Show The Washington Territory Convention OLYMPIA Aug 10The convention today to-day declared that telegraph and telephone companies are common carriers and subject to the action of the state legislature The section establishing ta railroad commission of three to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate was debated t The committee on tide water proposed to create a commission to lay a harbor line i at a point in snout 01 au municipalities where the water is twentyfour feet deep at low water and they propose to reserve the distance between this line and the shore for wharf and other similar purposes pur-poses I A beautiful banner bearing the coat of arms of George Washington was submitted to the convention with the suggestion that hey be adopted a the coat of arms of the state An article was passed giving the legisla tune power to pass homestead laws and also another declaring that the waterways of the state belong to the people for irrigation gation and mining purposes The conven ton also adopted the educational articles |