemen would withdraw his amendment, because members might wish to put in sections, which would be desirable, when they could not be required to compile a whole article. Mr. Browne declined to withdraw his amendment, saying that...

  People: John J. Browne Trusten P. Dyer
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  So voted.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Cosgrove favored seventy as the figure for the house, as it would give each county one representative, and leave thirty-six others to be appointed on a basis of inhabitants. Counties would then avoid being districted together, a course that had...

  People: Daniel Buchanan Samuel G. Cosgrove Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee of the Whole, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion for the Previous Question

  People: Silvius A. Dickey
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  (Laughter). Mr. Lindsley said that was the duty of the clerk. The chairman called on the clerk.

  People: Addison A. Lindsley C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: John F. Gowey
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The Chair—The point is well taken.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Recommit the Partial Report

  People: H. F. Suksdorf
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Print the Partial Report

  People: Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Buchanan—What are we to do? Shall we print this report or shall we take advantage of all these views so lucidly explained (laughter), and bring in a report more in seeming consonance?

  People: Daniel Buchanan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Ruling on the Partial Report

  People: C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The Chair—I rule the whole report out of order for not being signed. (Laughter)

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Shoudy then went on with his request, naming J.D. Hannagan as the clerk they wished to employ.

  People: John A. Shoudy
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Point of Order

  People: Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The Chair—It is signed by the chairman and secretary.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Sullivan of Whitman—What has become of the resolution? (Mr. Moore's substitute)

  People: E. H. Sullivan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  The Chair—It went with the report that was ruled out of order.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Second Reading of the Proposition

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Read second time...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Read a second time...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Read a second time...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Sullivan of Tacoma moved that the sergeant-at-arms be authorized to hire a janitor to assist in the care of the building, but after consideration debate...

  People: P. C. Sullivan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention: Dyer's Notice of an Amendment

  People: Trusten P. Dyer
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Motion to Adjourn

  People: John F. Gowey
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 11 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Gowey moved to adjourn, but withdrew the motion.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Cosgrove asked that the records be made to show that the proposition presented by him yesterday was done was request of other persons. So ordered.

  People: Samuel G. Cosgrove
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Read a second time...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  He said rule 42 required all such articles and propositions, when so referred, to be printed and laid on the members' table. He thought this WHOLLY UNNECESSARY for these propositions that have come in so plentifully the last few days were merely...

  People: E. H. Sullivan Thomas M. Reed Thomas T. Minor
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention: Reed's Amendment to Rule 36

  People: Thomas M. Reed
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Prosser opposed the striking out of either rule. He said the committees could always either ask further time or make partial reports and, and such a course would save all time that was now being wasted in caucus. Mr. Dunbar thought both rules...

  People: Ralph Oregon Dunbar Daniel Buchanan William F. Prosser
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Mr. Buchanan thought the proper object could be attained by expunging 7 and striking out the word "propositions" from rules 36 and 42.

  People: Daniel Buchanan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention: Buchanan's Notice of Amendment

  People: Daniel Buchanan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  So voted.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  He explained that his object was to stop this wholesale presentation of propositions on all sorts of subjects in all sorts of forms and require the members to arrange their propositions in a convenient and proper form for the committees to act upon them.

  People: Trusten P. Dyer
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  He claimed the comfort of the members would be promoted by meeting in the morning when the hall was cool, and that the committee work could be done more conveniently done in the evening. Mr. Dyer said he and several other gentlemen sitting in his...

  People: James Z. Moore Trusten P. Dyer Ralph Oregon Dunbar John R. Kinnear Francis Henry
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  He explained that this was for the benefit of the committee on apportionment, who at present had no other basis to work upon save the last VOTE OF THE TERRITORY. The census of the counties has recently been taken and would be the best foundation for...

  People: Louis Sohns H. F. Suksdorf
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention [Committee on Rules and Order of Business]

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention: E.H. Sullivan's Amendment to Strike Out Rule 36

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Date: 12 Jul 1889, 13:30
  Rules of the Convention: E.H. Sullivan's Amendment to Strike Out Rule 7

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  A few moments before calling the convention to order, President Hoyt administered THE OATH OF OFFICE to C.B. Eaton, one of the official stenographers, who had been on duty yesterday, and instructed the clerk to have it appear in the journal of the...

  People: John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  This seemed to strike THE HUMOROUS SENSE of many members as cutting out a pretty extensive piece of work for the committee named, and the resolution was received with some laughter.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Dunbar addressed the chair, but Mr. Moore claimed the floor to explain his resolution, and the president recognized the right of a mover of a resolution to be first heard and to close the debate if he so desired. Mr. Moore said he was from a...

  People: James Z. Moore John P. Hoyt Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Moore thought this motion HARDLY RESPECTFUL, and disclaimed any special qualifications for such a task.

  People: James Z. Moore
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Cosgrove disclaimed any intention of being disrespectful to the gentleman from Spokane Falls (Moore), but only thought that being interested specially in the subject and having more time than the committee, he was the proper person to undertake the work.

  People: Samuel G. Cosgrove
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Sullivan of Whitman asked the chair to explain the standing of the question before the convention and the president accommodated him, it being upon Mr. Godman a question merely of reference to the judiciary committee, to report whether it was...

