The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-29

Estate OR NO STATE"

Dsall the dwarfa1 intellects that We
have run across for years, commend NJ
to that which c.ops out of the last
edition of tho Walls wslls Watch
man. After going on to say that it is
only professional ofice-seekers who
want to see the Territory admitted into
the Union, it continues:
ut is those who are the prime NOV
ers in this conventional humbug, not
the yeoman, nor the artisan, nor the
tradesmsn, or the day lAborer. They
are all willing to let well enough ;"
alone. Our Territory is out Of debt,
let il continue 20, for this littls item in
itself, spsaks louder than all the emf
grafton pamphlets ever sent abroad.
Our taxes are light, and in word, our
people, both East and West of the Gas.
cades. are perfectly satisfied with their
lot. Of course tue time will hasten
when we will be enabled to knock at
the National door for admittance. but
that time. however near, has not yet
come. We have . faint idea OF the cost
Of running State government. and we
are confident that We are yct. too feeble
to beas the burden Of . gigantic State
dsht which Inevitably must and will
follow such change. hcnoe the Wotch
man hangs its banner on the outer wall,
inscribed thereon, No State
Nobody seeks to deny that . State
Government will cost At the very least
calculation $4,000 per annum more
than tho Territorial Government now
costs. But look Ut what we gain with
which to meet the expense. First, half
. million acres of land for internal i'm.
provsments which will give ct least
three good wagon roads across the Cas-
cade mountains. Second, two sections
10 every township for school purposes.
Third. oil the swamp and overAowed
lsnds in the State to be sold aud sp-
piled to the state School Fund. Fourth.
the filling Of nearly oil our principal
Offices with 6onn .tide citizens. instead Of
making our territory IN asylum for the
poor relations of Congressman and
Cabinet officers. Fifth. the improve
ment of our hsrbors in . manner which
cannot be done under Territorial form
Of Government. Sixth, the inaugura.
tion Of measure. which will increase
our population Mt all points Of the Ter
ritory.
There 10 an old-fogy. slow roach ele-
ment in some OF the river counties.
from which we might have expected
about such objections to the formation
cf State Government; but to come
from walla Wal'a. the Empire county
Of this Territory, II sstopishes MS.
Wella wslls only lacks . few thousand
dollars Of having as much taxable prop
erty ~ King. which, having the largest
~ port town in the Territory. pays the
inevitable penalty Of civilixstion-ths
high assessment upon water front lands.
With less population than Seattle,
Walla Wslla has twice NJ many fire-
proof buildings and exhibits many
other evidences Of stirring and enter
prisiug city. We cannot bslisvs that
the WsteRmas rsprssents that progress
sivs and energetic element which has
metamorphosed that city from . mere
bass Of mining supplies into . thriving
commercial ard manufacturing city.
A frisnd q orr elbow tells 10 that
one Of tho " .iis walls papers 10 edited
By . nau VII ,, while serving ~ a jus.
tice of the pcaoe in Montana. sentenced
= calpsit 70 b. sxeoutsd on the scaGbld,
and that before be discovered that ~
corrt had no such jurisdietion, the -.
1as hanged. Il certainly could ~
have besn "Oid man Newell" for h
knows better; and - Sor The gsntlsnaa
who's initials arc sometimes coaslrusd
70 Stand Tor masaicssor Of pastry. -
i graduate in Law; hence there i only
one other editor in the town. So We
srs not asteaishsd u asyshine u nay
utter.
The admission Of Nevada and Colo
ndo wsre pssnatars. but thoss statss
never had The agricultural wealth thal
our Territory possessA ~ 1880 We
shall have double The population of
either Of those States, and Cor that
reason shonld have State 0ovcsn-
Tnx "blus gum" trss. which has bean