Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-04-28
ORECON's ARROGANCE.

The Seattle Post says prominent
citizen of Oregon said that Oregon
could not permit Washington to be-
come state till Oregon had perfected
its system of railroads, and when that
hed been accomplished then Oregon
would let Washington come into the
Union. There was time when Cali.
fornia sought every means to make
Oregon dependency upon the former,
and everything belonging to Oregon
go to swell the Importance of Califor-
MIA. The Oregonians then protested
loudly against this assumption and ar
rogance. At last Oregon threw of her
swaddling clothes and dressed herself
in the habiliments Of statehood and
she has ever since been able to ward
Oft the encroachments of California.
But she has TUNED the tables upon
Washington and been more arrogant
toward Washington than CAL ever was
towards Oregon. She has sought ev-
every available means to enrich her
self from the res ourccs of Washington
and claimed the credit of large
amount Of the productions of the lat
ter and often times to the great det-
riment of the people Of the latter.
When Eastern Washington began to
assume some proportions what was then
Walla Walla county, the legislature of
Oregon by resolution besought Con
gress to attach to Oregon,
and her delegation in congress urged
this measure and would have succeeded
had not the people made forward
demonstration promptly against this
move. Portland aud the o. s. N. Go.
were active in this movement as we
saw letters from officers of that company
addressed to citizens of that section of
Washington urging work among the
people of that section to induce their
assent to go off to Oregon. All this
was to delay the time for Washington
to become q state and enhance the
glory and wealth of Oregon. In 1870
Oregon's delegation in Congress urged
the amendment of the Northern Paci-
tic charter so as to have the main track
of their road 20 to Portland and the
branch 60 over the mountains, which
was finally acceded to reluctantly by
the North Pacific because their Pacific
coast director, an Oregon;an, whose
whole capital and interest belonged at
Portland, advised such a change as for
for the interests Of the company. The
Kalama road to the Sound was con-
structed as the first Northern Pacific
work west of the Rockies by the same
Portland advice, and now Willard
throws up this as foolish and waste
full expenditure Of money Oh the part
Of the Northern Pacific, when the road
vas made by the advice Of the same
interested parties who now seek to put
Willard forward as the advisor and con
troller of the Northern Pacific. 1t is
all done to rob Washington of her
birth right and independence and con
tinue her as in vassalege to Oregon.
In the several attempts of Washington
to throw off her territorial condition
she has in no instance received any
warm encouragement from the press
of Oregon Or from Oregon's delegation
in congress, or her leading public men.
From some Of them emana'e ed the first
anathemas against the Washington
constitution adopted in 1873, and the
real seat of all the opposition to Wash
ington's becoming state under that
constitution lies in the influence which
the wire workers Of Oregon have in
fused into some of the people of Wash
ington. Just as the prominent Ore
gonidn told the Seattle Post they will
not let Washington become state il
they can prevent it, till they have
robbed Washington of all her import
ant arteries Of commerce and get them
completely under their control. This
state of facts calls upon the people O!