  People: E. H. Sullivan John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Resolution on Tidelands: Mr. Griffitt's Amendment

  People: Thomas C. Griffitts
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Eldredge said that this information would be important, but thought the convention should employ some gentleman outside the convention who was specially conversant with the task to finish it. The committees were already overloaded with work, and...

  People: Edward Eldridge
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Stiles said the committee on state lands had already commenced an investigation on this subject and were not so over-burdened with work, but what they could go on with it, whether this resolution directed them to do so or not, in order to be able...

  People: Addison A. Lindsley C. H. Warner Daniel Buchanan E. H. Sullivan Daniel J. Crowley Allen Weir John P. Hoyt George Comegys Theodore L. Stiles
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Resolution on Printing the Report of the Committee on Rules: Prosser's Amendment

  People: William F. Prosser
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Resolution on Printing the Report of the Committee on Rules: Reed's Amendment to Prosser's Amendment

  People: Thomas M. Reed
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Buchanan moved to print the report of the committee on rules made today, and after a notice by Mr. Prooser [sic] to print 100 and an amendment by Mr. Reid of Olympia to print 300 had been been adopted...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  People: Daniel J. Crowley
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  In response to a cry of "out of order," the president explained that Mr. Reed's motion was in order, not as an amendment, but as a motion to refer to a committee to be hereafter appointed, and that motion would take precedence of the motion under...

  People: Trusten P. Dyer Daniel Buchanan Ralph Oregon Dunbar John P. Hoyt John J. Browne
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Crowley moved to adjourn, but withdrew at the request of Mr. Power.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Buchanan moved to print the report of the committee on rules made today, and after a notice by Mr. Prooser [sic] to print 100 and an amendment by Mr. Reid of Olympia to print 300 had been been adopted...

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Suksdorf said it did not make much difference what the convention said or did in the matter, for the secretary of the territory had made up the account, and he did not believe there was nay chance to get a change in the figures unless an actual...

  People: H. F. Suksdorf
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Buchanan moved to print the report of the committee on rules made today, and after a notice by Mr. Prooser [sic] to print 100 and an amendment by Mr. Reid of Olympia to print 300 had been been adopted, the order was made.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  People: C. H. Warner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Motion to Adjourn to Monday at 1:30

  People: George Turner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Mr. Turner moved that when this Convention adjourn, it adjourn to Monday at 1 p.m., but that being a debatable motion, it was ruled out of order.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Motion to Recommit the Report

  People: Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 13 Jul 1889, 09:00
  At this stage Mr Dunbar's motion was put and the report went back to the committee on mileage by a very decided vote.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Mr. J.Z. Moore came in and asked to be marked present on the record.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  COMMITTEE ON PRINTING HURRIED UP. Mr. Buchanan complained of delay in getting printing done, blaming nobody, but wanting the trouble remedied, saying there was time enough between Saturday and Monday to get the amended rules printed. Mr. Power,...

  People: Daniel Buchanan James Power John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  The president stated that this report having already been ordered the committee on printing would now take notice and see that it was done by to-morrow.

  People: John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Mr. Turner asked if the boundaries were not named in the organic act of the territory. Mr. Conegys [sic] said no, that the territory was described only as that portion of the country laying south of the British territories and along the Columbia river...

  People: George Turner George Comegys
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Motion to Be Excused from Voting

  People: Ralph Oregon Dunbar
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  ...but the convention declined to excuse him and he voted aye.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Resolution on Tidelands: Mr. Turner's Amendment

  People: George Turner
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Motion for the Ayes and Noes

  People: James Z. Moore
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  J.Z. Moore demanded the ayes and noes on this question also, and they were ordered.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Mr. Browne—Was the last vote simply a reference to the judicial committee? The President—No; it was an amendment striking out certain words and inserting other words in the resolution itself.

  People: John J. Browne John P. Hoyt
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Request to Be Recorded as Present

  People: Francis Henry
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Upon his request, Mr. Henry was permitted to have his name appear on the roll as being present.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 16 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Reading of the Journal: 1889-07-16

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  Mr. Weir was opposed to charging either the judiciary committee or a special committee with this work. The state lands committee, having the subject under consideration already, is the proper committee. Mr. Reed of Olympia had no intention of moving...

  People: Thomas M. Reed Allen Weir
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Jul 1889, 13:00
  The question then recurred on Mr. Griffitts' motion of Saturday's session, to strike out "state lands committee" and substitute "committee on judicial department," so that the latter committee will, if the resolution is passed, be charged with the...

  People: Samuel G. Cosgrove Thomas C. Griffitts Daniel Buchanan Ralph Oregon Dunbar John F. Gowey George H. Jones Melvin M. Godman John R. Kinnear John J. Browne P. C. Sullivan
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 16 Jul 1889, 09:00
  The minutes read, corrected and approved.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 17 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Reading of the Journal: 1889-07-17

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 17 Jul 1889, 09:00
  The records of Tuesday were read and approved.

  
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 17 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Resolution to Extend the Floor to John Allen: Mr. Minor's Amendment

  People: Thomas T. Minor
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 17 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Resolution to Extend the Floor to John Allen: Mr. Fairweather's Amendment

  People: Henry Winsor
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 17 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Resolution to Extend the Floor to John Allen: Mr. Glascock's Amendment

  People: Benjamin B. Glascock
  
• Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889, Committee: The Convention, Date: 17 Jul 1889, 09:00
  Resolution to Extend the Floor to John Allen: Mr. Durie's Amendment

  People: David E. Durie