, 1876-02-05
washington Correspondence.
THE ANNEXATION QUESTION


THE ANNEXATION QUESTION
EDITOR STATESMAN In relation TO Inc
annexation scheme, am OF the opinion the
hill will not pass. While all are in favor OF
having Walla Walla made portion OF Ore.
uou. there are many who object to adding
spv more 10 the democratic vote OF that
State. which is thought Will be the case IN
the event OF the success OF the measure. FROM
all that I can gather, | am confident that
Walla Wal!a, so far az this Congress !. con-
cerned, will continue part OF Washington
Territory
COLUMBIA RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
Now, in regald TO another matter OF great
Importance to your People-the Columbia
River improvement-I am not as sanguine as
7 would like. Our democratic friends will
epdeavor this winter to make all the capital
po=sible. Times ore hard, very hardJ in
TACT oue-third. or nearly one-third OF the
peuple of this country are out Of employment ;
starvation and misery meet Iou vt every
turn. In view, therefore, of this tfishltnl
condition OF affairs, Congress will hesitate be-
fore it embarks in any undertaking involving
the expenditure nf Millions. Both Lane,
Mitchell and Kelly think they can secure an
appropriation. doubt 1t.
UaATIILA RESERVATION.
Kelly and Mitchell have both introduced
bills looking to throwing open the Una tilla
reservation for settlement. Before this can
/ IL 4 h.. In b.l
obtained, and from a recent conversation
with Father Brouilet, | do not think the In
dians will give their consent.
THE LITTLE JOKER.
About your local matters, do not think
Congress will get 80 low down IS to interfere
with the municipal regulations OF 80 small a
burg as Walla Walla. As Hamlet says,
:" there is other mettle mort attractive" And
then again, it would be about the close Of the
session before JacObs would find his way 10
the appropriate committee. Great bodies
move slowly, and your delegate is no excep-
tiun to the rule.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
The democracy, as you can see by reading
as they might be. A year ago it was regard
ed as foregone conclusion that the next
President would be a democrat. Now it
looks the other way. Bad management and
worse leaders will in time kill any party.
Blaine will undoubtedly receive the repub-
can nomination. He is very popular, and
possesses remarkable organizing powers and
last, though not least, is Il newspaper man,
which covers multitude of sins.
IDAHO'S NEW GOVERNOR.
In the STATESMAN of the 1st, 1 find para
graph which while it does worthy gentle
man great injustice, places your paper III a
position that l am confident Is not your de-
sire or intention TO occupy. In speaking Of
the appointment of d. P Thompson as Gov
ernor of Idaho, YOU intimate that, while he
is clever gentleman, be lacks in those es-
sentiats necessary for the proper administra-
ton Of that high office. In this you are III
error. Mr.. Thompson for years has been
regarded as one of the leading men of Oregon,
and no great enterprise has been inauguraGed
in that State with which his name has not
in some way been associated. While mod
esty has prevented him from proclaimins his
worth from the mountain tops, he has ever
been regarded by all who have in any way
been thrown IN contact with him, as a man
whose character Is above reprOach-Oue whose
garments have never been soiled by the taIut
of corruption Energetic and industrious,
possessing Is liberal education, coupled with
long experience in the administration of pub
lie affairs, he IL above all others fitted for Tho
place TO which he has been called ty the
President. His past career gives every as
surauce that his administration of the atfllrs
of Idaho Will be marked by hones'y, aud a
determination TO promote the welfare oI its
people.
Personal.
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