Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-02-17
sober SeconG-I Thought

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~ the matter. The L.,r,.i INA,
,,,o.e. the y admission IF D,tn,s
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h"' "'''''''''''''''' '''''' ! ''''' La
hehriy double oar reputation, an
gives such good reasohs for IT,
:. futh that i within" that We onot
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The ADMISSION Of Dakota IS aGall
long discussed. lnefe can be IL
doub' that al the affirmative conSld
tfatlonN are 'aseu on poiltlcal reas
oAlnS. Indeed = Is plan enough
Tat nc ''iGa;''rc 1GH --;oh of So
m"hy l"l4i.oI 10 nc :i'n Ina
i''h bi"H@il' about i"i'".7h ri.fciy
l"iltlca' agencies. -Ne'a' andto!
oiad' were neltAn OF tn'"' lit 70 h'
States YET 'heT were lA9' IL 50 be
cause II was ioSifed 70 give u'en
create ioiiiica' .i5niiicaice; oe'
cause certain p''i'lci'ha wanted &c
represent mem ID oh@teSs; because
certain o'iier poHueiaLS wanted
places III me 'o'a'e governments
SeH-ih'el'st was ana Always mas
been Use inalo Inspiration IN these
cases, ana o. couiSe Is III Tie case OF
D"Ao'", mat 1ti'ltoiy IS not htted
10 oe o'a'e: II mas not me heces-
%y, popuia'loh' II IS oolhS per-
Aths wen unoeI us lefritofla' gov
eminent ana Will VII GO so lor me next
'wen'! years Inc rum Is 'nat the
premature 'o,ilissloii o. lie" otates
IS "eaHen'hs 'iie iePuo,ic. Nhat II
does Is 10 clea'e Il Du'hper OF rotteh
Doroushs' Whence are Sent 10 Con-
sress men VINO are essentially non
representatives men VINO stahd 1of
Sche Single great interest very
oi'eh' or VINO nave ac,uaiiy bought
1neir eiecnoh as a gooa speculation.
hese men 80 70 Washington as lree-
iahces' Ihey nave no principles;
1ney are only homihaily animated
win some party; !hey are on the
i0oAo", ior Spolis OF some hihu' ana
iIey ABUSE the powers vested III
tnem' 10 Tue great ana lasting injury
OF inc country. Inc votes Oh the
ree.iahces, however, are as potent
IN congress as those OF men VINO
represent tue great constituencies OF
me more thickly populated conters.
1t IS a sinister and insldious change
from inc original theory OF repre-
sentatlon. VI Old 1t was men who
were represented. Now-a'days we
give acres representation. we allow
q handful OF politicians to put ring
fence around hundred thousand
square miles OF territory, containing
perhaps from fifteen to tlve and
twenty thousand people, and to call
that a new State. And then the
handful OF politicians come along
ana take their positions on the same
basis III the Senate at least) as the
men who stand Tor millions OF vo-
tiers. And so the votes OF millions
are weakened IN force, and they are
sometimes overborne by the new
stan,,o for i;.,,a olao ,ham ~ n"toI
ness of the wilderness. The too
rapid admission of these new States
40 tanas 10 ios.el II, coil"p'.ol -. ia poii
Anoe A'enu i; .ne e a'J"ei o =, 'H t l .no
ch.ne, supplies iiesn spo:i: ioi 'ne
:; - "a; ~, VI maoline pon.ieiI us, -
80 - ..' way 40 oah ~ u, q A.nu VI
S Eas rs .nat winch M s.a'e.y was
Uen' upon 'H G , tue.e ousn. W
T IT, no neM o ,s a',i,.e" ~ ano
t;a niV - "i luz, INC ,,. naon1n0 - po;
Owl S S uesn ofesn So ouI Ia an' s au
-. oei .e on1 n a',s. oeeN aeoP.
e" 10 'ne law anu . .t VI .he
1au Auu 1880, EUt 1.en od t oess 'l,e
teil'oIy soilc't'nS aunnsslou Ian W
enown u nave ~ . ieast , 40 :uoH pop-
,n. a.n a;..1 H.. ~ ,,aso o .'I;.a
."'e,' Iu'n :..: D ~ d" ~ IS; "n1on
t %.ae az. d: .".la1 81 ;,,a u .' oe
Ioie '1is u ., y. increasing ~ .. anu
eA :a,S 'n Io pS Ss;,o " ~" LIZ"
ch'ne Ia" Oeen ue'''oo'
This is the manner in which the
Chicago Times treats our inspirations
70 become n Slate.
" Washington Territory aspires to
be State. l IS not lacking in area,
for it is one-ffth larger than Illinois,
but IN population 1t IS not quite
equal to the first four wards of this
city. The metropolis of this Ter
ritory is Seattle, with population of
$500; the rival OF Seattle contains
1920 Walla Wallians, but Olympia,
where the happy gods who rule this
embryonic empire have their seat,
contains but ] ,24l persons. Of the
total population of 1923, 4,1S7 are
indians, and 3. ~ are Chinese. A
population OF 81 ,349 citizens Of both
sexes and all ages, scattered over an
SSsa greater than of Illinois, has not
Eassry good claim to representation
In Congress OF two Senators and one