Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-01
MR. BRENTs INTERVIEWED.
He Gives HIS Ideas on Some Import.
ant Matters.


Hon. Thos. H. Brents, our Delegate in
Congress and candidate for reelection,
was in Seattle yesterday, andwas waited
on at the Arlington Hotel by a PosT-IN-
TELLIGENCER reporter, to whom Mr..
Brents talked as follows:
After my domination at the Repub-
lican Convention my friends assured me
that my position in regard to the great
public matters of interest to the people
was well understood, and it would be
useless for me to make a canvass. as l
had gone pretty thoroughly over the
ground two years ago.
Accordingly l returned to my home
in Walla Walla. and have put in the
time attending to my private affairs,
which have been somewhat neglected
during my absence at Washington.
have made no speech since the adjourn
ment of the Convention, and as must
be in Walla Walla on election day, l do
not expect to make any campaign.
The most important question now
before the people, and the one to be con-
sidered above all others, is
OUR ADMISSION
Into the Union during the present Con-
gress this winter.
In order to make sure of this admis-
sion, dealing with a Republican Con
gress, "a we are, on the threshold of an
other Presidential campaign, we must
make as good Republican showing fer
Washington Territory as possible, and
thereby make our admission political
necessity. TO do this We must satisfy
Congress, beyond all question, that on
our admission we will elect two kepub-
lican Senators and a Republican Repre-
sentative.
As an evidence that we will do this,
we must, at the approaching election,
choose a
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE,
Fer, while it is true that the coming
Legislature would not elect the first
Senators, il We should be admitted this
fall, still its complexion will, in great
measure, be construed to be the senti-
ment of the people who elect it. and as
an indication of the complexion of q
Legislature to be chosen under State
organization by whom those Senators
would be elected. The complexion of
the Legislature elected this fall will be
a very important factor either for or
against securing our admission, and
should the people choose Democratic
Legislature, the fact could not easily be
explained away by me or any one else.
In demanding our admission, on the
ground Of political necessity, | want
TO be able to assure the present Repub-
lican Senate and House of Representa-
tives that
Will come into the Union as q solid Re-
publican State beyond all shadow of
doubt. Another important point de-
pending upon the coming election Is
that
FULL VOTE SHOULD ne POLLED,
In order 20 demonstrate the fact clearly
70 Congress that our population has
greatly increased SINCE the last national
census was taken, in 1880, as there Is a
very strong disposition on the part of
Congress to admit no more new States
without the requisite population consti-
tutipo the Representative ratio, which,
under the recent appoFtionment, Is l5l,-
9O6.
The census taken in June, 1880, six
months before our last election, showed
that We had over 4.OOO male citizens
over n years of age, exclusive OF Chi
nese and colOred persons, and still the
vote fell short Of 1900, or less than
two-thirds of our voting population at
that time.
From the best information can
gather our population Is now about ID
OOO, and our vote should be about 21.CO,
according 70 the usual ratio IN the older
settled portions of the Union. Ii II gen
orally supposed IN the East that IN the
Territories it ia even larger than one
vote to i've persons
We should, therefore, in order to sat-
isfy Congress that ve have anything
like the required population, poll vote
of over 30, 600 at the coming election.
Last, but not least, it Is important, in
asrnuch a. am regarded as the repre-
sentative of our people ON the question
Of admission, that my own majority
should be such "a 70 indicate that my
constituents approve the course
have taken in my advocacy OF the meas
ure, and are really anxious Tor It's sue
cess. While it is q fact that l would
like to have q large majority, still l
would earnestly urge upon those who
feel that they cannot vote for me to cast
their ballots for my opponent. but above
ali be sure and elect q Republican Leg
islature.
In conclusion, will state that ! feel
eyerv confidence that with full vote,
and a Republican Legislature, the ad-
missiou Of Washington into the Union
can BE- brought about this fad. before
tho adjournment OF the present Con-
0reas.
Ar AN aAx FRANCISCO WuA1vEs.