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urged by many friends to permit the nse of his 

 name as a candidate for the presidency, but de- 

 clined in a characteristic letter, in which he 

 declared that no man ought to accept the 

 chief-justiceship unless he took a vow to leave 

 it as honorable as he found it, and expressed 

 the opinion that in the interest of impartial 

 justice the Constitution might wisely have pro- 

 hibited the election of a Chief-Justice to the 

 presidency. He received the degree of LL. D. 

 from Yale in 1*72. (For a portrait of Chief- 

 Justice "\Vaite, see "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 

 page 126.) 



WASHIXGTOX TERRITORY. Territorial Govern, 

 ment. The following were the Territorial of- 

 ficers during the year: Governor, Eugene Sem- 

 ple: Secretary, N. H. Owings; Treasurer, T. 

 M. Ford, succeeded by Frank I. Blodgett ; Au- 

 ditor, T. M. Reed, succeeded by J. M. Murphy ; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. C. 

 Lawrence, succeeded by J. H. Morgan : Chief- 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, Richard A. 

 Jones, who died on August 19, and was suc- 

 ceeded by Charles E. Boyle, by appointment 

 of the President. Chief-Justice Boyle entered 

 upon his duties in November, but died on De- 

 cember 15, after scarcely a montb's service. 

 Thomas Burke was then appointed Chief- 

 Justice, entering upon his duties in the last 

 week of the year. Associate Justices, Frank 

 Allyn, William G. Langford, and George 

 Turner, succeeded by Lucius B. Nash. The 

 office of Attorney-General, created by the 

 Legislature in January, was filled by the ap- 

 pointment of J. B. Metcalfe. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature, which 

 was in session at the beginning of the year, 

 adjourned on February 2. An important 

 feature of its work was the passage of an act 

 granting to women over twenty-one years old, 

 otherwise qualified by residence, etc., the right 

 of suffrage in all elections for Territorial or 

 local offices. It is substantially the same act 

 that was passed in 1886 and declared uncon- 

 stitutional by the Territorial Supreme Court. 

 The law that imposes a tax on the gross earn- 

 ings of railroads was repealed, and an act taxing 

 railroad property wa? substituted therefor. A 

 new organization and new rules for the militia 

 were adopted. An annual tax of one fifth of 

 a mill is to be levied for its support, to be kept 

 as a separate fund for militia purposes ex- 

 clusively. At each general election a briga- 

 dier-general and adjutant-general are to be 

 elected. In time of peace the National Guard 

 shall consist of not more than twelve compa- 

 nies of infantry and one company of cavalry, 

 the infantry companies to consist of not fewer 

 than twenty-four or more than sixty men. 

 License-fees for the sale of liquors were fixed 

 at not less than $300 and not more than 

 1,000, 10 per cent, of the fee to be paid into 

 the Territorial treasury, tbe remainder to be 

 applied for school and local purposes. The 

 county commissioners in counties outside of 

 cities, and the governing authorities in cities, 



have sole power to grant licenses and to fix 

 the amount of the fee. The appropriations 

 include $173,490 for a new building at the 

 Penitentiary and for the purchase of machin- 

 ery to manufacture grain-sacks therein ; $30,- 

 000 for buildings at the School for Defective 

 Youth at Vancouver; $60,000 for erecting a 

 new hospital for the insane at Medical Lake ; 

 $10,600 for the Territorial University; and 

 $75,000 for the support of the Insane Asylum 

 for two years. Congress was memorialized to 

 admit the Territory into the Union with North 

 Idaho annexed. Other acts of the session were 

 as follow : 



Changing the time of meeting: of the Legislature, 

 so that the next session shall begin on the second 

 Monday of Januarv, 1889. 



Providing for the commutation of the sentence of 

 prisoners as a reward for good behavior. 



Directing the Governor to appoint four lawyers, 

 two from each of the great political parties, as com- 

 missioners to codify the laws. 



Authorizing organized counties to issue bonds to 

 refund their indebtedness. 



An elaborate act in relation to coal-mines, provid- 

 ing tor their inspection, regulation, and ventilation, 

 and for escapement-shafts and other appliances for 

 the safety and health of miners. 



Kegulating the location and recording of quartz- 

 mining claims, and providing for assessment-work 

 done thereon. 



Providing a mode of garnishment in civil actions. 



Eegulating the practice of dentistry by requiring 

 every practitioner to obtain a diploma "from some 

 regularly chartered dental college, or a certificate from 

 the Territorial Board of Dentistry created bv this act. 



Declaring Sundays. New-Year's Day, fourth of 

 July, Twenty-second of February, Christmas, Thanks- 

 giving. Memorial Day, and days oil which general or 

 special elections for delegate "or county officers are 

 held, legal holidays. 



Abolishing the use of seals upon deeds, and pro- 

 viding that the word " heirs,*' or other technical 

 terms, shall not be necessary to convey an estate in 

 fee simple. 



Providing a penalty for the careless use of firearms. 



Prescribing a short form of mortgage and acknowl- 

 edgment. 



Authorizing telegraph and telephone companies to 

 exercise the right of eminent domain in constructing 

 their lines. 



A new fish and game law. 



To punish the giving of false pedigrees of animals. 



Kevising the procedure in civil actions. 



Making it larceny fora bailee to appropriate goods 

 of another in his possession. 



To prevent the introduction or spread of contagious 

 diseases among sheep, and providing for the appoint- 

 ment of a county inspector of sheep. 



Prohibiting corporations from paying their em- 

 ployes otherwise than in lawful money ot the United 

 States. 



Authorizing a married man to deed property di- 

 rectly to his wife, and the wife to her husband. 



Creating the county of Okanagan out of the west- 

 ern half o_f Stevens County. 



Authorizing county commissioners to levy a tax not 

 exceeding three tenths of a mill to create a fond for 

 the relief of indigent soldiers and sailors and their 

 families, to be expended under the direction of the 

 Grand Army posts. 



Declaring' it arson for the owner to set fire to an un- 

 occupied building. 



Development. Estimates made by the Gov- 

 ernor place the population of the Territory, on 

 Sept. 30, 1888, at 167,982 persons, an increase 



